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Originally Aired: 05/19/17

We talk with comic artist Adam Gorham. His first issue of the new Rocket series hit comic shops last week and is getting high praise. One compliment that everyone is giving it is that Gorham can draw a mean looking raccoon. He joined us to tell us all about what’s up next for the furriest Guardian of the Galaxy.

Our review of Alien: Covenant starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston and Danny McBride. Synopsis: Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, members (Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup) of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think to be an uncharted paradise. While there, they meet David (Michael Fassbender), the synthetic survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. The mysterious world soon turns dark and dangerous when a hostile alien life-form forces the crew into a deadly fight for survival.

Our second guest is also no stranger to Geek Hard as she was a frequent guest in the early days of the show: Liana Kerzner. Liana is in the midst of a successful Kickstarter campaign for Lady Bits, a new series about women in video games. The project has already been funded but she’s working towards stretch goals to make the show even greater. Here’s the Kickstarter pitch – With your funding, we’ll look at the female characters in video games, the women who make video games, and the women who play video games. This is a discussion, not a lecture! Lady Bits will ask the questions and provide the information. Then you’ll determine your own answers. No stress, no judgments, no accusations.  A series about a fun hobby should reflect that fun, and a series that looks at games should be hosted, written, and produced by a gamer. To find out more on Lady Bits, check out the Kickstarter Page.

It was a great show!

Plus for our Patreon supporters, our latest Geek Hard Extra After Credits segment discussing the newly dropped Star Trek Discovery trailer.

If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD!

Production Credits:

Geek Hard Logo – Candice Hibbard and Rich Robbins

Technical Production – Gary LaBarr, Recorded at the Reality Radio 101 Studio

Producers – Andrew Young & James Green

Music Credits:

Opening Music “Eterna Teen” by Mark Holman

“Burden in My Hand” by Soundgarden

“Soul Dressing” by Booker T. & The M.G.s

“Racoon” by Nick Teehan

“La Entrada de los dioses al Valhalla” by Richard Wagner

“Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver

“I Shall Rise” by Karen O

Closing Music “Kelly’s Heroes” by Black Grape

Welcome everyone to another episode of Don’t Make Me Watch That! – A podcast that celebrates movies and tears them down all in one sitting. Hosted by Andrew Young and Leslie Hudson, each episode presents the critique of a film from the long or recent past that one of us hates and the other one loves. Andrew and Leslie will do what they do best: fight and debate and make fun of one another. It’s all in good fun and for the love of FILM!

This Episode, we head back to 2010 to check out Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Directed by Edgar Wright and starring Michael Cera and Mary Elisabeth Winstead, the movie is an adaptation of the beloved comic series where Scott Pilgrim must defeat his girlfriend’s seven evil exes in order to live happily ever after. Much like the graphic novels, the film is a love letter to Toronto with many major landmarks on display. The movie had a rough go when it hit theatres seven years ago with many crapping on the film. One of those people crapping on it was Leslie. Will she change her mind this time around? Andrew thinks she will.

Listen as our two combatants argue the merits of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and cut each other up in the process. Enjoy.

If you like what you hear, we’d love to hear from you! Send us an email at [email protected] and put “Don’t Make Me Watch That!” in the subject line. Let us know if you agree with Andrew or Leslie regarding this film or make suggestions on films you’d like to hear us talk about. We may even read your email in a future episode (but only if you want us to). And be sure to like the Don’t Make Me Watch That! Facebook Page for exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else.

If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD!

 

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Sammy Younan as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

When it comes to the Avengers, there isn’t a character more regal and majestic than Black Panther. The leader and protector of the African nation of Wakanda, The Panther has had a rough go in the comics as of late. His country’s been attacked many times over, leaving it in a state of disarray. In the current Black Panther series, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and drawn by Brian Stelfreeze, T’Challa has returned to run his country which is on the brink of a radical uprising. He’s a man divided who would rather be a scientist and “superhero” than a king. Focusing on both the Panther’s internal struggle and the conflict that’s plaguing his country, the comic series does a great job of commenting on many problems currently affecting a number of African nations.

