In this episode, Phillip and Eric are talking a break from talking comics to talk about possibly the best movie based on a comic property, as well as the best superhero movie and best movie of 2023, Across the Spider-Verse. Plus, Eric chastised Phil not watching Shin Kamen Rider.

In this episode, Phillip and Eric are discussing Abrams Comicarts's Flung Out of Space by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templar, the graphic novel about author Patricia Highsmith and Eisner nominee for Best Reality-Based Work. They discuss its use of color and superb layout design, its refusal to shy away showing its subject's many flaws, and Eric calls Phillip out on still not having watched Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury.

In this episode, Phillip and Eric are talking the IDW Star Trek series by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Ramon Rosanas, nominated for Best New Series, and Marvel's She-Hulk, by Rainbow Rowell, Rogê Antônio, Luca Maresca, and Takeshi Miyazawa, nominated for Best Continuing Series.

This is mainly Eric lecturing Phillip on 40 years of Star Trek for 45 minutes.

In this episode, Phillip and Eric discuss the Eisner-nominated manga Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man. They also give a sobering discussion of the #comicsbrokeme hashtag and revelations that came out about scumbag indie comic publishers like Iron Circus, and the realities facing comic creators today.

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In this episode, Phillip and Eric discuss Image/Skybound's Clementine by Tille Walden, a Walking Dead graphic novel based on the character from the Telltale games. They discuss the blending of Tille Walden's YA sensibilities with Robert Kirkman's and Telltale's established Walking Dead universe, her keeping to the black and white color scheme of that universe, and they pitch a YA graphic novel featuring Spawn, Savage Dragon, and the Youngbloods as teenagers.

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Twitter thread from a Webtoon artist on reformatting webtoon for print.

In this episode, Phillip and Eric start their breakdown of the 2023 Eisner nominees! They do a quick run-over of this year's nominations, their thoughts on the controversy around Thomas Woodruff, and analyze the physical print edition of Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe.

Twitter thread from a Webtoon artist on reformatting webtoon for print.

https://twitter.com/Pluvias_/status/1646153438969880581?s=20

Phillip and Eric finish the rest of the wretched Black Adam movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Hear Eric cry as his neurons shut down, discuss their pitch for a Cyclone YA graphic novel, and debate why Dr. Fate can make magic shields, but the JSA still needs a jet to get anywhere in this movie.

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Phillip and Eric travel back to the '90s to break two signature Image books of the era, Todd MacFarlane's Spawn and Sam Keith's The Maxx. They talk about the ridiculousness of peak '90s superhero books, what has aged well and not aged well, and Eric lambasts Phillip for his taste in video games.

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In this episode, Phillip and Eric switch things to watch and commentate on anime adaptations of three popular manga series: Mob Psycho 100, Hellsing: Ultimate, and Spy x Family. That's right, they caved in to juice the algorithm.

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Phillip and Eric conclude their series on the comics of Jonathan Hickman with his run on Marvel's X-Men. They discuss how he evolves the X-Men being a metaphor for discrimination and racism, the sheer breadth of X-Men continuity combining with full creative freedom to reshape this flagship franchise, and Eric quizzing Phillip on a DEI work environment for mutants.

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