Ace Comicals - Episodes Tagged with “Dc”

083: Watching The Watchmen Part 1- "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"

Greg Driver — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Greg, Leon and special guest Anthony Askew begin this special WATCHMEN series with a conversation centered around the comic itself. The original 1986-87 12 issue maxi series that started it all and was at the forefront of a change in the comics industry. they discuss its beginnings, its significance to the comic medium and its legacy in comics today.

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049: "Is It Spirit? Is It Sludge? I Don't Know But Its Cool!"

Greg Driver — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Before the introduction of this episode, we take a moment to pay tribute to the late, great Stan Lee. There is discussion around his contribution to comics, his legacy and what he meant to us as comics fans. There is a short amount of silence following this before the episode begins.

In this episode, Greg, Leon and Rahul discuss the following comics:

-The Stan Lee obituary that Leon references and talks about in the preface to this episode, originally published on www.Vulture.com: "Stan Lee Gave More Than He Took"
-The band camp site for Daniel Warren Johnson's band Brooticus! where there are tracks to acompany his comic Murder Falcon!
-Greg's playlists on spotify: Afterlife Comicals and Cosmic Ghost Rider

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043: "Spider-Man's Pants"

Greg Driver — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

In this episode, Greg and Rahul discuss the following:
There's chatter and first impressions the beginning of the episode about The new Playstation 4 game Marvel's Spider-Man

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020: "Universe-Ending Bad"

Greg Driver — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:45:00 +0100

In this episode, Greg Leon and Rahul discuss:

Kicking butt and taking heads with "Head Lopper Vol. 1: The Island or A Plague Of Beasts".
Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, and Jordie Bellaire's Vision Vol. 1: Little Worse Than A Man
Sean Murphy and Matt Hollingsworth's brilliant, new, "Batman: White Knight #1".
The rise of The Dawnbreaker, our latest glimpse of the doomed Dark Multiverse "Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1".
Generation jumping fun in "Generations: Ms. Marvel & Ms. Marvel #1".. and "Miles Morales Spider-Man & Peter Parker Spider-Man #1".

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019: "Admins Of S.H.I.E.L.D"

Greg Driver — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:00:00 +0100

In this episode, Greg and Leon discuss:

Wonderfully executed post apocalyptic fantasy in "The Realm"
The psychadelic and supernatural "Retcon"
The swords and sorcery of Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti's "Wonder Woman/ Conan"..
A nightmarish vision of The Flash from a broken universe in "Dark Knights- Batman: The Red Death"
The continuing journey into the psyche of a broken god in Tom King and Mitch Gerads' "Mister Miracle #2"..

We also answer questions about our favourite introductions and forewords from collected trades, as well as which comic book characters we would be willing to be employed by and put in overtime for!

Notes: The pictures of the introductions and forewords that we mention can be found here on the Ace Comicals blog

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018: "The Real Lemon In The Eye"

Greg Driver — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 21:00:00 +0100

In this episode, Greg and Rahul discuss:

Garth Ennis' surreal military tale "Dastardly and Muttley".
The sword swinging, spell flinging, card cheating, "Scales And Scoundrels".
cullinary experiments with monstrous ingredients in "Delicious in Dungeon".
Kelly Thompson and Marco Checchetto's oh so shiny and bad-ass " Captain Phasma"..
The cool dimension hopping sci-fi of "Elsewhere".

We also tackle listener questions about obscure comics and the adaptation of beloved comic book stories into other forms of media!

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017: "Trawling IKEA For Solutions"

Greg Driver — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 21:00:00 +0100

In this episode, Greg and Rahul discuss:

The fantastic second offering of "Generation Gone".
The finale of "TMNT: Dimension X".
"Batman: Dark Knight, Dark City"..
The ever awesome "Winnebago Graveyard"..
The wonderfully written love letter to 70s/80s Mecha Anime "Mech Cadet Yu"..
Tabetop zombie survival game turned comic "Dead of Winter"..
The outlandishly entertaining, humorous continuation of "Shirtless Bear Fighter".
The brilliant ending to the latest Burnham and Schoening Ghostbusters story "Ghostbusters 101".

