Mon, 18 September 2023
I would have succeeded if it wasn’t for those infernal machines. In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-09-18_BGaS_Episode_528_WYSBW_House_Of_X_11_12.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Wed, 6 September 2023
What is dead may never die as Mutants are reborn! In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-09-06_BGaS_Episode_527_WYSBW_House_Of_X_9_10.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Wed, 30 August 2023
Time to learn about the birds and the bees and the goldballs and two more mutants. The mother mold is death with and Professor X begins repopulating Krakoa! In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-08-30_BGaS_Episode_526_WYSBW_House_Of_X_7_8.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Wed, 16 August 2023
In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that’s not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-08-16_BGaS_Episode_524_WYSBW_House_Of_X.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Wed, 12 January 2022
Fill your pants, and join 355, Dr. Mann, & Yorick in Marrisville, Ohio. The town seems nice, they certainly don’t have any guns, a good idea in the apocalypse, right? Ivan & Red dive back into Y: The Last Man, the Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra comic book series published by Vertigo from 2002 through 2008. They get to the end of Cycles, the second arc in Y, which corresponds to the end of the first season of the TV Show. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-01-12_BGaS_Episode_457_WYSBW_YTLM_Comics_7-10.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 8:16am EDT |
Wed, 22 December 2021
Issues #4-6 start off with Yorick getting punched in the face and ends with members of the Blood Bound Railroad Gang fronting as the “Freight Train Riders of America”. Ivan & Red dive back into Y: The Last Man, the Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra comic book series published by Vertigo from 2002 through 2008. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s newly launched podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2021-12-21_BGaS_YTLM_Comics_4-6-lesstrains.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 8:30am EDT |
Sun, 29 March 2020
Watchmen #12 (of 12) A Strong and Loving World. Ivan refuses to compromise & Red immediately concedes a moral checkmate as they dive into the final episode of Watchmen coverage. They also discuss how Watchmen has held up over 3 decades and its merits relative to HBO’s version. Special episode theme: “Lube Man”, by Daniel Preston
Direct download: 2020-03-22_BGaS_Episode_384_WYSBW_Watchmen_Issue_12.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT |
Sun, 22 March 2020
Watchmen #11 (of 12). Ivan & Red Look On My Works, Ye Mighty… and despair! Possibly because this episode was recorded on Super Tuesday, or it could be squid related. Special episode theme: “Lube Man”, by Daniel Preston
Direct download: 2020-03-16_BGaS_Episode_383_WYSBW_Watchmen_Issue_11.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT |
Sun, 8 March 2020
Watchmen #10 (of 12). Ivan & Red argue over which who’s the Dan Drieberg and who’s the Rorschach in Two Riders Were Approaching… Special episode theme: “Lube Man”, by Daniel Preston
Direct download: 2020-03-09_BGaS_Episode_382_WYSBW_Watchmen_Issue_10.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT |
Sun, 1 March 2020
Watchmen #9 (of 12). Ivan sings the American Songbook & Red tries to imagine a world where he can make sense of Dr. Manhattan’s experience of time in The Darkness of Mere Being. Special episode theme: “Lube Man”, by Daniel Preston
Direct download: 2020-03-02_BGaS_Episode_381_WYSBW_Watchmen_Issue_9.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT |
Sun, 23 February 2020
Watchmen #8 (of 12). Ivan & his Canadian Girlfriend break Red out of prison (for which he is extremely grateful in Old Ghosts. Special episode theme: “Lube Man”, by Daniel Preston
Direct download: 2020-02-24_BGaS_Episode_380_WYSBW_Watchmen_Issue_8.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT |
Mon, 17 February 2020
Watchmen #7 (of 12). Ivan & Red dive deep on the most white bread character in comics, Dan Dreiberg, in A Brother to Dragons. A character with no obvious parallel in the HBO show, what makes Dreiberg’s clock dick??? Special episode theme: “Lube Man”, by Daniel Preston
Direct download: 2020-02-17_BGaS_Episode_379_WYSBW_Watchmen_Issue_7.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT |
Sun, 2 February 2020
Watchmen #6 (of 12). Ivan & Red get into Rorschach’s back story and see what makes the redhead tick in The Abyss Gazes Also. The most misunderstood character from the original Watchmen, this is a big one. The podcast episode which discusses Kitty Genovese and The Bystander Effect is You’re Wrong About and can be found here. Special episode theme: “Lube Man”, by Daniel Preston
Direct download: 2020-02-03_BGaS_Episode_378_WYSBW_Watchmen_Issue_6.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT |
Sun, 26 January 2020
Watchmen #5 (of 12). Ivan & Red make their way through issue 5 of watchmen, Fearful Symmetry. We hop on The Black Freighter and watch Owl Man go full Andrew Lincoln in Love Actually. Special episode theme: “Lube Man”, by Daniel Preston
Direct download: 2020-01-24_BGaS_Episode_377_WYSBW_Watchmen_Issue_5.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT |
Sun, 19 January 2020
Watchmen #4 (of 12). Ivan & Red make their way through issue 4 of watchmen, The Watchmaker. Follow Ivan & Red through the inexplicably inalterable timeline that is Jon Osterman’s life. Special episode theme: “Lube Man”, by Daniel Preston
Direct download: 2020-01-19_BGaS_Episode_376_WYSBW_Watchmen_Issue_4.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT |
Sun, 12 January 2020
Watchmen #3 (of 12). Ivan & Red make their way through issue 3 of watchmen The Judge of All the Earth. The Black Freighter makes its appearance, Big Blue Man gets Maury’d, and the FBI admits it never thought you were good enough for him anyway. Special episode theme: “Lube Man”, by Daniel Preston
Direct download: 2020-01-12_BGaS_Episode_375_WYSBW_Watchmen_Issue_3.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT |
Sun, 5 January 2020
Watchmen #2 (of 12). Ivan & Red make their way through the second issue of Watchmen (AND THE ANCILLARY MATERIALS). They begin to suspect neither Rorschach nor The Comedian are good dudes. Special episode theme: “Lube Man”, by Daniel Preston
Direct download: 2020-01-05_BGaS_Episode_374_WYSBW_Watchmen_Issue_2.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 7:00pm EDT |