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!

Jace welcomes the super-talented Scott Snyder back to the show, The guys chat about holiday plans, the Yankees and the upcoming Wytches animated series. Plus, comics, of course! Scott has had a tremendous amount of creator owned projects come out in the last few years and now he has returned to DC with Absolute Batman. The comics talk starts with By A Thread, a series Scott co-writes with his son, Jack. Also, the Eisner-award winning Barnstormers series with Tula Lotay is discussed. Canary, White Boat, Night of the Ghoul and tons more titles are touched on before finishing up with Absolute Batman. It's a fun time, so we hope you enjoy it!

We had a couple of creators forced to cancel on us due to some scheduling conflicts and family obligations. So to be sure we hit the full 12 episodes and have the chance to give away all 12 Global Comix codes for free subscriptions, we are representing this episde for 2021 spotlighting Klaus. This series from Grant Morrison and Dan Mora is probably the most action packed and fantastical series about Santa that is out there. Drawing on Santa Claus' wilder roots in Viking lore and Siberian shamanism-taking in the creepier side of Christmas, and characters like the sinister Krampus-Klaus is a "Santa Claus: Year One."

Jace is joined by Skylar Patridge to chat about her upcoming title from Image under the Horizon Experiment imprint, Finders/Keepers. It's an action-adventure story inspired by characters like Indiana Jones, only this time instead of finding relics to place in museums, Ines Guarua is stealing them from museums to return them to their native cultures. Skylar takes about respecting what museums do in preserving and honoring art, but that she along with co-creator/writer Vita Ayala, want to start a conversation about the ethical pitfalls that exist currently with removing artifacts from their indigenous people and possibly exploiting them. 

Jace is joined by veteran comic creators Rick Remender and Paul Azaceta to talk all aboout their upcoming project from Image Comics under the Giant Generator imprint, The Seasons. Summer, Winter, Spring and Autumn are the Season Sisters and the daughters of the world famous Seasons Detectives. Ten years ago, their parents disappeared under mysterious circumstances which brought the girls closer together. They may need those close bonds more than ever though, as something sinister is coming. Rick and Paul talk about the feel of the story they want to tell and how they are bringing something new and exciting to the visuals for this book. It's clear from the art we have seen from Paul so far, their is an air of whimsy to the story that will, perhaps, balace out the more thrilling aspects of the story. 

Jace is joined by award winning artist, painter and frequent cover artist for the New Yorker magazine Eric Drooker. Eric talks about Naked City,  the third volume in his City graphic novel trilogy. Filled with relatable moments, it is the poignant story of three bohemians on the edge of the city struggling to answer the question: Is it possible to survive as an in the 21st century? Jace and Eric get into the character, motivations and perspective of the three main characters and also discuss how their struggles can relate to anyone trying to just survive in the modern world when so much wealth is in the hand of so few. The guys also talk about Eric's visual choices when it comes to the sequential art and letting the images carry the story with minimal dialogue. It's a fantastic discussion and an OGN you shouldn't miss.