Doug Bost And Adam Bernstein Are Grown Ass Men

J. M DeMatteis is comic book writer legend! His prolific work with Marvel, DC and many of the big independent companies are well respected within the industry. Grown Ass Men were lucky enough to spend time with him discussing his work on Spider-Man, The Defenders, Captain America. Justice League and his fantastic semi autobiographical graphic novel Brooklyn Dreams. You don't want to miss this one!Original music by Adam Bernstein 

Grown Ass Men have been fans of Shang Chi and his Master of Kung Fu comic since it came out Dec 10, 1973. Well maybe we discovered it in 1974 but we, like so many other fans, regard these books as some of the best in the Marvel canon. When the new Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was released, we were first on line. In this episode we review the movie, plus chat about our correspondence with the great MOKF artist Paul Gulacy. It's a good one and you don't want to miss it!Original music by Adam BernsteinSpecial guest vocal on Shang Chi! by Sam Mastandrea

"Lets just say, whatever few bits of cool we had have been destroyed."Yup, this is our nerdiest episode EVER, which is saying a lot. Grown Ass Men drove to Long Island, Maine and upstate New York just to look at peoples comics. In Maine, we did end up at a Comic Book store, so while that's not that unusual, it was still incredibly nerdy. But, we know you understand and want to hear all about it.

It comes down to this - Do you prefer Spiderman or the Thing?! Join GAM as we geek out about the classic Marvel Team-Up and Marvel Two-In-One comics from the 70's. We debate what's better, the strange Super-Villain Team-Up books and the team-ups we hoped for but never came to fruition. Don't miss it!Original music from Adam "Warlock" Bernstein

Hard to believe now, but it used to be there was no such thing as Comedy Central. Then in the early 90s, Art Bell (and some other bright folks) came along and changed all that. Art also gave co-host Doug Bost his first job out of college, but to find out why that job was called “Cliptomaniac”, you’ll have to listen to our new episode. Art chats with us about his excellent new memoir, Constant Comedy, with stories about HBO mogul Michael Fuchs, Jon Stewart, and Bill Maher, to name a few. Jazzy score by Adam Bernstein, natch. Enjoy!

If you're a Mad Magazine fan, you know Al Jaffee! A legend in the comics industry, Al worked for tons of publications but was responsible for some of the longest, most endearing Mad Magazine features including the famous Fold In and Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions. Al just turned 100 (!) so, along with the rest of the comics world, Grown Ass Men wanted to celebrate as well. Every party needs top notch guests so we called upon Karen Green (Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University Libraries) and R. Sikoryak (brilliant artist of Constitutional Illustrated and The Unquotable Trump). We had a great time discussing everything Jaffee.So give a listen! A special shout out to Blythe Gruda, the amazing singer on Al Jaffee's theme song.Original music by Adam Bernstein

WandaVision episode 5 is about to drop -- so it’s the perfect time for a spoiler-filled, Grown-Ass catch-up on the first 4 episodes. Hear wild educated guesses about who will appear next, and how this whole crazy thing might end, from Rhonda Goldstein, Steve Garvey, Joanna Parson, Graham Stevens, Sean Stoops and Art Dupras.

We’ve never done this before, but it was necessary to record a special emergency episode in response to the WW84 crisis. We have a lot of guests to help with this one. Good luck to all of you in this difficult time. Thanks to Mary Micari, Carolyn Bost, Acadia Bost, Jeff Ward, and Sam Mastandrea.

It’s the Great Grown Ass Grab Bag Gift Giving Guide! Anytime before Valentine’s Day is still the holidays to us, so enjoy these ideas for the grown ass man or woman in your life -- from Hans Gruber tree ornaments to Harrison Ford menorahs. This is what your loved ones REALLY want under the tree. We’ll also help you mix our signature seasonal cocktail! And you’ll dig the music by Adam Bernstein and Sam Mastandrea. Happy holidays, true believers!

Time flies in Grown Ass Men world. Last time we had comic book author/artist Jamar Nicholas on our show it was November 2016 (which shocked all of us!). It's crazy times for everyone but great things are happening for Jamar and his character Leon. He just signed a publishing deal with Scholastic for multiple Leon books so it was perfect timing to catch up again. We chat about his deal, life during Covid and other comic book related stuff. Don't miss it!Original music by Adam Bernstein

The US Constitution might seem -- well, frankly, boring. But not to R. Sikoryak. Do yourself a favor and check out our inspiring conversation with him about his book, ‘Constitution Illustrated’ (Drawn & Quarterly), and see how his amazing artwork kicks originalism to the curb, just in time for the election. It’s a perfect thing to listen to while standing in line to vote. Music by Adam Bernstein, natch.

