This week we dive into Adam's TBR pile and find CONCRETE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION by Paul Chadwick! This one subverted all of our expectations, taking what should've been a straightforward superhero comic and turning it on its head. Sure, there's a guy who got his brain swapped into a giant man made of rocks, but it's really a slice of life story about a man taking a tragedy and figuring out how to be fulfilled in his life. It chronicles his journey in and out of the lives of regular people, using his irregular situation to his advantage whenever possible. Despite all intents and purposes, this comic is as real as it gets, and we loved that about it... We also loved making an AGGRESSIVE amount of rock puns, so prepare yourself for that

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We are back from a bit of a holiday break. But we’ve got our favorite comics from the last few weeks to talk about! Also elementary science lessons, collectible popcorn buckets, and the little bit of Plastic Man in each one of us. 

Pull List (with spoiler time stamps):

• 00:13:16 - New Gods #1
• 00:25:54 - Plastic Man No More #4
• 00:37:19 - Metamorpho: The Element Man #1
• 00:49:28 - Ultimate Spider-Man #12

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This week was RJ's foreign pick, and we dove into the modern masterpiece SHUBEIK LUBEIK by Deena Mohamed! In this 21st century fairy tale set in Cairo, Egypt, wishes are a commodity that can be mined, and first class wishes are the most coveted of all. As a kiosk purveyor attempts to sell these expensive wishes one by one, we explore the lives of people desperate for a solution to their diverse and perplexing problems. And through these deeply personal stories, we also get to explore the fascinating world Mohamed has immersed us in. It's a deeply moving book that moved us all

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Join us for our last Wednesday of the year.  Take a break from your last minute shopping and check out what comics came out last week! Also disposable Nick Furys, Gotham serial killers, and giant robots combining to make even gianter robots. 

Pull List (with spoiler time stamps):

• 00:13:14 - Ultimate Universe: One Year In
• 00:36:04 - Transformers #15
• 00:44:14 - Batman: Dark Patterns #1
• 00:57:14 - The City Beneath Her Feet #1

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RJ is up with his first pick of the season.  His domestic pick this week is Angel City by Janet Harvey, Megan Levens, Nick Filardi. We take a trip back to 1930s Hollywood with a hard boiled noir crime story drawn from real events.  It combines two of RJ's favorite things: Classic Hollywood, and classic film noir.  

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It’s time for another round of last week’s picture books! This week we welcome in the Yuletide season with holiday horror anthologies.  Also Krampus hunting, mind prisons, and Mojo gets into the attention economy. 

Pull List (with spoiler time stamps):

• 00:07:03 - Absolute Superman #2
• 00:18:37 - Dread The Halls
• 00:26:21 - Two-Face #1
• 00:37:27 - NYX #6

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It’s time to get weird! We’re taking on the best selling European Sci-fi comic of all time, The Incal by Alejandro Jordorowsky and Moebius. It’s all vibes as we talk about the dreamlike adventure of John Difool. 

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It’s all DC comics this week! And two of them have Dan Mora art!  Also Doomsday is back, Batman is on drugs, and the mighty War Wheel! 

Pull List (with spoiler time stamps):

• 00:11:10 - Justice League Unlimited #1
• 00:20:49 - Superman #20
• 00:32:45 - Black Canary: Best of the Best #1
• Detective Comics #1091

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We finally did it! We tackled one of our proverbial white whales: V FOR VENDETTA by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. It's such a precise, dense, frustrating, and prophetic treatise on the escalation of fascism in a failed state. Simultaneously, it's a gorgeous, hopeful, and inspiring manifesto for building a world based around love and community care from the ashes of the fallen authoritarian empire. In our discussion, we talk about the way this book (and the subsequent movie) have been warped in the public eye, how Moore's political praxis is front and center, and how we can take up V's cause in the fight against fascism today. Oh, and please, for the love of god, don't do LSD in a concentration camp...

It’s once again time to talk about our favorite 7-day-old comics! This week we stare into the horrors of reality from inside the horror genre. Also multiple Blues Beetles, a murder mystery in space, and Batman has a visit from CPS!

Pull List (with spoiler time stamps):

• 00:12:44 - Ice Cream Man #42
• 00:31:10 - Exceptional X-Men #3
• 00:47:42 - The Question: All Along the Watchtower
• 01:01:20 - Batman and Robin: Year One #1

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