By Chris Hacker and Aaron Knowles
Join hosts Chris Hacker and Aaron Knowles as they unlock the gates to The Oblivion Bar Podcast. Dive deep into the realms of comic books, TV, film, and gaming with witty banter, exclusive interview
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“Can you imagine? To be remembered like that?” 🐧💧
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This week, we discuss George R.R. Martin teasing a new project with Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner set to play Lara Croft in the live-action TOMB RAIDER series, and the Green Lantern John Stewart receives his own bronze statue in Burbank, CA.
Main Topic (25:25)
For our main topic, we review the first Max series in Matt Reeves/Robert Pattinson's Batman universe: The Penguin. In November 2022, one week after the assassination of Carmine Falcone and the destruction of Gotham City's seawall, The Penguin picks up as Oswald "Oz" Cobb attempts to take over the crime underworld of Gotham City.
Aaron’s Arcade (1:17:05)
Chris’ Corner (1:22:26)
Mission Flexible (Supporting military Veterans who are living with post-traumatic stress by providing immersive mindfulness retreats)
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*Queues up The Ballad of The Witches’ Road on repeat* 🧙♀️🔮
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This week, we discuss Keanu Reeves doing "extensive research" on Shadow for Sonic 3 to create a "faithful version" of the character, the live-action Gundam movie set to be directed by Sweet Tooth showrunner Jim Mickle, and we got a new trailer for Star Wars: Skelton Crew.
Main Topic (23:09)
For our main topic, we review the 11th Marvel Studios Disney+ series: Agatha All Along! When a new series of tragedies strike the city of Westview, the infamous Agatha Harkness finds herself down and out of power when a suspicious goth teen helps break her free from a distorted spell. Her interest is piqued when he begs her to take him on the legendary Witches' Road, a magical gauntlet of trials that, if survived, rewards a witch with what they're missing. Together, Agatha and this mysterious teen pull together a desperate coven, and set off down, down, down The Road.
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This is a preview of our Patreon exclusive show called The Grid. Check this out, along with a bunch of other awesome perks over on Patreon. New episodes every Friday!
For episode 140 of The Grid, we discuss Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and Wild Nature, our schedule for the rest of the year, we premiere a new segment, and we give our quick thoughts on The Penguin and & Agatha All Along.
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Hello Pickle! For our 2024 Halloween Special, we are discussing the first entry in The Cornetto Trilogy: Shaun of the Dead! Directed by Edgar Wright and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Shaun of the Dead is a rom-zom-com that centers around the uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his lumpy roommate. Nothing seems to be going right when it is all disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
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Joining us on the show is the acclaimed documentary filmmaker of In Search of Darkness Part 1, 2, and 3 and In Search of Tomorrow, which are both extended, deep-dive explorations of 1980’s Horror and Action/Sci-Fi through the lens of the actors, directors, and crew that worked on those iconic films.
Now, he is taking us into the early 90’s with In Search of Darkness 90-94.
It is our honor to welcome David Weiner BACK onto The Oblivion Bar Podcast!
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Joining us today is the creative team of Magma Comix comic series The Pedestrian. Behold, The Pedestrian! A strange visitor speedwalks into Summer City and silently changes the lives of its residents. But not all is quiet in this sleepy, small town—an ancient conflict linked to the secret history of street signs is brewing! DON’T WALK... RUN! In The Pedestrian, justice always has the right of way!
It is our pleasure to welcome writer of titles like Footprints, Captain Ultimate, Pawn Shop, Batman: Urban Legends, and more, Joey Esposito and the other half of this amazing team, co-creator of Toe Tag Riot, Secret Adventures of Houdini and Pawnshop, contributing artist on Eisner Award-winning Love is Love, IDW’s Star Trek line of books, The New Yorker, and Neil Gaiman’s Neverwear, the ever-busy Sean Von Gorman onto The Oblivion Bar Podcast!
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Joining us today are the Eisner-nominated co-writers of the Image Comics series Kill Your Darlings with artist Bob Quinn and Letterer John J. Hill.
It is our pleasure to welcome both Griffin Sheridan & Ethan S. Parker BACK onto The Oblivion Bar Podcast!
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Joining us is the GREATEST couple in comics and some of our best buds in the podcasting world--Lisa and Brad Gullickson of The Comic Book Couples Counseling join Chris to discuss their Kickstarter comic cookbook Pots & Panels: A Comic Book Anthology and Cookbook.
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POTS & PANELS is a softcover collection of fifty short comic book stories centered around food, spanning multiple genres. Additionally, the compilation will contain a section full of recipes submitted by the creators with personal notes explaining why each dish is dear to them!
This massive tome spotlights some of the comic book industry's top mainstream and independent creators! From Tim Seeley (Local Man, Hack/Slash, Nightwing), to Steven Grant (Punisher, Batman, Daredevil), Phil Hester (Green Arrow, Gotham: Year One, Firebreather), Andy Kuhn (Firebreather, Secret Avengers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Steve Niles (Thirty Days Of Night, Batman) Ron Marz, (Green Lantern, Silver Surfer), Hilary Barta (Uncanny X-Men, Plastic Man), Ellie Egleton (Lower Your Sights), Jason Michalski (Northern Blood, Skullmasher), Chuck Satterlee (Of Bitter Souls, King Kong), Nicole D'Andria (Road Trip to Hell), Travis Gibb (Granite State Punk, Cthulhu Invades), Trey Baldwin (Upperdeck, Monsterwax), Neil Kleid (Brownsville, Savor), Luis Morocho (Marvel Voices), Richard Fairgray (Four-Color Heroes, Octopus), Daimon Hampton (DC Comics Milestone Initiative), Brendan Deneen (Guardians of the Galaxy, Aliens), Austin Janowsky (Iron Man, Stanley The Snowman), Antonio Rojo (Northern Blood, Serpent Wars), Eric Palicki (Black's Myth, Atlantis Wasn't Built for Tourists), Mario Candelaria (Killchella), Austin Allen Hamblin (Big Guns Stupid Rednecks, Holiday Spirits 3), Markisan Naso (By The Horns) and many more!
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Joining us today are two of the most exciting double-threat comic creators working today!
One is the comic creator behind titles like Dynamite’s Cruella De Vil miniseries with artist Miriana Puglia, the ongoing Harley Quinn series with writer Tini Howard, Eat, & Love Yourself, and the witchy OGN Over My Dead Body.
The other is the comic creator of titles like Dynamite’s Maleficent, ThunderCats: Cheetara with artist Domenico Carbone, and the queer vampire murder mystery Carmilla: The First Vampire with writer Amy Chu.
It is our pleasure to welcome the founding members of “The Boo-Soo Crew”: Sweeney Boo & Soo Lee onto The Oblivion Bar Podcast!
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Joining us today is the Eisner-nominated and GLAAD award-winning co-creator and illustrator of titles like The Woods and Wynd with frequent collaborator James Tynion IV. He is also the sole creator of the BOOM! Box hit ZAWA + The Belly of the Beast–which tells the story of a group of friends who help an elusive mountain guardian rediscover her purpose with love and cookies.
It is our pleasure to welcome The Wooden King himself: Michael Dialynas BACK onto The Oblivion Bar Podcast!
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