The Fellowship is pleased to present our 100th episode! We talked this week about the podcast, about the process we use for the show, stuff we enjoy about what we're doing, and general appreciation to you, dear listeners, for checking out the show and liking at least some of the same stuff we like. And as always, our picks of the week.
*I have no idea if that's a real word or not. But it seems to fit.
What we're up to this week:
Kasai: Homecoming #1 - Kickstarter comic about demigods and pro wrestling, with only a few days left, so go check it out
Liz's Big Bag o' Nothing® - working a lot, not much time to read
James Ellroy's The Black Dahlia graphic novel (Archaia) - excellent read
Marvel Super Heroes nostalgia (and a podcast), Abbott #1, Detective Comics Annual #1
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Many thanks to everyone who has touched our little show in their own way - we appreciate the support, the conversations, and the things you do in the comics industry or the podcast world. And also, thank you for listening :-)
Picks for the week of 2/14:
Kick-Ass #1 (Image)
Curse Words #11 (Image)
Star Wars: Thrawn #1 (Marvel)
Xena #1 (Dynamite)
Death of Love #1 (Image)
Dark Fang #4 (Image)
Cold War #1 (Aftershock)
Athena Voltaire #1 (Action Lab)
Honorable Mention: Lovecraft: The Myth of Cthulhu collection (IDW)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of some of our favorite board games. We've got some old games, some new games, and some not-particularly-board games that we've enjoyed past and present. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
100 Years of Horror series - almost done; Monsters From The Vault - a book along the same vein, very interesting reviews of old horror flicks
Nemo: The Roses of Berlin, Codename: Knockout, The Adventures of Apocalypse Al, Thor: Ragnarok prelude - good stuff (though the Thor was a little disappointing)
X-Men: Children of the Atom Epic Collection - including a notable editing slip, probably from the original run
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Big thanks to Danny for the topic suggestion :-)
[Note: Les is right; the game preceded the first Dark Tower book by a year. Also, here's the YouTube copy of the TV spot for it. -m]
Picks for the week of 2/7:
I Hate Fairyland #16 (Image)
GI Joe vs The Six Million Dollar Man #1 (IDW)
Young Monsters in Love one-shot (DC)
Legenderry Red Sonja #1 (Dynamite)
The Shadow Batman #5 (Dynamite/DC)
Challengers of the Unknown by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale HC (DC)
Dejah Thoris #1 (Dynamite)
Mother Panic/Batman Special #1 (DC)
Honorable Mention: Groo: Play of the Gods trade (Dark Horse)
Shoutouts:
A big thank you to Dinesh Shamdasani, CEO of Valiant Entertainment - Valiant was just purchased, and we want to thank Dinesh for making Valiant awesome since its return :-) (Valiant was the first publisher to send us material for the website, thanks to Dinesh.)
Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music; check them out by clicking the link
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of DC's Doomsday Clock series - not so much the story, though, as the "politics" of the title. We talk about the history of Watchmen and the clashes between DC and Alan Moore, and whether or not this new series should have been made. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Police Squad on DVD - freaking genius; also Allegiance by Timothy Zahn
Walking Dead omnibus reread, and some bad puns
Grading comics, and The Giant Spider (Christopher Mihm film)
Catlow (70s western), Black Panther epic collection, Dead by Daylight's new Saw DLC
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The article that got us started on this topic
Picks for the week of 1/31:
Dark Ark #5 (Aftershock)
Motherlands #1 (DC)
Lazaretto #5 (BOOM! Studios)
Amped #1 (Red Giant Entertainment)
Silencer #1 (DC)
JLA Doom Patrol Special #1 (DC)
Saucer State trade (IDW)
Black Lightning volume 2 (DC)
Honorable Mention: Werewolf By Night Complete Collection volume 2 (Marvel)
Shoutouts:
Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music; check them out by clicking the link
#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other; find a podcast on literally anything by searching the hashtag
You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our celebration of the career of cartoonist Sergio Aragones, whose work was first published in MAD Magazine 55 years ago this month. He's a prolific artist with a glorious sense of humor, and we're big fans of his. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Liz is cold - our cold snaps do not compare to the areas having real problems, but we're not used to it
Snagglepuss, The Tick, Rocko's Modern Life comics, also Image+
Old Battlestar Galactica trades, would love to see an omnibus of them
Dejah Thoris #0, Monstro Mechanica #2, Mighty Crusaders, Codename Knockout
Also Not Brand Echh, which was a little disappointing
And go back to your local comic shop to pick up the new Strangers in Paradise #1 by our pal Terry Moore - we somehow forgot to mention it last week; sorry, Terry :-(
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Thanks, Sergio, for all of the laughs you've given us over the years :-)
[Note: Avery Schreiber is another one of those whose name is unfamiliar, but once you see his face you're like "oh yeah, that guy, he's been everywhere." Google him ;-) -m]
Picks for the week of 1/24:
Abbott #1 (Boom! Studios)
Vinegar Teeth #1 (Dark Horse)
Monstress #13 (Image)
Postal #25 (Image) - last regular issue :-(
Scooby Doo Team Up #34 (DC)
Comic Book History of Comics: Comics For All #2 (IDW)
Raven: Daughter of Darkness #1 (DC)
Regression #6 (Image)
Honorable Mention: Time & Vine trade (IDW)
Shoutouts:
Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music; check them out by clicking the link
#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other; find a podcast on literally anything by searching the hashtag
You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our latest Casting Call episode. This time we're adding some casting to the 1978 Superman film series (you know, Christopher Reeve and company). We have a list of characters and we've come up with casting ideas for them. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Mikey's Big Bag o' Nothing® - having to be the r-word
A trade-a-day reading group, starting to watch Happy
Bubba Ho-Tep on the big screen
AGFA film this month - Shame of the Jungle (1975)
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We mention near the end that you may want to have Google or Wikipedia handy while listening; sometimes we get a little obscure since we're talking about actors from the past. (Not if you're driving, though.)
