The SJW Comic Book Club: Recent Episodes
The SJW Comic Book Club
The SJW Comic Book Club is a weekly book-club style podcast where three friends discuss a story arch in comics from a literary and progressive POV. We try to center the opinions of people of color, women, LGBTQ+, etc., who are sometimes overlooked in nerd culture.
This week we got together to talk about a brief, single-issue of comics that was important for the time even if it slightly misses the mark. In November 2001, Marvel released an issue of The Amazing Spider-Man commemorating and memorializing the events of September 11, 2001. Join us as we chat about the comic itself and the broader issue it tackled.
For the next few episodes, we will be reading comics somewhat at random. We will go back to themed readings for Season 13 in February 2024, but for now we're just going to read whatever we want. Next week, we'll be revisiting a comic series we started literally years ago in Season 2 and reading Locke & Key Vol 2: Head Games.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Now, it is time once again. Time to judge. Time to quantify. Time to assign value. And time, ultimately, to viciously rank the comics, leaving on one as the ultimate winner, reigning over all others.
It is time! For the Finale!
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 was:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
It's finally happened. Nimona has been released and we have all watched it. Now it's time to talk about it. In this not-so-minisode we talked about the long-awaited Netflix adaptation of N.D. Stevenson's Nimona. This movie was definitely worth watching, and we would all recommend reading the original graphic novel as well!
Next week we will be posting our Season 12 finale episode! Veronica's theme for this season was stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme was the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time. Check out the comics we've read this season below.
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
The time has finally come to read the best-selling comic book of all time! This week, we read and discussed X-Men (1991) #1-3 "Rubicon", a story about a lot of things and also nothing. This story concludes Chris Claremont's iconic run of X-Men, and contains great character exploration of Magneto as well as an introduction to the structure of the X-Men for most of the 90s, where artists and writers like Jim Lee and Scott Lobdell would take the reins. While a bit frenetic and confused, it is a fun read that is well worth the time. And apparently millions of fans thought so too with over 4 million copies of the #1 issue sold, making it far and away the best-selling comic book issue of all time.
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 was:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
We've heard your cries, we've seen the posters, we've tasted your tears, and we have listened. In their benevolence, Veronica and Monte have returned with another minisode talking about their playthrough of Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Next week Melissa will be rejoining the podcast to talk about X-Men (1991) #1-3 "Rubicon", the story that kicks off post-Claremont 90s X-Men.
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
We invite you to read along with us.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
You guys, this is literally the most beautiful comic art we have ever seen. There's an alien corgi robot. You MUST see him. He is everything.
Taylor struggles to feel herself in the town of Ozma gap--stifled, controlled, and forced to live in hiding as a human boy when her true identity is the alien princess known as the Galaxy Crowned. But when a new, vibrant girl from the city comes to town and draws Taylor in, she starts to realize that she not only hates the mask--there's space in the world for her to make the choice to ditch it, and people who will celebrate the true person who will be revealed.
This week we read Galaxy: The Prettiest Star, by Jadzia Axelrod and Cait Zellers. next week will be a minisode, and then we will be reading X-Men (1991) #1-3: Rubicon. We welcome you to read along with us!
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Look, we all love indie comic podcasts, right? For sure. Obviously. They are categorically the best type of podcasts.
But what sort of podcasts do our illustrious hosts like to listen to in their free time, APART from indie comic podcasts? Join said hosts as they go over their original and most frequently listened to mainstream shows. Their podcast profiles, you might say.
Next week we will be reading Galaxy: The Prettiest Star. We welcome you to read along with us!
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
This week we read Fantastic Four (2002) #60 "Inside Out", a stand-alone promotional issue kicking off Mark Waid's run on Fantastic Four. This is a story introducing Waid's version of these classic characters, and setting the stage for the stories he will tell.
Next book club episode, we will be reading Galaxy: The Prettiest Star, a story about a alien princess disguised as a human jock.
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
So we're nerds right? We do some nerd shit. We read comics, we watch Star Trek, we play Dungeons and Dragons, and we watched the new D&D movie, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. So we're gonna talk about it. What more do you want from us?
Next week we will be reading Fantastic Four (2002) #60, a one-issue introductory arc by Mark Waid that is the #2 Best Selling Superhero Comic of All Time.
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
For many kids today, no matter how kind and upbeat, no matter how good their friends or how supportive and loving their parents, the world presents innumerable hurdles and hostilities. But each and every one of them, and each and every one of us, have a spark of true power to help protect our communities. It's just for one teen, Nubia, that spark is a flame. But just like the rest of us, she will have to figure out for herself what it means to be a hero.
Join us as we discuss Nubia: Real One, an alternate universe origin story for Amazonian Queen and superhero Nubia, written by LL McKinney, with art by Robyn Smith.
Next week we will be reading Fantastic Four (2002) #60: Inside Out, a one-issue introductory arc by Mark Waid that is the #2 Best Selling Superhero Comic of All Time.
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Continuing his journey through X-Men continuity, Monte reads X-Men: Messiah Complex, a huge crossover X-Men event published from October 2007-January 2008 and involving four different X-books. This event marks a huge shift in X-Men continuity and is the climax of the events set in motion in the House of M in 2005.
Next week we will all be back in a regular episode talking about Nubia: Real One, an alternative origin story for Amazonian queen & superhero Nubia.
Monte's theme this season is best-selling superhero comics of all time. Veronica's theme is stories from the DC Young Adults graphic novel imprint.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
How much story can you get for only 10 cents?? Not that much, apparently. This week we read Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure by Greg Rucka. This issue (a prelude/teaser for an upcoming Batman event) was sold for the discounted price of 10 cents, resulting in it becoming the 3rd best-selling superhero comic book of all time. This issue was somewhat light on plot, but it did its job as a teaser and the art was fantastic.
Next week we will be reading Nubia: Real One, an alternate universe origin story for Amazonian Queen and superhero Nubia by LL McKinney.
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
We invite you to read along with us.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Joker takes over Arkham Asylum and Monte has to deal with it. This week Veronica forced Monte to play Batman: Arkham Asylum and we talked about the first three hours. Who knows, this may become a new series.
Next week Melissa will be rejoining the podcast to talk about Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure, a promotional issue by Greg Rucka with art by Rick Burchett.
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
We invite you to read along with us.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Can you rebuild yourself after you realize every action you've taken up to that point has resulted in a person you absolutely do not want to be?
Join us as we discuss Shadow of the Batgirl by Sarah Kuhn and Nicole Goux, a DC Graphic Novel for Young Adults that explores a reimagined origin story for Cassandra Cain, a legacy Batgirl. We are joined by George from Shortbox Summary, an excellent podcast that looks back at comics from the 2000s (a category that includes Cassie Cain's original appearance)!
Next week will be a minisode, and then we will be reading Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure, "The Fool's Errand," a single-issue promotional prologue to Bruce Wayne - Murderer?
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
We invite you to read along with us.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
A cure for mutant-kind, a brainwashed psychic dinosaur, and an early modern mystic murdering your entire family in order to resurrect himself and be reunited with his gay lover? Must be X-Men. In this week's X-Minisode, Monte talks about:
Astonishing X-Men (2004) #1-6 "Gifted" by Joss Whedon & John Cassaday
Uncanny X-Men (1963) #455-459 "World's End" by Chris Claremont & Alan Davis
X-Men: Colossus Bloodline (2005) #1-5 by David Hine & Jorge Lucas
Next week we will all be back in a regular episode talking about Shadow of Batgirl, a YA alternate take on the origins of Cassandra Cain as Batgirl.
Monte's theme this season is best-selling superhero comics of all time. Veronica's theme is stories from the DC Young Adults graphic novel imprint.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Teenage angst, radioactive spiders, a hulking goblin monster-man, bad friends, and questionable parenting. Must be a Spider-Man comic. This week we read Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7 by Brian Michael Bendis & Bill Jemas with art by Mark Bagley.
Next week will be a minisode, and then we will be reading Shadow of the Batgirl, an alternate take on the origins of Batgirl, Cassandra Cain.
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The full comic lineup for Season 12:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
We invite you to read along with us.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Someone once said that Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is the best animated superhero movie of all time. Really, somebody said it. Someone we follow on Twitter. I bookmarked it, but it was so long ago I can't find the tweet. Was it you? If you know who it was, let me know, please.
In any case, we watched the movie, and now we shall discuss it! Join us!
Next week we will be reading Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7: Power and Responsibility.
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
We invite you to read along with us.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
We all remember adolescence. The changes to your body and to your relationships, experimenting with ways to define and express yourself, looking forward to going forth into the adult world, controlling the elemental force of water and discovering your secret origins...
What, you guys didn't do that?
Join us as we discuss You Brought Me the Ocean, an alternate Aqualad origin story written by Alex Sanchéz and with art by Jul Maroh.
Next week will be a minisode, and then we will be reading Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7: Power and Responsibility.
Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
We invite you to read along with us.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
This episode we will solve the age-old debate of terrorism. You're welcome. Ok not really. We will be discussing how Star Trek actually solved the age-old debate of terrorism. Ok not really. Maybe they just kinda skirted the issue and glossed over some important context and details. Idk, it's art, ok? Not everything has to have a solution. Sometimes you just make a story and use a complex political issue as a backdrop and that's just ok. We watched two episodes of Star Trek for this episode, one from The Next Generation and one from Deep Space Nine. While they didn't really solve the question of whether terrorism is acceptable, they were fun. I guess you can't have it all.
Next episode we will be discussing You Brought Me the Ocean, a YA re-imagining of the origin story of Jackson Hyde AKA Aqualad.
Monte's theme this season is best-selling superhero comics of all time. Veronica's theme is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
If you want to hear more about Star Trek, check out our appearance on Ten Cent Takes where we discussed three Star Trek/X-Men crossover properties from the 90's!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
How do you rebuild from your worst enemy taking over your body and living your superhero life with all your superhero friends, forming new relationships and burning old bridges and leaving the existential question of "if I'm not in control of my body am I responsible for the things that happen"? This week we read a story that doesn't answer those questions, but it is very fun. We read Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6 "Parker Luck" by Dan Slott. Joining us is Ben from the Not a Hoax! Not a Dream! podcast. (Check out Melissa and Monte's guest appearance here!)
Next week will be a minisode, and then we will be reading You Brought Me the Ocean, an alternate origin story for the gayest Aqualad, Jackson Hyde.
Monte's theme for this season is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time. Veronica's theme is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
We invite you to read along with us.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
The time has come for the long-anticipated, overwhelmingly-demanded, hotly-solicited return of X-Men minisodes. Basically, we didn't have any ideas for a minisode this week so instead Monte is talking about X-Men.
The stories discussed in this minisode are:
New X-Men (2001) #114-116 "E is for Extinction" by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely
X-Treme X-Men (2001) #1-3 "Now, It Begins" by Chris Claremont & Salvador Larroca
Uncanny X-Men (1963) #394 "Playing God" by Joe Casey & Ian Churchill
Next week we will all be back in a regular episode talking about Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6 with first-time guest Ben from Not a Hoax! Not a Dream! podcast. Melissa and Monte appeared on Not a Hoax! Not a Dream! to talk about Jean Grey. Give that episode a listen here and be sure to check out the rest of Ben's episodes as well.
