This week finds the boys on the run, after an ill-advised attempt to play John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd, now recording their podcast from their current hideout, a waste-basket cabinet at a local Manhattan eatery. They briefly try to dissect whatever you want to call the latest act of buffoonery by Kanye West at this year’s Grammy […]
Posts Tagged ‘X-Men’
On the Lam, While Warming the Cockles…
Posted: 14th February 2015 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Beer, Celebrities, Games, History, Music, Music Review, News, Podcast, Recap, Technology, Television, The Comic Spinner, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Beck, Billy Zane, Douglas Adams, FXX, Game of Thrones, Garbage, Grammys, Harry Potter, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Kanye West, Lord of the Rings, Marvel, Matt Garrison, Old Ox Brewery, Paul McCartney, Philadelphis Union, Red Bull, Red Eagle Entertainment, Robert Jordan, Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four, Sheri Manson, soccer, Sony Pictures, Spiderman, The Beatles, The Fantastic, Wheel of Time, Winter Dragon, X-Men
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The Podwits Paradox
Posted: 3rd August 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Cartoons, Comic Books, Film, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Batman, Bruce Timm, Christian Bale, DC Comics, Fantastic Four, Flashpoint, Fourth World, Jack Kirby, Joss Whedon, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Kevin Conroy, Marvel Comics, Paul Dini, Superior Spider-Man, Superman, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, The Flashpoint Paradox, The New 52, Ultimate Spider-Man, X-Men
This week the Podwits return to subjects very near and dear to their hearts — cartoons and comic books — as J. and Brian ponder whether this is, in fact, the end of an era for high-quality animated adaptations of great comic book stories. Which stories would YOU like to see in animated form? And […]
[A Podwits Classic!] Rebuilding in a Superhero World
Posted: 15th June 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Best of, PodcastTags: Alien, Aliens, Ernest Borgnine, Godzilla, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Spider-Man, Superman: The Movie, The Avengers, The Fantastic Four, The Great Gatsby, X-Men
As the Podwits near their 100th (!) podcast, we thought it’d be fun to look back at one of our favorites of the 1st 99. Enjoy this blast from the past! [Originally released on June 2, 2012] Now that the three wits-of-the-pod have finally seen The Avengers film (Dion!), this week the gang tackles the long-debated question: “who the […]
Stan Lee and the Podwits: A Q&A EXCLUSIVE
Posted: 16th April 2013 by Dion in Celebrities, Comic Books, News, Podwits Exclusive, The Comic SpinnerTags: Batman, Boris Karloff, Captain Blood, Daredevil, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Errol Flynn, Frankenstein, Galactus, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, Jim Starlin, Marvel Comics, Professor Xavier, Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Storm, Sub-Mariner, Superman, The Avengers, The Fantastic Four, The Hardy Boys, The Heap, The Human Torch, The Incredible Hulk, The Silver Surfer, The Thing, Thor, Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men First Class
“Welcome True Believers!” I recently had the luck to travel over to Los Angeles with Podwits contributor J. Blake on what proved to be one of the most exciting, and rewarding trips that I have ever had the pleasure to enjoy. The bulk of that is due to the GREAT content we were able to gather and will be […]
Reading Marvel in the ’60s, Part 1: The Uncanny (X-Men) Valley
Posted: 3rd July 2012 by Brian in Comic Books, The Comic SpinnerTags: Avengers, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Jack Kirby, Martin Goodman, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, X-Men
Join Brian every other Tuesday as he talks comic books from a reader’s perspective, both his new experiences with the medium and reflections on over thirty years of enjoying the finest in sequential art. The “uncanny valley” is a term used in robotics (and, more generally, in the science fiction community) to describe the phenomenon […]
Rebuilding in a Superhero World
Posted: 2nd June 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Film, PodcastTags: Alien, Aliens, Ernest Borgnine, Godzilla, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Spider-Man, Superman: The Movie, The Avengers, The Fantastic Four, The Great Gatsby, X-Men
Now that the three wits-of-the-pod have finally seen The Avengers film (Dion!), this week the gang tackles the long-debated question: “who the heck is going to pay for all this (damage) when a superhero battle lays waste to an entire city?!?!” The pros and cons are debated, the lads discuss the Prometheus trailer and the […]