Chris Hacker (The Oblivion Bar) joins me this week for Ep. 436 to catch up on life, podcasting, the Olympics (and what an Olympics for comic collectors would look like), and the hurdles of buying original comic art. We also look ahead to September's previews, and with Ben's help, pick Read More

To celebrate the end of House of The Dragon S2, let's take a trip back through time to Collective Con 2019, and revisit a trio of interviews with past Game of Thrones actors and stars, including Tom Wlaschiha (Jaqen H'ghar, 06:53), Luke Barnes (Rast, 12:53), and the OG Night King: Read More

Here's a preview of our latest Patreon bonus episode! Badr and Drew talk about Deadpool & Wolverine, and discuss their reaction to the movie, favorite cameos, and thoughts on where the MCU goes from here Listen to the rest of this episode, and a TON of other bonus episodes, over on Read More

Here's a preview of our latest Patreon bonus episode! Badr and Drew talk about Deadpool & Wolverine, and discuss their reaction to the movie, favorite cameos, and thoughts on where the MCU goes from here Listen to the rest of this episode, and a TON of other bonus episodes, over on Read More

This episode (Ep.435) was recorded at Gotham City Limit comic shop with Ben Kingsbury (the owner!). Ben and Badr chop it up about their predictions for SDCC 2024, and discuss Marvel's big events (Blood Hunt & The Ultimate Universe) vs DC's big events (Absolute Universe & All-In initiative). They also Read More

Powerpuff Girls is making its return to comics with a brand-new series from Dynamite Entertainment (issue one in shops now!), and Eisner-award winning writer: Kelly Thompson (Birds of Prey, Scarlett, Black Widow) is writing it!. Kelly joins Badr in Ep. 434 for a conversation about sugar, spice, and everything that's nice, Read More

This episode was recorded LIVE at this year's Duval Comic & Zine Fest. Badr sat down with award-winning cartoonist: Nate Powell, to talk about several of his highly acclaimed graphic novels like March, Fall Through, and Lies My Teacher Told Me. Nate also shares what it was like working with Read More

Tony Fleecs (Stray Dogs, My Little Pony, In My Lifetime) is an Eisner & Harvey award nominated writer and artist, who is currently writing FOUR different monthly titles, including: Feral & Local Man (Image Comics), Uncanny Valley (Boom Studios), and he's also the writer of Army of Darkness Forever on Read More

This episode was originally released in November 2020 as Ep. 304. Ashley selects Swamp Thing issues #52-#53, from the 1982 Swamp Thing comic series, by Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, and John Totleben, for dissection this week!  It's a tale of mayhem as Swamp Thing heads to Gotham City in search of Read More

This episode was originally released in November 2020 as Ep. 304. Ashley selects Swamp Thing issues #52-#53, from the 1982 Swamp Thing comic series, by Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, and John Totleben, for dissection this week!  It's a tale of mayhem as Swamp Thing heads to Gotham City in search of Read More

Jeff Dekal is a freelance illustrator and one of the most prominent cover artists working in comics. His art has been used on books for AWA, Marvel, DC, Image, BOOM!, and Heavy Metal. Jeff is on the podcast to talk about his art journey and the years of preparation that Read More

Jeff Dekal is a freelance illustrator and one of the most prominent cover artists working in comics. His art has been used on books for AWA, Marvel, DC, Image, BOOM!, and Heavy Metal. Jeff is on the podcast to talk about his art journey and the years of preparation that Read More

Badr & Chris Hacker (The Oblivion Bar) both attended the premiere of the Frank Miller: American Genius movie, and hopped on the mics right after for a free-flowing conversation and retrospective about the film, Frank Miller's career, Dark Knight Returns, and the impact his work has had on their lives. Read More

Badr & Chris Hacker (The Oblivion Bar) both attended the premiere of the Frank Miller: American Genius movie, and hopped on the mics right after for a free-flowing conversation and retrospective about the film, Frank Miller's career, Dark Knight Returns, and the impact his work has had on their lives. Read More

Here's a preview of our latest Patreon bonus episode, with Badr and Cesar! The two friends have a free flowing conversation and catch up on life, and talk about Moebius and Miyazaki's 2004 art exhibit, Jodorowsky's unreleased Dune concept art, X-Men '97, and more! Listen to the rest of this episode, Read More

Here's a preview of our latest Patreon bonus episode, with Badr and Cesar! The two friends have a free flowing conversation and catch up on life, and talk about Moebius and Miyazaki's 2004 art exhibit, Jodorowsky's unreleased Dune concept art, X-Men '97, and more! Listen to the rest of this episode, Read More

This episode was recorded back in March, so there's been a lot of new updates and features from Omnibus since then, including the launch of their iPhone & iPad and Android apps!Travis Schmeisser, the CEO and Founder of Omnibus, a modern digital comic book store and reader carrying your favorite Read More

Highly acclaimed comic writer, Jason Aaron, joins Badr and Cesar for Ep. 428 to talk about his upcoming and highly anticipated run on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! (which begins in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Alpha #1, on sale June 5). Jason provides an insightful retrospective on his career, and also Read More

Sanford Greene joins the show to talk about his new Marvel comic: Doom #1, a passion project and love letter to Marvel's top super villain and monarch. Sanford also talks about the comic scene in the Carolinas, his early career, MF DOOM, co-writing with Jonathan Hickman, and what makes Dr. Doom Read More

This episode was recorded LIVE from C2E2 2024, where The Short Box and The Oblivion Bar and First Issue Club recorded a LIVE podcast crossover episode celebrating the best comics of the year (so far). We also talked about creators on the rise, and what makes for a good first Read More