The Last Comic Shop: Recent Episodes
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The Last Comic Shop is a podcast dedicated to saving one of the great literary art forms: Comics! Weekly reviews and recommendations for comic book fans both new and life long!
The Last Comic Shop Podcast tackles the sequel to Emil Ferris' Eisner award winning tale of murder and mystery with "My Favorite Thing is Monsters" volume 2!
Plus a good old fashioned spooky trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share at your local Halloween party!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
More leftovers from the "Year of Chad" this week as we take a look at our co host Chad Smith's favorite run on the God of Thunder told by the legendary Walt Simonson!
Plus we pit more mighty Marvel comics against each other tournament style to pick which will be worthy of being our next "Read Pile" selection on a future episode of the Last Comic Shop Podcast!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Go nuts, folks! It's time to tackle a leftover from "The Year of Chad" with the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl volumes 1 & 2 by Ryan North and Erica Henderson!
Plus we look back at the music, movies, and other comics released around the time Squirrel Girl issue 1 hit stands back in 2015!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)
Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com
Another wonderful comic book review comes your way this week as we look at the recent ongoing series of "Wonder Woman" by Tom King and Daniel Sampere!
Plus with all the recent love around the Gal Gadot movie interpretation of Wonder Woman, we ask what other actor castings in super hero movies have forever changed comics?
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood
It's the End of an Era! The Last Comic Shop takes a look at the finale of the multi year story arc in the X-men books known as The Krakoan Age by reviewing "Fall of the House of X, Rise of the Powers of X" by Gerry Duggan, Kieron Gillen & countless more!
Plus the gang takes a hard look at the realities of massive comic book crossover events and if they are truly good for the comic book industry as a whole!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Don't sleep on this week's episode of the Last Comic Shop Podcast as we check out a modern interpretation of the classic Golden Age version of the Sandman by Robert Venditti and Riley Rossmo
Plus we school you on how to get your own comics bound into customized omnibus collections perfect for your comic book libraries!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood
Rewind to this year's Live Stream For the Cure event as the Last Comic Shop Podcast takes a look at a series that went where no comic fan went before with the Star Trek/X-men Crossover by Scott Lobdell, Marc Silvestri & more!
Plus fans challenge us to come up with some of the greatest hypothetical comic book/TV Show mash ups ever! From MASH and GI Joe to All in the Family and Howard the Duck, get ready for the hilarity!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Host of Live Stream For the Cure: Nicholas Haskins
Special Thanks to the Live Stream For the Cure for hosting this year's event!
Going on a Quest this week? We sure are as the Last Comic Shop crew takes a look at one of the longest running fantasy related comic book series out there with Volume 1 of Elf Quest by Wendy & Richard Pini!
Plus the results of our recent fan polls which you can vote on weekly out @lastcomicshop on social media, including the winner of this year's Last Soda Shop Tournament Bracket!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
It's an Avengers Reunion of Epic proportions as we take a look at the alternate future version of Earth's Mightiest Heroes attempting to stave off a Dystopian nightmare for America in "Avengers Twilight" by Chip Zdarsky and Daniel Acuña!
Plus the results of our recent fan polls which you can vote on weekly out @lastcomicshop on social media!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
It's a Double, Triple, Quadruple Dose of Deadpool this week as we take a look at the team up of a whole lot of Mercs with Mouths with Deadpool Corps by Rob Liefeld & others!
Plus will the MCU be saved by the team up of Deadpool & Wolverine on the big screen? We got our movie review for ya, kids!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
We continue our march towards the 2024 Eisner Awards this week with "Beneath the Trees, Where Nobody Sees" by Patrick Horvath nominated for "Best New Series" at this year's awards.
Plus hear our predictions for the rest of the winners of comic books most prestigious industry award to be given at San Diego Comic Con later this week!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Travel back to the old west with one of the most legendary comic book series featuring cowboys. Yes, its our review of Blueberry Volume 1 "Chihuahua Pearl" by Jean-Michel Charlier & Jean "Moebius" Giraud
Plus we play another round of our classic comic book related games "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would make the best community pool lifeguard?"
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson
We are gearing up for comic book award season with our review of one of the nominees for Best Continuing Series at the 2024 Eisner Awards, Birds of Prey by Kelly Thompson and her gang!
Plus hear about many of the awesome comic book creators both past and present that are getting inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame this year!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Get ready for some fireworks as we continue our annual tradition of covering a Captain America comic series in honor of the Independence Day of America! This year's entry is the team up of Batman & Captain America by John Byrne!
Plus we're pitting the most famous soft drink brands against each other in "The Last Soda Shop" tournament bracket challenge! Make sure to vote @lastcomicshop on social media for the winner this week!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson
We are celebrating Comic Con season at the Last Comic Shop with some great interviews straight from the floor of this year's 3 Rivers Comic Con in Pittsburgh PA! Listen to some tremendous industry stories from artists drawing some of your favorite licensed characters in comic books today!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood
Interview Guests:
Dave Wachter (Godzilla, TMNT, Uncanny Valley)- @davewachter
Robert Hack- (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Doctor Who, Star Wars)- @Robert_Hack
Special Thanks to the 3 Rivers ComicCon ! https://3riverscomicon.com/
It's time to revisit Marvel's Ultimate Universe thanks to the latest epic by that master comic storyteller, Jonathan Hickman! Yes, it's the recent Ultimate Invasion story arc with art by Bryan Hitch and the Ultimate Universe one shot with art by Stefano Caselli.
Plus we look back at some the highest grossing movies released around the dates of major events in Marvel's Ultimate Universe history!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)
Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com
Get ready for some serious comic book discussion as we review the World War II drama "Victory Parade" by Eisner Award nominated author Leela Corman.
Plus the results of our recent fan polls which you can vote on weekly out @lastcomicshop on social media!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Nicole Larson
We are honored this week to welcome to the Shop legendary comics writer, JM DeMatteis, to talk about one of our favorite runs of Spider-Man of all Time: Spectacular Spider-man 178-200 with Sal Buscema!
Plus we pick JM's brain about this work on Justice League, Moonshadow, his ongoing Kickstarter series: The DeMultiverse, and more!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood
Interview Guest: JM DeMatteis (Spider-Man, Justice League, Moonshadow); Website
Check out the DeMultiverse Kickstarter now!
Movie "May"hem for 2024 concludes with our review of both the legendary Comic & Movie called The Crow by originally created by James O'Barr.
Plus we welcome Jon Engel, the Regional Manger of New Dimension Comics & show runner of the annual Pittsburgh based 3 Rivers Comic Con to talk about this year's event!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Jon Engel
Check out Pittsburgh's 3 Rivers Comic Con: https://3riverscomicon.com/
Find a New Dimension Comics Store Location: http://ndcomics.com/
Movie "May"hem month continues with a celebration of the 35th anniversary of the release of Tim Burton's Batman movie in 1989 starring Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton!
Plus we're pairing that movie review with the Batman '89 Comic book series by original Batman screen writer Sam Hamm and Joe Quinones!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Nicole Larson
It's an assignment we couldn't refuse! Time to tackle one of the longest running and best selling manga series in history with: Golgo 13!
First it's our review of Volume 1 of Viz Media's English adaptation of the series with "Super Gun" by Takao Saito!
Then it's a review of the anime movie featuring Golgo 13 with "The Professional" from 1983!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson
We kick off our annual Movie "May"hem month by covering Todd McFarlane's entry in the Image Comics Universe: Spawn! That's right! It's Volumes 1 & 2 of the Spawn Origins Collection!
Plus we're pairing that comic book review with our review of the original 1997 Spawn movie starring Michael Jai White and John Leguizamo!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood
Prepare to go cosmic with a look at the legendary European space adventure series "The 6 Voyages of Lone Sloane" by Philippe Druillet!