Monte's theme this season is best-selling superhero comics of all time. Veronica's theme is stories from the DC Young Adults graphic novel imprint.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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Audio Fixed
This week we discuss Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang, with art by Gurihura, the earliest entry in the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults (formerly DC Ink) lineup. Join us as we follow an old-school incarnation of Superman (from back when he just leapt tall buildings in a single bound, rather than fly so fast around the Earth he could reverse time!) trying to protect a Chinese-American family from the threat of the not-KKK (but actually it is the KKK)!
Next week will be a minisode, and then we will be reading Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6: The Parker Luck, #5 on the list of bestselling superhero comics of all time! Joining us will be Ben from the Not a Hoax! Not a Dream! podcast. (Check out Melissa and Monte's guest appearance here!)
Monte's theme for this season is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time. Veronica's theme is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
We invite you to read along with us.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
This week we discuss Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang, with art by Gurihura, the earliest entry in the DC YA Graphic Novels lineup. Join us as we follow an old-school incarnation of Superman (from back when he just leapt tall buildings in a single bound, rather than fly so fast around the Earth he could reverse time!) trying to protect a Chinese-American family from the threat of the not-KKK (but actually it is the KKK)!
Next week will be a minisode, and then we will be reading Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6: The Parker Luck, #5 on the list of bestselling superhero comics of all time! Joining us will be Ben from the Not a Hoax! Not a Dream! podcast. (Check out Melissa and Monte's guest appearance here!)
Monte's theme for this season is the top-selling super hero comic books of all time. Veronica's theme is stories from the DC YA Graphic Novels imprint.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
We invite you to read along with us.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
We're back! Join us as we discuss the new comics for Season 12!
Monte's theme for this season will be the top-selling super hero comic books of all time. Veronica's theme will be stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint.
The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3
We invite you to read along with us.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Merry Christmas!
It's Christmas time, right?
Oh, it's not? Well... here we are anyway.
We missed our holiday episode, but we still have to cover the comic Melissa picked for us, so here it is!
Second Coming is a satirical depiction of what would happen if Jesus came back to earth to learn more about humanity under the guidance of Superm---uh, I mean Sunstar! The superhero Sunstar.
Join us as we riskily discuss our views on religion! We'll be back next week with the Preview for Season 12.
We're back!
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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Once again, only one comic can stand above them all as champion of the season. Which one shall it be?
Monte's theme this season was works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme was a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective). The comic lineup for Season 11 was:
Nimona
The Wilds (2018) #1-5
Wonder Woman: Earth One #1
Livewire (2018) #1-5: Fugitive
Wonder Woman (1987) #8-14: Challenge of the Gods
Children of the Atom (2021) #1-6
Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia
Nubia and the Amazons (2021) #1-6
JLA: A League of One
Static: Season One (2021) #1-6
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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We're going to round this season off with a shock to your system! This week we are discussing Static: Season One (the whole volume this time) with Marci and Ako of The Colored Pages Book Club! We were excited to finish this story arc, and it did not disappoint. Tune in to hear us talk about the reintroduction of Virgil Hawkins, the Dakotaverse, and Milestone Comics.
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
We recently appeared on Ten Cent Takes to discuss three Star Trek/X-Men crossover properties from the 90's, give it a listen!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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Why shouldn't we mix genres without constraint? I see no reason. They all are great and also terrible. Combine them, try to keep all the great, and keep less of the terrible, and then you can have stuff like this, where Wonder Woman fights a fully-painted old school pulp fantasy dragon.
This week we are discussing JLA: A League of One with Anne of The Comics Collective, the podcaster who started it all by telling me where to start with Wonder Woman! Stand in awe of her knowledge and insights of Wonder Woman and her history and GET SCHOOLED (along with me).
Find Anne and The Comics Collective:
@AnneComics and @cmxcollective on Twitter
@thecomicscollective on TikTok
The Comics Collective on Anchor
Next week will be a feature, and after that we are reading Static: Season One (the whole volume this time)! And we will be joined, once again, by The Colored Pages Book Club!
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
We recently appeared on Ten Cent Takes to discuss three Star Trek/X-Men crossover properties from the 90's, give it a listen!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Due to technical difficulties, this episode is a week late but it's still great! This week we discuss Nubia & the Amazons #1-6 with recurring guests and friends of the pod Marci & Ako of the Colored Pages Book Club! Unfortunately we lost a pretty big chunk of the audio for this episode, but our guests were gracious enough to re-record sections of the conversation and you can barely even tell it was Jerry-rigged. In fact if I hadn't told you, you probably wouldn't notice at all. Big thanks to Marci & Ako!
Next week is a feature, and then we will be discussing our final Wonder Woman comic of the season, JLA: A League of One, with Anne of The Comics Collective!
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
We recently appeared on Ten Cent Takes to discuss three Star Trek/X-Men crossover properties from the 90's, give it a listen!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
In Minisode 13 we are talking about iconic comic book artist Bill Sienkiewicz! Sienkiewicz has written for many comic book publishers and has left an enormous mark on the work of comics, but this week we hone in on three of his works at Marvel. We perused his work in New Mutants, Moon Knight, and Stray Toasters and had a chat about what stands out to us.
Next week we are discussing Nubia and the Amazons with returning guests Marci & Ako from the Colored Pages Book Club!
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
We recently appeared on Ten Cent Takes to discuss three Star Trek/X-Men crossover properties from the 90's, give it a listen!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
"Greek tragedy is always a story of the insoluble."
When you cannot reconcile two conflicting moralities--or the same morality pulling you in two directions--what can be the result, but destruction?
This week we are discussing Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia with with returning guest, comic creator, & commentator Ravian Ruys! In this comic, Wonder Woman must wrestle with the conflict between her duty to one she has sworn to protect, and duties of her role as a hero of justice. Join us as we talk about this fascinating problem!
Next week will be a feature, and then we are reading Nubia & the Amazons #1-6!
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
We recently appeared on Ten Cent Takes to discuss three Star Trek/X-Men crossover properties from the 90's, give it a listen!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Hey guys, did you know your beloved hosts are well-rounded human beings, with interests other than comics? No? Well, we are. Just deal with it.
This week, Melissa introduces us to Shipwrecked Comedy, a Youtube- and Kickstarter-based comedy video production troupe who make spooky, funny, campy songs, skits, and narrative series. Check them out
Next week we are discussing Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia with with returning guest, comic creator, & commentator Ravian Ruys!
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
We recently appeared on Ten Cent Takes to discuss three Star Trek/X-Men crossover properties from the 90's, give it a listen!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
This week we are reading the prematurely cancelled Children of the Atom (2021) #1-6 by Vita Ayala. Despite the early cancellation, this is a arc we would all suggest reading. It was fun, it was well-drawn, the story is well-told, and it was overall an interesting take on the status quo in the Krakoa era.
Next week is a feature, and after that we are discussing Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia with with returning guest, comic creator, & commentator Ravian Ruys!
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
We recently appeared on Ten Cent Takes to discuss three Star Trek/X-Men crossover properties from the 90's, give it a listen!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
God, does Veronica know any comic other than Sandman? Debatable. But the show is out, so let's watch it!
This week we discuss the first two episodes of Netflix's live-action The Sandman series.
Next week we are reading Children of the Atom (2021) #1-6.
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
We recently appeared on Ten Cent Takes to discuss three Star Trek/X-Men crossover properties from the 90's, give it a listen!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
This week we read Wonder Woman (1987) #8-14: Challenge of the Gods, by Len Wein and George Pérez, along with @dallas_comics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective!
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision(twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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The time has finally come to discuss the most enjoyable superhero film of the 2000s and possibly the most enjoyable superhero film of all time. It's time for us to talk about Catwoman starring Oscar Award winner Halle Berry opposite Golden Globe winner Sharon Stone. Costarring SAG Award winner Benjamin Bratt. And of course for such a momentous and inevitable occasion we need a momentous and inevitable co-host. So Monte's brother Joshua is here to reminisce about the time when you could just throw together a $100 million film in a couple months with an incredibly talented all-star cast and a spunky can-do attitude. Do we love this movie? Yes! Is it good? Yes! Will we take any notes whatsoever about those opinions? No.
Next week we will be discussing Wonder Woman (1987) #8-14: Challenge of the Gods, by Len Wein and George Pérez. We will be joined by @dallas_comics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective!
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision(twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
What do you do when realize you've done something awful but for understandable reasons? This week we read a story that explores that situation with Valiant Comics' Livewire Vol 1 #1-4: Fugitive by Vita Ayala. In this story, a formerly respected hero faces the ramifications of a choice that caused a lot of harm to a lot of people. It was a great introduction to this character and a dive into a universe that we don't often explore.
Next week will be a feature minisode, and the week after that we will be discussing Wonder Woman (1987) #8-14: Challenge of the Gods, by Len Wein and George Pérez. We will be joined by @dallas_comics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective!
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision(twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
In this week's minisode we discuss the charming and insightful graphic novel Hugged by writer and YouTube content creator, Verily Bitchie/Verity Richie. Written as a sketchbook diary, the novel explores her experiences in defining her gender and sexuality using a mix of humor and candor.
Next week we will be discussing Livewire Vol 1 #1-4 by Vita Ayala.
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision(twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
This week we read Wonder Woman: Earth One, Vol 1 an interesting (if a little chaotic) take on Wonder Woman's first adventure in Man's World written by one of our favorite comic book writers Grant Morrison.
Next week we will be discussing Livewire Vol 1 #1-4 by Vita Ayala.
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision(twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
With Season 3 newly released, it's time for us to check out the first episode... uh... the first SEASON of the Harley Quinn animated series!
Next week is Veronica's first comic of Season 11, Wonder Woman: Earth One, Vol 1.
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision(twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Season 11 has begun in earnest! This week we kicked things off with The Wilds by Vita Ayala. This story features flower-faced zombies, badass queer lady-types, and an arrogant piece of shit doctor that got way too many speaking lines for our pleasure.
Next week is a feature minisode, followed by Veronica's first comic of Season 11, Wonder Woman: Earth One, Vol 1.
Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision(twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
What had slipped from our grasp has been picked up by Netflix, and the Nimona movie is going to happen!
In celebration, this week we're reading the seminal work of ND Stevenson, the graphic novel Nimona, adapted from the webcomic of the same name! Join us as we revel in its awesomeness!
Next week is Monte's first comic of Season 11, The Wilds (2018) #1-5.
Monte's theme this season will be works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme will be a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision(twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Another season finished, and another begins! Join us as we discuss the new comics for Season 11! (And a special guest appearance by Anne of The Comics Collective, and @AnneComics on Twitter!)
Monte's theme for this season will be a sampling of works by writer Vita Ayala. Veronica's theme will be a character study of Wonder Woman.
The comic lineup for Season 11 (subject to change at any time) will be:
The Wilds (2018) #1-5
Wonder Woman: Earth One #1
Livewire (2018) #1-5: Fugitive
Wonder Woman (1987) #8-14: Challenge of the Gods
Children of the Atom (2021) #1-6
Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia
Nubia and the Amazons (2021) #1-6
JLA: A League of One
Static: Season One (2021) #1-6
We invite you to read along with us.
Next week will be a bonus episode! We will discuss Nimona by ND Stevenson.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/
Once again, only one comic can stand above them all as champion of the season. Which one shall it be?
Veronica's theme this season was Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme was Femme Fatales.
