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APHRA FINDS A NIHIL PATH ENGINE!? This week, Mike embarks on the second volume of the 2020 Doctor Aphra comics; The Engine Job, where Aphra searches for a device that could change the way the galaxy uses hyperspace, using tech that is over 200 years old! Aphra is joined by Sana Starros and together they search for the path engine while being pursued by Vukorah; head of the Unbroken Clan all while Just Lucky’s side story shows he’s having problems of his own! All of this, plus the many connections within this story are discussed, including ray shields, Corellia & more!

These comics are set after Empire Strikes Back but before Return Of The Jedi, in 3-4 ABY and lead into the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover event (tackled in episode 60 of SWCIC).

All issues were written by Alyssa Wong, with Victor Olazaba as inker, Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist, with Robert Gill & Ray-Anthony Height as pencillers on issue 6, Ray-Anthony Height also as penciller on issue 10 and Minkyu Jung as penciller on issues 7, 8 & 9.

Issue 6 was released November 2020, issue 10 was released May 2021 and the trade paperback collection was released August 2021.

For the first volume of this run, check episode 67 of SWCIC and check episodes 60, 64 & 68 for the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover.

For the first run of Aphra comics, check out episodes 34, 36, 42, 46, 51, 55, 59 & 63, and don’t forget to check out the Vader episodes where she was first introduced; 15, 17, 19, 23 & 29!

Check out the last episode of SWCIC where Mike embarked on Darth Vader comic arc; The Burning Seas, tackling plot points of Vader confronting Gial Ackbar & King Lee-Char on Mon Cala, hunting down an ex-jedi padawan, before he is then hunted by Tarkin and Annual 2 shows him discovering the true power of the Death Star, all in one great episode! Mike also gives more information on numerous connections including the inquisitorius, Mon Cala & their star cruisers, Tarkin and so much more!

Check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases 1 or 2 episodes of his “Afterthoughts” a week, plus unsplit full-length episodes of GCC, additional photos (including early access to photos of comics) & more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check out http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

Mike along with 5 other members of Comics In Motion discussed Art Spiegelman's Maus in the 2nd CiM Book Club: https://bit.ly/BC2Maus

Mike on the Have Not Seen This podcast, talking about The Way Way Back: https://spoti.fi/3AbPcV4

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook!

Intro & outro by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com/

Intro arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

Chris and Dave are back and it's the latest MCU entry, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Plot

Thousands of years ago, Xu Wenwu finds the Ten Rings, ten mystical weapons that grant their user immortality and great power. Wenwu amasses an army of warriors called the Ten Rings and conquers many kingdoms and topples governments throughout history.

In 1996, Wenwu begins searching for the village of Ta Lo, which is said to harbor various mythical beasts, in order to expand his power. He finds the entrance of the village, but is stopped from entering by the village's guardian, Ying Li. The two fall in love and have two children, Shang-Chi and Xialing. Wenwu abandons the ten rings and his organization to be with his family. However, Li is eventually murdered by the Iron Gang, old rivals of the Ten Rings, and Wenwu once again takes up the ten rings to massacre them and resume his criminal activities. Shang-Chi begins training in martial arts and is sent by Wenwu at the age of 14 to assassinate the leader of the Iron Gang. After fulfilling his mission, a traumatized Shang-Chi escapes to San Francisco, where he adopts the name "Shaun".

In the present day, Shang-Chi works as a valet with his best friend Katy. While on the bus on their way to work, Shang-Chi and Katy are attacked by the Ten Rings led by Razor Fist. Shang-Chi fights them off, but discovers that his pendant given to him by his mother has been taken. Fearing that the Ten Rings will attack Xialing for her pendant, Shang-Chi decides to track her down and reveals his past to Katy, who agrees to help him.

They find her at an underground fight club in Macau, which she owns; Xialing expresses her resentment toward Shang-Chi and their father. The fight club is then attacked by the Ten Rings, with Wenwu unexpectedly arriving to capture Shang-Chi, Katy, and Xialing.

They are taken to the Ten Rings' compound, where Wenwu reveals that he believes Li is still alive and is being kept in Ta Lo, using the two pendants to create a map that can be used to enter the village. Wenwu plans to destroy the village after freeing his wife and imprisons his children and Katy when they object. The three escape the compound with the help of former actor Trevor Slattery, whom the Ten Rings imprisoned for impersonating Wenwu.

Guided by Slattery's hundun companion Morris, the group drives to Ta Lo to warn the village of the Ten Rings and meet Li's sister Ying Nan. She reveals to the group the history of Ta Lo: thousands of years ago, it was attacked by the soul-consuming Dweller-in-Darkness and his minions. However, the village was saved by a dragon called the Great Protector, who helped seal the Dweller and his minions in a mountain. According to Nan, the Dweller-in-Darkness has been influencing Wenwu into believing Li is still alive so he will use the rings to break the seal. The villagers, Shang-Chi, Xialing, and Katy train and prepare for their arrival.

