This Year’s Finest 2016: TV Convo

2016 brought an increasing number of comic based programs to television. Josh joins me in discussing a large cross-section of what both worked and did not these past twelve months.

Cosmo: This year, the DC/CW brand continued its bold expansion, launching one new series (Legends of Tomorrow) and annexing a another (Supergirl). Before we get to those, and the Arrowverse’s namesake, let’s begin with what I feel remains the most consistently successful of the CW shows: Flash.

Josh how are you feeling about the series?

Comic Convo: Image Comics Releases 8/17/2016

Dean: After a slow past week of Image books we pick things up again with a Wednesday full of violent and visually stunning comics. Creighton is joining us for the talk this week. Creighton, what books did you read this week?

Cosmo: I read Descender, The Wicked + The Divine & I Hate Fairyland.
Let’s start off with Descender. I’ve been really enjoying this series, and thought that the current arc’s focus on filling in various characters’ background has been intriguing. So I was looking forward to seeing what Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen would do with the pet-bot. However, while it had the typically lush and lovely art from Nguyen, I was disappointed in the script. Unlike the previous two issues, it didn’t really tell us much about the character we did not know already. Not a bad issue; it definitely had some poignant moments. Just not as sharp as the previous two. 

Comic Convo: Image Comics Released 8/3/2016

Pat: So Dean, every week we get Image Comics that consistently blow our mind terms of craft, quality and scope. Unfortunately, because of how Marvel & DC Comics dominate the news cycle and are constantly relaunching their books, ongoing Image series that we love tend to fall by the wayside. I think this is a problem because even if the series isn’t new or as hyped as when it debuted, the books Image puts out are still the best comics I’m reading by a pretty wide margin. So I thought why not talk to Dean, the NBC member that probably reads more Image series then any of us, to shine a light on what are the best comics being published right now.

Comic Convo: DC Rebirth Week Seven

DC has rebooted once again and were covering it every week in our comic convo’s. Here is week seven on Hellblazer, Batgirl & The Birds of Prey Rebirth & Justice League #1

Comic Convo: DC Rebirth Weeks Five & Six

DC has rebooted once again and were covering it every week in our comic convo’s. Here is week five & six on Justice League, Nightwing, Hal Jordan & The Green Lantern Corps & New Superman #1

Comic Convo: DC Rebirth Week Four

DC has rebooted once again and were covering it every week in our comic convo’s. Here is week four on Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman #1, Action Comics #958 and Detective Comics #935

Comic Convo: DC Rebirth Week Three

DC has rebooted once again and were covering it every week in our comic convo’s. Here is week three on Superman, Batman, Green Arrow, Green Lanterns #1 & Titans Rebirth #1

Comic Convo: DC Rebirth Week Two

DC has rebooted once again and were covering it every week in our comic convo’s. Here is week two on Wonder Woman, The Flash & Aquaman Rebirth #1 along with Action Comics #957 & Detective Comics #934

Comic Convo: DC Rebirth Week One

DC has rebooted once again and were covering it every week in our comic convo’s. Here is week one on Batman, Superman, Green Lanterns & Green Arrow Rebirth #1

Comic Convo: Future Quest #1

Cosmo: This past Wednesday DC revived their Hanna-Babera properties in a grand manner. Except for Scooby-Doo, these characters have been pretty much neglected by DC of late. Not anymore as DC unveiled the first in a series of new titles: Future Quest. From the start it had bold ambition: uniting diverse characters from across the Hanna-Barbera stable under the aegis of the dynamic collaborators Jeff Parker, Evan “Doc” Shaner & Jordie Bellaire. Expectations were pretty high for this debut, yet, Parker, Shaner and Bellaire were able to meet them.