Going Pound for Pound with TKO, BOOM!, and Empyre
It's almost all positive vibes on the comics podcast this week! We highlight a TKO book in our new segment TKO Corner and talk about Pound for Pound. Plus we recap the biggest news and make our picks for best of the week and the week ahead.
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Show Notes
NEWS
- Marvel’s Comic-Con@Home schedule announced
- Marvel and Scholastic teaming up to make OGN series for middle-graders
- Robert Kirkman says he was “treated like crap” at Marvel Comics
- Marvel’s King in Black coming December 2020
- Marvel’s digital-only...digital-only no more!
- Eve L. Ewing & Simone De Meo’s CHAMPIONS is back on Marvel’s schedule for October
- Dragoncon Cancelled
- Humble Bundle from Image Comics generates 140K to help LCS’
- Full list: http://ppprecipients.com/
- BOOM! Keeps locking in artists for long deals...hmmm
- Gary Larson returns with new Far Side comics
- DC delivering 2 horror anthologies
- Comic and graphic novel sales reach $1.2 billion in 2019
Segment: TKO Corner - What TKO are you reading this week and what did ya think?!
Pound For Pound - Natalie Chaidez, Andy Belanger, Daniela Miwa
Our Top Books of the Week
Dave:
- Empyre #0 Fantastic Four (W: Dan Slott, A: Sean Izaakse, R. B. Silva)
- Justice League #48 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Aaron Lopresti)
Forrest:
- Alienated #4 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Chris Wildgoose)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow #1 (W: Mariko Tamaki, A: Natacha Bustos)
TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK
- Dave: Spider-Woman #2 (W: Karla Pacheco, A: Pere Perez)
- Forrest: Giant Size X-Men: Magneto #1 (W: Jonathan Hickman, A: Ramon K. Perez)
JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.
- Dave: DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL #2 1:25 DOUG MAHNKE VARIANT
- Forrest: Amazing Spider-Man #44 (Carlos E. Gomez)
Off TOPIC TOP SHELF - David picks Marvel Legends action figures, specifically Beast and Sentinel