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This week Mike is doing another spoiler-free book review from the High Republic era; A Test Of Courage by Justina Ireland! Although the book is aimed at “middle-school” readers, this is a book that will appeal to all ages due to the writing, characters and themes throughout.

In more detail, for the first half of the episode, Mike gives a bit of information on the other releases for The High Republic (the first two waves within Phase 1) and then delves into his spoiler-free review; primarily providing information from the blurb and within the first few pages; talking about the book’s themes and what he enjoyed about it.

In the second half, Mike provides more details on the characters within the story and gives examples on how the book’s themes work so well with the story being told, which falls into light-spoiler territory. He gives plenty of warning before delving into his more detailed review, so you can listen to as little or as much info about AToC before picking it up yourself – Mike ends the review with a spoiler-free overview of the first 3 High Republic books and talking about where they fit chronologically with the comics & other High Republic content

A Test Of Courage is from Phase 1, Wave 1 of The High Republic, also in Wave 1 is Light Of The Jedi and Into The Dark. Phase 1, Wave 2 includes The Rising Storm, Out Of The Shadows and Race To Crashpoint Tower.

A Test Of Courage was released January 5th 2021 by Justina Ireland. She has also written the young adult novel Out Of The Shadows; a “sequel” to both Claudia Gray’s Into The Dark and AToC in The High Republic, plus the War Of The Bounty Hunters Jabba one-shot comic and the junior novels Lando’s Luck and Spark Of The Resistance.

Other High Republic content currently available includes; Light Of The Jedi – an “adult” novel by Charles Soule, Into The Dark – a young adult novel by Claudia Gray (who Mike spoke with on SWCIC on December 12th), The High Republic comics by Cavan Scott and High Republic Adventures comics by Daniel José Older, plus Cavan Scott’s sequel novel to Light Of The Jedi, named The Rising Storm is available now along with Out Of The Shadows by Justina Ireland and Race To Crashpoint Tower by Daniel José Older.

In the last episode of SWCIC, Mike takes you through the first Doctor Aphra adventure from the 2020 comic run where Aphra is back to doing what she loves; finding & selling rare artifacts and almost dying in the process! Join everyone’s favourite rogue archaeologist with a whole new cast of characters and crazy situations that brings mystery, great dialogue and lots of connections to other Star Wars content that Mike will take you through, including info about the Kubaz species, the Tagge family, cursed bone cities and more!

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/

This was released four days early over on Mike’s Patreon, where he also releases episodes of his “Afterthoughts” show weekly (with 3 episodes now *FREE* to anyone), plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat!

Mike guested 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

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

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

This week Dave and Tony discuss the hugely divisive Fantastic Four 2005 movie. But is this as bad as everyone says?

Directed by Tim Story and written by Michael France and Mark Frost. Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis and Julian McMahon.

You can get more of Tony on Indie Comics Spotlight and Seasons Greetings, and reach him on twitter.com/tricycleboombox or www.arfarina.com.

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This week, it is time for another Hidden Gem. This week, Tony goes deep into Dark Horse Comics: THE ANSWER!

by Dennis Hopeless,

Mike Norton,

Mark Englert (Illustrator)

Insomniac librarian Devin MacKenzie is yanked into a maelstrom of mayhem and mystery by the punctuation-faced crime fighter known as the Answer! Can this unlikely team take on the sinister BRAIN TRUST? A thoroughly original superhero adventure from Mike Norton (Battlepug) and Dennis Hopeless (Avengers Arena, Cable and X-Force). Collects the four-issue miniseries.

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/.

Today, the Pop Guerrillas take over with a collection of spoiler Free Reviews in less time than it takes to listen to a pop song. 

You never know when the Pop Guerrillas will strike next!

Aphra is back to doing what she loves; finding & selling rare artifacts and almost dying in the process! In the first volume of the 2020 Aphra run, join everyone’s favourite rogue archaeologist with a whole new cast of characters and crazy situations that brings mystery, great dialogue and lots of connections to other Star Wars content that Mike will take you through, including info about the Kubaz secies, the Tagge family, cursed bone cities and more!

These comics are set after Empire Strikes Back but before Return Of The Jedi, in 3-4 ABY.

All issues were written by Alyssa Wong, with Marika Cresta as artist and Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist. Issue 1 was released May 2020, issue 5 was released October 2020 and the trade paperback collection was released January 2021.

For the first run of Aphra comics, check out episodes 63, 59, 55, 51, 46, 42, 36 & 34 of SWCIC 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 a Darth Vader story where Jocasta Nu is in the Sith Lord’s sights! Mike tackled the second volume of the 2017 Darth Vader run in a story set just after Revenge Of The Sith where Vader pursues the jedi archivist as she possesses an object that could bring the Empire toppling down, plus Vader is attacked by mercenaries & bounty hunters, so goes up the chain to find out who put the hit on him. Mike also gave additional information on inquisitors, ancient artifacts, a lightsaber rifle and more!

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 & Tony Farina continue their Mark Russell journey by discussing his run of Flintstones comics on Indie Comics Spotlight: https://spoti.fi/3idkXqr

Mike spoke about the New 52 Batman comic Endgame on Mandatory Marvel & DC with host Max Byrne: https://spoti.fi/2UzGdxW

Mike, Megan & Tonya Todd discuss the Loki series on the feed of Comics In Motion! Parts 1-3: https://spoti.fi/2TamZ10 and 4-6: https://spoti.fi/36MmvRW

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

Please check out Judging Dredd:

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This week, Tony is joined by Co-Host of Superheroes for Dummies, Mr. Daniel Belgrave. Please follow him on Twitter, ask questions for his upcoming shows, and of course, listen to it.

