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Comic Dudes With Attitudes

Matt & Dave & Erik (sometimes)

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Put us on your "pull list"! We're a bi-weekly comic book variety podcast. We discuss current events, new and older comics that we read together, and some general takes on the hobby along with the occasional CBM review/discussion. In 2024 we're doing a Let's Read of The Boys by Garth Ennis with monthly episodes, and a special guest host. Exclusive content on TikTok and Instagram: TT @comicdudeswithattitudes / https://www.tiktok.com/@comicdudeswithattitudes IG @comicdudespodcast / https://www. ...
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TradePaperCast

TradePaperCast

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Each month we select a collected Comic Book (often referred to as a "Trade Paper Back") and discuss, analyse, and go in depth with the story, themes, artwork, characters, etc. It's a great excuse to try out new series and have in depth conversation about them. LET'S READ SOME COMICS!
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Salty Language

Bryan Stewart and Tony High

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We rant on a variety of topics, ranging from comic books to movies. Whatever pops into our heads is fair game! E-mail us at saltylanguage@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter @Salty_Language.
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Join host, Diana Varma, as she explores the wonderful world of design and printing, typography and branding, books and publishing. In each episode Diana aims to answer many age-old, deep philosophical questions such as: Where the heck did Comic Sans originate? Why do the majority of printed books have blank pages at the end? What is the world's ugliest colour? What does a sassy three-year-old have to say about the visible colour spectrum? Ready to have some fun? Let's talk paper scissors.
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Collect or Reject is a show about comics. More specifically, lesser known comics. Each week, five issues of a pre-selected comic book title will be read, and based on its artwork, story and dollar value, we'll help you decide whether or not it should be added to your pull list.
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Bookies

Destiny Comix

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The bookeis podcast is NOT ABOUT SPORTS BETTING!!! we are a group of friends who get together each month to discuses a different paperback drawn at random. We discuses children literature, horror, action, any paper back we know to be of quality writing. We have been recording our book club as a podcast since the end of 2016. I hope you enjoy this months discussion.
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Book Eaters Podcast

April Freeman, Michele Karsk

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Listen as middle-aged women drink custom, crafted cocktails and debate with enthusiasm the merits of storytelling through its various mediums. The focus is on audio books and how it contrasts with movies, television, paper and e-books but we may wander into comic and online serial web novels. And, if we have too many, maybe raconteurs.
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Celebrate New Comic Book Day with Club Valentine's Jimmy Kavanagh! Every week, Jimmy meets a new comedian/performer/general funny person to swap and discuss their favourite comic books and graphic novels (along with any and everything else that comes up)! Expect lots of laughs, long tangents, and in-depth analyses of the world's finest art form: books with pictures in them.
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PEPPER FOR YOUR STEAK

Maverick Matthews

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Maverick Matthews takes you on a journey truly unlike any other - and yes, we know a lot of people say that...So intoxicate, and let your mind wander. It's time for a break from the mundane and the regular. You are overheating in the swamp of experience, surrounded by other monkey-humanoids who claim you owe them the favor of many, many contrived obligations. They hover and wait unceasingly at the edge of your private, secret swamp. Here it is damp and fertile, out there is is dry and ideas ...
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Funnybooks and Firewater

Funnybooks and Firewater

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A motley band of amateur bartenders, avid comic book readers, and critics. Join us each week we ramble and discuss a different Graphic Novel, Trade Paper Back, or Comicbook and attempt a cocktail pairing (cause pairing chocolates and wine doesn’t have enough superheroes involved).
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Leveling Up with Benjamin Banks

D. Nichols & T. Martin

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Professional wrestler Benjamin Banks brings you into his ring to talk about all things nerd culture. Along side his co-hosts Trav and Rebellious D, they dive deep into their nerdom with special guests to discuss the evolution of the video game culture, comic books and their live action portrayal and yes, even the greatest anime of all time, Dragon Ball! Join Banks, Trav and D on a journey through nostalgia as they talk about their favorite childhood video games, anime and what is happening n ...
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Retro Wars

