It's a Giant-Size Episode this week as MJ & Jones share their top picks from the November 2022 solicits, discuss Kickstarted comics, and share their thoughts on that new She-Hulk tv show. To donate to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, click here. Don’t forget to subscribe to CASUAL WEDNESDAYS on the platform of your choosing, and leave a 5-s…

This week MJ & Jones have watched the final five episodes of Netflix’s The Sandman, and they have feelings. Don’t forget to subscribe to CASUAL WEDNESDAYS on the platform of your choosing, and leave a 5-star rating on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Time Stamps: What We’re Reading: 1:24 News: 8:42 Netflix’s The Sandman, Part Two: 13:40 Outro: 54:5…

This week MJ & Jones report back on their experiences watching the first five episodes of Netflix's ambitious television adaptation of The Sandman. Don’t forget to subscribe to CASUAL WEDNESDAYS on the platform of your choosing, and leave a 5-star rating on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Time Stamps: What We’re Reading: 1:24 Netflix's The Sandman…

This week MJ & Jones knock out the October 2022 solicits and attempt to make sense out of the recent shocking Batgirl movie news. Don’t forget to subscribe to CASUAL WEDNESDAYS on the platform of your choosing, and leave a 5-star rating on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Time Stamps: What We’re Reading: 1:24 September 2022 Solicits: 8:07 Image Com…

CASUAL WEDNESDAYS returns (and it's about damn time)! This week MJ & Jones give their recommendations from the September 2022 solicits and talk a bit about Batman #125. Time Stamps: What We're Reading: 3:52 September 2022 Solicits: 11:09 Image Comics: 12:06 Dark Horse: 18:09 DC: 18:51 Marvel: 29:23 Lightning Round: 39:58 Listener Question: 47:12 Ou…

It's time for another junk drawer episode! MJ & Jones chat up the new Ms. Marvel TV series, the Black Adam trailer, and the prospects of the Thunderbolts in the MCU. Don’t forget to subscribe to CASUAL WEDNESDAYS on the platform of your choosing, and leave a 5-star rating on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Time Stamps: What We’re Reading: 1:52 New…

It's a packed episode of CASUAL WEDNESDAYS this week, as MJ & Jones crack the August 2022 comic solicitations and go bananas over the new trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder. Time Stamps: What We're Reading: 2:29 August 2022 Solicits: 7:25 Image Comics: 8:20 Dark Horse: 13:39 DC: 15:41 Marvel: 24:40 Lightning Round: 34:23 Thor: Love and Thunder Chat…

This week: MJ & Jones break down the top categories in the 2022 Will Eisner Award nominations and indulge a little She-Hulk trailer chatter. Time Stamps: Reading: 1:45 Eisner 2022 Noms: 5:59 Best Single Issue/One-Shot : 11:31 Best Continuing Series: 13:11 Best Limited Series: 15:01 Best New Series: 17:05 Best Writer: 19:41 Best Writer/Artist: 22:47…

This week: MJ & Jones go crazy over how much they enjoyed Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, catch up on stuff they're reading, and talk comic book fatigue. Time Stamps: Reading: 2:05 Doctor Strange Talk: 6:58 SPOILER TALK: 19:57-32:39 Listener Question: 35:34 Outro: 41:05Av DoomRocket

This week MJ & Jones crack the June 2022 comic book solicitations and have a small, spoiler-free chat about 'Moon Knight.' Don’t forget to subscribe to CASUAL WEDNESDAYS on the platform of your choosing, and leave a 5-star review on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Time Stamps: Moon Knight: 1:25 Reading: 4:11 June 2022 Solicits: 9:50 Image Comics: …

At last! MJ & Jones dust off their editions of JLA/Avengers #1-4 for a series of read-through episodes that pay tribute to the career of the great George Pérez. This week: JLA/Avengers #2, wherein an apartment is invaded, the Batcave gets a visitor, and a Destroyer of Worlds seemingly meets his match. Don’t forget to subscribe to CASUAL WEDNESDAYS …

At last! MJ & Jones dust off their editions of JLA/Avengers #1-4 for a series of read-through episodes that pay tribute to the career of the great George Pérez. This week: JLA/Avengers #1, wherein a vigilante gets his keister kicked, a fabled dragon awakes, and a hammer is thrown. Don’t forget to subscribe to CASUAL WEDNESDAYS on the platform of yo…

