This week we have been mostly resting after defeating Santa, Ricky Rat and the dread army of the North Pole over the Christmas break, but we still had time to record our thoughts on the week’s comics and a couple that we didn’t cover last week.

Plus, we lose two more books!

Show Notes for Episode 16 – Ramming Speed!

The Thwipping Boys Christmas Podcast is here!

What happens when a once powerful force for good turns evil and tries to spoil Christmas for everyone? We also catch up with The Shade, review a Christmas-flavoured Finnish horror adventure and Chris provides his own spin on some classic tunes.

Plus we open our presents, recorded live on Christmas Day 2011 (today!).

Show Notes: Thwipping Boys Christmas Special

A mercifully shorter episode this week, as we continue to look at the DCnU books, as well as the second episode of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, while Chris tells us about an awesome-sounding dream he had involving Spider-Woman, an alien invasion and one of the biggest movie stars of the 80s.

Also – shock of shocks! We drop a book!

Show Notes for Episode 14: The Sacrifice of Steve Guttenberg

Episode 13 sees The Thwipping Boys noticeably tired despite their week off, while Jon is drunk and slurring his words from the get-go. OK so that doesn’t sound like a thrilling call to action but whatever. Also sorry about the weird noise that pops up throughout this, we haven’t isolated it yet. Let’s say it’s a “feature”.

Show Notes for Episode 13: Hiccups!

After an early disagreement with Chris about whether super heroes should take lives (Jon and Simon said NO they shouldn’t!), we decided to throw the DC newbie right in at the deep end and introduce him to Kingdom Come, which we reviewed in depth, chapter by chapter, over four episodes of the weekly Thwipping Boys Comics Podcast. Now, for your listening pleasure, we present the whole review in one podcast.

What did he make of this incredible work from Alex Ross and Mark Waid?

Or get it on iTunes!

Postscript: Chris has admitted that he has grown to like the idea of super heroes not being killers, since the discussion we had about this book. Bravo!

A few months ago, we discovered some horrifying tapes that seem to feature Alternate Earth versions of ourselves broadcasting from Ukraine. At the time, we spliced these episodes into our Halloween Special, but now for the first time you can listen to The Horror in Pripyat as a single piece.

Headphones are recommended if possible, and we dare you to listen in the dark!

Or get it on iTunes!

Episode 12 of the Thwipping Boys podcast finds the boys with a Marvel in their midst as they enter the final stage of the knockout rules month, which books will be cut? And which will be saved? You’ll have to listen to find out! All the while Chris continues reading Marvels!