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When Hanna-Barbera and DC announced their new line of rebooted and rebranded comics for a host of iconic cartoon characters, everyone was stunned! How weird! How goofy! How… unnecessary?

Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles casts the cartoon lion as a Southern playwright who makes it big on the national stage, only to face the House Committee on Un-American Activities for the subversive nature of his career. What on the surface reads as a ridiculous setting with classic cartoon characters used as a gimmick to sell comics becomes one of the most important comic stories of recent years – raising questions about the value of art in a world dangerously politicized.

Near Mint presents its review of the Snagglepuss book in full, now collected as a trade paperback. Listen, and enjoy!

Patreon backers have access to special bonus content from this episode, featuring a live reading of an excerpt from the book in the original character voices! Become a patron today!

SNL is back for 2019, and so are John and Darin! The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s Rachel Brosnahan hosts with musical guest Greta Van Fleet, prompting discussion on stand-up, Led Zeppelin and Weezer, and whatever happened to our favorite MTV VJs. All this & more on a brand new SNL Nerds!

Join us as we have a very special episode of Trailer Dump dedicated solely to the new Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer! It’s fine I guess!

Enjoy, and thanks!

We look at our first DCEU movie, Aquaman! Did Jason Momoa pull off the perfect reverse Scarlett Johansson? Is Aquaman a wetter Black Panther? Will future generations ever understand our obsession with mocking Aquaman once they’ve seen him kick ass in this film? Listen to find out!

Not everyone makes it big on Saturday Night Live, but some cast members were lucky enough to get famous after they were on the show. Join Darin and John as they remind each other of the SNL cast members who made it big later on, including a Seinfeld cast member, a Blues Brother, and an Avenger. It’s an All-New, All-Educational SNL Nerds!

We discuss all the latest in the geek-o-sphere, including the newest blind-bag collectible from Hasbro’s Transformers, the viral blindfolded challenge in Netflix’s Bird Box, and All Elite Wrestling – an all new wrestling franchise to rise up and give the WWE a run for its money!

Kenny Omega! Chris Jericho! Young Justice! Black Panther!

All this and tons more! Listen!

We take another look at some classic properties being re-imagined by new creative teams, including…

Do these classics hold up to modern interpretations? Can you satisfy fans and still bridge the gap to new readers? Are scantily clad sci-fi warrior women from space getting people’s attention or keeping people away? We try to tackle it all in this episode of Near Mint from Non-Productive.com!

John and Darin are back from their holiday break, and running through their favorite guest hosts of all time! Who will come out on top? Alec Baldwin? Tom Hanks? Christopher Walken? Find out on an All-New SNL Nerds!

Join us as we swing into another review season, with all our senses tingling for Sony’s new animated feature, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!

Does the film live up to or even exceed the hype? How do we pass the mantel to these icon characters we all love? What makes a real Spider-Man after all? Listen and find out!

We have a host of new comics to review, but these gems are re-imaginings of true classics!