Girls Interrupting

The Girls return to Greg Rucka & Nicola Scott's magical world of BLACK MAGICK. Issues 4 & 5 continue Rowan and Morgan's investigation into the murder of a murderer and Rowan attempts to quietly figure out how magic is involved. Magic has brought a strange European man to town, Rowan has to argue with a house, Morgan DEFINITELY knows something is up between Ro and that Alex woman, and Ro may have involved Alex in a magical fight for her life. As for us, we cannot get over the art of this book and just want to send Nicola and Greg mini muffin baskets on the weekly!

Kate Leth and Megan Levens created a world The Girls want to go to in this week's Bite-Sized Episode of Girls Interrupting.

SPELL ON WHEELS is a story about three women, their friendship, magic, hunting thieves, dealing with lecherous misogynists, rescuing each other, flirting with Goatmen, and controlling your own destiny. Suffice it to say, a raucous good time was had by all!

The Girls went to see Wonder Woman on opening night and WOW OH WOW did they have a great time!!

This month, the Girls read LADYKILLER and fall completely in love with Josie, competent and sexy hitwoman and mother of two. She does it all, cooks, cleans, looks after her twin girls, coddles her undeserving husband, and takes out mob-bosses in fishnets and heels. We want to BE HER. Well, at least one of us does (Monica), the rest of us just really like her. We also talk about all the new trailers that dropped in the last month as well as just what's wrong with some of the choices those movies have made... There's also a new season of Gamebangers and the field is wide open for either a returning champion or a brand new one!!

It's the beginning of a brand-new journey for the INVINCIBLE IRON MAN title, and we are so happy to be here at the starting line! After the shenanigans of Civil War II, teenaged Riri Williams is taking the titanium-alloy reins from a not-quite-deceased Tony Stark. We couldn't care less about the INFAMOUS Doom; as far as we're concerned, Riri's Ironheart, as depicted by Brian Michael Bendis and Stefano Caselli, is the real heir to the throne.

We all want to be social justice warriors, but most of us can’t punch a tank. Allison Green can, but she’s retired. And actually, she’s not sure if tank-punching is even all that useful. This week we’re talking STRONG FEMALE PROTAGONIST, an ongoing webcomic by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag. In the first two chapters, we see Allison struggle with the idea of normalcy in a post-cape existence. Like most twentysomethings, she wonders about her place in the world, her purpose, and how to make the world better (without so much tank-punching).

The Girls return to a galaxy far, far away with the first volume of DARTH VADER by Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca. Vader finds himself on the outs with the Emperor after the destruction of the first Death Star (see STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE for more details, check your local listings) and falls in with two homicidal droids and everyone's new favorite, Doctor Aphra.

Who loves Vader the most? Who hates C3PO the most? Who caught the Indiana Jones reference? All this and murder jokes this week on Girls Interrupting!

This week, the Girls are excited to follow the uniquely named Dexedrine Callisto Parios into the murky mysteries of STUMPTOWN, a Portland-based PI story written by podcast favorite Greg Rucka, with art by Matthew Southworth and Lee Loughridge.

Hello listeners and welcome to our next Full Episode (we are super early but we just got too excited to wait)!

This month the Girls cover a range of topics in the Bullpen from new superhero tv to new comics to the fierce joy that is the set pictures from Ocean's 8! We also talk a whole lot of politics and current events just before focusing on our comic for this month: MARCH by US Representative, John Lewis with Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.

Mr. Lewis tells us about his experience in the fledgling Civil Rights Movement of the early 1950s against the juxtaposition of attending the 2009 Inauguration of the first black president of the United States. It is a moving and historical book that pulls no punches about just what was done in order to get the Civil Rights Movement off the ground, let alone to a place where it would be successful.

We also wanted to talk to you about something extremely important to us–anyone that listens to this podcast knows we are adamant supporters of justice, truth, and equality. The last few months of political gamesmanship and immoral, illegal, and prejudiced behavior by Trump and his administration have saddened and outraged us. What HASN’T been disappointing is the resistance movement this has inspired. We are so proud of our fellow Americans standing up for everything that truly makes this country great, that we are asking for your help in supporting two amazing organizations: Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. We are part of a team holding a fundraiser for these two groups and we are giving you the opportunity to sponsor segments of upcoming episodes in the following ways:

$5 = Ask us a question or solicit our opinion on any subject

$20 = Pick a comic or topic that will be the focus of a mini-episode

$35 = We will play a game of your creation in a future round of GameBangers!

$50 = Co-host an episode with us on the comic of your choosing!

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SHOW NOTES:

In the Bullpen!

New Superhero TV shows:

Legion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SZ3rMMYBLY

Powerless - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQeG7u2MgEE

Riverdale - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XmFTADupMc

New Comics:

NO WORLD, Scott Lobdell - http://www.out.com/popnography/2017/2/02/x-men-writers-new-comic-stars-250-pound-black-trans-woman-whos-also-former-nfl-player

We're Excited About:

Ocean's 8 - http://www.refinery29.com/2017/01/138425/oceans-8-photo-first-look

Hidden Figures - http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/live-by-night-hidden-figures-box-office.html

Runaways casting - http://deadline.com/2017/02/marvels-runaways-hulu-drama-series-cast-1201901285/

Chris Evans vs Nazis - http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/13/chris-evans-aka-captain-america-hits-back-at-white-nationalist-david-duke-s-racist-trolling.html

POLITICS TIME WHAAAAAAT

Women's March - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/21/world/womens-march-pictures.html

2018 Midterm Elections - http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/3/13976258/midterm-elections-2018-explained

The Episode:

MARCH - John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/march-john-lewis/1120827767?ean=9781603093002

Slavery vs Segregation vs Civil Rights: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/75/9c/a7/759ca700feb8bba4103b6c962e2d8f73.jpg

Intersectional Feminism - http://www.vox.com/identities/2017/1/17/14267766/womens-march-on-washington-inauguration-trump-feminism-intersectionaltiy-race-class

Equality is NOT a Zero Sum Game - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/08/international-womens-day-equality-prosperity

What Privilege Does and Doesn't Mean - http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/07/what-privilege-really-means/

In a local tale of terror recommended to us by one of our most loyal listeners, we peer behind the dusty curtains of the infamous Winchester Mystery House. It's true that Sarah Winchester was obsessed with continuously adding more and more rooms to her San Jose home after the death of her husband and daughter, but was it merely madness that drove her, or was something more sinister lurking in the halls built by the Winchester rifle? We dive into this tale by Peter J. Tomasi, Ian Bertram, and Dave Stewart to see if we can find out!