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Host Mortem Kickstarter Spotlight with Kevin Shinick

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Kevin Shinick — the host and time-traveling detective of the Emmy-winning series Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, Emmy-winning writer behind Robot Chicken, and celebrated author — is writing and starring in HOST MORTEM. Shinick is joined by artist Damien Torres (Marvel Crisis Protocol), colorist Pippa Bowland (Judge Dredd, Project Cryptid), and letterer Taylor Esposito (Red Hood and The Outlaws). The 180+ page graphic novel is coming soon to Kickstarter from Clover Press, the publisher behind countless acclaimed graphic novels, art books and novels including The Marvel Art Of line of books, Ricardo Delgado’s Dracula, Spawn Till You Die: The Fin Art of Ray Troll, and Craig Yoe’s Woman & Man+. 

HOST MORTEM follows TV hosts, Kevin Shinick (Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?) and Greg Lee (Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?) who are transported to the year 1947 by a time portal at comic con. They soon find themselves enmeshed in a murder mystery involving Humphrey Bogart’s legendary noir film The Big Sleep. When one of the stars winds up dead, Kevin and Greg’s knowledge of random trivia might be the key to solving this Hollywood caper. 

Shinick says, “Between the two of us, Greg and I have hosted a number of game shows. As a result, we have a lot of random trivia floating around in our heads and I always wished I could put that knowledge to better use other than just, “Hey, did you know the singular of spaghetti it spaghetto?” And since we both played fake detectives on Carmen Sandiego (me a time traveling detective and Greg a classic gumshoe detective) I got to wondering how we might fare with an actual murder? The ultimate question being, “Are hosts really smart? Or do they just have the answers?”

Lee adds, “The premise of two fake detective game show hosts from the 1990’s having to solve a series of real murders in the 1940’s seemed like a novel idea so we thought we might be onto something. Now, thanks to Kevin’s amazing talent writing comic books and our combined experience with game show shenanigans I get to star alongside my pal in Host Mortem! Which involves time travel, film noir, game show trivia and lots of comedy because, spoiler alert, we’re not as good at solving murders as we think.

Jace is joined by Kevin to talk about the project, his love of film noir and the impetus of the project with Greg Lee. Plus Kevin mentions coming up with the perfect title.

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DC Spotlight April 30, 2025

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Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics for the week of April 30, 2025. It’s a fifth week of the month so we get some annuals and specials. In Detective Comics, it’s a locked room murder for Batman to solve with the victim begging Batman not to solve his murder at all. Also the latest chapter of We Are Yesterday is in World’s Finest Annual with an incredible John Stewart origin story as a co-feature. The Question comes to a very satisfying conclusion with Batman The Last Halloween and Power Company rounding out the week. So join us to hear all about these books and hear about Rocky’s adventures at Calgary Fan Expo.

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Parable of the Talents Spotlight with Damian Duffy

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Jace is joined by author Damian Duffy to talk about his recently released graphic novel adaption of Octavia E. Butler’s classic science fiction novel, Parable of the Talents. Butler is incredible prescient in her ability to predict the current cultural and political state of the world in 2025, even though her novel was published in 1998. It deals of concepts of personal, religious and economic freedoms as well as Afro-Futurism. With evocative art by John Jennings this adapation faithfully captures the feel fo the prose work. Damian talks about the challenges of adapting such a rich work and gives his thoughts on how Butler was so accurately able to predict the future.

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DC Spotlight April 23, 2025

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Jace and Rocky break down a big week of DC Comics for April 23, 2025. We get the second chapter of Hush 2, Power Girl comes to an end and a new arc starts for The Flash. We have two wildly different Green Lantern stories with one full of surprises and action packed and the other trying to find it’s footing. Green Arrow continues to be an excellent mix of crime noir and relevant social issues which calls back to a classic era for the Emerald Archer. Metamorpho is wildly fun and engaging with Peacemaker and Harley Quinn close behind. Absolute Wonder Woman and Absolute Martian Manhunter represent versions of the characters that are closest and furthest away from their main universe counterparts respectively, but both are a joy to experince both visually and narritively. Finally we have two Superman titles that showcase the Man of Steel in two very different stories that are both excellent. One feels like it harkens back to the classic stories of yesteryear and the other is very contemporary, but feels like it will be the classic of tomorrow. Join us to hear about all these books and more!

