Secret Stacks

Recorded on Monday, posted on Tuesday. Whoa! Quick turnaround. How are you liking the double shots? Kristin and Thomas swear to raise the bar on comics news, just as soon as they talk about Riverdale… and Lego Batman… and a Nightwing movie… any day now! We talk about showboaters versus laborers, ex-Vertigo editors Shelly Bond and Karen Berger moving on to promising new ventures, and a graphic novel removed from a school library! Oh, and the misplaced cult of personality behind Punisher. More than 30% of this episode consists of comics news, reviews, and anecdotes about Adult Swears. We’re all going to heck. Enjoy! Comics Beat: Only 30 Percent of the News On Comics News Sites Is Actually About Comics SC Comic Con and HeroesCon in the Carolinas – maybe say hi to Thomas at them! Chipper Zdoosky writing Spectacular Spider-Man The Comics Journal’s Jack Kirby Interview (Stan Lee ain’t all that) Punisher emblem and ‘Blue Lives Matter’ decals on cop cars… okay… Femme Magnifique Kickstarter Karen Berger To Launch