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Comic Picks By The Glick

429 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

Jason brings his expert opinon to the world of comics

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Comic Picks #417: Fire Power

April 18, 2024 04:57 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

Martial arts action from Robert Kirkman and Chris Samnee that's good enough.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

Comic Picks #416: Void Rivals vol. 1

April 04, 2024 04:34 - 37 minutes - 33.2 MB

It's the start of the Energon Universe!  Does vol. 1 make for a fantastic or false start to it?   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

Comic Picks #415: The Metabaron

March 21, 2024 01:30 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

Follows on from here.  The original is a classic, but this is better than you'd think... if you give it time.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

Comic Picks #414: The Metabaron

March 21, 2024 01:30 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

Follows on from here.  The original is a classic, but this is better than you'd think... if you give it time.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

Comic Picks #414: Joe Kelly & Ken Niimura

March 07, 2024 02:42 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

They've done "I Kill Giants" and "Immortal Sergeant" together.  Are both graphic novels worth buying?  Just one?  None?   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

Comic Picks #413: Golden Kamuy

February 22, 2024 01:53 - 29 minutes - 26.1 MB

Its tone may be all over the place as a result, but this is one series that has it all!   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

Comic Picks #412: Best of 2023

February 08, 2024 01:40 - 44 minutes - 39.7 MB

Liu!  Spurrier!  Phillips!  North!  Hayashida!  LeHup!  Takeda!  All in ONE(!) single podcast!   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com

Comic Picks #411: The Ancient Magus' Bride -- College Arc

January 25, 2024 02:28 - 21 minutes - 19.1 MB

Chise and Elias go to school as the series tries to retain its charms while going bigger in cast and scope.

Comic Picks #410: Captain Marvel & Hawkeye by Kelly Thompson

January 11, 2024 02:21 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

It's a two-for-one special because one of these is a lot better than the other.   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com/

Comic Picks#409: Nocterra

December 28, 2023 02:22 - 29 minutes - 26.3 MB

The sun goes down forever in this series.  Does the same happen to my opinion of its writer, Scott Snyder?   Want more reviews, check out:  https://comicpicksbytheglick.com/

Comic Picks #408: The Night Eaters vol. 2

December 14, 2023 00:52 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MB

Follows on from this.  Christine is back again as we see if this is a superior or sad follow-up to the first volume.     For more of my reviews, please visit my blog at: https://comicpicksbytheglick.com/

Comic Picks #407: TMNT -- The Last Ronin: Lost Years

November 30, 2023 02:03 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MB

Better than the original, or just more of the grimdark same?  Myron is here to help me find out.

Comic Picks #406: BRZRKR

November 16, 2023 01:51 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

Proof that Keanu shouldn't give up his day job.

Comic Picks #405: Star Trek -- Lower Decks

November 02, 2023 01:02 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB

There may be only one volume of this series out, but Christine and I both agree it's a good one!

Comic Picks #404: DCeased

October 19, 2023 01:30 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB

DC's answer to "Marvel Zombies."  Is it better?  Maaaaaaaybe...

Comic Picks #403: Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Part 5 -- Golden Wind

October 05, 2023 01:30 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB

This series still has it!  Right up until...

Comic Picks #402: Star Trek -- Year Five

September 21, 2023 01:19 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MB

John and I see if the Enterprise's original five-year mission wraps up in a satisfying fashion.

Comic Picks#401: Sins of Sinister

September 07, 2023 04:43 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

Gillen, Ewing, and Spurrier deliver one of the best "X-Men" events in recent years.

Comic Picks #400: Night Fever

August 24, 2023 01:27 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MB

No anniversary shenanigans.  Just a look at whether or not the latest from Brubaker and Phillips is up to their own high standards.

Comic Picks #399: Avengers by Jason Aaron

August 10, 2023 05:01 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MB

Marvel's most extra writer gives this franchise its most extra run.

Comic Picks #398: Batman -- Beyond the White Knight

July 27, 2023 01:41 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MB

John and I tackle the latest installment in Sean Murphy's alternate-universe "Batman" saga.

Comic Picks #397: Catching Up With Chainsaw Man

July 13, 2023 01:13 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB

Steve is back as we discuss whether or not this series has still been killing it since its restart last year.

Comic Picks #396: Babyteeth

June 29, 2023 01:27 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

Get this series from Cates and Brown before its publisher is gone!

Comic Picks #395: Spider-Man -- Dark Web

June 15, 2023 00:43 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MB

It's "Diet Inferno" also featuring the X-Men, Venom, Gold Goblin, Black Cat, Mary Jane, and Ms. Marvel!

Comic Picks #394: Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction

June 01, 2023 00:45 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

Inio Asano offers his take on our troubled times in his own, inimitable style.