While Andrew found this book to be an intriguing and exciting read with great characterization, Sammy is not really a fan. Much like T’Challa himself, Sammy would rather watch the Panther fighting alongside the Avengers than dealing with problems in Wakanda. Take a listen as these two debate the merits of this series. It’s all coming your way on an ALL NEW Back Issue Bloodbath.

Have an idea for a certain topic we should cover? Have an indie comic book you’d like us to review? Send us an email at [email protected] with “Back Issue Bloodbath” in the subject line. We’d love to hear from you. And be sure to join our Facebook page for exclusive content.

If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD!

 

Originally Aired: 05/12/17

We talk about the news of the week. We announce the Dan Galea Award that we won this past week at the Dan Galea Awards – 2017’s The Geek Army from the Sun Award Winner. SyFy announces they are going to series with Grant Morrison’s Happy mini-series. FXX announces that they are producing an animated Deadpool series with Donald & Steven Glover with Jeph Loeb show running. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D. The passing Stanley Weston one of the creators of G.I. Joe and Thundercats as well as the passing of character actor Michael Parks of Kill BIll, Tusk, From Dusk till Dawn and many more. 

Our review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword starring Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey and Jude Law. Synopsis: After the murder of his father, young Arthur’s power-hungry uncle Vortigern seizes control of the crown. Robbed of his birthright, he grows up the hard way in the back alleys of the city, not knowing who he truly is. When fate leads him to pull the Excalibur sword from stone, Arthur embraces his true destiny to become a legendary fighter and leader.

We also talk with author Adrienne Kress. Longtime listeners of the show will know Adrienne from her previous appearances on the show as a panelist and fill-in co-host. This time, she’ll be on to tell us all about her latest middle-grade novel, The Explorers: The Door in the Alley, which was released in book stores last month. This is one of those stories that start with a pig in a teeny hat. It’s not the one you’re thinking about. (This story is way better than that one.) This pig-in-a-teeny-hat story starts when a very uninquisitive boy stumbles upon a very mysterious society. After that, there is danger and adventure; there are missing persons, hired thugs, a hidden box, a lost map, and famous explorers; and there is a girl looking for help that only uninquisitive boys can offer. The Explorers: The Door in the Alley is the first book in a series that is sure to hit young readers right in the funny bone.

It was a great show!

Plus for our Patreon supporters, our latest Geek Hard Extra After Credits segment discussing Adrienne’s daredevil sensibilities.

If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD!

Production Credits:

Geek Hard Logo – Candice Hibbard and Rich Robbins

Technical Production – Gary LaBarr, Recorded at the Reality Radio 101 Studio

Producers – Andrew Young & James Green

Music Credits:

Opening Music “Eterna Teen” by Mark Holman

“Sure Shot (Daft Science Remix)” by Coins

“King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” by Daniel Pemberton

“The Devil and the Huntsman” by Sam Lee and Daniel Pemberton

“Explorers” by We See Lights

“Blues in the Alley” by Paul Oscher

“Check Out The Style” by Coins and Swamp Thing

Closing Music “Kelly’s Heroes” by Black Grape

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Sammy Younan as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

This week, we take a short trip back to 2014 to give our thoughts on The Valiant, a miniseries written by Jeff Lemire and Matt Kindt and drawn by Paolo Rivera. The focus of the story is a centuries old mission where the Eternal Warrior must protect the Geomancer (who has the power to give life and take humanity to new heights) from the Immortal Enemy, a being hellbent on bringing disorder and darkness to the world. The easiest way for the Enemy to do this is to kill off the Geomancer and set the Earth into another dark age. For 10,000 years, the Warrior and Enemy have battled and each time, the Geomancer has been killed. But this time, things will be different as The Valiant have come together to fight the good fight. But will it be enough?

This is the first Valiant series that both Andrew and Sammy have read. Since then, each have sought out more titles from the publisher, which says something about their first experience. Join the boys as they dissect this comic and talk about the many strengths it has going for it. It’s all waiting for you on an ALL NEW Back Issue Bloodbath.

Have an idea for a certain topic we should cover? Have an indie comic book you’d like us to review? Send us an email at [email protected] with “Back Issue Bloodbath” in the subject line. We’d love to hear from you. And be sure to join our Facebook page for exclusive content.

If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD!

