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Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsGamma Sops: Incredible Hulk #334EPISODE 311 - The Incredible Hulk battles Half-Life, a brand new villain! Is he gamma-created? You know it! We are continuing are examination of the run by writer Peter David and artist Todd McFarlane. Peter is starting to really dig in. Todd's artworks is showing tremors of his style that will soon erupt! For Loose Screws, Kevin talks about his new Plastic Man reprtins and Will can't get his iPad to update! ------------------------ Email us with your thoughts to screwitcomics@gmail.com Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com for bonus content. 2025-03-1946 minScrew It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsWho Watches The MIlksops? Watchmen #12We examine the stunning conclusion of Watchmen with a dive into issue 12. After finishing this read, Kevin text Will "Watchmen is good" -- that's our take, everyone! Most amazing is that despite how many times they've read it, Kevin and Will found YET ANOTHER thing that had not noticed in previous reads. It's the comic that keeps on giving. We discuss the recent disturbing news about Neil Gaiman, a creator we have covered many times before. And for Loose Screws, we talk about the movies Blade and Die Hard 2. We talk for a w...2025-01-221h 18Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsWho Watches The Milksops? Watchmen #11 with Jordan D. WhiteWe take a close look at Watchmen #11 with Marvel editor Jordan D. White! Jordan is the current editor of the Venom books, the former editor of the X-books and most important is a returning guest to our podcast! As usual we marvel over how great Watchmen is. Will fails to convince Kevin and Jordan that Alan Moore did a not-great job setting up the twist of the plot (the stuff with the island / alien). And do we talk pirate comic? You bet we do! For Loose Screws, Will is binging all of Weird Al Yankovic...2025-01-151h 45Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsPower Pack #1-4: w/ guest Brian HinesIt's Christmas and that means all three Hines brothers are under one roof and that means all three Hines brothers (Will, Kevin and Brian) are on the podcast. We decide to talk about Power Pack -- a superhero group of siblings that was first published in 1984. We three brothers all loved the series when it came out and it was fun to revisit it. Power Pack was more revolutionary than it might have seemed. In an era of increasing violence and grittiness in mainstream comics, Power Pack remained focused on gentler powers and feelings. The siblings, although t...2024-12-251h 19Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsUltimate Milksops: Ultimate Spider-Man #3The Milksops continue their examination of Bendis/Bagley's Ultimate Spider-Man! Kevin likes it more on this reading, but is still frustrated by the slow pace. Will remains is moved by the nuanced characters. In this issue, Peter begins his short career as a masked wrestler, and also becomes a star of the high school basketball team. In our world famous loose screws segment, Kevin talks about the Aquaman movie sequel. Does Kevin like it, or not? (Spoiler: no!)2024-03-2737 minScrew It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsGabbin' 'Bout Giffen: The HecklerWhat if a superhero acted mostly like Bugs Bunny? We now take you to another Milksop favorite: The Heckler. Though it was cancelled after only six issues because of low sales, The Heckler has always been a beloved cult favorite, espeically for fans of Giffen. Kevin has loved this series since it first came out! Will didn't read it until after Kevin raved about it for the 100th time or so, but he also respects it. The Heckler is a superhero with no specific powers, origin story or explanation. What we are told is he is the owner of...2024-01-101h 08Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsLoose Screws Ep: Astro City's "Dark Age," The Marvels and MonarchA special bonus ep, kind of, which is JUST the "loose screws" segment. This was recorded for next week's ep (in which re review the Spider-Man 2 video game), but we decided it was TOO long and hence you're getting it this week. Will talks about the "Dark Age" storyline from the comic Astro City. Kevin discusses the recent MCU film The Marvels and the Apple+ TV show Monarch. See you next ep! email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com2023-11-2222 minScrew It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsHall of Milksops - JLA Earth 2We close out our coverage of the terrific Grant Morrison JLA run with this adventure that was released as its own graphic novel: JLA Earth 2. Done by Morrison and Frank Quitely -- who would later do the sublime All-Star Superman series -- this story is about an alternate world where the JLA is evil (the Crime Syndicate of America) and Lex Luthor is good! CSA is not a Morrison invention -- it goes back to 1964 when Gardner Fox created them during the original run of JLA stories. But here we get a Morrison-y twist: in the CSA's world, evil A...2023-11-011h 03Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsHall of Milksops - JLA World War III (34, 36-41)2023-10-251h 04
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsHall of Milksops - JLA #1-4Sometimes when you read superhero comics you want Actual Superheros doing Actual Superhero things. That's what you get in Grant Morrisson's 1990s JLA run. Extraordinarily powered beings battling the highest stakes villains. Creative uses of physically impossible abilities. The triumph of good over evil. And Superman being a great Superman. We cover the first 4 issues they wrote, the "Hyperclan" arc. Kevin gives us an overview of DC comics at this time (1996). Then Will re-caps all four issues, a stunning achievment for a man who normally does not read comics published after 1987. __ SHOW INFORMATION T...2023-09-061h 10
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsGuardians of the Galaxy 3 DiscussionThe Milksops discuss the third installment in the MCU Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Kevin liked it more than Will, but Will admits that maybe he's just going through MCU fatigue, and he's not being fair. Both of us love that James Gunn got to finish this trilogy, and appreciate that he's kept the same tone and voice throughout the series. We talk about the challenge of balancing so many characters and places, and which characters have changed the most since the first movie in 2014. In our world-famous "Loose Screws" segment, Will talks about JM DeMatteis' self-produced Spellbound Comics...2023-05-241h 14
