Pops On Pop Culture

Fat and sassy! Brian and John are once again joined by John's son Alex (aka Chili) to talk comics and movies from a teens perspective. Black Widow trailer has dropped! John continued reading Shang Chi and gives his thoughts on how he might fit into the MCU in phase 4. Brian continued reading Star Wars: Vader and Alex read Mister Miracle! John and Brian both watched half of The Irishman! Follow us on Instagram at Pops On Pop Culture, on Twitter @themicmaniacs, like the Facebook page, and send e-mails with comments, suggestions, and questions to [email protected], also consider contributing to the new Patreon page at patreon.com/popsonpopculture.

Do, or do not, there is no try! The guys celebrated the launch of Disney Plus and John had his kids start wrestling, and Brian had a chill couple weeks. John started reading the Shang Chi omnibus and describes his thoughts for far. Brian read a Memoir graphic novel called Fun Home, which has become a Tony award winning Musical, as well starting the series Star Wars: Vader. John started watching the Amazon Prime series Jack Ryan, which is now on it's second season. Brian watched Gordon Ramsey: Uncharted, the new Netflix show Living with Yourself, Return of the Jedi, Revenge of the Sith, and Playing With Fire in the theater! Both guys watched the first episode of The Mandalorian, and have a quick (spoiler filled) chat at the end of the podcast. Brian also played the new Star Wars video game, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, and gives it a rave review. Follow us on Instagram at Pops On Pop Culture, on Twitter @themicmaniacs, like the Facebook page, and send e-mails with comments, suggestions, and questions to [email protected], also consider contributing to the new Patreon page at patreon.com/popsonpopculture.

I'll be back! John was very important and spent most of the week preparing and traveling for a work seminar. Brian got a couple new upgrades for the podcast and got an upgrade for his work office. John and Brian both read The Immortal Hulk and go into detail about what they liked and what they didn't like. Brian finished reading all the stories of Blacksad in digital, and highly recommends the series to anyone who likes noir, mystery and crime stories!  John continued the HBO series Watchmen and started watching the newest season of Peaky Blinders. Brian went out twice to the cinema and saw Zombieland 2: Double Tap and Terminator: Dark Fate! Follow us on Instagram at Pops On Pop Culture, on Twitter @themicmaniacs, like the Facebook page, and send e-mails with comments, suggestions, and questions to [email protected], also consider contributing to the new Patreon page at patreon.com/popsonpopculture.

You got any sick beats dawg? John and Brian both attended their kid's conferences and are glad to report there was nothing but good news. Brian's kiddo had a fall festival at school and the family switched gyms. John read Gotham City Garage vol 1 and is sad to report that it didn't do much for him, but also started reading The Immortal Hulk. Brian continued reading DC's Flinstones and has dug into volume 2. Brian also started reading Blacksad in digital!  John talks about checking out the HBO series Watchmen and admits that he's kind of confused about what's going on. Both guys finished watching Rhythm and Flow on Netflix and Brian had some mindless fun with Hobbs and Shaw! Follow us on Instagram at Pops On Pop Culture, on Twitter @themicmaniacs, like the Facebook page, and send e-mails with comments, suggestions, and questions to [email protected], also consider contributing to the new Patreon page at patreon.com/popsonpopculture.

Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there? John got nostalgic watching basketball, and the boys recount a brief history of the Seattle SuperSonics. Brian's kids are back in school and had a shopping trip and a visit from a mysterious neighborhood puppy. John didn't end up read much again, but accidentally bought Gotham City Garage vol 1 and admitted his addiction to Fantasy Sports. Brian finished reading Mister Miracle and gives a spoiler free review of the book as a whole and read volume one of DC's Flinstones!  John talks about watching Rhythm and Flow on Netflix and lots of sports, while Brian watched The Martian, and Castlevania! Both guys watched Sturgill Simpson's Sound and Fury, and give a spoiler free AND spoiler filled talk about JOKER! Follow us on Instagram at Pops On Pop Culture, on Twitter @themicmaniacs, like the Facebook page, and send e-mails with comments, suggestions, and questions to [email protected], also consider contributing to the new Patreon page at patreon.com/popsonpopculture.

