Afterlife with Archie (Episode Intro)
Can a story about zombies be wholesome? Can a story about animated corpses ripping bodies to shreds be innocent and sweet? It can if you have 70-plus years to build it on [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 113: Afterlife with Archie
“Happy Halloween!” On this episode we talk about we talk about a horror crossover that launched and entire sub-genre: Afterlife with Archie by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla. The Archie gang meets zombies. It is an unlikely horror comic that [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 98: Hellblazer Original Sins
“A great intro to the laughing magician, and a harrowing series of events. Strewth!” One of the longest-running Vertigo titles and one of the best. Along its run, Hellblazer featured a long list of some of the more talented and [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 91: Rachel Rising
"...his panels don’t so much seek to terrify, but rather they haunt you. It is disturbing and beautiful." Today on the program we discuss the horror comic Rachel Rising by Terry Moore. This is a stark, scary, disturbing, and strangely funny [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 86: The Spectre: Crimes & Judgements
"This being the 90s Crimes and Judgments falls into the excesses that decade could bring." In this episode, we discuss The Spectre: Crimes and Judgments by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake from 1992. This is a gritty, noir, horror thriller [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 82: Black Monday Murders
“...in Black Monday Murders Hickman actually out Hickman’s himself.” Today on the program we discuss The Black Monday Murders by Johnathan Hickman and Tom Coker – which should be a breeze. It's...complicated. We have an interesting time trying to explain [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 80: Wytches
“A good horror story makes you feel more than just afraid. It should unsettle you, it should make you confront ideas you’d rather not think about. ” Today on the program we talk horror. The 2014 6-issue story written by [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 65: The Books of Magic
“He opens up a brand new world of possibility, juxtaposing his own creations within a larger context..." Today on the program we discuss the 1989/1990 four-issue mini-series, The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman with art by John Bolton, Scott [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 64: Aliens: Salvation
"The narration is formed not simply as a recounting of events but as a kind of confession and at times almost as a form of prayer." Today on the program we discuss the 1993 on-shot Aliens: Salvation by Dave Gibbons [...]
Collected Edition: Episode 62: The Long Halloween
“...a noir style murder mystery. It tells an epic story on a street-level scale ” A special Halloween edition! Today on the program Batman: The Long Halloween - the classic story written by Jeph Loeb with art by Tim Sale. [...]