We also have a listener question about time and how to decide what to read, as well as a question about how we read sent to us by Leon!

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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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012: "His House Is Totally Made Of Bear Pelts"

Greg Driver — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:45:00 +0100

The three of us are back. A full team! In this Episode:
Greg goes Psychedelic with weird Grind-house Sci-Fi book Space Riders: Galaxy Of Brutality and goes on tour with the Wyld Stallyns!! in Bill And Ted Save The Universe.

Greg and Leon join the War on Bearror with Shirtless Bear Fighter.

Rahul and Greg check in with the one and only friendly neighbourhood web-slinger in Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-man.

The three of us discuss the witchcraft of the Americana infused horror book Winnebago Graveyard.

Leon and Rahul give us their thoughts on the second issue of Victor LaValle's Destroyer and Rahul gets body swapped with Crosswind!

All this and a whole host more from the stack packed in for your listening pleasure!

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011: ACP Superman: Secret Identity (2004)

Greg Driver — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 18:00:00 +0100

Ace Comicals Presents Kurt Busiek and Stuart Immonen's Superman: Secret Identity

Greg and Rahul team up in Leon's absence to discuss the amazing four issue mini series from 2004!

Superman: Secret Identity is the uplifting tale of a boy called Clark Kent in our real world, discovering that he has powers similar to those of his fictional namesake.
We follow him as he tries to do right, live an honest life, make sense of it all, and maintain his secret identity to protect his loved ones! Its a brilliant "what if" tale that explores what it might be like to live with superpowers in our world and the ramifications there of!

Notes:

Rahul makes reference to a Slashfilm podcast where they discuss Batman Vs Superman: Dawn Of Justice which we have linked for you here!

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008: Free Comic Book Day 2017!

Greg Driver — Sun, 14 May 2017 18:15:00 +0100

It was Free Comic Book Day, Greg traveled down to London to hang out with Rahul and Leon. We visited some comic shops to see what kinds of things were going on and took in an awesome art exhibition called The Art Of The Brick: DC Super Heroes. We talk about our day and our favourites from the free comics we snagged! Including I Hate Image, TMNT: Prelude To Dimension X, Lady Mechanika, Betty & Veronica, Bad Machinery, Hostage, 2000AD and the Bongo Comics Free For All.
All this and a bite-sized review of our drunken movie choice from the day Suicide Squad.

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Notes:

-A list of all of the comics that were available this year can be found here in the FCBD Catalogue

-More information about the fantastic Art of the Brick exhibition can be found here on the official website

-A link to the Ace Comicals Blog where we have included some of our photographs of the Exhibition.

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003: "Too Lit for the Real World"

Greg Driver — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:45:00 +0000

Welcome to episode 003!

This is the first of what we have dubbed the "talky" episodes where we discuss freely our current reads, new discoveries, and general thoughts and feelings regarding the medium.

And what a wild ride it is!

This episode: Greg takes on the stack, Leon has a confession to make and Rahul sends us a question from the future (Japan!). Join us as we discuss whether
CAGE!, The Belfry, East Of West, Morning Glories and a bunch of other titles, are worth your time!

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001: How To Get Into Comics

Greg Driver — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 18:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Ace Comicals this is the first show of 2017, Episode 001!

We decided, to kick off the Ace Comicals 2017 Reboot, we would do a show where we talk about how comics work and how we got into it!

We wanted to present a gentle introduction for people curious about comics, and to address some of the things we wish we had been told when WE started reading comics.

Alongside this episode, we have created a supplementary guide on the various methods for purchasing comics both physically and digitally

We are your hosts, Greg, Leon and Rahul and we invite you to join us on our journey into the rabbithole of sequential art!

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