Meltcast 3.0 presented by Meltdown Comics: Recent Episodes
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Derrick and Aristotle convene at their secret lair hidden above Meltdown Comics to speak all manners of EVIL! But mostly about comic books.
Kris and Aristotle are joined by returning guest Mike Levine and Danny Lacy to talk about their new book At Least You're Not These Monsters!
Aristotle and Kris are joined by Eric Esquivel and Jeff Leeds to promote Not Forgotten, an anthology of public domain super heroes!
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Aristole and Kris are joined by returning guest Chuck Kerr to have a chat about some nerdy news but mostly Pokemon Go!
Derrick couldn't make it this week so Aristotle called upon Kris Saldana to come back and talk some nerdy news!
Derrick and guest-host Adam Parker celebrate Image Day with Brian K. Vaughan, Steven T. Seagle and Joe Casey!
Aristotle and Derrick are back with more nerdy news, picks of the week and some light politics!
Aristotle and Derrick talk about the women's march in LA, picks of the week and ask "Is it ok to punch nazis?"
We're back! Derrick and Aristotle talk about their New Years Eve experiences, some nerdy news and picks of the week!
Derrick and Aristotle are joined by a previous guest, Chuck Kerr, to talk all about Rogue One!
Derrick and Aristotle are back to talking comics again (with still just a little politics on the side) and some nerdy news!
Derrick and Aristotle catch up after being gone for a few weeks. Then we go to our Live segment from LA Comic-Con with Kris Saldana and Jude Vigants!
Aristotle, Derrick and Kris (for a brief moment) talk about movies they've seen recently (THANKS BEYOND FEST), this weeks books and what the word "cuck" means!
This week Derrick and Aristotle are back with what may be our shortest episode yet! They talk about their picks of the week, Sadako vs Kayako and the recent trend of Cannibals and Werewolves in comics and movies!
Derrick and Aristotle welcome back Nathaniel Osollo to talk about The Shadow People Are Here and his Shadow People exhibit at the Riverside Art Museum. We also get a special drop-in from Kris!
Its been a long time coming but we finally got Geoffrey Golden of The Devastator on to talk about his new book, Dream It! Screw It! 30 Years of Rejected Disney Park Ideas from Dip Disney. Aristotle has been pushing The Devastator on Meltcast for awhile so it was an absolute pleasure to have him!
You can order Dream It! Screw It! 30 Years of Rejected Disney Park Ideas from Dip Disney now on amazon,devastatorpress.com or a book store near you!
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Aristotle talks to Lawrence "Raw Dog" Hubbard about Real Deal! More rage per page, more slaughter for your dollar!
Come to Meltdown Comics on September 16th at 7 to get your copy of Real Deal signed by Lawrence!
Derrick and Aristotle are back this week with Kris Saldana and special guest Nathaniel Osollo! Nathaniel is an amazing artist and creator of The Shadow People and Dark Mouse! We also share our thoughts on Suicide Squad!
Derrick and Aristotle are joined by M.F.A. Levine, MFA to talk about his new book All The Feelings: Hella Dramatic Monologues For Thespians Of A Teen Age.
Derrick is back! He and Aristotle talk about Pokemon GO, Game of Thrones and this week's picks!
Aristotle is joined by Dave Baker, Kris Saldana and Chuck Kerr while Derrick is out of town. If you liked our Civil War episode, you're going to love this!
We're back this week to talk about Tron VR, Game of Thrones (SPOILERS!), Satanism and this weeks books!
Derrick and Aristotle talk about some cool things that were announced at E3 and a whole lot of Star Wars!
Derrick and Aristotle went LIVE again but this week they are joined by Austin James! Austin is the writer and artist of the GORGEOUS web comic (soon to be printed) Hollow Mountain.
Help fund the printing of Hollow Mountain on Kickstarter!
Derrick is back with Aristotle on this special LIVE episode! We streamed on Facebook so we could interact with YOU!
If you missed out on the Facebook Live Stream you can still go back and watch by Liking us on Facebook and see when we do it again (which we will!)
Derrick is away this week so Aristotle and Eddie are joined by Dave Baker and Kris Saldana! We got a lot of big news this past week like Captain America being Hydra, DC's Rebirth, Comixology and X-Men: Apocalypse. Enjoy!
Derrick is finally back from the UK! Eddie joins us once again! And we have Kris Saldaña back to talk about Civil War II and Future Quest!
