Comic Book Podcast | Talking Comics

Surprise!!! The Talking Comics crew assembled for a quick holiday update and to chat STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI!!! Tune in for this very special edition and be sure to check out our ongoing BEST OF 2017 shows!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is@TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

The nominations keep rolling along!!! The Talking Comics crew continues to talk the very best of the best in the world of comic-dom in 2017!!! This episode, things get heated as the gang discusses and debates creators and comics in the following categories: BEST PUBLISHER BEST SINGLE ISSUE or ONE-SHOT BEST MINI- or LIMITED SERIES BEST ONGOING SERIES This is the second of three episodes featuring the annual deliberations for the Talking Comics BEST OF 2017 episode that will take place right after the new year! Stay tuned and be sure to participate in our polls and let the gang know what your favorite comics were from 2017! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is@TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! The crew has gathered in the hallowed halls of Talking Comics to talk the very best of the best in the world of comic-dom in 2017!!! This episode, Bob, Joey, Jessica, and Steve discuss and nominate creators and comics in the following categories: BEST MEDIA ADAPTATION OF A COMICS PROPERTY BREAKTHROUGH WRITER BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST BEST NEW SERIES BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL. This is the first of three episodes featuring the annual deliberations for the Talking Comics BEST OF 2017 episode that will take place right after the new year! Stay tuned and be sure to participate in our polls and let the gang know what your favorite comics were from 2017! #READCOMICS

This week's podcast is under attack as both Dr. Mara and Matt Wood invade the thrid and fourth chairs to deliver some comic book-related cheer! We talk about everything from the Avengers: Infinity War trailer to that sensational Batman Annual #2, to what you should purchase for your geeky loved ones during the holiday season. It's out last regular podcast before our annual TC Awards deliberation podcasts, so be sure to tune in! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is@TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

Steve's back at the head of the table and he's joined by Bob, Joey, and Melissa as they take a deep dive into last week's new releases, including the much-anticipated DOOMSDAY CLOCK #1 from DC Comics!!! How was the long-awaited merger of the Watchmen and DC Universes??? Tune in to find out!!! Also, the gang gives their impressions of Marvel and Netflix's latest series, THE PUNISHER, starring Jon Bernthal! Listen and subscribe, folks!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is@TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

THE JUSTICE LEAGUE!!! ON FILM!!! AND THE TALKING COMICS CREW IS HERE TO REVIEW IT!!! That's right, folks--Bob, Jess, Joey, and special guest Sarah Miles gather round the podcast table this week to review the latest entry in the Warner Bros DC Extended Universe of films. Justice League is directed by Zack Snyder (w/ Joss Whedon) and stars Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, and Ray Fisher as the eponymous heroes. After their lukewarm response to Man of Steel and Batman v Superman and rave review of Wonder Woman, how will the gang feel about this new film??? Tune in and find out!!! Also, much and many comics obviously and a little bit of "What we're thankful for" ahead of Thanksgiving!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news

In this very NSFW episode, THE SOSKA SISTERS RETURN to the Talking Comics podcast!!! After their last visit ended in rapturous singing and riotous laughter, Jen and Sylvia Soska--the directors, producers, and filmmakers behind Twister Twins Productions--make their way back to the show for a spirited conversation on their upcoming projects!!! There may be more singing and there are definitely more laughs. Also, the gang gets into it with their lightning rounds: Melissa talks a series of new Image #1s, Bob chats the latest collection of DC Superhero Girls, Joey gets into the spirit with MASTER OF KUNG FU, and Steve brings on a special guest to talk through Nancy Drew and the Hard Boys: The Big Lie!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twit

RAGNAROK HAS ARRIVED!!! This week, the gang reviews THOR: RAGNAROK, the latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the third film in the Thor franchise. Directed by Taika Waititi and starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Tessa Thompson, Mark Ruffalo, and Jeff Goldblum, the latest Thor film certainly takes the series in bold new directions. Also, the crew runs through some new comics in the Lightning Rounds, rhapsodizes about Mark Waid & Chris Samnee's Captain America #695, and discusses the BREAKING NEWS that Marvel architect Brian Michael Bendis has signed an exclusive deal with DC Comics!!! Special guests Matt Wood & Brian Keohan (of BENDIS ASSEMBLED! fame) join the show to talk this crazy bit of news! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related,

THIS IS HALLOWEEN!!! Well, the day after, but the Talking Comics gang is very much in the spirit!!! Tag along with these Halloweeners this episode as they discuss the end of SILVER SURFER, the beginning of Shelly Bond's Black Crown imprint over at IDW, and the return of Hack/Slash. Also, this week's listener questions bring out such divers seasonal topics as Top 5 Horror films, ghost stories, setting the mood for scary movies, etc. etc. etc.!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is@TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

It's a night of epic returns!!! JOEY HAS RETURNED FROM THE WORLD OF MUSICAL THEATRE!!! THE LIGHTING ROUND makes its way back on to the airwaves as the gang goes around and talks some of last week's big releases, including Sherlock Frankenstein #1, Incredible Hulk #709, Maestros #1, and Luke Cage #166!!!  Also, the open discussion focuses on Batman #33 and Jason Aaron's grandiose THOR #700!!! Finally, the conversation turns to some of the recent announcements regarding comic-to-film adaptations (and vice versa), including Velvet, Crosswind, and Pumpkinhead!!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is@TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

On this week's podcast, the crew venture everywhere from NYCC to Transfigured Town, London City Comic Con and beyond! As a special treat, we share a long-awaited chin-wag with Chris Runicman, co-founder of Runciman Press, a Canadian indie comic lable on the rise. We also find time to talk about a comics like Babyteeth, Aquaman, Adventure Time, and more. As an added bonus, Bob shares his empassioned thoughts on the new film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women! Strap in, folks, it's going to be one hell of a fun ride!

