The Pals talk the incredible success of Aquaman and what Zack Snyder may have had to do with it, break down the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer and what it might mean for how Avengers: Endgame ends, and we talk about how the rise of Kickstarter has impacted the comics industry, and how it may represent a failure of the industry to create a path for new creators.

Pals Pulls:

Cale - Shazam #2, Kaijumax Season 4 #4

Phil - New Mutants Abnett Lanning TPB Vol 01 Complete Collection, Shazam #2

Sean - Buffy #1

News:

Aquaman Has Made Over $1 Billion Dollars Internationally:

https://deadline.com/2019/01/aquaman-crosses-1-billion-worldwide-bumblebee-china-international-box-office-1202534340/?fbclid=IwAR2GtEPnshd0qNsG9lCHIjwlPWt4dEV9L3Vy1-8kjBpOM6cW6YSqoVE-4dM

James Wan Worked With Zack Snyder Against WB's Wishes:

https://www.cbr.com/aquaman-wan-snyder-undo-whedons-justice-league/?fbclid=IwAR0umLpt1v0hN6FRefdlE1bUNmTqA5OBj2kC2zr2XW9KNLo3DUXqDWptZRc

Tom King Donating Comics to Government Workers:

https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/01/16/batman-writer-tom-king-is-giving-away-comics-to-government-worke/

Image Comic Series SEX Relaunching as OGN:

https://www.newsarama.com/43505-casey-kowalski-s-sex-latest-image-ongoing-to-switch-to-ogns.html

Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYYtuKyMtY8

GoFundMe to Help Girls See Captain Marvel Launches:

https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/01/15/captain-marvel-brie-larson-gofundme-help-girls-see-film/

Main Topic:

Kickstarters are all the rage these days, as many thousands of projects of all kinds are funded each year. Comic book Kickstarters do incredibly well, and had their best year ever in 2018, but how does this impact the industry itself? We talk the pros - and some possible cons - of the rise of Kickstarter for comics.

https://www.newsarama.com/43492-comic-book-kickstarters-raised-15m-in-2018-report.html

The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.

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Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete

Cale: twitter.com/Totointow

Marco: twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto

Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop