Nick Hemsing

Episode 33: 30 Days of Night and Fisheye Placebo

Nick Hemsing
March 10, 2014

More undead but 100% more manga! Nick and Brock kick off this comic book podcast talking about business model of Tapastic, a webcomic destination with a large manga selection. The next part should be prefaced by saying that Nick is a Doctor Who fan. However, he goes at “The Stolen Earth” with a verbal baseball bat of hate. Also, unsurprisingly, Brock had to explain Marvel’s The Guardians of the Galaxy and why Nick had never heard of it. They also manage to squeeze Baby Metal into the intro. Why not? Under the microscope this week is the arctic vampire story... View Article

Episode 32: BPRD and Moth City

Nick Hemsing
March 3, 2014

Fun with Nazis and 1920’s Chemical Weapon Arms Traders Brock saw HBO’s True Detective and now cant stop yapping about it. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson head this crime drama that one would think had nothing to do with a comic book podcast, but Nick and Brock are media junkies so the intro is a topical free-for-all. When thinking about BPRD, you usually think of Hellboy, but the hornless devil hero is absent from what we read this week. How the conversation ended up being as long as it was is anyone’s guess, but no one would have expected these... View Article

Episode 31: Superman’s Girl Friend, Lois Lane

Nick Hemsing
February 17, 2014

There’s no sexism like 50’s sexism Kicking off the comic book podcast this week, Nick and Brock dive right into hot, current events and talk Man of Steel and James Bond movies. Nick just saw Man of Steel so he could finally stop repeating others criticisms. Really though, did Pa Kent get himself killed to save the family dog? Is there anything more redneck than that? Also, Brock went on a Bond bender and talks about which is his favorite actor to play 007. Yes. It was a slow news day. Even though the Preacher AMC pilot was officially confirmed,... View Article

Episode 30: Sweet Tooth and The Specialists

Nick Hemsing
February 5, 2014

More Post-Apocalyptic Worlds and Nazi Threats Nick and Brock start out this week’s comic book podcast talking about the unfortunate death of Philip Seymour Hoffman from an apparent heroin overdose. They also tackle more announcements from Zack Snyder’s upcoming Batman vs. Superman film and give their thoughts on Jeremy Irons as the stalwart butler to Bruce Wayne, Alfred, and Jesse Eisenberg’s casting as a young and coiffed Lex Luthor. Interesting casting choices all around. Then they get into comics. First up is Jeff Lemire’s book, Sweet Tooth, which evoked mixed responses from Nick and Brock. Both saw good and bad... View Article

Episode 28: Hawkeye and Digger

Nick Hemsing
January 20, 2014

More Image and Edwardian London Zombies In this week’s comic book podcast, we kick off with another excuse to mention Constantine, this time regarding the greenlit NBC show that makes us more than a little uneasy. We’re also moving ahead with the new format and that mean’s were looking at a one current comic and one webcomic. This week, Brock tricked Nick into reading an actual Marvel Universe comic in Hawkeye. It’s the Swiss Army arrow hero with a new feel in his normal, non-Avenger life. Is the book missing enough of the superhero feel for Nick to get into... View Article

Episode 27: Best of 2013

Nick Hemsing
January 13, 2014

In the latest comic book podcast, Nick and Brock wanted to do a 2013 recap, they just didn’t realize that Brock would be down with the flu for two weeks. They’re now back and looking at their favorite comics from 2013 and taking a last shot at their least favorite. Nick kicks off the first podcast of 2014 by talking about some Preacher news, as Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are producing a pilot for AMC. Everyone is excited, but it’s a complex property to handle and have reservations about its execution. Nick apologizes for some sound issues with his... View Article