Comic Chaos

Fred and Jim deal with Tom King moving away from The Batman title, Jim is celebrating. Fred isn't too sure Robert Pattinson is the right choice for the next Batman, chin or not. Who's in first this Memorial Day at the box office? Previews of Godzilla and Jim's new pulp fiction anthology.

Fred and JIm speak with Toledoan Imani Lateef author and artist of Joon Bug comics and a strong advocate of children learning how to tell stories and draw their own comics. Imani's work and other works by prominent African-American comic book authors/artists is available on his website https://peepgamecomix.com Check out his upcoming kid classes for the summer session.

Host Jim Beard has two books available in comic book shops, Extreme Ghostbusters, and a new Kolchak: The Night Stalker novella. We review the two new trailers that dropped this week, one for Spider-Man:Far From Home, and the new X Men film Dark Phoenix. And a Mother's Day question for you, which superhero still has a living mom.

Jim and Fred both hit Free Comic Book day and came away with some surprises. What did you pick up? Avengers tops the box office again, will it pass Avatar? How many times have you seen it? Star Wars: A New Hope gets the Toledo Symphony treatment.

Jim saw Avengers:Endgame and gives his review NO SPOILERS!!!! Box office record broken already but is this the best Marvel superhero movie, is it a fitting end? We also discuss Extreme Ghostbusters the new comic book Jim collaborated on which is available now. And finally Free Comic Book Day is Saturday May 4th. May the fourth be with you.

Jim and Fred speak with horror author Peggy Christie about her work Hell Hath No Fury and upcoming projects. Star Wars dropped a new trailer for "The Rise Of Skywalker" this week and Jim has some thoughts to share. What do you think it all means?

Darryl Banks talks about his work with DC on Green Lantern, where he co created Kyle Rayner, Parallax, Grayven, and other well known characters. His new project, a collaboration with Ron Marz, is called Harken's Raiders and will be available soon.

Fred and Jim talk about issue #1000 of Detective Comics starring Batman celebrating his 80th anniversary. Jim is not a fan of the new Shazam movie and explains the origins of Shazam vs Captain Marvel. BatCon is happening again this year in Logansport, IN and we have details.

Alan Brennert is our guest this week. Brennert has worked on Wonder Woman TV show, Buck Rogers, LA Law, The New Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits and numerous comic book stories in his long career. His "To Kill A Legend" Batman story is considered a fan favorite. Brennert also has written for Star Trek for Marvel, and did four issues of The Brave And The Bold. He continue to write to this day.

It's the 80th anniversary of the first appearance of Batman and Bowling Green State University in Ohio is holding a 2 day conference to celebrate. We speak with Chuck Coletta from the Popular Culture Department about Batman's influence on pop culture over the years. The new Avengers trailer is out and people are reacting.

Jim and Fred are live at Toledo Fantasticon for interviews with authors and illustrators. First up Scoot McMahon illustrator for Sami the Samurai Squirrel, Wrapped Up, Aw Yeah Comics and his new collaboration with Dirk Manning Adventures of Cthulhu Jr

Jim and Fred discuss the new George Takei comic book about his time in the internment camps, William Shatner is coming to Toledo, and Fantasticon is this weekend and James Bond gets the graphic novel treatment with an origin story

Hosts Fred LeFebvre and Jim Beard talk about upcoming Marvel universe movie releases, a reported downturn in comic book sales, and the recent passing of two pop culture figures.