Short episode today on the Tuesday Night Comics podcast, as Billy is all by himself…all by himmmmmself. Billy promises there is no singing in the episode. Well, maybe a little singing. Who wants to hear Billy talk to himself (and you!) about comic books? Reviews of James Robinson comics! Previews of James Robinson comics! News announcements of James Robinson comics! With all this James Robinson, how is Dave not on this episode?!? Plus, Tom Holland’s has been cast as the new Spider-Man. Billy reacts! And DC runs a facepalm worthy hashtag campaign. http://ia801503.us.archive.org/20/items/TuesdayNightComics78/Tuesday%20Night%20Comics%2078.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android |...

It’s Tuesday, which means it’s comics podcast time! We have a surprisingly large amount of news to cover this week. Major announcements from Marvel and Dark Horse. Plus, previews of this week’s comics! How would Billy and Dave each spend 20 bucks on new comics this week? Listen and find out! And reviews of many DC You titles and Billy’s favorite Secret Wars tie-in! Listen now! http://ia801501.us.archive.org/23/items/TuesdayNightComics77/Tuesday%20Night%20Comics%2077.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android |...

The episodes opens with Vijayjay. She’s happy, the ice in the camp is melting. If an icicle melting doesn’t scream, “This was totally worth killing that child for,” I don’t know what does. Now that the storm is receding, Stannis can march on Winterfell. Vijayjay wants to kiss him, but he’s not interested. There’s something about murdering your only daughter that just takes the sex out of a relationship. Oh man, half of Stannis’s men deserted last night. Stannis was a hard man before, but he seems even harder now, like he’s made of stone. When one of his soldier arrives with news, Stannis commands him to “Speak up. It can’t be worse than mutiny.” Mrs. Stannis hung herself. Stannis’s reaction: “On to Winterfell.” Hard, I tell you. Jon is telling Sam about the army of the undead. “How many Valyrian Steel swords are left in the seven kingdoms?” Sam asks. “Not enough.” Jon responds. Sam wants to be sent with Gilly and the baby to the Citadel in Old Town to become a maester. But really, I get the feeling he wants to save the baby. But he makes a good case for sending him: he can learn things that will help in their fight against the White Walkers. Jon doesn’t want him to go, but allows it. When Sam tells him about Gilly riding the Sam train, Jon is perplexed and asks him, “You’ve just been beaten half to death. How did you?” Same gets the best line of the episode with “Very carefully.” Sam, Gilly and the baby depart. Jon’s number of friends in Castle Black keep dwindling. Stannis’s army marches. Winterfell is before them. The Boltons are getting ready for Stannis. Sansa uses the corkscrew from a couple of episodes back...

The episode opens on Stannis’s camp. Smoky Vijayjay is spooked. Fires are breaking out everywhere. Is this some kind of vision? No, no, this is real. Ramsey apparently came with his 20 good men.  Davos wants to retreat. Between Ramsey’s sneak attack and the hard winter storm, they can’t press forward and soon will be snowed in and unable to retreat too.  Stannis says no. He commands to “Have the dead horses butchered for meat.” That sounds like the story of Stannis’s army, am I right? Jon and company return to the Wall. Thorne opens the gates. You can just tell that Thorne wants to kill every one of the wildlings and Jon too. Stannis is sending Davos to the Wall to command Jon to give him more troops. Davos wants to take Stannis’s family with him, especially Stannis’s daughter, but Stannis says “My family stays with me.” I wonder if deep down Davos knows what Stannis has planned for his own daughter, Shireen.  Davos visits Shireen before she leaves. She’s reading The Dance of Dragons. No spoilers, Shireen! I’m not up to that book yet! Jaime is brought before the Dornish prince. Myrcella, Trystane and Slutty Princess Leia are all there. I really need a new nickname for Slutty Princess Leia. She hasn’t worn anything remotely resembling Leia’s outfit from Jabba’s throne room all season. That said, if my life depended on knowing what her actual name is, I’d be as dead as the Red Viper. Jaime tells them about the threatening message they received in King’s Landing regarding his daughter-niece. The prince doesn’t want war. He proposes a toast to Tomlin. Leia dumps her wine. Jaime wants Bronn freed, but the prince leaves it up to Prince Trystane to decide Bronn’s fate,...

With all the comic book companies holding back on their big announcements until San Diego Comic Con, it’s a fairly slow news week, but that news that’s come is good news: we are finally seeing the publication of Tim Sale and Jeph Loeb’s Captain America: White. The guys both play the Twenty, picking out what new comics they would buy on a $20 budget, and for a second week in a row, have a hard time sticking to only $20. Plus, reviews of Batman Volume 6: Graveyard Shift, a bunch of Convergence and Secret Wars books and more! http://ia801509.us.archive.org/24/items/TuesdayNightComics76/Tuesday%20Night%20Comics%2076.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android |...

