Graphic Novelty

What does this dystopian art-house comedy from France have to do with food in comics? Not much, but Ora picked it anyway. Music: ‘Night of Dizzy Spells’ by Eric Skiff.

Fat people talking about food. Theme: Chopin’s Nocturnes, Op. 9 no. 2, performed by Frank Levy.

This week, the team preps for Dark Phoenix by watching Fox’s first attempt to bring one of comics’ most complex sagas to the screen. Did it work? Sure, in that it almost sank the franchise. Music: ‘Night of Dizzy Spells’ by Eric Skiff.

LATE EPISODE – The second part of our “Josh is late again” twofer sees the boys examining Avenger 200 and the Greg Pak-penned Phoenix Endsong. Both are horrible, but for different reasons. If you like time-traveling incest, rape gaslighting, and pissing on the legacy of Grant Morrison, then this is the podcast you’ve been waiting for. Theme: Chopin’s Nocturnes, Op. 9 no. 2, performed by Frank Levy.

LATE PODCAST NUMBER ONE – Sorry, my work schedule and an injury kept me from posting these in a timely manner. But hey, that just means you get to enjoy two podcasts on the same day! This one is about Soloman Kane, the James Purefoy film that attempted – and failed – to launch a franchise. Why? No idea, because it is actually quite good. Join us for some grizzled character actors, made-up backstory, and a final boss straight out of Skyrim. Music: ‘Night of Dizzy Spells’ by Eric Skiff.

It’s LICH KING, you sickos. Theme: Chopin’s Nocturnes, Op. 9 no. 2, performed by Frank Levy.

The bad thing about prophecies is that sometimes they come true. What does this have to do with the 90s indie mockumentary Bob Roberts, directed by and starring notorious lefty Tim Robbins? You’ll have to listen to find out. Or, like, Google it. That would work too. Music: ‘Night of Dizzy Spells’ by Eric Skiff.

Political satire is a tough thing to pull off in the best of times, and these are certainly not those times. But smaller comic companies try anyway, and that is where we get Barack the Barbarian and Trump’s Titans. Josh, Ora, and Kyle try to lighten things up by discussing Batman’s many crimes, but really, at least one of these books is existentially bad. Theme: Chopin’s Nocturnes, Op. 9 no. 2, performed by Frank Levy.

We follow up our episode on weird fiction comics with an examination of Hellboy, the 2004 film adaptation of famed comics scribe Mike Mahatmaghandi’s epic. Thrill along with Josh, Ora, and Kyle as Ron Perlman proves himself the most adept of punchmen. Music: ‘Night of Dizzy Spells’ by Eric Skiff.

Ring in the new year the traditional way – with tentacles. The team tackles Mike Mignola’s classic Hellboy and Fred Van Lente’s Weird Detective, but mostly as an excuse for Josh to lecture Ora and Kyle about weird fiction. Theme: Chopin’s Nocturnes, Op. 9 no. 2, performed by Frank Levy.