Call the fire department, folks, because this podcast is ON FIRE! Well, it WAS on fire, and then Steve busted out his magical editing skills, and managed to cast a mighty spell on what was most definitely a mighty and terrible beast of a show! While battling technology, Bob, Jessica, Bronwyn and Steve talk a WHOLE LOT about NYCC 2017 in addition to plenty of comics books. This week, the group shares a chin-wag about titles such as Batman: White Knight, The Death Defying Doctor Mirage, Generation Zero, Rocket Girl, Elsewhere and much more! Oh, and don't forget to stay until after the show for a very special musical interlude courtesy of the crew. And don't worry, Joey will be back next week, and he's bringing a very big bucket of water to put the fire out!

This week, Joey's in the driver's seat as Bob, Melissa, and a very special guest, Eisner-Award Winning Professor Carolyn Cocca, talk about some of last week's biggest comic book releases and biggest TV debuts!!! The gang gets into it with Wonder Woman #31, Black Magick #8, and the UNIVERSE-ALTERING MARVEL LEGACY #1 before jumping headlong into the pilot episodes of Marvel's INHUMANS and GIFTED, the X-Men series airing on Fox. Also, listen for discussion on Star Wars, Star Trek, RENT: The Musical, and much much more!!! Be sure to reach out to us if you plan on attending New York Comic-Con this weekend!!! We'd love to know if any listeners are down to hang after the con!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is@TalkingComics 

Bob, Jessica, Brownyn and Steve engage in a battle of the bands while fielding groovy listener questions and waxing rhapsodic about comic books.

It's all comics all the time on this week's episode, as Steve, Bob, Melissa, and Joey ransack last week's comic book racks to pick the best (and worst) of the new releases. This week's conversation covers Shea Fontana's final issue of Wonder Woman, the first issue of the latest volume of RUNAWAYS, and some strange and scintillating Image #1s, including REALM and RETCON. And, of course, listener questions galore and Steve's pesky mystery question to start!!! Also, the gang gets their Charlotte Brontë on when they review JANE, a new original graphic novel from BOOM! Studios based on the classic novel. Plus, special guests MATT WOOD and BRIAN KEOHAN of the brand new Talking Comics-family podcast, BENDIS ASSEMBLED!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new rel

Tune in for a special sneak peek at BENDIS ASSEMBLED, the latest podcast in the Talking Comics family!!! Join Legendary Runs' own MATT WOOD and new host BRIAN KEOHAN as they embark on their epic journey through Brian Michael Bendis' 200+ issue run on Marvel's Avengers!!!

This week, comix legend TRINA ROBBINS returns to the podcast!!! Also, Steve, Bob, Joey, and Jessica dive headlong into the goings-on in comics from the last week, including (but not limited to) the conclusion of 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank from Black Mask Studios, the newly-launched Bombshells United from DC, and the latest Generations issue from Marvel, which featured Iron Man and Ironheart!!! Also, Steve gushes over IT, Jessica talks Overwatch, and Joey and Bob pay homage to Len Wein. Also also, a special announcement regarding TC's latest podcast: BENDIS ASSEMBLED!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is@TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

A NEW ERA BEGINS!!! Part 2 (of 2) This week, PART TWO OF THE EPIC REBOOT(ish) OF TALKING COMICS!!! Steve, Bob, and Joey are joined by Melissa Megan (Furiosa of Follicles and E-i-C of Meganerd Media) to talk last week's biggest comic books, including the conclusion of Joelle Jones' LADYKILLER 2 and Greg Rucka & Nicola Scott's BLACK MAGICK!!! Also, Bob dives into the final issue of SECRET EMPIRE, Joey talks BLACK PANTHER & THE CREW, and Steve recounts his adventures at Fan Expo Canada 2017!!! Melissa will be joining the main Talking Comics cast on a bi-weekly basis, so be sure to follow her on the interwebs and welcome her to the family!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is@TalkingComics and you can email us at po

A NEW ERA BEGINS!!! Part 1 (of 2) After the epic 300th Episode, the Talking Comics podcast enters a new era with new co-hosts, new vim and vigor, but the same old flair for the comic book drama!!! This week, Steve, Bob, and Joey are joined by Jessica Garris-Schaeffer (Comic Shop Valkyrie and all-around BAMF) to talk tons of comics and dive into Marvel's DEFENDERS!!! Jessica will be joining the main Talking Comics cast on a bi-weekly basis, so be sure to follow her on the interwebs and welcome her to the family!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, Joey Braccino, Jessica Garris-Schaeffer, and Melissa Megan who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is @TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.

This is it!!! The culmination of nearly six (6) years of epic episodes--TALKING COMICS FINALLY TURNS 300 AND THE UNIVERSE WILL NEVER. BE. THE. SAME!!!!!!!!!!! Tune in for earth-shattering interviews with Kit Cox (Milkfed Criminal Masterminds Inc.), David Pepose (Spencer & Locke), and Jeremy Whitley (Unstoppable Wasp, Princeless) as well as special guests from Talking Comics' past AND future (!?!?!). This isn't an end--it's only the beginning!!!!! Also, stay tuned for a very special message from a very special member of the Talking Comics family!!! #READCOMICS The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com) The podcast is hosted by Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com editor), Bob Reyer, and Joey Braccino who weekly dissect everything comics-related, from breaking news to new releases. Our Twitter handle is@TalkingComics and you can email us at podcast@talkingcomicbooks.com.