Batgirl: Year One #1-9
Sin City (1994): The Babe Wore Red
Daredevil (1964) #226-233: Born Again
Black Widow (2014) #1-6: The Finely Woven Thread
Ghost Rider (1973) #68: The Curse of Johnathan Blaze
Catwoman: Selina’s Big Score (2016)
Captain Marvel (2014) #1-6: Higher, Further, Faster, More
Red Sonja (2013) #1-6: Queen of Plagues
All-New Wolverine (2016) #13-18: Enemy of the State II
Fatale (2012) #1-5: Death Chases Me
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of Hawkeye, Melissa discussed WandaVision (twice!), and Veronica objectified the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on
The Femme Fatale. A woman so magnetic, no man can resist her--literally. Like, physically incapable. Because she has eldritch seduction powers, beyond even her control.
No, that's not EVERY femme fatale, but it is Jo from the Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips collaboration Fatale (2012) #1-5: Death Chases Me, which we discuss this week with comic creator & commentator Ravian Ruys! Join us!
Next week is the finale of Season 10! Who will come out on top?
Monte's theme this season is Femme Fatales. Veronica's theme is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
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Finally we read a femme fatale story written by a woman. This week we read Red Sonja (2014) #1-6: Queen of Plagues, a more modern story about the She-Devil With a Sword herself. This is a character that none of us were too familiar with, and this story was a great introduction. Join us in getting to know the Queen of All Fermented Beverages, Red Sonja.
Next week, we will be discussing Fatale (2012) #1-5: Death Chases Me with comic creator & commentator Ravian Ruys!
Monte's theme this season is Femme Fatales. Veronica's theme is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before).
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
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We can't read ALL the comics, even if we want to. Thus, today we sample just the FIRST issue of Guardians of the Galaxy.
Next week we will be reading Red Sonja (2014) #1-6: Queen of Plagues. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
Guest Appearances:
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
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When you have the power to punch a spaceship to death, are you going to be satisfied stopping muggings in the street?
Carol Danvers certainly isn't. Therefore, she must go into space! (And insert herself into tense political situations!) Join us, as we join Carol and her cat in their mission across the stars.
Next week will be a mini feature. The week after that, we will be reading Red Sonja (2014) #1-6: Queen of Plagues. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
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Did you know there are just, like, SO many amazing queer comics out right now? Like, almost too many to read?
But you have to start somewhere, so let's dive into Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms, the story of a young trans girl reconnecting with her prickly friend over the shared activity of cheerleading, and discuss! And let's do it with our amazing new friends, Mike and Jessika from the EXCELLENT podcast Ten Cent Takes!
Next week, we will be reading Captain Marvel (2014) #1-6: Higher, Further, Faster, More. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
Guest Appearances:
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
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We can't read ALL the comics, even if we want to. Thus, today we sample just the FIRST issue of Static: Season One, the reboot of the Static Series with writer Vita Ayala.
Next week will be a bonus episode, in which we discuss Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms with Mike and Jessika from the EXCELLENT podcast Ten Cent Takes! The week after that, we will be reading Captain Marvel (2014) #1-6: Higher, Further, Faster, More. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
Guest Appearances:
Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.
Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!), and Veronica hopped on to objectify the men of the MCU. Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
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Ever done something you wish you could take back? Ever made a series of steadily escalating poor decisions where you knew at every turn you were careening towards disaster and dragging the people you love along with you? If so, you can probably relate to Selina Kyle (Catwoman) in this week's story, Selina's Big Score by Darwyn Cooke.
Monte's theme this season is Femme Fatales. Veronica's theme is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before).
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, and Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!). Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
Also, check out our sister shows in the Hall of Pods network which currently includes: Cape Corner, The Fandom Optimists, and True Believers: A Comic Book PoDCast. Find all of our links here.
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Wait, what's happening? What happened to the regular episode? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
Four shows simultaneously discussing Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness? That's right, it's an incursion--multiple podcast universes crashing into each other until all that's left is chaos! Or maybe... just maybe, if we work together, we can spin this into something great?
Announcing the launch of the Hall of Pods network, where a few indie nerd culture podcasts band together, to support one another and collaborate on interesting conversations. Don't worry, this won't change anything about our show, except that you'll probably hear more from the people on the other shows in future.
The Hall of Pods network currently includes The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, True Believers: A Comic Book PoDCast, and us! Find all of our links here. Check out these awesome podcasts!
Next week we will be reading Catwoman: Selina's Big Score. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, and Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!). Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
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This week we took a look at the Extra Fabulous webcomic, created by Zach M. Stafford. Funny, distinctive, individual and shareable as hell, these short comedy jpegs will keep you scrolling way longer than you were prepared for.
Next week we will be reading Catwoman: Selina's Big Score. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, and Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!). Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
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Ghost Rider (1973) #68: The Curse of Johnathan Blaze (this link leads to a longer collection, of which we are reading only one issue--my apologies, I can't find it anywhere else).
Next week will be Mini-sode #5: Static Season 1. The week after that, we will be reading Catwoman: Selina's Big Score. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, and Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!). Monte appeared on The Fandom Optimists to discuss the third episode of Moon Knight.
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A well executed tone, with fine actors doing a great job, and a cast of weird and flawed characters to bring a story together, topped off with some weird CGI? chef's kiss Beautiful.
This week we discuss the pilot episode of the 2019 live-action TV adaptation of Doom Patrol. Buckle in.
Next week we will be reading Ghost Rider (1973) #68: The Curse of Johnathan Blaze (this link leads to a longer collection, of which we are reading only one issue--my apologies, I can't find it anywhere else). We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! And Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, and Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!).
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Redemption can look a little strange, depending on who is seeking it. For a certain someone, it might include a lot of the only thing she knows how to do well--contract killing.
Join us in delving into the psyche of Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, in Black Widow (2014) #1-6: The Finely Woven Thread.
Next week will be Mini-sode #4: . The week after that, we will be reading Ghost Rider (1973) #68: The Curse of Johnathan Blaze (this link leads to a longer collection, of which we are reading only one issue--my apologies, I can't find it anywhere else). We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! And Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, and Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!).
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How does one set out to character Lucifer Morningstar, the Lightbringer, First of the Fallen, The Adversary, Him called the Devil? It's up to you, apparently.
Mini-sode #3 is a comparative discussion about the character of Lucifer in the DC universe, between Monte and Melissa (who have seen the Lucifer show) and Veronica (who read Lucifer's appearances in Sandman and has delved into the Lucifer comic). Sometimes it's fun to just enlighten (heh heh heh) one another, you know?
Next week, we will be reading Black Widow (2014) #1-6: The Finely Woven Thread. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Fem Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! And Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, and Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!).
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When a person's life has been destroyed, what is left of them? And where can they go from there?
This week we read Daredevil (1964) #226-233: Born Again, a famous arc by Frank Miller which was OBJECTIVELY selected as the best Daredevil comic for redeeming the character. In this arc, Matt Murdock's life is systematically dismantled by the Kingpin after he learns Daredevil's secret identity.
Next week will be Mini-sode #3: Who Is Lucifer?, a comparative discussion between Monte and Melissa (who have seen the Lucifer show) and Veronica (who read Lucifer's appearances in Sandman and has delved into the Lucifer comic). The week after that, we will be reading Black Widow (2014) #1-6: The Finely Woven Thread. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! And Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, and Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision (twice!).
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Mini-sode #2 is about Gabriel Hernandez Walta, the artist who drew one of our favorite comics (and yours), Magneto: Infamous! Join us as we talk about Walta's unique style and why we love it. This week we read an issue of: Astonishing X-Men, Dr. Strange, Vision, and Occupy Avengers.
Next week, we will be reading the classic Frank Miller story arc, Daredevil (1964) #227-232 "Born Again". We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! And Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show.
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Have you ever read something that you know is technically very good, but it just hits wrong? If so, you know how we felt reading Sin City (1994): The Babe Wore Red (this link is to a collection, of which we are reading one issue). Join us as we talk about the color red, inappropriately timed male sexuality, and the protagonist that wasn't.
Next week will be Mini-sode #2: Creator Profile on Gabriel Hernandez Walta, where we will sample several of the artists works and discuss our reactions. The week after that, we will be reading Daredevil (1964) #226-233: Born Again. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Femme Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! And Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show, and Melissa appeared alone to discuss WandaVision.
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Hello, and welcome to our new Feature content, in the form of mini-sodes!
These bite-size episodes will give us a chance to explore many topics of interest to us that the book club episodes preclude, and to sample content without making it a whole thing. We hope you enjoy them!
Mini-sode #1 is about Neil Gaiman's Sandman, the comic and the character. Who is the Sandman? What are the comics about? How do you get into them? It's all revealed in this mini exposé!
Next week, we will be reading Sin City (1994): The Babe Wore Red (this link is to a collection, of which we are reading one issue). We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Fem Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! And Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show.
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Some characters have been changed around by continuity A LOT. Barbara Gordon is high on the list. Her age has been halved, traumas suffered and erased with comic book science, careers and motivations put through a blender.
According to Veronica's 100% OBJECTIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, we have found the OBJECTIVELY BEST Batgirl comic despite all that. Join us in reading Batgirl: Year One #1-9, and give Babs a chance to redeem herself after our experience with Batgirl of Burnside.
Next week will be Mini-sode #1: Who Is the Sandman?, where Veronica will answer all your Sandman-related questions. The week after that, we will be reading Sin City (1994): The Babe Wore Red (this link is to a collection, of which we are reading one issue). We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season is Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme is Fem Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! And Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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Remember when we met Laura Kinney, the Wolverine clone, child assassin, and extremely traumatized girl known as X-23?
Well she's back, all grown up, and donning the mantle of Wolverine for herself. We discuss her personal journey and one of the most important battles of her life--regaining control of her mind from the woman who made her into a killer!
Next week, we commence our season proper with Batgirl: Year One #1-9, a chance for Barbara Gordon to redeem herself after our experience with Batgirl of Burnside. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme this season will be Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme will be Femme Fatales.
We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love! Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Monte, Veronica, and Melissa also each appeared on Watching Netflix Without You! And Veronica and Melissa appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show.
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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We're back, and better than ever! Join us to find out what comics we'll be reading in Season 10!
Veronica's theme this season will be Redemption (for characters we didn't like before). Monte's theme will be Fem Fatales.
The comic lineup for Season 10 is as follows (subject to change at any time, and has already changed from the order we discuss it in the episode):
Batgirl: Year One #1-9
Sin City (1994): The Babe Wore Red (this is a collection, of which we are reading 1 issue)
Daredevil (1964) #226-233: Born Again
Black Widow (2014) #1-6: The Finely Woven Thread
Ghost Rider (1973) #68: The Curse of Johnathan Blaze (this is a collection, of which we are reading 1 issue)
Catwoman: Selina’s Big Score (2016)
Captain Marvel (2014) #1-6: Higher, Further, Faster, More
Red Sonja (2013) #1-6: Queen of Plagues
We invite you to read along with us.
Next week will be a bonus episode where we will discuss All-New Wolverine (2016) #13-18: Enemy of the State II.
-We finally appeared on The Colored Pages Book Club, to discuss the adorable Bingo Love!
-Also check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade!
-Monte,
So many comics, so little opportunity for them to savagely beat each other in a bloodsport-style tournament to the death. Join us in the basement Fight Club of comics to see who comes out on top!
Monte's theme for this season was Black Panther. Veronica's theme was Heroes Go Bad. The comics we read were:
Black Panther (2005) #1-6: Who Is the Black Panther?
Secret Empire #0-10 (<--this collection includes Captain America (2015-2017) #25, which we read between #7 and #8)
Black Panther: The Man Without Fear (2010) #513-518: Urban Jungle (W returning guests, Marci and Ako from The Colored Pages Book Club!)
