The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China. After doing some of the darker Carpenter movies in October, we wanted to cover some lighter fare (that and movie discussions are, let's face it, fun). Our usual hijinks ensue, of course. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Murder Dice - a D&D actual play podcast that you should all check out
A Very Bad Guild - webseries centered (loosely) on DDO (Dungeons & Dragons Online) hosted by Dirty William that you should also check out
Holiday shopping, family visiting for the holiday (and a tangent)
Showcase Presents: Super Friends - interesting read, especially when it poked fun at Marvel
The Heretic - a cool crime story from a few years back
Movie time - Murder on the Orient Express, Justice League, AGFA at the Alamo (The Kentucky Fried Movie)
Marvel's Epic Collections - Iron Man: The Enemy Within
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[Note: I'm listening to this while editing and I still don't know how we got off on the Lancelot Link thing. If you're listening and can figure it out, please let us know on social media ;-) -m]
Picks for the week of 12/6:
The Consultant #1 (Action Lab Danger Zone)
Klaus and the Crisis in Xmasville #1 (BOOM! Studios)
Spawn: A Holiday Krampus Tale one-shot (Image)
The Fix #10 (Image)
DC Universe Holiday Special 2017 (DC)
Jupiter Jet #1 (Action Lab) [We had the honor of talking with Ashley Robinson, one of the creators, early in the year about it. Congrats to her and the team for getting this book going. -m]
Witchblade #1 (Image)
Justice League of America: The Detroit Era Omnibus (DC)
Honorable Mention: Faith Winter Wonderland Special (Valiant)
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The Fellowship regrets to inform you that we were not able to record an episode this week. That said, I'm still posting our picks of the week. It’s the least we can do, right? And please check out our usual sponsor, of course, and if you'd like to contact us, how to do that is listed below. Thanks :-)
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Picks for the week of 11/29:
John Wick #1 (Dynamite)
Quarry's War #1 (Titan)
Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter #3 (Titan)
Neil the Horse collection (Conundrum)
Reactor #1 (Vault)
Santa Claus: Private Eye collection (Darby Pop)
The Ghost Fleet: The Whole Goddamned Thing collection (Image)
Green Arrow Annual #1 (DC)
Old Man Logan #31 (Marvel - starting the Scarlet Samurai storyline)
Vampirella #8 (Dynamite - new creative team)
Kill Or Be Killed #14 (Image)
Honorable Mention: local boy Donny Cates is pretty busy this week - check out some of his books :-)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present another Q&A episode. This week we're answering questions about the DC cinematic universe and the Richard Donner cut of Superman. We also introduce a new geek, Liz. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Trade Pile - Knights of the Dinner Table, Harrow County, The Eighth Seal
The original Little Shop of Horrors on TCM, some comics by Gil Kane
Fluff day - Harley Quinn, Betty & Veronica, Rick & Morty
Documentaries - Birth of the Dead, Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience
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Big thanks to Danny ( @DannyDoesDallas on Twitter ) for the fun questions. And we'd like to do this again sometime, so send us your questions via the methods listed below. Thanks :-)
[Note: If you're not aware of William Hootkins (and I admit I wasn't), check out this article about him. Seriously, it's a fascinating story. -m]
Picks for the week of 11/22:
Rat Queens #6 (Image)
Challengers of the Unknown by Jack Kirby collection (DC)
Imaginary Fiends #1 (DC/Vertigo)
Sword of Ages #1 (IDW)
Van Helsing vs The Werewolf #5 (Zenescope)
Batman Year Two 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition HC (DC)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 80th Anniversary one-shot (Joe Books/Disney Comics)
Giantkillers #0 (IDW)
Honorable Mention: Doomsday Clock #1 (DC)
Shoutouts:
Welcome to the fold, Liz :-)
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 a discussion of the big news of the day (we recorded this on Tuesday, 11/7). Brian Michael Bendis announced his departure from Marvel and his new exclusive contract with DC that morning. So we talked about his work and what we'd like to see him doing in the DC universe. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Movie Chair - She Makes Comics; documentary about women in comics past & present; people should watch it (it's on Netflix)
Comics Pile - Batman White Knight #2; strongly recommend
Thomas' Big Bag o' Nothing® - too busy for fun
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The link to the Jim Zub Tumblr post that cracked us up before recording
Picks for the week of 11/15:
Star Trek Boldly Go #14 (IDW)
Postal #24 (Image)
Not Brand Echh #14 (Marvel)
Your Pal Archie #4 (Archie)
Regression volume 1 trade (Image)
Brilliant Trash #1 (Aftershock)
Honorable Mention: Weird Love: So This is Love! collection (IDW/Yoe Books)
Honorable Mention: Call of Duty: Zombies trade (Dark Horse)
Honorable Mention: Doppelganger #1 (Alterna)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion/celebration of Star Trek: The Next Generation, in its 30th anniversary year. In its own way, it was a Star Trek reboot before that was cool, and its history is just as fascinating as the show itself. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Mikey's Movie Chair - The Chair, the film based on the Alterna Comics graphic novel; very dark and brutal, but also very good
Les' Movie Chair - went to a 10-hour horror sequel movie event; 5 movies including Psycho 2 and House 2, fun to watch them, even if they were not cinema gold [tangent: the documentary about the shower scene is called 78/52. -m]
Thomas' Civic Duty - not so much fun this week, partly due to jury duty [there's a tangent I never thought we'd ever have on this show ;-) -m]
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If you're into the background stuff, check out The Captains and Chaos On The Bridge, two great documentaries about the Star Trek experience.