Daniel Carroll

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Welcome to Retro Wars a weekly podcast series where myself and a friend talk about the games we used to play when we were kids. We will cover games from a range of consoles from the NES to the PS3. This show is for adults only. I would love for you guys to be part of the show. By signing up for just $1.50 aus dollars a month, so roughly 70p or $1 US, you can join our discord, message me one on one, send in letters to be read on the show, take part in pateron polls for our next game and give ...
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Tad Becker and a co-host share personal stories and sift through the weirdness to find the most interesting stories on the planet. Sometimes it's 'only' TIME TRAVEL CRIME and non-military history. Other times they answer the BIG QUESTIONS. The ones NO ONE has the GUTS to tackle. Like, why my peepee hard? Some example shows are: Being arrested outside of a comic shop, the more-than-a-friendship of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, shutting down Neopets, the unending terror that is Homestuck, the unending ...
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11 Central Ave

The Radio Comic Strip

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A four minute weekly radio comic strip. ...It's what Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne might be hotly debating as they walk into the studio -- just before they get on mic. This short radiostrip plays out in the kitchen of 11 Central Ave, the home of an extended family where a hodgepodge of other characters regularly drops in.As they rush around in the morning drinking coffee, reading the paper, looking for their shoes, they're talking about everything from the most compelling topics of our ti ...
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Discussing gaming news, topics, and speculation! We also talk about a whole slew of nerdy topics from movies to comic books! -- Logo attribution: https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/gaming-logo-collection-with-flat-design_2353463.htm Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mistakes-were-made/support
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Hungry Cat Daily: A Garfield Recap Podcast

Nick Ramirez and Lance Gilstrap

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It's like MST3K for Garfield! Comedians Nick Ramirez (UCB New York) and Lance Gilstrap (Victrola podcast) tackle a new (old) Garfield comic strip every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We started with the very first one (June 19, 1978), so we've got a long way to go. Each episode is only 10-15 minutes long, so what do you have to lose? It can't be worse than early Garfield, which is very bad.
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Grounded Geeks

GROUNDED GEEKS

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Welcome to Grounded Geeks, where we make the geek world relevant. It may feel like comic books and superheroes have no bearing on real life, but Aman and Lena (a Pakistani American brother & sister duo) are here to tell you one thing: That’s simply not the case. Join us as we discuss what all that superhero mumbo jumbo says about race, society, politics, and global affairs. New episodes drop every Thursday | The Grounded Geeks theme song is brought to you by Feyzan Beats. | SHOW NOTES: https ...
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Too Many Papers!

