We covered a lot of ground this week, jumping from new shows like The Bad Batch and Girls5Eva, to new movies on Netflix The Mitchells vs the Machines and Army of the Dead, to the debut issues of Wonder Girl and Time Before Time.
GeekChew No. 103: Unanimously They Hated It
This week we dive into the first issue of the new series from Scott Snyder and Tony Daniel, Nocterra, the first two episodes of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and the Snyder cut of Justice League.
GeekChew No. 97: Quaint and Bizarre
This week we cover episode four of WandaVision, the new HBO Max movie Locked Down, the latest Batman Black and White series from DC, and Derek DelGaudio’s one-man show Hulu, In & Of Itself.
GeekChew No. 95: Thank You for Not Listening
We finally got around to watching Midnight Sky on Netflix and talk about it. Then we discuss DC’s Future State before getting into the premier of WandaVision.
GeekChew No. 93: I Only Count Up
We’re catching up on Pretty Deadly: The Rat by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios! We also talk about Spontaneous, Soul, and WW84.
GeekChew No. 83: Not in a Good Way
What did we watch on Netflix? Project Power, Always Be My Maybe, and (un)well. HBO? We finished Perry Mason! Did we subscribe to Shudder? Absolutely we did that to watch Host. iTunes got our money too! Inferno, She Dies Tomorrow, and Never Rarely Sometimes Always. Oh, we also talked about the Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass book by Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh. Full week!
GeekChew No. 81: So Many Wrong Words
Ran the gamut this week, talking about comics (East of West, Lazarus), TV (Doom Patrol, Umbrella Academy, Perry Mason, Survivor), and a movie (The Vast of Night). Unsurprisingly, we like all these things!
GeekChew No. 76: The Target Circles Lady Rides Again
We each rank our top 3 movies from 2019 (better late than never) and the 3 movies we’re most looking forward to in 2020 (assuming they’re released this year). We also talk about Strange Adventures, the new Tom King/Mitch Gerads/Evan “Doc” Shaner book!
GeekChew No 73: Could've had a Baby
We’re back after a short nine-month break and it’s our book club episode! First we talk Aquaman (3:54) and the new Image Comics series Die, by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans (10:32). The we get into History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (18:18) and announce our next book club book!
GeekChew No. 69: We Need Explainers
This week is Black Panther week! First we talked about the Swamp Thing: Winter Special (9:22), then hit on some Netflix sci-fi with The Cloverfield Paradox (19:17) and Altered Carbon (24:37), and finish it out with Black Panther (29:31).
GeekChew No. 65: Thor: Ragnarok/Justice League
This episode we talk The Punisher on Netflix (7:20), The Runaways on Hulu (10:46), and the trailer for Avengers: Infinity War before we get into Thor: Ragnarok (25:40) and Justice League (31:38).
GeekChew No. 64: Conceptual Approval
This week we kick things off talking about new trailers for Pacific Rim Uprising, Justice League, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. We also announce our next book club book, 4 3 2 1: A Novel, by Paul Auster. Then we get into the new X-Men show on Fox, The Gifted (12:51), the new book Batman: White Knight by Sean Murphy (18:36), and Blade Runner 2049 (30:16).
GeekChew No. 63: Pauline Boty: Female Artist
We finally finished our second book club book! So this week we talk about Mister Miracle #2 (9:04) and the movie It (16:39) before we dive into the novel Autumn, by Ali Smith (26:00).
GeekChew No. 62: Fight Seens
This week we start with some talk about the first five episodes of The Defenders on Netflix (6:40), then slide into Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (14:18) and Atomic Blonde (20:35), and cap it off with what might be our favorite book of the year, Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (26:02).
GeekChew No. 58: Is it Wonder Woman? It Absolutely Is.
It's a busy episode with the first Black Panther trailer (3:25), the new comic book Destroyer (8:42), episode 6 of American Gods (19:53), and the Wonder Woman movie (28:51).
GeekChew No. 51: The Definitive All-Star Batman Podcast... from us... so far...
The power couple discusses the new FX show Legion (11:09), the Lego Batman movie (19:08), and issues 6 and 7 of All-Star Batman (24:18).
GeekChew No. 47: Certified Fresh! Or Not... We Can't Tell
The power couple discusses Black Hammer, the new series from Image Comics, written by Jeff Lemire with art by Dean Ormston (12:16). We also talk movies with some Jason Bourne discussion (24:36) and Suicide Squad (34:13).
GeekChew No. 45: Like Earth with a D
The power couple discusses DC's latest continuity event, Rebirth. First, we talk the book and upcoming movie The Girl on the Train (1:25) and episodes 5 and 6 of Game of Thrones, season 6 (3:55). Charlene went to see The Jungle Book movie (11:11), and then we talk some tv: Preacher (12:19), Outcast (15:06), and The Flash (2010). After that we dive into DC's Universe Rebirth issue and what it means for the new and old continuity (23:09). We also briefly touch on the exciting return of the Afterlife with Archie book (34:30).
GeekChew No. 27: Bitch Planet #5/Batman #44/A-Force #4
The power couple discusses Bitch Planet #5 from Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro, a book published by Image Comics. We talk about the series to date and how important it is to the medium and to us personally. We look at the storyline, but also how effectively the creators are using every part of a comic book to make an important statement/call to action. We also talk briefly about Batman #44, a one-shot detective story arc from Scott Snyder and JOCK that draws a lot of parallels to many of the important social issues that come to the fore again and again in today's society. We take another short detour to talk about A-Force, from G. Willow Wilson and Marguerite Bennett, a super fun series that ties into the Secret Wars event at Marvel. Finally, we choose a new show for the fall TV season to follow and discuss: Blindspot on NBC, Monday's @ 10 EST for anyone who wants to follow along!
GeekChew No. 16: The Flash/Wytches
The power couple discusses the first season of The Flash on the CW. We also talk about the Image Comics series Wytches, written by Scott Snyder with art by JOCK. The outstanding horror series just wrapped up its initial 6-issue arc. Notables this week include some Spider-Gwen apparel from welovefine.com and the upcoming Suicide Squad movie.