Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Spider-man

EPISODE 353 - The Milksops continue their coverage of the Hellboy universe with their first big look at the spin-off series "B.P.R.D." We start with trade paper back volume 6, which is the arc called "The Universal Machine." "B.P.R.D." stands for Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, which was Hellboy's employer until he quit at the end of his "Conqueror Worm" story. Now we see the gang without Hellboy. As Kevin says, the Hellboy stories feel like movies, and B.P.R.D. is like a television show. Although there is a plot which evolves, it feels more episodic. And although the stakes are as high as possible (destruction of all humanity seems perpetually JUST ABOUT TO HAPPEN) - the tone feels lighter, too. We learn a lot about Abe Sapien, Johann Krauss, and other members of the Bureau. We see the story get handed off from universe creator Mike Mignolia to John Arcudy and Guy Davis and others. Loose Screws: Kevin talks about Shrinking and other shows he watched, and Will discusses how he established his Cana

EPISODE 352 - We go over what amounts to the end of Act I of Hellboy comics - Conqueror Worm. In this four issue story, Hellboy and Roger the Homonculous go up against a big 'ol Elder Monster who is hell bent on gobbling up the whole world! We've go Nazi heads in jars, a big steampunk ape, talking skeletons and of course a collapsing floor! This is a great one! ------------------- Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com Subscribe for bonus episodes and to support the show at screwitpodcasts.com

EPISODE 351 - Totally regular hosts Kevin Hines and Jamie Wenger, who have always hosted this podcast, discuss the 1999 crossover series Batman/Hellboy/Starman!  For Loose Screws, Jamie discusses the movie Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die and Kevin discusses his son's surprising taste in video games and Simpsons episodes. For more crossover fun, listen to Marvel by the Month to hear totally regular hosting panel of Bryan Stratton, Will Hines and Curt Holman discuss some 1970s Marvel books, and also check out The Comic's Canon with their regular hosts Kevin Moreau and Robb Milne ! ------------------ Email "us" at screwitcomics@gmail.com Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com for monthly bonus episode!

EPISODE 350 - We go over the rest the collection The Right Hand of Doom, which includes:  The Right Hand of Doom Box Full of Evil In Loose Screws, we discuss the show Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (and also discuss Wonder Man) and Kevin's new Spider-Man tattoo.  ------------------- Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com Subscribe for bonus episodes and to support the show at screwitpodcasts.com

EPISODE 349 - We go over the first half of the collection The Right Hand of Doom, which includes:  Pancakes The Nature of the Beast King Vold Heads Goodbye Mister Tod The Varcolac Plus we go over the results of this year's Instapush (we gained followers!!) andwe have an episode of our sub-podcast Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About War Games. In Loose Screws, we discuss the movies Hoppers and Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie. ------------------- Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com Subscribe for bonus episodes and to support the show at screwitpodcasts.com

We continue our Hellboy season! The Milksops go over the second half of The Chained Coffin and Other Stories. Specifically we cover The Wolves Of St. August and Almost Colossus. So we've got both werewolves and an artifical man eventually named Roger. Joining us is writer/illustrator/Mike Mignola superfan Dave Baker! Dave has written and/or drawn a ton of cool stuff, including Mary Tyler Moorehawk and the upcoming Halloween Boy, which for sure can count Hellboy as one of its influences!  Thank you, Dave! Check out Dave's work at his web site: https://www.heydavebaker.com/

EPISODE 347 - We go over the first half of the Hellboy short story collection THE CHAINED COFFIN AND OTHER STORIES.  Specifically we discuss: The Corpse The Iron Shoes Baby Yaga A Christmas Underground The Chained Coffin Joining us are the hosts of "Aw, Crap: A Hellboy Podcast" - Mark David Christenson and Kait Thompson! ------------------- Don't forget to participate in the Official Screwit Instapush #screwitinstapush! ENDS MARCH 1 Subscribe to support the show and for bonus episodes at screwitpodcasts.com Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com (REPOSTED - originally I posted this at double speed, pretty cool)

EPISODE 346 - We go over the second Hellboy arc - WAKE THE DEVIL. Vampires, Nazi heads in a jar and a homunculous! For Loose Screws, Kevin posits that watching sports is just waiting for people to fail, and Will discusses J.M. DeMatteis' recent novel DARK FUTURE. ------------------- Don't forget to participate in the Official Screwit Instapush #screwitinstapush! Subscribe to support the show and for bonus episodes at screwitpodcasts.com Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com

EPISODE 345 - We get into issue 4 of Seed of Destruction! First arc of Hellboy DONE! In Loose Screws, we discuss the new Marvel show WONDER MAN (spoiler free discussion) ------------------- Don't forget to participate in the Official Screwit Instapush #screwitinstapush! Subscribe to support the show and for bonus episodes at screwitpodcasts.com Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com

EPISODE 344 - We getinto issue 3 of Seed of Destruction! Spoiler: Hellboy punches some evil forces! Long exposition abounds! And the art looks incredible! In Loose Screws, Kevin discusses a YouTube deep dive on Keith Giffen and Will talks about the Beatles Book John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs! And we read some Listener Email! ------------------- Don't forget to participate in the Official Screwit Instapush #screwitinstapush! Subscribe to support the show and for bonus episodes at screwitpodcasts.com Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com

We continue our look at Hellboy with Hellboy Issue #2! We meet Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman and some more big frog guys. In Loose Screws, Kevin talks about Dalgoda Comics from the 1980s! How did we miss this when we were kids, we wonder! ------------------- Don't forget to participate in the Official Screwit Instapush #screwitinstapush! Subscribe to support the show and for bonus episodes at screwitpodcasts.com Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com

