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One of the great things about comics is that there’s a story for everyone. A character for everyone. Or there can be, some groups are just more well represented than others. What can you do? If you’re Joe Glass, you can go write a comic that has been popular enough to spawn a 400+ page omnibus release. I’d say that’s doing a little something to make sure that marginalized portions of the population can get some more and better representation wouldn’t you? This episode is brought to you by everyone who has made The Pride possible. Which might even include you. Pick up your copy from your local comic shop, Amazon, or Joe’s personal pick Big Bang Comics. Or you can prove to me that you read show notes by telling me that I have this offer to give away a copy in the show notes and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a free copy. Assuming I can ship it to you without costing me a small fortune, and if that’s the case we’ll work something out. Learn such things as: How do people possibly miss the point of this series? How many things had Joe written before popping this wonderful series out? Who is the worst group of fans in all of comics? And so much more! You can find Joe on Twitter @JosephGlass, on Instagram @joeglass, YouTube @JoeGlassComics, and his website Joe Glass Comics. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who hasn’t read this one yet. Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomics Check out our podcast host, Pinecast. Start your own podcast for free with no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-89f00a for 40% off for 4 months, and support Play Comics.

Comics is a team sport. Unless you’re talking about one of those super talented people who can do everything, but we’re not talking about them right now. We’re looking at a book made by two people who are both good at what they do. Those people: Eric Grissom and Will Perkins. The book: Goblin. I have both of them here to talk about this wonderful story that you really will have to read. Spoiler alert though: it’s pretty good. This episode is brought to you by the wonderful patrons of Play Comics. Want to help support the show? Head over to PlayComics.com/Patreon and you too can get early episodes and other special patron only goodies. Learn such things as: How many dinosaurs can one artist squeeze into a definitely not dinosaur focused book? Who is going to find Eric’s long lost early web comic? How do you get a pull quote on someone’s book? And so much more! You can find Eric on Twitter @egrissom and his website EricGrissom.com. You can find Will on Twitter @DillGerkins, on Instagram @willperkinscomics. and his website WillPerkinsComics.com. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who has made friends with the monsters under his bed. Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomics

Sometimes a dumb idea actually turns into something. You know, like telling your wife that you’re starting a comic publisher. Or not telling her and just kind of doing it until one day neither of you can deny that this is exactly what’s going on. I’ve never done that. But you know who has? Today’s guest Mark Bernal from Lesser Known Comics. So listen in as I pick his brain about how you can sneaky start a publisher and some of the best parts of doing so as a relative newcomer. This episode is brought to you in part by Lesser Known Comics. Partly because it just makes too much sense not to do it, and partly because they have a Kickstarter going where you can pick up some print copies of their comics. Learn such things as: What are the benefits of listening to employees? How do you just back into running a comic publisher? What are some benefits to knowing Patrick Hickey Jr.? And so much more! You can find Mark and Lesser Known Comics on Twitter @LesserKComics, Instagram @lesserknowncomics, or the Lesser Known Comics website. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who is probably not very good at baseball. Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomics

There’s only a few things we have to have to survive in this world. Two of those are comics and food. But what if, and I’m being totally serious here, what if you could find a really good comic about food? I’m sure there are others, but Kitchen Witch is really good so that’s what we’re going with right now. Good thing we have Steve Orlando here to talk to about The Kitchen Witch. Makes total sense since he wrote it. After all, that is how these things usually work. And if you’re not convinced that buying The Kitchen Witch is a good move after listening to this then I’m going to have to seriously think about if we’re able to be friends. This Episode is brought to you in part by 215 Ink, which makes total sense since they’re publishing it. Learn such things as: What’s Steve going to make me when I go over to visit? Wait, kitchen witches are a real thing? How many things can Steve be working on at once? (We actually don’t get an answer to this, but it’s a lot) And so much more! You can find Steve on Twitter @thesteveorlando and on Instagram @thesteveorlando. Also buy his comics. They’re good. You won’t regret it. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who doesn’t know how to make blue box Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. He’s got the blues.Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomics

We're never going to get away from Batman are we? Oh well, at least Chaos in Gotham is based on everyone’s favorite Batman animated series. And Batman might possibly have one of the best rogue galleries in comics so you’ve got to think something could be pulled off here. Good thing we’ve got Erin from Girls Talk Comics to come help us look into the situation. So suit up, because this is a fun one. This Episode is brought to you in part by Alex Schumacher, SLG Publishing, and Mr. Butterchips. Learn such things as: Why is Joker a jerkwad? How disappointing is it that [your favorite villain] isn’t in this game? Why don’t we have more games where you can be Batgirl? And so much more! You can find Erin at the Girls Talk Comics podcast, and on Twitter @girlstalkcomic1. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to [Capes on the Couch](https://capesonthecouch.live/), as well as [Chrises on Infinite Earths](https://chrisesoninfiniteearths.podiant.co/) for the promos today. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who doesn't know how to drink water.Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomics

More than anything else right now, I want to make sure that everyone one of you is doing alright in every way possible. We're going through a lot of shit and while taking care of your mental health is really important we as a society aren't in a place yet where it's always something that can be talked about openly. That needs to change. This is one reason why I'm so excited to talk to Justin Richards about his Kickstarter project A Silent Night. Dealing with depression and anxiety is something that you definitely don't have to do alone. I'm not saying that backing this Kickstarter project will help, but it will get the conversation out into the world in a more public way and I have to see that as a good thing. Plus Justin is just A grade good people. Can't really go wrong there. Learn such things as: What's the thought process behind such a personal project like this? How do you get people to submit to such a dark topic? How important are the fuzzy friends? And so much more! You can find Justin on Twitter @EmoComicWriter, Instagram @emocomicwriter, and of course the wonderful Kickstarter page for A Silent Night. If you want to see Thor the best thing I can say is to check out this episode on the Play Comics website because I have pictures there. Spoiler Warning: They're both pretty cute. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who does not have his own Thor.Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomics

Alright guys, we really need to get the house ready to sell. Despite saying that I’ve been working on that most of the free time has been spent working on the podcast in one way or another. Good for content, not so good for getting into a new house. Here’s a quick summary of what I say in the episode: I don’t know how long the break will be because I don’t know how long it will take to get into the new place I’m not halting production during this time, but I am really slowing it down. Weekends before Kayleigh wakes up, a night or two during the week, stuff like that. Everyone I’m already scheduled with a time (not just lined up with a game) is still going to happen. Mostly because it’s all this week. Comic reviews and the newsletter are still going on because I can work on that in pieces and while sitting on the couch watching cartoons I’ll still go on other shows because that’s such a relatively small time commitment I never really took the break last time before that I said was going to happen…. … and that’s leading to a bit of burnout already. I have to do better with keeping the backlog of recorded episodes built up and not recording 3 or 4 episodes in a single week. I still love doing the show. I’ll still be around social media and stuff. And I’m going to figure out something for the Patreon people. I actually have a few ideas for that. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who can come help us if he wants. But it’s cool if he doesn’t. <input type="hidden" value="8591"> Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomics

It’s finally happened. I got totally peer pressured into reading a comic. Not only that, but in getting the creators on the show too. Although let’s be real about Witchblood for a minute. I definitely would have read this anyway and thought that I should get the creators on the show. That cover + all the hype I’d seen about this one + Vault Comics = I’ll pick it up. It’s simple math. Listen in as Lisa Sterle and Matthew Erman (featuring a special appearance from their dog Rory) come talk about the creation of a comic about a biker witch from Mars (said only because it fits the reference I’m hoping you catch), working with someone you can’t really get away from, and more of an answer to my standard “Do you have any advice for people looking to get into making comics?” question than I’ve gotten from anyone so far. Not that I’m complaining at all. Learn such things as: How can you fit 90s anime and 50s style references into the same work? What should you look for when you’re looking for a publisher? Is it possible that neither Matthew nor Lisa has seen Avatar the Last Airbender? And why, disturbing as that fact is, it really is OK and we shouldn’t hate them for it. And so much more! You can find Lisa on Twitter @lisa_sterle and Instagram @lisasterle and her website lisasterle.com. You can find Matthew on Twitter @MatthewErman and his website matthewerman.com. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who hasn’t read this yet because it’s not out yet. Unless you’re listening in the future.

I love learning. I love talking to creators about how they get their things done. I love picking their brains and finding out cool little things. It's just great. Enter Chris Sotomayor, the newest member of the PodChris Club. So listen in as we learn what goes into being a colorist and a possible way for you to become one too. Not me though, my art skills aren't good enough. Learn such things as: Why do art duties get split up? Why don't colorists stay consistently with a book like writers and artists? What's the best kind of chorizo? And so much more! You can find Chris Sotomayor @sotocolor on Twitter, Facebook, and Twitch. Also take a look at his YouTube channel, and be sure to check out his Introduction to Comic Book Coloring and Advanced Comic Book Coloring classes on Comics Experience. Recommended Reading DC Love Is a Battlefield The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage Electric Ant If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who garnishes his dishes with saffron.

I have a feeling we're about to start hitting a bunch of manga based games. Might as well make one of the early rounds of that be a boxing game. My ability to think of any more boxing puns is on the down for the count so let's be serious. Today we're taking a look at Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory. I've got Trevor H from Catching Up on Cinema to help guide me through this one and possibly maybe get my pronunciation a bit better. Learn such things as: Why aren't I making a tag for every playable character? Here's a hint Can you have too much fan service? What happens when a silly licensed game has better mechanics than a simulator? And so much more! You can find Trevor and Catching Up on Cinema on Twitter @CatchingCinema, Instagram @catchinguponcinema and of course at the Catching Up on Cinema website. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to Ranma One Half Podcast and Capes on the Couch for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who likes to wear boxing gloves on his feet.

You know what my favorite part of doing this podcast has been? Making such talented friends and having an excuse to share their stuff with the world. For real, it's even better than the comics people give me to read. For example, I got to talk to Fernando Pinto about a few different things from him that I'm very happy to either have in my house right now or will have some time in the future in Warped and Gun Punch. Both are really fun comics that you should definitely check out. Learn such things as: What should you do if you see a disclaimer in a book that says it's not for kids but you looked at the artwork and bought it for your small child anyway? How can you go about finding someone to work on your idea with you? Who has prettier eyes between Chris and Fernando? And so much more! You can find Fernando on Twitter @Fdo_Pinto, on Instagram @minombreesfernandopinto and FernandoPintoArt.com. <img class="alignleft wp-image-8496 size-elegantwp-medium-image" src="https://playcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Gun-PUnch-Updates-400x310.png" alt="" width="400" height="310" />Be sure to pick up a copy of Warped from the 215 Ink shop and check out Gun Punch on Fernando's site. And buy the book when that gets announced. See a sample on the Play Comics website because I can't get images to show up in the show notes that go out to the podcatchers. I took it straight from Gun Punch. You know, for science and all. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Music by Best Day, who still hasn't said anything about all of these comments and is a giant stinky poop head.

