Geeks Unleashed

Hot on the heels of the new Hulu series, we‘re taking on one of Mark‘s favorite books as we cover the first two volumes of Y: The Last Man. This episode also marks one year of our book club! Thank you reading along with us, engaging in some great conversations, and massive thanks to the people who have picked up their first graphic novel ever because of our series.

We are joined by Jelani of the Pop Culture Philosophers this week to discuss Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings!

We had more fun covering this week‘s big Marvel and DC news than we did with our main event. In short, we read Count of Dracula vol 1 so you didn‘t have to.

We've got a new monthly feature where we'll chop it up interview style with some people we think are pretty awesome! In this episode we get to speak with Rockin' Robbie Billups of the Pop Culture Philosophers, and we're talking everything from making music to making comics to running a successful YouTube channel and everything in between!

A cross over to end all cross overs? You bet! This week, we take a look at volume 1 of Crossover from Image Comics. We also spend some time talking about whether or not the Substack subscription model will be good for comics and how we're looking forward to Black Canary film in the works from HBO.

What's it like for a young girl to come of age in a time of war, oppression, and revolution? We take a deep dive into the graphic memoir Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. On this episode, we are joined by Dr. Lindsey Meeks -- a political communication and gender bias in media professor from the University of Oklahoma. Please listen in as we discuss privilege, rebellion, and being 14 and alone in a country where you don't speak the language.

 

Tracklist:

0:46 - Guest Intro: Dr. Lindsey Meeks3:39 - Graphic novels as a non-fiction vehicle, from a Professor's perspective6:36 - How does this artwork, specifically, aid in the storytelling17:51 - How well does Satrapi handle all of the different themes that are covered throughout Persepolis (repression, war, leaving home/returning home, violence, , communication, family...)35:35 - Which parts of the book resonated most46:22 - From privilege to homeless, how pride can get in the way of progress55:04 - Why do you think this book winds up on so many must read lists?1:02:33 - Final thoughts on the book

 

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We're back to present day this week as we talk The Suicide Squad! But before we get into the film, we cover Wednesday casting news, Marvel's What If... has opened the door for more MCU animated series, Chloe Bennet's exit from CW's Powerpuff series, live action Avatar: The Last Airbender series announces main cast, and the My Hero Academia live action film gets a director!

Happiest of Birthdays to our fearless leader, Mark! We celebrate this week by talking about one of his favorite films, Masters of the Universe! To help ring in the big 4-0, we've also got Robbie of the Pop Culture Philosophers and Adam of GoFigure with us this week to talk all things He-Man.

Our main event is comparing Netflix's new Masters of the Universe: Revelation series to all the previous He-Man cartoons that came before starting with the original from 1983 and wrapping up with the 2002 version.

In news we talk about the deplorable details of the lawsuit filed against Activision/Blizzard; in good news we speculate about Michaela Coel being cast in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; and we talk about theater chains still beefin' with studios over streaming films. Then we dive into the sacred timeline as we talk all things Loki season 1!