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We’re a group of pop culture journalists and commentators who want to talk about comics and video games on our terms! Expect news, analysis & interviews from the world of comic books and video games.
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Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
The DC Comics Implosion is a major event in comics history, but why did it happen, and what can we learn from it? We tackle that, the question of who is on the Mt. Rushmore of superhero comics, and MUCH more on this giant-sized episode! 00:00 Intro 01:44 What Caused the DC Comics Implosion? 1:02:03 Listener Comments 1:17:40 Who is on the Mount Rushmore of Superhero Comics? 1:32:03 Superman: Legacy Finds its Clark Kent & Lois Lane 1:39:19 DSTLRY Announces 8 Ongoings to Spawn out of The Devil's Cut 1:51:10 Major Movie & Television Studios Pull out of SDCC 2:02:26 Jennifer Garner Reprising Role of Elektra in Deadpool 3 2:14:57 Drafting a Team of Marvel Copycat Heroes Watch us LIVE on Twitch every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecomicspals The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PodBean: https://thecomicspals.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomicspals Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecomicspals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pals: Sean: https://twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Tyler: https://twitter.com/TheTylerOlson Cale: https://twitter.com/Totointow Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Friday Jul 07, 2023
DC kicks the summer off with Knight Terrors, and the Pals are reading THREE books from the event this week. Did these books give us nightmares, or does DC's horror event get off to a good start? That and more on Pals Pulls!
00:00 Intro
00:55 Show Start
04:49 Knight Terrors: First Blood #1 Review
26:09 Knight Terrors: Batman #1 Review
38:20 Knight Terrors: Joker #1 Review
48:23 Barnstormers #1 Review
1:03:29 Swan Songs #1 Review
1:18:20 What are you Reading?
1:27:07 Pals Pulls
Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Watch us LIVE every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecomicspals The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PodBean: https://thecomicspals.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomicspals Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecomicspals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pals: Sean: https://twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Tyler: https://twitter.com/TheTylerOlson Cale: https://twitter.com/Totointow Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Watch us LIVE on Twitch every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecomicspals The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PodBean: https://thecomicspals.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomicspals Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecomicspals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pals: Sean: https://twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Tyler: https://twitter.com/TheTylerOlson Cale: https://twitter.com/Totointow Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
On our 350th episode, we interview the prolific cartoonist behind The Walking Dead’s Clementine, Tillie Walden! We speak about the processes behind her work, Clementine’s success exposing her to new audiences, and much more!
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Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecomicspals The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.
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Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
This week's books:
- Fall of X: Heralds of Apocalypse #1
- The Amazing Spider-Man #28
- The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #1
- Action Comics #1056
- w0rldtr33 #3 (Listener Pick)
Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Watch us LIVE every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecomicspals The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PodBean: https://thecomicspals.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomicspals Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecomicspals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pals: Sean: https://twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Tyler: https://twitter.com/TheTylerOlson Cale: https://twitter.com/Totointow Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Now that The Flash has failed to connect with audiences at the box office, we discuss what that could mean for the future of DC on film, what we might lose out on due to Flash's bomb, and the responsibility that James Gunn's Superman: Legacy now has. We also discuss Across the Spider-Verse and crunch allegations, a SPOILER FREE Secret Invasion review, and more!
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00:00 Intro
00:41 The Flash Postmortem - Does The Flash Flopping Doom the DCU?
53:25 Tillie Walden's Clementine Giveaway Announcement
1:13:56 Across the Spider-Verse Comes Under Fire for Worker Crunch
1:30:44 Kraven Trailer Discussion
1:36:35 El Muerto Removed From Sony's Release Schedule
1:41:04 Secret Invasion SPOILER FREE talk & AI Intro Controversy
1:56:11 Drafting a Sinister Six Team to Defeat Spider-Man!
Watch us LIVE on Twitch every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch
Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecomicspals The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.
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Cale: https://twitter.com/Totointow
Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
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This week's books:
- Ultimate Invasion #1
- The Incredible Hulk #1
- Avengers #2
- Titans #2
- Wonder Woman #800
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The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.
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Cale: https://twitter.com/Totointow
Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
This week, comics creators took to Twitter to speak on the working conditions in comics that contributed to the death of cartoonist Ian McGinty spawning the #comicsbrokeme. We weigh in on the problems the industry faces, what it could take to solve them, and more. We're also celebrating Tyler & Sean's birthday!
Topics:
00:00 Intro
01:07 Main Topic: #comicsbrokeme
1:32:32 Listener Comments
1:35:18 Sean's Mystery Gift
1:40:20 Birthday BASH
1:51:55 John Romita Sr. Passes at 93, Comics World Mourns
2:07:22 Marvel’s Film Slate Sees Massive Delays
2:21:17 Void Rivals Contains the Debut of SPOILER
2:30:08 Justice League DRAFT!
Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Watch us LIVE on Twitch every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecomicspals The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PodBean: https://thecomicspals.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomicspals Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecomicspals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pals: Sean: https://twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Tyler: https://twitter.com/TheTylerOlson Cale: https://twitter.com/Totointow Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Watch us LIVE on Twitch every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecomicspals The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PodBean: https://thecomicspals.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomicspals Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecomicspals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pals: Sean: https://twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Tyler: https://twitter.com/TheTylerOlson Cale: https://twitter.com/Totointow Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
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Void Rivals #1 is getting all the attention this week because of its HUGE reveal (it's also a great comic, go buy it!), and the Pals are here to talk about it on a great week of comics releases!
00:00 Intro
03:12 Void Rivals #1 SPOILER FREE REVIEW 1
3:25 SPOILER Discussion About Void Rivals #1's Huge Reveal
21:04 Klik Klik Boom #1 Review
32:26 Haunt You to the End #1 Review
41:01 Marco's Minute - Amazing Spider-Man #27 Review Begins
55:30 Green Lantern #2 Review - Listener Pick of the Week
1:07:14 Whatcha Reading? - Sean Talks New Teen Titans
1:12:14 Tyler Talks Battle Chasers #10
1:18:25 Pals Pulls
Watch us LIVE on Twitch every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecomicspals The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PodBean: https://thecomicspals.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomicspals Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecomicspals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pals: Sean: https://twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Tyler: https://twitter.com/TheTylerOlson Cale: https://twitter.com/Totointow Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto