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Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastBonus Episode - conversation bouncing off of PlanetaryAs a sort of Bonus Episode here's more of the conversation started by our examination of issues number 6 and number 7 of the comic book series Planetary.
2022-02-1328 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastPlanetary Project Part Four: Comic Books through a dark mirrorIn this fourth episode of our big Planetary discussion Matt and Damian take a look at issues number 6 and number 7 of the comic book series Planetary. Written by Warren Ellis, line art by John Cassaday and color art by Laura (Depuy) Martin.
2022-02-031h 00Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastPlanetary Project Part Three: Pulp VisionsStrange Harbours and The Good Doctor: A Planetary Novel. In this third episode of our big Planetary discussion Matt and Damian take look at issue numbers 4 and 5 of of the 1999 comic book series Planetary. Written by Warren Ellis, line art by John Cassaday and color art by Laura (Depuy) Martin.
2022-01-1050 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastPlanetary Project Part Two: Off to Japan and Hong Kong!!In this second episode of our big Planetary project, Matt and Damian dig deep into issue numbers 2 and 3 of Planetary: "Island" and "Dead Gunfighters." Written by Warren Ellis, line art by John Cassaday and color art by Laura (Depuy) Martin. Lots of love for these two stories!
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2021-12-0357 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastPlanetary Project Launch EpisodeLets chat about Planetary issue one, from late 1998. This is the first in a series of podcasts Matt and Damian plan to produce looking through the Graphic Novel Planetary by writer Warren Ellis, artist John Cassaday, colorist Laura Martin and a host of letterers. We plan to take a close look at every one of the 27 issues that make up Planetary, perhaps two or three an episode.
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2021-11-151h 03Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastShooting (Green) Arrows: The Longbow HuntersThis time around Matt and Damian dive deep into Mike Grell's seminal graphic novel The Longbow Hunters from 1987, featuring the reboot or revival of the Green Arrow.
Check out Damian's recommended podcasts:
The Daily Rios:
https://thedailyrios.com/tdr-digest-10-03-21/
Into the Weird:
https://sinkintotheweird.com
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2021-10-081h 17Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastRom! Spaceknight - Flipping through the first 10 issuesJoin Matt and Damian as we discuss the first ten issues of Marvel's Rom Spaceknight from 1979-1980. From failed toy to successful comic book, never to be reprinted...one of the more interesting oddities of the bronze age of comics.
2021-09-1736 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastNovember - Four Volume trip to where?After a long delay, Matt and Damian discuss the hardback four volume 2020 original graphic novel "November" - script by Matt Fraction, line art from Elsa Charretier, colors from Matt Hollingsworth and hand lettering from Kurt Ankeny.
2021-06-1944 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastMarvel's Jack of Hearts: Bonus Episode Conversation with Longbox ReviewIn this Bonus episode Damian has a chat with Eric from the excellent Longbox Review podcast about the 4 issue mini-series Jack of Hearts written by Bill Mantlo and drawn by George Freeman, back in late 1983.
Check out Eric's podcast here.
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2021-04-151h 18Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastDeath Note notes -talking manga, the best we canThis time around we read the first three volumes of famous manga Death Note: Matt's pick as he tries to help manga deficient Damian get on board this super popular Japanese comic book artform.
2021-02-201h 17Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastComics Conversation: Bonus EpisodeBeer, manga, Wonder Woman 1984, who will replace DC comics and other random chatter. Here's the seemingly random conversation between Matt and Damian after we recorded our "official" episode. Eavesdrop on our conversation or wait for the next official episode, coming soon.
2021-01-2551 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastDigging into Kitty Pryde and Wolverine - 1984 comic book mini-seriesMatt and Damian continue to look at early X-men spinoff mini-series from the 80's. Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1-6 from scribe Chris Claremont and artist Al Milgrom (with notable colors from Glynis Wein) is the third in a loose trilogy of mini-series. Matt raves, Damian gets picky and little bit of blood is shed.
