It’s our first trans-continental episode this week as Mick gets magically transported to Dubai. We also have news future Spider-man movies (that isn’t actually news), and some very strange DC crossovers. Our featured comics and manga are Valerian: Ambassador of Shadows, Swordless by Nikki Kidura, Fairy Tail: Rhodonite, Starslayer, Appleseed […]
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S14E22 – Pooh, The Honey Smuggler
We return to the sacred halls of journalism to discover more strange wonders from science and technology news. This week our jumble of oddities includes a man stuck in an ATM, the scientific usage of “derpy”, a crackdown on Winnie the Pooh, Baboon-based power outages, Komodo Dragon blood, Tardigrades, US […]
Keyframe 82 – Paramilitary Teddy Bears
4-Panel 98 – We Need More Crumpet!
We’re back for another go on the comic-book carousel, and this week there’s the possibility of Captain Britain appearing in the MCU (maybe), the Hitchcockian influence in The Batman, a live-action Superman: Red Son, the trailer for The Inhumans TV series, and the announcement of the 11th annual Manga Jiman […]
S14E21 – On The Grassy Knoll Of Controversy
Cinema Eclectica 120 – Spiderman & The Spooky, Spooky House
In a change from the previously scheduled programming, we move from the landscape of a dusty post-apocalyptic horror to the skies above New York with “Spiderman: Homecoming”. Away from all of the web-swinging and wall-crawling though, Rob dives into the magical world of Mamoru Hosoda’s latest anime feature-film “The Boy […]
Keyframe 81 – Pope Gundam’s Cosmic Dance-Off
Keyframe 80 – Groundhog Day Fanfiction
Things get a little ranty this week as we try to work out if long-running shounen are still relevant, or if the desire to produce the next One Piece/Dragon Ball/Bleach/Naruto is nothing more than a false hope. Our featured anime are Little Busters! Refrain, Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions […]