We’re off to the city! This week, we’re taking a look at some of the cities that super heroes call home. It’s kinda weird that so many of them are Something City, right? Which one would be the safest to live in for your average person, which one is the hardest on criminals, and just what ocean is Atlantis in, anyway? All these questions answered, and also a serious discussion of DC’s Earth being just *slightly* bigger than ours.
Plus! We’re making fun of event comic names in the Warmup! It’s Kraven’s Last Dump, babybee!!
Bill Willingham stuns the world — and especially DC Comics — by declaring that Fables is now in the public domain! Y’know, beyond all the parts that already were. That’s right, it’s creator vs. publisher once again, but this time the creator chose “asymmetrical warfare” (his words). We go through Willingham’s allegations toward DC, DC’s official response, Willingham’s response to the response, and the reactions from other members of the industry.
An official Buffy-verse spin-off audio drama brings back several major cast members from the show, including Charisma Carpenter, and leaves out… y’know, that guy, whatsisname. He’s not invited. And it’s co-written and -directed by cast member Amber Benson working with Christopher Golden! Whatsisname who, again? Not ringin’ a bell, capisce?
One Piece gets a second piece… of seasons? [scattered boos] But nonetheless, it’s a rare Netflix second-season renewal for a probably-expensive live-action anime adaptation! Alas, poor Cowboy Bebop could not be here to celebrate with them.
In what’s less “news” than “wholly unsubstantiated rumour”, a claim has emerged than Daniel Radcliffe will appear in Deadpool 3. Will the wildest of fan-castings become reality as the movie Weird Al becomes “Weird” Logan Yankovic!? And will he fight Liev Schreiber, who’s in the full spandex group with the giant fur collar? We are owed this!
All this, and Kyle goes full Cronus. Snack-time is snack-time. And Newsflash is Newsflash!
Indie Comics!!! New indie comics!!
We at Zero Issues LOVE indie stuff ( I know, I know, we talk about the big 2 a LOT) and we love indie creators and crowdfunding too!
So this week we’re chatting with Brandon Ingram who is a writer/creator with a new Kickstarter out RIGHT NOW!
A spinoff comic of his other creation ‘The Gallows Man’.
This dude is world building. He’ll clue us in on the amazing (and hilarious) comic universe he’s creating with his super talented creative team. We talk the joys and challenges of being a creator and doing kickstarters (this isn’t his first ride around the kickstarter rodeo). We’ll talk about his little brain baby, where things came from, what he’s done in the past and what he’s got planned for the future……
And all he had to do was hypnotize us and take over the podcast in order to get on the show! It’s just that easy!
400! That’s way more than some Frank Miller book! To celebrate making it to 400 episodes, we’re going to do a whole load of 400-second segments! Marvel as Batman fights Mondays! Feel the shame of knowing we live in a world without Mutant ER! Get serious about serious topics, like comic book movie fatigue. All that, and someone dies! Who could it be? Pay no attention to the episode image, and listen in!
We’re back together! No, really. We are. The boys are back together in the same room for the first time after zoom recording for a LONG time. So what do we have planned? um…. nothing. We’re just gonna get together and chat. Catch up. Have fun. We talk comics and what we’re reading and why Bry thinks there may be too many TMNT comics (which COULD be the sign of the apocalypse) and more! We talk Toronto comic book stores and how broke we are now! Merk also breaks out a game of ‘Cast an 80’s pop star as a comic character game’. There’s weirdly a lot of Rom and Dazzler. But we get Double Bowie Krang, so we’re all good. Join us and have zero issues!
It’s time once again for the POWER! The power of Power Records, of course! They were comics that came with a record of a performance of the same comic, and they sure were something. This time we’re listening and riffing along to 1975’s “Alien Creatures” starring Superman! Jimmy Olsen hot-boxes with Dr. Tripper in the observatory, Clark Kent whizzes out the window, Lois Lane JUST DOESN’T GET IT, and the people of Metropolis nearly catch the silver bullet (and it’s even worse than Coors Light!).
But alas, Power Records are a finite resource. Eventually we will run out, and we can only imagine what other ridiculous comics could be cheaply and cornily recorded then pressed onto a 45. So let’s do that, meaning make up the Power Records that could have been — and could yet be! Along the way we might just stumble upon a future Juno Award-winning new Zero Issues project that’ll really put Calgary on the map (and definitely get us interviewed by George Stroumboulopoulos). And while we’re at it, somebody get Jon Bernthal and the cast of Riverdale to make an audio drama of “Archie Meets the Punisher”! All this, and Mr. T and the T-Force? Hey, why not.
Whole lotta sequels going on! This week, we’ve got Basic Instinct 2 (or is it 2.5? 3? 2.Now?) Last Ronin 2, some cool TMNT DLC, talkin’ ’bout the Scott Pilgrim re-adaptation, and maybe even more! Lotsa news*!
Classic Zero Issues 3 (2023): The Shredder's a Real Blanche
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What’s THIS? A surprise third Classic Zero Issues episode? Well, since a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode has hit theatres, why not enjoy this 2020 episode celebrating the first-ever TMNT film?? Personally, we recommend it. Here’s the original write-up:
30 years ago, the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie was unleashed on the world! To comic fans of a, uh, certain age, this movie was a definitive cinema experience. But a lifetime later, how does it hold up? We discuss the legacy of this indie comics classic, compare it to the TMNT’s later adaptations, discuss its standing amongst the incredible growth of comic movies since, talk about our favourite moments, the bodacious cast, those Henson Company animatronic suits, a bunch of production trivia and goofs, little-known deleted scenes, and SO much more. It’s… Bossanova? …Chevy Nova? (Excellent!!)
Get your dose of Turtle Power in a very special Z-E-R-O ISSUES PODCAST!
From the passing of the mantle of The Flash to Batman’s many, many, many teen sidekicks, legacy characters have been a part of super hero comics for almost as long as there has been super hero comics. With that in mind, we set our sights on talking about some of them!
“But Zero Issues Dudes,” we hear you say, “you’ve already done an episode about legacy characters!” Well, sure we have, but that was a long time ago! It’s time for a fresh, hip look at legacy characters, courtesy of three middle-aged white men! Just like in comics!
And while we’re at it, we try to come up with some brand new legacy characters for super heroes who’ve never gotten one before in the Warm Up. Because maybe, just maybe, Gambit’s worth it, too.
It’s TURTLE TIME!
With the new TMNT movie arriving, we’re doing a turtle episode! Kyle begins by interviewing esteemed Turtle scholar Esa Keltamaki about the TMNT comic series ‘The Last Ronin’-SPOILERS. Bry listened to part of it. Merk intentionally avoided it. There’s reasons.
Then the main event!
It’s TURTLE BATTLE ROYALE time!
We each pick a number of turtle characters from various timelines, sources, media and publishing companies…. then make ’em fight to the end!
Don’t worry if you’re not fluent in all the turtle lore. Neither is Merk! But he enjoyed himself, didn’t you, Merk?
Yes i did-Merk
So join us for a discussion about wacky battles, Death Star Butt Canals, Jeff Goldblum flying around, how Bry thinks Baxter Stockman is a ‘bit of a weenus’, a lesson about where alligators and crocodiles are AND a very awkward segment discussing a huge severed cow head in space.
So join Cowabunga Kyle, Brycalangelo and Merkatello for a helluva shell game!
