EP 20: Indestructible Hulk #1-4

Dad smash Hulk!

Our duo record the last show of 2013 and cover Mark Waid and  Leinil Francis Yu on story and art for the first four issues Indestructible Hulk issues 1 through 4.   

Dad breaks down his take on the Hulk and how “scary” he appears.

Dad admits he would not want Bruce Banner as a boss.

Patrick tells Dad some Hulk history and Dad is bored to tears.

Patrick and Dad discuss stand alone issues VS “writing for the trade”.

Elseworlds and Soviet Superman is previewed for next week.  

Patrick and Dad discuss Metro Detroit New Year’s tradition of firing guns off to ring in the new year.  Patrick wants to know if this is a regional tradition, much like Devil’s Night in Detroit, when on the Halloween eve Detroiters traditionally burn down houses in celebration of the holiday.

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EP 19: Christmas Comics Show

Patrick and Dad sit down after opening some gifts and arguing about who has a better looking stocking.

The call went out for holiday themed books, after some emails and Reddit suggestions Patrick picked three Christmas centric books.

1.  Frank Miller’s classic Bullseye with a tumor at Christmas tale in Daredevil #169.

2.  Grant Morrison’s quasi It’s Wonderful Life or Harvey, both with Jimmy Stewart, influenced  Happy #1 from Image comics.

3.  Finally the Norman Rockwell Americana of James Robinson’s Starman #27.

Dad much like Scrooge is visited by three ghosts he cannot shake.

Dad tells the most depressing story about brain tumor ex marines.

Patrick tells a story  about Dad saving him from a blizzard at Christmas time as a young paperboy.

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EP 18: Chew #1-8

Dad is recovered from the flu and on fire in his breakdown of the first eight issues of Image Comics  Chew.

Patrick reads some emails, and Dad is somewhat interested.

Dad tells Patrick the worst part of helping Patrick move in the past is loaded up all his long boxes and bookcases of comics.

The Holiday themed books are announced

Happy #1

Starman #27

Daredevil #169

Dad finds the parody and satire of Chew interesting and is a big fan of causal cannibalism in the comic.

Patrick compares the art to Saturday morning cartoon work, or newspaper comic strips.  Dad mocks Patrick for love for GI Joe cartoons.

Patrick and Dad debate of Chew could be translated to the television screen, they question if some of the humor of the comic would not be presented in proper context for television audiences.

Patrick challenges Dad to stop looking at comics as a genre and view it as medium.

Dad just laughs the challenge off.

Treat: Christmas Cookies!

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Solo Show 2: 1993 Spider-Man Script

Dad is done with the flu so Patrick records a solo show.

During the Thanksgiving holiday Patrick cleans out the attic and his flash drives and finds a “script” for a Spiderman comic script.

By the dates of Monday 1993 Patrick assumes this was written while in catechism when he was supposed to be learning about the biblical stories of the saints and importance of confirmation.

The “script” is a bullet pointed and stage directed mess.  

Dr. Doom, the Vulture, Venom, Carnage, the Beetle, Hobgoblin and the doom bots are involved.

A priest is killed apparently, every character is filled with catholic guilt of some level.

The Punisher is revealed to be a real voyeur that likes to watch people fight and feel sorry for their sins.

Next episode Dad is back and our duo read Chew issues 1-5.

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EP 17: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

The epic conclusion to the Dark Knight Returns!  

Patrick has high hopes which are quickly dashed because Dad is befuddled with issue 3.  He likes the Joker fight but the milk baby bombs leave him guessing.

Somehow Dad cannot understand that Superman has a subplot and pretty much skips large sections of dialogue.  He also thinks Joker is sleeping and somehow not dead.

Dad is redeemed in a moment of clarity with the final issue.  He realizes Frank Miller presents Superman as a avatar of the establishment and Batman the voice of the common man.

Dad and Patrick wrap things up with Gotham And Metropolis discussion, and if Superman is a difficult character to write or is he do writers need to change their approach to creating conflict for him?

Treat: Although not mentioned Lime Curd

Next week Chew #1

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Solo Show: Doctor Fate Got Me Hooked!

Patrick goes solo and explains how he got serious about collecting.  Dopey store owners and pogs are explained.

Patrick discovers quarter bins, and a single issue, Doctor Fate #12 blows Patrick’s mind and sucks him into a world of highly constructed nonsense!  Patrick becomes obsessed with learning who the hell is Doctor Fate, Guy Gardner, Martian Manhunter, and Darkseid?

20 years later he still wastes money in quarter bins.

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