Shang-Chi and Katy return to San Francisco, where they are summoned by the sorcerer Wong to accompany him to the Sanctum Sanctorum. In a mid-credits scene, Shang-Chi speaks with Bruce Banner and Carol Danvers, and discover that the ten rings are emitting a mysterious signal. In a post-credits scene, Xialing becomes the new leader of the Ten Rings.

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Trigger warning this week. There is a discussion about abuse as it comes up in the book this week. If you are a victim of abuse or you know someone who needs help, please to to RAINN or to Four in One to get the help and services you need. 

This week, Tony is joined by the Reface master himself, Mr. Blake Byles.

Blake brought with him his favorite Blanket as he and Tony talk about Craig Thompson’s award winning, auto-biographical masterpiece, Blankets.

Please listen to Blake’s Playlist here.

You can read it here on the Internet Archive

Blankets is an autobiographical graphic novel by Craig Thompson, published in 2003 by Top Shelf Productions. As a coming-of-age autobiography, the book tells the story of Thompson's childhood in an Evangelical Christian family, his first love, and his early adulthood.

Comics in Motion is now a Humble Bundle Partner.

Check out Judging Dredd from Sequart: http://sequart.org/books/14/judging-dredd-examining-the-world-of-judge-dredd/

If you want to talk with Tony about comics or to suggest any future shows, please connect with him on Twitter @Tricycleboombox. You can find him online and send him an email at https://www.arfarina.com/.

Welcome to Whats the Topic a podcast where we discuss Superheroes, Comics, Films, Tv and Video games.

This week's episode me and luke discuss the newest Marvel Film Shang Chi and a little disucssion on the newest episode of what if!

We hope you enjoy our ramblings and will join us for future episodes!

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Mike embarks on the third volume of the 2017 Darth Vader comics; The Burning Seas, tackling plot points of Vader confronting Gial Ackbar & King Lee-Char on Mon Cala, hunting down an ex-jedi padawan, before he is then hunted by Tarkin and Annual 2 shows him discovering the true power of the Death Star, all in one great episode! Mike also gives more information on numerous connections including the inquisitorius, Mon Cala & their star cruisers, Tarkin and so much more – this is a must-listen for any fans of the Dark Lord or Star Wars in general!

These comics are set just approximately 1 year after Revenge Of The Sith, in 18 BBY.

All standard issues were written by Charles Soule, with Giuseppe Camuncoli as penciller, Daniele Orlandini as inker and David Curiel as colour artist for all issues excluding 16, as Java Tartaglia & Guru eFX are colourists on issue 16.

Mike tackled the first two volumes of 2017 Vader in ep 62 & 66 of SWCIC. For the 2015 Vader run (set after A New Hope), check out episodes 15, 17, 19, 23 & 29 of SWCIC, plus ep 41 features the Vader: Dark Visions anthology mini-series and ep 49 is the Target Vader mini-series.

Charles Soule wrote the High Republic novel Light Of The Jedi as well as the following SW mini-series; Rise Of Kylo Ren (in ep 1 of SWCIC), Obi-Wan & Anakin (ep 11) and Lando (ep 18).

Check out the last episode of SWCIC where Mike embarked on the final issues of the 2015 main Star Wars run of comics; Rogues & Rebels! In the finale, Luke recovers his lightsaber, Han is captured by Boss Carpo, Chewbacca goes head-to-head with Darth Vader and C-3PO makes some new friends, while Empire Ascendant’s “An Echo Of Victory” provides a small window into the mindset of Poe Dameron’s parents; Shara Bey & Kes Dameron! Plus Mike provides information on the Wampas of Hoth and some history of A-Wings!

Promo is for the Judging Dredd book, edited by Scott Weatherly (of the 20th Century Geek podcast) & it's available now: http://sequart.org/books/14/judging-dredd-examining-the-world-of-judge-dredd/

Check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases 1 or 2 episodes of his “Afterthoughts” a week, plus unsplit full-length episodes of GCC, additional photos (including early access to photos of comics) & more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check out http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

Mike along with 5 other members of Comics In Motion discussed Art Spiegelman's Maus in the 2nd CiM Book Club: https://bit.ly/BC2Maus

Mike on the Have Not Seen This podcast, talking about The Way Way Back: https://spoti.fi/3AbPcV4

Intro & outro by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com/

Intro arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

Welcome to the second Comics In Motion Book Club! This month we're tackling Art Spiegelman's classic graphic novel, Maus. Originally serialized from 1980 to 1991, it takes us through Art's interviews with his father, Vladek, about being a holocaust survivor and representing Jews as mice, Germans as cats, and Poles as pigs. This masterpiece is the only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize, and the book club is the perfect place to discuss.

Dave Horrocks (TV & Movies) is on hosting duties and joining him is a star-studded cast of the Comics In Motion family! We have Tony Farina, Mike Burton, JAC, Ria Carrogan & Superdummy Paul! The biggest challenge was keeping this down to less than 2 hours!