Today, Tony and Dan tackle a book that was so epic, it was published by both Dark Horse AND Image. BUZZKILL

by

Donny Cates,

Mark Reznicek,

Geoff Shaw

Ruben is not your average alcoholic; he's an unstoppable superhero who derives his powers from imbibing massive amounts of alcohol. After all the disasters his addiction has caused, he's ready to get clean. When he joins a twelve-step recovery program, the city's supervillains couldn't be happier! Collects issues #1–#4 of the series.

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/.

Comics in Motion is proud to partner with Lenovations Press! Check out their high quality independent comics here.

Please read this amazing article about the powerful, female creative minds behind Buffy!

Season’s Greetings and Welcome to the Hellmouth. Month, the Comics in Motion family is pleased to launch, Binging Buffy, a look back at Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season by season hosted by JAC of I am JAC’s Musings and Tony Farina of Indie Comics Spotlight.

Here are Tony and JAC’s final rankings in season order

JAC’s favorites: Angel, Becoming II, Earshot, Restless, Fool for love, Once More with Feeling, Chosen

Tony’s Favorites:  Out of sight out of mind, Halloween, Lovers walk, New man, Family, Tabala Rasa, Chosen

Best: Out of sight out of mind, Passion,  [Three is our difference earshot/consequences] Hush, the Body, Once More With Feeling, Chosen.

JAC’s Least: Teacher's pet, Go fish, Gingerbread, where the wild things are, Listening to fear, Double meat/Hells Bells tied, Him

Tony’s Least: Teachers Pet, Go Fish, Beauty and the beast, Beer bad, Listening to fear, All the way, Him

WORST: We totally agree across the board

Teacher's Pet, go fish, beauty and the beast, Wild things, I was made for you, Dead things, Him

Follow JAC on twitter or read his amazing work on I am JACs Musings

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/.

The Man, the Myth, the Legend. SPIDER DAN!

@oddentitypod on Twitter and Insta

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Find The PodMoth Media Network at podmoth.network

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oddentity-podcast/id1229525500

Bio: Janine Mercer is a writer, podcaster, and loveable weirdo from Newfoundland, Canada. Janine currently resides in WI with her wife and a collection of moderately creepy taxidermy.

MDB: http://imdb.me/TonyaTodd

Website: http://mstonyatodd.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsTonyaTodd

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Episode 18 Notes- The 10-Cent Plague by David Hajdu

In this episode Tony Farina of Indie Comics Spotlight and I finish our discussion of The 10-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America. Tony and I cover the big ideas from this book as we share what we’ve learned about the development of the comic book in 20thCentury Americaand prognosticate on where it’s going.

You can follow the show @ComicsLloyd on Twitter or send an email to [email protected]. You can find me on Twitter @MattB_Lloyd and at www.dccomicsnews.com where I write reviews and edit news stories.

You find Tony on Twitter @tricycleboombox and on his website https://www.arfarina.com/

You can also check out my chapter in “Politics in Gotham: The Batman Universe and Political Thought.”

https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Gotham-Universe-Political-Thought/dp/3030057755

The 10-Cent Plague at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Cent-Plague-Comic-Book-Changed-America/dp/0312428235

The 10-Cent Plague at Barnes and Noble

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ten-cent-plague-david-hajdu/1100355671

And on Hoopla

https://www.hoopladigital.com/

It’s time for another volume of 2017 Darth Vader and this time, Jocasta Nu is in the Sith Lord’s sights! Mike tackles the next story set just after Revenge Of The Sith where Vader pursues the jedi archivist; Jocastu Nu as she possesses an object that could bring the Empire toppling down, plus Vader is attacked by mercenaries & bounty hunters, so goes up the chain to find out who put the hit on him…

These comics are set just after Revenge Of The Sith, in 19 BBY.

All issues were written by Charles Soule, with Giuseppe Camuncoli as penciller, Daniele Orlandini as inker and David Curiel as colour artist. Issue 7 was released November 2017, issue 12 was released February 2018, the trade paperback collection was released April 2018 and the hardcover of volumes 1&2 was released October 2018. The omnibus with all 2017 Vader comics will be released October 2021.

Mike tackled the first volume of 2017 Vader in ep 62 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 also wrote 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 penultimate issues of the 2015 main Star Wars run of comics; Rebels & Rogues! In this story Luke wants to distract some imperials, but gets entangled with another force sensitive person, Han & Leia head to Lanz Carpo; a planet near Coruscant to try and frame it’s leader and Chewbacca & C-3PO venture to a planet of “rock people” and Darth Vader is right around the corner…

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

Mike & Tony Farina continue their Mark Russell journey by discussing his run of Flintstones comics on Indie Comics Spotlight: https://spoti.fi/3idkXqr

Mike spoke about the New 52 Batman comic Endgame on Mandatory Marvel & DC with host Max Byrne: https://spoti.fi/2UzGdxW

Mike, Megan & Tonya Todd discuss the Loki series on the feed of Comics In Motion! Parts 1-3: https://spoti.fi/2TamZ10 and 4-6: https://spoti.fi/36MmvRW

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