There’s a new Star Wars movie so of course we’re going to talk about it! Listen in for our movie review for The Mandalorian and Grogu! We give our thoughts on the story, designs and puppetry as well as the music, cameos and easter eggs, and the future of Star Wars. (43:33)

CGS welcomes Writer, Editorial Director and IP Coach/Consultant Joseph Illidge for this episode, in anticipation of his upcoming signing event at Multiverse Philly on June 13th! We learn how Joseph started reading comics and the impact of Milestone Comics on his career as well as his thoughts on working with the next generation of comic makers. We also focus on two recent writing projects, Bloodletter from Image and the New History of the DC Universe: The Dakota Incident oneshot! (1:16:10)

It’s a packed Comic Talk episode to play catch up on a number of topics! We start with a quick visit from Steve Bryant on the Athena Voltaire: The Complete Adventures Kickstarter and to help us out with a listener question on Convention Dos and Don’ts. And then we jump into recent back issue purchases from Jake’s Flea Market, a major personal announcement from Bryan, choosing our comics from June 1986, reviews of JSA Year One, Of the Earth, Barbara Gordon: Breakout, Darwyn Cooke’s New Frontier, Ka-Zar by Waid and Kubert and other Geek Chat! (1:47:40)

It’s a packed Comic Talk episode to play catch up on a number of topics! We start with a quick visit from Steve Bryant on the Athena Voltaire: The Complete Adventures Kickstarter and to help us out with a listener question on Convention Dos and Don’ts. And then we jump into recent back issue purchases from Jake’s Flea Market, a major personal announcement from Bryan, choosing our comics from June 1986, reviews of JSA Year One, Of the Earth, Barbara Gordon: Breakout, Darwyn Cooke’s New Frontier, Ka-Zar by Waid and Kubert and other Geek Chat! (1:47:40)

We are excited to welcome back Filip Sablik, Publisher of Ignition Press, to talk about all of the amazing comics being offered from their line-up of talented creators! We also welcome Clara Deemer, making a podcast debut on this Publisher Spotlight, as we discuss with Filip the origins and desire to build a better comics company, Clara’s enthusiasm for Ignition Press, as well as our thoughts on a number of titles including No Place, Murder Podcast, Roots of Madness, the Beauty and others! (1:36:18)

For this Kickstarter spotlight episode, we have an awesome time catching up with David Hedgecock, Publisher of Fun Time Go!, to learn all about Super Kaiju Rock-N-Roller Derby Fun Time Go! Book Three: Fuji-Tengu Flames! We talk about David’s journey out of and back into comics, the art of Rolando Mallada, getting to create outside of corporate comics, his work with Heroic Signatures on Conan reprints, Ken Landgraf’s New York City Outlaws and so much more! (1:17:17)

CGS Announcements, Convention Talk, Comic Talk and Previews! It’s a hefty episode on all sorts of topics including a new CGS Spinoff, new comic Apps to explore, Pants’ trip to the Phillipsburg Comic-Con, upcoming conventions, Nightwing, Marvel’s new Midnight line, Lucas Wars and of course, our selections for comic coming attractions for July! (2:11:43)

The CGS Gang gathered to celebrate Free Comic Book Day 2026 with a comic shop crawl to Showcase Comics in Bryn Mawr, Multiverse Philly in Chestnut Hill and Brave New Worlds in Willow Grove. Listen in to hear a few recordings of our experiences along the way as well as an in-studio wrap-up of the day’s events. (57:26)

There’s a new convention happening this weekend in California called Comic Con Oakland and we’re delighted to bring back Director, Writer and Event Organizer Jim Demonakos to learn all about it! We talk with Jim about developing the new convention for the Bay Area, building a guest list, Panel programming, fostering a good community around comics, collecting original art, and other Convention and Geek Chat! (1:10:25)

It’s an oversized Comic Talk episode as we welcome back Adam Chapman of the Comic Shenanigans Podcast. We give updates on our Free Comic Book Day plans, celebrate the legacy of Gerry Conway and Len Strazewski, do a lot of Star Wars Movie & TV Talk, review a bunch of new comics including the Fury of Firestorm, Thundarr the Barbarian, Bizarro Year None, Groo the Prophecy, Usagi Yojimbo: Kaito ’84, Daredevil and even more! (2:03:10)