Plus the results of our recent fan polls which you can vote on weekly out @lastcomicshop on social media!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
This week we take a look back into Batman's family tree with the 50s era film noir inspired mini series, Gotham City: Year One, by Tom King and Phil Hester!
Plus learn about some of the more strange and bizarre fan theories out there about everyone's favorite Caped Crusader!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Your wish is granted! We are reviewing 8 Billion Genies by Charles Soule & Ryan Browne which will be a future television show on Amazon Prime!
Plus find out what The Last Comic Shop Podcast gang would wish for if they could change one thing about comics!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Get ready for the upcoming Comic Con season with an interview with the wonderful Paul Cornell, writer of the recent Ahoy Comics release "Con & On" (with artist Marika Cresta) all about the history of one of the world's most famous Comic Book Conventions!
Plus we pick Paul's brain about this work on Doctor Who, Captain Britain and MI-13, and who exactly killed the Loch Ness Monster?!?
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Interview Guest: Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, Captain Britain, Con & On); Website
We interviewed the writer! Now we review the series! That's right! It's the Last Comic Shop Podcast review of the recent Unstoppable Doom Patrol series from Dennis Culver & Chris Burnham!
Plus we take a look at the top movies, music and comics from May 2023 when the series first debuted in comic shops everywhere!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: JA Scott & Mikey Wood
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)
Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com
The Merry Marvel "March" Society concludes this week as we suit up with the symbiotes to tackle the mid 90s crossover epic, Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage by JM DeMatteis, Mark Bagley, Tom DeFalco & more!
Plus a preview of our upcoming Movie "May"hem where we pair comics with movie adaptations. Up first, Venom: Let There Be Carnage starring Tom Hardy and Woody Harrelson.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
The Merry Marvel "March" Society continues this week as we go cosmic with the 5 issue mini series "Silver Surfer Black" by Donny Cotes and Tradd Moore!
Plus find out who will be selected for the Last Comic Shop Podcast's "Top 5 Favorite Marvel Characters of All Time!"
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
The Merry Marvel March Society month continues with the triumphant return of one of Marvel's classic cyborg superheros, ROM: The Space Knight! We got the first 12 issues of this Bronze age series by Bill Mantlo & Sal Buscema!
Plus we list some of the amazing finds and secret treasures from decades of comic book store "Buck Bin" diving!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood
It's the start of all Marvel books at the Last Comic Shop Podcast with our Merry Marvel "March" Society this month!
And what better series to kick things off, but the newest incarnation of the series that started the "Marvel Age" with The Fantastic Four written by Ryan North with art by Alex Ross, Iban Coello, Ivan Fiorelli & more!
First 13 issues, kids! Settle in!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)
Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com
It's time to tackle one of the most famous comic strips in the entire world with the legendary Charles Schulz's Peanuts!
We've got every daily and Sunday strip from both 1965-1966 on this week's episode! Good Grief!!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson
It's another "Super" week at the Last Comic Shop and we are proving that by taking flight with another review of a comic series featuring The Man of Steel! It's "Superman: Supercorp" a trade collecting the first several issues of the 2023 relaunch of the title by Josh Williamson, Jamal Campbell and others out of DC Comics "Dawn of DC" initiative!
Plus we deliver a fact filled trivia game all about Krypton's most famous son for all of our listeners to play along with!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Celebrate the rich history of Romance comic books with our review of one of the first graphic novels in history! Yes, its the 1950s Golden Age classic "It Rhymes with Lust" by Arnold Drake & Matt Baker
Plus we play another round of our classic comic book related games "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be the best at being an alcohol spokesman?"
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Ethan Larson, & Nicole Larson
Those Mighty mutants take center stage again at the Shop as we go "Down Under" to cover the Outback era of the Uncanny X-men! That's right, it's issues #229-251 of the classic 80s series featuring Chris Claremont, Marc Silvestri, and a slew of other creators!
Plus we talk about other Marvel comic book characters we personally wish we could get into but for some reason continue to elude us!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
The Last Comic Shop Podcast tackles one of the all time greats of comic books this week as we review the first volume of the legendary "The Sandman" series by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, Mike Dringenberg, and more!
Plus we list some of the most widely acclaimed comic book related TV shows and movies out there what we haven't personally got to watch yet!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood
The Year of Chad has some holiday leftovers for all our fans as the Last Comic Shop takes a look at one of host, Chad Smith's favorite creators in Rob Liefeld! We'll be reviewing his recently wrapped up series, Deadpool: Badder Blood, with Chad Bowers on script!
Plus we talk about other comic book creators we would pick up series just because they are attached to the project!!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Saddle up, Partners! The Last Comic Shop Podcast is reviewing one of the greatest comic book cowboys of all time this week with the first volume of Lucky Luke by Morris!
Plus we take a look at the list of the All Time top selling comic book collections, single issues, and magazines! Does your favorite series make the list??
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, Ethan Larson, & Mikey Wood
This week we welcome comic book creator, Kyle Starks, to talk about his recent DC Comics series "Peacemaker Tries Hard" inspired by the recent James Gunn TV series!
Plus news on tons of Kyle's more recent creations such as Pine and Merrimac from Boom Studios on shelves now and the upcoming Karate Prom from First Second Books!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott
Interview Guest: Kyle Starks (Peacemaker, Rick & Morty, I Hate this Place); Website
Ring in the New Year with the start of the 4th Season of the Last Comic Shop Podcast! This week we look at the Eisner award winning comic book memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton!
Plus we play another of our classic comic book related games with "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be the best at keeping a New Years Resolution?"
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson
Our "DC"ember celebration concludes with our final book review of our third season: "Catwoman: Lonely City" by Cliff Chiang out of DC Comics Black Label.
Plus it's our annual "Data Review" featuring our Top 10 picks for Best Comics of 2023
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood
Our "DC"ember celebration hopes to get you in the holiday spirit this week as The Last Comic Shop Podcast reviews another DC Comics Black Label masterpiece in the Eisner award winning "The Human Target" series by Tom King and Greg Smallwood!
Plus Santa Mikey is dropping off his bag of Christmas comic book goodies for the Last Comic Shop gang!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Ethan Larson, & Mikey Wood
DCember continues here at the Last Comic Shop as we turn our attention to two of the most famous comic book characters ever in the team up of Batman and his arch enemy, The Joker, courtesy of the legendary artist Marc Silvestri!
Plus the results of our recent fan polls which you can vote on weekly out @lastcomicshop on Twitter!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
The Last Comic Shop Podcast kicks off the holiday season with a month full of DC Comics we like to call "DCember!"
Up first is the Best Selling & Eisner award winning series, "Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons", by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, Nicola Scott, & more!
Plus a good old fashioned Holiday inspired trivia game sure to give you festive factoids you can share all season long!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
This week we're joined by movie podcaster, Bob Hasak, from "The Worst Movie Ever Made" podcast, to all things Scott Pilgrim in honor of the recently released Anime series on Netflix.
First it's first volume of the Scott Pilgrim comic book with Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O' Malley. Then we're revisiting the "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" movie from 2013 directed by Edgar Wright!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Host: Chad Smith
Guest Host: Bob Hasak (The Worst Movie Ever Made.): Website
College can be tough, but will we be tough on the Eisner award winning series "Giant Days" by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, Max Sarin, and more!
Plus we play one of our classic comic book related games with "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be best to win at Jeopardy?"
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Nicole Larson, & Mikey Wood
It's a "Marvel"ous brand new episode of the Last Comic Shop Podcast this week as we review some classic tag teams of The House of Ideas famous heroes with "Ms. Marvel Team-up!"
