Comic Years Podcast
Comic Years Podcast
Comic Years
The team from ComicYears.com brings you the latest news, reviews, discussion and deep dives from the world of comics, movies, gaming, books, anime, TV and pop culture.
The Batman Spoiler Review: Is This The Batman Movie We Deserve?
Another iteration of the iconic DC Comics character, Batman, is now out in theatres. Matt Reeves' The Batman movie is killing it at the box office, with a totally new interpretation of the comic book character. The new movie blends Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy’s darkness and brooding with some emotional overtures when it comes to character development. Check out this episode of the Comic Years Podcast as the team of Meghan Hale, Joshua M. Patton and myself, get into the nitty-gritty of why this Batman is so great. HIGHLIGHTS: 🦇 Meghan’s non-spoiler review of The Batman: https://comicyears.com/movies/matt-reeves-the-batman-movie/🦇 Joshua’s criticism of the portrayal of Bruce Wayne in Batman movies: https://comicyears.com/pop-culture/bruce-wayne-playboy-billionaire-batman-movies/🦇 That surprise cameo in The Batman’s ending: https://comicyears.com/movies/is-the-joker-in-the-batman-matt-reeves/🦇 The Batman’s high box office numbers: https://comicyears.com/movies/the-batman-opening-box-office/🦇 I break down what the second HBO Max spin-off could be all about: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/matt-reeves-arkham-series/
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Meghan HaleTwitter: https://twitter.com/meghanrhaleComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/meghan-hale/ Joshua M. PattonTwitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaMPattonComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/joshua-patton/Shah ShahidTwitter: https://twitter.com/theshahshahidComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/shah-shahid/ Comic Years on Social Media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComicYearsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicyears/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comicyearsnews Visit ComicYears.com for all the latest in TV news and reviews, not to mention in-depth discussions on the trending topics in the industry from our team of fans and experts.  For media inquiries contact: [email protected]
Mar 8, 2022
1 hr 46 min
The Book Of Boba Fett Spoiler Review
The Book Of Boba Fett is the latest Star Wars series on Disney+. With season 1 at an end, the Comic Years team of Joshua M. Patton, Jessica Kanzler and myself discuss the show at length. We talk about all the good, the bad and the creatively confusing choices in this new show. So check out this episode of the Comic Years Podcast. HIGHLIGHTS: Check out who is Boba Fett: https://comicyears.com/pop-culture/who-is-boba-fett-character-history-and-biography/Joshua M. Patton provides a brief background on who Bob Fett is. Find out who Black Krrsantan: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/who-is-black-krrsantan/The finale review of Book Of Boba Fett: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/the-book-of-boba-fett-finale-choices/What was the choice in Book Of Boba Fett: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/the-grogu-choice-luke-skywalker-boba-fett/The Future of Star Wars podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/user/comicyears/cyp-what-is-the-future-of-star-warsFollow our guests and their work: 
Jessica KanzlerTwitter: https://twitter.com/JessicaakanzlerJoshua M. PattonTwitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaMPattonComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/joshua-patton/Shah ShahidTwitter: https://twitter.com/theshahshahidComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/shah-shahid/ Comic Years on Social Media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComicYearsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicyears/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comicyearsnews Visit ComicYears.com for all the latest in TV news and reviews, not to mention in-depth discussions on the trending topics in the industry from our team of fans and experts.  For media inquiries contact: [email protected]
Feb 18, 2022
1 hr 22 min
Hawkeye Season 1 Spoiler Discussion