It's summer in the city. It's not your typical Lovin Spoonful summer, it's a freaking Covid summer, so Grown Ass Men decided to dig into one of our fave topics; The Convincing. This is where we convince each other that you must check out this book.This time is different though. We decided to do a musical "convincing" so we called upon honorary GAM and fantastic musician Sam Mastandrea to join us. We chat guilty pleasures, Prince, Hall and Oates, Jefferson Airplane and the great year 1977!We also send a shout out to recently departed genius inker of Marvel's greatest, Joe Sinnott. You don't want to miss this one.Original music by Adam Bernstein

As everyone knows, the coronavirus is doing damage through out the world. When Grown Ass Men recorded Ep. 77, the virus was just beginning to hit the US and we had no clue what was to happen shortly after. In NYC were we live, the numbers effected are extremely high and we recorded this episode under quarantine.So what better topic than to discuss how superheros would deal this situation. Would Wolverine observe the quarantine? Does Bruce Banner have the virus if the Hulk contracts it? We also chat about the classic Marvel title What If. Honorary Grown Ass Man Sam Mastandrea joins us for the fun.Original music by Adam Bernstein

Music is helping all of us in this crazy time. But you’re probably sick of listening to ‘Splendid Isolation’ by Warren Zevon on repeat. Well, the Grown Ass Men are here to help by diving deep into the great (and not-so-great) theme songs from James Bond movies, in our brand new quarantine episode! Featuring 007 superfan Gil Sembrano, this one will definitely give you some new tracks to listen to. Oh, and you’ll learn what Thom Yorke thinks is the sexiest song EVER. Stay well, friends!

Happy New Year folks! Hope everyone had a fantastic grown ass holiday where Galactus didn't devour your entire planet!Every year at this time, Grown Ass Men have a tradition of acknowledging what we really want for the holidays (besides world peace) are comic books. This year we got the Superhero Holiday Grab Bag Treasury editions, so we had to chat about some of the weirdest collections of reprints in a giant over sided book ever put out. Our other tradition is to try to convince each other about other comic book related topics. This years "convincing" needed, uh, not much convincing. Give a listen!Here's to a great 2020.Original music by Adam Bernstein.

Ever since Stan Lee died just over a year ago, the Grown Ass Men have been talking about doing a Stan episode. Well, we got lucky because we got to interview writer and editor Danny Fingeroth just as his new book 'A Marvelous Life - The Amazing Story of Stan Lee' was just about to drop. Danny worked with Stan at Marvel and has been a big part of the comic book industry since the 70's! It's a great book which we highly recommend! Do not miss this episode!http://dannyfingeroth.comOriginal music by Adam Bernstein

On Oct 30th, 1938, radio listeners got a special Halloween gift from a man who would become one of the greatest film-makers ever, Orson Welles. An adaptation H.G. Wells' 'War of the Worlds' aired -- and people were panicked! Just what you want on Halloween, right? I guess it depends on who you ask. It's a must-listen radio program.Grown Ass Men decided to revisit that historic radio program with Welles expert and friend of the show Jeff Ward. Jeff is a playwright, composer and actor and let's just say he's very knowledgable on this topic. We also revisit the Marvel Comics War of the Worlds starring the rather mundane Killraven.Check it out!Original Music by Adam Bernstein.

Some things need to be digested properly in order to comment intelligently. But, we'll let you decide if we did that because here it is - our reaction to Avengers Endgame! Grown Ass Men have opinions for sure but apparently not enough because we brought honorary GAM Sam Mastandrea along for the ride! Check it out!Original music by Adam Bernstein

The Marvel Comics Universe is on fire! At San Diego Comic Con, Marvel unveiled their Phase 4 plan which is an incredible group of films and TV shows featuring so many cool characters. Some of them we haven't see before like Shang-Chi and The Eternals. Super cool! GAM had to chime in so we did this quick shorty. Check it out!Original music by Adam Bernstein.

Spider-Man fans are psyched for the new Far From Home film about to come out and Grown Ass Men are no different! Finally in this movie we get an appearance from one of Spider-Man's greatest villains; Mysterio! So we got honorary GAM Sam Mastandrea to join us for a conversation about Mysterio, some of the other great Spidey villains and some things we are reading right now. Don't miss it!Original music by Adam Bernstein.