Monthly Archives: August 2015

Weekly Comics, Monthly! – Episode 04 (Jump Edition)

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Banner04East and West collide in WEEKLY COMICS, MONTHLY! Every month hosts Jim & Zac chat about the last month’s worth of two of the premier weekly serial anthology comics in the world, 2000 AD and Weekly Shonen Jump!

This episode we turn our attention to Japan and the exciting adventures coming out of the English edition of Weekly Shonen Jump.  We touch briefly on Jump Start series Best Blue, take a look at what’s going on in Black Clover, get wowed by the next phase of One Piece, get hungry with Toriko & Food Wars, and marvel at the effortlessness of My Hero Academia. Then we take a look at D.Grey Man as the latest Jump Back series.

Afterward we take a look at Top Shelf’s reprinting of Eddie Campbell’s Bacchus Vol.1, Kazue Kato’s Time Killers short story collection, then ramble into talk about Ultraman, Godzilla and Doctor Who.

If you have any quesions or suggestions for the show, please contact us at WEEKLYCOMICSMONTHLY@GMAIL.COM

TIMESTAMPS
00:13:23 – WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP 33 – 37/38
01:14:53 – BACCHUS Vol.1
01:27:06 – TIME KILLERS: KAZUE KATO SHORT STORY COLLECTION
01:34:12 – GODZILLA GOES TO HELL #1
01:38:07 – DOCTOR WHO AUDIO DRAMAS

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WEEKLY COMICS, MONTHLY! – Episode 03

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Banner03East and West collide in WEEKLY COMICS, MONTHLY! Every month hosts Jim & Zac chat about the last month’s worth of two of the premier weekly serial anthology comics in the world, 2000 AD and Weekly Shonen Jump!

This episode we introduce a new format to the show, were each episode is focused on one title or the other. This episode we take a look at 2000 AD and its sister title the Judge Dredd Megazine. In Judge Dredd fallen Wally Squad Judge Aimee Nixon takes her revenge on Mega-City One. In Absalom, Harry Absalom recruits new allies to his cause. In Outlier, Caul meets his makers. In Helium, high flying adventures. And in Jaegir, Kapiten-Inspector Atalia gets caught in a Souther trap. Meanwhile in the Megazine, Judge Dredd works to uncover the secrets of El Maldito, Demon Nic is at the mercy of Sister Mercy, Brit-City Psi Judge Lillian Storm does… something? in Storm Warning, and Colonial Marshal Lawson tries to unravel who’s trying to kill who in Lawless. Also, we take a look at the twisted nature of Si Spurrier’s The Vort reprint.

Also this episode we talk about Zenith Phase 1, Fables 150, and Savage Dragon Archives 2.

TIMESTAMPS
00:01:48 – INTRODUCTION
00:14:01 – 2000 AD PROGS 1939 – 1942
00:57:49 – JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE 362
01:27:08 – THE VORT
01:41:46 – ZENITH PHASE 1
01:48:18 – FABLES 150
01:53: 16 – SAVAGE DRAGON ARCHIVES 2

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