Comic Picks #393: We Only Find Them When They’re Dead

May 18, 2023 01:51 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

"They're" space gods.  What more do you need to know?

Comic Picks #392: Batman by Tom King

May 04, 2023 02:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MB

In which the Bat and the Cat embark upon an epic superhero romance.

Comic Picks #391: Iron Man by Christopher Cantwell

April 20, 2023 01:22 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

This is a run that has some good ideas, but what about its follow-through?

Comic Picks #390: Trigun

April 06, 2023 01:49 - 1 hour - 60.4 MB

My friend Marisa joins me to talk about all things "Trigun:"  The original anime.  The "Trigun Maximum" manga.  And the new "Trigun:  Stampede" anime.

Comic Picks #389: Manifest Destiny

March 23, 2023 01:23 - 21 minutes - 20 MB

Historical adventure and horror?  This series is better at one of these genres than the other.

Comic Picks #388: A.X.E. -- Judgment Day

March 09, 2023 02:33 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

Three superhero groups take part in this fine Marvel event, but Gillen and Schiti make it a good showcase for one of them.

Comic Picks #387: Once & Future

February 23, 2023 02:30 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MB

Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora serve up an enjoyably witty series that's all about fantasy and family drama.

Comic Picks #386: Miles Morales by Saladin Ahmed

February 09, 2023 01:42 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

Does Miles' first post-Bendis writer find an interesting angle for his ongoing adventures?

Comic Picks #385: Best of 2022

January 26, 2023 00:43 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB

Yoshinaga!  Remender!  Miyazaki!  Guillory!  Hill!  Fujimoto (x2)!  AND MORE!

Comic Picks #384: Inside Mari

January 12, 2023 06:17 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

Gender-bending via magic or mental illness?  Mangaka Shuzo Oshimi picks one and kind of fumbles it in the end.

Comic Picks #383: Fantastic Four by Dan Slott

December 29, 2022 05:33 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MB

Slott doesn't strike out, but he doesn't deliver a home run either.

Comic Picks #382: Deadly Class

December 15, 2022 05:42 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB

Teenagers + Assassin School + 80's punk nostalgia = Greatness?   If anyone else is wondering what happened to all of the other non-podcast posts on this site, SO AM I!  I've e-mailed Podbean about it and am currently waiting for them to get back to me.  In the meantime, keep watching this space.

Comic Picks #381: Seven Secrets

December 01, 2022 05:11 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MB

More of a showcase for the artist, Daniele Di Nicuolo, than the writer, Tom Taylor.

Comic Picks #380: Battle-Action Special

November 17, 2022 05:20 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

Garth Ennis gets to play with some of the (war comics) toys of his childhood.

Comic Picks #379: The Night Eaters vol. 1

November 03, 2022 05:15 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

It's a "first" over 14 years in the making as my friend Christine joins me to talk about the first original graphic novel from "Monstress'" Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

Comic Picks #378: Ryoko Kui -- Beyond the Dungeon

October 20, 2022 04:36 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

"Delicious in Dungeon" is undeniably great.  But what about the mangaka's other works?

Comic Picks #377: No One Left to Fight vol. 2

October 06, 2022 04:53 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB

Follows on from here.  Myron is back so we can see if this second volume is better than the first.

Comic Picks #376: Decorum

September 22, 2022 04:50 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MB

Jonathan Hickman + Mike Huddleston = Greatness?  Or just alrightness?

Comic Picks #375: The Girl From the Other Side

September 08, 2022 05:37 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

It has a strong central relationship, and maybe a bit too many moral complications.

Comic Picks# 374: Amazing Spider-Man -- Beyond

August 25, 2022 04:46 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB

Is this the spectacular spider-epic that Ben Reilly deserves?

Comic Picks #373: Oblivion Song

August 11, 2022 04:16 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MB

Robert Kirkman's latest creator-owned title, with Lorenzo De Felici, wraps up in solid if unspectacular fashion.

Comic Picks #372: TMNT -- The Last Ronin

July 28, 2022 04:47 - 1 hour - 76.1 MB

Is this a new "Turtles" classic, or an overhyped letdown?

Comic Picks #371: Holyland

July 14, 2022 04:32 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

Does this street-fighting manga from Kouji Mori represent the future of Kentaro Miura's "Berserk?"

Comic Picks #370: Chainsaw Man

June 30, 2022 04:07 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MB

Steve is back as we take a look at how good this hot-as-hell Jump title really is.   You'd think I'd remember to not forget the podcast after I've done it once, but I guess that's not the case!  Not angry, just disappointed.  In myself...  

Comic Picks #369: Savage Avengers

June 09, 2022 05:27 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

What makes this Avengers team "Savage?"  Conan!  Does his presence make this series good?  Well...

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