The episode starts with Tyrion and Friend Zone standing before Dany. When Tyrion hears that she’s not a fan of Lannisters, he quickly points out that “I am the greatest Lannister killer of all time,” seeing as he killed his mother in childbirth and killed his father on the shitter. Tyrion clearly impresses Dany, who decides to keep him on as an advisor. His first job is to advise her on what to do with Friend Zone. While Jorah might not be happy with Tyrion’s decision that Dany should banish him, he did successfully keep Dany from killing her former Friend Zone. The grey scale is spreading on Friend Zone’s arm. I don’t think he’s long for this world. Hmmm, now that he’s been banished twice by Dany, Jorah may no longer qualify in his nickname of Friend Zone. Should I start calling him The Knight Formerly Known as Friend Zone? Cersei is alone in her cell. Wow, it didn’t take long for Cersei to look like shit. A Westerosi version of a nun brings Cersei some gruel. The nun wants her to confess. Cersei tells the nun that her face will be the last things that the nun sees before she dies. Remember kids, a Lannister always pays her debts. Arya is now Anna, an orphan. She’s telling Jaqen a story about buying and selling oysters. It’s an elaborate story, full of details. Arya becomes that oyster seller in real life. But more importantly, she becomes a spy down by the canal. She’s set to spy on The Thin Man, a crooked insurance broker who doesn’t pay out to families of dead sea captains. The Thin Man likes oysters. I think the Thin Man is going to die… A guy who I think is...

Welcome to the new episode of the Tuesday Night Comics podcast! Dave and Billy were both at Special Edition: NYC this weekend (along with Terry: Intern of SHIELD). They have a full report from the con, including snippets of Brian Michael Bendis talking about his new post-Secret Wars Iron Man series at Saturday’s Marvel panel. At SE: NYC, the guys had a chance to sit down with indie comics creators Josh Dahl (Rapid City: Below Zero), Raheem Nuamah (writer – Go Robo Now!) and Jorell Rivera (artist – Go Robo Now!) The guys also review Secret Wars #3, a host of Secret Wars tie-ins, James Robinson’s Airboy #1 from Image Comics and more. Plus, hear how Billy and Dave would each spend a $20 budget on new comics this week in the latest installment of The Twenty. Excelsior! Be sure to subscribe to the Tuesday Night Comics podcast on iTunes! http://ia601505.us.archive.org/33/items/TuesdayNightComicsPodcastEpisode75/Tuesday%20Night%20Comics%20Podcast%20Episode%2075.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android |...

Hey there, and welcome to another recap of Game of Thrones! A few ground rules: 1) I have read the books only up to what would be the end of season 4 of the TV show, so please don’t comment with anything that happened in the books but has yet to happen in the show. 2) There are spoilers for Season 5, episode 7 and before in this recap. If you haven’t watched The Gift yet, come back when you have. 3) I like to give characters nicknames. And away we go… Is it me or are we opening on Castle Black a lot these days? Yes, I could go back and easily check my recaps to see if that’s true, but instead I’m just going to go with it and accept it as fact. Redbeard and Jon are in the courtyard. Jon releases Redbeard from his chains, so that Jon can accompany him north of the wall to recruit the remaining wildlings. Everyone, including the wildlings, thinks this is a bad idea. Sam might be the only one is Jon’s corner here. He gives Jon a pouch of dragon glass, and hopes Jon doesn’t need it. Jon leaves Thorne in charge. I’m sure this is going to end well. Later, Maester Aemon is being tended to by Gilly, Sam and baby Sam. Okay, baby Sam isn’t so much as tending to him, but he’s there. Maester Aemon doesn’t seem long for the world. He’s no longer sharp, and it appears like senility is setting in. When baby Sam laughs, Aemon smiles and says, “Egg laughed like that.” Oh, wait, no not egg, “Aeg.” He means Aegon, his younger brother, aka the Mad King. Aemon warns Sam and Gilly to take the baby south before...

Billy is back in the USA with tales of French comic book stores! Dave fills us in with the importance of DC’s Convergence! Both guys are realizing that 20 bucks is just not enough for all of the great comics coming out on Wednesday, 6/3/15! And are you going to be at SE: NYC? So are we! If you see a guy dressed as a SHIELD agent next to a dude with glasses in a t-shirt, say hi! http://ia801503.us.archive.org/18/items/TuesdayNightComicsEpisode74/Tuesday%20Night%20Comics%20Episode%2074.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android |...