Aristotle is running solo this episode but he is joined by a very special guest, Kenny Keil! Kenny is the author of Stay At Home Scarface from Devastator Press. Stay At Home Scarface is a hilarious coloring/activity book all about our favorite mobsters journey into fatherhood!
Derrick is in London! So Aristotle invited former guests Dave Baker, Chuck Kerr and new guest Kris Saldanato to talk about Civil War! A lot of good questions were raised, good answer were given. We talk about Ang Lee's masterpiece HULK
Previous guest Dave Baker and new guest Greg Gonzalez join Derrick and Aristotle to dive deep into political issues, variants, the wild west, Frank Miller and of course this weeks books
This week we talk about the scandal at Vertigo, Willam Dafoe being cast in Justice League, and this weeks books!
This week's episode is a little shorter because WE WATCHED A CAR CHASE! But we still get down to business! We talk about the Rogue One trailer and this week's picks!
Derrick and Aristotle are back to talk about our picks of the week, Guillermo Del Toro's upcoming exhibit and Dan Clowe's new book Patience!
This week Derrick and Aristotle talk about the biggest news of the week...SPIDER-MAN!!! Derrick got his tickets for Batman V. Superman and we talk this week's picks!
Derrick, Eddie and Aristotle are back in the studio to talk about restroom business, how great the Ghostbusters trailer looked, and picks of the week!
This week Eddie, Derrick and Aristotle talk about who was cast for Netflix's Iron Fist, Pacific Rim 2, some personal business and this weeks books!
This week Eddie has finally awaken from his nap to talk with Aristotle and Derrick about Deadpool, Batman V Superman, Daredevil and this weeks books!
Derrick and Aristotle are back to talk about the last Batman themed trailer for Dawn of Justice, Deadpool, Ant-Man's costume and this weeks books!
This week its Derrick and Aristotle talking about all the speculative news/rumours that have popped up this week regarding DC comics and movies. We also go over our pciks of the week!
This week we got all kinds of new footage from the upcoming DC movies so naturally thats what we're all about this week! We also talk about some upcoming events at Meltdown and our picks of the week!
Last week we got all the big stuff out of the way (Star Wars) so this week we reflected on 2015. The good, the bad and what to expect from 2016. A lot of comic book movies and phone stuff...
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We've been gone fo a long, long time...but now we're back! (Minus Janette) We have have so much to talk about and catch up on from our time apart but we decided to instead talk all about STAR WARS!!
After a long celebration for the return of MST3K, we sat down with Cliff Scott Broadway (Host of XSN and TORN Tuesday) to talk about this weeks books and lots of other things!
WE'RE BACK! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving (if you're into that kind of thing) are ready to jump back into the show! This week we talk about all the trailers that dropped (Bat V Supe & Civil War) and Jessica Jones. WARNING!: There are big-ol Jessica Jones spoilers so proceed with caution! We then lose Eddie and talk about our picks!
This week we have the incredible Craig Thompson! The author of "Blankets" and "Habibi" talks about his new book "Space Dumplins" and his time in the middle east! The gang also sits down to talk this weeks books!
We talk to the incredible team behind Fuck Off Squad, Dave Baker & Nicole Goux! We talk about a lot of things! Like James Bond, working as a team, Tucson and why Las Vegas sucks!
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This is just the interview portion from our last episode with Grant Morrison! So now you can come back and enjoy without having to listen to our foolish ramblings (though we appreciate your listens! )
Yes, you read the title correctly! We (Derrick and Aristotle) got to sit down with Grant Morrison to talk about Multiversity and Klaus, his new book from BOOM! We also talk about our picks from this week and other stuff but more importantly, GRANT MORRISON!
Derrick's Picks: "Spuds Malone Book 1" & "Saints #2"
Aristotle's Picks: "Doctore Strange #2", "The Vision #1" & "Pacific Rim: Tales from The Drift #1"
Eddie's Picks: "Drax #1", "Howard The Duck #1" & "Pacific Rim: Tales from The Drift #1"
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Welcome to our first book club! Every month we will be dissecting one of our favorite series/graphic novels/etc! So for our first episode, we couldnt think of a better guest or a better story! Londyn from The History of The Batman Podcast joins us to talk about The Long Halloween!