You can catch Tony on Indie Comics Spotlight every Thursday, Seasons Greetings, and also The Pop Guerrillas all on Comics In Motion! Tweet him @TricycleBoombox and visit his website https://www.arfarina.com/ 

Listen to Ria Carrogan on The Pop Guerrillas and Seasons Greetings on Comics In Motion. And check out Ria's questions for some questions: https://www.riasquestions.com/ 

Mike Burton, host of the first book club, can be found on Star Wars Comics In Canon and also Genuine Chit-Chat, all links are here: https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat and for loads of extra content, check out his Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/GenuineChitChat 

Superdummy Paul can be found on Superheroes for Dummies on Comics In Motion, and also the truly insightful 'Geek' series on the Fantastic Universes podcast, his site: https://www.superdummy.co.uk/ 

And last but not least, appearing via the miracles of recording technology, we have JAC! JAC is another Pop Guerrilla and Seasons Greetings host and you can catch his fantastically concise and thoughtful reviews on https://iamjacsmusings.wordpress.com/ 

And it's JAC who drops the next book we're going to tackle for the 3rd book club!

Please check out Judging Dredd:

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This week, Tony is joined by creator/writer/artist Eric Lee to talk about his Webtoon: The Breakup Artist

Comics in Motion is now a Humble Bundle Partner.

If you want to talk with Tony about comics or to suggest any future shows, please connect with him on Twitter @Tricycleboombox. You can find him online and send him an email at https://www.arfarina.com/.

It is time for episode 27 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a show from the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC!

Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that episode's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles!

For this 27th instalment, we look back at Batman Year Two from Mike W.Barr, Alan Davis & Todd McFarlane, published by DC Comics in 1987. This roller coaster of a story takes Batman on a physical and emotional journey that he may never recover from.

This week, Max is joined by the amazing Kevin McCluskey, one of the minds behind the fantastic www.weseetheworldinbendaydots.com. For any comic book fans, this website is an absolute must!

If you want to get in touch with Max about comics or to suggest any future shows, please say to him on Twitter @maxybyrne. You can read his reviews of all kinds of content at www.dcworld.org.uk, www.darknightnews.com, www.fantasticuniverses.com, and www.getyourcomicon.com

Mike embarks on the final issues of the 2015 main Star Wars run of comics; Rogues & Rebels! In this finale, Luke recovers his lightsaber, Han is captured by Boss Carpo, Chewbacca goes head-to-head with Darth Vader and C-3PO makes some new friends, while Empire Ascendant’s “An Echo Of Victory” provides a small window into the mindset of Poe Dameron’s parents; Shara Bey & Kes Dameron! Plus Mike provides information on the Wampas of Hoth and some history of A-Wings!

These stories are all set just before Empire Strikes Back, around 3 ABY.

Star Wars 73-75 were written by Greg Pak, with Phil Noto as the artist and colour artist. “An Echo Of Victory” from Empire Ascendant was written by Charles Soule with Luke Ross as artist, Guru eFX as colour artist. Issue 73 of Star Wars was released October 2019, issue 75 was released November 2019, Empire Ascendant was released December 2019 and the trade paperback collection was released March 2020.

If you want to check out the previous arcs for the main run of Star Wars comics (2015-2019), check out episodes 9, 13, 19, 21, 27, 36, 40, 44, 48, 53, 57, 61 & 65 of SWCIC!

Check out the last episode of SWCIC where Mike embarked on 6 issues of War Of The Bounty Hunters for the second full chapter! Qi’ra & Crimson Dawn hold the auction for Han Solo frozen-in-carbonite, gathering the most notorious crime syndicates in the galaxy as well as piquing the interest of the Empire & the Rebellion! Mike provides tonnes of connections to other SW content as well as exploring the many different perspectives & double-crosses in the next chapter in this tantalising tale!

End promo is for the Judging Dredd book, edited by Scott Weatherly (of the 20th Century Geek podcast) & it's available now: http://sequart.org/books/14/judging-dredd-examining-the-world-of-judge-dredd/

Check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases 1 or 2 episodes of his “Afterthoughts” a week (with 3 episodes now *FREE* to anyone: season 1 of The Witcher, The Phantom Menace & Spider-Man 3!), plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC, additional photos (including early access to photos of comics for this very show) and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

Mike on the Have Not Seen This podcast, talking about The Way Way Back: https://spoti.fi/3AbPcV4

Mike appeared on Star Wars Timeline’s Timecast, talking about the different SW trilogies, found here: https://youtu.be/W03gonK4rtw

Mike is also the host of a podcast called Genuine Chit-Chat where he speaks with a different guest each week about a wide array of topics where no subject is off limits – GCC can be listened to in the same place you’re listening to this show, so there’s no excuse to not check it out!

Find Mike @GenuineChitChat on Twitter, @Genuine_ChitChat on Instagram & /GenuineChitChat on Facebook

Intro & outro by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com/

Intro arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

Chris is joined by fellow Comics In Motion family member Max Byrne to review the new Suicide Squad (2021). We go through the movie and talk about the characters and what it means to the DC wider Universe. 

Max hosts the Mandatory Marvel and DC show on the Comics In Motion feed. A great show that Chris has vowed to appear on soon. 

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