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Human Milksop: The Final Cut OGN w/ Jordan Morris Jul 24, 2024

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EPISODE 285 - We welcome two time Eisner nominee comics writer Jordan Morris to this ep! Jordan is here to promote his new young adult comics novel Youth Group. Jordan is also co-host of the great podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go! as well as having written for several cool television shows. Check out Jordan's work!

Jordan also joins us in this episode's topic: The Final Cut, an original graphic novel featuring the Human Target.

The Final Cut happened a few years after the Human Target Vertigo mini-series, and Peter Milligan is even better. Christopher Chance, the Human Target is once again having trouble keeping track of his real identity as he goes undercover first to protect a screenwriter and then find a missing child star. But of course, nothing and no one is as they seem. Once again the theme seems to be that everyone is wearing masks. Javier Palido is the artist and his simpler approach is a powerful contrast to the complex plot. It's a beautiful, thrilling book.

The Milksops also have a few loose pop culture screws for you, including a quick discussion of the terrific animated series "My Adventures With Superman."

J.M. DeMatteis: The DeMultiverse Volume 2 Jul 17, 2024

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Acclaimed comics writer J.M. DeMatteis (Justice League International, Kraven's Last Hunt, Moonshadow) is back to promote his new Kickstarter for the second issues of his DeMultiverse.

The DeMultiverse is JM's independently produced comics, which include four titles:

Layla in the Lands of After, art by Shawn McManus
Anyman, art by David Baldeón
Godsend, art by Scott Koblish
Wisdom, art by Tom Mandrake

Plus as a bonus an earlier project that had not been released:

The Edward Gloom Mysteries, art by Vassilis Gogtzilas

To donate to the Kickstarter and help issue 2 of these series come out, go here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spellboundcomics/jm-dematteis-presents-the-demultiverse-phase-2-edward-gloom?ref=ksr_email_backer_backer_confirmation

We go deep on each series to talk about his influences for each one. We get into the art styles of the many talented artists co-creating these stories. We talk about the promotion necessary to keep a Kickstarter going! We ask how JM stays so positive in an industry known to sometimes burn people out. We talk about letting the unconscious mind have time and space to generate ideas. We also sneak in a few quick questions about his past Marvel/DC titles too.

JM is one of our favorite creators and people. 40+ years in the business and he's still as enthusiastic to discuss it as someone writing their first book. He's curious about new work and inspired by what came before. We love that he's co-producing his own books and hope you consider helping out!

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Human Milksop: Human Target 1999 Limited Series Jul 10, 2024

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EPISODE 283: The Milksops begin their dive into Peter Milligan's early 2000s run on The Human Target.

Created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino in 1972 for DC Comics, the Human Target has had several runs over the years. The basic gist is this: if you're in danger of being killed, you can hire Christopher Chance who will dress up as you until he catches the killer! Very normal, simple strategy.

In 1999, writer Peter Milligan and artist Edvin Biuković started a run which pushed the envelope of how far this story could go. For example, in this first story, Chance has an assistant who has gone so deep undercover he has forgotten he is in disguise. And that's just the tip of the iceberg in this complex, rewarded, thrilling four issue story. We learn that almost everyone we meet has a double life of some kind, and they're all trying to hide it for different reasons.

By the end of the four issues, Milligan and Buikovic had established that this character was a great inspiration for terrific stories. Join us as we sample from this terrific run.

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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence: FF 284 Jun 26, 2024

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EPISODE 282 - We finish our coverage of John Byrne's FF with the issue where Sue Richards changes her name from The Invisible Girl to The Invisible Woman. It's a fine issue that mostly features She-Hulk breaking out of Psycho-Man's fear spell. We also learn the story of Pearla, Queen of the Microverse!

We give some closing thoughts on John Byrne. For a good John Byrne issue, and there were many you got: strong confident storytelling, exciting purposeful battles, clearly told stories, a strong command of where your eye goes, and what your heart wants to know. Byrne in the 80s was iconic, truly one of the best and most popular creators in America.

The shortcomings: his art starts to get sketchier as he strives to produce more. His faces look... honestly, the same? It's almost strange how that DOESN'T hurt the story telling. He gets more and more about the references. Although funny, he's best when he isn't doing a book which is billed as comedic first and foremost.

But for the FF, he revitalized the comic, giving Kirby's creations an often upgraded portrayal.

Next season: Peter Milligan's run on The Human Target

Cosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF 282 and 283 Jun 19, 2024

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EPISODE 281 - We're approached the end of the John Byrne FF era. Franklin is having another prophetic dream, which is a six page plug for Power Pack, which the Milksops applaud. Sue Richards is standing up to Reed like never before, and she demands revenge against Psycho-Man. And that means we're going to the Micro-Verse! And also, whoa, what is the Micro-Verse?

We also have an appearance of our sub podcast "Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About War Games" which is hilariuosly more well produced than the main podcast.

And the Milksops cast themselves in a movie!

One more ep of Comics Rays and Correspondence to go!

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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF 280-281 Jun 12, 2024

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We're nearing the end of our coverage of John Byrne's FF run. In one of the final stories, the (new) Hate Monger teams up with the (old?) Psycho-Man to create a third brand-new villain... Malice! And you'll never guess Malice's true identity. Ok, I'll tell you: it's the Invisible Girl! And this is the final adventure of the Invisible Girl! Not because she dies but because she changes her alias next story.

We read some email, which I bet was great! Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com

In a few episodes we will begin our next season, coverage of Peter Milligan's run on Human Target.

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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence: Just Correspondence May 29, 2024

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This is an all mailbag episode, including an email from Chris Gethard about our Ultimate Spider-Man coverage. Next week: FF#280!

Cosmic Rays and Correspondence: FF 278-279 May 22, 2024

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EPISODE 278 - Doom is back, sort of? At least his life story is back, in the form of memories being artificially implanted into a helpless child! This is the kind of good times Dr. Victor Von Doom brings to the party. The Milksops are glad to see Doom. So much that they never even get to mail! But they do spend a while talking about the hit show X-Men '97, which Will loves and Shogun, which Kevin loves!

Ultimate Milksops: Other Spidey Reboots May 15, 2024

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Episode 277 - As an epilogue to our season on Ultimate Spider-Man, we go over some other reboots of Spidey continuity. Well, some of them are reboots, some are kinda just parallel Spider-Man dimensions.

We discuss:

Untold Tales of Spider-Man #1
Chapter One (a little bit)
Mary Jane #1
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #1
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #53 (kind of a restart of this line)
Spidey #1 Ultimate Spider-Man (2024)

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Ultimate Milksops: Ultimate Spider-Man #7 May 08, 2024

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Episode 276 - We finish out our look at the first arc of Ultimate Spider-Man. In this issue, we get the rest of Spidey's first battle with this universe's monstorous Green Goblin. We also see Spidey's first use of his web shooters, the idolization of Spidey by Peter's friends and Peter's first alibi of why he wasn't around as Spidey kicked butt. Next episode we are going to go over some other attempts to reboot Spider-Man's continuity!

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