The Oblivion Bar: A Nerd-Culture Podcast Chris Hacker and Aaron Knowles

Joining us this week for a bonus conversation is the creative team of Canto – the hit fantasy comic series that tells the tale of a tiny clockwork hero on a quest to save his kind from the dreaded Shrouded Man, while meeting friends and other foes along the way!These two fine gentlemen are here to celebrate the release of the next chapter in the Canto legend: “A Place Like Home”, which is the fifth and seemingly final (?) installment that is now officially over at Dark Horse Comics.It is our ...

Joining us this week on the show is the Eisner and Harvey-Award-winning comic book creator of titles like The Mice Templar with Brian Glass at Image Comics, Thor: Blood Oath with artist Scott Kolins over at Marvel, he is the sole creator of The Victories and is working with James Tynion IV on Blue Book over at Dark Horse Comics, and has frequently collaborated with writer Brian Michael Bendis on titles like Takio, United States of Murder, Inc., and the award-winning series Powers.More recentl...

“The question is: d’yah have it yah to make it epic?” 🧸 🦾News and Notes [Sponsored by Omnibus] (6:47)For our news and notes segment, Aaron and Chris discuss Jeffrey Wright joining the season 2 cast of THE LAST OF US, Greg Capullo teams up with Jonathan Hickman for new WOLVERINE: REVENGE limited series, and GODZILLA X KONG director Adam Wingard will not return to helm the sequel.Main Topic (25:14)For our main topic, we return to the Australian wasteland for the prequel to the iconic Fury Road ...

For part two of our X-Men '97 review, our good friend and host of the excellent comic book talk show The Short Box Podcast, Badr Milligan is back to help us cover and discuss the revitalization of the classic Marvel animated series from the 90s!The series begins one year after the loss of Professor Charles Xavier during the original series finale. Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, Rogue, Beast, Gambit, and Jubilee return as members of the X-Men, now led by their former adversary: Magneto....

"Blood is blood. Family is a choice." ❌News and Notes [Sponsored by Omnibus] (12:01)This week on the show, we are joined by our good friend and host of the excellent comic book talk show The Short Box Podcast -- Badr Milligan joins us this week! For our news and notes segment, the crew discusses Marvel reportedly has greenlit Hawkeye: Season 2, we discuss the first teaser trailer for Max's Dune: Prophecy, and Nicolas Cage has been officially cast in a Spider-Man Noir live-action Amazon ...

Joining us this week on the show is the original teenager with an attitude Kimberly Hart AKA the Pink Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. She also starred in films like the Disney Channel original movie Susie Q, the hit show Felicity as Julie Emerick, and Constable Callaghan on Flashpoint. More recently, she has teamed up with her co-writer Matt Hotson and artist Nico Leon on the hit BOOM! Studios series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return.It is our honor to welcome Amy Jo Johnson ...