RetConversations

Episode 45 - Fantastic Four w/ Adam Witt

March 22, 2024 20:57 - 1 hour - 160 MB

In a topsy turvy season finale, Leia, Josh and auditing professor Jenn are joined (and taught!) by Friend of the Podcast Adam Witt about all things Fantastic Four! Why didn't the movies work? Is Ben Grimm a fine Jewish boy? What FF books are good for people who don't like the FF? Tune in to find out!

Episode 44 - Fray w Matt Hirth

February 27, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 141 MB

Josh and Leia welcome back great friend and guest Matt Hirth to talk about Fray! We start with a long statement regarding Joss Whedon and then dive into the future slayer world. The story is super toy. Don't know what that means? Listen to find out!

Episode 43 - Sex Criminals w JR Cillian Green

February 20, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 231 MB

If ever we had a NSFW episode, this one is it... Leia and Josh are joined by special guest JR Cillian Green to talk about Sex Criminals! What if you could freeze time every time you orgasmed? What if one person wouldn't stop making sex puns the entire time you explained a comic about it? This one goes way over the line - so much so that our guest quits at LEAST three times! Make sure you have earbuds on for this episode!

Episode 42 - Human Target Pt 2 w Jennifer Howland

February 13, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 178 MB

Leia and Josh are joined once more by the lovely Jennifer Howland to go through the conclusion of Tom King's amazing Human Target! Will Christopher Chance find his killer? Will he be able to find a cure for the poison coursing through his body? How much more of a dick can Guy Gardener possibly be? Answers to all this and more inside!

Episode 41 - Hellboy Conqueror Worm w Kyle Slack

February 06, 2024 06:00 - 36 minutes - 82.8 MB

Leia and Josh welcome back friend of the podcast Kyle Slack to talk about Hellboy Conqueror Worm! Leia's first Hellboy comic and one Josh has been interested in awhile. Homunculi, robot gorillas and killing Nazis. Everything you need for a relaxing afternoon!

Episode 40 - Age of Apocalypse Part 1 w Chris Wolf

January 30, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 225 MB

Josh and Leia welcome very special guest Chris Wolf from @VillainSupport to explain the first of three Age of Apocalypse collections (not counting the prequel collection). Everything is topsy turvy, edginess is the name of the game and the 90's bleed through as the group loses their minds trying to make sense of all this.

Episode 39 - Secret Invasion w Loki Lott

January 23, 2024 06:00 - 59 minutes - 136 MB

Leia and Josh sit down with Loki Variant and possible Skrull, Loki Lott to go through Secret Invasion! A direct follow-up to our first episode, Civil War, Secret Invasion has everything you could want in an event - intrigue, danger, mystery and, of course, Maria Hill being punked out because it's a Marvel event and they just can't help themselves. Tune in for a story that WE PROMISE is much better than the MCU show was.

Episode 38 - TMNT The Last Ronin w Scott and Daniel Sinclair

January 16, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 226 MB

From beginning to end, this is a must-listen episode. Returning guest Scott Sinclair bring his son and our youngest Graphically Novel fan, Daniel, to hear all about TMNT: The Last Ronin! Leia, Josh and special guest Jennifer Howland are made to feel extremely old as all of their references fall on 11 year old ears and fail. Come for the schadenfreude and stay for one of the best TMNT stories of the last 20 years!

Episode 37 - Human Target Pt 1 w Jennifer Howland

January 09, 2024 06:01 - 1 hour - 214 MB

Stop us if you've heard this one - Leia and Josh take someone through a Tom King written story about a C-tier DC character. No, it's not Mister Miracle again - it's the Human Target! We take special guest Jennifer Howland through Part 1 of this noir murder mystery and by the end she's asking for Part 2!

Episode 36 - Heroes Reborn w Jesse Letourneau

January 02, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 233 MB

Have you been waiting for an episode where our guest gets their sanity destroyed in real time? Then this is the episode for you! Josh and Leia finally catch up to Rob Liefeld and the era of big pecs and tiny feet rises! Listen as they turn special guest Jesse Letourneau's mind to mush and then afterwards deconstruct this series' effects on the MCU!

Episode 35 - Captain America Castaway in Dimension Z w Michael Garrity

December 26, 2023 18:14 - 1 hour - 174 MB

We want our Cap TV! Leia and Josh take special guest Michael Garrity through one of the strangest Captain America stories on Leia's shelf - Captain America: Castaway in Dimension Z! We like this comic like we like our orange juice - brimming with pulp!

Episode 34 - Sins of Sinister w Cory Peter

December 19, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 221 MB

Let's start Season 4 off right - with Josh and Leia's chickens coming home to roost. This is a storyline THEY ASKED FOR so now it's time to take special guest Cory Peter through the event Sins of Sinister! Snark, glam and clones, clones, clones!

Episode 33 - Cable & Deadpool w Royal Hebert

December 01, 2022 22:51 - 1 hour - 226 MB

In the last (for now) episode of RetConversations, Leia and Josh are joined by return guest and voice actor Royal Hebert to talk about Cable & Deadpool! A lot of questionable science, wacky fun and what character you should never, ever end your graphic novel with. Additionally, the entire Graphically Novel crew talks their favorite episodes of both podcasts and has a drink and a couple more laughs together.

Episode 34 - Devil’s Reign w Patrick Stout Gerrity

November 18, 2022 16:36 - 1 hour - 185 MB

Leia and Josh are joined by special guest Patrick Stout Gerrity to talk about Devil's Reign! So many weird choices in this one. Matt Murdock's twin brother has been resurrected via magic crystal and his identity has been wiped from the minds of the world by the Purple Man's children and all of this somehow leads to a storyline involving Wilson Fisk's *reelection* as Mayor of New York. Get ready for a wild ride.

Episode 32 - Devil’s Reign w Patrick Stout Gerrity

November 18, 2022 16:36 - 1 hour - 185 MB

Leia and Josh are joined by special guest Patrick Stout Gerrity to talk about Devil's Reign! So many weird choices in this one. Matt Murdock's twin brother has been resurrected via magic crystal and his identity has been wiped from the minds of the world by the Purple Man's children and all of this somehow leads to a storyline involving Wilson Fisk's *reelection* as Mayor of New York. Get ready for a wild ride.

Episode 31 - Red Son w Tony Van Dyke

November 04, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 177 MB

Leia and Josh are joined by first time guest, Tony Van Dyke to talk about Superman: Red Son! Lex Luther plus Reed Richards = chess playing douchebag, sunflower seeds for Doomsday's pockets and could this be a Superman story both the hosts really liked?!?

Episode 30 - Absolute Carnage w Ben Bear Wieser

October 21, 2022 15:22 - 1 hour - 145 MB

Happy Halloween from RetConversations! Leia and Josh welcome Graphically Novel host Bear to talk about Absolute Carnage! Like wow, this story. Why is Norman Osborne in *every* story? Is Knull really just a Lovecraft Elder God? And what is up with not identifying characters in your comic? Tune in for this plus legit Spider-Man fan Josh has absolutely no idea what's going on and is getting no help from the comic.

Episode 29 - Onslaught wih Jesse Letourneau Part 2

October 07, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 147 MB

Josh and Leia are back with special guest Jesse Letourneau to talk the second half of Onslaught. In order to avoid discussions about this storyline, they talk about the nature of man, fear versus hate and the philosophy of X-Men.

Episode 29 - Onslaught w Jesse Letourneau Part 1

September 23, 2022 17:41 - 1 hour - 210 MB

Josh and Leia are joined by returning guest Jesse Letourneau to delve into one of X-Men's most infamous stories - Onslaught! Too much fun to keep to just one episode, in part 1 we set up that no one likes Cyclops, Professor Xavier is a TERRIBLE father figure and we get real deep and real off topic with talks about the current states of nerd culture.

Episode 28 - Dawn w Dawn Baldwin

September 09, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 214 MB

Josh and Leia are joined by special guest Dawn Baldwin and auditing Graphically Novel host Jennifer Howland to talk about the very 90's Dawn by Joseph Michael Linsner. Lingerie as a common fashion choice, a bit of religious talk on a Sunday and Josh's nostalgia is violently shattered by three women in real time. Come for the comic and stay for the discussion about where 90's kids hid their porn.

Episode 27 - Old Man Logan w Jason Taylor

August 26, 2022 05:01 - 53 minutes - 38 MB

Josh and Leia are joined by Bear and Jennifer from Graphically Novel and return guest Jason Taylor to explain Old Man Logan! A Kurosawa-esque post-apocalyptic romp with betrayal, tragedy and hillbilly inbred Hulks!