House of M #1-8 (With first-time guests Matt and Pat from Waiting on the Trade!)
Black Panther (2016) #1-4: A Nation Under Our Feet
Shadowland #1-5 (With first-time guest Heather from Watching Netflix Without You!)
Black Panther (2016) #1-6: Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda
Injustice: Gods Among Us #1-3 (or #1-4, 6-9 if reading on DC Unlimited)
After this, we will be going on a short hiatus. Expect to see us return in the first half of February.
If you want to find out which X-man you are, here is a free Myers-Briggs test, and here are the charts we used.
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The Joker is still after the proof of his "one bad day" theory.
In an alternate universe, your favorite heroes are finally free to ACTUALLY go bad! At last! This week we read Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One, where Superman reaches his breaking point, crosses the line, and becomes disillusioned with the boundaries of normal heroism.
(If you are reading on DC Unlimited, we are reading issues 1-9, and skipping over #5. If you are reading anywhere else, it's issues #1-3. We invite you to read along with us!)
Monte's theme this season is Black Panther. Veronica's theme is Heroes Go Bad.
Tune in next week for the season finale! Like last time, this season we will be power-ranking the comics to determine the winner AS WELL AS the LOSERS! Join us to determine their fates!
Check out Monte, Veronica, and Melissa's separate guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade! Check out Veronica and Melissa's appearances on Watching Netflix Without You (Monte's to come)! Veronica and Melissa also appeared together on Super Sideshow to discuss the finale of the Hawkeye TV show.
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Who doesn't love a good space opera?
And who deserves a space opera more than T'Challa, the Black Panther, King of Wakanda and Consort of the Goddess? No one, and so that's exactly what he gets in Black Panther (2018) #1-6: Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda (pt 1).
Next week we will be reading Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One. If you are reading on DC Unlimited, we are reading issues 1-9, and skipping over #5. If you are reading anywhere else, it's issues #1-3. We invite you to read along with us!
Monte's theme this season is Black Panther. Veronica's theme is Heroes Go Bad.
Check out Monte and Veronica's guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade (Melissa's to come)! Check out Veronica and Melissa's appearances on Watching Netflix Without You (Monte's to come)!
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Surprise!
You were expected the next Season 9 episode, right? Well too bad, because it's the festive season! That means we need to read an Archie Horror comic about the Blossom twins competing for the title of Antichrist, obviously.
Join us for this short-form episode, and feel free to read along here. We'll be back to our regular programming next week!
Check out Monte and Veronica's guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade (Melissa's to come)! Check out Veronica and Melissa's appearances on Watching Netflix Without You (Monte's to come)!
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What's wrong with Matt Murdock?
That's the question that kicks off the events of Shadowland, a Marvel Event in which Daredevil "goes bad" and takes over Hell's Kitchen with a team of incompetent ninjas. Heather of the crack movie podcast Watching Netflix Without You, joins us to discuss her first comic! (And by god, what a place to start!)
Next week, we will be reading Black Panther (2018) #1-6: Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda (pt 1), another story by acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates which is absolutely not like Star Wars in any way. Nope, not at all. We invite you to read along with us!
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Monte's theme this season is Black Panther. Veronica's theme is Heroes Go Bad.
Check out Monte and Veronica's guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade (Melissa's to come)!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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What makes a king worthy to rule?
This week we discuss Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, the first Black Panther story by acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, in which the stability of Wakanda is threatened by an insurrection. Let's just say, Coates knocked it out of the park.
Next week, we will be reading Shadowland #1-5, and we will be joined by Heather from amazing movie podcast Watching Netflix Without You, where Heather is on a mission to review every Netflix Original Movie. We invite you to read along with us!
Monte's theme this season is Black Panther. Veronica's theme is Heroes Go Bad.
Check out Monte and Veronica's guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade (Melissa's to come)!
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This is Part 2 of a two-part episode.
What if you gave everyone in the world just what they wanted? Or, what they THOUGHT they wanted.
This week we have Matt and Pat from excellent comics podcast Waiting On the Trade to help us discuss House of M, the Marvel event where Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, "goes bad!" We discuss everything, from the moral dilemma of destroying a false reality to the Poptarts Conundrum, and also write a nostalgic flash fic about Magneto and Professor X. Basically, it's the best.
Next week, we will be reading Black Panther (2016) #1-4: A Nation Under Our Feet (pt 1), the first Black Panther story by acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coats. We invite you to read along with us!
Monte's theme this season is Black Panther. Veronica's theme is Heroes Go Bad.
Check out Monte and Veronica's guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade (Melissa's to come)!
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This is Part 1 of a two-part episode.
What if you gave everyone in the world just what they wanted? Or, what they THOUGHT they wanted.
This week we have Matt and Pat from excellent comics podcast Waiting On the Trade to help us discuss House of M, the Marvel event where Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, "goes bad!" We discuss everything, from the moral dilemma of destroying a false reality to the Poptarts Conundrum, and also write a nostalgic flash fic about Magneto and Professor X. Basically, it's the best.
Next week, we will be reading Black Panther (2016) #1-4: A Nation Under Our Feet (pt 1), the first Black Panther story by acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coats. We invite you to read along with us!
Monte's theme this season is Black Panther. Veronica's theme is Heroes Go Bad.
Check out Monte and Veronica's guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade (Melissa's to come)! Find Waiting On the Trade's feed here, and visit their website, Matt Reads Comics!
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Join us this week as we discuss Black Panther: The Man Without Fear (2010) #513-518 "Urban Jungle" with recurring guests and friends of the pod Marci and Ako of the Colored Pages Book Club. Let's just say our opinions were mixed.
Next week, we will be reading House of M with special guests Matt and Pat from the comic book podcast Waiting on the Trade! We invite you to read along with us!
Veronica's theme this season is Heroes Go Bad. Monte's theme is Black Panther.
Check out Monte and Veronica's guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade (Melissa's to come)!
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This is Part 1 of a two-part episode.
Join us this week as we discuss Secret Empire, the prodigious Marvel Event featuring Captain America revealing himself as an agent of Hydra! This episode is divided into two parts for your listening convenience--this is part 1 of 2.
Next week, we will be reading Black Panther: The Man Without Fear (2010) #513-518, where we will be joined once again by Marci and Ako of The Colored Pages Book Club podcast! We invite you to read along with us!
Monte's theme this season is Black Panther. Veronica's theme is Heroes Go Bad.
Check out Monte and Veronica's guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade (Melissa's to come)!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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This is Part 2 of a two-part episode.
Join us this week as we discuss Secret Empire, the prodigious Marvel Event featuring Captain America revealing himself as an agent of Hydra! This episode is divided into two parts for your listening convenience--this is part 2 of 2.
Next week, we will be reading Black Panther: The Man Without Fear (2010) #513-518, where we will be joined once again by Marci and Ako of The Colored Pages Book Club podcast! We invite you to read along with us!
Monte's theme this season is Black Panther. Veronica's theme is Heroes Go Bad.
Check out Monte and Veronica's guest appearances on Waiting on the Trade (Melissa's to come)!
Email us at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:
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The time has finally come for Season 9 of the SJW Comic Book Club. Join us as we kick off this guest-filled season with a discussion of Black Panther (2005) #1-6 "Who Is the Black Panther?" aka The Most Comic-y Comic Book to Ever Comic. This story provides some background on Wakanda and the Black Panther as a character, and throws us into an invasion of Wakanda by some of the most inept supervillains in Marvel. But we promise it's good.
Next week, we will be reading the massive event, Secret Empire. We invite you to read along with us!
Monte's theme this season is Black Panther. Veronica's theme is Heroes Go Bad.
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Join us to find out what comics we'll be reading in Season 9!
Monte's theme this season will be Black Panther. Veronica's theme will be Heroes Go Bad. Easy as that.
The comic lineup for Season 9 is as follows (subject to change at any time, and has already changed from the order we discuss it in the episode):
Black Panther (2005) #1-6: Who Is the Black Panther?
Secret Empire #0-10 (<--this collection includes Captain America (2015-2017) #25, which we will be reading between #7 and #8)
Black Panther: The Man Without Fear (2010) #513-518: Urban Jungle (Now with returning guests, Marci and Ako from The Colored Pages Book Club!)
House of M #1-8 (With first-time guests Mat and Patrick from Waiting on the Trade!)
Black Panther (2016) #1-4: A Nation Under Our Feet
Shadowland #1-5 (With first-time guest Heather from Watching Netflix Without You!)
Black Panther (2016) #1-6: Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda
Injustice: Gods Among Us #1-6
We invite you to read along with us.
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This is it. The end of all comics. What will be left when the best comic ever (out of the 64 we read in our regular seasons) is determined? Probably nothing. Nothing but a lonely comic, raised above all others (that we have read).
Next week we will be back with the preview of Season 9, where we discuss our themes and comic choices for the upcoming season. The week after that begins Season 9.
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Join us this week as we discuss the work of Adam Tots, an online creator who makes delightfully relatable (and sometimes terrifying) webcomics.
Next week, we will be reading . We invite you to read along with us!
The Uber-Tournament will post on October 28. Season 9 will begin with the Season Preview on November 4.
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Let's talk about sex.
Or, at least, about how funny it is. And, you gotta admit, it can be pretty funny.
Join us this week as we discuss Oglaf, a (HIGHLY NSFW) a fantasy sex-comedy webcomic by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne.
Next week, we will be reading . We invite you to read along with us!
The Uber-Tournament will post on October 28. Season 9 will begin with the Season Preview on November 4.
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If you think stories and narratives from under-represented groups are only for people in those groups, you are WRONG! So long as you are respectful when consuming it, a self-narrative of a woman's transition has something for everyone, not least of which is a connection to someone in that group.
Join us this week as we discuss Super Late Bloomer, by Julia Kay, a collection of strips intermittently published on the web. You can read her comic, Up and Out, here. Please be respectful of her personal online spaces.
Next week, we will be reading Oglaf [oglaf (dot) com], which is HIGHLY, EMPHATICALLY NSFW!!!--roughly the first 80 strips. We invite you to read along with us (if you are 18 years or older)!
The Uber-Tournament will post on October 28. Season 9 will begin with the Season Preview on November 4.
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Welcome to the conclusion of Season 8, where every comic will get what's coming to them! In a break from tradition, instead of a single-elimination bracket tournament, we will be power-ranking all the comics to determine a quality lineup.
Veronica's theme was Hell. Monte's theme for this season was Superman. The comics we read were:
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1-4
Superman: Birthright (2003) #1-12
Ghost Rider, vol. 7 (2011) #0.1-5
Action Comics (1938) #866-870
Spawn #1-5
Superman: Red Son (2003) #1-3
Hellblazer #41-46
All-Star Superman (2005) #1-12
And since this isn't a bracket and we can have an un-even number, let's throw in the bonus comic America: The Life and Times (America vol. 1 (2017) #1-6) for a round 9!
Next week we will be beginning our Webcomics Mini-Season, which will include:
Super Late Bloomer, by Julia Kay
Oglaf (oglaf (dot) com, NSFW), by Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne
And @adamtots (Adam Ellis)'s webcomic
Once the mini-season is over, we will embark upon our long-awaited Uber-Tournament, in which the winners of all the previous seasons will face off to determine the Uber-Winner, and all will be destroyed except the One True Best Comic!
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Is Superman a man, or is he a god? Or, can he be both?
