Jacob Tender and Mike Comite return to the podcast for a discussion on Aliens. We dive into why the sequel took a while, what we loved about it, the corniest moments, and much more.

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Tim Mathews and Deanna Chapman discuss Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. They discuss Kim Novak's performance, the twist, why the nightmare scene was great, and much more.

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Drew Dietsch joins the podcast to discuss Wonder Twins, a twelve issue comic book series from Mark Russell and Stephen Byrne.

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Erica Schultz joins to discuss her comic Forgotten Home. We break down the characters, discuss the story, and what it takes to get a comic published.

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Travis Newton makes his first appearance on the podcast to discuss the first five episodes of The Adventure Zone: Amnesty. We dive into how the story progresses, what the characters are like, and more.

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Can you even be a Star Wars fan if you don't rank the movies? I'm joined by Murjani Rawls, Jacob Tender, Mike Comite, and Mitchell McDonald to rank the 11 live-action Star Wars movies. 

Rankings:

Murjani:

11.The Rise of Skywalker

10. Attack Of The Clones

9. Solo

8. The Phantom Menace

7. The Force Awakens

6. The Last Jedi

5. Revenge Of The Sith

4. Return of The Jedi

3. Rogue One

2. Star Wars

1. Empire Strikes Back

Jacob:

11. Attack Of The Clones

10. Solo

9. Revenge Of The Sith

8. The Last Jedi

7. The Phantom Menace

6. The Return Of The Jedi

5. The Rise Of Skywalker

4. Rogue One

3. The Force Awakens

2. The Empire Strikes Back

1. Star Wars

Mike:

11. A New Hope

10. Solo 

9. Force Awakens

8. Return of the Jedi

7. Rogue One

6. The Last Jedi

5. The Rise of Skywalker

4. The Phantom Menace

3. Empire Strikes Back

2. Revenge of the Sith

1. Attack of the Clones

Mitchell:

11. The Phantom Menace

10. Attack of the Clones

9. The Rise of Skywalker

8. Solo

7. Rogue One

6. Revenge of The Sith

5. The Force Awakens

4. Return of The Jedi

3. Star Wars

2. Empire Strikes Back

1. The Last Jedi

Deanna:

11. Attack of the Clones

10. The Phantom Menace

9. Solo

8. Revenge of the Sith

7. The Rise of Skywalker

6. Return of the Jedi

5. Rogue One

4. The Force Awakens

3. The Last Jedi

2. Star Wars

1. Empire Strikes Back

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Vita Ayala joins the podcast to chat about The Wilds. We dive into what the working relationship with Black Mask is like, how they got to know Emily Pearson, the difference between creator-owned and licensed work, and more.

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Jono Diener joins the podcast for a bonus episode to discuss his upcoming project The Inevitables. We talk about being part of a Kickstarter project, creating interesting comic book characters, and more.

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Becky Rice joins the podcast to discuss Sonic the Hedgehog. Spoiler: we like this movie.

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Tom Mullen joins the podcast to discuss his Anthology of Emo books. We dive into how he approaches his interviews, the Washed Up Emo podcast, getting the book distributed, and more.

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Becky Kovach returns for a discussion on the second season of American Gods. We talk about how the story progresses from season one, cast changes, and more.

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Michael Escañuelas makes his first appearance on the show to discuss Chicago. We talk about how well the characters were cast, some of the plot holes, how the musical numbers drive everything forward, and more.

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Maria Sherman joins the podcast to discuss her new book Larger Than Life. We talk about how she started the book, choosing which bands to write about, and much more.

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Jonathan Lally returns to the podcast to chat about Obi-Wan Kenobi. We discuss why the show didn't quite hit for us, what we did like about it, and more.

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Author Keith Rosson joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Road Seven. We dive into his process, who his favorite character to write was, and more.

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Latasha James joins the podcast to discuss Garden State. We dive into the cast and the story, our favorite moments, and more.

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Jonathan Lally and Mitchell McDonald return to the podcast to discuss the first two seasons of What We Do in the Shadows. We discuss the wide variety of cameos, our favorite episodes, and more.

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Murjani Rawls returns to the podcast for a quick discussion about the 2019 movie, Black Christmas. We dive into why it isn't as good as the original, what some of the production flaws were, the parts we did like, and more.

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James Macmillan joins to talk about Ferris Bueller's Day Off. We dive into the cast, the story, why the movie still holds up, and more.

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Jonathan Lally returns to the podcast to discuss Onward. We talk about how Pixar tugs on your heartstrings, the casting, and more.

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Dan Pullen joins the podcast to discuss Wall-E. We dive into the voice cast, the animation designs, and more.

