Ace Comicals - Episodes Tagged with “Dark Horse Comics”

052: "Christmas With Ace Comicals"

Greg Driver — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 15:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Greg and Leon are joined by Marvyn to rouse your christmas spirit by discussing the following seasonal comics:

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021: "The All Hallows Eve-isode"

Greg Driver — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 18:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Greg and Leon discuss:

Satanic Panic era occult horror in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack's fantastic "Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina, Vol.1 : The Crucible".
The love letter to the Hammer Horror movies of old, a story with heart AND horror, "Mr Higgins Comes Home"
Archie Comics classic monster horror with "Jughead: The Hunger #1".
An anthology of twisted tales set within the DC universe "DC House Of Horror #1".
And the creeping darkness and looming shadows of Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook's"Harrow County, Vol.1 : Countless Haints".

We also tackle a listener question concerning our preferences for being stuck as prey for a comic book creation on a small island, and a question from Rahul around which comic book character we would nominate to replace and be used as Thor's Hammer!

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014: "Rambling Without Signposts"

Greg Driver — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 21:30:00 +0100

Jam-packed and over-sized! In this episode:

We talk Eisner Awards, and a little San Diego Comic Con.

Greg Gives us his impressions of Groo: Play Of The Gods #1, Kill The Minotaur #2 and Curse Words #6.

Rahul gives us a talk on the brilliant Demon and is a new recruit in the War on Bearror! with Shirtless Bear Fighter. He also Hits the first two issues of Secret Weapons and throws a spotlight on IDW's Clue.

Rahul and Greg dive into Winnebago Graveyard #2, Centipede #1 and Generation Gone #1.

Leon and Rahul give us their thoughts on the first 5 issues of Curse Words and also talk about where they are at with the amazing Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan).

Finally, Leon goes all DC Universe and takes a trip to Gotham with Batgirl, before stopping in to talk about Wonder Woman: The Circle!

Notes:

Rahul mentions and talks a little about this cool little interactive comic book called Meanwhile by Jason Shiga. This is a link to the iOS app version of the hardback interactive comic!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meanwhile-an-interactive-comic-book/id458451517?mt=8

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009: ACP Aliens ("Salvation" and "Dead Orbit")

Greg Driver — Wed, 17 May 2017 19:45:00 +0100

In Anticipation of the latest cinematic entry in the Alien franchise, we read two offerings of the comic variety both old and new.
we get to grips with the Mike Mignoa and Dave Gibbons 1993 tale Aliens: Salvation and James Stokoe's Aliens: Dead Orbit #1, In an Aliens double feature of fear, violence and fantastic artwork!

Aliens: Salvation Is the tale of a devout christian who is forced to abandon the Space Freighter he is contracted to with his mad captain, after something goes horribly wrong with the cargo they have been charged with. Stranded on an inhospitable alien planet. as a result, his faith is tested to the very limits as he tries to survive against the planet itself, and the deadly cargo!

Aliens: Dead Orbit is a brand new book and we have Issue 1! Its the story of an Engineering Officer named Wascylewski, on a station out in distant space, versus the deadly Xenomorph menace!

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