On the latest episode of Comic Zombie (Issue #15) – we showcase some of our all time favorite Daredevil comics!
Essential Reads: DAREDEVIL
Category Archives: Favorite Stories
Essential Reads: THOR
On our previous podcast episode (Issue #14), we featured the Mighty Thor on our latest Essential Reads segment…
Essential Reads: WONDER WOMAN! (80th Anniversary)
In celebration of the 80th anniversary of Wonder Woman comics, we wanted to give a shout out to a few of our favorites (as featured on Issue #13 of the Comic Zombie Podcast)!
Also, be sure to check out DC’s new “Believe in Wonder” campaign!
REVISITING “SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE UNIVERSE” (VOL 5)
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Check out my previous review of Vol 4: “Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together” here!
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s “Scott Pilgrim vs the Universe” is the fifth volume of the Scott Pilgrim and like the previous one, has very little in common with the film adaptation. The book follows up on the happy ending of Vol 4 where it seems as though Scott and Ramona are finally overcoming their pasts. Scott has vanquished the first four members in the League of Evil Exes, but this time he’ll have to contend with the Katayanagi Twins! But first, the book randomly opens with Scott’s 24th birthday with a super anime inspired overreaction to being called old and then a hilarious panel of him nomming on some chocolate cake.
REVISITING “SCOTT PILGRIM GETS IT TOGETHER!” (VOL 4)
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Check out my previous review of Vol 3: “Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness” here!
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s “Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together” (does he though?) is the fourth volume in the Scott Pilgrim saga and probably my personal favorite! It’s also possibly the least like the movie?
Scott vs the Summer
It’s a scorching summer in Toronto, Canada. Scott and friends go to the beach to celebrate Julie’s birthday (at her aunt’s beach house). There are a lot of cute moments between Scott and Ramona in this one, while the two of them awkwardly consider taking the next step in their relationship (aka the L Word: not “lesbians”). During a heat wave, Scott escapes his non-air-conditioned apartment to go hang out at the mall where he runs into Lisa Miller! (see the flashback from Vol 2)
Continue readingComic Zombie Podcast #10: Ranking the Spider-man Movies!
COMIC ZOMBIE – Issue #10: Ranking the Spider-man Movies!
Chris and Erik try and rank all the (live action) Spider-man movies! (so far!)
- Spider-man (2002)
- Spider-man 2
- Spider-man 3
- The Amazing Spider-man (2012)
- The Amazing Spider-man 2
- Spider-man: Homecoming
- Spider-man: Far From Home
- Venom
*Note: Although we didn’t include “Into the Spider-verse” on our lists, we’re planning on covering that one in a future episode. Like our ‘Ranking the X-Men Movies’, this episode was also recorded several months ago.
Also on this episode:
- What we’ve been reading (Chris: “The Immortal Hulk” by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett, Erik: Donny Cates’s “Guardians of the Galaxy”)
- What we’ve been watching (CW / DC “Arrow-verse” shows, “The Mandalorian” Season 2)
- Essential Reads: Spider-man (“Marvel Knights: Spider-man” by Brian Michael Bendis and “Spider-man: Blue” by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale)
(Episode edited by Erik Slader)
For more random shenanigans, check out our blog at ComicZombie.net – Including our Spider-man movie articles!
*Also listen to us on Podcasters Assemble!
Continue readingREVISITING “SCOTT PILGRIM & THE INFINITE SADNESS” (VOL 3)
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Check out my previous review of Vol2: “Scott Pilgrim vs the World” here!
Scott Pilgrim and the Awkward Silence…
Vol 3 of the Scott Pilgrim saga picks up where we left off last time with The Clash at Demon Head concert, where Scott and Ramona realized that Envy’s bass player / boyfriend is in fact the same Todd that Ramona used to date! For those keeping track, in the movie version this whole volume was basically summed up in one scene: the fight between Scott Pilgrim (23 year old, indecisive loser-hero hybrid) and the Vegan-powered Todd!