This week MJ & Jones crack the May 2022 comic book solicitations and have a spoiler-free chat about 'The Batman'. Don’t forget to subscribe to CASUAL WEDNESDAYS on the platform of your choosing, and leave a 5-star review on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Time Stamps: Reading: 3:16 May 2022 Solicits: 8:40 Image Comics: 9:03 Dark Horse Comics: 15:0…

Matt Reeves' The Batman is finally out in theaters, and MJ & Jones have feelings. Spoilers ahead for the CASUAL WEDNESDAYS post-mortem of Warner Bros' latest, and possibly greatest, iteration of the Dark Knight Detective.Av DoomRocket

This week MJ & Jones talk about the imminent 'Human Target' hiatus, the upcoming creator rosters for 'Batman' and 'Ant-Man', 'Thor: Love and Thunder' spoilers, and share their favorite seasoned superheroes. Time Stamps: News: 5:08 'Human Target' Hiatus: 5:40 'Ant-Man' Anniversary: 9:28 'Batman' Creator Shakeup: 11:21 Listener Question: 18:25 Outro:…

This week MJ & Jones try to navigate the decimation of the ComiXology comics service, praise the Hero Initiative's upcoming 'JLA/Avengers' reprint, and attempt to parse the new trailer for 'Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness'. Time Stamps: News: ComiXology: 5:38 'JLA/Avengers: 9:34 'Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness': 15:40 Lis…

Finally, yeesh! MJ & Jones are here with recommendations for all the great (or, at least, all right) releases in the APRIL 2022 comic book solicitations! Also this week: We answer a listener question about which Batman '89-esque adaptation-to-comics project we'd love to see next! Time Stamps: April 2022 Solicits: 8:00 Image Comics: 8:25 DC: 12:23 M…

We’re back! After an extended hiatus away from our microphones, MJ & Jones are here with a shorter format and a whole bunch of comic book hullabaloo, which includes: Two new CAPTAIN AMERICA series, a new DREAMING spin-off written by James Tynion IV (!!!) and the much-hyped DEATH OF THE JUSTICE LEAGUE, which will either be moderately interesting or……

Face front, Web-Heads! MJ & Jones are here with their thoughts on Spider-Man: No Way Home, 50% non-spoilers, 50% spoilers, for your listening enjoyment/catharsis/rage listening. Let the opinions thwip! SPOILERS BEGIN: 18:05Av DoomRocket

It’s finally here! MJ & Jones are back with recommendations for all the great (or, at least, all right) comic book/graphic novel/manga releases in the FEBRUARY 2022 comic book solicitations! Also this week: our Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues, our favorite (and least favorite) superhero runs, and a light WIZARD MAGAZINE read-thru, because our listene…

Holy Flashback! Robin is just all over the place these days, it seems, so MJ & Jones thought it would be fun to crack ROBIN: YEAR ONE! How does Dick Grayson’s definitive origin story stack up today? Also this week: DC’s new SHAZAM, Spider-Man’s latest Goblin, and Frank Miller’s all-new YA book?? Time Stamps: News: 2:54 'Robin: Year One' Flip-Thru: …

On the docket for the January 2022 solicits: the Kurt Busiek era of Image Comics begins and Chip Zdarsky's Batman does, too; She-Hulk makes her gregarious green return, and we are living in the Ben Reilly-ssaince! Time Stamps: January 2022 Solicits: 3:42 Image Comics: 5:17 Dark Horse Comics: 11:30 DC: 14:10 Marvel: 23:54 IDW Publishing: 38:41 BOOM!…

It’s back! ELSEWEEK finally returns, just in time for Halloween, and this time MJ & Jarrod are cracking the macabre, operatic, and downright weirdo Elseworlds masterpiece, 'Batman & Dracula: Red Rain'!Av DoomRocket

It's an absolutely packed 200th episode spectacular: MJ & Jones discuss DC Fandome and the trailers for THE FLASH, BLACK ADAM, SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE and, obviously, that THE BATMAN trailer! Also on the docket: our fifth annual Halloween Recommendation Episode! Time Stamps: DC Fandome Recap: 4:39 Halloween Recommendations: 29:08 Top…