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMini Ep: Brian's Quiz - Mount Rushmore of ComicsMilksop Brother Three Brian is back with a quiz of comics-related questions for his older brothers. "What's your favorite comic" type of questions, but these go way beyond that. We thought this was gonna be a mini-ep, but Kevin and Will spend so much time discussing things that we got to a full hour. But think about how you would pick YOUR Mount Rushmore of Comics, and see if you can answer quickly. AND you KNOW we've got some Loose Screws™! __ SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItComics@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Su2023-05-101h 02
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsZot #11-12The Milksops Three (Will, Kevin and Brian) discuss the "black and white" era of Zot! comics. We discuss how much this comic levels up in terms of quality, ambition and emotion, in both art and story. We see Zot trying to convince Jenny that her Earth is worth living in, as she tries to convince him to visit more and more. We meet Jenny's friends, and even see a few tender moments of older brother/sometimes monkey Butch. Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com. __ SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItComics@gmail...2023-03-291h 05
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsZot #10Kevin and Will welcome Milksop #3 - Brian Hines, the legendary third Hines brother to the podcast. We talk about a comic that has meant a lot to each of us: Zot! Created by Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics), Zot ran from the mid-80s through the very early 90s, and represented a sensitive, human and nuanced look at a superhero arc. The stories brought influences of manga to an American book in a way that hadn't been done in any prominent fashion. Plus the sweet, compassionate world of Zot stood out in contrast to the brutal grimness featured in many...2023-03-221h 24
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMarvel Firsts - DaredevilKevin makes a really good case that this first appearance of Daredevil is one of the strongest first issues we've read. This is in contrast to the sort-of "second tier" status Daredevil will have for much of the 60s and 70s. Even after Frank Miller and Klaus Janson brought the title to the top of the sales charts in the early 80s, there have been almost no "bad runs" on Daredevil. Has he quietly been one of the best Marvel characters this whole time? Will perhaps unfairly compared this issue to the dark brooding stories he knows are coming...2023-02-151h 09
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSquadron Supreme #4-6CORRECTION: Will keeps saying 'Madame Ape' which is very wrong -- he should have said 'Ape X.' Three more Squadron Supreme issues, and it's growing on the 'sops. There's a brainwashing machine in play and it's giving the Squadron some Clockwork Orange creepiness. We like. Plus there's guilt and death and betrayal and just to keep things interesting, another 10 or so characters added. We like these more than we did the first three, maybe because the exposition is finished? Plus we grieve the recent deaths of comics greats Kevin O'Neill, Carlos Pacheco and Kevin Conroy (voice of Batman...2022-11-231h 02
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsLove and Rockets - Heartbreak SoupWe continue our examination of Love and Rockets comics with a focus on Gilbert Hernandez's first big Palomar story "Heartbreak Soup." We discuss the hugeness of the world, the variety of influences (Jack Kirby, Don DeCarlo, folk tales, punk rock), the wildness of Gilbert's plot, the progressive sex and love, the problematic sex and love, the boldness of the mature themes. We get into Gilbert overall: how much he's done, how challenging he can be to read. Will talks about how much this affected him when he first discovered it in 1987 and how far ahead of so many comics...2022-10-2659 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMutants and Mailbags #26 - X-Men #189-191First the Milksops review a three issue span where the X-Men and New Mutants team up against the magic villain Kulan Gath, who has thrown Manhattan back into Conan the Barbarian-esque time (NOT Conan O'Brien, despite what Will says a few times). Kevin liked that it was a short arc, and the glimpse into telepath Rachel Summer's terrible dystopian future world. Will was fed up with Claremont's overly-complicated plots and the density of characters! Like, wait, who's Amara? Why is Spider-Man unaffected? Why is Spider-Man even here? Which Milksop is right? We also get into some mail and talk...2022-09-071h 08
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsReview: Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of MadnessThe Milksops break from their tendency to talk about 80s and 90s comics to focus on the latest MCU release: Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Their take: it's good? We get into what Kevin didn't like about the first one, and why he likes this one better. We also get into: guest character appearances, our assessment of the films visuals and actions, rating its villain, the impact on the story of the MCU as a whole and along the way Kevin spoils Citizen Kane! __ SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItComics@gmail.com Subscribe...2022-05-2544 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMutants and Mailbags #22 - X-Men #181-184A terrific run of Claremont issues. We have the charming "Young Dragons in Love" where we see Japan bring out its standing anti-Monster forces to stop a lovesick dragon from destroying Tokyo. Rogue loses track of which of her memories are really hers when she rescues an ex-boyfriend (we think) of Carol Danvers. Wolverine takes Colossus out to maybe beat him up for dumping Kitty Pryde and instead just lets casual clothes wearing Juggernaut beat him up. And finally Rachel Summers, the daughter of Scott and Jean from another timeline arrives in our present to , we presume, save the...2022-05-111h 17
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMutants and Mailbags #18 - X-Men 163-166Brood, Brood and more Brood. The X-Men find themselves in an impossible situation when they realize that a hostile alien force has planted eggs inside of their bodies, and the only way to stop the hatching is to die! Luckily they find a simple (not) solution involving the prophet/singer leader of a fleet of peaceful space whales, spirtual bonds that heal bodies, and a rogue dragon who eats eggs. Paul Smith starts his run as artist for the X-Men and it's a great fit right away. Also Professor X gets ready to begin the New Mutants. Will is...2022-03-021h 08
