Today on the Zero Issues Advent Calendar, we’re talking about the best comics that take place at Christmas, and that means ripping off Alien, ninja battles, and Impulse, Impulse, Impulse! Because, let’s face it, Christmas issues aren’t always the best,… Continue Reading →

It’s the shortest lightning round episode yet as the boys answer more listener topics, this time from Shelley Bujold-Brignall, Todd Shewchuk, and Jay Boaz! How would Captain Nemo from “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” decorate for Christmas? How would OTHER… Continue Reading →

What does “Welcome to Hereafter,” a comic where all of the gods (like, all of ’em!) coexist in one city, have to tell us about Christmas? How does Jesus feel about a corporate holiday that celebrates his not-even-actual-birthday? We got… Continue Reading →

Tonight is winter solstice, or by another name… the Blackest Night? So to mark the occasion, we totally gloss over “Blackest Night” and talk about a bunch of OTHER apocalypse-based comic stories instead! And just in time for Christmas! Direct… Continue Reading →

It’s the final Mystery Question of the Zero Issues Advent Calendar, and this one’s a doozy, as Merk has not one question, but maybe a couple? Maybe you’ll have to listen to this extra length episode to find out! Direct… Continue Reading →

In today’s episode, listener and friend of the show (Hey, can we say “friend of the show” now? Neat!) Evan Hodgins supplied us with a topic: what are our personal best and worst Non-Marvel/DC comic movies? Oh, and have we… Continue Reading →

Hey, you wanna fight about it? …Is what we say to various comic book characters in today’s Zero Issues Advent Calendar episode! From the most pathetic “I could definitely take them” to the “well, I think it would be a… Continue Reading →

Most comic book readers can trace their reading history back to a handful of single issues, but let’;s say you had to pick a single issue to get someone into comics. Would you choose something classic? Something family-friendly? Something subversive?… Continue Reading →

Happy Holidays, everybody! Today for the Zero Issues Advent Calendar, we’re covering religion in comics. How can there be atheists in comics when so many characters have met gods? How do different religions overlap and intermingle? Who ARE these pantheons?… Continue Reading →

It wouldn’t be the holiday season without… Messiahs!? Oh, wait, that one actually works. Today the boys take a look at the messiah figures who’ve popped up in comics. So I hope you like Adam Warlock! Oh, but there’s more!… Continue Reading →