There are two holidays that really get to me. The first is Halloween, because we can dress up without fear of community lash back, the seasons change and the environment explodes in a deluge of colors, and we get to scare the crap out of one another for a good laugh. The other is Thanksgiving (bet you didn’t see that one coming). This is a time that we get to give thanks for what we have, what we can look forward to in the coming months, and years, and a chance to eat more food in a single sitting than…
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Here in the U.S.A. we are currently loading our guts with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, warm dinner rolls, and cranberries fresh from the can. We then plan on spending the rest of the day in a Triptafen induced coma while visions of superheroes, Santa Claus and Black Friday sales drift through our heads. From all of us, to all of you, here’s hoping your holiday is a fun one. And if you live outside the U.S.A. take a moment to give thanks to all the good things that have happened in 2012.
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the co-hosts take a look at Neil Gaiman’s The Books of Magic from DC Comics. When 12-year-old Tim Hunter travels through the DC Universe in order to decide whether or not to become the world’s greatest sorcerer, he is guided by the Phantom Stranger, John Constantine, Doctor Occult and Mister E, and encounters Eclipso, Merlin, Deadman and other mysterious characters. As always, the Major Spoilers Podcast is nothing without comments from great readers and listeners like you. You can use the comment section below, drop us a voice mail by calling (785) 727-1939,…
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, your co-hosts dive into Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Criminal: Coward. The series’ story arcs are self-contained and focus on different characters, but these central characters inhabit the same world, grew up in fictional Center City, frequent the same bar, and share a common history of two generations of crime. With his partner Ivan, Tommy Patterson ran the city’s most proficient crew of pickpockets and taught the trade to his eight-year-old son, Leo. When Tommy was arrested and imprisoned for the murder of Teeg Lawless, Ivan took care of Leo and explained to…
The last quarter of 2012 is going to be packed – PACKED – with comics. We’re already seeing DC launch its month of zero issues, and beginning in October Marvel begins Marvel NOW! The big difference between the two mega-releases is one is doing it during the course of a month, while the other is doing it over the course of several months. VOTE! [poll id=”251″]
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew sits down to take a look at Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staple’s Saga. When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe. From New York Times bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina) and critically acclaimed artist Fiona Staples (Mystery Society, North 40), Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like…
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Major Spoilers wraps up its colorful tour of the Tim Sale/Jeph Loeb Marvel Universe with a look at Hulk Gray. Bruce Banner’s life was torn apart by the explosion of the Gamma Bomb. From that moment on, he unleashed the strongest creature on Earth–The Incredible Hulk. No matter how powerful he became, his heart could still be shattered by Betty Ross. The Eisner Award-winning team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale continue their insightful look into the early days of Marvel’s most popular heroes as they unravel the origin of the Hulk. As always, the Major Spoilers Podcast is nothing…
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew takes a look at Daredevil: Yellow by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. In this retelling of the early career of The Man Without Fear, the Eisner Award-winning team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale have taken an inspiring action adventure story and blended it with a romantic comedy. The result is the heartwarming and heartbreaking story of two young people in love–Matthew Murdock and Karen Page. As always, the Major Spoilers Podcast is nothing without comments from great readers and listeners like you. You can use the comment section below, drop…
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the hosts sit down to discuss Spider-Man Blue. “It’s about remembering someone so important to me I was going to spend the rest of my life with her.” What Peter Parker didn’t know was that meant Gwen Stacy would only get to spend the rest of her life with him. This is the story of how they fell in love. Or more appropriately, how they almost didn’t fall in love. Welcome to Spider-Man’s life. Bad before good. It’s kind of amazing. So to get the girl of his dreams, he’ll have to run…
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew dives deep into literature with a tale that puts a spin on the classic (and not so classic) works. FICTIONAUTS They’ve battled, Moby Dick, matched wits with Dickens, and befriended a kingdom of evolved sea monkeys! They’re the genre hopping heroes of Hypercity – the FICTIONAUTS! Fantasy is a serious business for this team, as they scour fictional worlds to right dangerous anomalies and preserve the balance between reality and imagination. But recently, a rash of unexplained disturbances across the fictional universe has started to tear it apart, and they face…
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, your hosts take a look at The Occultist from Mike Richardson and Tim Seeley. THE OCCULTIST VOLUME 1 TPB Rob Bailey must balance responsibilities as a boyfriend, as a college student, and as the new wielder of the Sword, an ancient book of spells that has binded itself to him. With a team of hit mages hired by a powerful sorcerer after him, it’s trial by fire for the new Occultist, as he learns to handle his powerful magical tome, or suffer at the hands of these deadly enemies. But as he fights…
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Matthew, Rodrigo, and Stephen sit a spell and take a gander at Cow Boy. “Justice ain’t got no age.” Nate Cosby (Pigs, Jim Henson’s The Storyteller) and Chris Eliopoulos (Franklin Richards, Misery Loves Sherman) present Cow Boy, the story of a young bounty hunter determined to send his entire outlaw family to jail. He travels the Old West on a horse that ain’t his and won’t stop ’til everyone’a his kin’s in the clink. Also in this volume are short stories by the likes of Roger Langridge (The Muppet Show comic book), Brian…