Feb 26
This week we talk about the emotionally powerful comic Pedro and Me by Judd Winick. The incredible true story of of how Judd came to be on MTV’s The Real World and his touching friendship with AIDS activist and amazing human being Pedro Zamora. This one got us misty eyed towards the end. Skillfully told …
Nov 03
On a hot, sweltering evening the four J’s sat down and discussed Star Wars. We discovered with so many comics covering so many eras of the Star Wars history jumping in to Star Wars comics can be quite daunting. Fortunately for us, Dark Horse has launched a new series that focus on the time period …
Oct 21
In this week’s podcast, the four J’s discuss the first ten issues of Rick Remender and John Romita Jr’s Captain America run. The podcast digressed to an explanation of Marvel time and worrying that Stan Lee may have been replaced by a Life Model Decoy. Once the podcast came back on track, …
Four J's and a Comic Episode 011 Captain America in Dimension Z! [ 1:14:34 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadOct 06
After discussing of Kurt Busiek’s and Alex Ross’ graphic novel Marvels on their last podcast, the four J’s move on to Astro City. Thematically similar to Marvels, for Astro City Busiek added Brett Anderson as the series artist while Alex Ross stayed on to provide character designs and covers. In this podcast, the four J’s discuss …
Four J's and a Comic Episode 010 Greetings from Astro City [ 1:21:25 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadOct 02
On Episode 9, the four J’s discuss 1994’s Marvels by Kurt Busiek. Winner of three 1994 Eisner awards including Best Finite Series and Best Painter, Marvels had long been one of John Harter’s favorite comic series. With the book now almost 20 years old, does it still hold up? Set aside a hour and find …
Four J's and a Comic Episode 009 20 Years Later, Is Marvels still Marvelous? [ 1:13:55 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download