I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but the world is a bit crazy night now. But mixed in with all of the craziness are little bits of normalcy that can help make things be not so jarring. Good thing I've got Mike Campbell from my local shop Captain's Comics and Toys to come by and talk about their upcoming Captain's Comic Expo. Learn such things as: What special precautions are having to be made at cons this year? What can I expect to find at this one specifically? Will I actually go this year? (Probably not, I'm a lazy hermit) And so much more! You can find Mike and Captain's Comics and Toys on Facebook @CaptainsComicsAndToys, Instagram @captainscomicsandtoys, and the Captain's Comics and Toys website. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who won't be going to this con because of silly reasons like "living too far away."

Chris once again gets sucked in by a creator going out into the world and pushing their stuff. This time it's the tale of a young bounty hunter and her side quest to find herself. Hurry up and get in on the story by backing Endless Moons on Kickstarter. Listen in as Tommy Jauregui gives us an insight into Endless Moons, how it came to be, and how you can get yourself a copy of this great story. Learn such things as: How can you use a well know franchise as inspiration without going into Copyright Infringement Land? Is it possible to get a Kickstarter funded when you don't think you have an audience? How can you use stretch goals to help push your campaign ever further? And so much more! You can find Tommy on Twitter @tommyjauregui, Instagram @endlessmoonscomics and the Endless Moons Kickstarter. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who has never been to space.

We all know KISS the band, right? Those makeup wearing rock dudes who just want to rock and party and put on a good show. Well, did you know that they've had comics stretching back to the early days of their career? Or that there's a game based on one of the runs? I didn't. Well, I knew there was the KISS game but only that it existed. Good thing I have Scarlett O'Dell from Gatecrashers here to help straighten everything out. Listen in as I get taught a few lessons but also potentially release a monster out into the world. Learn such things as: Wait a minute, KISS has comics? Is the blood thing in the ink real? Is the double colon use in the title really necessary? And so much more! You can find Scarlett on Twitter @sweetsouthern94, Twitch @sweetnsouthern, Instagram @sweetsoutherncosplay, TikTok (I'm old, does TikToc have usernames?), and on Gatecrashers. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to Radio Clash and Me, My Demon, and I for the promos today. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who didn't make the backing music for during the episode because I made it myself, but also because I didn't ask him to make it.

Horror and comics just seem to go hand in hand. Horror comics had a large hand in the creation of the comics code many years ago, and it seems like so many people have a secret love and/or talent for horror. So why not have a place where you can let that out without a big commitment? Enter Steve Foxe, half of the creator team behind Razorblades. Listen in terror as we talk about the creation of a collection of things that go bump in the night, except not anywhere nearly as cheesy as that since Steve is a professional. James meanwhile was not here and may or may not have been tied up in a basement somewhere.......... Learn such things as: Why do people take on so many projects? What were the real reasons behind Steve and James creating this horror anthology? Who are some of the great creators that have contributed? Where is the picture of Steve's dog? (Just check out his Instragram account, I don't want to actually steal a picture of his dog) And so much more! You can get physical issues of Razorblades #1 and Razorblades #2 assuming that Jetpack Comics have any left. You can find Steve on Twitter @steve_foxe and his website SteveFoxe.com. You can find Razorblades on Twitter @ReadRazorblades and the Razorblades website. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who can't read these because they're too scary.

The world of comics and games, as evidenced by the existence of this podcast, have a decent amount of crossover. But a game where you introduce a whole new team to an already established universe? And have a tie in comic? That's got to be pretty rare, right? Listen in as Robert Secundus from Comics XF comes on the show to help take a look at Marvel Nemesis Rise of the Imperfects. Learn such things as: Are tie in comics worth reading? How do you trick gamers into buying a portable version of a console game? What happens to characters lost in licensing limbo? And so much more! You can find Robert on Twitter @RobertSecundus and his articles over on Comics XF. You can support them over at the Comics XF Patreon. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to Strikes My Fancy and Capes on the Couch for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who might be a mutant.

What do space and the ocean have in common? A lot of things actually. Like people getting lost and having close encounters with giant monsters who probably want to eat them. Listen in as Frank Martin comes to talk about his new Kickstarter comic project The Polar Paradox. What is so fascinating about the ocean anyway? Do I as a reader really need to know a super detailed backstory about every character? What are some good ways to make sure you get press for your own project? And so much more! You can find the guest on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @FrankTheWriter and FrankTheWriter.com. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who is afraid of the cold.

