In this episode Eric and Nathaniel Osollo (Dark Mouse, The Point Of You, The Shadow People Are Here, ) talk about "the last Superman story" Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's ALL-STAR SUPERMAN. Discussion topics include: dying with grace, multi-layered storytelling, and the fact that Superman is definitively super duper Mexican.

This episode, like every episode, is presented by our solar-powered allies at Meltdown Comics!

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Nathaniel Osollo

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Today, in this very SPECIAL episode of SuperFriends, Eric is joined by special ed teacher Richard Stouvenel for a discussion of J. Michael

Straczynski and Shane Davis' Man of Steel origin story SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE, and a conversation about what it means to grow up differently

abled. SPECIAL thanks to Meltdown Comics for making this episode possible!

This Week’s Guest:

Richard Stouvenel

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Merry Christmas, superfriends! We got you a NEW EPISODE! And not only is it a new episode, it's a two hour-and-eighteen-minutes-long commentary track for the absolute best live-action Superman story of all time, 1978's SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE! (Original version) You'll believe a man can fly. And you'll believe that two men and two women can commentate! Brought to you by those strange visitors from another world at Meltdown Comics!

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Heather Hooks (Artist) - https://society6.com/babyfacehooks

Makenzie Mizell (Musician) - https://www.makenziemizell.com

Mason Booker (Podcast Producer) - http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/author/mason/

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Hold on to your mother boxes, mother&$#@ers! SUPERMAN'S OTHER PALS' Gary Rolin joins Eric in the studio to dissect the Justice League film! Because Superman is in it! And so are a bunch of Jimmy Olsen characters, like Steppenwolf, Darkseid (kinda) and The Parademons! This episode, like every episode, is presented by our superpowered allies at Meltdown Comics!

This Week's Guest:

Gary and Ella Plum Rolin

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Writer, puppeteer, comedian, and all-around swell guy Matt Wilkie joins us today to talk "Hereafter", Chapters 43 & 44 of the JUSTICE LEAGUE animated series, written by Dwayne McDuffie. This fan favorite episode features what is ostensibly the death of The Man Of Steel, and how the various members of the superhero community-- and the world at large-- react to his absence. Plus: Lobo! It's pretty great. This episode, like every episode, is presented by our heroes at Meltdown Comics!

 

This Week’s Guest:

Matt Wilkie

Twitter: @WritingWilkie

 

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Today's guests are the charming father-daughter duo who host one of Eric's favorite podcasts, “SUPERMAN'S OTHER PALS”, a show dedicated to chronicling the adventures of Jimmy Olsen! In their own words: “He's been a gorilla. a werewolf, Elastic Lad, and the Red Headed Beatle of 1,000 B.C.; he's Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen. Join Gary Rolin and his teenage daughter, Ella Plum Rolin, as they explore the amazing, the absurd and the literally unbelievable adventures of The Daily Planet's favorite cub reporter.” Brought to you by the fine folks at Meltdown Comics!

This Week’s Guest:

Gary and Ella Plum Rolin

TW: @otherpalspod

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Makenzie Mizell is a Los-Angeles-based musician with a voice like an angel and a right hook like a lightning bolt-- so it's fitting that she's joining us to talk about 1984's SUPERGIRL! TRIGGER WARNINGS: Feminism, black magick, incomprehensible plots, nepotism, Popeyes Chicken. This conversation, like every episode of SuperFriends, is presented by the fine folks at Meltdown Comics!

This Week’s Guest:

Makenzie Mizell

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Jerry Gaylord is a comic book illustrator and animator who has worked on such franchises as Adventure Time, Bill & Ted, Regular Show, Sonic The Hedgehog, The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ultimate Spider-Man,and more. One time, he and Eric teamed up to tell a weird story about Gods playing guitars. 

Jerry joins Eric in the studio today to talk about Mark Waid and Alex Ross' classic, KINGDOM COME. Presented by Meltdown Comics!

This Week’s Guest:

Jerry Gaylord

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Warning Explicit!!!!

You may recognize the dulcet tones of Janette Quevedo's voice from her work on the Meltcast 3.0 podcast, located on this very network!

Janette joins us today to pick apart JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MONSTERS-- the first recorded appearance of a Latino Superman (besides Eric's birth certificate). The sexual tension is so thick, you'd need a blast of heat vision to penetrate it! Presented by Meltdown Comics!

This Week’s Guest:

Janette Quevedo

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Warning Explicit!!!

Henry Barajas swears to God he's a comedian. Listen to this episode-- wherein he and Eric talk about Dave Gibbons' and Steve Rude's WORLD'S FINEST #2, from 1990-- and you be the judge! Presented by Meltdown Comics!

This Week’s Guest:

Henry Barajas

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