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Tim Mathews joins the podcast to discuss Wytches Vol. 1 from Scott Snyder, Jock, and Matt Hollingsworh. We discuss our history with horror comics, what we like about the story and the artwork, plus much more.

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Dani Ryan joins the podcast to discuss the first season of Harley Quinn on DC Universe. We dive into the voice cast, how they handle Harley's story, the season finale, and more.

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Andrew Cramb joins the podcast to discuss Gone in 60 Seconds. We talk about the cast, the cars, the stunts, and more.

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Kt Schaefer returns to the podcast to talk about Rick Remender's run on Uncanny X-Force. We dive into the use of lesser known characters, how many different worlds they travel to, and more.

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Jacob Tender joins the podcast to discuss Gravity Falls. We talk about why two seasons worked for the length of the show, why we enjoyed it, and more.

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Alex DiVincenzo joins the podcast to discuss the original Friday the 13th. We discuss the choice to not show the killer, the sparse music, and much more.

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Murjani Rawls joins to discuss Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. We discuss Ben Affleck as Batman, whether or not this was a proper Superman sequel, and much more.

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We have another new guest! Eyal Levi joins the podcast for a discussion about Sicario. We discuss Denis Villeneuve's directing, the cinematography from Roger Deakins, how the movie handles Kate, and much more.

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Jenn Nguyen joins the podcast to discuss the first season of Locke & Key. We discuss the character work, how long we've been waiting for the show and much more.

A couple of quick notes:
- We recorded this prior to the renewal announcement.
- Jenn's audio was pulled from Skype, which gave us a few problems. Apologies!

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Jono Diener returns to the podcast to discuss his comic Monster Bounty #0 with art by Matt Emmons. We dive into how he got his start in comics, the collaboration process, and more.

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Murjani Rawls returns to the podcast to discuss Man of Steel. We talk about the story arc, Lois Lane, the pacing, and more.

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Christie Gee makes her first appearance on the podcast to discuss Reality Bites. We talk about the cast and characters, the DIY feel of the movie, and more.

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Dani Ryan joins the podcast to discuss the latest DC movie, Birds of Prey. We dive into what made the movie work for us, the cast, the poor marketing plan, and much more.

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Jonathan Lally and Mitchell McDonald return to the podcast to tag-team the discussion about What We Do in the Shadows.

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Comic book writer Jordan Clark joins the podcast to chat about Giant Days by John Allison. We dive into what we love about the comic, how hard it is to do comedy in comics, and much more.

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Matt Singer, the author of Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular, joins the podcast to discuss his book, his background with Spider-Man, and more.

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Milton Lawson makes his first appearance on the podcast to discuss our favorite films of the decade. We take different approaches to our lists and learn about movies we hadn't heard of before.

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Molly Hudelson joins the podcast to discuss her book I Told You I Hated New York. We talk about her process of picking articles and discuss select ones from the book.

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Emily Edwards makes her first appearance on the podcast to discuss Rian Johnson's Knives Out. We dive into why this works so well as a murder mystery, the production, and much more.

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Scott Fugger returns to chat about Thumbs by Sean Lewis and Hayden Sherman. We discuss how the story and art mesh together to take us on a thrilling ride and more.

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Kt Schaefer and Dani Ryan join the podcast for a discussion about the first (and possibly only) season of Watchmen on HBO. We dive into our favorite moments, how good the cast is, and much more.

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Jonathan Lally, Kt Schaefer, and Tim Mathews return to the podcast for a fun conversation about The Mandalorian. We dive into our familiarity with Mandalorians prior to the show, what our favorite moments were, Baby Yoda (of course), and much more.

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Kyle Kilday joins the podcast to discuss what his process was like for starting The Last Scene, a documentary about punk and emo music during an era of change.

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Kt Schaefer joins me for a bonus episode about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker so she can share her thoughts on the movie and the future of Star Wars in general.

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It's roundtable time! I'm joined by Tim Mathews, Murjani Rawls, and Jonathan Lally to discuss Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

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Curtis Clow joins the podcast to discuss his comic Beastlands. We dive into how Curtis approaches world building, the state of the comic book industry, and more.

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Mitchell McDonald and Jonathan Lally join to discuss Jojo Rabbit and how great Taika Waititi is in general.

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Dani Ryan returns to the podcast to discuss the first two seasons of Barry and speculate as to what could come next for the show. Oh, and we also begin with a little chat about bloody noses first.

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Kt Schaefer joins to discuss Alan Moore's Watchmen. We dive into the character work, the art, how long the series is, and more.

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