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMutants and Mailbags #17 - X-Men #159-162The X-Men stories are getting so complicated it's tough to summarize correctly. But basically we've got: a quick fight against Dracula (no big), a demon who pulls Illyana into limbo for 6 or 7 years, Professor X remembering that he and Magneto were once allies and then shaking off a coma, and the beginning of a showdown against the increasingly horrifying (to the Milksops) Brood. Kevin is still a bit "meh" on how disorganized the stories are but Will sees that the characters' back stories are being improved and strengthened for the next era of X-Comics. Plus we get a great...2022-02-091h 10
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Dark Knight Returns #2Issue 2 of this seminal series is the only one that features a wholly original villain: the hyper-violent, extra-brutal leader of the Mutant Gang. Batman gets a new Robin: the extremely fun and optimistic Carrie Kelly. We also see the Bat-Tank version of the Batmobile, and get hints of a SUPER guest to come later in the story. This Kevin's favorite issue and Will's second-favorite. Can the Milksops survive such a disagreement (yes, it's no big deal). -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItComics@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2022-02-021h 11
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMutants and Mailbags #15 - X-Men #151-154Hilarious Correction Department: it's Emma FROST not Emma STONE. Anyway: A rival school for mutants drafts Kitty Pryde, and Storm switches bodies with Emma Frost. Plus a cute fairy tale that charmed Will and kinda was okay to Kevin, plus the Starjammers returns as Cyclops (again?) remembers the story of his father. In our mail, we are shamed for not mentioning the Daredevil cameo in "No Way Home" plus we have to pick the worst X-Men villains and Will just sys Galactus? Go to shortboxed.com/screwit to win a copy of a 2018 pressing of Dark Knight Returns #1 signed...2022-01-121h 14
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsChris Gethard: Strange and Doom - The Triumph and The TormentChris Gethard (Beautiful/Anonymous, Planet Scum, Half My Life special on Amazon Prime) returns to discuss a gem of a graphic novel from 1989: Dr. Strange and Dr. Doom - The Triumph and The Torment. We also get into: a old issue of FF the Gethard has acquired, whether or not Kevin and Will appreciate the X-Men the way they do the FF, Byrne / Claremont / DeMatties as interview subjects, Mark Gruenwald's run on Captain America, the impact of an FF movie on the MCU, The New Warriors, a tiny bit of UCB/improv history and the impact of graphic novels...2021-11-031h 44
HINESIGHTS PodcastEP 1 | GIVING YOUR BRAIN SOME TLC WITH DR. SANJAY GUPTA AND KEVIN HINESThis episode’s guest is a neurosurgeon, CNN chief medical correspondent, and dear friend Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
He is with us in the Hinesights Podcast to chat about his experience through life, his job, and what makes him happy. Dr. Gupta shares his thoughts regarding COVID and his new book: World War C: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One. He shares how he has been re-reading books during the lockdown, his perfect meal plan, and the dark moments in his life. Dr. Gupta also reflects on how he got out of...2021-10-1025 min
Marvel by the Month#129: November 1969 (w/Will Hines and Kevin Hines) - "The Coming of Sunfire!"Will and Kevin Hines are brothers. They are kind of comedians. And they are the only two guys to host a podcast about a thing that they like. That podcast is the extremely good Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics, which is sort of like what we do except they only talk about their favorite comics. We've wasted hundreds of hours of our lives.For more than an extra hour of this episode, support us on Patreon at the $4/month level to get access to our super-secret bonus feed of content. The expanded edition of...2021-10-061h 16
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMutants and Mailbag #9 - X-men #129-132Enter: The Hellfire Club. Also enter: "radiation" heroes as stand-ups, mutants as improvisers; the abundance of alleys in Marvel's NYC; the debut of Kitty Pryde; and one of the most famous Wolverine panels to have ever happened! Plus the mail: we pitch some "What Ifs?", Kevin has an idea for The Incredibles 3 and wondering how the mutants will fit into the MCU. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItComics@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2021-09-291h 12
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMutants and Mailbag #7 - X-men #122-124, Annual #3A catch-up issue where everyone catches their breath, then Arcade throws everyone into a giant pinball machine, and then oh yeah some guy named Arkon from another dimension or something shows up and fights and then befriends the X-Men! Kevin compares these comics to old Kirby FFs. Will likes the Wild West and confirms the least surprising thing ever: he has a crush on Storm. Plus the mail! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItComics@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2021-08-111h 19
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSuperior Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man #698-#700The Milksops get into one of the most-requested series from our fans: 2012's Superior Spider-Man, in which Spidey and Doctor Octopus switch bodies! In this episode we go over the three issues of Amazing Spider-Man where the story started, before it kicked off into its own series for thirty or so issues. Will is won over right away. Kevin talks about how he had to read the first issue a second time immediately after finishing it once. Fun! Scary! Cool! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItComics@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe...2021-05-191h 10
