Why Did You Make Me Read this‪?‬ Why Did You Make Me Read This?

Well friends, it's been a good run. I always wanted to do a comic book podcast and I did it. I'm proud of the show. I had a lot of fun with it. 

With some new events on the horizon, I decided it was time to leave the show behind and focus my efforts and concentration towards some different endeavors.

Maybe I'll come back to this some day. Maybe not. 

Thanks so much for listening. It means the world to me. 

Take care of yourselves. Take care of others. 

Read some comics. 

In this episode, we slice off a sliver of the complex interweaving crime comic opus that is 100 Bullets. One of my favorite comics of all time, this collection deviates from the main narrative to tell some stranger tales. We go through prison politics, the dangers of a makeshift backyard zoo, a massive junkie with a murderous streak, and so much more as Risso and Azzarello once again spin a one of a kind sequential art yarn. 

It's not the clearest cut comic in terms of conveying the bulk of the actual story that is 100 Bullets. But hot damn is it a lot of weird fun. 

Today I'm Joined by creative renaissance man and all around good dude, Geoff Haney. 

We dive into details of the first Ex Machina trade paperback and discuss favorite moments and characters, personal politics, ethics behind controversially content, and a ton of other wild stuff. 

 Geoff's Instagram: gyhaneybomm

Remember to check out part 1 of the Ex Machina episodes for more comic coverage! 

In this episode we enter a comic book version of America and follow the life of newly elected New York mayor Mitchell Hundred as he tries to keep control of the bustling metropolis. The comic jumps through temporal points as the Mayor works his way through getting super powers, takes up the mantel of probably misguided vigilante, meets the various characters the populate his present day, and makes the decision to leave the superhero costume behind for the slick suit of a big city politician. 

Ex Machina is a prime example of how stereotypes of comic books being simple minded picture books for kids is complete and utter bullshit. 

At the risk of using my platform here to wax nostalgic on my yesteryears, I'm running down one of the very first comics I ever remember reading. In my defense, the shit holds up. This episode we follow Wolverine in a single issue where he traverses the great white outback of Canada and teams up with some Mounties while tracking down a murderer and finding something much, much worse lurking deep within the woods. 

Here we find vintage Wolverine, trying to figure out his past and ready for anything that enters his present. He starts buck naked using his claws to spear fish for dinner and ends fully costumed, squaring up with a wild monster in the Canadian frontier. 
  
This is one of the comics that began it all for me. 

   

In this episode we get to jump into the mix of an unrelenting series as we attempt to take on some of that good ol' Marvel madness in Brian Michael Bendis' New Avengers. The action never ceases as we ride through plane crashes, demonic gangsters, Wolverine getting shot right in the dick, hostel large scale symbiote takeovers, shower scenes, alien invasion induced paranoia, Luke Cage being a cool dude, and more D-list villains than you can shake a stick out. 

Join me as I try to condense the substantial concoction of superhero nonsense that was Marvel in the mid-2000's and have a blast doing so. 

Sweet Stan Lee do I love me some Marvel comics.