Also, if you have any ideas for casting these characters, please share them with us on social media. We'd love to hear from you and discuss them :-)
[Note: Aliens was 1986. I can't believe I blanked on that… And I was way off on A Clockwork Orange (1971). -m]
As mentioned, not linking every name we talked about. But Les mentioned this list of Superman villains you can check out.
Picks for the week of 1/17:
The Family Trade #4 (Image)
Star Wars Adventures #6 (IDW)
The Spirit: The Corpse Makers #5 (Dynamite)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn trade (IDW)
Shadows On The Grave HC trade (Dark Horse)
The Red Ten #10 (ComixTribe)
The Further Adventures of Nick Wilson #1 (Image)
Belle: Beast Hunter #1 (Zenescope)
Honorable Mention: Ice Cream Man #1 (Image)
Shoutouts:
Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music; check them out by clicking the link
#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other; find a podcast on literally anything by searching the hashtag
You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. We talk about the story, variations on the story, sci-fi implications, film adaptations and our usual silliness. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Red Dwarf XII - good but not great
Vacation in central Texas, reading comics in the car - Wonder Woman The True Amazon, very impressive
Doctor Radar, Barbarella
Thomas' Big Bag o' Nothing® - taking it easy this week
No major happenings from NYE - just a bit of a tangent on the really cold weather we had
And the Thin Man marathon on TCM
[Note: The Chris Meloni movie Les describes is National Lampoon's Dirty Movie (2011). -m]
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If you have not read the original novel, you really should. It's not all that long by modern standards, and it will probably surprise you one way or another :-)
Also, hang tight for the little bonus bit after the end of the show ;-)
Picks for the week of 1/10:
Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For #1 (DC)
Satellite Falling trade (IDW)
Ninjak vs the Valiant Universe #1 (Valiant)
Monstro Mechanica #2 (Aftershock)
Robyn Hood: The Curse #1 (Zenescope)
Postal volume 6 trade (Image)
X-Men Gold Annual #1 (Marvel)
Rose #7 (Image)
Honorable Mention: Farscape omnibus vol 1 (BOOM! Studios)
[Note: As of drop time (1/7/18) Farscape is no longer streaming on Netflix. -m]
Shoutouts:
Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music; check them out by clicking the link
#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other; find a podcast on literally anything by searching the hashtag
You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of 2017. We get retrospective, talking about the things that made this year interesting. A lot of cool things happened in the world of geek, and these are a few of our favorites. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Kickstarter loot - Simon Blood vol 1, Queen #2 of 4, Amiculus omnibus
Comic haul - Batman White Knight, The Jetsons, Klaus vol 2
More comics - Jupiter Jet, Monstro Mechanica, The Last American Vampire (not a comic, but fun nonetheless)
Even more comics - collected Joker series, Daredevil Epic Collection
Also the Doctor Who Christmas Special
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[Note: our local comic shop has a "#1 Comic Club" that hosts a weekly discussion of a new comic series. It gets mentioned in passing a couple of times here, so I thought I should explain. -m]
Picks for the week of 1/3:
Quarry's War #2 (Titan)
The Jetsons #3 (DC)
Scales & Scoundrels #5 (Image)
Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny #1: Leia (IDW)
Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini #2 (Titan)
Van Helsing vs Robyn Hood #1 (Zenescope)
Birthright #29 (Image)
Suicide Squad: The Silver Age collection (DC)
Honorable Mention: Generation Gone vol 1 trade (Image)
Shoutouts:
Please remember to support your local stores during the holiday season - think of it as helping out your neighbors :-)
Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music; check them out by clicking the link
#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other; find a podcast on literally anything by searching the hashtag
You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of the repercussions of the deal in which Disney is buying out most of Fox. There are a ton of moving parts in this, and a lot of potential for geek stuff to be affected, so we chatted about some of the possibilities. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
100 Years of Horror (Amazon Prime) - very cool documentary series once you get past the terrible opening titles
Negative Space (Dark Horse), Here's Negan, getting ready for the holidays
Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary book, Batman: Hush
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (what, a movie came out this week?), The Chair (the film from the Alterna comic), Logan
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[Note: Thomas' microphone was doing that weird thing to his voice again. It did it once before during recording, but hasn't done it again since, so we didn't have any way to fix it. We're still not even sure it's his microphone, but we'll try to pin it down. Mostly it just makes him sound a bit autotuned. But anyway, sorry about that. -m]
Picks for the week of 12/27:
Batman: The Brave and The Bold Bronze Age Omnibus volume 1 (DC)
Hawkman Found #1 (DC)
Teether #2 (Antarctic Press)
God Complex #3 (Image)
Casper and Wendy #1 (American Mythology)
Eugenic #3 (BOOM! Studios)
Love Machines collection (Lost His Keys Man Comics/Comixology)
Bonehead #1 (Image)
Honorable Mention: The Art of Hammer updated edition and The Hammer Vault (Titan Books)
Shoutouts:
Please remember to support your local stores during the holiday season - think of it as helping out your neighbors :-)
Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music; check them out by clicking the link
#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other; find a podcast on literally anything by searching the hashtag
You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our quarterly look at crowdfunding projects. It's fun to troll around on Kickstarter looking for cool comics projects (and other kinds too) so we can give you a list of what looks cool. So go throw them some money if you can, and you'll get some interesting new comics. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Kill or Be Killed vol 1, Manifest Destiny vol 4, Britannia vol 1
Walking Dead omnibuses, Doomsday Clock, getting over being sick, Negative Space trade
DC Holiday Special - good stuff, a nice blend of characters and creators
Kirby's Challengers of the Unknown collection - a good read, but a product of the time (a bit sexist in spots)
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Links to the campaigns we recommend:
The List #1 - Not your normal Christmas tale...
The Return of Barry Dale: The Original Atoman
The-Chair [A Handicapable Comic Series]
Goth Ghost Girl comic book #1 [Note: as of drop time this campaign has expired. It did make goal, though, so yay :-) -m]
Judges (A Neo Noir Crime Comic Book)
Metal Made Flesh (Hardback reprint)
Holidaze - The All-Krampus Spectacular
Picks for the week of 12/20:
The Comic Book History of Comics: Comics For All #1 (IDW)
The Harcourt Legacy #2 (Action Lab Danger Zone)
The Hard Place #5 (Image)
Batman Arkham: Joker's Daughter collection (DC)
Quantum and Woody! #1 (Valiant)
The Hangman volume 1 (Dark Circle)
Backways #1 (Aftershock)
Doom Patrol #10 (DC)
Honorable Mention: 30 Days of Night #1 (IDW) - Steve Niles brings a new vision to the story
Shoutouts:
Please remember to support your local stores during the holiday season - think of it as helping out your neighbors :-)
Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music; check them out by clicking the link
#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other; find a podcast on literally anything by searching the hashtag
You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of the "Death of Superman" story arc on its 25th anniversary. This was a story that was as much about cultural impact and changes in the comics industry as it was about the actual story of the death of Superman. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Liz called in sick this week :-(
Trade pile - Alex de Campi's Grindhouse trades, The Fix vol 1, Simonson's Ragnarok (IDW, not Marvel)
More trade pile - Kirby's Challengers of the Unknown, JLA Year One
Even more trade pile - two Superman trades, The Phantom Zone & Tales From The Phantom Zone
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Picks for the week of 12/13:
Action Comics #993 (DC)
Hercules: Wrath of the Heavens #5 (Titan) [I think "labors" was the word I was looking for :-) -m]
Under #1 (Titan)
Marvel Two-in-One #1 (Marvel)
Skin&Earth #6 (Dynamite)
Judas #1 (BOOM! Studios)
Honorable Mention: Marvel Comics Digest #4 (Archie)
Honorable Mention: Grimm Fairy Tales 2017 Holiday Special (Zenescope)
Honorable Mention: The Chair #4 (Alterna)
Shoutouts:
Please remember to support your local stores during the holiday season - think of it as helping out your neighbors :-)
Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music; check them out by clicking the link
#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other; find a podcast on literally anything by searching the hashtag
You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)
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