Plus our review of the MCU related movie, The Marvels, featuring Brie Larson and Iman Vellani!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Break out the Chips! That's Chip Zdarsky we mean as The Last Comic Shop Podcast takes a look at his Eisner Award winning series from 2023, Public Domain!
Plus the results of our recent fan polls which you can vote on weekly out @lastcomicshop on Twitter!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
The Last Comic Shop Podcast celebrates Halloween by revisiting one of the legendary monsters in pop culture with Issue 50 of Marvel's "The Tomb of Dracula" series by Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, and Tom Palmer.
Plus we're taking a look back at our previous "Top 10 Halloween Related Super Heroes" list to see if it passes muster. Will Spawn still be Number one? Or will FrankenCastle finally take that top spot!?!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Panel Pals: Jake & Jojo Larson
Anti Life is upon us as we review the horror related DC Comics crossover event, DCeased, by Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine & more!
Plus we're giving you some fun trivia facts around one of Autumn's other most famous holiday celebrations with Oktoberfest! Raise a glass, comic fans!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood
The Last Comic Shop Podcast continues its spooky journey through the world of Halloween inspired comic books with this week's review of the Eisner award winning anthology "Through the Woods" by Emily Carroll.
Plus a good old fashioned Halloween inspired trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share at your local Harvest festival party!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Move over "Year of Chad"! It's time for "The Week of Andy" as we cover one of our host, Andy Larson's, favorite Halloween related comics with Marvel Zombies 3 by Fred Van Lente & Kev Walker!
Plus we're pitting those classic Trick or Treat Halloween candies against each other in another Last Comic Shop tournament bracket challenge! Make sure to vote @lastcomicshop on Twitter for the winner this week!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Ethan Larson
We know who we are gonna call to talk about Ghostbusters this week! It's Erik Burnham, the comic book author who wrote the Ghostbusters comic book series and many of its spinoffs for 10 years for IDW Publishing!
Plus we pick Erik's brain about many of the other licensed characters he's adapted into comics from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to Godzilla, to even G.I. Joe!!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood
Interview Guest: Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe, Spider-man); Website
Our luck is about to change as we're reviewing a series all about the luckiest of all the X-men, Longshot, by Eisner Hall of Famers Ann Nocenti and Art Adams!
Plus we're recapping tons of our weekly polls which you can vote on every single week over @LASTCOMICSHOP on Twitter!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood
We are continuing our celebration of Comic Con season at the Last Comic Shop with some great interviews from this year's Hershey Comic Con in Hershey PA! Listen to stories from great comic book creators behind such characters as Green Lantern, Spider-Man, Batman, American Flagg and tons of legendary characters!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, Mikey Wood, & JA Scott
Interview Guests:
Joe Staton (Green Lantern, E-Man, Scooby Doo)- Website
Scott Hanna- (Spider-Man, Batman, Superman)- Website; @inkerscott1/Twitter
Howard Chaykin (American Flagg, The Shadow, Hey Kids! Comics!)- Website
Special Thanks to the Hershey Comic Con ! Website
Rewind to this year's Live Stream For the Cure event as the Last Comic Shop Podcast and ShortBox Summary teamed up to review Batman vs. The Incredible Hulk by Len Wein & Jose Luis Garcia Lopez! Plus a recap of the greatest music, movies, TV shows and more from the comic book publishing year of 1981!
Host: JA Scott
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & Andy Larson
Guest Panelists: Mikey Wood & George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)
Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com
Special Thanks to the Live Stream For the Cure for hosting this year's event!
It's time to hit the high seas as we seek the best selling manga series of all time, with One Piece Volume 1: "Romance Dawn" by Eichiro Oda!
Plus we're recapping tons of our weekly polls which you can vote on every single week over @LASTCOMICSHOP on Twitter!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson
We're joined by Eisner Hall of Fame comic book author, Roy Thomas, this week to discuss his work over the 60+ years he's been in comics! Hear some amazing stories from this living legend responsible for co creating so many wonderful characters such as Wolverine, The Vision, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Red Sonja, & countless more!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood
Interview Guest: Roy Thomas (Avengers, X-men, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man etc.): Website
Thanks to Hershey Comic Con for helping facilitate this interview! Website;
Get out the Hi-Tech Bug Spray as we've got an infestation of Blue Beetles at the Shop this week!
First, it's a review of the first trade collection of Blue Blue: Jaime Reyes by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, Cully Hamner & more!
Then it's the official Last Comic Shop Podcast review of the new Blue Beetle movie from director Angel Manuel Soto!
Host: Andy Larson
Co-Hosts: JA Scott, Chad Smith, & Mikey Wood
We are celebrating Comic Con season at the Last Comic Shop with some great interviews from this year's 3 Rivers Comic Con in Pittsburgh PA! Listen to stories from great comic book creators behind such characters as Dr. Strange, Mr. Monster, Spider-Man and tons of legendary characters!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, Mikey Wood, & JA Scott
Interview Guests:
P. Craig Russell (American Gods, Norse Mythology, Dr. Strange)- Website
Pat Olliffe- (Spider-Man, Spider-Girl, Edgeworld)- Purchase Edgeworld; @patolliffe65/Twitter
Michael T. Gilbert- (Mr. Monster, Elric)- Facebook Link
Special Thanks to the 3 Rivers ComicCon ! https://3riverscomicon.com/
Cowabunga Dude! It's all Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles next week! First it's a review of IDW's take on the classic Saturday Morning Adventures of the Turtles by Erik Burnahm and Tim Lattie! Then it's the official Last Comic Shop Podcast review of the newest Turtle-tacular cinematic adventure with TMNT: Mutant Mayhem! Host : Andy Larson
Co Hosts: JA Scott, Chad Smith, and Mikey Wood
It was Inevitable! The Last Comic Shop Podcast is finally reviewing one of the most singular Marvel crossover events of all time in The Infinity Gauntlet by Jim Starlin, George Perez, Ron Lim & more!!
Plus we're recapping tons of our weekly polls which you can vote on every single week over @LASTCOMICSHOP on Twitter!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: JA Scott & Mikey Wood
We're joined by writer and editor in chief of Ahoy Comics, Tom Peyer, to talk about the comic book company's upcoming 5 year anniversary plus his tremendous work on "The Wrong Earth" with artist Jamal Idle!
Plus our recap of some of the 2023 inductees into the Eisner Award Hall of Fame.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Interview Guest: Tom Peyer (The Wrong Earth, Hourman, Shade the Changing Man): Ahoy Comics Website ; @TomPeyer/Twitter
Listen We're joined by Eisner award winning comic book author, Mark Russell, this week to discuss his work on the prequel to the science fiction classic, The Incal, with PSYCHOVERSE! Out of Humanoids Inc. with art by Yanick Paquette, this is definitely a worthy addition to the great literary universe created by Alejandro Jodorowsky!
Plus details on other upcoming projects Mark has cooking and tons of summertime reading recommendations!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Interview Guest: Mark Russell (The Flintstones, Superman: Space Age, Not All Robots): Website ; @ManRuss/Twitter
Thanks to Humanoids for setting this interview! Website; @humanoidsinc/Twitter
All we need is a miracle this week as we tackle the history of the legendary Miracle Man leading up to our review of the Eisner nominated limited series Miracle Man: The Silver Age by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham.
Plus we're recapping the other major nominees for the upcoming 2023 Eisner Awards honoring the best of the comics industry at the San Diego Comic Con!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Get ready for some fireworks as we continue our annual tradition of covering a Captain America comic series in honor of the Independance Day of America! This year's entry is Captain America: Winter Solider by Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting & more!
Plus we're pitting the greatest fast food burger joints against each other in the Last Burger Shop tournament bracket challenge! Make sure to vote @lastcomicshop on Twitter for the winner this week!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson
Travel back in time to revisit the birth of DC Comics "New 52" Universe with the original FlashPoint mini series event from Geoff Johns & Andy Kubert!
Plus our review of The Flash movie directed by Andy Muschietti!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Listen to a Live recording of the Last Comic Shop Podcast from the recent 3 Rivers Comic Con in Pittsburgh PA! On this show, we welcome comic book creator Russ Braun to talk about his work on the amazing DC Comics classic, Batman, Venom!
Plus discussions of his work on The Boys, his love of 70s TV show Spider-Man, and an incredible Batman Trivia game sure to test your knowledge of the Caped crusader!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & Mikey Wood
Interview Guest: Russ Braun (Batman, The Boys, Jimmy's Bastards): Website ; @RussBraun2/Twitter
Thanks to 3 Rivers Comic Con for setting this live show up! Website; @3riverscomicon/Twitter
We're traveling back to the 90s to review the Valiant Comics classic Harbinger: Children of the Eighth Day featuring the first 8 issues of that series done by Jim Shooter & David Lapham!
Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Movie "May"hem concludes for 2023 with a Spectacular Spidey Sized finale!
First, its our review of Spider-men: Double Trouble, featuring a team up of Peter Parker & Miles Morales by Mariko Tamaki & Guriheru
Then it's our review of the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse animated movie!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Movie "May"hem continues with our review of both the legendary Manga & Anime called Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo! Plus we welcome Jon Engel, the Regional Manger of New Dimension Comics & show runner of the annual Pittsburgh based 3 Rivers Comic Con to talk about this year's event!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Jon Engel
Check out Pittsburgh's 3 Rivers Comic Con: https://3riverscomicon.com/
Find a New Dimension Comics Store Location: http://ndcomics.com/
Who was that Masked Man? We're hitting the trail this week to answer that question by covering the first 25 issues of the Lone Ranger series from Dynamite Comics done by Brett Matthews, John Cassaday, and Sergio Cariello!
Plus we're pairing that comic book review with our review of The Lone Ranger movie released in 2013 from Disney!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson
Our 2023 Movie "May"hem event continues this week with a show all about the original space faring super hero, Flash Gordon!
Join us for our discussion of not only the original Flash Gordon comic strips done by the legendary Alex Raymond but also our review of the 80s movie adaption directed by Mike Hodges!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Host: Benjamin Morse (@BenjaminWMorse)
Order Ben's Comic Books here: https://www.red5comics.com/abyss-1/august-purgatory-underground-1
Blast off with more Movie "May"hem this week featuring our review of the first 12 issues of the Guardians of the Galaxy series by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, & more!
Plus we're pairing that with our review of the Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 movie directed by James Gunn!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
May the Fourth Be With You! We kick off not only Star Wars week but our annual Movie "May"hem month by covering Marvel's Darth Vader Volume 1 series by Kieron Gillen & Sal Larroca!
Plus we're pairing that comic book review with our review of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in honor of the film's 40th Anniversary! Get you Ewoks Ready!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
Who is about to burn the X-men's dream of a united nation to the ground? Check out our review of the 2022 X-Event, Inferno, done by Jonathan Hickman and others!
Plus we've got yet another round in our Last Comic Shop trivia series all about Classic X-men comics & characters!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott
We're taking aim at one of the greatest street level comic book limited series of the 80s with Green Arrow, The Longbow Hunters, by Mike Grell!
Plus we've got another round of our Last Comic Shop trivia series all about 80s Action Movies & TV Shows! How many questions will you get right??
Host: Andy Larson
Co Host: JA Scott
Guest Hosts: Mikey Wood & Ethan Larson
Blast off with another read pile review covering arguably the most important superhero out there with Superman, Space Age from Mark Russell & Mike Allred out of DC Comics!
Plus we try to unravel the confusing web surrounding fictional characters copyrights and why it's of particular interest in regards to the world's most famous Kryptonian!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott
Take a look at a life lived with our review of the Eisner award winning book Daytripper from Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá on this week's show.
Plus we're revisiting our own comic book life journeys with those comics that first got us collecting and those that might have made us stop for a while!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
We're taking it to the Squared Circle this week to clothsline you with an epic tag team wrestling tale called "Do A Powerbomb!" by Last Comic Shop favorite, Daniel Warren Johnson!
Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson
Feel the magic of the Big Red Cheese next week in a celebration of all things Shazam!
First up, it's a review of Jeff Smith's modern retelling of the origin story of the original Captain Marvel in Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil!
Plus our review of the latest DC Comics flick, Shazam: Fury of the Gods starring Zachary Levi, Helen Mirren, & Asher Angel!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
It's Spring Cleaning at the Last Comic Shop and we are finishing out our great interviews from last year's Baltimore Comic Con! Listen to great comic book creators behind such characters as Superman, Spider-Man, Shazam, and tons of legendary characters!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, Mikey Wood, & JA Scott
Interview Guests:
Jerry Ordway (Superman, Shazam, All-Star Squadron)- @JerryOrdway/Twitter
Alex Saviek- (Spider-Man, The Phantom, The X-Files)- Website; @alexsaviuk/Instagram
Ron Marz- (Silver Surfer, Green Lantern, Witchblade)- Website ; @ronmarz/Twitter
Greg LaRocque- (Flash, Spider-Man, Legion of Superheroes) -@GregLaRocque1/ Twitter
Special Thanks to the Baltimore Comic Con ! https://baltimorecomiccon.com/
By Crom! It's time to review some classic Conan the Barbarian comics this week as we take a look at the 4 part epic "People of the Black Circle" from the Savage Sword of Conan magazine as adapted by Roy Thomas, John Buscema, & Alfredo Alcala!
Plus we pit the greatest barbarians from across pop culture in a tournament style death match to crown "Who is the Ultimate Warrior?" in our March "Clad"ness brackets!
Vote on your favorite over @LASTCOMICSHOP on Twitter!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson
This week we are excited to welcome comic book creator, Dennis Culver, to the Shop to talk about his new series about those super powered misfits of the DC Universe, the Unstoppable Doom Patrol, in comic stores on March 28th!
Plus discussions of the manga inspired Gotham: Future State and the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood
Interview Guest: Dennis Culver (Justice League Incarnate, Gotham: Future State, Edison Rex): Website ; @DennisCulver/Twitter
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We're going GIANT SIZED to celebrate one of the smallest heroes of the Marvel Universe this week with a review of "Ant-Man", the four part mini series by Al Ewing & Tom Reiley to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the character.
Plus our review of the latest MCU flick, Ant-Man & Wasp: Quantumania starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, & Michelle Pfieffer!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
This Valentine's Day, we welcome back comic book podcaster, George, from "Shortbox Summary" to discuss the Eisner award winning book, Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzuchelli. Plus we look back at the other comics & movies released in the summer of 2009 as well as another exciting of chapter of "Young Romance" as part of our comic book theater series!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelists: Nicole Larson & George from Shortbox Summary (@purplebird616)
Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com
It's a snow day at the Last Comic Shop and we are celebrating with another round of great interviews from last year's Baltimore Comic Con! Listen to great comic book creators behind such characters as Superman, Spider-Man, and tons of Indie Treasures!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, Mikey Wood, & JA Scott
Interview Guests:
Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Action Comics, Alien, The Last God)- @PhillipKJohnson/Twitter
Mark Schultz- (Xenozoic Tales, Superman, Prince Valiant)- Website; Facebook Page
Adam Wallenta- (Punk Taco)- Website ; @AdamWallenta/Twitter
Bob Mcleod- (New Mutants, Superman, Spider-Man) - Website; @mcleodbob/ Twitter
Dirk Manning - (Hope, Twiztid Haunted High-Ons, Buried But Not Dead) - Website ; @DirkManning/Twitter
Special Thanks to the Baltimore Comic Con ! https://baltimorecomiccon.com/
It's a team up of epic proportions with an in-depth review of the 80s classic Uncanny X-men & The New Teen Titans cross over from Chris Claremont & Walt Simonson!
Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
The Last Comic Shop gang hits the trail with a review of the cross genre Western/1930s Gangster tale called "Pulp" from the team of Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips. Plus a brand new segment called "What's on the Cover?" where we discuss comics that may or may not be worth a read just based on their covers.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson
The Truth is at the Last Comic Shop this week! The Department of Truth that is as we review the first volume of James Tynion IV & Martin Simmonds' series of the same name.
Plus we take a closer look at CBR.com's long running column "Comic Book Legends Revealed" by Brian Cronin and some of the more interesting tales from the comic book industry's shadowy past!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Season 3 of our show keeps rolling with this fantastic interview with Eisner award winning writer Kelly Thompson & artist Meredith McClaren about their upcoming new series "Black Cloak" in comic book stores on January 11th! Plus more terrific comic book recommendations to start your new year off right!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood
Interview Guests:
Kelly Thompson (Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Jem & the Holograms)- Website ; @79SemiFinalist/Twitter
Meredith McClaren- (Hinges, Heart in a Box, Jem & the Holograms)- Website @iniquitousfish/Twitter
We're kicking off Season 3 of the podcast with a massively in-depth review of the 12 issue maxi series "Mister Miracle" by Tom King and Mitch Gerads out of DC Comics. This is a SPOILER HEAVY Discussion so you've been WARNED!!
Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
On our season two finale, we share more of the interviews with wonderful comic book talents that we recently got at Baltimore Comic Con! Plus it's time for our annual "Year in Review" as we recap our Top 10 best and worst rated comic books of 2022!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Interview Guests:
Jim Starlin (The Infinity Gauntlet, Batman, Dreadstar)- @jimstarlin/Instagram
Tony Fleecs- (Stray Dogs, My Little Pony, Star Wars)- Kickstarter Campaign; @TonyFleecs/Twitter
Frank Cho- (Savage Wolverine, Fight Girls, Liberty Meadows)- Website ; @frankchoartist/ Instagram
Special Thanks to the Baltimore Comic Con ! https://baltimorecomiccon.com/
Happy Holidays from the Last Comic Shop! As part of our annual Christmas party, we are unwrapping our review of G.I. Joe: Saturday Morning Adventures, a flashback to the 80s cartoon by Erik Burnham & Dan Schoening,
Plus we've got a Holiday related quiz game for all our listeners, recommendations for comic book gifts, and more special surprises in this once a year celebration!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Special Guest: Ethan Larson
Death is taking a holiday this week with our review of "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr", the Eisner award nominated limited series from Ram V, Felipe Amdrade, & more!
Plus we revisit Christmas' past with some stories of the most memorable gifts we found under the tree in our youth. From Masters of the Universe to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Dashboards for Swedish Cars?!? Stay Tuned!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
On this week's show, we share more of the interviews with wonderful comic book talents that we recently got at Baltimore Comic Con! Plus recaps of our weekly fan polls from our Twitter @lastcomicshop!
Interview Guests:
Louise Simonson (New Mutants, Superman, Power Pack)- @LouiseSimonson2/ Twitter
Ted Sikora- (Apama, The Undiscovered Animal, Tap Dance Killer, Bloom)- www.herotomorrow.com; @tedsikora/Twitter
Reilly Brown- (Deadpool, Outrage, Batman Fortnite Zeropoint)- www.reillybrownart.com ; @Reilly_Brown/ Twitter
Special Thanks to the Baltimore Comic Con ! https://baltimorecomiccon.com/
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
More Marvel this month as we review one of the hottest comic books released in 2022, Fantastic Four: Full Circle by the famous comic illustrator Alex Ross! Plus it's our second annual Marvel Trivia Challenge, so get ready to put your thinking caps on and play along with our gang!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
To celebrate more than 100 episodes of the Last Comic Shop, we've brought back tons of our past guests! First, Mikey Wood & Ben Morse join us for a review of DC Comics Twilight by Howard Chaykin & Jose Luis Garcia Lopez!
Then it's question time with the comic book talents Allen Dunford and K. Lynn Smith!
Finally, George from the Shortbox Summary podcast joins us for a list of the Top 5 Pre MCU Marvel Films!!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Stars:
- Mikey Wood (@MisterMikeyWood)
- Benjamin Morse (@BenjaminWMorse)
Subscribe to Ben's future Kickstarter projects here: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/benjaminwmorse
- Allen Dunford (@chapsoffury)
Subscribe to Allen's future Kickstarter projects here: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/pocushocus1/created
- K.Lynn Smith (@klynntweets)
Read her web comic and more at www.klynnsmith.net
- George from Shortbox Summary (@purplebird616)
Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com
This week you get a double dose of Wakandian goodness as first we review the recent Penguin Classics Collection featuring Black Panther! This epic tome contains the Panther's first appearances in Fantastic Four #52 & #53 by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby as well as the epic "Panther's Rage" story line by Don McGregor, Billy Graham, & more!
Then its the official Last Comic Shop review of the "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" movie!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
On this week's show, we share some of the interviews with wonderful comic book talents that we recently got at Baltimore Comic Con!
Interview Guests:
Russ Braun (The Boys, Batman, Battlefields)- www.russ-braun.com ; @RussBraun2/ Twitter
MarK Morales- (Star Wars: The High Republic, Spider-Man, The Avengers)- markmorales.bigcartel.com ; @mark_morales11/ Twitter
Gene Luen Yang- (Superman Smashes the Klan, Monkey Prince, Shang-Chi)- geneluenyang.com ; @geneluenyang/ Twitter
Fred Van Lente (Incredible Hercules, Marvel Zombies, Action Philosophers)- fredvanlente.com ; @fredvanlente/ Twitter
Ryan Dunlavey (Modok, Action Philosophers, The Illustrated Weird Al)- ryandunlavey.com ; @RyanDunlavey/Twitter
Special Thanks to the Baltimore Comic Con ! https://baltimorecomiccon.com/
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
This week we close out our Haunted Halloween month at the Last Comic Shop by going to Hell and back, with "The Labors of Magik", a recent 4 part story from Marvel's New Mutants by Vita Ayala, Rod Reis, & more!
Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
It's a Double Dose of Black Adam just in time for the latest DC related comic book movie!
First up is a review of the comic book mini series Black Adam: The Dark Age by Peter Tomasi & Doug Mankke!
Then the Rock takes center stage with the official Last Comic Shop review of corresponding film!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
The Mystery deepens this week as we review the Eisner award winning series "Something is Killing the Children" by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera & more! Plus a good old fashioned Halloween inspired trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share at your local Harvest festival party!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Get your Spook on as we continue our Halloween related comics with that time they turned the Punisher into FRANKENSTEIN! Yes, it's the complete run of FrankenCastle by Rick Remender, Tony Moore & many others! Plus we answer comic book related questions from submitted by our listeners!
Submit your questions at lastcomicshoppodcast@gmail.com or @LastComicShop on Twitter & Instagram!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Questions from: Galactic Dads (@Galacticdads on Twitter) Online Warriors Podcast (OnlineWarriors1 on Twitter) & JVD (@JVDofTVD on Twitter)
This week we kick off our Haunted Halloween month at the Last Comic Shop with the first of our supernaturally inspired comics! It's the 6 issue series, Plunge, by Joe Hill & Stuart Immonen out of DC's Hill House Comics line! Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!
