Spawnography

Our heroes Bairn and Dromo seek out their next adventure in the aftermath of the Urshrek saga and now Neva's deal with the entity that turned Bairn into the Godlsayer takes centerstage. We get into some of the ways that Holguin plays with classic myth and storytelling tropes but takes the time to make them his own through the lens of Spawn. And as is often the case with our show, we wax nostalgic about the X-Men for a bit.

This week'd recommendations are the book Kindred by Rebecca Wraggg Sykes which examines the life, love, art and death of Neanderthals and Connor Goldsmith and Josh Cornillon's Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, a psychological horror series about influencer culture, cancel culture and the demons we keep even when we think we've dealt with them.

You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.

If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.

Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order.

With Dromo's help, Bairn the mighy Godslayer heads off to face Urshrek, the Winter King! But does he have the power to face the cannibal god? Who is the Summer King that seems to be Urshrek's opposite and what are his plans? And since being slain, what designs does Neva, Bairn's lover and the vessel for the goddess Llyra, have on returnig to her mortal form? Brian Holguin and Philip Tan are really cooking with this one!

This week's recommendations are to listen to glam rock progenitors, Slade, and to check out the excellent writing that comics journalist and critic Zach Ribiroff has been doing over at Flaming Hydra, ComicsXF and more.

You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.

If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.

Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order.

Brian Holguin Appreciation Month continues and Spawn:Godslayer continues to rock harder than a wizard painted on the side of van. No, seriously. This book is such a fun amalgam of what makes Spawn great, what makes Brian Holguin great and how riffing on classic stories and archetypes with new characters can be a really enlightening way to revisit and reaxamine those themes. Philip Tan joins the book as the main penciller this time around and we are incredibly impressed with the work here. It's moody, fantastic and really inspired. This really is a masterpiece.

This week's recommendations are: first, the latest from Jane Shoenbrun, Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma, a new horror movie from one of the most interesting modern directors and second, to give an old friend a call, not to make plans or anything like that. Just say hello. Let the people you love know you're thinking about them even if you don't talk all the time.

You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.

If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.

Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order.

We were extremely sad to hear of Brian Holguin's recent passing so we are taking a break from our regular programming to dive into one of his most interesting works within the Spawn Universe: "Spawn: Godslayer." This is a non-canon, high fantasy take on the Spawn mythos we know and love and it showcases so much of what made Brian Holguin a pillar of what Spawn was, is and always will be. This episode and the next four will take a look at this underrated piece of work from an artist who should be remembered along the greats in our opinion.

This week's recommendations are Michael Mann's incredible HEAT and the writings of historian Dan Jones, especially The Plantagenets and Powers and Thrones, which collectively are about the entire history of like monarchy and royalty and stuff like that throughout the history of England.

You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.

If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.

Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order.

We're wrapping up this arc and Jim Downing's Spawn journey continues as he reckons with becoming a celebrity and something of a miracle worker. The mysterious, villainous Bludd sends three ancient vampires to test Jim's powers, forcing him into a brutal fight where he discovers just how powerful and unpredictable he can be. Still struggling with his identity and mysterious past, Jim becomes increasingly desperate for answers about what he actually is. And us? We're just trying to figure it all out.

This week's recommendations are to read an actual physical book, comic or otherwise, as well as the connecticut emo band, Anxious.

You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.

If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.

Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order. Thank YOU for listening!

We're moving the chains of this plot forward but despite the progress coming at something of a snails pace, we had a good time with these issues. Szymon Kudranski's art is the real standout but it's to see the book settling into a more mdoern rhythm and not fighting with itself over what it wants to be. And what it wants to be right now is a horror-tinged procedural drama with no easily likeable characters and that's perfectly okay!

This week's recommendations are Emily Wilson's Odyssey translation, HBO's My Adventures with Superman and to let your friends know just how much they do for you on a daily basis because sometimes we take our friends for granted a little bit and its important for everyone to feel seen.

You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.

If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.

Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order. Thank YOU for listening!

Omega Spawn is in the rearview (for now) and for once it feels like the Jim Downing era has a meaningful direction. Szymon Kudranski joins the book and contributes mightily to the change in tone and atmosphere. There is more to Jim than meets the eye and the Unholy Trinity that Clown mentioned issues ago is really starting to take shape. It seems that new writer Will Carlton really has an idea of where to take this book. Wait... who the heck is Will Carlton?

This weeks' recommendations are the first two albums by Marcy Playground (they are more than just a one-hit wonder!), the excellent workplace superhero dramedy game, Dispatch (FFO: Telltale/Choose Your Own Adventure games) and indie filmmaker Christopher Nolan's low-budget hit film, The Odyssey.

You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.

If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.

Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order. Thank YOU for listening!

The road to 200 finally ends but we've only been with Jim Downing a mere 16 issues and his story already seems to be getting sideswiped. What's Image United? Who is Omega Spawn? Robert Kirkman wrote AND drew part of this issue?!? We'll get into it!

This week's recommendations are to make some art (even if it's bad!), support the local businesses you love because (unfortunately, they likely won't be around forever and wonderful Jacques Tati film Trafic.

You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.

If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.

Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order. Thank YOU for listening!

"Endgame" is over but the real mystery is just beginning! Or is it? The book seems to be biding time before a big anniversary issue but will that lead to some big reveal? It's hard to see the vision at this point. Redeemer pays a visit to Jim's girlfriend (?) Sara and Khary Randolph joins the fray on art, delivering a particularly standout issue. But Spawn seems to be getting a bit lost in the shuffle of a narrative that doesn't have a clear direction.

This week's recommendations are to check out the story of Rocklina, a turtle who was recently rescued from 50 years of neglect and to take a listen to NYHC punks, Grip.

You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.

If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.

Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order. Thank YOU for listening!

"Endgame" comes to an, well, end. But Jim Downing's story is just beginning! Or has it not really started? It's a little hard to say. Adding to the cavalcade of artists that have joined the book over the course of this arc, Rob Liefeld joins the fray! Will every mystery be revealed by the end of "Endgame?" Will be get a greater understanding of Jim Downing and his place in the Spawn universe? Will we ever be rid of Marc Rosen? The answer to all of these questions (and more!) this week on Spawnography!

This week's recommendations are a couple of excellent comics, Steve Lieber & Nick Spencer's "Superior Foes of Spider-Man" and Hayden Sherman & Chris Sebela's "Cold War." SFoSM is a really fun romp with Spidey's rogues featuring Lieber's incredibly expressive art. Meanwhile, Cold War is a sci-fi war story that feels a little closer to becoming our reality than I care to confront.

You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.

If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.

Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order. Thank YOU for listening!