The last Disney Plus MCU series has come to an end. And surprisingly, Hawkeye has seemingly topped the list of MCU shows this year. All in a year where we also got WandaVision, Loki and so many more. Check out Joshua M. Patton, Meghan Hale and Roman Colombo as they discuss the entire new Hawkeye series and where it ranked among the rest of the Marvel Studios releases in 2021. HIGHLIGHTS: 🏹 One of the surprises in the Hawkeye finale: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/laura-barton-watch-hawkeye/🏹 Kingpin in Hawkeye series explained: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/vincent-donofrio-explains-kingpin-in-hawkeye/🏹 Hawkeye season finale review: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/hawkeye-season-finale/🏹 Kingpin revealed in Hawkeye: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/hawkeye-series-kingpin-episode/🏹 Hawkeye episode 4 review: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/hawkeye-episode-4-is-a-mostly-low-key-affair-pointing-towards-the-endgame/🏹 Hawkeye learns ASL: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/hawkeye-cast-learns-asl/🏹 Hawkeye episode 3 review: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/hawkeye-episode-3/🏹 Hawkeye series premiere review: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/hawkeye-series-premiere/🏹 For more on Wilson Fisk and Daredevil: https://comicyears.com/podcast/daredevil-season-1-podcast/🏹 Eternals spoiler review: https://comicyears.com/podcast/the-comic-years-podcast-eternals-spoiler-review/🏹 Ladies Of Comic Years episode 1 podcast: https://comicyears.com/podcast/ladies-of-comic-years-podcast-black-widow/🏹 Spider-Man: No Way Home review: https://comicyears.com/movies/spider-man-no-way-home-review/Follow our guests and their work: Meghan HaleTwitter: https://twitter.com/meghanrhaleComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/meghan-hale/ Joshua M. PattonTwitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaMPattonComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/joshua-patton/
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Dec 30, 2021
1 hr 26 min
Station Eleven's Helen Huang Interview
When it comes to book-to-TV adaptations, you need not look any further than ComicYears.com's very own Emily O’Donnell to bring us all that coverage. She continues with another amazing interview from Helen Huang, the costume designer of the upcoming HBO Max series, Station Eleven. Check out their discussion as they talk about the nuances of how to make characters stand out through costuming in a post-apocalyptic series. 
SHOW NOTES: - Emily’s breakdown of the Station Eleven trailer: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/station-eleven-trailer/- Helen Huang is the costume designer for the HBO Max series Station Eleven. - Helen discusses her background and experience that led to her working on this new show. - Emily inquires about how a background in visual arts translates into costuming. Follow our guests and their work: Emily O’DonnellTwitter: https://twitter.com/FaelaiComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/emilyo/Comic Years on Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComicYearsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicyears/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comicyearsnews Visit ComicYears.com for all the latest in TV news and reviews, not to mention in-depth discussions on the trending topics in the industry from our team of fans and experts.  For media inquiries contact: [email protected]
Dec 22, 2021
49 min
The Wheel Of Time Episodes 1-4 Spoiler Review
One of the more iconic fantasy novel series is now an Amazon Prime TV series. So of course, our Book Editor of ComicYears.com, Emily O’Donnell, is following along and reviewing each episode as they air on the streamer. With the premiere of the series now behind us, Emily sits down with another fantasy book fanatic, Jessica Kanzler, to discuss how the series is going so far. So check out this episode of the Comic Years Podcast as they review the premiere episodes of The Wheel Of Time. 
 HIGHLIGHTS: - Emily’s spoiler review of The Wheel Of Time premiere episode: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/wheel-of-time-premiere-episode/- The spoiler reviews of episodes 2 & 3: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/spoiler-review-wheel-of-time-episodes-2-3/- Episode 4 of Wheel Of Time spoiler review: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/spoiler-review-wheel-of-time-dragon-reborn/- The most recent 5th episode spoiler review of Wheel Of Time: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/spoiler-review-wheel-of-time-blood-calls-blood/- Emily and Jessica discuss how the show is working so far, as an original show and as an adaptation. - The two are excited about what’s to come. 
