Recommended Reading with Jackson Hoemann: Recent Episodes
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Eddie Possehl returns to join Jackson on a deep dive into Marvel's dark age and revitalization with the Ultimate imprint and Ultimate Spider-Man! Featuring greedy Marvel executives, early 2000s fashion, and the only good part of Marvel's Ultimate Universe!
Completing the trilogy, the Restaurant Crew reunites to pitch products, restaurants, and other ephemera based on your favorite comic book characters! Stay tuned for an obscene amount of clowns, blasts from McDonald's past, and the return of an old favorite!
Link to the powerpoints here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1--dLkU4VSwvkHbbfa-808a5vJqEuhT-u?usp=sharing
LISTEN TO THE HERALD. JACKSON AND GUEST GARRETT HILDEBRANDT ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE MOST IMPORTANT FANTASTIC FOUR STORY OF THE 1960S. ENJOY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES, STREET TOUGHS AND CRUM BUMS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ALICIA MASTERS.
Note: We experienced a few audio issues during editing, so apologies in advance!
Good Grief! Peanuts expert(and Shermy hater) Dan O'Keefe joins fan of all things Minnesotan Jackson to unpack the dry wit and deep existentialism of Charles Schulz's Peanuts! Join us for midwestern anxieties, baseball shaped rashes, and did you know Jim Davis has a writer's room?
Happy Halloween! Join Jackson and Cole Conrad for spooky shenanigans, wild Neil Gaiman anecdotes, and an examination of one of the scariest stories in all of comics history!
CONTENT WARNING: A large portion of this episode contains discussions of scenes depicting loss of body autonomy, homophobia, abuse, nonconsensual sexual acts, self-harm, and extreme violence and gore from 49:12 - 1:14:45.
Today Jackson and Sena Boles jump across the pond to examine the legacy and history of Marvel UK's answer to Captain America! Join us for the strange history of the Braddock siblings, goofy multiverse shenanigans, and lengthy defenses about characters with very few appearances!
CONTENT WARNING: A portion of this episode(from 43:23 - 1:18:33) contains discussions of rape, assault, abuse, and trauma.
Trust us, you're in for a ride! Burdened with glorious purpose, Jackson and Beck Menk explore 2014's reinvention of the god of mischief, filled with time travel shenanigans, Odin with a machine gun, and the story of a god trying to redeem their story!
Co-captains of the Friendship-ship Jackson and Laney Ennis sit down to discuss Starkid's stage musical adaptation of the caped crusader! Join us for puns, discussions about Robin's place in the Batman zeitgeist, and LOTS of candy puns!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions of a scene that includes insensitive ethnic stereotypes from 44:44 - 45:43
WE ARE RECOMMENDED READING WITH JACKSON HOEMANN AND WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT COMIC BOOK MOVIES AND ADAPTATION AND STUFF! Jackson sits down with Piper McCaffrey to discuss Michael Cera's music career, how you can get away with singing Black Sheep in an audition, and one of the best comic to screen adaptations!
In a special zero-jokes episode, Jackson sits down with Sam Gutierrez to discuss the current state of the MCU post-Endgame, including the good, the bad, what we're scared of, and what we hope will change!
The Restaurant Crew returns to the world of comic book food! Join us for a deep dive into favorite foods of superheroes, Superman-branded peanut butter, and an extremely in-depth discussion about theme parks!
This episode was requested by Rae Weiss, if you'd like to request an episode topic, Venmo @Mythonomica-Productions with your topic at a rate of 50 cents per minute of audio!
IT'S TIME TO GET WEIRD! Ben Lash joins Jackson in our first of three episodes discussing a comics run that changed the world with surreal and philosophical storytelling! Stay tuned for angry Clippy, German folklore, and a beautiful romance between a gorilla and a brain in a jar!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion about abuse and severe trauma. If these topics are triggering to you, please take caution when listening to this episode.
In the final episode of X-Month, Charlie Couture joins Jackson to discuss meeting Chris Claremont, weird DC editorial practices, and the early weirdness of the X-Men's most fearsome villains!
After going weekly for a month, we will be taking June 2nd off, and will be back with new episodes on June 16th!
Here it is... the origin of Charle Xavier(before it got retconned again and again)! Eddie Possehl joins Jackson to discuss our anger at corporations, how to properly get rid of your step-brother, and the first appearance of one of the most goofy looking villains in comics!
In an episode recorded back in March, Nick Cordonnier joins Jackson for extended discussion about THE BATMAN, extremely late Oscars thoughts, and yeah we also take some time to talk about the first appearance of some of the X-Men's greatest villains!
Welcome to X-MONTH, RRWJH's 1st annual celebration of all things X-Men, era by era! We begin our dive into early X-Men with Sena Boles to talk Magento's penmanship, Stan Lee's creative decisions, and the 1st appearance of the X-Men!
