The entire Graphically Novel crew is in the house to welcome one of our favorite guests, Justin Stacy, to talk about Astro City! This delighful anthology delighted everyone while giving strong Watchmen vibes! Plus, do superheroes have a fascination with flying naked?
This is a can't miss episode!
Josh puts all his chips in the pot as he and Leia welcome Dawn Baldwin back for a conversation about what Josh believes is an X-Men comic both Leia and Dawn will love! Can Gail Simone bring them around and get them to love X-Men? Tune in to find out!
Josh and Leia are joined by new friend Ace Hendrix to discuss The Invisibles!
Oh, the 90's. In a story new to all four of the people sitting in, we go over the acid trip (literally!) that is Grant Morrison's Invisibles. They discuss 90's Scottish writers as well as punk rock vs glam rock.
Leia and Josh welcome new guest Christi Nicodemus to talk Batman: Court of Owls!
Descend into madness right alongside Bruce Wayne while we ask - would YOU trust everything you knew when you were 13? Also, as a bonus, Josh explains all the keepsakes in the Batcave!
Jean Grey was dead: to begin with. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.
Josh and Leia are joined by new guest Stephanie Tyson to discuss Dark Phoenix. Josh did this on Graphically Novel and barely survived it then and now he's going back to do it for RetCon. Psychic LARP gaslighting, Professor X continues to be a complete dick and Josh's crush on Emma Frost begins.
Welcome to Season 7 and Episode 69 (nice)! Leia and Josh start the season with frequent guest Patrick Stout Garrity and the Boom! Studios comic Something Is Killing the Children. Can you out-Buffy the Buffy TV show? We'll find out! Plus, the season surprise for Leia!
Josh and Leia put the entire Graphically Novel Board of Directors together to do our unexpected finale to Season 6! Bear and Jennifer Howland join us to talk about Who Is the Red Hulk? Spoiler: this comic doesn't answer that question. HOWEVER we have tons of ridiculous Hulk fun including an appearance by Josh's favorite incarnation of Hulk - Joe Fix-It!
See you all in Season 7!
Josh and Leia are joined by the Baronessah, Jennifer Howland, to talk about the first story arc in Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men run! They talk about the not-so-subtle comparisons between mutants and the gay struggle, give proper respect to Mr. Sinister and Leia learns to love Emma Frost.
Leia and Josh welcome back one of their favorite guests, Dixie Cochrane, to finish out their three part series on Gotham City Sirens. A lot of talk about cozy video games, the bimbofication of Harley Quinn and this series unfortunately takes a wet fart of an ending.
Leia and Josh are joined by new guest Tim Hardwick to talk the 2006 story Spider-Man Reign! An alternate future sees an old Peter Parker in his new quest to save New York - also includes THAT SCENE. If you don't know what we're talking about, come find out!
Josh and Leia are joined by frequent special guest Patrick Stout Garrity to talk about last summer's vampire story Blood Hunt! Three ex-LARPers of Vampire: the Masquerade talk about Dracula, sentient cities and so many LARP references you'll be downloading Bloodlines before the episode ends!
Josh and Leia are joined by the Baronessah, Jennifer Howland and special guest Will Azbill to go over the inspiration for X-Men '97: Operation Zero Tolerance. The first part of what will be multiple parts, they discuss how close to a 28 year old comic is to today, some of the grossest X-Men the 90's had to offer and the best portrayal of J Jonah Jameson ever. Tune in now!
Josh and Leia are joined once again by Cory Peter to discuss The King In Black, which Josh thought until reading it was going to be War of Kings for some reason. The conclusion of Absolute Carnage get really crazy. The impossible differences between Sentry and Thor, Mohammad Ali as a symbiote host and the Ligma Force are all discussed.
Leia and Josh are joined once again by special guest Dixie Cochran to continue down our journey into Gotham City Sirens! The Japanese language doesn't work like that, architecture in Gotham City and the bimbofication of Harley Quinn are just a few of the things we discuss in a show guaranteed to have a Part 3!
Leia and Josh are joined by can't-miss guest Dawn Baldwin and the Baronessah, Jennifer Howland for Ice Cream Man! If you've never listened to a Dawn Baldwin episode, you're in for a creamy, frozen treat! This horror anthology series is guaranteed to rot your teeth!
Leia and Josh are joined by frequent guest Kyle Slack to talk about Kevin Smith's Marvel debut - Daredevil: Guardian Devil! We explore the womanizing side of Matt Murdoch, Natasha Romanov should not be the first person you call to babysit and we answer the age old question - did the baby AntiChrist give her AIDS?
Josh and Leia are joined by new guest Zombie and the Baronessah to discuss Nightcrawler: The Devil Inside! Why is it bad to send someone who looks like a demon to counsel a child? Is it okay to bang your foster sister? And why are gay snakes the best pets? These questions and more are investigated in this very, VERY sexy comic!
Leia and Josh are joined by frequent guest Jesse to discuss Ultimatum! LOTS of decapitations, Leia absolutely hates it here and why every single character was screwed up in the Ultimate Universe. Also, who has quit the show the most?
Josh and Leia are joined by new guest Tim Hardwick to discuss Madame Web! More of a breakdown of the character and why she got her own movie (tl;dr - we have no idea). Some highlights include talking about Black Tom, the tiny Looney Tunes dog of Marvel, Jessica Jones and Paul Rudd getting it on and Josh gets personally offended when part of One More Day is blatantly laid out before him.