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsJesse Falcon: X-Men #128Longtime Marvel (and ToyBiz and Disney) Toy Designer Jesse Falcon joins us. Jesse is both a comics professional and a comedian friend of the Milksops as they all performed together at the UCB Theatre for years. Jesse talks about his lifelong obsession with making comics gear, insanely strange movies and TV shows he somehow knows about it, that Will and Kevin were wrong for years to assume he was the guy who invented Hulk Hands, and that Steve Ditko once gave someone homemade pretzels. This ep is an instant classic! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics...2021-03-241h 19
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMarvel's Secret Wars #9 and #10: Your hero, Doctor DoomThese issues showcase the super-villain Doctor Doom, and he emerges as the main character of this story. Will loves Secret Wars and respect Jim Shooter's work on it, and Kevin brings him down to earth with some stories about Jim's behind the scenes arrogance or at least tone-deaf office humor. Still, these issues are fun. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2021-02-171h 13
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMarvel's Secret Wars #3 and #4: A Mountain of A ProblemThe Milksops talk about one of their favorite moments of the Secret Wars story: the Hulk holds up a mountain. Will is suprised how much he's enjoying this re-read. Kevin is not surprised. We get into more of Shooter's unsubtle dialogue, the Molecule Man's truly unreasonably powerful powers and if the X-Men are being treated unfairly by the story! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2021-01-271h 14
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsImmortal Hulk #5 - Best Hulk Ever?We begin a short series of Will reading some comics Kevin tells him to. We start with the commercially successful and critically acclaimed IMMORTAL HULK. The mystery, the philosophy, the character, the darkness, the... fun? We get into it. Next epsiode: BANG #2. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-12-021h 19
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSandman Wrap-UpMilksops Will and Kevin wrap up their season of discussing Sandman comics. Somehow Will talks for 45 minutes and they're not even going over another issue. Plus email! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-11-181h 10
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSandman #17 - So Where Do You Get Your Ideas?WARNING: the issue we discuss has sexual assault in its story. Kevin and Will review a gruesome tale of horror and revenge in the Sandman issue "Callopie." An evil writer is out of ideas so he does what so many young artists to: he enslaves a Roman muse. We get into this story as an example of how well Sandman can show evil and justice, and we learn some key info on Dream's personal history. Also the Three Fates show up. That's pretty wild. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com...2020-09-301h 09
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSandman #13: Chaucer and Shakespeare Walk Into A BarThe milksops (Kevin and Will) go over the debut of Hob Gadling, the man who will never die! What's YOUR favorite invention of the last 500 years: chimneys or handkerchiefs? -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-09-231h 26
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSandman #8: Dream's Big Sister DeathWe begin a new season in which Kevin and Will examine the Vertigo series Sandman! Will is so excited we don't get to the issue itself for 30 minutes! Then we discuss this seminal issue, in which we meet Dream's big sister Death. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-09-161h 19
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsBatman Year One Issue #4 | Costume OptionalKevin and Will finish their discussion of Batman Year One, and guess what? They still love it. Kevin pitches more ways to get Batman out of this story. Will tries to figure out when he stopped liking Frank Miller. And they talk about whether it's COOL or REALLY COOL that Batman is not even in costume for the climactic battle of this story! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-09-021h 40
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsBatman Year One Issue #2 | 80% Less BatmanKevin and Will continue looking at one of the greatest superhero comics of all time: Batman Year One. There's two hot takes in this episode. 1) They both think this comic is great. 2) Kevin thinks he could do with EIGHTY PERCENT less Batman, which Will thinks is the craziest thing Kevin or anyone has ever said. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-08-191h 15
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsJustice League Europe #4 | Big Hair DayThe JLE beat their foe, and in a very un-Justice League moment -- they do it by actually using their powers in a fight?! Also Kevin and Will discuss how JLE characters all have an intimidating amount of hair. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-08-051h 07
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsJustice League Europe #3 | Off the DomeWho does the city of Paris love more than the JLE? Everyone, but especially the Global Guardians (who? oh, right them). Will and Kevin admire the balance of humor and action again. They also try to name their top 5 favorite artists and instead name 50. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-07-291h 02
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsJustice League Europe #1 | The Spin-OffJustice League International was such a hit that it spawned a spin-off: Justice League Europe. Kevin talks about how this title is better than the original and Will ogles Captain Atom's tiny waist. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-07-151h 09
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsJustice League International #12 | Maxwell Lord’s Backstory: How Evil Is He?The first year of JLI ends with Maxwell Lord smashing a computer apart while the Justice League fights... no one? Merton leaves mid issue and Will and Kevin can’t decide why we supposed to like Max. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-07-0100 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsJustice League International #8 | Moving DayThe first almost all-fun-character, no-action JLI issue as the league moves into several embassies around the globe. We've got the first "bwa-ha-ha" laugh, which would become iconic for this series, and the establishment that the Martian Manhunter loves Oreos. Kevin and Will give it an A+. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-05-271h 09
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsJustice League International #7 | International At LastThe Justice League becomes Justice League International! First Dr. Fate gets rid of the most powerful villain of the series in one panel. Also, Kevin and Will discuss how it's weird that it's interesting when an ensemble comic spends several pages discussing lineup changes. And RIP Richard Sala - unrelated to JLI but a great comics creator that Kevin has admired for years. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-05-201h 02
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsJustice League International - #3 | Windy NinjaMore nukes, more commies, plus two Star Trek Jokes. JLI is already in fine form, very early in its series run. Kevin and Will love that Mister Miracle was willing to sacrifice his life for the cause, and we also love his flying discs! Kirbytastic! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-04-2254 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsJustice League International #2 | The Commies!It's not a 1980s superhero book without the THREAT OF NUCELAR WAR looming closely overhead. Will and Kevin get into the issue where the Justice League start messing around with nukes. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-04-1544 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Incredible Hulk #3 | A Completely Bonkers StoryTruly one of the most bonkers stories Will and Kevin have ever read. Hulk flies, but doesn't, gets mind controlled, gets trapped in space for the third time in three issues, rampages several times, and probably murders the most active circus of all time -- in 22 pages! YES HULK YES! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-02-0559 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Incredible Hulk #1 | It's About Ding Dong Time!Kevin and Will go over The Incredible Hulk issue #1. We've got G-bomb tests, cranky generals, rebellious teenagers, dangerous commies, a human gargoyle and.... The Hulk! 22 pages, five chapters, all crammed with Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's ideas. We say: fun! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-01-221h 02
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Incredible Hulk | IntroductionYour introduction to all things Hulk! Kevin and Will give an overview of how the Hulk comic book was created, canceled, brought back, and then seen to become one of Marvel Comics most popular characters! We briefly discuss some of the major Hulk eras, and the Hulk movies, and Will forces in a smarty pants reference to Mary Shelly's Frankenstein! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-01-1545 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSeason Three Trailer | The Incredible HulkKevin and WIll announce they'll be discussing the first six issues of The Incredible Hulk, starting next episode! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2020-01-0804 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsBonus Episode | Watchmen: Issue #1Kevin and Will go over the first issue of legendary comic book series Watchmen. This is unrelated to the rest of this season, and just because the new HBO television series gives us an excuse to go over one of our favorite comic series of all time. We talk about Alan Moore's genius, Dave Gibbon's mastery, and what makes the finely turned watch that is Watchmen's world tick! We talk about the masterful FULLNESS of this world, the irony, the bleakness, the hilarious meanness! We get into problems with Alan Moore stories in general: the density, the dude-ness. We...2019-11-271h 03
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsBaby Fantastic | The Fantastic Four #84-90Two story arcs: Doom hypnotizes FF but also plays piano for them, and then Sue rents what looks like a totally evil house and in fact is one. Plus some email in which Kevin and Will get schooled! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-10-3059 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsWonder Gloves | The Fantastic Four #78-83Jack Kirby is picking up steam again! Although we're into a run where a high percentage of fights end the second people have a conversation. A moral lesson? Or hurried storytelling? YOU BE THE JUDGE! Plus Kevin and Will catch up on email again. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-10-231h 13
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Human Torch | MailbagA catch-up episode! Kevin and Will take a deep dive on the Human Torch! They catch up on email! They challenge each other to a Fantastichat! More Fantastic Four issues next episode! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-10-0241 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsDoom on a Surfboard | The Fantastic Four #54-67Past the peak, we move into some issues that we deem as "not bad!" Meaning, they don't change the very landscape of the Marvel Universe, but they are darn good Jack Kirby stories. We also see Dr. Doom on a surfboard, which Kevin hates and Will loves! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-09-261h 11
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThis Man, This Monster | The Fantastic Four #51-53Continuing this stellar run of Jack Kirby masterpieces, we review what may be the single greatest issue of FF ever - "This Man, This Monster" as well as the introduction of a little-known Marvel hero known as The Black Panther! Kevin and Will lose their minds and basically read the whole comics to you all. -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-09-181h 18
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Galactus Saga | The Fantastic Four #48-50This is it! The big one! Perhaps the most famous Fantastic Four story from the Kirby Era: The Galactus Saga. The long-winded, big-helmet-wearing, pantsless God-like villain known as Galactus shows up on Earth in order to... eat it for dinner. Along with him comes the Silver Surfer, and in battling him the FF meet one of the most powerful and popular villains in all of Marvel comics! Spoiler: hosts Kevin and Will love it! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-09-111h 16
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Thing | Analysis: The Fantastic Four #35-43Will and Kevin discuss one of the all-time great Marvel Comics characters: Ben Grimm, The Ever-Lovin' Thing! They also get into their admittedly insane plan for structuring this season, and some more email! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-08-211h 02