Namaste! John and Brian are back from a wild two weeks, John had a medical scare and Brian has been in quarantine with two kids with very contagious illnesses. John had a hard time concentrating to read much, but spent some quality time not consuming pop culture. Brian continued reading Mister Miracle and read a short series called ReMind in digital!  John talks about watching the new Whitney Cummings stand-up special, El Camino and a Netflix series called The Family, while Brian watched the new Nikki Glaser stand-up, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, In The Shadow Of The Moon, and Eat, Pray, Love! Follow us on Instagram at Pops On Pop Culture, on Twitter @themicmaniacs, like the Facebook page, and send e-mails with comments, suggestions, and questions to [email protected], also consider contributing to the new Patreon page at patreon.com/popsonpopculture.

Timber! John had a weekend full of chaperoning to Homecoming and intimidating his daughter's dates.  Brian supervised as the trees in his yard came down, all but one missing the house, yikes! John continued digging into the Carlos Santana biography and started on the series Grayson by Tim Seeley and Tom King. Brian finished reading Transmetropolitan and discusses the series as whole (no spoilers for the end)!  John talks about really enjoying another HBO show called The Deuce starring James Franco, while Brian watched a whole lotta nothing, unless of course The Office for the six hundredth time counts! Follow us on Instagram at Pops On Pop Culture, on Twitter @themicmaniacs, like the Facebook page, and send e-mails with comments, suggestions, and questions to [email protected], also consider contributing to the new Patreon page at patreon.com/popsonpopculture.

Back in the PodCave! John had a week filled with Sports, attending both the Seattle Mariners and Seattle Seahawks home games.  Brian had an uneventful week, but continues to prepare for trees being taken down on his property next week. John read what appears to be the third and final volume of the Image series The Activity, has been listening to a book-on-tape called The Great Alone, and is gearing up to check out a biography of Carlos Santana. Brian continued reading Transmetropolitan and talks about volume 8, and reading the entirety of I Hate Fairyland (really good)!  John talks about really enjoying another HBO show called The Righteous Gemstones, while Brian watched Black Panther with the kids, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Godzilla: King of Monsters! Follow us on Instagram at Pops On Pop Culture, on Twitter @themicmaniacs, like the Facebook page, and send e-mails with comments, suggestions, and questions to [email protected], also consider contributing to the new Patreon page at patreon.com/popsonpopculture.

To the PodCave! John had another uneventful week, and Brian is having his TV repaired. John continued reading Gotham Central and has finished volume 1 with his sights on many more volumes to come! Brian continued reading Transmetropolitan and talks about the events of volumes 6 and 7! Brian also picked up the new Umbrella Academy volume 3 and can't wait to dig into that. John and Brian talk about The Good Place and more football shenanigans. Brian also watched the new Netflix mini-series The Mind, Explained and delved into some politics via the show Patriot Act! Follow us on Instagram at Pops On Pop Culture, on Twitter @themicmaniacs, like the Facebook page, and send e-mails with comments, suggestions, and questions to [email protected], also consider contributing to the new Patreon page at patreon.com/popsonpopculture.

Touchdown! John had a pretty uneventful week, but Brian had adventures in replacing hot water heaters. John read Nightwing and started on Gotham Central! Brian is revisiting Transmetropolitan and picked up DC's Mister Miracle, along with a couple other books from the store! John and Brian talk about the Netflix series GLOW and some good ole NFL football. Brian also watched First Man for the first time and shares his thoughts! Follow us on Instagram at Pops On Pop Culture, on Twitter @themicmaniacs, like the Facebook page, and send e-mails with comments, suggestions, and questions to [email protected], also consider contributing to the new Patreon page at patreon.com/popsonpopculture.