Episode #562! The Illustrated History of Warren Magazines and Monster Zoo! This week Scott brings three works from Earthworm Jim creator Doug Tennapel to the table. While he touches on Creature Tech and Ratfist his focus is on his new acquisition Monster Zoo. Next up is The Book Palace's Illustrators Special #14. Loaded with photos, this square-bound 152 page magazine covers the rise and fall of the Warren line of magazines. Check this episode out!    

Episode #561! Foul Play!, Anatomy Drawing Class and Castle of Frankenstein! This week Scott has the very impressive book Anatomy Drawing Class by Rockhe Kim. He also talks about his recent Godzilla movie marathon (of sorts). And this week DL brings the book Foul Play! and the magazine Castle of Frankenstein #41 to the table to talk about the history of EC Comics. And The Art of John Byrne makes an appearance again. Check it out! 

Episode #560! All video discussion! After a long hiatus, we are back with an all video discussion. Scott talks about two documentaries he has recently watched. Pee-Wee As Himself is the new doc about Paul Reubens' life as Pee-Wee Herman. From Darkness to Light explores the unreleased Jerry Lewis Nazi concentration camp film The Day The Clown Cried. Also this episode DL talks Star Wars with Andor/Rogue One and with the animated Clone Wars and the prequel films. Scott brings Kelly's Heroes and Coogan's Bluff starring Clint Eastwood to the podcast. Check it out!   

Episode #559! Meow Wolf Dallas and The Art of John Byrne! Back from his trip to Dallas, DL talks about exploring The Real Unreal at Meow Wolf Dallas. Scott brings a 45 year old art retrospective to the table. Also on the table we have the newly printed The Untold Legend of the Batman treasury edition. Check it out!  

Episode #558! The Technopriests, Swamp Monsters and The Shadow Scrapbook! This week we focus on three books. If Scott had a copy of The Shadow Scrapbook while in Junior High, he would have quit school. He talks about one of his favorite books this episode. The Incal and The Metabarons creator Alexandro Jodorowski has a third epic in his "Jodo-Verse". This week DL talks The Technopriests. Also this episode DL has Swamp Monsters - Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics from Yoe Books. Check it out!

Episode #557! The Sixth Gun and Pencils vs Pixels! This week we have a tale set in the old west. DL brings the fantasy/horror series The Sixth Gun by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt to the table. Scott talks Disney documentaries and a book that charts the making of the animated film Aladdin. Check it out!  

Episode #556! El Fuego and Spider-man! This week we bring a few books to the table. First up we have an end of the world tale from writer, artist David Rubin. El Fuego tells the story of a gifted architect's attempt to create off world housing as a planet killing asteroid and his own personal problems come baring down. We also talk Spider-man with Forever Young and an essential. Plus we check out two new DC collected reprints from their compact and finest lines. Check it out! 

Episode #555! Blazing Combat and Atlanta! We are finally back with a new episode! Fresh off his trip to Atlanta, Scott tells us all about it and some shops he might have visited. In 1965, publisher Jim Warren and writer/editor Archie Goodwin produced Blazing Combat magazine. Each black and white issue was illustrated by the top comic book artists of the time including Wally Wood, Gene Colan, John Severin, Alex Toth, George Evans and Russ Heath. Although only four issues were completed, all featured covers painted by Frank Frazetta. We check out Fantagraphics' Blazing Combat HC which features each issue and interviews with Warren and Goodwin. Definitely check it out!

Episode #554! Daredevil Born Again! This week your hosts Scott Sackett and DLNelson are back with the new Disney+ show Daredevil: Born Again! After watching the first two episodes, they talk about the plot while breaking down individual scenes. The ending of original Netflix show is reviewed along with the original Born Again comics. Check it out!  

Episode #553! The All American Art Cartooning, Bond and Mash! This week Scott brings two television programs to the pod. First he talks about an anniversary for TV's MASH then he tells us about House of David. DL brings two books from the '40's to the table. First up is Al Capp's The Life and Times of The Shmoo. Also, the Higgins Ink Co.'s magazine The All American Art Cartooning is examined. Plus Daredevil, Cap Brave New World and Bond. We will be keeping it real this episode.   

