We've entered the hottest part of the year, just in time for Convention season! But the heat isn't the only major complication this year. More in the news segment!
Continuing our Tarot Lessons, the Card of the Week 00:03:19 is Major Arcana #12: the Hanged Man. I found what I thought was some neat history, trailing down into the usual pop culture references and concluding with the modern take on the card. There's a bit of news for Comic Books 00:15:46, which contains spoilers for the recent Fallen Friend issue and the future of the character in question. The base of our MCU Fatigue discussions found in this episode starts here. The fairly extensive Recent Reads/Events 00:23:52 covers almost a month of comics catching up, including talk about both the current Marvel and DC comic events. For Marvel, I put together a somewhat brief summary of the Sins of Sinister event and how it leads into our current Before the Fall "precursor" event. Then for DC, I have a very basic rundown of the Knight Terrors event backstory, and a few of the stories that have happened so far. More for both next episode! Other comics discussed in slightly more-depth include Doctor Strange #5, Jon Kent's new series, the end of Hairball, the complicated feelings on Captain Marvel through Dark Tempest #1 (and her movie), and of course, more on Fallen Friend. Shows/Movies/Anime 00:51:50 begins with what we've been currently watching, starting with a longer discussion of Hijack (ApleTV+) and ending with one about My Adventures with Superman (MAX)! Both are very positive, just so ya know. Then News for this section 001:04:04, with some Anime Expo announcements, some Greta Gerwig mentions, and a good amount of discourse on the VARIOUS big strikes happening right now, and how that'll effect both con season and the immediate future of fandom. Adam mostly covers the real talk on the latest Secret Invasion episodes 01:13:34, covering the BIGGEST reveals, who's lived and died so far, general MCU observations, and a fair amount of theories. Last is Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 01:21:34, covering episodes 3-5 of season 2. All of them have been delightful, IMO, true to the spirit of Trek. On that note, we also ended up talking Doctor Who, and my "theory" on how the two shows are basically the same thing. The end! I'll be back as soon as I can manage, so stay hydrated, but metaphorically sweaty.
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Hello and good afternoon, everyone! Anna and (sometimes) Adam, back at it again with a new podcast episode!
This week's Tarot Studies 0:04:01 covers our Card of the Week for the Major Arcana, #9: The Hermit! I talk a little history, description and symbolism, meaning, and pop culture references! Additionally, due to the Anime Tarot's Hikikomori card for the Hermit, I go through the differing definitions of Hikikomori, NEET, Otaku, and Weeaboo, as described by the Japanese Ministry of Health. As part of our regular Manga segment, this week's Manga of the week 0:20:01 is the elusive Ruri Dragon! Written and illustrated by Masaoki Shindo, for whom the series has had to take a break due to the creator's health. Available on the Shonen Jump app, hopefully the hype keeps up long enough for Shindo to make a glorious return for Ruri and co! The weekly COMIC BOOKS chat 0:25:04 starts with fairly extensive Comic Book News--and Adam's main involvement of the episode this week. News we cover includes August Marvel and DC announcements, the somewhat curious line of Fall of X books, Tony and Emma's coming marriage (yep, really), and of course, those ASM #26.....choices. That was....truly a choice. We all know why, but that doesn't make it any better. Lame. Anyway. I wrap up comic news with some Frank Frazetta talk regarding the upcoming Dynamite Fire and Ice series. There's a week or two of Recent Comic Reads 0:58:23, including the penultimate Captain Marvel, Spirit World, Avengers, and at least a TRIO of really fun indie titles. This is followed by what is coming for New Comics Next Week (5/24) 01:08:09: some series starts and some very coo continuations, IMO! The TV/MOVIES segment 01:13:46 includes a little bit of what I've been watching this week, like Netflix's Yakitori anime, before getting into some brief Announcements 01:15:05. Lastly, for Anime News 01:18:56, I have a few points of interest that include English dub announcements as well as releases for later seasons this year! Come back next week for more tarot lessons, more comic books, manga and anime, pop culture, and more, for the last week of May! Keep it sweaty; it's a good time to be a nerd. The Yancy Street Discord! https://discord.gg/6pvcTgNr -Yancy Street Specials: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/full-archive/category/yancy-st-specials -Beginner's Guide to Comics: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/beginners-guide-to-comic-books.html !!Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensational-she-geek-live-from-yancy-street/id1550410718 !!Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/45qGcYnP147aZBVIHC09lI?si=cb8b8c1a4f8c4ac7 !!Pandora https://www.pandora.com/podcast/sensational-she-geek-live-from-yancy-street/PC:74557 Find me on Instagram: @annawiththecomics https://www.instagram.com/annawiththecomics/ Podcast Updates on Twitter: @savageshegeek https://twitter.com/savageshegeek YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-KoazT-HEFbqCALjxRLjFQ Website/Blog: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/ Donation and All Other Links https://linktr.ee/sensationalshegeek Happy belated first contact day, and happy April!
