It's Thursday and that means it's time for a little comic book therapy on Comic Talk Today! This week, Martin is joined by Portland-based writer and artist Colin Lawler to discuss his book Spirits: The Soul Collector, currently running as a Kickstarter and also available on Webtoons. Colin and Martin dive into what the story is about, being inspired by Jeff Smith and Hayao Miyazaki, crafting an original story, the differences between print and digital publishing, working with Kickstarter, and more!

We've got listener questions! And we talk about the need for dope things in our lives!

Get ready for a jam packed episode of Comic Talk Today as Martin dives deep into some really fantastic listener questions! In this episode: why can’t comic book sales come anywhere close to what they used to be? Will we see a streamlining of comic publishers like we're seeing in other types of media? What are some books or arcs that really kicked Martin in the gut? If Martin could set a comic book in any horror movie universe, why would it be Constantine in Nightmare On Elm Street? ...and so many more! Thanks for listening!

It's Tuesday which means it's time for...the news! On this episode of Comic Talk Today, Martin talks about the Amazon exclusive Invinsible animated series that's in development, some follow up on the Walmart/DC deal and why it's a great thing for the industry, Disney dropping buckets of money to ensure their acquisition of Fox and why the Young Avengers is the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Plus, a jam packed Comic Predictor with a ton of new comic book day recommendations including a few series finals, the return of some familiar faces in Multiple Man and the Sentry, a great selection of horror books, and why you should pick up Mike Hammer from Titan Comics!

It's a new week so that means it's time for Martin to talk about some of his favorite reads from last week's new comics book on the Top of the Pile. This week, Martin discusses Tony Stark, Iron Man #1 from Marvel Comics, The Wild Storm #14 from DC Comics, Fathom #1 from Aspen Comics, The Lost City Explorers #1 from Aftershock Comics, Ruin of Thieves #2 from Action Lab and Shanghai Red #1 from Image Comics. Thanks for listening!

On this weeks episode, 2BT pays its respects to the great Vinnie Paul of Pantera, Damageplan, and Hellyeah.

It's time to talk about some shows and stuff!  The guys broke their usual 1 week rule, and watched the final 2 episodes of Supergirl this season... mostly to get it out of the way.  Mike gives a hard sell to his watching of the first 4 episodes of Season 2 of Luke Cage (surprisingly) and John gives his highest sell of the week to Cloak and Dagger (also surprisingly!)  Come check it out!

Welcome to the first installment of Top 5 on Comic Talk Today! For this first edition of the new segment, Martin talks about some great comic book universes that he wishes would see return to comics. The list includes the Dakotaverse (Milestone Comics), the Ultraverse (Malibu Comics), the Sigilverse (Crossgen), Red Circle/Impact/Dark Circle, and Earth 295 (Age of Apocalypse). Plus, stay through to the end for some bonus picks and some universes Martin hopes never return.

DC announced that they will be releasing 100 page giants starting next month which will be reprinting some New Age of Heroes and New 52 material alongside brand new original stories from writers such as Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Tom King, and Brian Michael Bendis. This all sounds great until you learn that these books will be exclusive to Walmart stores in the United States. In this episode, Martin dives into these books and what the exclusivity deal could mean for comic and non-comic fans alike.

In this new episode, Ronnie is joined by his friend and co host of the Absolute DC podcast, the man who HATES everything.... Aaron Bell. Ronnie steers the ship and figures out what Marvel books does Aaron really like. What's Aaron's top 5 X-Men? What's his top 3 most hated Marvel character? Aaron also shocks Ronnie by telling him that he is indeed picking up 3 current marvel titles! WHAT THE WHAT!! Hold on because there is some derailment like normal.