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DC Spotlight April 16, 2025

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Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics releases for the week of April 16, 2025. We have the end of Challengers of the Unknown as some questions are answered and more are raised. Similarly, Detective Comics reaches the end of its first arc for this era in a very satisfying ending that shows that even in the face of great temptation, Batman has lines he will not cross. Nightwing starts a new arc that brings some personal context to the power vacuum that currentkly exists in Bludhaven, while Batman looks to help Wonder Woman solve a murder on Themiscrya. New Gods, Zatanna and Titans all continue their current stroylines in compelling fashion with gorgeous art. Finally Absolute Flash gives us even more personality for the absolute Rogues and shows just how out of control Wally’s power are. It’s a great week of DC titles so join us to hear all about these books and more.

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Summer of Superman: The WonderCon Files

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Live from WonderCon, it’s Mark Waid and Dan Slott in conversation about the Summer of Superman. It all kicks off with the Summer of Superman One-Shot on April 16th, so what can be expected in that story? What’s coming in Action Comics? How will the new Superman Unlimited titles fit in with the other Superman books and how is it going to change the nature of Kryptonite and the Daily Planet? All that and more in this episode. Plus why Mark Waid connects with Superboy even more than Superman!

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Scoop Vol 3 Spotlight with Richard Ashley Hamilton

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Richard Ashley Hamiltion returns to the show to chat about Scoop Vol 3. Sophie and her mother take a vacation in Cuba to try and get away from the recent chaos in Miami, but as Sophie begins to exhibits powers linked to time travel it’s not quite the getaway they’d hoped. Returning home to save a friend she believes is in danger puts Sophie in the middle of the action again. This book is the third volume in the incredibly fun and adventurous Scoop series. Richard talks about the evolution of the characters over the life of the series and how personal the project remains for him. Plus some talk about the move over to Maverick and the re-release of Volumes 1 and 2. There’s lots to unpack in this episode so join us!

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Curse of Sherlee Johnson Spotlight with Daniel Henriques & Jonathan Glapion

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Daniel Henriques and Jonathan Glapion join the show to chat about their upcoming Spawn Universe title The Curse of Sherlee Johnson. Going all the way back to the earliest days of Spawn this series uses the events from issue #5 to examine what happened to one of the victims of the evil and reviled Billy Kincaid, namely Sherlee Johnson. A young girl, kidnapped by the serial killer who thought she was about to be rescued when Spawn showed up to deliver his paticular brand of justice to Kincaid, but Spawn was unaware of her presence and left her behind. What happened to her and why, well that’s what this series will be explloring. Also, it a chance for Daniel to evolve beyond his traditional role as an inker and Jonathan is doing the same as he trades in his inking chores to handle the pencils. With so much passion for the story and challenging themselves with new creative roles, there is no doubt these two are going to give it there all. The end result will be a must-read title so don’t miss it!

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DC Spotlight April 9, 2025

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Jace and Rocky breakdown the DC Comics titles for the week of April 9, 2025. Aquaman breaks free of his bonds and looks to face the beign resposible for his imprisonment and rescure Atlantis. Meanwhile, from the wreckage of the planet Thanager a god emereges but will he be a savior to the Thanagarians or spell ddom for the remnants of the Red Lantern Corps. Fire and Ice have switched powers, but that is not all that may be different by the end of the issue. We also see Superman up against an unfamilair foe, but one DC fans will recognize. In Batman and Robin, we have some incredible character work that informs the relationship of Bruce and his father with a level of emotion and depth not seen before. Finally in Absolute Batman, the relationship Bruce has with his friends from crime alley is examined in more depth as he is faced with a new villain who is terrifying. It brings just the right amount of horror to a book, that so far, has been all out action. Join us for our thoughts on these titles and more!

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Shinku Zoop Spotlight with Ron Marz

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Ron Marz is back on the show to chat about his current Zoop project for Shinku. A wild story with roots going back to the earliest days of the samurai in Japan. They are battling an evil even older than they are, vampires. Fantastic art by the late Lee Moder showcases a dynamism and strong sense of storytelling that are hallmarks of his style. Included in the collection will be never before seen Shinku art from Lee that was intended for the second volume of the action-packed, highly enjoyable series. Soem design pieces, character sketches and concept art will also be indluded. Listen in to learn more about the series and be sure to go check out the campaign.

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