Picks for the week of 11/8:
Royal City #7 (Image)
Moon Knight #188 (Marvel)
Action Comics #991 (DC)
Injection #15 (Image)
Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini #1 (Titan)
Port of Earth #1 (Image)
Honorable Mention: Star Trek Waypoint collection (IDW)
Honorable Mention: 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank collection (Black Mask)
Honorable Mention: The Harcourt Legacy #1 (Action Lab Danger Zone)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present the fifth and final week of our Carpenter Month, with Ghosts of Mars (2001). We colonize Mars, and Mars isn't all that thrilled about it. This is the film that made him retire from directing. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
The Tick (Amazon Prime series) - definite thumbs up, not exactly what we're used to in a Tick series but in a totally good way
Les' Trade Pile - Superman's Reign vol 2; good stuff, with some dimensional crossover going on
Thomas' Trade Pile - Tales of the Batman (Len Wein collection), specifically Untold Legends of Batman; good read with some nostalgia mixed in
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[Note: I find it interesting how when we get hold of a bad movie, we start bringing up other, better movies. It's as if we're desperate to find something better to talk about. This note is apropos of nothing, of course; I just think it's funny in its own way. -m]
Picks for the week of 11/1:
Batman White Knight #2 (DC)
Power Pack #63 (Marvel)
Atomic Robo and the Spectre of Tomorrow #1 (IDW)
The Jetsons #1 (DC)
Two-Face: A Celebration of 75 Years collection (DC)
Lazarus X+66 #4 (Image)
Honorable Mention: Absolute Justice League Worlds: Greatest Superheroes hardcover (DC)
Honorable Mention: A Very DC Rebirth Holiday collection (DC)
Honorable Mention: Bettie Page #4 (Dynamite)
Shoutouts:
Halloween is coming, and here's an idea to consider - your local comic shop (most likely) has conveniently bundled (and priced) packs of comics that you can hand out to trick-or-treaters this year
Fellowship announcement - we're excited to welcome a new geek to the fold; Liz will be starting to add reviews to the website this week, and she'll be joining us on the podcast in the near future
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The Fellowship is pleased to present week 4 of Carpenter Month, featuring In the Mouth of Madness (1995). An investigator is asked to find a book and its author, and gets way more than he expected. No happy ending here, despite all the laughter. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Mikey's Big Bag o' Nothing® - busy week, not much comics happening
Les' Movie Chair - Comic Book: The Movie, Demon with the Atomic Brain (new Christopher Mihm movie), Phantom of the Paradise
New project in the works for the Fellowship (stay tuned)
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Here's the link to Lovecraft's stories published online, free to read
Picks for the week of 10/25:
Fu Jitsu #2 (Aftershock)
Unsound #5 (BOOM! Studios)
Sisters of Sorrow #4 (BOOM! Studios)
Night Force by Marv Wolfman: The Complete Series (DC)
Victor Lavalle's Destroyer #6 (BOOM! Studios)
Santa vs Dracula GN (Scout Comics)
Honorable Mention: Disney Christmas Comics HC collection (IDW)
Honorable Mention: Black Crown Quarterly #1 (IDW)
Honorable Mention: Daddy Lost His Head (Fantagraphics)
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The Fellowship is pleased to present week 3 of Carpenter Month, featuring Prince of Darkness (1987). A priest calls in a group of scientists to study a secret artifact which awakens and begins the apocalypse. Not one of his most celebrated works, to put it mildly. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Trade pile - Elric volume 1; cool and psychedelic
More trade pile - Shadow Year One (Dynamite), fun backstory; DK3 The Master Race, a really good story
Twitch watch - Cuphead, cool new game that's visually striking
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[Note: We realized during the break that we forgot to do ratings for this movie, but we decided that how we felt about it was already pretty clear :-) -m]
Picks for the week of 10/18:
Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil #1 (Dark Horse)
Maestros #1 (Image)
Wrapped Up #1 (Lion Forge)
Kill the Minotaur #5 (Image)
John Wick #1 (Dynamite)
Archie: A Celebration of America's Favorite Teenagers (IDW)
Honorable Mention: Curse Words #9 (Image)
Honorable Mention: JLA: The Nail/Another Nail Deluxe Edition (DC)
Honorable Mention: EC Archives: Aces High collection (Dark Horse)
Special Mention: We've been doing stuff like this for 7 years now - the Fellowship's first webcast was October 19, 2010. This was back when Ustream was a new concept, and Twitch didn't exist yet. [I think Tom is trying to say we're old, in his own subtle way, as if we need reminding ;-) -m] And a lot of those old live shows are on our YouTube channel for your enjoyment. You know, in case you wanted to know what we looked like five years ago or whatever.
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The Fellowship is pleased to present week 2 of Carpenter Month, featuring The Thing (1982). Antarctic researchers have to save the world from an alien doppleganger, and hijinks ensue. A box office bomb now considered one of the best horror films of all time. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Started watching Amazon's The Tick - so far so good
[Skype kind of squicked out on Les here. But it got better after this segment, I promise :-) -m]
Tangent: Superman's Reign - DC's "alternate world" run back in the 90s
Showcase Presents: The Atom - nice little origin collection
TCM [I think] showing 3 Dracula flicks consecutively - it's October, obviously :-) (also it's tangent time)
Facebook games - not so much the "cooperative" ones; Star Trek Timelines in particular; slightly addictive
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[Also, somewhere early in the discussion Thomas' microphone picked up a weird hum. Not a major deal, but an interesting sound effect had it been intentional :-) -m]
We didn't actually name the actor in the creature suit in the 1951 movie - it was James Arness (Marshal Dillon from Gunsmoke)
Picks for the week of 10/11:
Gotham City Garage #1 (DC)
Archie Halloween Spectacular (Archie)
KISS Vampirella #5 (Dynamite)
Dan Dare #1 (Titan)
Taarna #1 (Heavy Metal)
Time & Vine #4 (IDW)
Honorable Mention: E.V.I.L. Heroes trade (Zenescope)
Honorable Mention: Justice League International Omnibus volume 1 (DC)
Honorable Mention: Redlands #3 (Image)
Shoutouts:
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The Fellowship is pleased to present the kickoff of our "secret project," which is that we're talking about John Carpenter movies for the month of October. The first installment is The Fog (1980), in which a group of murdered lepers seek revenge. And as always, our picks of the week.
What we're up to this week:
Mikey's Big Bag 'o Nothing® - family obligations, not much geek stuff
Thomas' Big Bag 'o Nothing® - working is the most fun he had this week
Hercules (1983) - Lou Ferrigno in the titular role; a bad movie's bad movie [Note: Rifftrax has not done this movie, but it's popular on their suggestions page. -m] And then tangent time :-)
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Also, the Make Mine Indie catalog is on hiatus for the near future. We'll be sure to let you know when it comes back, and we want to thank Peter Simeti for his hard work on the project (and his sponsorship of the Fellowship, of course).
[Note: Lethal Weapon came out in 1987. -m]
Picks for the week of 10/4:
Batman #32 (DC)
Hack/Slash vs Vampirella #1 (Dynamite)
Eugenic #1 (Boom!)
Spacebat and the Fugitives GN (IDW/Top Shelf)
Southern Cross #13 (Image)
Slots #1 (Image)
Honorable Mention: Northstars: Welcome to Snowville! GN (Action Lab)
Honorable Mention: I Hate Fairyland Special Edition (Image)
Honorable Mention: Doc Macabre Treasury Edition (IDW)
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