ATTENTION: This episode may not be NSFW!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Our Guest Host Month concludes as we welcome comic book podcaster George from "Shortbox Summary" on to this week's show to discuss Daredevil: Underboss, the first 6 issue arc from Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev's epic run on the title! Plus we look back at the other comics & movies released in the fall of 2001.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@purplebird616)
Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com
Our Guest Host Month continues as we welcome comic book writer/artist Benjamin Morse on to this week's show to discuss his comic book series We are Scarlet Twilight and August: Purgatory Underground! Plus tons of other terrific recommendations you can snag at your local comic shop today!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: JA Scott & Mikey Wood
Guest Panelist: Benjamin Morse (@BenjaminWMorse)
Subscribe to Ben's future Kickstarter projects here: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/benjaminwmorse
Order August Purgatory Underground at your local comic shop: https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/Series/147290-AUGUST-PURGATORY-UNDERGROUND
Our Guest Host Month kicks off as we welcome comic book writer Allen Dunford on to this week's show to discuss his comic book series Pocus Hocus, Grandma Chainsaw, & others! Plus we look at his pick for our Read Pile Review with Skottie Young's "I Hate Fairyland" series.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Allen Dunford (@chapsoffury)
Subscribe to Allen's future Kickstarter projects here: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/pocushocus1/created
The Hunt is on, Web Swingers! This week we are reviewing one of the most famous storylines in all of Spider-Man history with "Kraven's Last Hunt" by J. M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck. Plus we list some of our other favorite story arcs featuring the wall crawler which we definitely think comic fans both new and old should check out!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Our Fans Demanded It! And Now They are Going to Get It! The official Last Comic Shop review of one of the greatest graphic novels of all time: The Pulitzer Prize winning "Maus" by Art Spiegelman. Plus we look at the Top 10 most Banned Books of all time and what some of them meant to us personally.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Nicole Larson
Holy Read Piles, Batman! It's time for our review of the recent Eisner award nominated Nightwing series by Tom Taylor & Bruno Redondo! Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
On this week's show, we recap more of the interviews with wonderful comic book talents that we recently got at the Pittsburgh based 3 Rivers Comic Con! We talk with Spider-Girl artist Patrick Olliffe, legendary comic book inkers Brett Breeding & Wayne Faucher, and Rick Leonardi, the artist behind Spider-Man 2099, Cloak & Dagger, & much more!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Interview Guests:
Patrick Olliffe- @patolliffe65 / Twitter
Brett Breeding- https://www.brettbreeding.com
Wayne Faucher- @waynerisd / Instagram
Rick Leonardi- @rick_leonardi / Twitter
Special Thanks to the 3 Rivers Comic Con & New Dimension Comics! www.3RiversComicon.com
Cowabunga Dude! It's time for our review of one of the hottest comic books of the past year with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by the Turtles original creative team of Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird! Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Get ready for those Summer Romances as we review the Eisner Award winning coming of age tale "Laura Dean Keep Breaking Up With Me" by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero O'Connell! Plus we answer comic book questions from fellow podcasters: Ten Cent Takes, Shortbox Summary, Ninja Turtle Nerds, ConverSwations, and We Get Dubbed!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelists: Nicole Larson & Ethan Larson
Ten Cent Takes: www.tencenttakes.com
Short Box Summary: shortboxsummary.com/podlinks
Ninja Turtle Nerds: https://anchor.fm/ninjaturtlenerds
We Get Dubbed: linktr.ee/Wegetdubbed
ConverSwations: https://linktr.ee/converswations
It's a show filled with Eisner award winning comics as we review Darwyn Cooke's adaptions of the Donald Westlake novels from his "Parker" series including The Hunter & The Outfit collected together in the book "Parker: The Martini Edition". Plus our recap of those that won the 2022 Eisner awards during the recent San Diego Comic Con as well our favorite comic book announcements from this year's event!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
We're taking the case of reviewing "The Good Asian" a crime noir saga created by Pornsak Pichetshote & Alexandre Tefenkgi which has been nomiated for an Eisner Award this year for "Best Limited Series" ! Plus we announce the other 2022 nominees for the upcoming Eisner Awards for comics that will be given out at San Diego Comic Con later this week!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
We are bringing the THUNDER this week as we first review the first 8 issues of the Jane Foster Thor comic book run "Thor, Goddess of Thunder" by Jason Aaaron & Russell Dauterman! Plus we give you a spoiler laden review of the "Thor: Love & Thunder" film directed by Taika Waititi!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
It's Comic Con Season! On this week's show, we recap some of the interviews with wonderful comic book talents that we recently got at the Pittsburgh based 3 Rivers Comic Con! We talk with Norse Mythology artist Matt Horak, legendary Spider-man artist Ron Frenz, and the acclaimed writer/artist Howard Chaykin of American Flagg, Black Kiss, the recent Hey Kids! Comics, and more!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & Mikey Wood
Interview Guests:
Matt Horak- www.marvel.com/comics/creators/12966/matt_horak
Ron Frenz- www.catskillcomics.com/ArtistGalleryRoom.asp?ArtistId=6
Howard Chaykin- www.howardchaykinart.com
Special Thanks to the 3 Rivers Comic Con & New Dimension Comics! www.3RiversComicon.com
It's an Independence day tradition as the Last Comic Shop talks Fried Chicken and Captain America comics with a review of "The United States of Captain America" by Chris Cantwell, Dale Eaglesham & more! Plus it's the first annual "Last Chicken Shop" tournament in which the most famous chicken restaurant franchises go head to head in a battle for supremacy!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson
Get ready for the greatest boxing match in all comic books as the Man of Steel and the Greatest of All Time enter the ring in our review of Superman vs. Muhammad Ali by the late great Neal Adams! Plus highlights from our recent guest spot on the "Live Stream for the Cure" marathon raising money for cancer research! www.livestreamforthecure.com
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
Live Stream for the Cure Host: Nicholas Haskins
We are blasting off into the distant future with a review of the classic Legion of Super Heroes story "The Great Darkness Saga" by Paul Levitz & Keith Giffen from DC Comics! Plus we announce the 2022 nominees for induction into the prestigious Eisner Award Hall of Fame for comics!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
It's time to get "Embiggened" just in time for the Disney+ show with our comic book review of Ms. Marvel Volume 1 by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona & more! Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Get ready for the conclusion of our Movie "May"hem month as we bring the anarchy with a review of V for Vendetta by Alan Moore & David Lloyd. Plus we also take a look at the movie adaptation from 2005 starring Natalie Portman & Hugo Weaving.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
We are laying down the LAW this week as we review all things featuring the classic science fiction lawman, Judge Dredd! From the Judge Dredd Classics collection entitled "The Dark Judges" by John Wagner, Alan Grant, Brian Bolland & others to the 2012 Dredd movie starring Karl Urban & Leah Headey, we've got your comic book review needs on lock down!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
It's time to get serious as we take a deep dive into the world of Persepolis, the autobiographical comic series about Marjane Satrapi's life in post Islamic revolution Iran! Plus we also review the 2007 Oscar nominated animated film adaptation of this work as part of our "Comics at the Movies" month!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Nicole Larson
The Doctor is in this week at the Last Comic Shop as we first review a classic Doctor Strange story entitled "What Disturbs You, Stephen?" by the Eisner award winning comic creator, P. Craig Russell. Plus we give you a spoiler laden review of the "Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness" film directed by Sam Raimi!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
The Last Comic Shop gang celebrates "May the 4th Be With You" a day early with a review of the first trade of Marvel's 2015 Star Wars series entitled "Skywalker Strikes" by Jason Aaron & John Cassaday! Plus tons of additional Star Wars comic book recommendations for fans ready for more adventures in those galaxies far, far away!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson
It's a cosmically crazy treat for our fans this week as we review the first volume of the long running French science fiction comic series Valerian by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres. Plus we've got a Marvel Comics Trivia Quiz just in time to gear up for the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe summer releases!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Get ready to live out your wildest fantasies as we review the recently released Marvel Comics limited series Amazing Fantasy written and drawn by Kaare Andrews! Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
In hopes of encouraging kids reading comics, we are bringing back our "Panel Pals" segment to review the classic Tintin adventure "Cigars of the Pharaoh" by the legendary creator Hergé. Plus we finally give the official Last Comic Shop reviews of recent MCU movies "Shang Chi" and "The Eternals" just in time for the upcoming summer blockbuster season!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Panel Pals Special Guest Hosts: Alex Scott & Jakob Larson
