This week’s episode was recorded on August 7th, 2016.

On this week’s show, Paul and Tia join Mike to talk about how we, as fans, deal with controversy in the comics community/news. There’s a bunch of weird problems the comics industry needs to fix and, well, this episode is a discussion about those problems.

Comic Reads/Picks for this week

* Moon Knight #5

* Jughead #8

* Jonesy #5

* Kill or Be Killed #1

* Hex 11 Volume 1

* Batman #4

* Wonder Woman #3

* Suicide Squad #1-3

* Judge Dredd #8

* Predator vs Judge Dredd vs Aliens #1

* Animosity #1

* Lady Killer #2

* Superman #4

* Ringside #6

* All-Star Batman #1

* The Accused #1

Relevant Links/Information

* Mike – @mikerapin

* Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX

* Paul – @OhHiPaulie

* Infinity Shred performance at Union Pool August 17th

* ALSO! On October 14th, Infinity Shred’s new album drops so, pre-order it now!

Controversy in comics links mentioned:

Rat Queens – Roc Upchurch, then Tess Fowler… and more

Dan Slott being a jerk on twitter

Tony Harris being a dick about cosplayers

All the shit about Brian Wood

Marguerite Bennett getting kicked off of wonder woman

Frank Cho… in general

Hydra Cap and creators vs fandom

Timestamps:

* Start/Last Week in Comics – 00:00:00

* Comic Picks – 00:21:20

* How Do We Handle Comic Book Controversies? – 00:28:44

* Credits – 01:02:08

* Our take on the Olympics – 01:03:53

This week’s music was by Flamingosis and Infinity Shred.

This week’s episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs.

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