Damian Ramirez

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Welcome to "Too Many Papers!", the podcast that takes a hilariously irreverent look at the federal system. Join our rotating cast of hosts as they navigate the labyrinthine world of government bureaucracy and try to make sense of all the red tape. Each episode, our hosts will dive into a different aspect of the federal system, from the endless stream of paperwork to the mind-numbing meetings and endless acronyms. They'll share stories of their own experiences working in government, as well a ...
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Before the MCU, before the memes, before Mephistogate... there were Marvel comics, on paper, out monthly. Join host and professional critic Greg Kerestan, plus special guests and "historical reenactors," as they dive as far into the Complete Marvel Comics Reading Order as Greg's crippling procrastination will allow. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greg-kerestan/support
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Welcome the Mr Jones Design podcast. In this series we have invited the artists, illustrators and designers of our watches to discuss their experience of working with Mr Jones Watches whilst delving deeper into their experience within the industry and their design inspiration. We also speak to founder and director Crispin Jones on all on things business as he shares insight into the history of the company. All designs and watches mentioned can be found here: MrJonesWatches.com Hosted on Acas ...
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We continue our Halloween theme month with Hellboy: The Crooked Man by Mike Mignola & Richard Corben (Dark Horse Comics). Plus, Absolute Batman, Autumn Kingdom, Saga, Nemesis Reloaded, and Lobo Cancelation Special. Follow us on: Facebook: Comics Discourse 114 Instagram: ComicsDiscourse114 Threads: ComicsDiscourse114 Bluesky: @comicsdiscourse114.bsk…
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James Dunnigan’s memorable phrase serves as the first part of a title for this book, where it seeks to be applicable not just to analog wargames, but also to board games exploring non-expressly military history, that is, to political, diplomatic, social, economic, or other forms of history. Don’t board games about history, made predominantly out of…
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The Bookies is a book club podcast. A group of friends get together every month have launch and discuss a paper back novel that had been picked at random on the privies month. We read every thing from the classics, sfyf, horror, western, to mysteries. Episode 61 “Meddling Kids” by Edgar Cantero. Its a book. @DestinyComiX https://www.patreon.com/Des…
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In All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960 (Pegasus Book, 2024) richly detailed account, Virginia Nicholson provides a richly detailed account to take us to the Frontline of Beauty to reveal the power, the pain and the pleasure involved in adorning the female body. At the heart of this history is the fema…
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There She Goes Again: Gender, Power, and Knowledge in Contemporary Film and Television Franchises (Rutgers UP, 2023) interrogates the representation of ostensibly powerful women in transmedia franchises, examining how presumed feminine traits—love, empathy, altruism, diplomacy—are alternately lauded and repudiated as possibilities for effecting lon…
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This week, we talked about fried chicken, Family Feud, Hamburger Helper, The Franchise, Big Mac Hats, Nintendo Alarmo, G.I. Joe/Transformers Sgt. Slaughter Tank collab, the QoftheW, and more! Salty Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/saltylanguagepods Our Patreon: Patreon.com/saltylanguage Subscribe / rate / review us on Apple Podcasts! Links: 1.…
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It’s Peter! Peter Ha is a designer, artist and educator. He is a co-founder of Equal Parts Studio, a Toronto-based contemporary graphic design practice, whose process is founded on curiosity and finding the joy and playfulness in every project. In this conversation, you'll hear why Peter loves type, including some different professional and passion…
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Does anyone remember Bucky O'Hare? I do. I used to love the cartoon when I grew up, but I never played the NES game. It is a classic example of NES hard but unlike others, I think it is very fair. I am joined this week by Jake from the Press B to cancel podcast. Will we both finish this game? Actually.....we might do. You can follow me on the follo…
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Perhaps no American landscape is as iconic as the rainbow rocks of Arizona's Grand Canyon. Yet, as the geographer Yolonda Youngs argues, the Grand Canyon many people think they know is but one sliver of the story of the wider Grand Canyon as a historical and physical place. In Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon (U …
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It is hard to discuss the current film industry without acknowledging the impact of comic book adaptations, especially considering the blockbuster success of recent superhero movies. Yet transmedial adaptations are part of an evolution that can be traced to the turn of the last century, when comic strips such as “Little Nemo in Slumberland” and “Fe…
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A History of Fireworks from: Their Origins to the Present Day (Reaktion, 2024) by John Withington illuminates the glittering history of fireworks, from their mysterious beginnings to the dazzling big-budget displays of today. It describes how they enthralled the world’s royal courts and became a sensation across the British Empire. There are storie…
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We begin our Halloween theme month with Scooby Apocalypse by JM DeMatteis, Keith Giffen, Howard Porter, and others (DC Comics & Scooby Doo). Plus more cartoon comics talk with Jonny Quest and Turtles of Grayskull, Hyde Street, Manchurian, Zatanna, Helen of Wyndhorn, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers / Usagi Yojimbo. Follow us on: Facebook: Comics Di…