Follow our guests and their work: Emily O’DonnellTwitter: https://twitter.com/FaelaiComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/emilyo/Jessica KanzlerTwitter: https://twitter.com/Jessicaakanzler
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComicYearsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicyears/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comicyearsnews Visit ComicYears.com for all the latest in TV news and reviews, not to mention in-depth discussions on the trending topics in the industry from our team of fans and experts.  For media inquiries contact: [email protected]
Dec 15, 2021
55 min
Retro Review: Netflix's Daredevil Season 1
Before the Disney Plus MCU shows, the TV branch of Marvel first appeared on Netflix. The original series of Daredevil kickstarted their own smaller TV universe with Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, culminating in The Defenders. All the series were adult-themed and featured a more mature look while being very loosely connected to the MCU. On this episode of the Comic Years Podcast, our Managing Editor Joshua M. Patton takes a look back at how amazing season 1 of Daredevil was, and how it opened the door for the MCU on TV to thrive. HIGHLIGHTS: 
👿 Joshua recounts the quality of Daredevil on Netflix.👿 Joshua’s written Retro Review of Daredevil season 1: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/netflix-daredevil-season-1-review/👿 Daredevil confirmed in the MCU by Kevin Feige: https://comicyears.com/movies/charlie-cox-back-mcu-daredevil-kevin-feige/👿 Will Daredevil appear in Spider-Man: No Way Home? https://comicyears.com/movies/more-casting-news-for-spider-man-3-with-past-peter-parkers-a-mary-jane-and-daredevil/👿 How social media trended when Marvel got the rights back to Daredevil: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/save-daredevil-rights-return-to-marvel-studios/ Follow our guests and their work: 
Joshua M. PattonTwitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaMPattonComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/joshua-patton/Shah ShahidTwitter: https://twitter.com/theshahshahidComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/shah-shahid/ Comic Years on Social Media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComicYearsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicyears/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comicyearsnews Visit ComicYears.com for all the latest in TV news and reviews, not to mention in-depth discussions on the trending topics in the industry from our team of fans and experts.  For media inquiries contact: [email protected]
Dec 8, 2021
33 min
Interview: Arcane Editors Lawrence Gan And Ernesto Matamoros
Arcane is one of the most successful Netflix animated shows of all time. With 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s the newest obsession for fans of animation, video game adaptations, and good storytelling in general. On this episode of the Comic Years Podcast, host Shah Shahid sits down with two of the editors from Arcane, Lawrence Gan and Ernesto Matamoros-Cox. Shah gets into the nitty-gritty of how the series was produced and if they knew during production what a big deal it was. HIGHLIGHTS:- Lawrence Gan and Ernesto Matamoros begin by recounting their experience in the recording booth for Arcane. - Shah’s non-spoiler review of Arcane’s premiere episode: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/arcane-premiere-episode/- Both editors break down their perceptions of the third episode. - Shah’s Arcane Act 1 non-spoiler review: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/arcane-official-trailer/- Lawrence and Ernesto describe the difference between live-action film and animated editing processes. - Shah’s non-spoiler review of Act 2 of Arcane: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/arcane-act-two-review/- Is Arcane anime? The editors weigh in.- Shah’s review of Act 3 of Arcane, non-spoiler, of course: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/arcane-act-two-review/Follow our guests and their work: Lawrence GanIMDb Page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2417330/Twitter: https://twitter.com/lawalawErnesto MatamorosIMDb Page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1666688/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1Twitter: https://twitter.com/nettobetrippinShah ShahidTwitter: https://twitter.com/theshahshahidComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/shah-shahid/ Comic Years on Social Media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComicYearsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicyears/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comicyearsnews Visit ComicYears.com for all the latest in TV news and reviews, not to mention in-depth discussions on the trending topics in the industry from our team of fans and experts.  For media inquiries contact: [email protected]
Nov 30, 2021
42 min
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Spoiler Review
Ghostbusters: Afterlife rekindles the fan favourite franchise in a way and never before seen way. Even though revivals are common nowadays, making sequels of a story decades after, Afterlife is something special entirely. It’s been a franchise that’s has a fandom in different generations of audiences. Similarly, ComicYears.com Managing Editor Joshua M. Patton, a classic Ghostbusters fan, sits down with a newly minted fan, Movies Editor Meghan Hale, as they do a spoiler-review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