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Janette's Picks: "Howling Commandos of SHIELD #1" & "Spawn #257"
Derrick's Picks: "The Darkseid Wars: Batman #1" & "Black Magick #1"
Aristotle's Picks: "The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1" & "Power Up #4"
Eddie's Picks: "Black Magick #1" & "Hench Girl #1"
Mike Levine (Devastator Author, Onion Contributor) joins us this week to talk about his new book "Oh, The Flesh You Will Eat!" and our favorite childrens books!
Mike's Picks: "Groot" & "Rhyme Travelers"
Janette's Picks: "Black Canary #5" & "Beauty #3"
Derrick's Picks: "Martian Manhunter" & "The Steam Man #1"
Aristotle's Picks: "The Astonishing Ant-Man #1" & "Giant Days #7" & "The Unmentionables"
Eddie's Picks: "Back To The Future #1" & "Karnak #1"
This week we have the wonderful Melodie Miu! She is the writer of the Meltdown newsletter (which you should totally subscribe to!) and had some really great questions for us! The guest interviewing the hosts?? YES!!
This week we are once again joined by Kelly Hodgson, filling for a missing Janette! We then have an interview with Maytal Gilboa, founder of Emet Comics! She tells us all about how she got started and the women behind the comics! Her interview starts at 1:10:10!
Kelly's Picks: Paper Girls #1 & Starve #5
Derrick's Picks: We Stand On Guard #4 & Saints #1
Aristotle's Picks: Project Nemesis #1, Plutona #2 & Drawn Onward
Eddie's Picks: Paper Girls #1 & Doctor Strange #1
This week we are joined by the team behind The Humans, Tom Neely and Keenan Marshall Keller! We talk about the origin and future of The Humans, Henry & Glenn, zines and burn some bridges along the way!
Janette's Picks: Hail Hydra #3 & Godzilla In Hell #3
Eddie's Picks: Zodiac Star Force #2 & Godzilla In Hell #3
Aristotle's Picks: Self-Obsessed & Godzilla In Hell #3
This week we are joined by special guest and friend of the store, Kelly Hodgson! Kelly is taking Aristotle’s place this week because he is away and is appalled at how raunchy this episode gets! Though the gang does manage to stay on track long enough to talk about Red Tornado’s costume in Supergirl, The Court of Owls coming to Gotham, Frank Miller’s Dark Knight 3: The Master Race and this week’s books!
Janette’s Pick: Evil Dead 2 #1 and Fury #1
Kelly’s Picks: Wolf #2 and Fray
Derrick’s Picks: Negative Space #2 and Exit Generation #1
Eddie’s Picks: Deadpool vs Thanos #2 and Wilds End: Enemy Within #1
This week we talk about how amazing The Jack Kirby's Lord of Light art show was! We reminisce about Room Raiders and other 90's MTV reality shows, the pros and cons of TV/movie continuity and announce our book club!
Janette's Pick: Black Canary #4 and The Beauty #2
Aristotle's Pick: Captain America: White #1 and The Infinity Gauntlet #4
Derrick's Pick: The Paybacks #1 and Buddha
Eddie's Pick: Captain America: White #1 and Tokyo Ghost #1
This week we discuss Steven Spielberg's thoughts on the future of Superhero movies, the idea of humans colonizing Mars and Pokemon Go!
Janette's Picks: Alice Cooper vs Chaos #1 and Quake #1
Aristotle's Picks: Diesel #1 and Bitch Planet #5
Derrick's Picks: Faster Than Light #1 and Star Trek/Green Lantern #3
Eddie's Picks: Star Wars: Shattered Empire #1 and Broken Moon #1
This week we are joined by good friend Chuck Kerr to tell us all about the Melt-thology 1 year anniversary that will be happening on Tuesday, September 15th! We also discuss the disbanding of the Marvel Creative Comitee, Beyond Fest and cake?! Listen to find out!
Janette's Picks: Aliens vs Vampirella #1, Spider Island #3
Aristotle's Picks: Plutona #1, Daredevil #18
Derrick's Picks: Mockingbird #1, DC Bombshells #2
Eddie's Picks: Deadpool vs Thanos #1, We Stand On Guard #3
We've taken the next evolutionary step and have given the show some structure! Thats right, the show is now broken up into segments and we will be trying out some fun, new thing in the coming episodes! But in this episode we talk about our picks and some good jumping on points for new readers. In the news portion we talk about the Captain America: Civil War line up. Whose side are YOU on?
Eddies back! We talk about recent bar adventures, this weeks books, and then we get super political! DON'T BE A CREEP!
