Brandon & Rem invite you to sit in with comic shop owner Jordan Lowe to talk about what is happening with Marvel & the comic world at large! Poor Marvel has had just a terrible few weeks with PR nightmares such as VP of sales David Gabriel blaming diversity for the lurch in sales. From there, we ask Jordan's perspective as a shop owner and comic connoisseur whether the problem is diversity or overall storytelling. Turns out it's just not that simple! Finally, we dive into the controversy with artist Ardian Syaf who, in his first issue of Marvel's X-Men Gold, scrawled in subtle support for an Indonesian Muslim extremist group. As of this recording, Syaf's fate in Marvel was still unknown, but as of this writing, he has been terminated from Marvel's roster. [su_note note_color="#fefbf3" text_color="#155E51" radius="5"]Guest Spotlight: Jordan Lowe is owner/operator of , a brick-and-mortar comic shop located at 212 Third Street Suite A in Marietta, OH. He is also author of the indie comic about Bigfoot; . Oh, and did we mention he's also part of the quadfecta (and our mortal enemy, apparently) that is ?! This guy must have drive or something![/su_note] This town ain't big enough for...wait, how many geek podcasts are there in this town now?! Interested in writing geek-centric articles? Got a fever to let your inner writer out? Email us with an article to be published for thousands of readers to see! SMASH ALL THOSE LIKES AND SHARES AND SUBSCRIBES FOREVER! They help us stay alive one more day! Literally, there are larger ogres over us. They're ruthless and terrifying. We cry tears of blood! CALL or TEXT us so we can play/read your question on air @ !! (Intro uses the "" track by Kevin Macleod (). Licensed under . Outtro: ; get "Super Secret" by Ookla the Mok here: )