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Why liberalism is all you need to lead a good, fun, worthy, and rewarding life—and how you can become a better and happier person by taking your liberal beliefs more seriously Where do you get your values and sensibilities from? If you grew up in a Western democracy, the answer is probably liberalism. Conservatives are right about one thing: libera…
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Why do thousands of people have Johnny Cupcakes' logos tattooed on their bodies? And why have thousands of people camped out for Johnny's special edition T-shirts? In this conversation, you’ll learn about the secret ingredients to Johnny Cupcakes’ success: surprise and delight. You'll hear how he’s been able to stretch a traditional marketing budge…
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Screening Big Data: Films that Shape Our Algorithmic Literacy (Routledge, 2024) examines the influence of key films on public understanding of big data and the algorithmic systems that structure our digitally mediated lives. From star-powered blockbusters to civic-minded documentaries positioned to facilitate weighty debates about artificial intell…
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This week, we talked about tech issues, appointments, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Mr. McMahon docuseries, Tales from the Territories, Uzumaki, Heinz 57 sauce, hot food, death toe, the QoftheW, and more! Salty Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/saltylanguagepods Our Patreon: Patreon.com/saltylanguage Subscribe / rate / review us on Apple Podcasts! Q…
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Emerging from the shadows appears the Shinobi...for the 3rd time. This week, myself and Anthony from 8String Fury gaming are talking about Shinobi 3: Return of the ninja master which released for the mega drive. Let's be honest, it will be better than Assassins Creed Shadows. You can follow me on the following socials: Twitter: @retrowarsuk Instagr…
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Send us a message to get entered into our 100th episode give away! Summary In this episode of Comic Dudes, hosts Dave and Matt delve into the current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). They discuss upcoming films, including Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts, while also exploring the implications of introducing the Fantast…
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The guys discuss their Baltimore Comic Con adventures and two books; DC vs Vampires: World War V by Mathew Rosenberg & Otto Schmidt (DC Comics) and Ain’t No Grave by Skottie Young & Jorge Corona (Image Comics). Plus Power Fantasy, TMNT, The Moon is Following Us, and Jonny Quest. Follow us on: Facebook: Comics Discourse 114 Instagram: ComicsDiscours…
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Listener note: This interview contains discussions of suicide. Youth and Suicide in American Cinema: Context, Causes, and Consequences (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022) explores the depiction of suicide in American youth films from 1900 to 2019. Anchored in Sociology, this multidisciplinary study investigates the causes and consequences of suicide and unc…
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Konrad Bercovici's The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years With the Legends Who Lunch (SUNY Press, 2024) is a previously unpublished manuscript exploring the rich history of a New York City landmark. Located in New York's theatre district, the Algonquin Hotel became an artistic hub for the city and a landmark in America's cultural life. It was a meetin…
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Pong. The Legend of Zelda. Final Fantasy VII. Rock Band. Fortnite. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For each of the 40 years of video game history, there is a defining game, a game that captured the zeitgeist and left a legacy for all games that followed. Through a series of entertaining, informative, and opinionated critical essays, author and tech …
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This week, we talked about vacation, Bryan's birthday, Chimp Crazy, Bojack Horseman, Penguin, Agatha All Along, Only Murders in the Building, Star Wars Lego Rebuild the Galaxy, James Earl Jones RIP, John Cassaday RIP, Fanta Haunted Apple, and more! Links: 1. John Cassaday died https://bleedingcool.com/comics/comics-artist-john-cassaday-planetary-co…
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This Podcast was made possible through generous grants from donors like you! Please click here to become a Private Member of the lamest club in town. There is a fly on my eye, so please donate vigorously! AI will never copy my talent. They are no threat to humanity. Just A Gravy Train. Now, tiny drones that can penetrate your head? Oh boy, we are f…
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This week I attempt to jump over pits, dodge crocs and swing over traps in Pitfall for the Atari. I also get the chance to talk about the Oz Comic Con I went to Sydney. I am joined on my adventure with CPC, The Christian Pokemon Champion. Will we both get left behind, will we collect the treasures? You can follow me on the following socials: Twitte…
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Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn’t have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first protégé of El Paso’s Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the “Kings of Beauty”—just as the 1970’s counterculture movement began to take off. A pink, rose-covered gown—a Guyrex cr…
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Welcome to a fun deep dive into typography, play, passion projects and butts, with self-proclaimed Type Dork, Sophie Elinor Brown! In this conversation, you’ll hear the ways in which Sophie weaves humour and silliness in her work, the tools she uses, curiosity’s role in resourcefulness and continuous learning and the ways in which doing work both f…