Johnny Brillantes is back this week with Janette, Aristotle and Derrick to talk about the Fantastic Four, Justice League: Gods and Monsters, video game movies and our picks of the week!
This week Aristotle and Derrick are joined by Johnny Brillantes (The No Show Podcast)! They talk about this weeks book, Fantastic Four, true crime shows and Vegan Black Metal Chef!
After what was a bit of a slow week for comics, the gang assembles to talk about some great movies we've watched recently/want to watch.
This episode we welcome our newest member, Janette! You may remember her from our previous episode with Jacob Semahn. We talk about this weeks books as well as Ant-Man (again!) and DJ stuff...
Eddie passed out this episode so Derek and Aristotle take over! They finish up their thoughts on the SDCC trailers, Aristotle saw Ant-Man (its great!) and then we talk this weeks books!
Due to some wack scheduling, we had to record this episode early (as you've probably noticed).
Its impossible to ignore, Comic-Con just passed and we're here to talk about it along with last week's books!
We've assembled once again to talk comics! We also do some Bane voices because why not?!
Please excuse our tardiness but WE'RE BACK! Derrick, Aristotle and Eddie are back in the booth to talk about comics (kind of), Alan Moore and Grant Morrison. ENJOY!
This week Eddie, Josh and Aristotle have Gabe and Dan (Digital Lizards of Doom) back! This time we're recording from Josh's house, so listen and enjoy!
We're back! This week Josh, Eddie and Aristotle return to the studio to talk about Marvel's SECRET WARS!!
Last episode was our most explicit! This episode is our laziest! Eddie, Josh and Aristotle hang out at the counter at Meltdown to talk Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and Secret Wars!
Gabe and Dan of the Digital Lizards of Doom join us for the most explicit episode yet! Seriously, do not listen to this with children! But do listen to it because its great!
This week we wlcome back one of our favorites, Jacob Semahn! Eddie and guest host Janette talk to Jacob about abunch of fun stuff! And then Aristotle joins in to tell us how good Age of Ultron is!
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We are back from WonderCon! Eddie, Aristotle and Josh sit down to talk about this and last week's books with Meltdown's intern, Kimoy Lee! We also talk about our time at WonderCon!
Eddie, Josh and Derek sit down with Michael McMillian! They talk about Star Wars, Grant Morrison and this weeks books! Aristotle is in this episode somewhere!
Josh, Eddie and Aristotle talk this week's books, the Batgirl cover, the death of Donatello, and then theres a kazoo?!
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This week we brought back Adam Silverstein to talk all things Meltdown! And then we get into this weeks books!
This week Aristotle, Eddie, and Josh stay up late to talk about this weeks books. We also talk about Breaking Bad, Star Wars, and then the Meltdown lawyer, Adam Silverstein, jumps in to talk Daredevil and the positives of comic book movies!
Aristotle and Eddie sit down with the incredible LeSean Thomas! He has worked on a lot of amazing shows like Black Dynomite and The Boondocks and is currently working on his own show, Cannon Busters!
Then Josh joins us to talk about this weeks books, Back to the Future, Star Wars and More!
Today the wonderful Jacob Semahn joins Aristotle to talk about writing for TV and his book GONERS! And then Eddie jumps in and tells us about waiting in digital waiting rooms and Mondo posters! We later get into this weeks books with Josh!
The incredibly talented writer Eric M. Esquivel (Loki: Ragnarok And Roll, Adventure Time) joins Eddie, Josh and Aristotle to talk about this weeks books! We also talk about racism in Star Wars, comics vs movies and the ins-and-outs of the comic business.
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Aristotle sat down with Simon, Rhea and Daisy from LA Zine Fest to talk about this years zinefest, how it gets organized and where the line is drawn when it comes to defining "zine". Then Aristotle and Eddie have a quick talk about this weeks books!
This years Zine Fest will be on Sunday, February 15th! YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY GO!!!
In this episode we dive into the Grant Morrison's Guide to The Multiverse! We also talk about how great Jonathan Hickman is and Josh tells us about a crazy guy!
Aristotle and Derrick sit down to have a civil discussion about the Marvel MCU and the DC Movieverse. We also go over our picks from this week and the recently announced Secret Wars event and how it might stack up against DC's Convergence.
This episode is an introduction to our brand new team consisting of Eddie, Holly, Josh and Aristotle. We talk about this weeks books and briefly discuss the Avengers trailer and our thoughts on Spider-Man in the MCU. A new era of MeltCast begins!