On one hand, you’ve got two factions of military robots that have been fighting a war for centuries … on the other hand you’ve got ponies. Leave it to Hasbro and IDW to cross these two very different franchises together in a comic event that … WORKS! We didn’t believe it either! Come listen to…
It’s the teenagers with attitude crossing over with the heroes in a half shell in our first comic crossover! The green ranger has gone missing, and the rangers follow him to New York where he’s already encountered the turtles … as well as the Foot Clan! Can our heroes set aside their differences to stop…
We conclude our Comic Crossover Cavalcade with a very recent series that pits 5 teenagers with attitude against the heroes in a half shell! Follow The More You Nerd Visit our website and archives at themoreyounerd.com Follow us on Twitter @themoreyounerd Like us on Facebook
Writer Kelly Thompson joins us again as we give her the “Best Friend of the Show” designation! We talk about her original graphic novel, Heart in a Box, reflect on her first year and the upcoming arc of Jem, and talk about some of the big goings on that happened the prior weekend at the…
Myles: It feels like #6 just came out, but I will not complain in the slightest about more Jem! Jem and the Holograms #7 sees artist Sophie Campbell taking a breather and handing the reins over to Emma Vieceli. Transitioning artists can sometimes feel awkward for readers, but Vieceli arrives flawlessly. Though her personal…
Patrick & Myles Pick: {P}: So I figured instead of Myles and myself fighting each month with who gets to pick IDW’s “Jem and the Holograms” by Kelly Thompson and Sophie Campbell as their favorite comics, I would provide a place for us to settle our differences, and both gush over it. Issue #6 is…
Myles: As I mentioned last month, IDW Publishing‘s Godzilla in Hell is a conceptual dream come true. My concern was as great as this concept was, the risk of it slipping into simple novelty with the subsequent issues would run high. But the fine folks at IDW retain the concept’s freshness, aided in part by…
Patrick: My pick this week is the penultimate issue in the first arc of IDW’s “Jem and the Holograms #5” written by Kelly Thompson and art by Sophie Campbell. I guess in retrospect I enjoyed the previous issues, but this one really stood out, as we got multiple plot threads and a lot of the…
Patrick: My pick this week is a new comic from a familiar creator that we have spoken about on the podcast. “Mercury Heat” #1 from Avatar Press Inc, written by Keiron Gillen and art by Omar Francia is out today. Gillen you know from books like cult classic ‘Phonogram’ and the smash hit ‘The Wicked + The…
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…