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We continue our monthly spotlight on Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday, with a discussion on the legacy of John Cassaday and issues 13 - 18 (DC Comics / Wildstorm). Follow us on: Facebook: Comics Discourse 114 Instagram: ComicsDiscourse114 Threads: ComicsDiscourse114 Bluesky: @comicsdiscourse114.bsky.social Twitter: ComicsDiscourse…
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A different kind of Star Trek television series debuted in 1993. Deep Space Nine was set not on a starship but a space station near a postcolonial planet still reeling from a genocidal occupation. The crew was led by a reluctant Black American commander and an extraterrestrial first officer who had until recently been an anticolonial revolutionary.…
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From airport bookstores to deckchairs, as audiobooks downloaded by commuters, and on Kindles and other portable devices, twenty-first century bestsellers move in old and new ways. In Space, Place, and Bestsellers: Moving Books (Cambridge University Press Elements in Publishing and Book Culture series, 2024), Lisa Fletcher and Elizabeth Leane examin…
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I am gonna take you for a ride. We are finally here, Marvel vs Capcom 2, one of the best games ever made. Yes I said it. With it being released on the Marvel vs Capcom collection, I thought it was time to discuss this legendary game. This week I am joined by Raging Demon who like me, loves this game!! Retro Wars is now on YouTube doing Retrospectiv…
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How and Why We Make Games (CRC Press, 2024) delves into the intricate realms of games and their creation, examining them through cultural, systemic, and, most notably, human lenses. It explores diverse themes such as authorship, creative responsibility, the tension between games as a product and games as a form of cultural expression, and the myth …
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Shadows. Smoke. Dark alleys. Rain-slicked city streets. These are iconic elements of film noir visual style. Long after its 1940s heyday, noir hallmarks continue to appear in a variety of new media forms and styles. What has made the noir aesthetic at once enduring and adaptable? Sheri Chinen Biesen's Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual …
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This week, we're posting another Patreon episode in which we talk about food abominations! http://traffic.libsyn.com/salty/SaltyLanguage677.mp3 Salty Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/saltylanguagepods Our Patreon: Patreon.com/saltylanguage Subscribe / rate / review us on Apple Podcasts! Visit us at: saltylanguage.com Apple Podcasts: https://po…
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n this special Star Trek Day episode on the New Books Network, hosted by Dessy Vassileva from Vernon Press, we celebrate over 55 years of Star Trek with a deep dive into the book Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier (Vernon Press, 2023). Co-editors Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis join the discussion to explore how Star Trek has shaped sci…
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As we get excited about the upcoming Baltimore Comic Con, we spotlight two books by creators that will be attending the con; Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image Comics) and Power Pack by Louise Simonson and June Brigman (Marvel Comics). Plus, Yi Soon Shin Warrior, Cosmic Detective, Dawn Runner, Boris the Bear, Machine Man, 2001 …
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Aleks shares his experience with a game that's unironically changed his life. Is this the end of CHUD Aleks? Will I get in trouble if I say trigger? Do I have the pass or only him? Let's find out. Recorded 9/9/2024 Imgur Album: https://imgur.com/a/QzPBbNd Talking Points: Straight characters wiki,inco g. nito,phoenix wright,professor layton,utawarer…
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From television to travel bans, geopolitics to popular dance, The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba (UNC Press, 2024) explores how knowledge about the 1959 Cuban Revolution was produced and how the Revolution in turn shaped new worldviews. Drawing on sources from over twenty archives as well as film, music, theate…
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It’s the UConn Popcast, and today we offer a political science / popular culture studies view of Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. We situate Swift’s endorsement within the wider moment of popular culture, and consider her long journey from a self-imposed moratorium on political speech to her curren…
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Please visit MaverickMatthews.com and consider joining the Subscription Section which is almost finished, which means preview pricing will soon be over….. I love you. This clip show focuses on the SPIRITUAL, so beware or be gone. Including an examination of quotes from: Jordan Maxwell Jordan Peterson Werner Herzog Tim Dillon Interesting TimeCodes: …
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Metro City needs saving and it's up to you. Welcome to Final Final, a brawler from Capcom which originally started as Street Fighter 89. This is Super Nintendo which is nowhere near as good as its arcade counterpart but I can't fault the Super Nintendo for that. This week, I am joined by Dave McG, shame we couldn't do co-op. Retro Wars is now on Yo…
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It is commonly proposed that since the mid-2000s, the slasher subgenre has been dominated by unoriginal remakes of "classics". Consequently, most original slasher films have been ignored by academics (and critics), leaving the field with a limited understanding of this highly popular subgenre. The Metamodern Slasher Film (Edinburgh UP, 2024) correc…
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What started as a quick side note to start a different episode ended up spinning off into the main stage. Tad's childhood home has been demolished but there's still one VHS tape that has what he needs. Aleks googles his old home and memories come flooding back. Join the boyz(tm) for another round of absurdist childhood memories! Also Galaxy Gas. Im…
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