 

Originally Aired: 05/05/17

We talk about the news of the week. Netflix drops the first trailer for their upcoming The Defenders series coming in August. HBO is looking at a possible 4 new Game of Thrones spinoff series after the end of the conclusion of the main series. The first image released of the main cast of the upcoming series Inhumans and internet mocks it. The WGA (Writer’s Guild of America) strike averted in the 11th hour to keep productions running.

Our review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista. Synopsis: Peter Quill and his fellow Guardians are hired by a powerful alien race, the Sovereign, to protect their precious batteries from invaders. When it is discovered that Rocket has stolen the items they were sent to guard, the Sovereign dispatch their armada to search for vengeance. As the Guardians try to escape, the mystery of Peter’s parentage is revealed.

We also talk Free Comic Book Day we talk about the many free comics available for the event. We got the chance to check these free comics out for ourselves and we preview the best and worst of the bunch. Joining us to help out this presentation will be our esteemed panel of experts, Kris Johnson and Diana McCallum. Known as the Third Man of Geek Hard, Kris Johnson writes about comic books every week as a contributor to Geek Hard’s New Comics blog. Diana McCallum is also a long time friend of the show and one half of the creative team behind fromsuperheroes.com.

It was a great show!

Plus for our Patreon supporters, our latest Geek Hard Extra After Credits segment discussing Kung Fu: The Legend Continues with Kris Johnson & Diana McCallum.

If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD!

Production Credits:

Geek Hard Logo – Candice Hibbard and Rich Robbins

Technical Production – Gary LaBarr, Recorded at the Reality Radio 101 Studio

Producers – Andrew Young & James Green

Music Credits:

Opening Music “Eterna Teen” by Mark Holman

“Princess Leia’s Stolen Death Star Plans” by Palette-Swap Ninja

“Bring It On Home to Me” by Sam Cooke

“The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac

“Comic Books” by Debbie Harry

“Something for Nothing” by The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

“Lonely Day” by Phantom Planet

Closing Music “Kelly’s Heroes” by Black Grape

Welcome everyone to another episode of Don’t Make Me Watch That! – A podcast that celebrates movies and tears them down all in one sitting. Hosted by Andrew Young and Leslie Hudson, each episode presents the critique of a film from the long or recent past that one of us hates and the other one loves. Andrew and Leslie will do what they do best: fight and debate and make fun of one another. It’s all in good fun and for the love of FILM!

This episode, we take another trip back to 2009 for one of the biggest missteps in Fox’s X-Men franchise, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Directed by Gavin Hood and starring Hugh Jackman, the movie is what the title suggests, the origin story of Marvel’s most popular mutant. Wolverine’s early life is explored and the questions of his memory loss and adamantium skeleton are answered. Andrew is very pissed off by these answers as they make no sense. The result is a disaster of a movie that has a lot of flaws. A LOT OF FLAWS. Andrew goes through almost all of them as Leslie giggles with glee.

Listen as our two combatants argue the merits of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and cut each other up in the process. Enjoy.

If you like what you hear, we’d love to hear from you! Send us an email at [email protected] and put “Don’t Make Me Watch That!” in the subject line. Let us know if you agree with Andrew or Leslie regarding this film or make suggestions on films you’d like to hear us talk about. We may even read your email in a future episode (but only if you want us to). And be sure to like the Don’t Make Me Watch That! Facebook Page for exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else.

If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD!

 

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Sammy Younan as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

If there’s one thing that comic companies love to do, it’s change their own continuity. Retcons. Once used to lightly change a character’s back story so they better fit the modern era, retcons are now used at the drop of a hat to fulfill the needs of the publisher or to attempt a jumpstart in lagging sales. Let’s face it though, they are a necessary evil. If not for retcons, we wouldn’t have Captain America in the modern era. And we wouldn’t have The Winter Soldier either. On the flipside, readers have had to live through One More Day, The New 52, and Original Sin. There are good and bad retcons out there and we’re going to talk about ’em!

Join Andrew and Sammy as they look back on some popular retcons throughout the decades and give their thoughts on merit of them. They’ll also try to shed some light as to why some of them happened in the first place. There will be some examples you might not agree with and we’ll be happy to hear from you as to which ones we got wrong. But good or bad, these retcons stand out in readers’ minds for one reason or another. Join us as we deal with a Crisis of Infinite Proportions and Secretly War against retroactive continuity.