This is the dichotomy explored as we discuss the labors of Superman, and whether it's the glory or the humanity that make him who he is.
Join us this week as we discuss All-Star Superman #1-12 by legendary writer and wizard Grant Morrison.
Tune in next week for the season finale! This season we are trying something different--in place of the tournament bracket, we will be power-ranking the comics to determine the winner AS WELL AS the LOSERS! Join us to determine their fates!
Veronica's theme this season is Hell. Monte's theme is Superman.
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What makes us like antisocial heroes? Where's the line between their good and bad qualities? And what's the risk of stories that don't understand that elusive quality?
Join us this week as we discuss Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits, a story of John Constantine facing his demons as he desperately searches for a way to save his own life--and his soul. Despite what you may think after listening to us not pull our punches on Constantine this whole ep, this is one of our most highly rated comics of the season!
Next week, we will be reading All-Star Superman #1-12. This is a long one, but well-reviewed, so each issue is worth it! We invite you to read along with us!
Veronica's theme this season is Hell. Monte's theme is Superman.
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Folks, this was a doozie. Despite being only 3 issues, this deceptively long and complex (but totally worthwhile) story took hours to discuss and even more hours to edit. Hence the slightly late upload. But we promise it is worth it!
Join us this week as we discuss Superman: Red Son, a compelling alternate universe take on Superman as a hero of the Soviet Union.
Next week, we will be reading Hellblazer #41-46, featuring classic Vertigo character John Constantine, stunningly portrayed by Keanu Reaves in 2005's Constantine. We invite you to read along with us!
Veronica's theme this season is Hell. Monte's theme is Superman.
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Is there anyone you'd sell your soul to see? Even if you were already dead? You might think it's difficult to be tormented when you have almost total amnesia, but Spawn accomplishes this feat handily.
Join us this week as we discuss Spawn: Beginnings (at the time of this posting, Spawn #1 is free on comixology), the origin of the cult classic 90s Image Comics hero created by Todd McFarlane.
Next week, we will be reading Superman: Red Son (2003) #1-3. We invite you to read along with us!
Veronica's theme this season is Hell. Monte's theme is Superman.
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What makes a hero, heroic? Is it that they know exactly what to do, and they do it right? That they fulfill their capital-D Destiny? And what happens when a hero lacks confidence, or when they drop the ball?
In this week's episode, we explore what it means to be human when you're an alien with god-like powers or god-like intellect.
Join us as we discuss Superman: Brainiac, which is part of the same continuity as Superman: Birthright, which we read in S8E2.
Next week, we will be reading Spawn #1-5 (at the time of this posting, Spawn #1 is free on comixology). We invite you to read along with us!
Veronica's theme this season is Hell. Monte's theme is Superman.
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Would you sell your soul... a second time?
That's the question presented to Johnny Blaze, the Ghost Rider, when he finally gets a chance to be free of his curse for ONE GODDAMN MINUTE... only to realize the sacrifice he made of the next poor soul in line.
Join us this week as we discuss Ghost Rider: Fear Itself (aka Give Up the Ghost), part of the Marvel event Fear Itself, and debut of Ghost Rider successor Alejandra Jones.
Next week, we will be reading Superman: Brainiac (Action Comics (1938) #866-870). We invite you to read along with us!
Veronica's theme this season is Hell. Monte's theme is Superman.
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This week we read the 2003 Superman origin story, Superman: Birthright #1-7. This is the beginning section of a 12-part limited series rebooting and humanizing the origins of one of the world's most iconic superheroes. Spoiler alert, it's great!
Next week, we will be reading Ghost Rider: Fear Itself (Ghost Rider, vol. 7 (2011) #0.1-5). We invite you to read along with us!
Veronica's theme this season is Hell. Monte's theme is Superman.
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What else do you need when you have a wry wit, infernal genetics, and a big F-you demon hand impervious to soul-sucking?
Certainly not a giant tentacle god harnessed by Grigori Rasputin for the purpose of bringing about the end of the world, that's for sure.
Join us this week as we discuss this and other eldritch nuisances in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, the first appearance of everyone's favorite devil-spawn, most iconically portrayed by Ron Perlman (don't @ me).
Next week, we will be reading Superman: Birthright #1-7 (the series goes for 12 issues, but we will be stopping at #7 for time). We invite you to read along with us!
Veronica's theme this season is Hell. Monte's theme is Superman.
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It's the moment you've all been waiting for! Once again, MELISSA is choosing the comic!
And what a comic it is! Join us in exploring America: The Life and Times (America vol. 1 (2017) #1-6), the first arc in the first title book of America Chavez, best known as a star member of the Young Avengers, and the first queer Latina character to head her own major comics series!
Next week, we commence our season proper with Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, one of the most popular Hell-affiliated characters in comics. We invite you to read along with us.
Monte's theme this season will be Superhero Mentor/Mentee Relationships. Veronica's theme will be 90s Movie Properties.
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Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
Season 8 began. Yeah, that's it.
Veronica's theme this season will be Hell. Monte's theme will be Superman. Easy as that.
Before starting our theme episodes for season, we will be posting a bonus episode about America, vol. 1 (2017) #1-4! (The graphic novel in that link includes more issues--grab the individual issues if you only want those.)
The comic lineup for Season 8 is as follows (subject to change at any time):
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1-4
Superman: Birthright (2003) #1-12
Ghost Rider, vol. 7 (2011) #0.1-5
Action Comics (1938) #866-870
Spawn #1-5
Superman: Red Son (2003) #1-3
Hellblazer #41-46
All-Star Superman (2005) #1-12
We invite you to read along with us. And, though we will not be doing an episode on it, Monte recommends reading Superman Smashes the Klan if you are looking for more interesting stories about the Man of Steel.
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So many comics, so little opportunity for them to savagely beat each other in a bloodsport-style tournament to the death. Join us in the basement Fight Club of comics to see who comes out on top!
Monte's theme for this season was Mentors and Mentees. Veronica's theme was 90s Movie Properties. The comics we read were:
Magik: Storm & Illyana #1-4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Color Classics, #1-4 and TMNT Color Classics Micro-series #1: Raphael
Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1-6
The Mask #1-4
Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1-3
The Men In Black #1-3
Invincible Iron Man (2016): Riri Williams #1-5 (Joined by Marci and Ako from The Colored Pages Book Club!)
and Blade: Undead by Daylight
Next week we will be back with the preview of Season 8, where we discuss our themes and comic choices for the upcoming season. We will also announce the topic of our inter-season bonus episode, which will air the next week. The week after that begins Season 8.
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This week we discuss Blade: Undead by Daylight, a collection including three early appearances of iconic vampire hunter Blade in 70s title Tomb of Dracula, and one comic whose release coincided with cult classic 90s movie Blade!
- Tee Noir video referenced in the episode
Tune in next week for the season finale bracket tournament, where all comics of the season face off to determine the ultimate winner!
Monte's theme this season is Superhero Mentor/Mentee Relationships. Veronica's theme is 90s Movie Properties.
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They're back, back, back, back, back again! This week we are collaborating with Marci and Ako of Colored Pages Book Club to talk about Invincible Iron Man (2016) #1-5 featuring Ironheart (Riri Williams). This story is really stellar, and our discussion of it was so great we had to split it into two parts. Here's part 2! If you haven't listened to part 1, what are you doing? Go back and listen to it.
Tune in next week when we will be reading Blade: Undead by Daylight.
Monte's theme for Season 7 is Mentors and Mentees. Veronica's theme is 90s Movie Properties.
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They're back, back, back, back, back again! This week we are collaborating with Marci and Ako of Colored Pages Book Club to talk about Invincible Iron Man (2016) #1-5 featuring Ironheart (Riri Williams). This story is really stellar, and our discussion of it was so great we had to split it into two parts. So enjoy Part 1 and check back in a few days for Part 2.
Tune in next week when we will be reading Blade: Undead by Daylight.
Monte's theme for Season 7 is Mentors and Mentees. Veronica's theme is 90s Movie Properties.
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You're no longer part of the System. You're above the System. Over it. Beyond it. We're "them." We're "they." We are the Men in Black.
Which appears to mean we can do whatever we want???
This week, we discuss the 1990 comic The Men In Black #1-3, on which the 1997 movie is based. This comic is out of print, but if you manage to find it, are you in for some surprises! (These issues are also known as The Men In Black Book and as The Men In Black: Initiation, Encounter, and Invocation.)
Next week, we will be collaborating once again with the podcast The Colored Pages Book Club! Marci and Ako will be joining us for the regularly scheduled Episode 7 of Season 7, in which we will discuss Invincible Iron Man (2016) vol. 4, #1-5, about the fabulous character Riri Williams' first adventures as Tony Stark's successor. Check out our last collaboration with The Colored Pages Book Club in this two-part bonus episode, where we discuss Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.
Monte's theme this season is Superhero Mentor/Mentee Relationships. Veronica's theme is 90s Movie Properties.
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It's a bird! It's a bat! It's a dangerously unstable individual using deadly violence to cope with deeply ingrained trauma and grief!
This week we read Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1-3, a story that follows the conflict over the legacy of Batman after his apparent death.
Next week we will be reading The Men in Black (1997) #1-3. These issues are somewhat difficult to get a hold of, but if you manage to find them please read along with us.
Monte's theme this season is Superhero Mentor/Mentee Relationships. Veronica's theme is 90s Movie Properties.
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Somebody stop us!
Or at least, somebody please stop the people who put custom songs/raps over the end credits of 90s movies. Or give them Oscars. One or the other.
This week we discuss the comic upon which the 1994 Jim Carrey movie The Mask is based, The Mask #1-4. (The digital comic in that link is an omnibus, containing more than what we are reading--pages #5-54. These issues have also been published as The Mask #0 and Mayhem.) If you think you know Stanley Ipkiss, be prepared to have your romantic, gentle, whimsical ideas turned on their (Big) head.
Next week we will be reading Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1-3. We invite you to read along with us.
Monte's theme this season is Superhero Mentor/Mentee Relationships. Veronica's theme is 90s Movie Properties.
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This week we read Kitty Pryde and Wolverine (1984) #1-6, a limited series detailing the adventures of the two title characters in Tokyo. This story has everything: money laundering, a precocious teenage superhero, an unusually hairy man, and a particularly grotesquely drawn baby.
If you want to learn more about representation of Asian culture in Western media, consider the following resources that have helped shape our understanding:
- Asian Representation in American Media Roundtable (Comicsverse)
- Is Being an Otaku Cultural Appropriation? (Japan Powered)
- The Nerds of Color Wolverine Tag
Next week we will be reading The Mask #1-4. (The digital comic found at that link contains more than we are reading--we are sticking to pages #5-54. These issues have also been published as The Mask #0 and Mayhem.) We invite you to read along with us.
Monte's theme this season is Superhero Mentor/Mentee Relationships. Veronica's theme is 90s Movie Properties.
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So, you think you know the ninja turtles?
Well, guess again! Until you've read the dark, gritty, sloppy origin of those media sensations, you don't know squat! No pizza! All-red bandanas! No quippy teen catchphrases, and pseudo-zen martial arts nonsense philosophy in their place! NO. PIZZA.
If you understand that true love comes only with true understanding, consider reading along as we discuss Eastman & Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Color Classics, #1-4, as well as the TMNT Color Classics Micro-series #1: Raphael (which goes between issues #3 & 4).