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2021-01-181h 15Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastThe Mysteries of Magik the 1983 X-men miniseriesMatt and Damian both love and struggle to parse all the meanings of Chris Claremont's 1983 four issue Limited Series-- Storm and Illyana: Magik with artists John Buscema, Ron Frenz, Sal Buscema and magical, moody inker Tom Palmer.
The sound this time was from our back up source. You can also check out the raw recording of this episode, with images from the comics on the SleepyReader666 youtube channel.
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2020-12-0958 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastSlicing up the Wolverine mini-series by Claremont and MillerThis time around Matt and Damian take a close look at 1982's 4 issue Wolverine mini-series from Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Claremont, X-Men super-scribe, and Frank Miller, rising superstar writer/artist, best known for his Daredevil run at the time. We also look at the follow up story in The Uncanny X-Men 172 and 173: Claremont writer and Paul Smith penciler.
2020-11-191h 00Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastFocusing in On The New Frontier by Darwyn CookeSuperhero comic book masterpiece? Fascinating experiment? Overflowing tapestry? This time around Matt and Damian zoom in on the 400 pages of writer/artist Darwyn Cooke's The New Frontier (DC Comics 2004). Colors by Dave Stewart.
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2020-11-041h 02Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastComic Book Love in the Time of CovidA special Bonus Episode where Matt and Damian share with you our comic book discussion that continued on from the recording of the Demon Bear discussion. The conversation meanders but we thought you might enjoy listening in.
2020-09-1551 min
Longbox ReviewThe Dark Knight, the Krakoans, and the Last Son Recorded August 9, 2020 I give some quick(ish) thoughts on the Batman: Universe, House of X/Powers of X, and Superman: Up in the Sky hard cover collections. Please send your comments to longboxreview@gmail.com, chat with me @longboxreview on Twitter, or visit longboxreview.com. Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Thanks for listening! Link: https://neverstaydead.podbean.com/e/a-pox-on-your-house-of-x/
2020-09-0935 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastDemon Bear - New Mutants masterpiece!This time Matt and Damian dive into the Demon Bear storyline from New Mutants numbers 18, 19 & 20. This 1984 masterpiece was created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz.
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2020-09-0254 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastTomb of Dracula - Bronze Age horrorIn this episode Matt and Damian dive into Bronze Age 1970's Marvel's Tomb of Dracula, specifically: issues #24 - #28 all written by Marv Wolfman with art by the team of Gene Colan and Tom Palmer.
The audio this time around may be a bit rougher. Because of a recording accident, we grabbed the audio directly off of the video version.
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2020-08-1354 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastSpider-Man and Ezekiel, Straczynski & Romita Jr.This time around we look at Matt's pick of The Amazing Spider-Man, vol. 2 issues #30-35, the first issues written by J.M. Straczynski (teamed up with peak John Romita Jr. on pencils and Scott Hanna on inks). This story arc introduced the character of Ezekiel and perhaps changed our view of Spider-Man himself.
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2020-07-191h 14Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastClaremont's X-Men Takes OffIn this longer episode Matt and Damian tackle Giant Sized X-Men #1 and X-Men numbers 94 through 100. We're exploring and considering the beginnings of Chris Claremont's monumental X-Men saga. And of course we have to include the wonderful visuals from Dave Cockrum and the original impetus from idea-smith Len Wein!
Apologies for the long delay between Never Stay Dead episodes, all the fault of Damian who sat on this episode for about 6 weeks before editing the audio. The next episode will be out much more quickly.
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2020-06-261h 34Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastEmerald Dawn times two - Green Lantern reboot from 1989Never trust the Guardians! In this 32nd episode Damian and Matt discuss Emerald Dawn I and Emerald Dawn II, two interlinked 6 issue mini-series designed to update and flesh out the origins of Hal Jordon as Green Lantern.
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2020-05-041h 07Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastX-Men 1969: Neal Adams comes to MarvelIn this episode Matt and Damian butt heads over the old school X-Men as re-tooled by Neal Adams during his first foray into Marvel Comics circa 1969. We take a look at X-Men issues 56 - 63; written by Roy Thomas, Pencils by Neal Adams and Inks by Tom Palmer.
