Should the big companies be able to sue artists for selling drawings of their characters? Should artists be able to reproduce iconic art and sell that? Should we all be giving creators royalty checks if we’re making a profit on… Continue Reading
What makes a good redesign? More importantly, what makes a bad redesign? This week we’re discussing redesigns, at length! Should super hero costumes be realistic, or gritty, or should everything just stay static and iconic forever? Panels? Do we need… Continue Reading
Okay, let’s get this year started for real! This week, we’re talking all about super villains, and what they would be like in a world of no flights and no tights, or failing that, our world. Who would be rich?… Continue Reading
2014, you’ve been a real year, you old so-and-so. But we’re done talking about you! We’re looking ahead to 2015. We’re making resolutions, both for ourselves, and for comics. Stuff we want to see, and stuff we don’t want to… Continue Reading
We all know that the real reason for the season is The Big Man. Yeah, you know who I’m talking about: Drunk Uncle Galactus. So sit a spell, and let us present to you an old tyme radio play that… Continue Reading
Today on the Zero Issues Advent Calendar, we’re talking about the best comics that take place at Christmas, and that means ripping off Alien, ninja battles, and Impulse, Impulse, Impulse! Because, let’s face it, Christmas issues aren’t always the best,… Continue Reading
It’s the shortest lightning round episode yet as the boys answer more listener topics, this time from Shelley Bujold-Brignall, Todd Shewchuk, and Jay Boaz! How would Captain Nemo from “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” decorate for Christmas? How would OTHER… Continue Reading
What does “Welcome to Hereafter,” a comic where all of the gods (like, all of ’em!) coexist in one city, have to tell us about Christmas? How does Jesus feel about a corporate holiday that celebrates his not-even-actual-birthday? We got… Continue Reading
Tonight is winter solstice, or by another name… the Blackest Night? So to mark the occasion, we totally gloss over “Blackest Night” and talk about a bunch of OTHER apocalypse-based comic stories instead! And just in time for Christmas! Direct… Continue Reading
It’s the final Mystery Question of the Zero Issues Advent Calendar, and this one’s a doozy, as Merk has not one question, but maybe a couple? Maybe you’ll have to listen to this extra length episode to find out! Direct… Continue Reading