Graphic Novice Comic Book Podcast

The guys from The Graphic Novice Comic Book Podcast discuss Volume 16 of the Walking Dead comics - A Larger World (Issues #91-96). In this episode, Doc Thirst makes note of the similarities and kinship he feels with Eugene.

Its the end of the Spider-Verse event and Nickel, VF, and Francois are all back for another episode, despite having to squeeze this episode in on early a Saturday morning (and by squeezing the episode in, we mean its less than 2.5 hours). Some brief coffee discussion, turns into a discussion of fast food, which then turns into a discussion of McDonald's, which then turns into a discussion of nickel's new bodybuilding career, which then turns into a discussion of doc's flimsy knees.

The conversation goes further and further off track, eventually touches on Valentine's Day 2015, and doesn't really turn towards comics discussion of any sort until the 48-minute mark... Another reason we shouldn't record on weekend mornings.

In our somewhat informal "Comic News" segment we talk about the upcoming DC Comics "Convergence" event and what titles will survive, which will be cancelled, and look at some of the new books that will come out of the event.

In our "Rapid-Fire Review" segment, we look at Deep State #4, Wild's End #6, Batman Eternal #45, The Harley Quinn Valentine's Day Special #1, The Empty #1, Southern Bastards #7, All-New X-Men #36, Amazing Spider-Man #14, Darth Vader #1, Nightcrawler #1, Thor #5, X-Men #24, and Guardians of the Galaxy #24.

We wrap things up with a look towards the books coming out February 18, 2015. Thanks to all the "Thirsties" out there for your support!

After wrapping up the 50th episode of Graphic Novice, the guys muster up the strength for at least one more episode. Before discussiing anything comic-related, the guys talk about Nickel's other podcasts, Doc's hockey career, a highly anticipated update on VF's struggles with convenience store sausage biscuits, Frankencastle, conservative Spider-Woman and keychain bottle openers.

A quick discussion of the Spider-Man movie rights smoothly transitions things over to the comic book part of the podcast.

In our weekly discussion of the previous week in comics, we look at Crossed Badlands 71, Batman Eternal 44, Detective Comics 39, Birthright 5, East of West 17, Postal 1, Saga 25, Wytches 4, Nameless 1, Nailbiter 10, Ant-Man 2, Avengers 41, The Black Vortex 1, Hawkeye 21, Punisher 15, Star Wars 2, United States of Murder Inc. 6, & Grimm Tales of Terror #6.

We wrap things up with a look towards the books being released on February 18, 2015. Thanks for listening!

A celebration of 50 episodes, and well over 100 hours of podcasting together, we start out the show with a slightly self-indulgent look at where we're at as a podcast. Nickel bought himself a congratulatory cake and some Smaug Stout for a one-man celebration, and doesn't shut up after the stout kicks in.

The guys talk about Doc's march to the National Hockey League, his troubles at the local comic shop, and then deal with the listener feedback mailbag.

In "Rapid-Fire Review" the guys discuss Evil Empire #10, Batman #38, Batman Eternal #43, Gotham Academy #4, Gotham By Midnight #3, The Multiversity Guidebook #1, Alex + Ada #12, Bitch Planet #2, Cassanova Acedia #1, Dying and The Dead #1, They're Not Like Us #2, Amazing X-Men #16, New Avengers #29, Nova #26, Spider-Man 2099 #8, Thor #4 and Uncanny Avengers #1.

We wrap things up, as always, with a look at the books we're reading in the upcoming week (February 4, 2015), and Nickel drunkedly tries to remember people to thank before VF has to put him out of his misery. Thanks for listening!

The guys from The Graphic Novice Comic Book Podcast discuss Volume 15 of the Walking Dead comics (Issues #85-90).