The DC Comics January 2022 solicitations are around the corner, and there’s so much to talk about: Mark Waid is teaming with Dan Mora, Nightwing's got a new costume (sorta), and Tini Howard is a full-fledged CATWOMAN writer now! All this plus: a new origin for Marvel Studios' FANTASTIC FOUR and... could Spider-Man be a killer? Time Stamps: News: 3:…

Holy Hannah, it’s time for another solicits episode! On the docket this week: the long-awaited Batgirls series, Chip Zdarsky’s next move in his much-longer-than-we-anticipated Daredevil run and—stop the presses—The Amazing Spider-Man has FIVE issues out this month! FIVE! All this plus trailer talk for the much-anticipated Netflix adaptation of The …

It’s another five-week month, which means MJ & Jones are scrambling for content—er, have made space for an all-new Junk Drawer Episode! On the docket: What did Brian Michael Bendis really mean by that Batman tweet? Is IDW jumping to Penguin/Random House another nail in the coffin for Diamond Distribution? How good is STARGIRL? All this and, at long…

On the docket for this week: HAWKEYE trailer talk, new SWAMP THING comics and a little SWAMP THING discourse, Taylor & Redondo’s upcoming big swing for NIGHTWING, and maybe Mark Waid is writing SUPERMAN again? (Yes, please!) Time Stamps: News: 3:44 'Hawkeye' Trailer Talk: 22:56 Top 5 Most Anticipated Comics: 39:44 Listener Question: 44:53 Outro: 57…

The November 2021 comic book solicitations are here! On the docket: DC's gone more Bat-crazy than usual, 'Black Panther' #1 gets a resolicitation (fingers crossed!), Chip Zdarsky is busier than ever, AHOY triples down on Mark Russell, and oh so much more. Plus: 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' gets a trailer (for better or worse), and MJ & Jones are here …

Stop the presses! It’s been a wild news month for the comics industry, and it’s everything MJ & Jones can do to keep up! Time for another News Round-Up Episode! On the docket: Tini Howard is Marvel exclusive no more, Brian Michael Bendis moves Jinxworld to Dark Horse, and Batman’s leaving Gotham in December! All this and ETERNALS trailer talk, too!…

On the docket this week: the insane comic creator exodus to the online platform, Substack; a spoiler-filled discussion of THE SUICIDE SQUAD; and a quick flip-thru review of DC’s BATMAN ‘89 #1! Time stamps for this week's episode: News: 3:42 'The Suicide Squad' SPOILER Chat: 17:29 Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues of the Week: 34:19 Listener Question: 3…

This week MJ & Jones get into the Task Force X spirit by reviewing Azzarello & Maleev’s DC Black Label joint, Suicide Squad: Get Joker! Time stamps for this week’s episode: Intro: 0:00 News: 3:48 'Suicide Squad Get Joker!': 15:05 'Get Joker!' SPOILER Chat: 15:38 Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues: 32:29 Listener Question: 37:00 Outro: 44:27…

It may look like July outside (and feel like it, too), but in our hearts it’s October, which means it’s time for October 2021 solicitations! Time stamps for this week’s episode: Intro: 0:00 October 2021 Solicits: 3:23 Image Comics: 4:51 Dark Horse Comics: 12:06 DC: 14:19 Marvel: 30:04 BOOM! Studios: 40:00 Lightning Round: 40:39 Top 5 Most Anticipat…

'Black Widow' is here and MJ & Jones are losing their minds in this spoiler-filled episode! Time Stamps: Intro: 0:00 News: 2:49 'Black Widow' Spoiler Talk: 15:58 Top 5 Most Anticipated Issues: 40:49 Listener Question: 47:18 Outro: 56:39Av DoomRocket

by Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Happy New Comic Book Day! This is CASUAL WEDNESDAYS, a weekly podcast where we indulge in comics and comics-adjacent chatter. One week late but still great, MJ & Jones have had their coffee and they’re ready to knock out the September 2021 comic book solictations! To donate to the Book Industry Charitable […] …

by Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Happy New Comic Book Day! This is CASUAL WEDNESDAYS, a weekly podcast where we indulge in comics and comics-adjacent chatter. Marvel has announced September’s ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #74 will be the last issue for long-time Spider-scribe Nick Spencer, so who’s gonna take over Marvel’s biggest book? MJ & Jones are…

by Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Happy New Comic Book Day! This is CASUAL WEDNESDAYS, a weekly podcast where we indulge in comics and comics-adjacent chatter. It’s back! ELSEWEEK finally returns, and this time MJ & Jarrod are cracking the peculiar and pious 1991 Elseworlds tale, ‘Batman: Holy Terror’. To donate to the Book Industry Charitable…

by Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Happy New Comic Book Day! This is CASUAL WEDNESDAYS, a weekly podcast where we indulge in comics and comics-adjacent chatter. This week MJ & Jones discuss all the major categories in the 2021 Eisner Award nominations, and share their spoiler-y thoughts on ‘Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’ #1. (Also: does Batman d…

by Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Happy New Comic Book Day! This is CASUAL WEDNESDAYS, a weekly podcast where we indulge in comics and comics-adjacent chatter. This week MJ & Jones make theirs Marvel with a stuffed-to-the-brim Marvel-laden episode! On the docket: new creative teams on ‘Hulk’ and ‘Venom’, the surprise ‘Death of Doctor Strange’ …

by Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Happy New Comic Book Day! This is CASUAL WEDNESDAYS, a weekly podcast where we indulge in comics and comics-adjacent chatter. Better late than never? It was looking rather sketchy for a second there, but our August 2021 solicits episode is finally here! To donate to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, cli…

by Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Happy New Comic Book Day! This is CASUAL WEDNESDAYS, a weekly podcast where we indulge in comics and comics-adjacent chatter. DC has announced its big Bat-event ‘Fear State’ and MJ & Jones have the details. Also this week: Their Epic Collections, er, collection, and ‘Nightwing’ #80. To donate to the Book Indus…

by Molly Jane Kremer and Jarrod Jones. Happy New Comic Book Day! This is CASUAL WEDNESDAYS, a weekly podcast where we indulge in comics and comics-adjacent chatter. This week MJ & Jones throw in their two cents concerning the “cancellation” of Marvel’s ‘X-Factor’ and the implications of DC’s 200k debut of “Miracle Molly”. To donate to the Book Indu…

By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. This is the ANTI-MONITOR podcast, where we don’t give a single ladybug. This week, Jarrod & Birdy dust themselves off and recount their bewildering experiences watching ‘Maximum Overdrive’. They discuss the brazen tomfoolery of one-time filmmaker Stephen King, and attempt to reconcile their show’s prolonged absence…

By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. This is the ANTI-MONITOR podcast, where hey — cool party. This week, Jarrod & Birdy celebrate their fortieth episode by assessing the much-maligned Joel Schumacher debacle, ‘Batman & Robin’. They discuss the production of the film, how Uma Thurman rescued the whole damn thing single-handedly, and play a round […]…

By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. This is the ANTI-MONITOR podcast, where your ass is already on the line. This week, Jarrod & Birdy jump right into the havoc that was ‘Alien³’, the greatest misfire from Twentieth Century Fox until the next one. We discuss the production of the film, go to bat for David […]…

By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. This is the ANTI-MONITOR podcast, where something something family. This week Jarrod & Birdy recap their experience with ‘Furious 7’ the most successful entry in the baffling “Furious” franchise from Universal Pictures. Then they play a game of “Guess That Furious Movie” because really, all these flicks are exactly…

By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. This is the ANTI-MONITOR podcast, where you obviously don’t know who you’re dealing with, Mr. Raisin Head. This week, Jarrod & Birdy assess an odious full-length adventure featuring television’s Power Rangers, ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie’. A fond trip down memory lane this decidedly is not, people. As …

By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. This is the ANTI-MONITOR podcast, where hey, Bub — we’re not finished with you yet. This week, Jarrod & Birdy celebrate Hugh Jackman’s seventeen year-stint as Wolverine by assessing James Mangold’s just-okay 2013 film, ‘The Wolverine’. Then Birdy tests Jarrod’s mettle in a game we’re calling, “You Don’t Know […]…

By Matt Fleming and Jarrod Jones. This is the ANTI-MONITOR podcast, where yeah, we’re thinking we’re back. This week, Jarrod & Birdy celebrate the release of ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ with a rapid-fire assessment of ‘John Wick’. Later on they play a friendly game of “Keanu Reeves Movie or Dime Store Romance Novel?” As always, […]…