We begin a new season, this time going over Hellboy comics. We start at the beginning, with Hellboy issue 1, or the beginning of the "Seed of Destruction" arc.  Hellboy is the creation of writer/artist Mike Mignola, who had been a regular artist for Marvel and DC. Then he started Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics in 1994, and true to the publisher's name -- it was a surprise runaway hit! We discuss how Mignola was a surprise artist to have a runaway success with a creator owned title. We talk about how superstar artist/writer John Byrne scripted these first few issues. We talk about the Hellboy movies (they look good, but are usually not too great!). And of course we talk about Mignola's amazing art. Loose Screws: Will talks David Harper's podcast Off Panel and Kevin discusses the new season of Fallout. Don't forget to participate in the Official Screwit Instapush #screwitinstapush! Subscribe to support the show and for bonus episodes at screwitpodcasts.com Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com  

EPISODE 341 - Today we catch up on email. We've got lots of suggestions of what to cover on the podcast and lots of other stuff! And do we have Loose Screws? You betcha! Will talks about how Batman Bros are mad at him online, and Kevin discusses how he was unable to enjoy the Parker novel adaptation Play Dirty!

EPISODE 340 - We take a look at the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. It came out in 1990 and was a runaway smash hit.  Will is watching it for the first time. Kevin saw it when it came out, but maybe not since. How does it hold up? Listen and find out! No Loose Screws this week! Is that okay? ------------ Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com to support the show and to get monthly bonus episodes. Proceed pay our server costs and anything leftover goes to comics-related charities. Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com  

EPISODE 339 - We take a look at the show that brought huge fame for the Turtle -- the original Saturday morning TV show.  Although primarily made as a way to promote the new toy line, the creators of this TV show also wanted it to be good. So there was a lot of thought put into this show. They took a lot of visual designs from the comic, but simplified the story considerable. They added new characters (Rocksteady and BeBop), half-new characters (Krang the talking brain) and gave April a more specific consistent personality.  We look at the first five episodes, which is the entire first season and which tell a single story.  The story gets complicated, but it's fun and thoughtful and... pretty darn good.  Hey, maybe these Turtles are gonna be around for a while. In Loose Screws, we talk about the new season of Stranger Things. Next week we go over the first TMNT live action movie! ------------ Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com to support the show and to get monthly bonus episodes. Proceed pay our server costs a

EPISODE 338 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Dark Knight Returns style! We go over the 2020(ish) mini series The Last Ronin. This takes place in a bleak future version of our world, where only one turtle is still alive, and he is fighting to avenge his fallen brothers and father.  It was a hit story and mostly very well received by fans! There is a very clear influence from Frank Miller's mid-1980s Batman story The Dark Knight Returns, but it's still very much a TMNT story, albeit one in the "mature, violent" category. Kevin Eastman collaborated on this, using an outline he and Peter Laird had done in 1987 as a starting point. Along with writer Tom Waltz and a cadre of brilliant arists (Esau and Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop as well as Kevin Eastman), they craft a dark post-apocalyptic (not technically, but it feels like a fallen world) landscape. We visit most of the main cast of Turtles lore (in the comics) one way or the other.  Despite all the harshness and sad turns, it's very fun! In Loose Screws, we talk a

EPISODE 337 - We review the three issue arc "Return To New York" which was one of the last true Eastman/Laird TMNT stories ... ever? Sort of ever! It's a gritty violent story that almost feels like a defiant statement in contrast to the then-brand-new TMNT television cartoons which were coming out. We do like it, though it's missing some of the humor and humanity of the previous Eastman/Laird issues. For Loose Screws, Will talks about The Pitt and Kevin discusses how Stranger Things mentions War Games, which means we also have an episode of our sub podcast Screw It, We're Just Going To Talk About War Games.

EPISODE 336 - We are at issue 11 of the original run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comics. April and the gang are recovering in a New England farm. April writes in a diary, and we see through her eyes how each of the other characters recovers from the crushing defeat they had at the hands of Shredder last issue. It's a contemplative, emotional and dare we say it --- extremely patient and grown-up issue! The comic that started at least partly as a laugh and a lark has matured into a full world with feelings and integrity! We love this issue! In a way, this is the end of the first era of these comics. From this point on, it's rare that both creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird would be involved at the same time making the comics. There are some exceptions (We will cover the trilogy they did the next year in our next episode). But this is the end of their initial run. We forgo Loose Screws this episode to instead discuss a "Relevant Screw." We discuss the most successful of the Turtle rip-off comics: Adolesc

EPISODE 335 - We're approaching the end of the first batch of Eastman/Laird issues on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This issue is an action packed issue-long battle between the full team of Turtles/Splinter/April versus the newly-returned Shredder!!! Very fun! In Loose Screws, Kevin discusses the book Project Hail Mary and the Enforcers card in the Marvel themed Magic card deck. And Will starts an episode of Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About War Games to discuss the new Kathryn Bigelow movie A House Of Dynamite. --- For bonus monthly episodes, subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com

In the early days of TMNT comics, the creators published four separate one-issue "micro-series" for each of the four turtles. Basically one-shot stories for each one. We reviewed the Raphael one-shot a bit earlier in this season. This episode we take a look at the stories for Donatello, Michelangelo and Leonardo. In general we liked these just a bit more than the "regular" issues the creators were doing at the same time. These one-shots are simple and uncluttered and really fun. For Loose Screws, Kevin talks Peacemaker season 2 and what it's like to be out of sync with the opinions presented on social media. Will talks about the video game Baby Steps.