Episode 75 - Thought Bubble 2017

Y'know that shade over half the population who make about ten percent of Big Two comics, probably about half of the rest, and whose work gets about five percent of the attention? Yeah, those folks: women? You remember women, right - the ones who don't get to say "I done made a comic" without some i…

Don't call it a GodCast. Actually don't, that sounded far better in my head. We're talking gods and mythology in comics, with drive-by reviewing of Hamish Steele's Pantheon, a revisit of The Wicked and the Divine, and a bunch of other stuff along the way because we're good to ya. Benevolent, even.

Spin-off! Is there any word more thrilling to the soul and/or corporate wallet? This week we read a bucket of franchise-extension comics. From flaccid extrusions of long-spent IP, to comics an actual person might actually want to read, we talk about whether spin-off comics can be any good (yes), ho…