Myles: To the surprise of no one, my pick this week is Kelly Thompson and Sophie Campbell’s Jem and the Holograms #4. It’s been no secret how much I love the property and this comic, but Thompson and Campbell continue to outdo themselves with each subsequent issue. Thompson’s pacing continues to be one of my…
Episode 162: Burning History With Luke Crane
Luke Crane, creator of Burning Wheel and the Games Lead for Kickstarter, joins Drew, Patrick, and Myles to talk about the culture of table top gaming before spiraling into an impromptu history lesson!
Episode 161: Awakening the Gargoyles
After all the excitement from this year’s E3, Myles, Drew and Patrick try to pick just ONE announcement they’re excited about. They fail. This week, they turn their attention to one of the most underrated animated shows of all-time: Disney’s Gargoyles!
TMYN’s Comic Book Buy Pile 6/17/15
Patrick: In the third installment of Dark Horse comic’s “Archie vs. Predator” things take a turn from worse to absolutely abysmal for the residents of Riverdale. A teenage predator is on the loose, and hunting and murdering Archie’s gang of pals one by one, or as we saw in the last issue, in a giant…
TMYN’s Comic Book Buy Pile 6/10/15
Patrick: Harrow County #2 The great and frustrating thing about writing and reviewing comics alongside Myles and Drew each week is that we read and enjoy a lot of the same books. This week was no different in that one of our favorite new titles came up and we knew only one of us could…
Episode 160: Jim Butcher, Cat Whisperer
Nerds! Have we got a very special guest for you this week! Literary powerhouse, Jim Butcher, took time out of his insane writing schedule to chat with us about the first book in his new upcoming series, The Cinder Spires, his writing process, and, of course, the wizarding world of Harry Dresden.
TMYN’s Comic Book Buy Pile 6/3/15
Myles: Longtime listeners/followers will know I’ve often been a tad harsh on many DC titles since the New 52 rebranding in 2011. Justice League was one of those titles. We had just been stripped of everything and everyone we knew, given a brand new “team origin” fighting Darkseid, which has since been turned into…
Episode 159: Looting Jupiter with Jason Fry
Jason Fry crash lands into the Nerd Cave this week as we talk about his novel, The Jupiter Pirates: Hunt for the Hydra, as well as the work he’s done and has planned for the Star Wars Universe. We tried our best, even threatened to make him walk the plank, to get him to spill details…
TMYN’s Comic Book Buy Pile 5/27/15
Myles: Archie’s brand renaissance continues this week with Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #3 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack, and Jack Morelli. As with Afterlife With Archie, this book is set in a darker world than what longtime residents of Riverdale are used to. However, unlike Afterlife with Archie or the zany insanity of…
Episode 158: Entering Harrow County with Cullen Bunn
Comic book workhorse, Cullen Bunn, invited us to visit the quaint little town of Harrow County, filled with rustic farmlands, babbling brooks, and, oh, slumbering evil! We talk about Harrow County, his newest hit comic from Dark Horse as well as how those old rural tales influenced his writing, horror in general, comics, and, of…