These days when a series is based all around fighting and punching people in the face it's a surprise when there isn't a fighting game to go along with it. But did you know that there was a time when Street Fighter II hadn't come out yet? And that people were making fighting games before it? Listen in as Andrew Mecha Davis from Popanimecomics joins the show to help take a look at Fist of the North Star 10 Big Brawls for the King of the Universe to help solve the mystery of why this anime hasn't been bigger in the US. And possibly set a new record for longest Play Comics episode title. I'm too lazy to actually go check on that one though, it just feels right. Learn such things as: Can a story be good if you already know where it's going? Does it really matter who characters are in a fighting game? What's the best way to experience Fist of the North Star? And so much more! You can find Andrew on Facebook @Popanimecomics, the Popanimecomics website, the Popanimecomics Lounge podcast, Popanimecomics on YouTube. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to What Should We Watch, as well as What the Smut for the promos today. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who doesn't believe that Game Boys are real.

It's a thing we've all seen before. Post apocalyptic worlds and the groups who rise to power in which to rule them. And it's something I'll never really get tired of because all that really means is that you have a fairly familiar stepping stone into a story that can truly go anywhere. That's what we have here in Scout's Honor (published by those AfterShock dudes who are trying to take all my money by doing silly things like printing good comics and getting creators who are cool people) and why I'm spending this episode talking to writer David Pepose. Listen in as I talk to David about how this wonderful book came to be and what drives him to write the way he does. Learn such things as: What has us drawn to this type of dystopian story? What significant fact did Chris miss while reading this one? Why might I never buy Scout Popcorn every again? What to tell your local comic ship if you want to preorder #2 (DEC201133) or #3 (JAN211049) And so much more! You can find David on Twitter @Peposed, Instagram @Peposed, on Facebook @ David Pepose Comics, his newsletter Pep Talks, and his website DavidPepose.com. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who might have been a Boy Scout. I don't know, I wasn't there.

Comics have such a long history that there's no way anybody can know everything about every character. M.O.D.O.K. is that way for me. I have an idea of who this giant killing organism is but only because he's happened to be in other things. Good thing I have Jordan Blum, one of the writers on the current mini-series M.O.D.O.K Head Games, on to let me know how much fun this series is (he's right) and how it's OK that I really don't know much going into reading this or watching the TV show due out later this year. Learn such things as: What was Jordan's real reason for making the upcoming M.O.D.O.K. show? How much trouble is Jordan going to get into with Marvel editor Jordan D White? What did I do to make Jordan sad? And so much more! You can find Jordan on Twitter @BlumJordan, Instagram @BlumJordan, If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro/Outro Music by Best Day, who either does or does not have a giant head.

No matter what you want to think, the Ang Lee Hulk film exists. And there's a game to go with it. Yup, it's a movie tie in game and we all know how those were back in the day. Or do we? Listen in as Josh Sutton from Panels to Pixels takes a stab at convincing you that not only is this a good movie to go watch, but it's also not a horrible game to go with it. Learn such things as: Do people really want a comic book movie that looks like a comic book? Does Al Ewing secretly love the Ang Lee film? Will I ever skip an opportunity to tell someone they need to read Immortal Hulk? And so much more! You can find Josh at his YouTube channel Panels to Pixels and over on Twitter @panelstopixels. Also check out the Hulk video that we kept talking about. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to Diary of a Space Archivist as well as Monkey Tales for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who as far as I know doesn't read Immortal Hulk and that's a shame.

Let's cut to the chase here. I'm a sucker for creators who I see out in the world pushing their stuff. Rich was out in the world pushing his stuff. It certainly doesn't hurt that Sea of Sorrows is the kind of thing I'd want to read anyway. Historical horror with a lot of it happening under the sea? Yup, sign me up right now. I even wrote a review you can read here. So like I said, I'm really excited to have Rich Douek on the show to talk about Sea of Sorrows and how it came to be in this crazy world we've had this year. Just a heads up though, there were some screaming child audio issues. I did what I could with those. Learn such things as: How did COVID effect this book's release? Why go with the post WWI setting? How have I never read something from Rich before this? And so much more! You can find Rich on Twitter @rdouek or over at the official Rich Douek website. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Music by Best Day, who doesn't know how to swim.

I look at comics all the time here in this Creator Talk set of bonus episodes. And I've looked at a card game that you play in the real world with actual, physical cards like some kind of caveperson. But somehow I've never looked at an actual video game. Until now that is. Time to get old friend Eric Bailey from Tiny Bookshelf to break through that barrier with his game Octobug. You play as a spider trying to get to the end of levels filled with flies. It's an old school platformer which reminds me a lot of NES games or computer games from when I was in elementary school. Learn such things as: What are some problems that game developers run into? Is it possible to get a cat to do what you want? How do you find play testers for a game you might be making? And so much more! Be sure to check out https://playcomics.com/octoboug-with-eric-bailey for some screenshots from the game. You can find Eric on Twitter @EricVBailey, Tine Bookshelf on Twitter @Tiny_Bookshelf and find his games on the Tiny Bookshelf Itch.io page. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Intro and outro music by Best Day, who probably hasn't played this game yet because someone keeps forgetting to tell him about it. Wonder who we can blame for that..........