Episode #552! Bowling With Corpses, Brothers and Alien! This week DL brings two illustrated hardcovers to the table. Written and drawn by Mike Mignola, Bowling With Corpses is a collection of eight wonderful fantasy stories. Next is what could have been or more importantly what should have been. Aliens Book One written by Mark Verheiden with black and white art by Mark A. Nelson continues the story of Newt and Hicks years after the events of (the movie) Aliens. Scott brings Alex Van Halen's biography Brothers to the table and tells us about The Return of Godzilla. Check it out!  

Episode #551! Paul Smith's The Uncanny X-Men Artist's Edition and The Drifting Classroom! In 1962 Topps unleashed a trading card set like no other. Now from Abrams publishing is the Topps Mars Attacks 50th Anniversary Collection book which reproduced every card. Scott brings that book and the huge Paul Smith's The Uncanny X-Men Artist's Edition to the table. Also this week DL has Manga Ka Kazuo Umezz' horror masterpiece The Drifting Classroom! Plus we keep it real. Check it out!    

Episode #550! Transmetropolitan, Superman vs The Flash and Usagi Yojimbo! This week we Keep It Real with our takes on TV and comics. First up Scott talks about the comedy series Bookie available on Max. DL does an overview of the Ellis and Robertson series Tranametropolitan. Scott brings the DC treasury Superman vs The Flash The Greatest Race Of All Time to the table. All that plus Usagi Yojimbo! Check it out!   

Episode #549! The Complete Web of Horror, Doom Patrol and A Treasury of XXth Century Murder! Welcome back! This week Scott bring a few books to the podcast. First up he has a collection of stories featuring one of his favorite comic book teams the Doom Patrol. He also has war stories covered with John Keegan's The Second World War and Nathan Hale's Treaties, Trenches, Mud and Blood. Meanwhile DL brings an absolute winner of a book to the table. The Complete Web of Horror collects all three issues from the short lived mag plus completed stories and art that never made it into future issues. And in the new Keeping It Real segment DL spotlights another book. Check it out!     

Episode #548! Our Top Five of '24! This week your hosts Scott Sackett and DLNelson are back with their annual Best Of episode. Books, comics, magazines, music, an interactive experience and even a musical is discussed. Also some honorable mentions are mentioned. Check it out!   

 Episode #547! DC Finest, The Shadow and Doomsday +1! This week Scott brings two serials to the podcast with Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu. He also shows off his score from Lulu. DL has two new Batman collections with DC Finest Batman Year One & Two and Batman First Knight. Plus Freddie the Fix. Check it out!

Episode #546! Starman, The Shadow and the Marvel calendar! It's time for a new Starman. This week DL focuses on the Jack Knight era of the Opal City hero. Scott brings a rare Shadow hardcover to the table along with the new Marvel (reprint) calendar. We also have some New Orleans and Disney World travel talk. Check it out!                       

Episode #545! Dungeons and Dragons and Hellboy! This week Scott starts off with a couple of movies. First up is 1932's The Most Dangerous Game then is Sinatra in Double Dynamite. After that he has the absolute tome The Making Of Original Dungeons & Dragons 1970-1977. DL brings a trio of Mike Mignola books to the table including his new Hell, Ink & Water art book. All that plus extras. Check it out!   

Episode #544! Gil Kane The Art of the Comics, Discipline and The Goddess of Pigland! This week Scott brings the comic The Goddess of Pigland by his cousin Mario Zecca to the table. He also spotlights the career spanning book Gil Kane The Art of the Comics. DL has a story of a Quaker leaving home to fight in the Civil War in Discipline by Dash Shaw.  All that and more. Check it out!  

Episode #543! The Shadow, The Joker and Battlestar Galactica! This week at the table, Scott brings a Shadow pulp reprint which includes The Voodoo Master and The Red Blot. As if that wasn't enough Shadow, he also directs our attention to Dark Avenger The Strange Saga of the Shadow. Also this week we talk treasuries with Howard The Duck, Battlestar Galactica and Faster Than Light. And we talk about the sweet, sweet musical Joker Folie 'a Deux! Check it out!