Author Archives: Kevin Moreau

Deadpool & Wolverine Review: Ha Ha, Nothing Matters

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

Review by Curt Holman How many times can you break the fourth wall before the whole house collapses? Deadpool & Wolverine puts that idea to the test, putting more winky asides, in-jokes and knowing references than you imagine could fit … Continue reading →

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Episode 213: The Boys Vol. 1 – The Name of the Game

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

This episode contains explicit language and talk of sexual assault. On this episode, we take a butcher’s at the book that begat the critically acclaimed streaming series The Boys—specifically, The Name of the Game, collecting the first six issues of … Continue reading →

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Episode 212: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Who Is Scorpio?

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

We’re back with a look at everyone’s favorite gruff, eyepatch-wearing super-spy (non-Samuel L. Jackson division) as seen in 1968’s Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1, 2, 3 and 5, published by Marvel Comics! Writer and artist Jim Steranko injects a … Continue reading →

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Canonical Rewind: Deadpool – With Great Power Comes Great Coincidence

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

Due to a family emergency, we weren’t able to get together and record a new episode for this week. So here’s an encore presentation of our Deadpool episode, With Great Power Comes Great Coincidence from May 2018. Please enjoy, and … Continue reading →

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Episode 211: Here

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

Richard McGuire’s 2014 graphic novel Here takes place in one location—the corner of a living room in a house in what is probably Perth Amboy, New Jersey—over the course of billions of years, from 300,000,500,000 B.C. to the far-off year … Continue reading →

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Episode 210: Uncanny X-Men – The Brood Saga

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

On this episode, we use the popularity of the first season of X-Men 97 as an excuse to tackle a story we’ve long had our eyes on: The Brood Saga from Uncanny X-Men #162-167 by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum and … Continue reading →

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Episode 209: Flung Out of Space

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

Mild parental advisory warning: The b-word is used once or twice. On this episode, the recent launch of the series “Ripley” on Netflix gives us a reason to discuss Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia … Continue reading →

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Quizzical Canonical 5: Word Balloons

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

One of our co-hosts is quarantined at home, so we’ve decided to postpone our next proper episode until we can be together in person! Meanwhile, Curt surprises Kevin with a pop quiz on quotes from books we’ve covered on the … Continue reading →

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Episode 208: Return of The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

Content warning (death by suicide) Our reexamination of Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns continues! How good IS this story, really? Will things go differently than they did in our fourth episode way back in 2016, allowing this universally … Continue reading →

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Episode 207: Return of The Dark Knight Returns Part 1

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Kevin Moreau

Explicit (a few swears scattered throughout) and content warning (brief mentions of death by suicide and attempted sexual assault) This isn’t a podcast—it’s an operating table, and we’re the surgeons! This time, we revisit one of our most controversial episodes … Continue reading →

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