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2020-04-2053 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastPutting on The HoodThis time around Matt and Damian put on "The Hood" a 2002 mini-series from writer Brian K. Vaughan and artists Kyle Hotz & Eric Powell. This was originally published under Marvel's Max imprint, their line for mature readers only. We do spoil the story during the course of our conversation.
This episode was recorded live over Youtube, so apologies in advance for a reduction in audio quality. We may have also been a bit distracted by the live comments coming through from our youtube audience.
2020-04-1238 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastRonin by Frank Miller - Neglected Masterpiece or Transition Piece?This time Matt and Damian chew on Frank Miller's Ronin, his first book after being given total freedom by DC Comics way back in 1983.
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2020-03-1151 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastMister Miracle Is...?In this episode Matt and Damian try probe the meaning of Mister Miracle by Tom King and Mitch Gerads. For some reason we can't stop taking pokes against Mr. King.
This episode was recorded before the last two episodes, which is why you hear us talking as if our last show was the one on Identity Crisis.
2020-02-191h 01Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastA POX on Your House of XThis time around Matt and Damian argue the merits or lack of merits of Jonathan Hickmans epic retcon or reboot of the X-Men in his braided mini-series House of X and Powers of X.
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2020-01-151h 15Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastGrappling with the decade in comic booksA rather lengthy chat between Damian and Matt about the highlights of the two thousand teens decade in comic books. We try to identify personal favorites and important creations and movements of the past ten years, a task that we may or may not be up to. Happy New Year Everyone.
2020-01-011h 51Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastMan and Superman, MannThis time around we take a run at two graphic novels with almost identical titles: "Man and Superman" by Wolfman and Castelini and "Mann and Superman" by Michael T. Gilbert. To be honest, most of the episode is devoted to the more recent Wolfman and Catelini version.
2019-12-1237 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastDiving into Identity CrisisThis time around Matt and Damian dive deep into the 7 chapter graphic novel Identity Crisis from DC comics.
Check out 64PageSpecial's slideshow based on our Alan Moore vs Grant Morrison conversation
Alan Moore and Steve Ditko
And check out Longbox Review Podcast
2019-11-231h 11Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastFrank Miller's beginnings in DaredevilThis time around Matt and Damian do their best to grasp a hold of the gradual shift in mainstream superhero comics that seemed to begin when Frank Miller took over the writing in Daredevil number 168. We take a close look at Daredevil 168 -173 and discuss the rest of Miller's historic run on the character in more general ways.
2019-10-271h 32Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastWho's Number One?In this conversational ramble, Matt and Damian discuss generational differences in comic book reading and ponder who their number one comic book writer of all time would be. This is the conversation that immediately followed last episode's discussion of Tokyo Ghost and is basically a series of digressions.
2019-10-0243 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastCaptives of Tokyo GhostJoin us--Matt and Damian--as we discuss the graphic novel Tokyo Ghost by Rick Remender, Sean Murphy and Matt Hollingsworth. This story can be read as ten individual comic book issues, two paperback volumes or one "deluxe" hardback volume.
2019-09-2352 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastGospel of the New Gods - Jack Kirby's 1971 MasterpieceIn this episode Matt and Damian discuss New Gods #6 & #7 from Jack Kirby's original 11 issue run of this central text of his 4th World creation.
2019-09-0956 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastSurfing the Cosmic WaveIn this Episode Matt and Damian take a look at the Silver Surfer via Silver Surfer Parable by Stan Lee and Moebius, a one shot Silver Surfer (listed at Volume 2) by Stan Lee and John Byrne and the first three issues of the current Silver Surfer: Black by Donny Cates and Trad Moore. But that's not all: the conversation extends into a multitude of subjects from Venom and Carnage, to collecting habits, to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Spirit by Will Eisner, original art collecting and so much more!