Ninjas are cool. Aliens are cool. So why not make a ninja that's also an alien? And also has a team of rag tag environment saving sidekicks to help him out? Saving the environment via something aimed at kids and hoping they'll pressure their adult overlords into following suit is still cool right? Enter Steve Honeycutt from Ray Can't Sleep to help us take a look at this alien life form that inexplicably wants to save the Earth. Learn such things as: Did any kids media actually make saving the environment cool? Why are the comic runs so different from each other? Why doesn't Chris actually own this game? And so much more! You can find Steve with his podcast Ray Can't Sleep, on Twitter @RayCantSleep, or on his personal Twitter @StevinFinite. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to What Was That Like, as well as Comic Book Keepers for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who doesn't have a link on his Sound Cloud page to the new EP so just check out that Sound Cloud site and give him money.

There are tons of stories about little kids who get to go to other worlds and have grand adventures. Like literally tons, and I'm cool with that. But what I really want to know is how they handled things afterwards. Outside of Peter Pan related things (and Narnia but I think that's a bit of a stretch) there isn't really anything. That's where Chris Mancini from White Cat Entertainment can help out. Listen in as we talk to Chris about his comic Long Ago & Far Away, which takes a look at what happens when a 30 year old former child hero gets sucked back into the far away world that he helped save long ago. Learn such things as: How much of himself did Chris put into the characters? What are some good strategies for getting your stuff in front of readers? Why didn't I ask Chris to see the white cat that White Cat Entertainment is named after? And so much more! You can find Chris on Twitter @chrisjmancini or at his website White Cat Entertainment. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to the first promo, as well as the second promo for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who hasn't read this but really should because it's good.

Post apocalyptic mayhem. New societies and population groups popping up and insisting that they are living the right way. The power struggle between might and right. Giant weaponized vehicles storming across the desert sands. OK, maybe not that last one, but what do I know? Good thing I have Jordan Forbes from Shonen Flop to help me out with a look at Fist of the North Star on NES. Listen in as we look at yet another game that should have been featured earlier in the run of the show but I just didn't know it was based on a comic so we're making up for it now. Learn such things as: Why did Nintendo of America even bring this game over here? Where can I learn how to poke people to death? Is this the first time I've found an excuse to mention Chrontendo on the show? And so much more! You can find Jordan on Twitter under the account for his podcast @ShonenFlopCast or on the Shonen Flop website. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to Oof! Right in the Childhood, as well as LifeWorld for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who doesn't even like Bruce Lee. And for that, he's a monster.

Let's get one thing straight. Lonely Receiver is a really fun read. Rye Hickman (previously published as Jen Hickman) and Zac Thompson are really great humans. Together the make a really good team on a book that you really should be reading. And to have two of the people working on it to come talk about it? That's really super cool. Listen in as Rye Hickman and Zac Thompson come talk about where this crazy (in the best way possible) series came from, how they got into comics, and whether they think it's a good idea to send them pictures of your cats. Learn such things as: How old is too old for Pokémon? Can you ever really trust a Canadian to watch their mouth? Do Rye and Zac need a (consensual) hug ? And so much more! You can find Rye on Twitter @RyeHickman, Instagram @RyeHickmanDraws, and their website RyeHickman.com. You can find Zac on Twitter @ZacBeThompson, Instagram @ZacBeThompson, and subscribe to his newsletter The Voice In Your Head Is Mine. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Music by Best Day, who also wants to see pictures of your cats, but won't tell me where to send them.

Everyone that I know who knows who The Addams family is knows them from the 1960s TV show or the 90s movies. A few people from this game. But basically nobody that I know knew that The Addams Family was a comic. For real, do you know anybody who knew that? I sure didn't. Neither did this week's guest Michael Bivens from Silent Journeys. But he very much did know about the old TV show. I'm really glad I had someone for this episode that grew up with the show a lot more than I did. Learn such things as: The fun non continuity of early television Between this and The Munsters, who ripped off who? How many games let you downgrade a weapon? And so much more! You can find the guest at MS Bivens.com (which includes his wonderful Silent journeys podcast) and and on Twitter @MSBivens_. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to Suck My (Fan) Fic, as well as Parent Quest for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who also didn't know this was a comic and that makes me feel a lot better.

We need something wholesome and real life looking and coming of age but also magical. I wonder where we could get something like that right now. Hmmmm, let me think over that one. Normally I'd ask Sophie Goldstein if she had anything, but I already know that a possible answer here is here recent book An Embarrassment of Witches. Just trust me and go read this one. It's great, she's great, show us pictures of your cats. Learn such things as: What's it like to cowrite a book while fitting in (gasp) other life things? How can you ever say no to a kitty face that just wants to sniggle in the bed overnight? What do people really miss about conventions? And so much more! You can find Sophie on Twitter @redinkradio, Instagram @redinkradio, her Patreon, and of course her website Red Ink Radio. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to the first promo, as well as the second promo for the promos today. Music by Best Day, whose cat makes him sleep on the floor.

We've already been introduced to the Dark Tunnel from Chris Dreier in the Freaks & Gods comics, but what if I told you that there's more? And that you could get in on the fun now with just a simple pile of Kickstarter money? It's true. Chris has a Kickstarter for Tales from the Dark Tunnel that you really need to check out and throw money at because, like I'll say many times in the episode, it's pretty good and the Freaks & Gods comics that kind of go with it are pretty good and Chris is just a cool dude. Learn such things as: The legal fun of using public domain characters from two people who are definitely not lawyers and shouldn't be held to those standards. How can we peer pressure creators into making more? What's the real reason that I want the stretch goals to get hit? And so much more! You can find Chris on Twitter @freaksandgods, Instagram @freaksandgods, email him at [email protected], or check out his Link Tree for anything else he might want to point you towards. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Music by Best Day, who needs to come read me a bedtime story.

