The Comic Source Podcast

Jace and Rocky chat abotu the DC Comics titles for the week of May 21, 2025. Nightwing forges an alliance with Maggie Sawyer, or does he? Wally West takes control of his life in Absolute Flash though many, many mysteries remain. Speaking of mysteries, the identity and machinations of Elixir remain elusive and as Batman attempts to find answers he discover an interesting an ally. The mystery in Wonder Woman is resolved in time to save Batman, though it seems the murderer will face few if any consquences. Finally in Superman Unlimited we are reminded of just how special Superman is and how much he means to his adoptive planet just in time for catastrophe to strike and it appears the fallout has ushered in a new era for the Man of Steel. Does he have new powers to face this new threat? Only time will tell. Join us for more thoughts on all these titles and more!

Jace is joined by writer David Pinckney to talk about the lastest OGN YA title from the Maverick imprint at Mad Cave Studios. Sarah and Darah; Best Frenemies Forever is a relevant and engaging tale focusing on the drama of high school relationships and the value of family. Join us to hear David's thoughts on the project

Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics for the week of May 14, 2025. Batman Dark Patterns gives a new rogue for Batman while in Aboslute Batman the true horror of Mister Freeze is revealed. Fire and Ice learn they will have to travel to hell to try and put themselves and their friends back in the right bodies. Supergirl has a solid debut issue and the action in Aquaman keeps ramping up. Meanwhile, Green Lantern Corps gives us a look at some of our favorite Lanterns while a classic villain returns. Join us to hear about all these books and more!

Jace and Rocky break down the DC Comics for the week fo May 7, 2025. Absolute Superman introduces us to the Absolute Braniac, the mystery in Absolute Green Lantern continues to unfold while Ted Grant is remembered fondly in JSA. Two-Face comes to an end and we are sad to see it go, Black Canary also ends, but in a very satisfying way. Poison Ivy, The Atom Project and Batgirl are all excellent. Join us to hear about these books and more!

Kevin Shinick — the host and time-traveling detective of the Emmy-winning series Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, Emmy-winning writer behind Robot Chicken, and celebrated author — is writing and starring in HOST MORTEM. Shinick is joined by artist Damien Torres (Marvel Crisis Protocol), colorist Pippa Bowland (Judge Dredd, Project Cryptid), and letterer Taylor Esposito (Red Hood and The Outlaws). The 180+ page graphic novel is coming soon to Kickstarter from Clover Press, the publisher behind countless acclaimed graphic novels, art books and novels including The Marvel Art Of line of books, Ricardo Delgado's Dracula, Spawn Till You Die: The Fin Art of Ray Troll, and Craig Yoe's Woman & Man+.

HOST MORTEM follows TV hosts, Kevin Shinick (Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?) and Greg Lee (Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?) who are transported to the year 1947 by a time portal at comic con. They soon find themselves enmeshed in a murder mystery involving Humphrey Bogart's legendary noir film The Big Sleep. When one of the stars winds up dead, Kevin and Greg's knowledge of random trivia might be the key to solving this Hollywood caper.

Shinick says, "Between the two of us, Greg and I have hosted a number of game shows. As a result, we have a lot of random trivia floating around in our heads and I always wished I could put that knowledge to better use other than just, "Hey, did you know the singular of spaghetti it spaghetto?" And since we both played fake detectives on Carmen Sandiego (me a time traveling detective and Greg a classic gumshoe detective) I got to wondering how we might fare with an actual murder? The ultimate question being, "Are hosts really smart? Or do they just have the answers?" Lee adds, "The premise of two fake detective game show hosts from the 1990's having to solve a series of real murders in the 1940's seemed like a novel idea so we thought we might be onto something. Now, thanks to Kevin's amazing talent writing comic books and our combined experience with game show shenanigans I get to star alongside my pal in Host Mortem! Which involves time travel, film noir, game show trivia and lots of comedy because, spoiler alert, we're not as good at solving murders as we think.

Jace is joined by Kevin to talk about the project, his love of film noir and the impetus of the project with Greg Lee. Plus Kevin mentions coming up with the perfect title.

Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics for the week of April 30, 2025. It's a fifth week of the month so we get some annuals and specials. In Detective Comics, it's a locked room murder for Batman to solve with the victim begging Batman not to solve his murder at all. Also the latest chapter of We Are Yesterday is in World's Finest Annual with an incredible John Stewart origin story as a co-feature. The Question comes to a very satisfying conclusion with Batman The Last Halloween and Power Company rounding out the week. So join us to hear all about these books and hear about Rocky's adventures at Calgary Fan Expo.

Jace is joined by author Damian Duffy to talk about his recently released graphic novel adaption of Octavia E. Butler's classic science fiction novel, Parable of the Talents. Butler is incredible prescient in her ability to predict the current cultural and political state of the world in 2025, even though her novel was published in 1998. It deals of concepts of personal, religious and economic freedoms as well as Afro-Futurism. With evocative art by John Jennings this adapation faithfully captures the feel fo the prose work. Damian talks about the challenges of adapting such a rich work and gives his thoughts on how Butler was so accurately able to predict the future.

Jace is joined by author Damian Duffy to talk about his recently released graphic novel adaption of Octavia E. Butler's classic science fiction novel, Parable of the Talents. Butler is incredible prescient in her ability to predict the current cultural and political state of the world in 2025, even though her novel was published in 1998. It deals of concepts of personal, religious and economic freedoms as well as Afro-Futurism. With evocative art by John Jennings this adapation faithfully captures the feel fo the prose work. Damian talks about the challenges of adapting such a rich work and gives his thoughts on how Butler was so accurately able to predict the future.

Jace is joined by author Damian Duffy to talk about his recently released graphic novel adaption of Octavia E. Butler's classic science fiction novel, Parable of the Talents. Butler is incredible prescient in her ability to predict the current cultural and political state of the world in 2025, even though her novel was published in 1998. It deals of concepts of personal, religious and economic freedoms as well as Afro-Futurism. With evocative art by John Jennings this adapation faithfully captures the feel fo the prose work. Damian talks about the challenges of adapting such a rich work and gives his thoughts on how Butler was so accurately able to predict the future.

Jace is joined by Al Ewing to chat about Detective Comics 2025 Annual. Al has a locked room murder mystery for Batman to solve in three acts. He talks about collaborating with three different artists, one for each of the chapters. Plus he gets to bring Batman across the pond to his own stompling grounds. The guys also chat about what makes Batman such a versatile character and the incredible roster of villains Batman has. It's a great story and Jace is exceptionally happy that on his first Batman story, Al didn't do the cliched thing and use the Joker.