In celebration of its recent re-release, we are reviewing one of the greatest superhero team up crossovers of all time with JLA/Avengers written by Kurt Busiek with art by George Perez. Plus in honor of the legendary artist of this week's series, we have tons of additional George Perez comics to recommend to all our listeners!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Get ready for the Moon Knight TV show by learning all about the character from our review of the 2015 comic book trade "From the Dead" by Warren Ellis & Declan Shalvey. Plus in honor of Oscar Issac's role as Moon Knight on the Disney+ show, we give our own fantasy castings of former Star Wars actors in Marvel Cinematic Universe roles!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
This week we're checking out the recent Superman '78 series written by Robert Venditti with art by Wilfredo Torres based on the original Superman movies of the '70s & '80s starring Christopher Reeve. Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
From across the rainbow bridge of Bifrost comes our review of the comic book adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology illustrated by P. Craig Russell, Mike Mignola & a slew of other artists. Plus we talk about Marvel's own Norse God of Thunder, Thor, and his lasting impact on our comic reading habits!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
It's all about Batman this week as we travel back to the 1980s to revisit the Caped Crusaders war against the Russians with "Ten Nights of the Beast" by Jim Starlin & Jim Aparo! Plus we have a spoiler filled review of the new movie "The Batman" directed by Matt Reeves!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelists: Ethan Larson & Mikey Wood
Revisit those classic X-men crossovers of the past with this week's review of "Mutant Massacre" by Chris Claremont, Walt & Louise Simonson, Alan Davis & tons of others! Plus we talk about classic X-men artist John Byrne's recent underground "fan fiction" version of the X-men with "Elsewhere"!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
The Last Comic Shop gets serious this week with a review of the Other History of the DC Universe by Academy Award winning screen writer John Ridley, Giuseppe Camuncoli, & more! Plus discussions on DC Comics Black Label imprint and the differences between Marvel Comics & DC Comics when it comes to comic book continuity!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Get ready join Marvel's First Family with a review of Fantastic Four: Life Story by Mark Russell, Sean Izaakse & more! Plus we recap more results from our weekly comic book related fan polls that we post every Wednesday on our Twitter page @lastcomicshop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
It's time to embrace our love affair with Romance comics in advance of Valentine's Day with a review of 5,000 Kilometers per Second by Manuele Fior! Plus we finally recap the results of some of our weekly fan polls that we post every week on our Twitter page @lastcomicshop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Nicole Larson
We're heading back to DC Comics' Black Label for another Tom King series with the political thriller, Rorschach, featuring Jorge Fornes art! Plus we talk about the lasting comic book legacy of Alan Moore & Dave Gibbon's masterpiece, Watchmen, on which this week's book is based.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
Big Brother is watching us this week as we cover the recent graphic novel adaptation of the George Orwell classic, 1984, illustrated by Fido Nesti. Plus we talk about the upcoming comic book related movie, Morbius, and how it might fit within the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe storyline!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
The Last Comic Shop gang celebrates their first Snow Day of the year by reviewing another DC comic with the "Who Killed Jimmy Olsen?" series by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber! Plus a DC Comics Trivia game filled with enough obscure questions to stump even the most knowledgeable DC comics fans out there!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson
It's a Crisis of Infinite Proportions as we are tasked with reviewing one of the seminal events in the history of DC Comics, Crisis On Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman & George Perez! Plus we list some of the "greatest" comic book related crossovers that we have never actually read.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
Swoop into our second season of comic book reviews with the first 5 issues & annual of the Superman, Son of Kal-El series by Tom Taylor, John Timms, & more! Plus more great comic book recommendations from 2021 which never made it into one of our shows...but should have!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
We're blasting off with our final comic book review of the year as we look at "Strange Adventures" from DC Comics Black Label by Tom King, Mitch Gerads & Evan "Doc" Shaner! Plus more talk on Tom King's Rorschach series, a list of our Top 10 top rated comic books of the year, and more!!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Swing into the Holiday season with our review of "Spider-Men" by Brian Michael Bendis & Sara Pichelli featuring the first comic book team up of Peter Parker & Miles Morales! Plus our review of the Spider-Man movie: "No Way Home" !!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
We're reaching for the stars this week with a review of Book One of "Saga" by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples collecting the first 18 issues of this epic space odyssey! Plus we debate what elements make for the best science fiction stories!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
It's our first edition of Panel Pals on the Last Comic Shop as we review the comic book/video game cross over Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point with our special junior comic book correspondent, Alex Scott! Plus Alex schools us old folks on the Fortnite video game and various action figures!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Alex Scott
Take Aim with our review of the Hawkeye comic book by Matt Fraction, David Aja, & more in honor of the recent DisneyPlus TV series of the same name! Plus another recap of the recent results of our weekly Twitter polls which you can find every Wednesday at @lastcomicshop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
We've got MOVIE SIGN this week as we celebrate the Thanksgiving day holiday with a review of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 comic book by Joel Hodgson, Todd Nauck, & a slew of other creative folks! Plus we list those comic books we are most thankful for and other Turkey Day surprises!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Join us on our Quest this week as we review the first two volumes of Red Sonja written by Gail Simone with art by Walter Geovani! Plus we talk about some of our favorite comic book series from the swords & sorcery sub genre!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
We're reviewing the original post apocalyptic comic book series, Y: The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra that inspired the recent TV show seen on FX on Hulu! Plus we have a recap of our recent comic book related Twitter fan polls which you can find every Wednesday @lastcomicshop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Time to get schooled on The Eternals prior to this week's MCU movie release! To help, we're reviewing Eternals by Neil Gaiman & John Romita Jr. ! Plus our final thoughts leading up to the Eternals movie release, talk on Tom King's Rorschach series, and more great comic book recommendations!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
Spend your Halloween week with the Fellas from the Shop as we review Kyle Stark's Rock Candy Mountain series sure to cast a spell on you! Plus we got our list of the TOP 10 Halloween Related Super Heroes!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson
Put on your Stillsuit and get ready to wrangle some Sand Worms as we review the comic book adaptation of the prequel to the Dune series entitled Dune: House Atreides, by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, with art by Dev Pramanik! Plus we talk about our favorite and least favorite licensed comic book tie in series over the years!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
Our Spooky Season of Comic Book reviews continues with the Eisner award winning tour de force Emil Ferris' wickedly imaginative, My Favorite Thing is Monsters! Plus our tricks of trade when it comes to finding the very best books in the ever growing independent comic book market!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Our Month of Creepy Comic Book reviews kicks off with a war against an undead King Arthur in the first volume of Once & Future by Kieron Gillan & Dan Mora! Plus another round of recapping the results of our audience polls we post every Wednesday on our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Our Marvel Month wraps up by taking you to the space ways with review of Silver Surfer, Parable by Stan Lee with art by Moebius! Plus we finally talk about the influence of the legendary Stan Lee on both Marvel Comics and the industry in general!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
The Marvel Universe is taken over by the DC Comics Heroes this week as we review the 2021 "Heroes Reborn" mini series from Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness, and a whole slew of other creators! Plus our list of which Marvel or DC characters would make more sense joining the others' continuity instead!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Our Marvel Month continues by taking you back to school with a review of Strange Academy by Skottie Young with art by Humberto Ramos! Plus our first annual Marvel Trivia Challenge, so get ready to put your thinking caps on and play along with our gang!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
What if we gave our fans two reviews for the first week of our "Marvel Month" all this September? We got a review of the 2019 collection of What If...? stories entitled "With Great Power" by a variety of tremendous creators! Plus we review the first 4 episodes of the What If...? animated series airing on Disney Plus!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
It's Crime Noir mixed with animal instincts as we review the first three volumes of Blacksad by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido! Plus a recap of many of our listener polls we been posting on our Twitter over the past several weeks!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
It's Fantastic! It's Uncanny! It's X-men + The Fantastic Four by Chip Zdarsky with art by Terry Dodson this week! Plus we draft our own 4 person teams of X-men! Who will reign supreme?!?