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Frightful Four | Recap: The Fantastic Four #35-43Will and Kevin examine the first capital G GREAT long run of FF stories in this batch. Artist/co-writer Jack Kirby is getting into a groove as the action is non-stop, the characters have evolved and it is just plain fun! Plus we meet The Frightful Four -- villains featuring some of the silliest powers in all Marveldom! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-08-141h 17
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Invisible Girl | Analysis: The Fantastic Four #25-34Kevin and Will analyze the "getting good" run, including a deep dive on the much-underdeveloped character of the group: Sue Storm aka The Invisible Girl. Jack and Stan seemed determined to relegate her to "needing to be rescued" status. But was there something progressive by just having romantic interest part of the team at all? And was it revolutionary to see a couple get engaged, then married, then have a baby? All this and much more! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-08-071h 04
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSpider-Man: Far From Home | MailbagA catch-up episode! Kevin and Will take a break from the Fantastic Four briefly to discuss the new Spider-Man movie "Far From Home." And they also read a bunch of listener email! More Fantastic Four next week! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-07-241h 26
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsDr. Doom | Analysis: The Fantastic Four #9-24Kevin and Will analyze the bad issues. You can still see the elements that will make this series great. Ben's character is settling into place. The artwork remains strong (although the inking gets worse). The huge number of ideas is still impressive. And we take a deep dive into Doctor Doom who somehow evolves from hilariously weak to the signature villain in the Marvel Universe! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-07-171h 10
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMr. Fantastic | Analysis: The Fantastic Four #1-8Kevin and Will go segment crazy as they analyze the characters, themes and significance of the first eight issues of The Fantastic Four. Plus a deep dive on the team's brilliant, bossy, maybe emotionally bullying leader Mr. Fantastic! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-07-031h 06
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Messy Exciting Beginning | Recap: The Fantastic Four #1-8Kevin and Will recap the first eight issues of the Fantastic Four. The Origin! The Skrulls! Doctor Doom! And Sub-Mariner! These are great! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-06-261h 10
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Fantastic Four: An IntroductionHosts Will and Kevin talk about the original run of The Fantastic Four! This was the comics series that launched all of Marvel Comics. We get into the partnership of artist/writer Jack Kirby and editor/writer Stan Lee! The weird characters of Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben! The awesome visual design! The sometimes unhinged plots! And the awe-inspiring density of ideas! -- SHOW INFORMATION Twitter: @ScrewItComics Instagram: @ScrewItComics Email: ScrewItSpidey@gmail.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify2019-06-1937 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsReview: Spider-Man Video Game (2018)A special episode! After swearing they would never play the PS4 Spider-Man game, both Kevin and Will bought PS4 systems and games and got completely obsessed with it! They loved every bit of it, and in this episode get into why! The characters, the mechanics, the rendering of Manhattan, the surprises in the story!2019-01-011h 16
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsReview: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)We re-activate this podcast to discuss the awesome new movie: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” Your co-hosts Kevin and Will LOVED it, but of course we also have enough thoughts that we talk for over an hour about. Which version of Miles Morales do we get? What do we think of our two different Peter Parkers? How about the crazily good and varied art styles? Isn’t it so funny and also moving? Holy crap we loved it!2018-12-201h 06
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsEulogy: Stan Lee (1922 - 2018)Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man, as well as the architect of the Marvel Universe, passed away this weekend. Kevin and Will give a eulogy. They talk about Stan’s personality, his salesmanship, his focus on the reader, his love of words, his respect for good stories. They get into a bit of the darker stuff too -- issues of giving credit, bad business deals, and the poorly written female characters. But overall, we loved and revered Stan, and we miss him already.2018-11-131h 07
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Goblin Unmasked! | The Amazing Spider-Man #39 & #40A look at what the Spidey-world looks like without Steve Ditko: your co-hosts Kevin and Will look at the first two issues with a new artist/co-plotter. And what it looks like: people are friendlier, backgrounds are filled in, everyone’s hunkier.. And Stan Lee gives a crap about his dialogue again!2018-10-241h 06
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Looter | The Amazing Spider-Man #36He got his powers from a meteor. He’s obsessed with meteors. This is the story of…. THE LOOTER! (?) Continuing this run of “guy who punches hard” villains, it’s clear that artist Steve Ditko is mentally checked out. But seeing a great artist phone it in is still interesting, IF You are insane fans like Kevin and Will! YOU CAN’T MISS THIS ONE (you could).2018-10-0354 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsBest Non-Ditko Spidey Stories: Part 2Once again, Kevin and Will talk about some of their favorite non-Ditko stories! This episode, we go into the 1982 classic “Nothing Can Stop The Juggernaut” and the 2008 modern classic “Unscheduled Stop!” Plus a longish discussion about the lack of female creators who have been given the helm of Spidey stories (more stuff like Sara Pichelli drawing Miles Morales, please!)2018-09-121h 05
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMaster Planner Saga Part 3 | The Amazing Spider-Man #33“The Final Chapter” -- part 3 of the stunning Master Planner trilogy and co-hosts Kevin and Will are so excited they don’t quite know what to do with themselves. They read the first five pages out loud, then gush, then gush some more! They make the very fair declaration that if you don’t’ like this story more than any other story in any medium then you have a problem!2018-09-051h 05
