Super Skull Comic Book Podcast

This week, two adult men earnestly discuss cartoon books and card games intended for pre-teens in an alarmingly serious and ingenuous manner, apparently without self-awareness or the pretense of shame.Plus a review of Keyforge and some X-Men Talk!

This week on Super Skull we discuss Chuck Wendig’s removal from Marvel Comics, a review of September’s comic book industry financials, and find another excuse to use superfluous sound effects. Plus: The Return of Pitch It. 0:27 - Opening Coffee Talk 1:34 - This Week’s Comic News: Chuck Wendig and The Numbers 12:40 - Comic Book Sales and the Most Difficult Genre 52:11 - Pitch It! 2.0 1:08:08 - Reccommendo’s Our Recommendo’s this week are: A Mechanical Log Splitter Road Trips Tom Bissel on Video Game Addiction Link Dump! Chuck Wendig Fired from Marvel Chuck Wendig’s Statement on being Fired from Marvel Chuck Wendig’s Blogpost

You Can’t Have Too Many Earths

This week on Super Skull join Curtis and Nick as they fly through this week in comics, summarize the Meyer V. Waid lawsuit, talk about dad troubles, and answer listener questions.

This week on Super Skull Nick is out of town so Marcus takes the big boy big host chair! Get ready for more discussions on the “bat-pole”, listener questions, and a guide to being a good Dungeon Master.

This week on Super Skull we discover how Instagram really works, do the numbers for August 2018, talk about the controversial issue Batman: Damned #1, and review the board Game Root. - Our Big Picks this week were: - Dick Tracy #1 - Edge of Spider-Geddon #3 - Root

This week on Super Skull Curtis gives his recap of Gen Con, Marcus becomes a living island, and Nick weeps over the history of the game Glory To Rome. Our Big Pick this week was: - Journey Into Mystery: The Birth of Krakoa #1 Our Recommendo’s this week are: - Spider-Man for PS4 - Homemade Cheese Steak Hoagie - HexTML

Fan-favorite (we assume) segment "Who Win A Fight" triumphantly returns; a round up of all the best comic book news from August, 2018; "deep thoughts;" meditations on the upcoming releases featured in Previews Magazine; it's quite possible this episode has it all. Good to be back, folks, we missed you. Our Big Picks this week were: - Elric The White Wolf #1 - Batman #54 - Thanos Legacy #1

Nick wraps up the Skulls of Summer interviews this week by speaking with comic book writer Jim Ottaviani about his upcoming book about the life of Stephen Hawking. Jim Ottaviani is the mind behind some of the best science comics out there. His body of work includes Feynman, T-Minus, and The Imitation Game, and he has been nominated for an Eisner award, two Ignatz awards. His first book, Two Fisted Science, won a Xeric-Award.

The Skulls of Summer present: an interview with Carolyn Nowak! This week, an interview with two-time Ignatz Award winner Carolyn Nowak (Radishes, Diana's Electric Tongue), whose new book Girl Town is set for release in September. This marks Nowak's 48th appearance on Super Skull, which is a show record. You can learn more about Carolyn and her work at her website: http://carolyncnowak.com/

The Skulls of Summer present: An Interview with Alison Bechdel! Out of the archives comes Nick's interview with comic creator Alison Bechdel. She created the brilliant, long running Dykes to Watch Out For in 1983. By 2008, when the strip went on hiatus, Bechdel had cemented herself as one of the preeminent cartoonists of her generation. Her graphic memoir Fun Home was a New York Times bestseller, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and winner of a GLAAD Media award among many, many other commendations. A theater adaptation debuted on Broadway in late March of 2015. Her next graphic memoir/biography, Are You My Mother? was similarly lauded. And in 2014 she was a recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Award. You can learn more about Alison Bechdel and her work on her website: dykestowatchoutfor.com

The Skulls of Summer present: An Interview with Rick Remender! Out of the archives comes Nick's interview with comic creator Rick Remender who is the writer behind a staggering number of some of the biggest and most beloved comic books in the industry. His body of work includes Low, The Last Days of American Crime, Deadly Class, The Uncanny Avengers, and Uncanny X-Force.

The Skulls of Summer present: An Interview with Benjamin Marra! Out of the archives comes Curtis' interview with Grammy-nominated illustrator and comic-book writer Benjamin Marra.

This week on Super Skull it's the thrilling conclusion of Marcus V. Curtis: The Eisner's 2018. Who was right? Who was wrong? Will Marcus get a mani-pedi, or will Curtis go LARPing? Tune in to find out. Our Big Picks this week were: - X-Men Grand Design - Second Genesis #1 - Justice League Dark #1 - Shanghai Red #2 Our Recommendo's this week were: - The Triumph of Christianity by Bart Ehrman - The Adventure Zone - Amnesty Story Arc - A Boston Cooler

It's the 200th episode of Super Skull! Get ready for a wild ride of emotion, an argument about Character vs. Cape, and the legality of shooing geese. Our Big Picks this week were: - Batman #51 - Dull Margaret  - Injustice Vs. Masters of the Universe #1 - Archie Meets Batman 66 #1