We all had toys growing up, and made up stories to go along with them. How do characters from different universes react to each other? Who could conceivably fit in with another toy universe without missing a beat? But most of all, what would happen if you were in that toy universe with them? This episode we have the Chris Walk half of the minds behind Pursuit of Plastic, a Kickstarter project making a comic that explains exactly that. We also talk about the comic imprint DFAT comics that he and Casey Bowker run to publish their creations. Learn such things as: How many references can you cram into one comic? What's it like to work with your best friend? What tragic childhood experience helped create this project? And so much more! You can find Chris over on Don't Forget A Towel, which is on Twitter @DFATowel as well as the Don't Forget a Towel Facebook page. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Music by Best Day, who has a Mickey Mouse beach towel.

How do you follow up what is possibly the greatest comic book video game of all time? Or at least was probably holding that spot when it came out. Easy, you just pick the story up right there and start going again. Enter Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro. More like Enter Awesomeness. Enter Anthony Gramuglia to help break down this not as iconic but equally as good in its own special way sequel, Spider-Man's place in pop culture, and the Spider-Man comics that were coming out at the time. Learn such things as: How did this game react to national tragedy? How many Spider-Man 2's is too many? Where are all the other heroes that showed up in the first game? And so much more! You can Anthony literally all over the place, but the easiest way is to head over to his website where you can find articles, from all across the internet. But also you can check out Twitter @AGramuglia. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to The Gutter Podcast, as well as Don't Forget a Towel for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who is still wearing his Halloween costume from last year.

Giant monsters are everywhere these days. Godzilla movies, Godzilla movie rip offs, you name it. But we also follow either the monsters or the big bad heroes in those stories. What happens with the everyday people like you and me? Johnny Craft attempts to throw some answers into the mix with his comic Life Under Kaiju. Come listen as we talk about how this comic came to be and his plans for the future of the series. You can find Johnny on Twitter @CraftscapeComix and of course the Life Under Kaiju Kickstarter page. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to the first promo, as well as the second promo for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who is a hairy scary monster.

This has got to be one of the shortest comic runs I've seen to get a game. 13 issues on the initial run, 4 issues on the relaunch that tied into the game. And it shows, I never hear anyone talking about Armorines. I can't imagine why. So why try to make a game out of this one? Acclaim is at it again trying to recapture some of that Turok magic, and Luke Herr from Exiled, Multiversal Q, John Wiki, The Luke Herr Podcast Project, Established Property Playhouse, and RPG Pals Club (Did I miss anything there?) comes on the show to help explain what's going on with this crazy comic. Mostly because he's literally the only person I know who's read this thing. Plus he made notes. Really good notes. Learn such things as: What dumb dad joke did we take almost an hour to make? Where is the rest of the Valiant universe? How successful is our pitch to an actual Valiant editor going to be? And so much more! You can find Luke at any of his podcast links above, on Twitter @Koltreg, or on his Gumroad page. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to Orphaned Entertainment, as well 90s Court for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who can make a more coherent game story in his sleep.

I've always been into history. Alternate history, weird stuff, you name it. There's a reason why I like the Indiana Jones movies. So you can imagine my excitement when a history based comic came to me about being on the show. That person was Bryan Soroka with his comic tentatively titled Indefinite Articles. Starting in World War I, this is a great concept and I'm really looking forward to see the progress that this story makes. You can find Bryan on Twitter @BryanSoroka33. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Music by Best Day, who needs to write me a letter.

How easy should it be to make a Hulk game? Put things in front of Hulk. Let Hulk smash. It's not a hard concept really. Especially when you kind of have a story already made for you. You'd think anyone could do it. Enter Diego Rivera from the Behold the Sack YouTube channel. He likes Hulk. He likes games. It's a match made in heaven really. If only everything could work out this nicely……… Learn such things as: Is it better to have a game based on the comic or let it do it's own thing? At what point in gaming history did it become unacceptable to have the story told better in the manual than in the game itself? Is Hulk as a mental health thing just an understood universal concept? And so much more! You can find Diego on Twitter @BeholdTheSack and on YouTube @BeholdTheSack and @Autosaving the Day (which I'm selfishly saying needs more episodes) especially the Daredevil episode that came up. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to The Spooky Sapphic Storyteller, as well as The Time Shifters Podcast for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who still hasn't read Immortal Hulk and now I'm not sure if we can be friends.

It's about time I talk to someone on the publishing side of things. Sure, you can self publish and do everything yourself but wouldn't it be nice if there was someone who could help you out with that? Maybe someone like Mike Perkins from 215 Ink perhaps? I sure hope so because that's who I got. Listen in as I learn from Mike some of what goes into getting a comic into my hands, and be sure to head over to the 215 Ink shop to pick up some of their stuff. Or maybe even look into submitting something you've been working on? I know I have some talented listeners here even if they don't believe me. And when you buy something, because I know you will, be sure to mention that you're friends with me. Learn such things as: How should you send a pitch to a publisher? How bad can my art be when I send something in? How can I help to get books into people's hands? How can you read the first issue of Freaks and Gods for free? Hint, follow this link. And so much more! You can find Mike and 215 Ink over on Twitter @215Ink, Instagram @215Ink, Facebook @215Ink (are you sensing a theme here?) or the official 215 Ink website. You can also check out the 215 Ink Shop or their selection on Comixology. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Music by Best Day, who might maybe have a comic idea. But I really have no idea because I just pulled that out of my ass.