If you want to hear more about representation of Asian characters, stories, and tropes in Western media from actual Asian or Asian-American people, consider the following resources that have helped shape our understanding (these do not necessarily represent our opinions--rather, they contribute to a constructive conversation on the topic):
-Cultural Inspirations in Avatar, Book 1 (and sequels), by Xiran Jay Zhao
-Lost In the 90s: Struggling to Find Asian American Representation When There Was None, by Ariel Dean [article on syfy.com]
-Asian Representation in Movies: Have Things Changed Since 1997?, by Isabella Chua [data analysis article on kontinentalist.com]
-Has the Word "Ninja" Been Culturally Appropriated? [article on dictionary.com, *unknown if the writer is of Asian heritage, but take this as a dictionary reference]
Next week we will be reading Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #1-6. We invite you to read along with us.
Monte's theme this season is Superhero Mentor/Mentee Relationships. Veronica's theme is 90s Movie Properties.
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What shapes us?
Are we the people who have raised us? Are we our friends? Do our enemies define us? Is there some immutable part of us that remains, unchanged, no matter what--or who--influences us along the way?
This week we explore these questions as we discuss Magik: Storm & Illyana, a limited series from the 60s detailing what happened to Illyana Rasputin when she was aged up in the blink of an eye, going from a child to a viable member of the X-Men.
Next week, we will be reading Eastman & Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Color Classics, #1-4, as well as the TMNT Color Classics Micro-series #1: Raphael (which goes between issues #3 & 4). We invite you to read along with us, and also to watch the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film.
Monte's theme this season is Superhero Mentor/Mentee Relationships. Veronica's theme is 90s Movie Properties.
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Who says comics need to be gloomy?
Well, not the majority, but sometimes you get sick of dreary, doomsaying movies and books anyway, and you're in the mood for a bubbly, positive, aspirational heroine who loves nerd culture and has a real moral sense. If that sounds like your kind of comic, join us in reading Faith: Hollywood & Vine, a selection from the under-represented (on this show) Valiant Comics.
Next week, we commence our season proper with Magik: Storm & Illyana #1-4, to explore the mentor/mentee relationship between the iconic titular characters. We invite you to read along with us.
Monte's theme this season will be Superhero Mentor/Mentee Relationships. Veronica's theme will be 90s Movie Properties.
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We begin Season 7, in which s**t gets real. I have no evidence to support that claim, but I aspire to it.
Monte's theme this season will be Superhero Mentor/Mentee Relationships. Veronica's theme will be 90s Movie Properties.
Before starting our theme episodes for season, we will be posting a bonus episode about Faith (2016) vol. 1, issues #1-4! We invite you to read along with us.
The comic lineup is as follows (subject to change at any time):
Magik: Storm & Illyana #1-4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Color Classics, #1-3, Micro Series #1, and then issue #4
Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #1-6
The Mask "Issue Zero" (pgs. 5-54 in this omnibus)
Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1-3
The Men In Black: Initiation
Invincible Iron Man (2016)/vol 4, #1-11
Blade: Undead By Daylight (Tomb of Dracula #10, 24, 58; Blade: Crescent City Blues #1)
We invite you to read along with us.
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Yes, the rumors are true--this is it, the end of all comics. The very concept of combining pictures with words was destroyed when these powerhouse pages clashed in a winner-take-all tournament to determine the best comic we read this season. Brother fighting brother, puns against puns, and random criteria for success combine to make this the single most exciting single-elimination tournament of comics in the known world. Witness the end of an era and see who comes out on top!
Veronica's theme for this season was GREEN. Monte's theme was LGBT Power Couples. The comics we read were:
JLA: Trial By Fire (vol. 1, #84-89) (featuring Martian Manhunter)
X-Factor: Lost Souls (vol. 3, #207-212) (featuring Rictor and Shatterstar)
Swamp Thing: The Anatomy Lesson and others (vol. 2, #20-24)
Midnighter and Apollo
Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death
Runaways: Live Fast (vol. 2, #19-24) (featuring Karolina Dean and Xavin)
The Incredible Hulk: Always On My Mind (vol. 2, #24-25) (Joined by Michael from Superhero Politics!)
and Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy
Next week we will be back with the preview of Season 7, where we discuss our themes and comic choices for the upcoming season. We will also announce the topic of our inter-season bonus episode, which will air the next week. The week after that begins Season 7.
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A road trip buddy-comedy including a cameo from a dinosaur-themed supervillain? Sign us up. Unfortunately, this episode is missing Melissa's original audio, but we did our best to make it work and hopefully we put together an enjoyable episode for you all.
This week we read Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy and explore the relationship between the two. We discussed all kinds of topics from caregiving and reciprocity to domesticity among villains.
Tune in next week for the season finale bracket tournament, where all comics of the season face off to determine the ultimate winner!
Monte's theme for Season 6 is LGBT Power Couples. Veronica's theme is Green.
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A single event can connect people who would otherwise have nothing to do with each other, and can create enemies and allies at the same time.
This week, we collaborate with the podcast Superhero Politics! Michael joins us for a rousing discussion of mental health, trauma, grief, and the relationship between a hero and their nemesis while we discuss The Incredible Hulk: Always On My Mind.
Veronica's theme for Season 6 is Green. Monte's theme is LGBT Power Couples.
Find Superhero Politics on Apple Podcasts or anywhere podcasts are served, and on Instagram.
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Join us as we discuss Runaways: Live Fast
Next week, we will be collaborating with the podcast Superhero Politics! Michael will be joining us for the regularly scheduled Episode 7 of Season 6, in which we will discuss The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 (1999), #24-25.
Veronica's theme for Season 6 is Green. Monte's theme is LGBT Power Couples.
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Everyone gets lonely sometimes, even amoral plant/human hybrid botanists with a history of eco-terrorism. It's just, most of us don't bio-engineer infant plant hybrids to get some company.
But no one ever claimed that Pamela Isley, aka Poison Ivy, the infamous Rogues Gallery villain and occasional anti-hero, was not extra as heck. Join us as we discuss Ivy's "unique moral code," her motivations for rejoining the human world and pursuing her genetic work, and the gorgeous artwork in Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death.
Next week, we will be reading Runaways, vol. 2 (2005), #19-24, featuring the couple of Karolina Dean and Xavin. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme for Season 6 is Green. Monte's theme is LGBT Power Couples.
Look forward to our collaboration with the podcast Superhero Politics! Michael will be joining us for the regularly scheduled Episode 7 of Season 6 (posting April 3, 2021), in which we will discuss The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 (1999), #24-25.
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It's the same old story--a pair of star-crossed lovers, separated by death, and one journeys through the underworld to save the soul of the other. But what if, this time, the lost soul did the saving right back? (And also, what if they were both dudes, and superheroes, and one was a murder-psycho with a combat computer for a brain?)
Such is the case in Midnighter and Apollo, an excellent cheesy and brilliant comic from DC. Join us in discussing our two heroes, their relationship, comparisons to X-Factor, and the inversion of tropes.
Next week, we will be reading Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death, a contained run. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme for Season 6 is Green. Monte's theme is LGBT Power Couples.
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Straight from Melissa's mouth:
Issue #20: really confusing
Issue #21: a nice little narrative device
Issue #22: a FEVER DREAM and a battle for multiple characters' humanity (per Monte: the GOOD kind of confusing)
Issue #23-24: getting into some plot
Join us in discussing this cult-classic character in Alan Moore's initial run of Swamp Thing: The Anatomy Lesson and others, and ride the emotional rollercoaster as we cover the unique characters of Swamp Thing and the Floronic Man, the rise and fall of Vertigo Comics, and the changing trends of environmentalism in America.
Next week, we will be reading Midnighter and Apollo vol. 1, #1-6 (the entire run). We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme for Season 6 is Green. Monte's theme is LGBT Power Couples.
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An adorable, murderous pirate from another dimension? A mediocre, not-so-wise cracking detective? The Goddess of Death and Mistress of Darkness as a "noir dangerous woman"? X-Factor: Lost Souls (vol. 3, #207-212), featuring queer super-couple Rictor & Shatterstar, has all this and more. Tune in to hear us discuss the characters & themes in this delightful story arc.
Next week, we will be reading Swamp Thing vol. 2, #20-24. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme for Season 6 is Green. Monte's theme is LGBT Power Couples.
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When heroes fight heroes, what is the reason? What is the outcome? And who has the right of forgiveness?
Kicking off our sixth season, your friendly neighborhood comic book club partake of JLA: Trial By Fire (vol. 1, #84-89) to highlight the lovely GREEN character of Martian Manhunter, who has recently overcome his debilitating weakness to fire. Nothing could go wrong with that, right? We compare the representation of Justice League characters to what we have seen before and discuss the portrayal of native mysticism in comics, consistent character voice, and the nature of blame and forgiveness when a hero goes bad.
Next week, we will be reading X-Factor vol. 3, #207-212, portraying the relationship between LGBT power couple Rictor and Shatterstar, who had the first male/male kiss between superheroes in a Marvel comic (The Kiss itself is portrayed in issue #45, which we do not discuss in this episode). We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme for Season 6 is Green. Monte's theme is LGBT Power Couples.
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I don't need to fight (but I can) to prove I'm right (which I am)--I don't need to be forgiven (damn right, girl)!
In the teenage wasteland of Chicago (and occasionally Cambridge, Mass.), RiRi Williams bears the burden of protecting absolutely everyone. Petty criminals, gang violence, corrupt officials, supervillains, and mysterious cabals, take your pick--she will protect YOU, yes you, from them, and also some of them from each other. And she's only 15 years old. We discuss RiRi's work-life balance, the higher standard of professional expectation for POC, vigilanteism (again), and the different approaches of Iron Man and Ironheart, amongst other topics.
In our humble contribution to Black History Month, join us in appreciating one of Marvel's first ongoing series written by a black woman, the wonderful Eve Ewing.
Next week, we will be commencing our season proper with JLA: Trial By Fire (vol. 1, #84-89) to highlight GREEN character J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter. We invite you to read along with us.
Veronica's theme for Season 6 is GREEN. Monte's theme is LGBT Power Couples.
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And Season 6 commences! Two new themes, eight new comics, and an unlimited amount of unfounded drunken assertions!
Veronica's theme this season will be Green. Monte's theme will be LGBT Power Couples.
Before starting our theme episodes for season, we will be posting a bonus episode for Black History Month about Ironheart issues #1-5! We invite you to read along with us.
The comic lineup is as follows (subject to change at any time):
JLA #84-89 (Martian Manhunter)
X-Factor vol. 3, #207-212 (Rictor and Shatterstar)
Swamp Thing vol. 2, #20-24
Midnighter and Apollo #1-6
Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death #1-6
Runaways vol. 2, #19-24 (Karolina Dean and Xavin)
The Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #24-25
Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy #1-6
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This season's single-elimination, winner-take-all tournament is less brutal and more tragic? Several very good comics, a few compelling weirdos, and a stinker or two, combined with different tastes among the hosts leads to HEARTBREAK and SPECTACLE to finish off the fabulous Season 5 of The SJW Comic Book Club!
Monte's theme for this season was Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme was Detectives and Mysteries. The comics we read were:
The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye
Batman: The Long Halloween
Judge Dredd: America (not available on Comixology, but purchasable through Amazon)
Identity Crisis
Howard the Duck (1976) #8 & 9 (Howard the Duck and the All-Night Party)
Daredevil: Wake Up
Tank Girl (Full Color Classics) / Tank Girl Classic (black and white)
Jessica Jones: Blind Spot
Next week we will be posting a new type of episode: a Season Preview where we discuss our themes for the upcoming season. Please give it a listen, and let us know what you think of our themes and comic choices!