HIGHLIGHTS:👻 Who are the Ghostbusters: https://comicyears.com/movies/a-guide-to-the-ghostbusters-who-are-we-gonna-call/👻 Ghostbusters: Afterlife Box Office numbers are impressive: https://comicyears.com/movies/opening-box-office-ghostbusters-afterlife/👻 Meghan and Josh start strong, talking about the runtime of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. 👻 Meghan is a new fan of the Ghostbusters franchise. 👻 Check out Meghan’s Retro Review of the original Ghostbusters: https://comicyears.com/pop-culture/ghostbusters-1984-retro-review-a-forever-fun-film/👻 Josh and Meghan discuss how the new movie stands up on its own, but also homages the original. 👻 Meghan’s written spoiler review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife: https://comicyears.com/movies/ghostbusters-afterlife-spoiler-review/👻 Joshua discusses his love for the franchise. 👻 Check out Joshua’s non-spoiler review of Afterlife: https://comicyears.com/movies/review-ghostbusters-afterlife-fan-service/
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Meghan HaleTwitter: https://twitter.com/meghanrhaleComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/meghan-hale/  Joshua M. PattonTwitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaMPattonComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/joshua-patton/Comic Years on Social Media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComicYearsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicyears/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comicyearsnews Visit ComicYears.com for all the latest in TV news and reviews, not to mention in-depth discussions on the trending topics in the industry from our team of fans and experts.  For media inquiries contact: [email protected]
Nov 26, 2021
58 min
Netflix's Cowboy Bebop Spoiler Review
Cowboy Bebop is the biggest anime to get a live-action adaptation to date. The new show on Netflix is the live-action remake of a highly popular anime. But does the new series live up to the greatness of the new anime show? Find out as host Shah Shahid does a spoiler-free and then spoiler review of the show. And also find out what the biggest changes were from anime to live-action. HIGHLIGHTS🤠 Shah breaks down why the original anime was so popular. 🤠 Why live-action anime adaptations aren’t the best. 🤠 Shah’s non-spoiler review of Cowboy Bebop’s first episode: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/cowboy-bebop-premiere-episode-review/🤠 What works about the live-action show? 🤠 Shah’s review of the entire season 1 of Cowboy Bebop: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/cowboy-bebop-review/🤠 The soundtrack of Cowboy Bebop from original composer: https://comicyears.com/tv-shows/live-action-cowboy-bebop-fall-release-composer-returns/🤠 Shah’s spoiler review of Cowboy Bebop. 🤠 What didn’t work in this new series? Follow our guests and their work: Shah ShahidTwitter: https://twitter.com/theshahshahidComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/shah-shahid/ Comic Years on Social Media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComicYearsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicyears/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comicyearsnews Visit ComicYears.com for all the latest in TV news and reviews, not to mention in-depth discussions on the trending topics in the industry from our team of fans and experts.  For media inquiries contact: [email protected]
Nov 22, 2021
27 min
Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer Reaction
Spider-Man: No Way Home is probably the most anticipated Marvel Studios movie in recent times. Not because of its impact or story or anything else. But more for the fact that it promises to have a lot of multiverse connections to the previous Spider-Man franchises, which in and of itself raises countless other questions. With a new trailer that reveals so much more, let’s take a look as feature writer and Podcast host Shah Shahid breaks down the trailer in this Spider-Man: Now Way Home trailer reaction. HIGHLIGHTS:🕷 Shah breaks down everything leading up to this trailer. 🕷 He pieces together the story so far from the other trailers. 🕷 Check out our written breakdown of the Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer: https://comicyears.com/movies/new-spider-man-no-way-home-trailer/🕷 Tom Holland teases a mystery character in No Way Home: https://comicyears.com/movies/tom-holland-mystery-character/🕷 Which comic book story is No Way Home based on? Find out here: https://comicyears.com/comics/spider-man-one-more-day/🕷 Andrew Garfield’s repeated denials of being in No Way Home: https://comicyears.com/movies/andrew-garfield-is-not-involved-in-spider-man-no-way-home-says-actor/🕷 Alfred Molina confirmed as Doc Ock way back when: https://comicyears.com/movies/alfred-molina-confirmed-role-spider-man-no-way-home/🕷 What’s been confirmed to be in No Way Home so far. 🕷 The theories, analysis and predictions. 
Follow our guests and their work: Shah ShahidTwitter: https://twitter.com/theshahshahidComic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/shah-shahid/Comic Years on Social Media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComicYearsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicyears/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comicyearsnews Visit ComicYears.com for all the latest in TV news and reviews, not to mention in-depth discussions on the trending topics in the industry from our team of fans and experts.  For media inquiries contact: [email protected]
Nov 18, 2021
26 min
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