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMaster Planner Saga Part 2 | The Amazing Spider-Man #32Part 2 of the artist Steve Ditko’s climactic Spider-Man triology - “Man on a Rampage.” All the setup of last issue comes bursting forth in an issue-long explosion of anger and fighting from Spidey! The previous 31 issues are in a way ALL part of a build-up to this story! Kevin and Will, as usual, get into it TOO MUCH!2018-08-291h 05
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Claws of the Cat | The Amazing Spider-Man #30A decent issue with a huge continuity error: the gang of uniformed thieves that show up periodically are ACTUALLY a foreshadowing of next issue! DO YOU FIND THIS FASCINATING? Co hosts Will and Kevin do! Plus: Ned Leeds PROPOSES to Betty Brant!2018-08-151h 01
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Scorpion Returns w/ Mark David Christenson & Kait Thompson | The Amazing Spider-Man #29Kevin and Will welcome guests Kait Thompson and Mark David Christenson, the co-hosts of “Aw Crap, A Hellboy Podcast!” We get into: how Ditko makes a great action story out of a not-that-great villain! How JJJ’s cowardice is ratcheted up to farcial levels, and how Peter’s got sexy new duds!2018-08-081h 00
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Menace of the Molten Man! | The Amazing Spider-Man #28Sure there’s a golden man who can punch like a wrecking ball but also: PETER PARKER GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL! Kevin and Will get into this momentous event. We also talk about how Ditko’s plotting seems to focus way more on Peter’s civilian life than his super-hero exploits as Spidey and how that’s cool. Also this issue features some very rare bad Ditko art! Relatively speaking since, no surprise, we still love it.2018-07-2554 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsBring Back My Goblin To Me! | The Amazing Spider-Man #27We are well into the era where artist Steve Ditko had stopped talking to writer/editor Stan Lee, and it’s making for stories with very unique structures! For example, in this issue -- the battle is over at the halfway point, and then there’s about 10 pages of wrapping everything up! It’s… not bad! But it feels different than most super-hero books! Listen to hosts Kevin and Will talk about it forever!2018-07-1849 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Man In The Crime-Master's Mask | The Amazing Spider-Man #26Spidey fights not ONE but TWO villains with secret identities: The Green Goblin and also -- THE CRIME MASTER! It’s yet another guy who’s plan is to unite all the crime syndicates in NYC! Will the fact that Spidey-Man has to use a cheap rented costume slow him down! Hint: yes! Kevin and Will like this issue as they realize that they had underestimated this particular era of the Ditko-Lee partnership.2018-07-1157 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsEulogy: Steve Ditko (1927 - 2018)Steve Ditko passed away this week at the age of 90. We recorded this episode the morning after the news broke. As listeners know, he is the artist and co-creator of Spider-Man. Hosts Kevin and Will give him a special eulogy episode where we talk about what made Ditko so special, about how big his impact was on Marvel in particular and comics in general. We get into this feud with Marvel, his eccentric reclusivity, his non-Marvel comics. RIP Steve Ditko, one of the giants of comics!2018-07-0842 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Spider-Slayers | The Amazing Spider-Man #25First appearance of the Spider-Slayer robot, back when it was just the Spider-capturing robot! Also, Kevin and Will realize every teenager on Peter Parker’s block is a nephew/niece with no parents in sight. Weird, right? And we catch up reader mail, which leads to Will pitching an impressively detailed vision for an Enforcers television show.2018-06-271h 01
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsBest Non-Ditko Spidey Stories: Part 1Kevin and Will break from the format of the podcast to talk about Spidey stories from after the original Steve Ditko era! They talk about two in this episode: The Kid Who Collected Spider-Man and Kraven’s Last Hunt! Both are so cool!2018-06-201h 05
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSpider-Man Goes Mad! w/ Joe Quinones and Jordan Gibson (Penciller/Colorist: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man) | The Amazing Spider-Man #24The current penciller (Joe Quinones) and colorist (Jordan Gibson) for “Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man” join Kevin and Will to talk about the psychological drama that is issue 24 -- Spider-Man Goes Mad! We get into: Ditko hands! Gangster Faces! European Therapists! And how a villain really gives away his guilt when he instantly tries to run away at the first accusation! We also talk about Joe and Jordan’s recent issues, which had modern Spidey meet Ditko Spidey! This is a CAN’T MISS ep!2018-06-131h 06
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Goblin and the Gangsters w/ Chip Zdarsky (Writer: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man) | The Amazing Spider-Man #23Kevin and Will are joined by Chip Zdarsky, current writer for the Marvel Comic “Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man.” We talk about his recent story in which 2018 Spider-Man time-travels to… the Spider-Man of THIS EPISODE’S ISSUE! So cool! We get into: What exactly is the Green Goblin’s concept? Do all newspaper publishers micro-manage as much as JJJ? Is Betty Brant a robot? And why does gangster Lucky Lobo snap his cigar?2018-06-061h 01
