My guest this week is Rik Sansone! What valuable comics does Rik have? Who are the Micronauts? Does everyone know that Dracula is a Marvel character? Which member of the X-Men did he go after? What do we think of the 2000's Fantastic Four movies? Has Brett seen every superhero movie? What happened when Rik was on Last Comic Standing? What is Rik's comic book about? Are comic books too expensive? What were the best parts of the Watchmen movie?

Reading list: Micronauts Tomb of Dracula Dark Phoenix Peanuts Frank Miller Daredevil (free on Kindle Unlimited) Watchmen The Tick

Watch list: Loki Fantastic Four (2005 movie) Watchmen Star Trek The Original Series Star Trek The Motion Picture Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country The Tick animated series The Tick with Patrick Warburton The Tick on Amazon Prime

My guest this week is comedian Adam Bush! What major event happened when Adam started reading comic books? Why did Adam buy certain comics twice? Why doesn't Adam like Superman? How is movie Thor different from comic book Thor? Why does Brett have a hard time getting rid of comic books? What's the difference between standup comedy and storytelling? What did Andrew Stanton say about storytelling? Is comic book writing better now than it used to be? How did Peter Parker do with the ladies? Do the old Spider-Man stories hold up better than the old Thor stories? Why did The Marvels not do well? Is Captain Marvel in the movies too powerful?

Reading list: Death of Superman Knightfall Superman: Birthright Thor (early comics) Spider-Man (early comics)

Watch list: Batman '66 Superman '78 The Marvels Loki

Recorded 11-29-23 via Zencastr

My guest this week is comedian Kelly Zemnickis! Are Archie Comics still good? What are the Archie Christian comics? Who does Archie prefer and who SHOULD he prefer? Why is Betty so much better for Archie? Which superhero does Archie become? How about Jughead? What are the New Archies? Can comic books help you learn English? Did Archie like Veronica for her money? Why was Kelly sued by Archie Comics? Did the tv show Riverdale have "essence of Archie"? What would Archie be like as a lawyer? What should Jughead's sexuality be?

Reading list:

Archie Comics

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Riverdale

Recorded 10-30-23 via Zencastr

My guest this week is comedian Ian Levy! Where did Ian used to work? What happened to Ian on Free Comic Book Day? Who does Brett dress up as when he goes to standup at cons? Are "fan experiences" any good? What celebrities has Brett met? How did Ian get started with comic books? What writer recently impressed Brett? Who is Ian's favorite character? Why don't people like Superman? What is Top 10 about? What is Alan Moore's deal? What happened with the rights to the Watchmen characters? Who was created first, Doom Patrol or X-Men? What was Frank Miller's Holy Terror?

Reading list: Mark Waid Flash Ultimate Spider-Man Ultimate Iron Man Dragonball Z The Watchmen Mark Waid Daredevil Superman Birthright Kingdom Come Superman: The Man of Steel by John Byrne All-Star Superman (free on Kindle Unlimited) Killing Joke Top 10 Powers Alan Moore's Swamp Thing Something is Killing The Children The Department of Truth Captain America by Ed Brubaker Stray Bullets Criminal Reckless Gotham Central (free with Kindle Unlimited) Daredevil by Ed Brubaker (free with Kindle Unlimited) Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski The Deviant by James Tynion IV Immortal Hulk (free with Kindle Unlimited) Doom Patrol by Grant Morrison Animal Man by Grant Morrison Empire by Mark Waid Superman: American Alien

Watch list: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero Powers Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Captain America: Civil War Loki Smallville Doom Patrol

Podcasts: Alan Moore on Chapo Trap House

My guest this week is Maduka Steady! How did Duane McDuffie die? What comics did Duane and Maduka start with? Who was Wendy the Good Witch? Who was Duane McDuffie? How great were Milestone Comics? What is Milestone Returns? Who were the Milestone characters? What made Milestone so great? What else did Duane McDuffie write? Who was The Question? Who else became The Question? What's the difference between a meta human and a crimefighter? Where has Renee Montoya appeared onscreen? What did they do with the Question on Justice League Unlimited? What's special about Spider-Man's origin story? Does Spider-Man do "crowd work"? Why are there no secret identities in the MCU (except for Spider-Man)? Who are the New Teen Titans? What is Raven's deal? Who is her father? Where did Maduka store his comic books?

Reading list: New Teen Titans Static Hardware Other Milestone books The Question Spider-Man Giant-Size X-Men Dark Phoenix (free on Comixology Unlimited) X-Men/Teen Titans Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk Justice League of America Uncanny X-Men Marvel's Deadpool The First 30 Years Deadpool Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe (free on Comixology Unlimited)

Watch list: Justice League/Justice League Unlimited

This week we're live at Everyone Comics with Joe Pontillo and proprietor Dimitrios Fragiskatos! How are the Winter Soldier comics different from the movies? Who played Captain America in the 1990 movie? How bad is the Roger Corman Fantastic Four? What is Bucky's real name? What comics did Joe buy because he felt bad for the writer? What Batman titles were around in the 90s? Is it harder to write kid's comics than adult comics? What is the only movie Stephen King wrote and directed? What other characters did Steve Ditko create? Which X-Man is currently dressing as Spider-Man? Is it important for a comic book series to have a letters page? Where did George RR Martin get the idea to kill off one of his main characters, maybe? Which comic writer was on The Real World? What's happening with the Ultimate Universe?

