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Listen to Episode 477 - "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"

Gobbledygeek episode 476, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” is available for listening or download right here, on Spotify, and on Apple Podcasts. Paul and Arlo are going slightly mad. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is the MCU’s latest trip through the titular multiverse, fracturing and

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Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 375 - "300ccs of Thorazine"

Gobbledygeek episode 375, “300ccs of Thorazine,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. How does one go from lamenting the untimely demise of Tom King’s Batman to discussing the power structures that dictate what one finds culturally acceptable in any given generation? There’s

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 342, "Captain America and the Falcon: Secret Empire (feat. Ensley F. Guffey)"

Gobbledygeek episode 342, “Captain America and the Falcon: Secret Empire (feat. Ensley F. Guffey),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. An American feels betrayed by his government, which has revealed itself to be nothing but a bureaucratic system designed to conceal criminal activity. Sounds

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 306, "Unmaking Soup"

Gobbledygeek episode 306, “Unmaking Soup,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. This week, Paul and Arlo turn on and tune into the wonders and terrors of the superhuman mind by taking a gander at the first season of Legion. The FX series, developed by

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 303, "Don't Be What They Made You"

Gobbledygeek episode 303, “Don’t Be What They Made You,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. People get old. Claws get rusty. Movie franchises get tired. After 17 years of real-world time and 150+ fictional years, the time has come for James “Logan”

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Listen to Our 'Deadpool' Bonus Episode, "Rated R for Reynolds & Ring Pops"

The Deadpool bonus episode of Gobbledygeek is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. How many walls does a podcast have? Can we break them? Because movies have four, and Deadpool takes a wrecking ball to the fourth one. In the midst of Hitchcock Month, Paul

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Paul & AJ's Top 10 Films of 2014

The new year is less than two days old, so once again, it’s time to look back to our favorites of last year. As always, lists are imperfect, incomplete, and totally subject to change upon reflection and the passage of time. We’ll start with Paul; he remains skeptical

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Listen to 'The Deli Podcast of Justice' Interview with Kitty Chandler

The Deli Podcast of Justice interview with Kitty Chandler is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. Superheroes don’t always slap on shiny spandex to soar the friendly skies. They also “lurk in the shadows and skulk in darkness,” as Kitty Chandler puts it. Rashida,

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Listen to Episode 163, "Trust My Rage (feat. Joseph Lewis)"

Gobbledygeek episode 163, “Trust My Rage (feat. Joseph Lewis),” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. In this super-sized episode, Joseph Lewis, original Gobbler and writer/director of the forthcoming pilot Nowheresville, reunites with Paul and AJ to…well, to sort of act as

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Listen to Episode 155, "Slott Bubbles and Pickled Ass"

Gobbledygeek episode 155, “Slott Bubbles and Pickled Ass,” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. Comics! They’re good for you! But wait, no! They’re also bad! This is an accurate description of the emotional roller-coaster Paul and AJ strap themselves into this

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Listen to Episode 149, "Wolverine Is the Bear"

Gobbledygeek episode 149, “Wolverine Is the Bear,” is available for listening or download right here, and on iTunes here. SNIKT! Logan, the samurai with the adamantium claws, returns for his first solo adventure in four years, since the unfortunate X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Good news is, The Wolverine is a

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Paul & AJ's Top 10 Comics of 2012

We’ve already listed our favorite TV shows and movies of last year, and we’ve got a couple more lists just before the new season begins. Here are our favorite comic books of 2012; check back tomorrow for our favorite albums (though, considering our extensively detailed history of not

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'Prometheus' Review: Lost in Space

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus has an early shot which undeniably quotes 2001: A Space Odyssey, a beautiful image of a planet ringed with light. There’s some more striking imagery, of an unidentified landscape. A humanoid being removes his cloak and ingests some form of liquid which quickly begins killing

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Paul & AJ's Top 10 Films of 2011

Paul and I rambled on and on about our favorites of 2011 in our second season finale, but that isn’t gonna stop us from rambling some more. This is the first in a series of top 10s that will be spread out over the next couple weeks; the rest

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Last Month's Comics: 'Uncanny X-Men' Ends (Until the Next Issue), 'Spaceman' Lifts Off

Welcome to Last Month’s Comics, in which I discuss, uh, last month’s comics. I get my comics in bi-monthly shipments from Discount Comic Book Service, and as such, I can be a little behind. So here we are. This column is later than usual, as I was

Last Month's Comics

Last Month's Comics: DC Reboots and 'Spider-Island' Breaks Out

Welcome to Last Month’s Comics, in which I will discuss, uh, last month’s comics. The past couple episodes, we’ve pimped Direct Comic Book Service, which I’ve recently started using as a way to return to regular comics reading. The only downside is that I only get

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Four-Color Flashback: Chris Claremont & John Byrne's 'Uncanny X-Men' #136-143

Welcome to the final week in our analysis of Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s run on Uncanny X-Men. The first four weeks can be found here, here, here, and here. Fearless readers, we have come to the end of Claremont/Byrne’s classic run on Uncanny X-Men.

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Four-Color Flashback: Chris Claremont & John Byrne's 'Uncanny X-Men' #129-135

Welcome to week 4 of 5 in our analysis of Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s run on Uncanny X-Men. Weeks 1, 2, and 3 can be found here, here, and here. Well. This is not quite the reaction I was expecting. They’d fought Magneto, endured the Savage

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Four-Color Flashback: Chris Claremont & John Byrne's 'Uncanny X-Men' #122-128

Welcome to week 3 of 5 in our analysis of Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s run on Uncanny X-Men. Weeks 1 and 2 can be found here and here. From #122, “Cry for the Children!,” to #128, “The Action of the Tiger!,” almost every X-Man experiences considerable

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Four-Color Flashback: Chris Claremont & John Byrne's 'Uncanny X-Men' #115-121

As last week’s introductory column wound to a close, I pondered two thoughts: Could John Byrne’s art be any more fantastic? Would Chris Claremont be able to refine his writing as time went on? Though we’re still fairly early on in their run, I’ve now been

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Four-Color Flashback: Chris Claremont & John Byrne's 'Uncanny X-Men' #108-114

Welcome to our new column, “Four-Color Flashback,” in which we will occasionally discuss classic or interesting comic book runs. First up is the legendary 35-issue span encompassing Chris Claremont’s work with John Byrne on Uncanny X-Men. So legendary, in fact, that I’m amazed I’ve

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Listen to Episode 54, "E3's Company"

Gobbledygeek episode 54, “E3’s Company,” is available for listening or download right here. This week, Nathan joins Paul and AJ to discuss some of the biggest and best things to come out of this year’s E3. Chiefly, there’s Nintendo’s new console, Wii U–its fancypants controller,

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AJ's 'Thor' Review: Almost Thunderous

I’ve long thought that Marvel’s overarching plan for its homegrown superhero movies was absolutely insane–and pretty ingenious, too. Spider-Man, the X-Men, and some other notable players are tied up at other film companies, but Marvel wisely held onto the rights to each member of the

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The Gobbledygeek Guide to the 2011 Summer Movie Season

Ready for some hot fun in the summertime? Well, we’ve got the next best thing! In this week’s episode, Paul and I discussed 44 movies coming out from May through August. Not all of these are sure to be good, and at least a couple are guaranteed to

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Listen to Episode 50, "Dead Smurf Storage"

Gobbledygeek episode 50, “Dead Smurf Storage,” is available for listening or download right here. The summer movie season is right around the corner, so Paul and AJ dive into a plethora of releases from the tentpoles to the (many, apparently) interesting limited releases. Superheroes? Check. Chick flicks? Check. Painfully quirky