292 | Middle Road Artists

Don confuses Mort Meskin with Win Mortimer, not because of art styles but because they both share the name Mort in some fashion. He does the same with Mark Teixeira and Tex Blaisdell. The Wertham hearings, Charles Lindbergh, History Of Animation. series we continue to read and The Defenders are talked about as well.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Robinson

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Totem Poles Drawn By Mort Meskin.

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186 | Doom Patrol, Low And Alex And Ada

Dallas gives his take on the current Doom Patrol, which leads into a discussion of the different incarnations of the comic and Ted McKeever who had worked on it, but we didn’t know. The Vision, Ramona Fradon and the many awesome projects of Mark Chiarello.

Low: The Delirium Of Hope and the tight line of fantastic graphics and not being confusing is gone over, along with the third trade of Alex + Ada and text features In old comic books.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Strung Out

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Doom Patrol 2 From DC Young Animal. Cover By Michael Allred.

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180 | Reading List, Pullapalooza And Injection

The core four are back and keep asking why. Why hasn’t Rook made his reading list available? Why hasn’t he ever mentioned No Hero? Why haven’t we heard of Batman / Doc Savage? And why haven’t we EVER talked about Len Wein? Why?

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Red Club

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Locke & Key By Joe Hill And Gabriel Rodrigues.

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132 | Alex + Ada, How To Be Happy, Oddball Comics And Y The Last Man

It’s Episode 132! Our host Dallas returns with his motley crew of Don, Rook and Al!
Don and Dallas do a tag team review of Alex + Ada. Rook revisits How to Be Happy by Eleanor Davis and puts in his two cents. And the superhero greats are back! Thrill to the exploits of….. Six Gun Gorilla! Inferior Five! Not Brand Echh! US1! And More!
Oh, and we wax poetic about the classic Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe.
And finally, Rook reviews the first volume of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s masterpiece, Y the Last Man.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil

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Alex + Ada By Jonathan Luna And Sarah Vaughn.

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113 | Image Comics, Digital, The Eternals, Unfinished Series And Dollar Bins

Join the core four of Rook, Don, Dallas and Al, who are joined by Hashbrowns and Des to talk mucho comics! Including: creator-owned rights, comics distribution, King Of The Nerds., The Eternals By Neil Gaiman and John Romita Jr., Jupiter’s Legacy, Rat Queens, Thor, and Cuban cigars.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Primitive Astronauts

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Humble Bundle Weekly.

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