Nick Hemsing

Episode 71: Transfusion and Golem

Nick Hemsing
February 22, 2016

Well, Brock didn’t die in a jungle in Central America, despite Nick’s secret desire to have the ultimate party story of having one of his friends die to a collar bomb. As it turns out, Nicaragua is a pretty safe place to visit at the moment so Nick is going to have to resort to buying Brock tickets to border towns in Mexico. These aren’t usually on people’s vacation lists, so Nick will have to drug Brock and tell him he’s going to meet the mayor of Scotchtown who will give him a very heavy Hawaiian Lei . . .... View Article

Episode 70: C.O.W.L. and Sithrah

Nick Hemsing
February 1, 2016

A new week, a new comic book podcast. Before Brock travels to Nicaragua and is ultimately kidnapped and ransomed back to his family, the CCCP crew decided to record one final podcast! They talk about yet another Image comic – C.O.W.L. – which started slowly and built momentum through the first volume. They also took a look at a new mobile comic platform – Webtoon – and read Jason Brubaker’s latest comic, Sithrah. If you’re not familiar with Brubaker, Nick and Brock talked about his first comic, reMIND, way back in episode ten. In other more comic book-y news, Brock’s... View Article

Episode 68: Lumberjanes and Ei8ht

Nick Hemsing
January 11, 2016

It’s 2016! yay. So, Nick and Brock are back at the normal schedule. That is to say, they will be doing 3 back to back weeks of this comic book podcast to kick off the year. Then, Brock takes a vacation. Then, who the hell knows? Kicking off this very not 2015 year is a trip to summer camp with BOOM!’s (weird to type an exclamation point with an apostrophe after it) Lumberjanes. Dabbling in children’s comics is a rare dalliance for this duo of wonky, pedantic, reviewers, but they do manage to give positive notes when they aren’t spending... View Article

Episode 66: Prez and Heathen

Nick Hemsing
December 14, 2015

Star Wars marathons can wreck a person. Both Nick and Brock had one this weekend but Brock was smart and broke it up into a couple days. Nick started having a few drinks during the prequels recording episode early the next morning was, perhaps, ill advised. However, the show must go on! This week, Star Wars kicks off the show and you could bet your Boba Fett boxers that it will come up a few times in the next few podcasts. This doesn’t really need to be said but, wow, the prequels don’t age well. DC surprised both our pedantic... View Article

Episode 65: Alex + Ada and Captain Macbastard

Nick Hemsing
December 7, 2015

The holidays always throw a wrench in the recording schedule but Nick and Brock could pass up talking about the dark spectacle that is the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer. Put that right up against the Captain America: Civil War trailer and the contrast between DC and Marvel’s approaches is very clear. Near future stories are fascinating for Nick. Today’s feature review, Alex + Ada from Image Comics, should be right in that wheelhouse. The common sci-fi genre of humans experimenting and coming into conflict with artificial intelligence still has a wealth of territory to explore. Does this... View Article

Episode 64: God is Dead and Lazarus

Nick Hemsing
November 16, 2015

Nick is a podcasting sadist. So, when Brock sends a text saying that the book he originally selected for this week’s comic book podcast is of less than decent quality, Nick did the only thing he could possibly do. Make that bastard keep reading the entire damn volume. In a not entirely unrelated note, this week Brock and Nick review God is Dead (and no one cares. If there is a hell, I’ll see you . . .). Hmmm. A Nine Inch Nails binge could be on the horizon for Nick. Well, suffice it to say, these not entirely unplucky... View Article