2019-08-271h 32Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastVengeance of the SpectreIn this episode Matt and Damian discuss the two issue Spectre meets Batman story in Detective Comics 1006 and 1007. The also discuss facsimile comics, X-men, Spider-man, Silver Surfer and other current comics goings on.
2019-07-2244 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastBack from the Dead: Comic Books We've Been Reading LatelyMatt and Damian discuss their recent comic book reading and promise the podcast is not dead, with more to come soon.
There was a glitch around the 33 minute mark where technical problems caused us to lose 5 or 10 minutes of the conversation. You'll hear a bit of our theme music and then the conversation will abruptly move on to a new subject.
2019-07-1152 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastSleeper: the endless circle of moral turpitudeIn this episode Matt and Damian discuss the Wildstorm comics series Sleeper Season One and Two by writer/artist team Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips--with a brief dive into Point Blank a mini-series that predates Sleeper written by Brubaker.
Apologies for the rough audio, created by unknown problems with Damian's mike. By the time Damian realized that something had gone wrong it was too late to re-record the episode.
2019-03-2345 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastTaking on TransmetropolitanThis time around we decided to tackle Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson, in collected editions. Damian read the first three trade volumes of Transmet for the first time and Matt re-read the first five volumes. This gave us plenty to talk about!
2019-01-291h 02Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastDiving Into the Spiderverse! (bonus episode)Matt and Damian are dedicated to discussing comic books, but this movie strikes so close to the comic book zone that we decided to record a "bonus" episode to share our thoughts on "Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse."
2019-01-2245 minLongbox ReviewJanuary 2019 PreviewsDamian joins George and myself to go over the January 2019 Previews catalog for items shipping starting in March. Please send your comments to longboxreview@gmail.com, chat with me @longboxreview on Twitter, and visit longboxreview.com. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show via Apple podcasts. Thanks for listening! Links: Damian: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/sleepyreader666 Never Stay Dead podcast: https://neverstaydead.podbean.com/ or https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/never-stay-dead-a-comic-book-podcast/id1363570146?mt=2 Twitter: https://twitter.com/sleepyreader666 George: George and Tony Entertainment Show: http://www.relmnetwork.com/gatent Twitter...
2019-01-213h 32Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastConan the Barbarian Comics - Love 'em or Hate 'em?This time Matt and Damian try to read issues #3, 11, 14 & 15 of Marvel Comics' Conan the Barbarian from the very early 70's featuring scripts by Roy Thomas and art by Barry Windsor-Smith and various inkers.
2019-01-1937 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastBatman: White Knight - trade chatMatt and Damian do their best to dig into the complexities of character and theme in Batman: White Knight, from DC's new Black Label line, written and drawn by Sean Murphy with color art by Matt Hollingsworth.
Later the conversation veers into Spiderman and on into Dan Slott's current Fantastic Four before fading away into total silliness....
2018-12-121h 06Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastWhat If, The Marvel Universe & Stan LeeIn this episode of Never Stay Dead Matt and Damian focus on some issues of Marvel's What If series; starting with the recent What If Flash Thompson Became Spider-Man scripted by Gerry Conway and continuing on to a bunch of new and old What If stories...along the way we ended up discussing the Marvel Universe and the meaning of Stan Lee and his influence.
Excelsior!
2018-11-2857 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastDC Comics Present and Future: A conversation with Longbox ReviewThis episode is a non-cononcial Never Stay Dead Extra. This conversation was recorded as a live hangout on the SleepyReader666 youtube channel and as it is rather lengthy, but hopefully fun to listen to, seemed worthy of a podcast episode. Damian and the ever awesome Eric, host of the Longbox Review podcast dug deep into their thoughts and love for current and upcoming DC projects.
Be sure to check out Eric's podcast Longbox Review at https://longboxreview.com/ or on your favorite podcast catcher.
2018-10-011h 16Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastDigging into the Trinity (Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity: by Matt Wagner)This time Matt and Damian chat about (and digress from) Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity written and drawn by Matt Wagner with magnificent color by Dave Stewart. This comic originally came out in three thick prestige format issues in 2003 and is now also available in physical and digital collected editions.