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
This week we look at comic book creator, Barry Windsor-Smith's, recently released magnum opus, Monsters, which took nearly 2 decades to complete! Plus talk on Marvel's character the Hulk and tons more Barry Windsor-Smith recommendations for all our fans!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
We're on a suicide mission this week to complete two reviews for our fans! First up, its the recent run of DC Comics Suicide Squad comic book written by Robbie Thompson! Second it's a review of the recent Suicide Squad movie directed by James Gunn! Plus more comic book recommendations than you can swing a dead Starfish at!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Face Front New Believers! We're reviewing the original New Gods series by the legendary Jack "The King" Kirby! Plus our thoughts on this titan of the comic book industry and some of our favorites among his many works!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Listen up Web Heads! We're reviewing The Superior Foes of Spider-Man by Nick Spencer with art by Steve Lieber this week! Plus a list of our favorite baddies from our favorite wall crawlers' classic Rogues Gallery!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of the 70s style Crime Noir Graphic Novel "Reckless" by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips! Plus results from our recent Twitter Polls and our list of the best TV detectives from bygone eras!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Two Reviews for the Price of One! We've got the 2020 Taskmaster comic series written by Jed Mackay with art by Alessandro Vitti! Plus a Review of the recent Black Widow movie starring Scarlett Johansson & Florence Pugh!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of both the complete Rocketeer collection comic book written & drawn by Dave Stevens as well as the 1991 film adaptation put out by the Walt Disney Company!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Chris Schmidt
A Review of Captain America, Home of the Brave, a 6 issue collection of comics from the Mark Waid/Chris Samnee run on the book. Plus our annual Independence Day "Fried Chicken" debate and more great Captain America recommendations!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man, the first crossover between DC and Marvel Comics! Plus "mashing up" famous comic book characters into brand new & interesting amalgams with hilarious results!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
We're up to some mischief with a review of the Complete Collection of Loki, Agent of Asgard, by Al Ewing & Lee Garbett! Plus a bonus review of the first episode of the Loki TV Series featuring Tom Hiddleston & Owen Wilson on Disney+!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of The Comic Book History of Animation by Fred Van Lente & Ryan Dunleavy. Plus a list of our favorite breakfast cereals and the results of many of our fan polls recently appearing on our Twitter page.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of Ronin, the 1983 cyberpunk/samurai mini series by Frank Miller. Plus an in-depth discussion about Frank Miller overall as a comic book legend and how he stacks up against the other big names in the field.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of "Hawkeye Freefall" by Matthew Rosenberg with art by Otto Schmidt chronicling Earth Mightiest Avenging Archer's hilarious descent into madness! Plus our picks for favorite "second banana" members of the Avengers and other comic book recommendations!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of Batman Universe by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Nick Derington. Plus a preview of the upcoming 3 Rivers Comic Con and our picks for the best members of Batman's Rogues Gallery!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Interview: Jon Engel from New Dimension Comics & 3 Rivers Con
A Review of the 4 issue mini series event which brought together all of the Valiant Universe superheroes to battle an immortal enemy! Written by Jeff Lemire & Matt Kindt with art by Paolo Rivera!
Plus, debate on the current comic book speculator market, the history of Valiant in the 90s, and whether all potato chips should be called "crisps"!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
May the 4th be with us with a review of The Star Wars, a comic adaptation of the original George Lucas rough draft of Star Wars: A New Hope by J. W. Rinzler and Mike Mayhew. Plus our favorite Star Wars related toys and more comic recommendations from a galaxy far, far away!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
A Review of the classic New Mutants comic book arc, The Demon Bear Saga, by Chris Claremont & Bill Sienkiewicz. Plus, a bonus review of The New Mutants movie directed by Josh Boone.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of Superman vs. Imperious Lex from DC Comics Future State series of books, written by Mark Russell with art by Steven Pugh. Plus, a final evaluation of the entire Future State experiment and a discussion of where DC Comics should go in future.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Nicole Larson
We're going into The Green with a review of Saga of the Swamp Thing Book One by the legendary Alan Moore with art by Stephen Bissette & John Totleben. Plus a list of popular comic book characters that never really clicked for us!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
We're joined by the terrific comic book creator, K. Lynn Smith, to review Paper Girls Volume One by Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang. Check out K.Lynn Smith's own fantastic work at www.klynnsmith.net
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: K. Lynn Smith
A Review of the first 22 issue crossover event of Jonathan Hickman's X-men Saga, X of Swords! Plus, a discussion of whether comic book crossovers are good for the industry overall as well as some of our favorites from years past!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of the Snyder Cut of Justice League. Plus talk on the premiere of Falcon and the Winter Soldier and other comic book related movie recommendations!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of the first 12 issues of the Invincible series by Robert Kirkman, Corey Walker, & Ryan Ottley! Plus, a preview of the upcoming Amazon Prime Animated TV series based of the same name!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Going Green for this St. Paddy's Day with a review of The Sensational She-Hulk by the legendary John Byrne. Plus a list of our favorite "green" characters from comics and tons of other comic recommendations!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
A Review of the Post Apocalyptic epic, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, written & drawn by Daniel Johnson! Plus, a talk on the WandaVision season finale & the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's television shows!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of the Comic Book adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's famous time traveling masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five, done by Ryan North with art by Albert Monteys. Plus, more comic book and traditional book recommendations than we've ever crammed into one episode before!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Nicole Larson
A Review of the first 2 issues of X-men: Grand Design written and drawn by Ed Piskor. Plus, talk on what Marvel's most popular mutant team means to us personally.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of Essex County, a heartfelt tale of hockey and home life in the Canadian countryside written and drawn by Jeff Lemire. Plus, news on DC Comics "Future State" and a debate on whether a comic book can equate to a traditional novel.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Nicole Larson
A Review of Superman Smashes the Klan written by by Gene Luen Yang with art by Gurihiru. Plus, talk on the original Adventures of Superman Radio show, John Byrne's Man of Steel run, and more Superman comic book recommendations!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of Thor, The Devourer King written by Donny Cotes with art by Nic Klein. Plus, a discussion of what item would we most want from the world of comic books?
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Lindsay Fahey
A Review of Batman, White Knight by written and drawn by Sean Murphy. Plus, a list our favorite post apocalyptic movies!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
A Review of Road to Perdition, the comic that inspired the movie featuring Tom Hanks. Written by Max Allan Collins with art by Richard Piers Rayner. Plus, a list of the greatest gangster movies of all time!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Nicole Larson
A Review of Cleveland by underground comics legend, Harvey Pekar, with art by Joseph Remnant. Plus, a list of the greatest drinks of the POST APOCALYPSE!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Lindsay Fahey
A Review of Wonder Woman 84 starring Gal Godot and directed by Patty Jenkins. Plus other Wonder Woman comic book recommendations & more comic book stuff to watch on HBO Max!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
A Review of The Vision series by Tom King with art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta. Plus a discussion of the WandaVision TV Series on Disney+ and more great comic book recommendations.
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
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