The week after that begins Season 6.
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Everyone has blind spots. But when your blind spot sneaks up behind you and shoots you in the head, the time has come to address it.
What do you want in a comic? A revolving door of excellent superhero cameos? We got it. Subversion of the male gaze? Check. A very cool motorcycle jacket? Gimme. Sass and badassery? Natch. Sexy domesticity? With Luke Cage, no less. Self-esteem and breakfast meats? Jessica Jones: Blind Spot (Marvel Digital Original 2018) has all this and more. (Content warning: abusive relationships.) Join us as we discuss Marvel TV shows, not talking to the cops, portrayals of abusive relationships, and, of course, mysteries.
Tune in next week for the season finale bracket tournament, where all comics of the season face off to determine the ultimate winner!
Monte's theme for Season 5 is Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme is Detectives and Mysteries.
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Who pulls beer heists, dates kangaroos, tricks the devil for an appearance on a talk show, accidentally kills assassins before breakfast, and has a tank? It can't be anyone but Tank Girl.
A discussion of the cult classic, 80s punk icon, multimedia Tank Girl cannot be anything but chaotic, so follow us as we bounce around topics while discussing themes from the original collected run (Tank Girl, issues #1-2 in color, or Tank Girl Classic, issues #1-4 in original black and white), including wave feminism, slapstick gore, indigenous representation, and Christian Bale. A little something for everyone.
Next week, we will be reading Marvel Digital Original 2018, Jessica Jones: Blind Spot, issues #1-5. (Content warning: abusive relationships.) (The linked collection also contains the first issue of the 2019 Jessica Jones MDO, Purple Daughter). We invite you to read along with us.
If you want to guess the solution (including the identity of the suspect and any other revelations as to how and why), email your guess after reading issue #3 to sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com.
Monte's theme for Season 5 is Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme is Detectives and Mysteries.
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Sometimes, you've just gotta go rogue. Yes, even if that doesn't involve donning a mask and punching criminals.
This week we read Daredevil: Wake Up (Content warning: child abuse & domestic violence), a story that follows investigative reporter Ben Urich in his mission to find out what happened to a young boy traumatized by an unknown event.
Next week, we will be reading cult classic Tank Girl, issues #1-4. We invite you to read along with us.
Monte's theme for Season 5 is Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme is Detectives and Mysteries.
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How does an anthropomorphic alien duck get elected president? Spoiler alert: he doesn't, but it's the journey that counts.
This week we take a break from the heavy and the dark to read Howard the Duck: Howard and the All-Night Party (Howard the Duck (1976) #8-9). This surprisingly funny piece of satire explores the themes of political cynicism, the folly of Middle America, and the paradox of Canadian patriotism.
Next week, we will be reading Daredevil: Wake Up (Daredevil (1998) #16-19). (Content warning: child abuse & domestic violence.) We invite you to read along with us.
Monte's theme for Season 5 is Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme is Detectives and Mysteries.
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Who killed Sue Dibny?
This week we discuss Identity Crisis, a game-changing and controversial DC event (Trigger Warning: sexual assault). Join us as we compare and contrast Marvel and DC's approaches to events and to continuity, discuss the effects of shifting tones on a comic book universe, and of course, analyze the comic's value as a mystery.
Next week we will be reading Howard the Duck and the All-Night Party (Howard the Duck (1976) #8 & 9). This is a change from our previous schedule. We invite you to read along with us.
Monte's theme for Season 5 is Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme is Detectives and Mysteries.
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What does it mean to selfish, or to be brave, when you live in fear of the Judges?
This week we dive into the pulp sci-fi pages of Judge Dredd, a long-running cult classic that we can't quite get a grip on. This collection, Judge Dredd: America (Trigger Warning: sexual assault), includes three standout issues from very distinct eras in the run of Judge Dredd, so if you want to get a grip on what makes Dredd tick, you'll probably have to read more widely of the canon. But there's plenty to be picked apart in these three studies on the meaning and possibility of change within a corrupt system.
Next week we will be reading Identity Crisis, a game-changing and controversial DC event (Trigger Warning: sexual assault). We invite you to read along with us. If you want to play along with the mystery guessing game, send your prediction of the identity of the killer to sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com after finishing issue #5.
Monte's theme for Season 5 is Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme is Detectives and Mysteries.
Also, if you would like to contribute to the Senate races in Georgia, use this link to give your time or money to help flip the Senate: https://votesaveamerica.com/state/georgia/
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This week, the thrilling conclusion!
Throw on your trench coat and fedora and join us for a few festive holiday murders as we finish what we started with Batman: The Long Halloween, issues #8-13. We complete our discussion of Film Noir with a few points about conclusions, rag on the Riddler some more (because, come on), and argue our pet theories about the ending of this fabulous comic book.
The article we discuss laying out a theory of the ending can be found here, at Matt Reads Comics. Give it a read, and please send us your thoughts on the ending of The Long Halloween and the resolution of the mystery at sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com!
Next week we will be reading Judge Dredd: America (Trigger Warning: sexual assault), a lauded collection from a beloved cult series. We invite you to read along with us.
Monte's theme for Season 5 is Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme is Detectives and Mysteries.
Also, if you would like to contribute to the Senate races in Georgia, use this link to give your time or money to help flip the Senate: https://votesaveamerica.com/state/georgia/
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Who is Holiday?
This dame walked into my office... Well, really I (Bruce Wayne) walked into a mob boss' office, but it's similar. There were definitely venetian blinds. Oh, you didn't know that venetian blinds are a hallmark of Film Noir? Well you are behind the times. Join Monte, Melissa and Veronica as they discuss Batman: The Long Halloween, issues #1-7, try to deduce the identity of the newest serial killer in Gotham City, learn about Film Noir and its influence on this comic, drink gin, and ultimately try to decide what makes mysteries so entertaining.
Next week we will be finishing Batman: The Long Halloween with issues #8-13 (if you purchased the book through the link in last week's description, you will already have these issues). We invite you to read along with us.
Monte's theme for Season 5 is Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme is Detectives and Mysteries.
Also, if you would like to contribute to the Senate races in Georgia, use this link to give your time or money to help flip the Senate: https://votesaveamerica.com/state/georgia/
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How would you act at the end of the world?
Would you take the lead? Would you accept the new normal? Would you do what needs to be done? Take risks, or hedge your bets? Fall back on old stereotypes, or widen your perspective? Would you gossip, cheat, and envy your neighbor? Or would you do all you could to lift everyone up and protect them?
Explore these questions and more in this week's comic, The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye, the volume that launched a cult classic, and later a long-running, award winning TV show that, honestly, everyone has seen at least a bit of.
Next week we will be reading Batman: The Long Halloween, issues #1-7. This is only the first half of the volume, we will be reading the rest the week after (if you read ahead you're a CHEATER). We invite you to read along with us.
Monte's theme for Season 5 is Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme is Detectives and Mysteries.
Also, if you would like to contribute to the Senate races in Georgia, use this link to give your time or money to help flip the Senate: https://votesaveamerica.com/state/georgia/
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This is Part 2 of a two-part episode.
You guys are in for a TREAT. This week, we welcome guests Marci and Ako from The Colored Pages Book Club podcast and discuss a double helping of TWO (2) arcs from Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Full Moon! It's super adorable, and our conversation is fabulous. 'nuff said.
Check out The Colored Pages Book Club on their website, or find them wherever podcasts are served. Check out their social media at:
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Next week we will be reading The Walking Dead, issues #1-6. We invite everyone to read along with us.
Monte's theme for Season 5 will be Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme will be Detectives and Mysteries.
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This is Part 1 of a two-part episode.
You guys are in for a TREAT. This week, we welcome guests Marci and Ako from The Colored Pages Book Club podcast and discuss a double helping of TWO (2) arcs from Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Full Moon! It's super adorable, and our conversation is fabulous. 'nuff said.
Check out The Colored Pages Book Club at their website, or find them wherever podcasts are served. Check out their social media at:
https://www.instagram.com/thesecoloredpages/
https://twitter.com/TheColoredPages
Next week we will be reading The Walking Dead, issues #1-6. We invite everyone to read along with us.
Monte's theme for Season 5 will be Cult Classics Adapted to Screen. Veronica's theme will be Detectives and Mysteries.
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Legend states that every nine weeks (or so), eight comic books face off in a vicious one-on-one tournament to determine the best among them. The comic that comes out on top earns the right to say that Monte, Melissa, and Veronica laud and venerate that comic, for all of time. It is the greatest (meaningless) honor that can ever be bestowed on a humble comic book. Please listen, to see which comic from Season 4 acquires this great and terrible blessing... and curse.
Monte's theme for this season was Magneto. Veronica's theme was teenage superheroes.
Next week we will be posting our collaborative episode with The Colored Pages Book Club podcasters, Marci and Ako. Please check out their podcast and social media. We will be discussing Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Full Moon, an omnibus collection containing issues #13-24.
The week after that begins Season 5, in which Monte's theme is cult classic comics adapted to the screen, and Veronica's theme is Detectives and Mysteries. We'll be starting off with The Walking Dead.
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This week, we say goodbye to an icon.
That's right, it's the last Magneto episode of the season! Never again will we see such a drama queen grace the pages of our book club (until the next time we pick an X-Men comic, and, you know... the X-Menisodes). In Uncanny X-Men: Superior: Survival of the Fittest, Magneto heads up his own team of dysfunctional X-Men and shows us all that he's going to be true to himself--brash and manipulative--no matter what the name of the team he's leading is.
Veronica's theme for this season is teenage superheroes. Monte's theme is Magneto stories.
Tune in next week for the season finale bracket tournament, where all comics of the season face of to determine the ultimate winner!
This week we also announced our collaboration with The Colored Pages Book Club, a fabulous show available wherever podcasts are served. This episode will be airing December 3. In the meantime, check them out, and we'll see you then!
Also, if you would like to contribute to the Senate races in Georgia, use this link to give your time or money to help flip the Senate: https://votesaveamerica.com/state/georgia/
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I'm just a kid, and life is a nightmare.
Writing fan fiction, wearing only clothes with a single logo on them, wearing out your phone battery, and arguing with your parents; if you're listening to our podcast, odds are this is what your teen years were like. Well, in Ms. Marvel: No Normal, Kamala Khan is the teen superhero for us! Let's read along as she grapples with gaining Inhuman powers along with all the, ugh, angst!
Veronica's theme for this season is teenage superheroes. Monte's theme is Magneto stories.
Next week we will be reading Uncanny X-Men, vol. 4, #1-5. Please read along!
Also, if you would like to contribute to the Senate races in Georgia, use this link to give your time or money to help flip the Senate: https://votesaveamerica.com/state/georgia/
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In X-Menisode 6, Monte continues reading and ranking (almost) every X-Men story from the debut of the mutant superheroes to the modern day.
This week covers X-Men #97-100 "The Sentinels Have Returned". These issues are Part 1 of the iconic Phoenix Saga, one of the most popular & beloved events/story arcs in comic book history. See how it ranks with what I've read so far.
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Magneto's just, like, really complex, you know? No one understands him. He doesn't even understand himSELF, man. He's just too complicated for that. I mean, look at everything he's been through!
Check out the beautiful, well-crafted, subtle... or, um, SUBDUED story of Magneto: Infamous (with background reading of Uncanny X-Men Vol 3, issue #16), where we follow Magneto on the bloody trail of a serial mutant killer. Which is bad enough, but is it actually even worse?