Episode 26 - Death of Elektra w Jennifer Howland

August 12, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 50.7 MB

Josh and Leia are joined by Josh's wife and Graphically Novel co-host Jennifer Howland to learn about Frank Miller's saga, The Death of Elektra. Antics, bear traps and possibly Matt Murdock's worst girlfriend.

Episode 25 - X-Men Holy War w Kyle Slack

July 29, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 62 MB

Josh and Leia are joined by special guest Kyle Slack to go back in time to the early 2000's with Chuck Austin's X-Men run. Leia forensics knowledge is put to the test as she is asked about proper behavior on a dig site and if someone dies if their blood runs backwards. Come check out this very telenovela episode!

Episode 24 - Secret Empire w Alan Pursell

July 15, 2022 05:01 - 2 hours - 288 MB

Leia and Josh are joined by guest Alan Pursell and audited by GN's Jennifer Howland and Bear to witness the grand Nazi wet dream that is Secret Empire, the storyline best known for Nazi Captain America. We are not kind. Nor will we be. This was a lesson in patience and self control. If you like train wrecks, this is the episode for you. #AlwaysPunchNazis

Episode 23 - The Wicked + The Divine w Justin Stacy

July 01, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 167 MB

We kick off Season 3 with a favorite of Josh & Leia's - The Wicked + The Divine! We take special guest Justin Stacy through the world of gods, rock & roll and finger snapping murder! If you've never heard of this amazing graphic novel, this is a great opportunity for an introduction!

Episode 22 - Thor and Loki Blood Brothers w Dawn Baldwin

April 29, 2022 13:18 - 2 hours - 385 MB

In our Season two finale Leia and Josh are joined by Dawn Baldwin to discuss Thor and Loki Blood Brothers! Dawn brings her therapist background to talk about all of the trauma, Josh forgets the world consent and we blame the entire plot on an innocent child!

Episode 21 - Young Avengers w Joe Witkowski Part 2

April 15, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 260 MB

Young Avengers PART TWO: Leia, Josh and Joe Witkowski continue through Young Avengers in which Joe flip-flops on Loki again, the three start a support group for LARPers and "you wanna get forgiven? You better work, bitch!".

Episode 20 - Young Avengers w Joe Witkowski Part 1

March 31, 2022 22:28 - 1 hour - 170 MB

Leia and Josh are joined by Joe Witkowski to discuss Young Avengers! A story just too good for one part, this two-parter sees the kids we have been getting to know in the MCU come together for an epic run. Enjoy as Joe decided if he's on Team Loki or off Team Loki and come back in two weeks for part 2!

Episode 19 - Original Sin w Jesse LeTourneau

March 18, 2022 13:57 - 2 hours - 285 MB

Josh and Leia welcome theologian Jesse LeTourneau to talk about the 2014 crossover event Original Sin! Bible references aplenty, discussions of sins and Leia faces her largest test - a story with Nova, the moon and clones!

Episode 18 - 1602 w Royal Hebert

March 04, 2022 06:01 - 3 hours - 455 MB

Josh and Leia are joined by voice actor extraordinaire Royal Hebert to discuss Neil Gaiman's 1602! With an in-depth lead-in about Elseworlds in comics, comic books and their relationship with the moon and Leia points out how Nat finally got revenge for Matt Murdock hitting her in the 70's.

Episode 17 - Arkham Asylum w Ryan Ike

February 18, 2022 14:40 - 2 hours - 112 MB

In an extremely special episode, Leia and Josh are joined by famed video game composer Ryan Ike (When the Water Tastes Like Wine, West of Loathing) to talk about Arkham Asylum! We go deep into the psychology of the Batman rogue gallery, Arkham Asylum's economic impact on Gotham, Penguin's publishing dynasty and David Bowie as a Batman villain.

Episode 16 - Transmetropolitan w Jason Taylor

February 04, 2022 06:01 - 1 hour - 82.3 MB

Josh and Leia are joined by TWO TIME guest and friend of the pod, Jason Taylor to explain one of their favorite comics of all time - Transmetropolitan! How is this comic still so relevant?!? We explore this 1990's gem and teach Jason why he should "trust the fuckhead".

Episode 15 - Marvel Noir w Dan Schaeffer

January 21, 2022 06:01 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB

Jingle-brained Josh and the dizzy dame Leia are joined by Dan Schaeffer to talk about Marvel: Noir, specifically to go through Luke Cage and talk about the rest. We promise not to talk in 1930's slang though it's tough. A deep dive into noir, the difference between noir and hard-boiled and by the end, Josh is telling you why you should watch Agents of SHIELD!

Episode 14 - Mr. Miracle w JR Cillian Green

January 07, 2022 06:01 - 2 hours - 96 MB

Leia and Josh are joined by theologian and therapist JR Cillian Green to talk about Leia’s top pick of 2019 – Mr. Miracle! Funky Flashman, a super obscure God/Popeye joke and Batman kills babies! If you haven’t read this one – and Josh hadn’t – you’re in for a ride!

Episode 13 - Avengers v X-Men w Jason Taylor and Alysen Cassaccio

December 29, 2021 17:32 - 1 hour - 91.9 MB

Josh and Leia are joined by special guests Jason Taylor and Alysen Cassaccio to explain the superhero bangup Avengers vs. the X-Men! Once again, the importance of therapy in the 616 is discussed, some new mutants are discovered and Everyone Hates Cyclops.

Episode 12 - Flashpoint w Ryan Brown

December 10, 2021 06:01 - 1 hour - 159 MB

Josh and Leia are back for season 2 with special guest Ryan Brown and they are explaining Flashpoint! Is this Batman the best Batman? What broke Leia's brain reading this? And what the $#%@ is a Canterbury Cricket? Tune in to find out the answers to these questions and more!

Episode 7 - World War Hulk w Bear and Luke Wieser

September 24, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 182 MB

THE LOST EPISODE! Josh and Leia explain World War Hulk to the Brothers Weez in this episode so nice we had to record it twice. We struggle bus through this for the second time - now recording it - to point out how dumb the smartest superheroes are, who is the Sentry and Leia correctly points out that you can't ask people why they aren't black.

Episode 11 - Civil War 2 Part 2 w Mike Tomasek

September 10, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 227 MB

Part 2 of our coverage from last time, Josh and Leia still have Mike Tomasek of Little Twin Publishing held hostage as they complete their explanation of Civil War 2! The season finale happens here, folks. How does Mike handle the Hawkeye verdict? Is this the story that might convince him to become a True Believer? Also, Leia and Josh count down their least to most favorite stories from this season!

Episode 10 - Civil War 2 Part 1 w Mike Tomasek

August 27, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 237 MB

Josh and Leia welcome back Mike Tomasek of Little Twin Publishing to finish what they started with Civil War 2! We name every Marvel character that is a sweet, cinnamon bun and too pure for this world, talk about how Tony Stark needs therapy and Mike experiences a true comic book nerd moment.

Episode 9 - Secret Wars with Mark Paar

August 13, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 177 MB

Josh and Leia are joined by special guest Mark Paar to explain Secret Wars! God Doom, 616/1610 madness and once again, we pledge our undying love to Mr. Sinister.

Episode 8 - House of X Powers of X w Scott Sinclair

July 30, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 267 MB

Leia and Josh are joined by special guest Scott Sinclair to discuss House of X/Powers of X! Need a quick primer to jump into modern X-Men comics? This is...kind of that! a tl;dr on Emma Frost, we all love Mr. Sinister, Leia explains several times why humanity was largely a mistake and we start the RetConversation Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pizza Club for Kids!

Episode 6 - Death of Superman w Meredith Gerber

July 16, 2021 05:01 - 59 minutes - 133 MB

Leia and Josh tackle their first DC storyline with special guest, Meredith Gerber! The highest selling comic book of all time - Death of Superman! Why are teens assholes? Is Doomsday a wrestling mark? And god, why more clones?!? Tune in for these answers and more!

Episode 5 - One More Day w Jennifer Howland

July 02, 2021 05:01 - 52 minutes - 120 MB

Josh and Leia are joined by Josh's wife and co-host of Graphically Novel, Jennifer Howland to talk about the final storyline in the Spider-Man three-peat - One More Day! Why doesn't Peter think any of this is weird? Doesn't Aunt May get a say in any of this? And what would happen if Josh traded his marriage to keep his Abuela alive?

Episode 4 - Sins Past w Will Azbill

June 18, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 148 MB

Leia and Josh are joined by Will Azbill to talk about the second in our Spider-Man three-peat, Sins Past. Banging your friend's dad, preventing identity theft and Leia teaches us the proper procedures to collect DNA from a grave. At least there are no clones!

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