Comic Book Podcast Episode 30: Sweet Tooth and The Specialists

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 in the book, though apparently Brock warmed up to the book because he read the entire 40 issue run of the Vertigo title in just three days. For the webcomic portion of the podcast, they discuss The Specialists, created by Shawn Gustafson and Al Fukalek. It’s an alternate universe WWII book that mixes genres a bit and feels a lot like vintage Captain America and Mike Mignola’s Hellboy rolled into one.