Jace is joined by Jason Aarona and Mahmud Asrar to talk about Bug Wars. An eclectic mix of two of Jason's favorite types oif stories growing up, the hidden civilazations of "tiny people" who live at our feet. like The Littles or The Borrowers, and mythical fantasy. Joined by superstar artist Mahmud Asrar, these two creators are building an amazingly rich world that combines the best elements of both. Jason describes it as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids meets Game of Thrones. The guys discuss the first issue and the elements of bringing these two types of stories together and also some hints of how the main character goes from our world to the sprawling land of The Yard. With roots in Jason's childhood, from the stories he created in his own backyard as a child, to the amazing and inventive design work from Mahmud, this is an incredible story and a must-read debut issue. There's plenty more to the conversation so join us to learn more and pre-order the book now! Final Order Cut-Off is January 20th and Bug Wars hits comics shops on Feruary 12th. 

Jace and Rocky chat about all the DC Comics titles dropping the week of January 8, 2025. Aquaman's debut is extremely intriguing and has a final page you have to see to believe. Absolute Batman #4 gives us a masterful story containing his Year One Origin perfectly. DC Vs Vampires has a very big bad show up, but whose side is he on? The father/son dynamics in Batman and Robin continue to be excellent as does the art and story in Batman: Dark Patterns.

Jeremy Adams returns to the show to tell us all about the upcoming Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum Special and how it leads inot Green Lantern #19. Tons to talk about when it comes to other lanterns be they Green, Violet or any color of the Spectrum. Also what's up with the Guardians since they've returned and who is the big bad that is looking to take advantage of the wild Spectrum energy right now and fracture it completely? Oh and don't sleep on the secrets revealed about the Book of OA and how that may just change everything we know about the Spectrum.

Jace welcomes Scott Snyder back to the show to talk about Absolute Batman #4, with Nick Dragotta taking a break on the art, Gabriel Walta brings his unique style to the book to give us a very emotional story that covers the earliest days of this version of Batman. Scott talks about how Absolute Batman embodies the distrust of authority and anger we all may be feeling right now as we look at the world around us. Grounded in family and father/son relationships as well, we get to see a Bruce Wayne who grows throughout the story, but never stops fighting. It is a powerful story that sets up the end of the first arc, Zoo, coming with issues 5 & 6.

Jace runs solo on the Indie Spotlight for the week of January 8, 2025. With get an amazing issue of Geiger with gorgeous art as our hero struggles to contain his powers which seem to be spiraling out of control. The creative team behind 100 Bullets, Azzarello & Risso, continue their masterful western Blood Brothers Mother at DSTLRY. Plus the second chapter of Juvenile and the debut of The Lucky Devils. The latter from the creative team of Charles Soule and Ryan Browne is a must-read, wirh fantastic art, an interesting premises and loads of humanity.

It's a small week if indies to kick off 2025, but Rocky and Jace talk about a couple of books. Plus, we annouce the winners of the Global Comix contest! Email Jace at [email protected] if  you won to claim your prize.

Jace and Rocky kick off the new year with the first of the DC Spotlights that will be released every week talkign about all the DC titles to hit comic shops. There are a lot of great titles to kick off the year with Two-Face giving a wonderful procedural feel and startign to show just how important Harvey Dent is to the White Church, the court of crime attempting to keep the peace in the Gotham underworld. The penultimate issue of this era of Batman brings back a fan favorite villain, but just how is is back and why, remains to be seen. We have a new era of Captain Atom, but the mystery of how he got his powers back after Absolute Power and what those powers might be, is yet to be revealed. We also have what may be the best issue of Absolute Superman so far and it is possible that this might be the best era of Superman, ever.

Jace and Rocky close out 2024 with the final week of indie titles. We get three books from ghost Machine with Geiger providing a bit of a Hulk vibe and Redcoat showing that Simon Pure is a character you can tell any type of story with. Hornsby & Halo's second issue shows that the story is much bigger than we first thought and Rocky chooses it as his book of the week. We get some spectacular art in Violator as it provides some alternate history. Speaking of history, Dust to Dust is set during the Great Depression with a serial killer loose in a small town. Join us to hear our thoughts on these titles and more.

Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the final week of 2024. It is a huge week with 17 titles hitting the stands but it is a bit underwhelming as we get the third issue of Gargoyle of Gotham with the book losing momentum because of such a long dealy between issues. The final issue of Batman Brave and the Bold is also a bit of a let down with a lack of memorable stories and Powergirl also continues to disappoint. On the other hand the debut of Metamorpho is very strong and the Phantom Zone story in Action Comics comes to a very satisfying conclusion. Justive League Unlimited also continues to be a must-read. Green Arrow, Superman, Batman The Last Halloween and Black Canary: Best of the Best round the impressive titles for the week.

Jace and Rocky chat about the year that was in DC Comics and give some stats on what made Picks of the Week. Also plenty of talk about the Superman trailer, what they thought worked and what didn't. Plus some goals for 2025. Plenty of random tangents in this one as the guys let the conversation take them where it will. We hope you enjoy it and Happy Holidays!