Don't forget to check out Matt's other podcast The Untold Talks of Spiderman
2018-09-1751 minLongbox ReviewRose City Comic Con 2018 DiariesFor Rose City Comic Con 2018, I invited my granddaughters Gabby and Madison to discuss each day with me. Also, Damian and Matt join me for a lively discussion about the con and other things. And I wrap up the episode with my thoughts about the con. Please enjoy! Please send your comments to longboxreview@gmail.com, chat with me @longboxreview on Twitter, and visit longboxreview.com. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show via Apple podcasts. Thanks for listening! Links: Damian's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/sleepyreader666 Matt's YouTube channel: https...
2018-09-172h 03Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastThe Galactus Trilogy - Fantastic Four 48-50 circa 1966Welcome to our 8th episode where we delve into the mysteries of Silver Age Fantastic Four. This time it's the classic first appearances of Galactus and the Silver Surfer in a three issue story nicknamed the Galactus Trilogy by fans. This was Matt's first time reading these classic issues and for Damian it was roughly his 6th read through since discovering this story in reprint issues in the early 70's. The conversation wanders off on many tangents and diversions.
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2018-08-151h 29Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastEarly Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Meet Kirby)In this episode Matt and Damian discuss the Donatello solo adventure with an artist named Kirby and also look over the first three issues of the iconic Turtles run.
2018-07-1348 minLongbox ReviewNever Stay Dead (Podcast)I chat with Damian and Matt about their podcast Never Stay Dead. After we swap comic book origin stories, the guys tell me why they started this podcast and what it is they talk about on their show. Please listen and subscribe to their show! Please send your comments to longboxreview@gmail.com, chat with me @longboxreview on Twitter, and visit longboxreview.com. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show via Apple podcasts. Thanks for listening! Links: Never Stay Dead: https://neverstaydead.podbean.com/ or https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/never-stay-dead-a-comic-book-podcast/id1363...
2018-07-111h 24Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastAmong Us Hide the Inhumans!We take look at Fantastic Four #44-48, circa 1965-66. And later veer wildly off topic.
2018-06-1348 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastProbing the Grand DesignWe take a look at Marvel's X-Men Grand Design Volume One, by Ed Piskor, aclaimed indy "cartoonist" and X-Men fanatic. The conversation spins off into a variety of X-Men subjects.
Our podcast recommendation this time is for Battle of the Atom, for all things X.
2018-06-0559 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastRebirth BatmanHow bad is Batman since rebirth/ Does it totally suck or just partially? Opinions are divided.
2018-05-071h 20Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastWe tackle Action Comics #1000Let's celebrate the iconic template for all superhero comic books. We talk about this 80th anniversary issue and discuss a number of other issues concerning the current day Superman comics.
2018-04-2458 minLongbox ReviewBreaking Late News - April 2018 EditionTravis (https://www.youtube.com/user/oddfellowsthoughts) joins me to discuss all the comic book news from the last month that's caught our attention. Please send your comments to longboxreview@gmail.com, chat with me @longboxreview on Twitter, and visit longboxreview.com. Please subscribe, rate, and review the show via Apple podcasts. Thanks for listening! Links: Video version: https://youtu.be/xf-5xcxVKGE Never Stay Dead podcast: http://neverstaydead.podbean.com/ Untold Talks of Spider-Man: https://superiorspidertalk.com/category/podcasts/untold-talks/ DC's April Fools Trunks prank: https://www.dccomics.com/sites/default/files...
2018-04-112h 27Never Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastTalking: I Kill GiantsWe made it to our second episode! This time we discuss the graphic novel I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura which has recently been adapted into a movie.
2018-03-2735 minNever Stay Dead: A Comic Book PodcastBlack Panther VS Fantastic FourIn this, our first episode, we discuss the Black Panther's first appearences in the Fantastic Four back in 1966. We looked at FF #51, #52 & #53 plus Avengers #62.
2018-03-2449 min