It's not often that I've seen a comic really follow along an entire family tree. Maybe a bit down the line but generation after generation after generation after….. well, you get the idea. Too bad I'm not a expert on the Jostar family legacy. Good thing David Weinburger from Shonen Flop who thankfully is all over this one. Things will probably get a bit bizarre. Learn such things as: When do family naming conventions go too far? Am I crazy for thinking the anime art was made using Jolly Ranchers? Why am I forcing David to learn Japanese And so much more! You can find David on Twitter @davidmwein or check out Shonen Flop website and on Twitter @ShonenFlopCast. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to 4 Panel, as well as Capes on the Couch for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who obviously comes from a family legacy of awesomeness.

My wife says no Funko Pops for me, at least not if I'm paying for them. She lets me get video games and comics, so I guess I can't complain. But since I was shutdown before I could even express any kind of interest in getting some I never really looked into them. That's where Adam Williamson comes in. I learn some about the history of these big headed little dudes, how he gets away with having so many, and just what I'm missing out on. Learn such things as: How do you get DC and Marvel to play nicely together? Where did this whole thing start? I'm saving how much money by not buying these!? And so much more! You can find Adam on Twitter @thepariaheffect or on his soon to be coming podcast Boldly Viewing. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Music by Best Day, who refuses to be an enabler and buy me any pops. Gosh man, I gotta have my pops!

Sometimes Japan gets something super cool that we don't. Alright, that happens all the time. But in this case it really sucks because it's a good Spider-Man game based on a comic mini series and it really wouldn't have taken much to get it ready to come out over here. Listen in as Adam Messinger comes to talk about Spider-Man Lethal Foes and we cry over the fact that this game never got a proper US release. Learn such things as: Why do villains keep trying to work together? Seriously, is it that hard to let someone else use a thing before you sell it? Does this story arc even really need a game? And so much more! You can find Adam on Twitter @AdamSMessinger, Instagram @adamsmessinger, A live performance called Adam S. Messinger is a Jerk on Bandcamp, on Twitch @AdamSMessinger, and a comic he write called The Amazing Fist (link goes directly to a MediaFire download page). If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. A big thanks to the first promo, as well as the second promo for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who thinks Spider-Man 3 is the best Spider-Man movie.

The world is once again whining about finding politics in the entertainment. Almost like they haven't been paying attention to anything for years. Oh my gosh, when did all of this politics get into comics? Can't we go back to the good old days when it just wasn't there? Excuse me, I could barely keep a straight face typing that out. Listen in as Reed Puc, Kamijace, and Adam Williamson stop by to talk about the political nature of comics. Learn such things as: What do people really mean when they say they don't want politics in their comics? How have comics been a means of representation since the beginning? Who is the best new super hero of the past 20 years? And so much more! You can find Reed on Twitter @armustdie. You can find Kamijace on Twitter @kamijacegaming for his personal stuff or @WKCooldown for his podcast's account, and of course the Weekly Cooldown podcast website. You can find Adam on Twitter @thepariaheffect or on his soon to be coming podcast Boldly Viewing. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Music by Best Day, who would definitely vote if we woke up early enough.

Murder. Espionage. Revenge. The domination of an entire industry. Did I mention this is all over soda brands? Yeah I’m definitely in for the ride on this one and you should be too. Listen in as Jimmy Palmiotti comes to talk about his new Kickstarter for Pop Kill #2, what it’s like writing for games vs comics, and a few other random things that you’ll just have to listen to the episode to find out. Learn such things as: Will the streak of supportive wives continue? How does a crazy idea like this bubble up? What’s the best thing to drink with a meatball sandwich? And so much more! You can find Jimmy on Twitter @jpalmiotti, Instagram @jimmypalmiotti or over on his site Paper Films. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Jimmy on Twitter @jpalmiotti, Instagram @jimmypalmiotti or over on his site Paper Films. Music by Best Day, who only drinks water.

Dinosaurs. Guns. If you’re a 90s kid then you’re probably already sold on this one. Throw in the fact that the first Jurassic Park movie came out the same year and holy crap were dinosaurs the cool thing. So naturally I got Steven Ray Morris from See Jurassic Right to come help us take a look at these totally irreverent dinosaurs who might enjoy their toys a bit too much. Learn such things as: How much of a Jurassic Park overlap could there have been in the inspiration? Could a movie be in the future? How human can a dinosaur act before it gets to be creepy? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Steven on Twitter @StevenRayMorris for his personal stuff, for Jurassic Park related stuff there’s the See Jurassic Right podcast website and on Twitter @sjrpod, and for cat related stuff check out The Purrrcast website and on Twitter @ThePurrrcast. A big thanks to Let’s Make Something, as well as Just the Zoo of Us for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who still wants to grow up and be a dinosaur.

