Podcast 72 - Gods

May 4, 2017

Don't call it a GodCast.

Actually don't, that sounded far better in my head. We're talking gods and mythology in comics, with drive-by reviewing of Hamish Steele's Pantheon, a revisit of The Wicked and the Divine, and a bunch of other stuff along the way because we're good to ya.

Benevolent, even.

We covered:

Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway - Mike Carey, Scott Hampton, Chris Weston and James Hodgkins
The Wicked and the Divine - Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson
Thor: God Butcher / Godbomb - Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic
Pantheon - Hamish Steele
Black Monday Murders - Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker
Injection - Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvie, Jordie Bellaire
Godshaper - Si Spurier and Jonas Goonface
All-Star Superman - Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
Sandman - Neil Gaiman and Many Others
New Gods - Jack Kirby

You can also check out our deep dives into the gods and mythos of The Wicked and the Divine here:

That other show of ours was We Will Fix You, and it's a treat for all ages (don't play it to children it's a literal crime to do that).

Podcast 43 - Architecture

August 25, 2015

Buildings! Pretty great, huh? Personally, we all live in one. One each, this isn't like Rainbow where we all live in our pyjamas and hang out with a sexually ambiguous hippo. If only. Comics and architecture are natural allies, buildings being where stuff often happens, and comics being images of stuff happening. But there's more to it than that, and we look at some of the most interesting and informative takes on architecture in comics.

We also go into which each of our favourite metro systems are. Regular listeners will wonder what took us so long, frankly.

We apologise for the noisiness of this episode. Sometimes we just need our air really conditioned.

We read and discussed:

Orbital - Sylvain Runberg & Serge Pelle
Empty Zone - Jason Shawn Alexander
Batman: Death By Design - Chip Kidd & Dave Taylor
Saint Cole - Noah van Sciver
Fante Bukowski - Noah van Sciver
The Abaddon - Koren Shadmi
Robert Moses - Christin Pierre and Oliver Balez
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath - I.N.J. Culbard, from H.P. Lovecraft
Necropolis - Jake Wyatt
Chew - Rob Guillory and John Layman
Asterios Polyp - David Mazzucchelli
From Hell - Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
Sandman: World's End - Neil Gaiman et al.

Podcast Episode 13 - Horror Comics

January 31, 2014

There are a whole bunch of horror comics, and we help navigate you through some of the best of the last 50 years, stopping to define horror along the way and make off-colour jokes.

Contains slight spoilers for Adamtine at 30 minutes. Skip ahead if you're a delicate type.

Comics we covered this week:

That article about sexiness in Young Avengers.

Podcast Episode 4: Big Weird Sci-Fi

July 22, 2013

In this episode we look at the massive surge of Big Weird Sci Fi in comics, have a faint stab at explaining what the hell we mean by that, take a look at some recent releases, and whether Dave would make it as a pimp. Onwards!

Mentioned this week:

UK Indie Comics Mail Order:

Impossible Books

Podcast Episode 3: What Comics Should You Give New Readers?

July 9, 2013

This week we decide what the best books to introduce newcomers to comics. Handy stuff! Don’t worry though, because there’s petulance and swearing aplenty. And quite a lot of talk about OhJoySexToy.com. That bit's a little vile, so maybe jump forward a bit from about 20 minutes in if you're a delicate sort. Smelling salts in hand, we press on.

A quick reminder: if you like our theme music, electronic music, or supporting good causes the Music By Programmers album has more tracks from the composer of our theme, Chris Whitworth. And it's for charidee.

Mentioned in this week’s show:

The “What to read” books: