Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#851 Jack Kirby’s “Cap and Falcon” 212-213: “I love you, baby!”
Captain America and the Falcon #212 concludes the Arnim Zola/Red Skull storyline in somewhat perfunctory fashion, and gives a living castle with big…
11 months ago
Critiquing Comics: "Joe Mallard" 4-6 and "Dream Machine"
Episode 245
Joe Mallard, a favorite of Tim and Jason’s from a year ago, is back! Creator Asante Amani has sent us issues 4-6 of this crime series. Did it go ove…
11 months, 1 week ago
"Fantastic Four: First Steps" (2025): Did it live up to the hype?
Episode 850
We’ve been building up to it for months with our reviews of previous Fantastic Four movies. Now it’s here, the FF’s debut in the MCU, Fantastic Four…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
"Almost Sunset": Wahab Algarmi on growing up Muslim in America
Episode 849
This week, Koom interviews Wahab Algarmi, author of Almost Sunset, a graphic novel about a Muslim American boy’s search for balance between his fami…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
"More Weight": Ben Wickey talks Salem witch trials
Episode 848
Ben Wickey has created a graphic novel, More Weight: A Salem Story, that gives us a very deep dive into the Salem witch trials: why they happened, w…
1 year ago
"Spider-Man 3" (2007)
Episode 23
The film is bloated, it’s busy, it showcases numerous failures at human communication, and doesn’t hit some points it needs to. And yet, Spider-Man …
1 year ago
"Spider-Man 2" (2004)
Episode 22
To this day, Spider-man 2 is considered one of the best superhero movies. How does it stand up to Tim’s first viewing, after watching all the MCU mo…
1 year ago
"Spider-Man" (2002)
Episode 21
Tim and Mulele begin reviewing the Sony (pre-MCU) Spider-man movies with a look at 2002’s Spider-man, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Magui…
1 year ago
Critiquing Comics: "God Summoner" and "The Keluarga Cable Ship Company"
Episode 244
This week, a look at two great new comics submitted by their creators:
God Summoner, by Dio Zogaris and Manos Laouvardos, is a story in the fantasy …
1 year ago
Jim Shooter interview
Episode 780
FLASHBACK! Jim Shooter, who was Marvel Editor-in-Chief from 1978 to 1987, passed away on June 30. He wrote a number of comics published by Marvel (i…
1 year, 1 month ago