I start this week's news (after a note on my personal current watch-list [in which I forgot to mention Demon Slayer, From, and Minx!]) with the coming Doctor Who special/s (0:09:35), info on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (0:15:03), The Batman's HBO Max release date (22:48), the continuation of Peach Momoko's Demon Days saga (0:23:42), sad updates for the Crow movie remake (0:28:39), an Obi Wan Kenobi show update (0:32:41), info on Blade's daughter's reveal (0:33:42), Daredevil in the MUC (0:37:08), and Multiverse of Madness (38:06) tickets are on sale today! Be sure to check out the new teasers--or don't, more to see for the first time in the movie! The weekly Pick list had some stellar comics that deserved their own over-explanation, including demon Days: Blood Feud (0:39:11), Batman Beyond the White Knight #1 of 8 (0:45:28), Immortal X-Men #1 (0:51:38), and Captain Marvel #37 (1:01:25). Others include the Spider-Woman finale, Draculina, Silk, and more! The Pull List this week (1:07:27) include plethora of Annuals, #1's, and one-shots, plus some great others like She-Hulk, Strange, and Historia! You can find the Moon Knight episode 1 discussion at 1:15:36, covering the entirety of the episode's events with all the relevant comic and mythological information as we go through it! Today has episode two, watch out for spoilers, and we'll discuss it on podcast 58! Finally, I wrap up with the new episodes of Young Justice: 14-16 (1:36:05). The three episodes have a LOT going on, so I hope my note-taking helps us both keep up with events going forward! New episodes on Thursdays! That's it for this week! Sorry for the delay but as I mentioned, my day job is switching things up of late so I had to make some adjustments. I'll be back Monday the 11th with the new episode, plus that week I'll have the Illyana Rasputin podcast special uploaded prior to the release of New Mutants #25 at the end of the month! Stay hydrated, get some rest, meditate if you can, and definitely get sweaty about what you love. See you next time! The Oatmeal comic on Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek: https://theoatmeal.com/comics/plane www.sensationalshegeek.weebly.com Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify Instagram: @annawiththecomics Twitter: @savageshegeek YouTube: Sensational She-Geek Donation and All Other Links This is another review I write a number of weeks ago, but find myself going back to again and again as an example of modern comic book excellence. I've said it before on this site: I LOVE to talk about comics when I can pick through them, pointing out the various literary devices and artistic strengths. I get SWEATY about comics like that, and thanks to hearty efforts from every member of the creative team, X-Men #11 is easily going down as one of my favorite single-issues this year. I've touched this review up from when I originally wrote it as part of my week #28 Pick List, so there will be minor differences to that version. Continue Reading to see what made this issue so fantastic! X-Men #11 was written by Johnathon Hickman, with art by Leinil Francis Yu, and colors by Sunny Gho.
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In my opinion, Empyre: X-Men has been far and beyond better than the main Empyre event, or any of the other tie-ins. This might be because the series is co-written by ALL of the Dawn of X writers at Marvel, who in turn were picked by Head of X Johnathon Hickman to help build his new world for the mutants. Since the series is still coming out, here are the release dates of each issue: #1 July 22nd, Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard, art by Matteo Buffagni #2 August 5th, Gerry Duggan, Ben Percy, and Leah Williams, art by Lucas Werneck #3 August 12th, Ed Brisson, Vita Ayala, and Zeb Wells, art by Andrea Broccardo #4 August 19th, Jonathan Hickman, art by Jorge Molina And just for fun, here's a breakdown for the writers on this series, and what they normally write for Dawn of X: Johnathon Hickman: X-Men, New Mutants Tini Howard: Excalibur Gerry Duggan: Cable, Marauders Benjamin Percy: Wolverine, X-Force Leah Williams: X-Factor Ed Brisson: New Mutants Vita Ayala: Marauders Zeb Wells: Hellions Continue Reading for the full reviews on each of the four parts! SPOILERS AHEAD! |
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