Immediately after the concert, Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers, Knives Chau, Kim Pine, and the others are invited back stage with Envy Adams and Todd Ingram to stare each other down. There’s some fun character interactions going here, and you almost need a flow chart to keep track of it all. Scott’s dating Ramona. Knives is currently dating Young Neil. Envy is with Todd. Scott used to date Knives but broke her heart. Scott also used to date Envy, but got his own heart broke. Knives previously fought Ramona over Scott. Ramona dated Todd briefly.
During this super awkward exchange, Knives jumps up in realization shouting “I’ve kissed the lips that kissed you!” and immediately gets her highlights punched out of her hair, by a chick with a bionic arm! During the exchange, Envy seems to get jealous of Ramona and starts to taunt her about her past. That’s when Scott just loses it and decides to start Round 3 early, yelling at Todd: “That’s it! That is it. You cocky cock! You will pay for your crimes against humanity!!!” – but just as Scott’s leaping through the air at Todd, his eyes start glowing and his hair goes super saiyan!
Continue readingREVISITING “SCOTT PILGRIM vs THE WORLD” (VOL 2)
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Check out my previous review of Vol1: “Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life” here!
While a good chunk of Vol 1 made up most of the first act of the movie, Vol 2: “Scott Pilgrim vs The World” really has a chance to delve into some of the characters and their relationships in a way that Edgar Wright’s film adaptation isn’t able to, due to time constraints – which is pretty common for film adaptations and is often why most books are considered better than the movie. This is really where Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novels begin to shine!
Scott Pilgrim vs High School
We start with a flashback: Scott Pilgrim in high school, in Ontario, where he meets a girl named Lisa, outside of the Principal’s office, immediately after a fight. It seems as though she has a crush on him, but he appears to be completely oblivious, per usual. The two friends decide to start a band together called “Sonic & Knuckles”. Soon after, Scott meets Kim Pine and they decide to make her their drummer. Scott confides in Lisa that he likes Kim, but before he can make a move, she randomly gets kidnapped by some jerks from a rival tech school!
In true video game fashion, Scott fights his way through wave after wave of enemies until he reaches ‘the boss’, atop the school, right as storm clouds roll in. The two have an epic throw down and Scott uppercuts the guy into the atmosphere. Ultimately, Scott saves Kim and they have an awkward exchange that feels straight out of some dumb heroic dream: “I didn’t know who’d rescue me from that maniac, but I secretly hoped it would be you Scott.” “I like you, Kim. We should be dating. Also, do you want to play drums in my band?” “YES, SCOTT! OH, YES!!” It’s so bad, it’s hilarious. It definitely plays up some outdated tropes (the princess is in another castle), but it’s cute and it seems to be self aware enough to know how ridiculous it all is. This whole chapter really reinforces that Scott is the hero of his own story, but we’re clearly only seeing it through his POV.
Continue reading“INVINCIBLE” – Season 1 Finale Review (Spoiler Alert!)
Check out my previous recap here!
Episode 8: “Where I really come from”
I was not emotionally ready for this one…
(Spoilers Ahead)
REVISITING “SCOTT PILGRIM’S PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE” (VOL 1)
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In honor of “National Drop Everything and Read Day” (D.E.A.R.), I figured this was as good an excuse as any to re-read one of my favorite graphic novel series of all time: Scott Pilgrim!
You might be familiar with that name if you’re a fan of Michael Cera movies, or retro-style beat ’em up video games, but you might not have read the original comics by writer/artist Bryan Lee O’Malley that started it all – and I’m here to tell you that you absolutely owe it to yourself to do just that.
saga, titled “Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life” opens with the line “Scott Pilgrim is dating a high schooler!” – and right away we meet our ‘hero’, Scott Pilgrim: a mild-mannered slacker in his early 20’s with very little ambition and no direction to speak of, which honestly sounds a lot like myself at that age. Scott’s part of a band (the Sex Bob-Ombs) and they kinda suck, but make up for it with determination.
Bryan Lee O’Malley weaves an intricate plot of weird and interesting characters with laugh out loud humor on every other page, nerdy references sprinkled throughout, and some of the most genuinely heartfelt moments in modern comics, in this ultra meta, video game inspired, coming of age story.