Veronica's theme for this season is teenage superheroes. Monte's theme is Magneto stories.
Next week we will be reading Ms. Marvel, vol. 3, #1-5. Please read along!
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In X-Menisode 5, Monte continues reading and ranking (almost) every X-Men story from the debut of the mutant superheroes to the modern day.
This week covers 1975 stories Giant-Size X-Men #1 "Deadly Genesis", X-Men #94-95 "The Doomsmith Scenario", and X-Men #96 "Night of the Demon". Hear about the debut of iconic characters like Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Colossus. As well as the beginnings of the elevation of the X-Men from cult classic to Marvel staple under Chris Claremont's authorship.
X-Menisodes will be released every Monday until Monte gets fatigued or loses patience.
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Everyone learns sooner or later that their parents aren't perfect. But what if you found that they weren't just flawed humans, but SUPERVILLAINS?
That's the case for Alex, Nico, Chase, Gert, Karolina, and Molly in Runaways, issues #1-6. We discuss their rapid ascent from general teenagerness into a sweet teen super team to rival all others!
Veronica's theme for this season is teenage superheroes. Monte's theme is Magneto stories.
Next week we will be reading Magneto Vol 3 #1-3 (with background reading of Uncanny X-Men Vol 3, issue #16). Please read along!
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In X-Menisode 4, Monte continues reading, discussing, and ranking (almost) every X-Men story from the debut of the mutant superheroes to the modern day.
Monte talks about three final stories from the Silver Age: X-Men #62-63 "Strangers in the Savage Land", X-Men #64 "The Coming of Sunfire", and X-Men #65 "If I'd Be Slave". Read about the villainous debut of the future X-Man Sunfire, and the somewhat disappointing conclusion of the X-Men's Silver Age stories. On to the 70s!
X-Menisodes will be released every Monday until Monte gets fatigued or loses patience.
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If you remember one thing about Magneto...
Magneto's working with the X-Men, Joseph and Astra are back, Cyclops is wearing cargo shorts--anything can happen in Magneto: Not A Hero, other than Magneto failing to BRING. THE. DRAMA!
Veronica's theme for this season is teenage superheroes. Monte's theme is Magneto stories.
Next week we will be reading Runaways, issues #1-6. We'd love for you to read along with us.
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In X-Menisode 3, Monte continues reading, discussing, and ranking (almost) every X-Men story from the debut of the mutant superheroes to the modern day.
Monte talks about two more stories from the Silver Age: X-Men #57-59 "The Sentinels Live" and X-Men #60-61 "In the Shadow of Sauron". Hear about possibly the weirdest (and best) villain the X-Men have faced, as well as the continued development of the X-Men as a metaphor for real-world oppression.
X-Menisodes will be released every Monday until Monte gets fatigued or loses patience.
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When there's trouble you know who call ~ TEEN TITANS!
That's right, this week we're reading Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, a huge nostalgia bomb for those of us who grew up in the CORRECT era, when Cartoon Network's Teen Titans cartoon was airing. Just imagine if the show was the most 1980s thing ever made, and about twice as confusing, and you'll have a good idea of both the highs and lows of this iconic comic arc!
Veronica's theme for this season is teenage superheroes. Monte's theme is Magneto stories.
Next week we will be reading Magneto: Not A Hero, issues #1-4. We'd love for you to read along with us.
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In X-Menisode 2, Monte continues reading, discussing, and ranking (almost) every X-Men story from the debut of the mutant superheroes to the modern day.
Monte talks about three stories from the Silver Age: the Factor Three saga, X-Men #49-52 "City of Mutants", and X-Men #54-56 "The Living Pharaoh". These stories see the debuts of iconic characters such as Banshee, Lorna Davis, and Cyclop's younger brother Havok, as well as some not-so-iconic characters like The Living Pharaoh. This era also serve as important stepping stones in the development of the X-Men as characters.
X-Menisodes will be released every Monday until Monte gets fatigued or loses patience.
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This week we read Magneto War, a story in which Magneto holds the world hostage and demands to be given territory to turn into a sanctuary for mutants. This story has everything: chaotic story-lines, an annoying manic villain with a nonsense plan, and unintentional sexy-time with clones. Join us for our first dive into the psyche of Magneto, the Mutant Master of Magnetism. This arc alternates books, so follow this order if you are reading along:
- Uncanny X-Men #366
- X-Men vol 2, #86
- Uncanny X-Men #367
- X-Men vol 2, #87
- Magneto Rex #1-3
Veronica's theme for this season is teenage superheroes. Monte's theme is Magneto stories.
Next week we will be reading Teen Titans: The Judas Contract, an iconic story featuring an iconic teen superhero team. For a little extra context, consider watching the Terra episodes of the Cartoon Network Teen Titans cartoon.
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Welcome to the first in a series of minisodes in which Monte reads, discusses, and ranks (almost) every X-Men story from the debut of the mutant superheroes to the modern day.
In the first episode of the series, Monte talks about some of the earliest X-Men stories, from the debut of the X-Men and Magneto to the debut of the iconic genocide robots the Sentinels. Specifically, X-Men #1 "X-Men", X-Men #4-5 "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants", X-Men #12-13 "Origins of Professor X / Where Walks the Juggernaut", and X-Men #14-16 "Among Us Stalk the Sentinels". Despite having all the corniness and exposition of Silver Age stories, these were actually good! Tune in to see how they ranked.
Minisodes will be released every Monday until Monte gets fatigued or loses patience.
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Season 4 is finally here! We know you're excited, and so are we!
This week we read Silver Age story arc If This Be My Destiny...! from Amazing Spider-Man (vol 1, #31-33). Tune in to hear all about teen hero Spider-Man pushing himself to his very limits to save his beloved Aunt May, as well as a discussion about Silver Age comics in general and being a teenager in the 60s (something we are experts on).
We also read Hannah Vardit's Spidey Zine.
Veronica's theme for this season is teenage superheroes. Monte's theme is Magneto stories.
Next week we will be reading Magneto War, the transition of Magneto from a mutant terrorist to the leader of a mutant nation. This arc alternates books, so follow this order if you are reading along:
- Uncanny X-Men #366
- X-Men vol 2, #86
- Uncanny X-Men #367
- X-Men vol 2, #87
- Magneto Rex #1-3
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Welcome to The SJW Comic Book Club, where the books are comics, the drinks are wine, and the members are social justice warriors!
It's the end of another season, and you know what that means: TIME TO FIGHT! Comic arcs facing off in a battle to end all battles, for the ultimate prize: our approval! Listen in to see who comes out on top!
Monte's theme for this season was Marvel Vs. Events. Veronica's theme was female versions of male superheroes.
Next week begins Season 4, in which Veronica's theme is Teenage Heroes, and Monte's theme is Magneto. We're starting off with Amazing Spider-Man vol. 1, #31-33, with supplemental reading of Hannah Blumenreich's Spidey Zine.
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Welcome to The SJW Comic Book Club, where the books are comics, the drinks are wine, and the members are social justice warriors!
This week we read the debut of the All-New, All-Different Thor, Jane Foster. In this episode, Odin and Odinson throw tantrums while the new Thor fights deceitful gay elf Malekith, sociopathic CEO Dario Agger, and poorly groomed Frost Giants.
Monte's theme for this season is Marvel Vs. Events. Veronica's theme is female versions of male superheroes.
Next week is our season finale, where we talk about each story we've read this season and decide on the best and the worst!
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Welcome to The SJW Comic Book Club, where the books are comics, the drinks are wine, and the members are social justice warriors!
When one society's survival is at odds with another's entire cultural basis, what is the right thing to do? And how much can one malicious person screw up their peaceful relations? In
Inhumans vs. X-Men (aka IvX), motives, personalities, and cultures clash as the clock runs out for mutants--and who will come out on top?
Monte's theme for this season is Marvel Vs. Events. Veronica's theme is female versions of male superheroes.
Next week's comic is Thor, Vol. 4, issues #1-5. Please read along!
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Content Warning: self-harm and child sexual abuse.
Welcome to The SJW Comic Book Club, where the books are comics, the drinks are wine, and the members are social justice warriors!
How bad can a militant refugee nation screw up caring for the mental health of their child soldiers? A lot, it turns out. In this one-shot, followed by issues #1-3 of this volume, Laura Kinney (the young Wolverine clone known as X-23) makes strides in recovering from her traumatic childhood as a lab experiment-cum-assassin ALL ON HER OWN, thank you very much, despite demons, nice-guy telepath stalkers, and adults who are too busy to help her out.
Monte's theme for this season is Marvel Vs. Events. Veronica's theme is female versions of male superheroes.
Next week's comic is Inhumans vs. X-Men (aka IvX). Please read along!
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Welcome to The SJW Comic Book Club, where the books are comics, the drinks are wine, and the members are social justice warriors!
Another day, another deadly idealogical conflict between two factions of heroes. Once again, Iron Man is involved, but in Marvel's Civil War II, he goes head to head with Captain Marvel. We finally take a deep-dive into Tony Stark's character, and consequently explore Carol Danvers' headspace too. Who is right this time? Once again, it's not that simple.
Monte's theme for this season is Marvel Vs. Events. Veronica's theme is female versions of male superheroes.
Next week's comic is this X-23 one-shot, followed by X-23 vol. 3, issues #1-3. Please read along!
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Welcome to The SJW Comic Book Club, where the books are comics, the drinks are wine, and the members are social justice warriors!
This week's comic is Batgirl of Burnside, in which Barbara Gordon experiences a quarter-life crisis. How much butt-kicking is too much? And who should be kicking the butts? And who needs to back up their data, anyway? All questions we ponder in this episode.
Monte's theme for this season is Marvel Vs. Events. Veronica's theme is female versions of male superheroes.
Next week's comic is Marvel's Civil War II. Please read along!
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Welcome to The SJW Comic Book Club, where the books are comics, the drinks are wine, and the members are social justice warriors!
This week we read another epic struggle of hero vs. hero, Marvel's Avengers vs. X-Men! When will the X-Men catch a break? Is anyone in the Marvel Universe a good leader? Can you be on the right side of a conflict but still be an @$$hole? Find out, this week, on The SJW Comic Book Club!
Monte's theme for this season is Marvel Vs. Events. Veronica's theme is female versions of male superheroes.
Next week's comic is Batgirl, vol. 4, #35-40. Please read along!
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Welcome to The SJW Comic Book Club, where the books are comics, the drinks are wine, and the members are social justice warriors!
In this week's episode, we read Spider-Woman Volume 6, Issues 1-5. Pregnancy, support structures, and hostage princes!
Veronica's theme for this season is female versions of male superheroes. Monte's theme is Marvel vs. events.
Next week's comic is the Avengers vs. X-Men event, Avengers vs. X-Men #1-12. It's a longer but relatively straightforward event. Please read along!
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Welcome to The SJW Comic Book Club, where the books are comics, the drinks are wine, and the members are social justice warriors!
We kick off the podcast with the epic Marvel Vs. Event, Civil War. Heroes vs. heroes, facing off over an idealogical divide. Which side are you on? Who is right? Was the MCU movie any good? Find out, in this gripping podcast episode!
Monte's theme for this season is Marvel Vs. Events. Veronica's theme is female versions of male superheroes.
Next week's comic is Spider-Woman Vol. 6, issues #1-5. Please read along!
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