Alright let’s get one thing straight right now. Comics are supposed to be fun. And making them is supposed to be fun. Literally everything about comics is supposed to be fun. So what happens when two people who really like wrestling get together and make a fun comic about something they really love? Maybe you should go read Invasion from Planet Wrestletopia. I don’t know, just throwing that out there. Learn such things as: Who wrote this anyway? (Spoiler alert, it’s Ed Kuehnel and Matt Entin) Why did they write it? (I’ll give you 2 guesses) Are wives good? (Yes they are) What should you do now? (Go read it. All of it.) And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Ed and Matt on Twitter @SBP_Comics and of course by going to Comixology and just buying the whole serious because it’s really good. Music by Best Day, who thinks WWF on NES is the best wrestling game ever made.

I had the pleasure of having Eric Palicki come on to talk about his new book Atlantis Wasn’t Build for Tourists coming to us from Scout Comics on August 17th. That’s plenty of time for you to ask your local comic shop to make sure they have a copy for you. Or later, the everything going on in the world has been messing with release dates all over the place. Atlantis Wasn’t Built for Tourists is best described Scout does it on their website, because I’m afraid of giving out spoilers. > When a drifter stumbles upon a small town trapped between a corrupt sheriff and the bloodthirsty monsters lurking in the countryside, his quest for a hot meal takes a whole new turn. If you want to read other things from Erik you can go check out All We Ever Wanted and Maybe Somday, (a pair of anthologies from A Wave Blue World) you can find a bunch of his stuff on Comixology, or you can check out Eric’s personal website or on Twitter @ericpalicki or Instagram conveniently also @ericpalicki. And of course, check out the page that Scout Comics has for Atlantis Wasn’t Built for Tourists If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find the guest at their social media places and podcast links. A big thanks to the first promo, as well as the second promo for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who would pay his artists except he is the artist.

Turok was a big thing in the Nintendo 64 era. Big enough to get 4 games on the console. And I’m sure the fact that Acclaim controlled both the game and the comic. So of course you’ve still got all the super well connected aspects of the series. Listen in as Mike O’Brien from behind the scenes of DC SuperSons as he comes to talk about the final Nintendo 64 entry in the series. Learn such things as: Is bad representation better than none? Ways to make thing replayable The epitome of why I’m doing things chronologically And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Mike on Twitter @MikeSoundCheck or by listening to DC SuperSons. A big thanks to Petri Dish, as well as SNEScapades promo for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who thinks that dinosaurs taste like chicken.

I think some of the best social commentary comes from the viewpoint of a character who can say what they want without really worrying about the consequence. Someone who can just say what’s on their mind and that’s that. Even better when it’s an animal just because I find that more entertaining. So I’m really glad that Alex Schumacher and I finally got together to talk about his new book collecting a bunch of his web comic Mr. Butterchips. Check out Mr. Butterchips for yourself by purchasing it from Amazon. You can also go take a look at Decades of (in)Experience for something a bit different. Of course there’s also Alex’s personal website which has a bunch of information on it. You could always follow Alex on Twitter or Instagram both @AJSchumacherart. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Music by Best Day, who wears his mask every time he leaves the house because he's not a giant asshole.

One of the things that I like about anime (and manga probably too if I'd consistently read it) is magical realism. There's just something cool about a world where paper animals can be brought to life or dragons are real or things like that and it's not a big deal. Or where people can fall into a haunted spring and get transformed if they're hit with the right, or wrong, temperature of water. Listen in as Steampunk Link from SNEScapades comes on the show to talk about this game about a crazy manga where people switch genders and turn into animals nobody seems to really care about anything except literally fighting over a girl before school. Except the teachers, they don't care at all. Learn such things as: Arranged marriage and the cultural differences When games are good enough to get a release but not good enough to keep the source material intact Doesn't it suck when we don't get the good game in the series? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find the Steampunk Link on Twitter @SNEScapades, Instagram @SNEScapades and the SNEScapades podcast website. A big thanks to Cutting Class, as well as .ZeroStar for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who didn't even know that it's my anniversary today.

One of the things I've really come to like about comics is that there are so many stories happening at once. You can tell there's something overarching going on but can also focus on what's just in front of you at the moment. The problem for me has been knowing where to start, what tie ins need to be read and what can be skipped, if something is going to be a good jumping on point, that sort of thing. Will Dickstein might have that solved with his Ch05en series. The newest edition, which focuses on Kris, was my first experience in this world and I didn't feel lost at all reading it. In fact I really want to go back and read more of it now to see what else is going on. So no matter if you want to start with this Kris centered story or anywhere else in the series you'll be in a good place.

You know what's a great idea? Being a game publisher/developer and just buying a comic publisher so you can have IP to make games with a built in audience? So should you grab Marvel or DC? How about Valiant? Yup, that's what happened. Listen in as Insane Ian comes on the show to take a stab at Shadow Man for the N64, PS1, and Sega Dreamcast and we try to figure out if this game is good or not because it's in a really awkward place and we can't quite figure it out. Learn such things as: Who are all these random serial killers? Why does the PS1 version always suck? Is it really necessary for Acclaim to change character backstories? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon code “ireadshownotes” for 15% off your order. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Insane Ian's music over on Bandcamp or check out some video things on YouTube. A big thanks to Capes on the Couch, as well as Oh No! Lit Class for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who probably isn't wearing clean underwear today.