Reading list: By Ed Brubaker: Winter Soldier Pulp Criminal

Mark Gruenwald Captain America

The Batman Chronicles

Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth

Superior Spider-Man

Alpha Flight #12

Adventures of Superman #500

The Killing Joke: Deluxe Edition

Batman Annual #11 featuring Villains in Love by Alan Moore

Nightly News by Jonathan Hickman

Watch list: Dolph Lundgren Punisher Captain America: The Winter Soldier Maximum Overdrive Herman's Head Parker Lewis Can't Lose True Romance Supergirl (CW) Batman: Under The Red Hood

Recorded live at Everyone Comics on 11-1-23

Spoilers for Spider-Gwen. My returning guest this week is Bontrager! How did Spider-Gwen come about? How many Gwen Stacys didn't die? Why did Brett read the entire run? How is the art on Spider-Gwen? What Earth is Spider-Gwen from? Where was Spider-Gwen introduced? What were some of the differences between the Spider-Gwen story and the Spider-Man story? How was Matt Murdock different? What happens in the Spider-Gwen story? How do they get rid of Peter Parker? Who are the alternate characters in Spider-Gwen's universe? Who is the Bodega Bandit? Who is on Earth-8? What is Punisher like in this universe? What is this version of Reed Richards like? What about their version of Wolverine and Kitty? What band is Gwen in and what instrument does she play? How is Captain America different? Was Spider-Gwen a popular comic when it came out? What happened when the New Universe ended? How did Spider-Gwen end? What should publishers do to get readers buying comics again? Are comic books too expensive? Which comic titles always sell? Is it possible that younger comics buyers don't know much about Gwen Stacy?

Reading list: Spider-Gwen Ultimate Spider-Man New Universe X-Men: Dark Phoenix (free oni Comixology Unlimited)

My guest this week is comedian Kevin Israel! Is there more content for girls and woman in the comic book world now? What did comic cons used to be like? Is Kevin's wife into comic books? How did Brett's wife find out he was into comics? What is Mr. Potato Head Wolverine? What action figures does Kevin have? Are audio books the same experience as regular reading? What book is Brett reading that's triggering his depression? What does Brett think of Spider-Gwen? Why do you read comic books? Is it normal to imagine you have superpowers? What would happen in the world if people had superpowers? Does science fiction lead science? Will we ever have a billionaire who fights crime? What characteristics do you need to go along with your superpowers? What is the Who Would Win Facebook page? Is Captain America super-human? What's coming up in the MCU? What comics did Kevin recently rediscover? Why did Kevin sell his comic book collection? Who were Hawk and Dove? Who is Pitt? What was Trencher about?

Get Kevin's album The Struggle Israel

Reading list: Regular books (not graphic novels): The Only Good Indians Silo series MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios Jack Reacher books

Graphic novels: Are You My Mother? Superman: Birthright Spider-Gwen Cerebus The Boys Hawk and Dove Early Image comics: Spawn Savage Dragon The Wildcats Cyberforce Wetworks Pitt Trencher

Watch list: The Boys Avengers: Endgame Spider-Man: Far From Home Avengers: Age of Ultron Captain America: The First Avenger Titans Reacher

This week we're LIVE and in-person at Everyone Comics with Joe Pontillo! Is it time to kill Superman again? Which Superman villains are not powerful enough? Are there any Batman villains that are too powerful? Why was Bane born in prison? What would happen to you if you were born in prison? Who has Bane beaten up? When did people vote for Robin to die? How did Jason Todd come back to life? Are the DC animated movies good? What are some differences between the DC and Marvel apps? What happened when Charlie Cox auditioned to play Han Solo? What was the deal with babies in the Flash movie? Predator vs Wolverine - is it about time? Did Archie crossover with Predator? Is the GI Joe comic good? What are some current crossovers with Ninja Turtles? Who is the current mayor of New York City in the Marvel Universe?

Reading list: Vengeance of Bane Shadow of the Bat Gotham Knights Knightfall Under the Red Hood (free on Kindle Unlimited) Flashpoint (free on Kindle Unlimited) Archie vs. Predator The Punisher Meets Archie Afterlife With Archie (free on Comixology Unlimited) The Last Ronin (free on Kindle Unlimited) Joe Fixit Superior Spider-Man

New books: Daredevil She-Hulk World's Finest Marvel Gang War Superior Spider-Man

Watch list: Batman TAS Under the Red Hood Teen Titans: The Judas Contract Batman vs Robin Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Harley Quinn

Recorded live at Everyone Comics on 9-27-23

My guest today is cartoonist and comedian Teresa Roberts Logan! What is Teresa into? What is Zombies vs Robots about? What are her comics about? What is the Bell Witch? What is "Creepy Cute"? Who is Ballet Ghost? Why does Teresa love horror? Why did Tapas.io ban Teresa briefly? Why does Jesus Freak have a mature warning? Why is it hard to create content for kids? What is The Tao of Comedy about? Where did we buy our comics before we had comic book stores? How has the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood changed? What is Teresa's advice for aspiring cartoonists?

Teresa's IG

Reading list:

Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival Washington White Persepolis Votes for Women Neil Gaiman's Death Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts Roz Chast Lynda Barry Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor Making Comics William Steig The Walking Dead (free on Kindle Unlimited) Zombies vs Robots Charles Addams Josephine Baker graphic novel Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Dracula (free on Kindle Unlimited) An Embarrassment of Witches (free on Kindle Unlimited) The Oven by Sophie Goldstein Maus and Maus II Jules Feiffer - Kill my Mother, Feiffer's album Gemma Bovery Richard Thompson's Cul De Sac Fun Home (just read it already) Are You My Mother? Horrifyingly MAD Frank Miller Daredevil (free on Kindle Unlimited) Ruins The Rejection Collection of rejected New Yorker cartoons The Tao of Comedy Best American Comics My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

By Teresa Jesus Freak: Losing My Religion (on Tapas.io) gocomics.com laughing redhead comics Fog of Worry (patreon)

Watch list:

Netflix Daredevil series The Warriors

Recorded 10-2-23 via Zoom