The Comics Podcast

This week Chad's drunk, Emily tells him to F off, Jean-luc wants doritos, and Alex encourages Jean-luc's want of doritos. It's a strange episode. After about a half hour of dumb stuff, we talk about Daytripper by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá. I think it's a good conversation.

This week on The Comics Podcast we travel back to the simpler time of 2013 to discuss Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla's Afterlife With Archie--in many ways the precursor to everyone's new favorite TV show, Riverdale. Before that, it's updates on Chad's house, the weather (yes we're boring don't rub it in) and saying farewell to everyone's old favorite TV show, The Clone Wars.

It's the Comics Podcast 200th episode extravaganza and we feel like celebrating. Not only do the gang talk about the standard Star Wars, 9/11 and gardening fun but they also take a deep dive into Dark Horses' 1988 Aliens Comic. All that and the announcment that Emily is now an official member of the show as we enter our second century on the air. Thank you to all our listeners, we love you all! And to those who don't listen, you can iggity-biggity- spiggity right off.

This week the jig is up! Way up in fact as Jean-luc and Alex talk about Darkseid War and Geoff Johns'Aquaman. Darkseid War is the big finale to the New 52, but does it impress or get dragged down under its own ambition? Oh also there's Aquaman and fish which is fun but no fish sticks which isn't fun. I am very happy that you are reading this description but please go to bed it's late.

On this week, Emily talks about how one orders weed during these trying times of solitude, Alex and Chad make animal noises, and Jean-luc puts up with our garbage. After that it's Beastars! Y'all want to talk some manga? Well to bad!

Another episode in your podcast feed? Jean and Alex must still be stuck at home. This week they discuss the first 40 issues of Geoff John's Justice League run. Is it better than Batman V. Superman, Justice League and Man of Steel put together? Maybe, or maybe the Snyder cut was the friends that you alienated by posting cringe on main. Oh and remember to New 52!

Bzz Bzz Bzz the band is back and beefier than before. Jean-Luc brings up a book he bought and Chad bullies his butt. Emily and Alex are here too and they are as interesting as ever, although don't tell them that because they might be insulted/let it go to their heads. As the title suggests, Wild Blue Yonder is the Spotlight book of the week and it comes from IDW Publishing. It's a high-paced steampunk adventure, neatly tucked away in a six issue miniseries. Depending on who you believe it's a fun read or incomprehensible gargbage. You decide! Also, stay safe and paint miniatures/eat Taco Bell.

Hello and welcome to week two of no new comics, and week one of us having a plan to deal with our new reality! This week, Jean-Luc, Chad, Alex, and Emily get together to discuss the first volume (issues #1-6) of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's acclaimed series 'Monstress.' But of course, it wouldn't be an episode of The Comics Podcast if we only talked about comics, so Jean-Luc fills his monthly Bionicle quota, Emily tells us about Trolls: World Tour, Chad talks about alchohol, and Alex gives us an Animal Crossing update. See y'all in a few days for episode #2 of our New 52 retrospective!

It's been like three weeks since we recorded this episode and I genuinely can't believe Alex and myself read 52 comics in like three days and then talked about them for 90 minutes for your listening pleasure.

Books discussed (not in order because that would be way too much work)[And we didn't talk about Savage Hawkman because we forgot]:

1. Action Comics

2. All-Star Western

3. Animal Man

4. Aquaman

5. Batgirl

6. Batman

7. Batman and Robin

8. Batman: The Dark Knight

9. Batwoman

10. Batwing

11. Birds of Prey

12. Blackhawks

13. Blue Beetle

14. Captain Atom

15. Catwoman

16. DC Universe Presents

17. Deathstroke

18. Demon Knights

19. Detective Comics

20. The Flash

21. Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.

22. The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Man

23. Green Arrow

24. Green Lantern

25. Green Lantern Corps

26. Green Lantern: New Guardians

27. Grifter

28. Hawk & Dove

29. I, Vampire

30. Justice League

31. Justice League Dark

32. Justice League International

33. Legion Lost

34. Legion of Super-Heroes

35. Men of War

36. Mister Terrific

37. Nightwing

38. O.M.A.C.

39. Red Hood and the Outlaws

40. Red Lanterns

41. Resurrection Man

42. The Savage Hawkman

43. Static Shock

44. Stormwatch

45. Suicide Squad

46. Superboy

47. Supergirl

48. Superman

49. Swamp Thing

50. Teen Titans

51. Voodoo

52. Wonder Woman

Quarantine: Day ? Urge to create spinoff podcast episodes growing. Resistance is futile. Engage New 52 Retrospective.

Back in 2011, DC Comics relaunched their entire line of comics for the first time in their 75+ year history. This relaunch made a number of lasting changes to the universe and it was also the defining event that got Alex and Jean-Luc into reading comics. And so together, they are embarking on a special series of episodes, looking back on the 2011 reboot. Are the highs as high as they remember? And is Red Hood and the Outlaws the stain on comics that they remember it to be? Find out right here on the Comics' Podcast New 52 Retrospective Extravaganza!

(Those looking for Chad content should listen to the last two minutes of the podcast even though he never appears)