After exactly 31 minutes of talking about the music of our past, a Joanne from VF's past, pressing episode 50 to vinyl, hockey, and the old workplace grind, we finally get to our debut of the "Comic News" bumper, featuring a notable increase in "Creed". We try to avoid talking about Marvel's upcoming "Secret Wars" by discussing the trailer for the new Fantastic Four movie being released in the spring of 2015. But, much like moths to a porch light, we eventually get back Secret Wars, but attempt to put a slightly more positive spin on it, as compared to last episode.

In our review of the comics we read over the past week (a segment we like to call, "Rapid-Fire Review) we look at Crossed + One Hundred #2, Burning Fields #1, Batman Eternal #42, Batman And Robin #38, Teen Titans #6, Tooth & Claw #3, Rumble #2, Spread #5, Wicked + The Divine #7, All-New X-Factor #20, All-New X-Men #35, Amazing Spider-Man #13, Fantastic Four #642, and Superior Iron-Man #4.

In a very special surprise segment, we catch Green Up's Ryan Beagley on the road to discuss his latest podcast, and give him a chance to pay us compliments.

As always, we wrap things up with a look towards the books about to be released (January 28, 2015). Its a long and often completely off-topic episode of Graphic Novice... just like all the other episodes of Graphic Novice. Thanks for listening!

Graphic Novice records this very special episode in the wake of the big Secret Wars announcement from the New York City ComicCom. The majority of the episode is spent discussing Secret Wars, but we also reach out to listener "David", provide some weight loss tips, look ahead to Nickel's pending weekend of debauchery, and thank Brian for our Musings of a Geek Secret Santa gift. After a never-ending discussion of Secret Wars, we move onto some reviews of the books released January 14, 2015. The guys discuss Deep State #3, Wild's End #5, Batman Eternal #41, Grayson #6, Jupiter's Legacy #5, Lazarus #14, All-New Captain America #3, Amazing X-Men #15, Avengers #40, Cyclops #9, Daredevil #12, Nightcrawler #10, and Star Wars #1. As always we finish off with a look ahead to next week's new releases (January 21, 2015). Our "Bring out Your Dead" walking dead segment, is now offered up as a separate release. Thanks for listening... and stay safe out there.

The guys from Graphic Novice continue to read and discuss The Walking Dead from start to finish, and discuss "Volume 14 - No Way Out" (Issues #79-84) this week. As always, we are joined by internet celebrity "Sometimes Fred".

Two key members of the team are notably absent this week (for reasons we cant disclose) VF and the Soundboard. Nickel and Doc use this opportunity to take some deserved shots at VF and sneak in some hockey talk at the beginning of the show. We talk about dropping coins in a urinal, the hype surrounding Marvel's Star Wars #1, and our Top 5 Horror Genre comics, before discussing what we read during the previous week.

"Rapid-Fire Review focuses comics released on January 7, 2015, and we spends some time talking about Crossed Badlands #69, The Woods #9, Batman Eternal #40, Detective Comics #38, Birthright #4, Deadly Class #10, The Fade Out #4, Nailbiter #9, ODY-C #2, Trees #8, All-New X-Factor #19, Amazing Spider-Man #12, Ant-Man #1, The Punisher #14 and Wolverines #1.

We wrap things up, as always, with a quick and efficient look at the books being released Wednesday January 14, 2015.

After going off the grid for the final month of 2014, this episode marks the less than triumphant return of the Graphic Novice Comic Book Podcast. We try out a few more format changes, discuss the holidays, and pack in a ton of listener questions, a Walking Dead Trade review, 3 weeks worth of book summaries, and a look at the new and noteworthy from the upcoming week. we go over issues #73-78 of the Walking Dead with "Sometimes Fred" before an abbreviated "Rapid-Fire Review" segment. We spend some time discussing Batman #37, Batman Eternal #37, Alex + Ada #11, Manifest Destiny #12, Rumble #1, All-New Captain America #2, All-New X-Men #34, Avengers Now Handbook #1, Memetic #3 (of 3), Grind House Drive-In Bleed Out #2, Outcast #6, AXIS #9, and Nova #25. We wrap things up with a look at the books coming out on January 7, 2015 and ofcourse, some TLC.