Have an idea for a certain topic we should cover? Have an indie comic book you’d like us to review? Send us an email at [email protected] with “Back Issue Bloodbath” in the subject line. We’d love to hear from you. And be sure to join our Facebook page for exclusive content.

If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD!

 

Originally Aired: 04/28/17

We talk with Christian Lipski, one third of The PDX Broadsides. This Portland based nerd band is in the middle of a successful kickstarter campaign that’s funding their next album, Trust Issues, which focuses on things that scare them. Other themes covered on the album include: geekery, social justice, feminism, and self-esteem. Christian talks to us all about it and inform us on which stretch goals they’ve yet to unlock. Christian has been a comics journalist, a judge for the 2014 Eisner Awards, and a tech support engineer. He plays drums, listens to David Bowie, and acts as a pirate in PDXYAR, but is very bad at video games. You can check out the kickstarter campaign for Trust Issues HERE!

Our review of The Circle starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks and John Boyega. Synopsis: Mae Holland (Emma Watson) seizes the opportunity of a lifetime when she lands a job with the world’s most powerful technology and social media company. Encouraged by the company’s founder (Tom Hanks), Mae joins a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes soon starts to affect the lives and futures of her friends, family and that of humanity.

We also talk with author Jeff Vandermeer. Best known for his Southern Reach Trilogy, Jeff joined us to tell us all about his new book, Borne, which hits bookstores this week. Here’s a quick synopsis on Borne: In Borne, a young woman named Rachel survives as a scavenger in a ruined, dangerous city of the near future. The city is littered with discarded experiments from the Company and punished by the unpredictable attacks of a giant bear. From one of her scavenging missions, Rachel brings home Borne, who is little more than a green lump (plant or animal?) but exudes a strange charisma. Rachel feels a growing attachment to Borne, a protectiveness that she can ill-afford. It’s exactly the kind of vulnerability that will upend her precarious existence, unnerving her partner, wick, and upsetting the delicate balance of their unforgiving city – possibly forever.

It was a great show!

Plus for our Patreon supporters, our latest Geek Hard Extra After Credits segment discussing Hollywood’s constant fear of trying to innovate instead of covering the same stories.

If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD!

Production Credits:

Geek Hard Logo – Candice Hibbard and Rich Robbins

Technical Production – Gary LaBarr, Recorded at the Reality Radio 101 Studio

Producers – Andrew Young & James Green

Music Credits:

Opening Music “Eterna Teen” by Mark Holman

“Wash Your Face In My Sink” by Dream Warriors

“Hamlet’s Lament” – The PDX Broadsides

“Far Away and Distant One” by The PDX Broadsides

“Private Eyes” by Lenachka

“The Golden Age” by Beck

“My City of Ruins” by Bruce Springsteen

Closing Music “Kelly’s Heroes” by Black Grape

Welcome friends to Back Issue Bloodbath, a comics-centric podcast presented by Geek Hard. Join hosts Andrew Young and Sammy Younan as they get down and dirty in the four-colour world of comic books, focusing on classic stories, new issues, comic creators and hot button topics.

This week, in our creator spotlight, we take a look at the works of George Perez. When it comes to mainstream comics, there are few who have drawn as many different Marvel and DC heroes as George Perez. His skillful hands were behind some of the greatest comics of all time including: The Korvac Saga, The Judas Contract, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Future Imperfect, Ultron Unlimited and many more. A master of detail, he’s created such elaborate splash pages that beg the reader to comb over them several times to take in everything. That man can sure pack a panel with a lot of great stuff.

Join Andrew and Sammy as they look back on the amazing body of work that George Perez has produced. We look at his work as an artist as well as a writer. We also look at his current place in the world of comics and some of the set backs he’s faced. Of course, we name check some of our personal favourites that he’s done. Put on your favourite Hawaiian shirt and settle in as we talk about one of the greatest creators ever to draw for the House of Ideas and the Distinguished Competition.

Have an idea for a certain topic we should cover? Have an indie comic book you’d like us to review? Send us an email at [email protected] with “Back Issue Bloodbath” in the subject line. We’d love to hear from you. And be sure to join our Facebook page for exclusive content.

If you’re gonna geek out, GEEK HARD!