Jackson says it's comic season! Returning guest Nick Cordonnier says it's classic cartoon season! Join us for a deep dive of some weird crossovers that are WAY better than they have any right to be!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains a discussion relating to violence against animals(43:47 - 58:49), as well as a discussion relating to police brutality, abuse towards veterans, and white supremacist groups(59:25 - 1:09:56). Please follow the timestamps if these topics are triggering to you.
In a special BONUS episode, we return to the world of Homestuck to unpack one of the most infamous characters!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes general discussion relating to extreme violence and violence against children
This is the first episode of a new series, Recommended Requests! Is there a topic mentioned in a previous episode that you'd like us to expand upon? Now if you'd like, you can pay us to talk about it more! Just follow the steps below!
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Order up! Sena Boles and Laney Ennis join Jackson to explore the weird world of restaurants in comics! Join us for Booster Gold's fraud charges, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fake businesses, and Bruce Wayne's food crimes!
Preorder The Calorum Cookbook(co-moderated by Laney Ennis) here!
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Coming to you live from an alternate universe where Jackson can spell, it's a brand new episode discussing another universe's Justice League with Cole Conrad! And this universe has a lot to offer: a JLA that's all Batman, Amish Superman, and a dark turn for one Jimmy Olsen!
Jackson and Isaac Brust are like a couple of dogs chasing cars while they discuss one of the most famous/infamous Batman stories of all time! Wanna know how the Joker got these scars? Did Jared Leto borrow any of this story for his performance? Come and watch the world burn with us!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions relating to extreme violence, sexual assault, and traumatic events. Please take caution when listening to this episode.
Eddie Possehl returns to dive deep into one of the most significant comic stories of the 80s, THE JUDAS CONTRACT! What's Beast Boy's real name? What's the deal with Nightwing's first costume? WHY ISN'T THIS ANYTHING LIKE THE CARTOON?
Content Warning: This episode contains a discussion which references abuse, graphic violence, mental illness, and pedophilia from 23:10 - 34:22.
Information about George Perez's charity, the Hero Initiative here: COMIC CREATORS IN NEED ⋆ HERO INITIATIVE
Maaz Ahmed and Beck Menk introduce Jackson to an infamous webcomic and time capsule of early-2010s internet! Listen as they subject Jackson to trolls, Faygo, buckets, and all things Homestuck!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains mentions of extreme violence and gore depicted against children under the age of 18.
Nick Cordonnier swings back onto the podcast to talk a story where Peter Parker ages in real-time! Of course, that means we talk about Cake Boss, our worst high school theatre experiences, and Tony Stark's plastic surgery! And also we talk a bit about Spider-Man!
Beck Menk returns to talk Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' SAGA, a sci fi epic of love amid intergalactic war! Talk of amazing character design, deep character arcs, and more await you in this episode! And did Jackson just disrespect the Muppets? Find out now!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains references to heavy violence, graphic sexual imagery, and elements of trauma throughout the episode, as well as a specific discussion of miscarriage and eventual abortion from 36:18 to 37:52.
The bat's natural predator is an owl, so why did DC Comics spend decades on clowns and penguins? Charlie Couture joins Jackson to explore secret societies, death mazes, and the best Batman cartoon all while discussing the beginning of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's epic Batman run!
In a very fitting turn of events, Sam Gutierrez joins Jackson to talk Catholic Guilt, why we hate Frank Miller, and all other sorts of things that surround Matt Murdock aka Daredevil, The Man Without Fear, who may be making his way to the MCU very soon!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion of heavy violence throughout the episode, and a more detailed discussion that includes mentions of abuse, sex work, alcoholism, and drug addiction from 42:06 - 1:03:56. If any of these topics are triggering to you, feel free to skip over this section!
In a special episode, Jackson is joined by Mythonomica Productions co-founder Beck Menk to discuss the history and best moments of the BAMFing blue badass, Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler of the X-Men! What's the deal with the exploding communion wafers? Should Alan Cumming have a sword? Does every country have a Captain America stand-in and are they as weird as Captain Britain? Can we get #Scummers trending? All will be answered in this episode!
Slay your enemies and be rewarded... with TOY SALES! Jackson is joined by Eddie Possehl to examine the good and the bad of 1984's MARVEL SUPER HEROES SECRET WARS!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion of a scene which depicts forced sexual advances from 40:07 - 42: 40. If this topic is triggering to you, follow the timestamps to skip those sections.
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's our first episode! Nick Cordonnier joins Jackson to discuss teenage boys relating to awful characters, caveman Batman, and most importantly Grant Morrison's ALL STAR SUPERMAN!
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains a discussion about a scene depicting an attempted suicide from 51:10 - 52:32, and discussion of pedophilia from 1:04:19 - 1:04:38. If these topics are triggering to you, please follow these timestamps to skip those sections.