.. one of our long-lost summer specials has finally surfaced(!), in which we, Minnie Saucedo, Patrick Clarke, & Ryan Miller, discuss how we go about introducing non-comics readers to our favorite four-color medium!
.. in which we, Patrick Clarke, Ryan Miller, & Tony Asaro, offer up a smorgasbord of comics chatter, including-but-not-limited-to what we've been reading & enjoying recently, & whether or not Disney/Marvel will have a tough time working The Fantastic 4 into the MCU!!
.. in which we, Ryan Miller, Patrick Clarke, & Tony Asaro, don our warmest woolens & have a fire-side chat about our favorite wintery or rainy-day comics!
.. in which we, Tony Asaro & Ryan Miller, do our level best to say farewell to the face, voice, & soul, of American comics: Smilin' Stan Lee.
[steps onto soapbox, & turns on megaphone]
Ahem. Check, 1-2, check, check. Sibilance, sibilance ...
ATTENTION, ALL LISTENERS, READERS, & LOVERS OF COMIC-TYPE-BOOKS: THE 2018 VAULTY AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMICS ARE OFFICIALLY GREEN-LIGHT-GO. YOU CAN VOTE IN PERSON AT EMPIRE'S COMICS VAULT, OR YOU CAN VOTE ONLINE, RIGHT HERE, AT THE HANDY-DANDY LINK, BELOW.
VOTING WILL END AT THE TURN OF THE NEW YEAR. PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO READS COMICS; WE'D LOVE TO SHATTER OUR VOTE RECORD, IN THIS, OUR 4TH YEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING. THAT IS ALL.
[turns off megaphone, steps off soapbox, & retreats into the mist]
.. in which we, Patrick Clarke, Ryan Miller, & Tony Asaro, gather to profess so much love for one of our very favorite books, Brian Clevinger's, Scott Wegener's, & company's, brilliant action-adventure comic Atomic Robo!!
[You can read Atomic Robo in print, available through IDW at your friendly local comic shop & everywhere else comics are sold, & also on their page, in full, starting right here!!]
.. in which we, Tony Asaro, Ryan Miller, & Ben Schwartz, celebrate ye annual Turkey Day by talking about what we're thankful for, in comics!
[episode image from A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Peanuts was created by Charles Schulz]
.. in which, to celebrate the landmark, we gather 'round once more with some of our favorite people for an evening of custom-baked comic-book-trivia, to see who is worthy enough to take home Mini-Mjölnir (& also a giant homemade cookie, thank you very much)!!
Emceed, Gamesmastered, & Written By Ryan Miller!
& starring our three teams of hopeful contestants:
* Tony Asaro & Alex Dres as "Peanuts & The Revolution"!
* Minnie Saucedo & Stephanie Groce as "The Mighty Bifrosty"!!
* Patrick Clarke & Amy Nunag as "The Rescue Rangers"!!!
* & our roving all-time quarterback Ben Schwartz as "The 3rd Wheel"!
A massive & wholly heartfelt thank you to everyone who celebrated our 150th episode with us, & to all of you out there who have listened to & supported the show, over the last three & a half years. It really means the world to us. Cheers!!
.. in which we, Minnie Saucedo, Patrick Clarke, Ryan Miller, & Tony Asaro, celebrate the season by discussing some of our favorite & least-favorite horror genres & October-appropriate movies!!
[episode image from Secrets of Haunted House #5, drawn by the great Bernie Wrightson, courtesy of DC Comics]
.. in which we, Patrick Clarke, Tony Asaro, & Ryan Miller, kick off our October celebrations with a special episode all about our favorite villains!!
[episode image from The Mighty Thor #3, by Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman, Matt Wilson, & Joe Sabino, courtesy of Marvel Comics]