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSpider-Man Vs. the Scorpion | The Amazing Spider-Man #20Co-hosts Kevin and Will discuss the debut of the probably-not-that-great-villain The Scorpion! He can punch! He can also...well, he can punch pretty hard. Plus a boatload of reader mail!2018-05-1650 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe End of Spider-Man! | The Amazing Spider-Man #18One of the best issues of the original run, according to your co-hosts Will and Kevin! There is no villain for this issue as Peter deals with the fallout of his decision to quit being Spider-Man as he cares for his Aunt May. Co-creators Steve Ditko and Stan Lee pull off a masterful buildup of tension to one of the Hines’ favorite endings to a Spider-Man ish ever! Check it out!2018-05-0253 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Return of the Green Goblin | The Amazing Spider-Man #17The Green Goblin is back and he’s meaner and smarter. Pete’s love life is once again falling apart as he can’t convince working girl Betty that popular rich girl Liz means nothing to him. Everyone loves the Human Torch more than Spidey. And then: a twist near the end that ups the drama and leaves this issue as the start of one of the best Spidey stories of the original era, at least according to your hosts Kevin and Will!2018-04-2554 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsAnalyzing the Spider-Man MoviesWe take a break from analyzing the old comics to discuss: Spider-Man movies! Kevin and Will talk about their lifelong dream to see a good Spider-Man movie, and what it felt like to see it realized in the original (2001) Spider-Man! We talk about what we like and didn’t like about each of the big movies. We talk about the movie WE’D make given unlimited budget and power (in other words, as if we were the Green Goblin in issue 14!).2018-04-1155 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsKraven the Hunter! | The Amazing Spider-Man #15He’s a hunter and you know that because he is wearing a vest made out of a LION. He’s KRAVEN the HUNTER, and he debuts in this issue, Amazing Spider-Man 15. Kevin and Will -- er, no surprise -- love the issue, though they also admit it has the usual number of insane moments -- like Kraven winning over NYC by wrestling to the ground dangerous animals which he had just brought into the country himself! Oh yeah, and The Chameleon is back, due to zero popular demand!2018-03-2852 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSpider-Man Vs. the Green Goblin w/ Scott Aukerman (Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast) | The Amazing Spider-Man #14Scott Aukerman (Comedy Bang! Bang!, Are You Talking REM Re: Me?) is our guest to talk about this issue of Spidey which features the debut of The Green Goblin! It is also inspired a Marvel comic which Scott wrote (Spider-Man/Deadpool #6), which is really cool! Kevin and Will talk about stuff too!2018-03-211h 20
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Menace of Mysterio | The Amazing Spider-Man #13The probably-quickly-named villain MYSTERIO is the bag guy of issue 13, and hosts Kevin and Will … no mystery here … like him a lot! He has a whole bag of tricks designed to scare Spidey which end up sending our hero to a psychiatrist! This series is turning into Mad Men, if Don Draper wore a mask and saved people (which of course, he kind of did). CHECK IT OUT!2018-03-1456 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsUnmasked by Doctor Octopus! | The Amazing Spider-Man #12Maybe our favorite issue yet! Action, drama, humor and as always amazing Steve Ditko art! Doc Ock unmasks Spidey! He really does it, but there’s a TWIST that helps Spidey protect his identity. Plus Will bought comics this week and Kevin loves when Loki and Thor are nice to each other.2018-03-0751 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Enforcers! | The Amazing Spider-Man #10The best worst villains in the Spider-Man universe: it’s the Enforcers! Ox! Montana! And the even more insanely-named Fancy Dan! Artist Steve Ditko really seems to be following a “make ‘em fun-to-draw first, worry about the story second” rule with these guys, and your co-hosts Kevin and Will couldn’t be happier. These villains, led by the almost-but-not-quite-as silly “Big Man” are some our favorite villains. Honestly the story is pretty fun. Come on in and get ENFORCED!2018-02-211h 03
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Man Called Electro | The Amazing Spider-Man #9One of the coolest powers yet most desperate costumes ever, Electro is the villain for this issue. He’s got lightning bolts on his wrists, ankles and face, and he’s called Electro. Now, what do you think his powers revolve around? But despite this costume, this issue has some of the most moving and affecting storytelling yet in the series! Co-hosts/brothers Kevin and Will freak out about it!2018-02-1450 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsThe Return of The Vulture | The Amazing Spider-Man #7Our first return villain and it’s our favorite winged septuagenarian (assuming) The Vulture! Peter Parker’s brilliant “Anti magnetic inverter” (?) no longer stops bird-brain, so how will Spider-Man beat this weird old man who flies? Other questions: why do Parker’s classmates stay so caught up on crime news? How far will JJJ go to save a buck? Are Peter and Betty crushing (yes)? Kevin and Will loves this issue. The sense of humor is coming through more, while the action stays great.2018-01-3147 min
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsFace-To-Face with The Lizard | The Amazing Spider-Man #6This issue introduces what will be another classic Spidey villain: The Lizard! Spider-Man travels to the swamps of Florida to battle this tragic scientist-turned-lizard-man! And JJJ is along for the ride. Kevin is moved by The Lizard’s tears! Will realizes that he might like JJJ as much as if not more than Spider-Man!2018-01-2448 min
Don't Get Me StartedKevin Porter - Bruce SpringsteenWe talk to Kevin Porter, comedian and co-host of the Gilmore Guys podcast, about his obsession with musician/rock icon/self-appointed voice of the working class Bruce Springsteen. Kevin goes for the deep cuts and we hear them. Rare live versions, mash-ups that Kevin made himself and more. We also get into what it is that make Bruce appealing. And we talk briefly to Anthony about why he doesn't really connect with the songs. Also, Will talks about how America's second president John Adams does not get enough love for refusing to ever own slaves, and Anthony talks about his...2016-05-311h 08
Don't Get Me StartedKevin Hines - Duck ComicsComedian Kevin Hines talks to us about Duck Comics --- meaning the comics and cartoons about Disney characters Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, Louie, etc. And more importantly about their legendary greatest illustrator/creator: Carl Barks. Also, Will talks about a late 40s radio sensation the Lonesome Gal, and Anthony discusses the tragedy of owning a hugely tall avocado tree.2015-04-0755 min
Improv Resource Center PodcastIRC Podcast 2010-06-14 Will Hines and John FruscianteWill Hines and John Frusciante from the UCB Theatre in New York discuss the game, improv simulators, an improv sabbath and things to steal from Ian Roberts.2010-06-1444 min