Southern Fried Geekery

*Spoilers Second Chances #1, Savage Hearts #1, Sensor by Junji Ito, Jim Lives NCBD Pics: Norse Mythology 2 #3, Cable Reloaded #1, The Invincible Red Sonia #4

*Spoilers Campisi the Dragon Incident; Suicide Squad: Get Joker, Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?, The Unbelievable Unteens NCBD: God of Tremors; Ascender #18; Killer Queens #1

*Spoilers This week is all about Not All Robots from Mark Russell and Mike Deodatto Jr. and Frank Miller's Sin City.  NCBD: Campisi #1, Red Sonia: Black White & Blood, The Defenders #1

We're joined by our friend and fellow podcaster Steve Mowry of the Comic Book Bears Podcast to rundown some comics that are our favorites at the midway point of 2021. What made the list? What didn't? Better yet, swing by our facebook group and tell us 5 of your favorite 2021 comics are so far this year.  NCBD Picks: We Don't Kill Spiders #1, Porcelain #1, The Good Asian #3, Not All Robots #1

Comic Spoilers.  Nick Helms swings by to tell us about his new comic Vengeance: Emergence which is LIVE on kickstarter right now. It's fully funded but there are stretch goals to be unlocked. After we chat it up, Nick Hangs out and roundtable's Moon Knight #1 with us.  NCBD Menu: Superman--Son of Kal El #1, Batman Retillian #2, Amazing Fantasy #1, The Last Book You'll Ever Read #1 

*Spoilers We roundtable Beyond the Breach by Ed Brisson, Damian Couceiro, Patricio Delpeche, & Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Plus: Werewolf By Night #32 Facsimile Edition, Moonshine #26, Immortal Hulk #48, Something is Killing the Children #16-17, Ascender #16-17, The Old Guard: Tales Through Time; Invincible Red Sonja #3, Justice League Last Ride, Video Jack #1 (Epic Comics), Karmen #5, Post Americana #6, The Nice House on the Lake #2 NCBD: Proctory Valley Road $5, Moon Knight #1, Blue & Gold #1 

*SPOILERS Ordinary Gods #1 (25:00), Parasomnia (47:00), Barbaric (57:30), X-Men #1 (1:07:30) NCBD: No Ghosts in Hiroshima #1 (Scout Comics) Savage Hearts #1, The Cimmerian: Man Eaters of Zambola #1. 

*spoilers Happy 4th of July, yall! Put the fireworks down and dive into Shaky Kane and Krent Able's KANE & ABLE with us (23:00). Plus, Demon Days #2 (53:00), Gamma Flight #1 (1:10:15), Daredevil #31, Doctor Aphra #11, CPS #1, Giga #4, Stray Dogs #5, Wonder Woman Black & Gold #1, a chat on continuity, and more.  NCBD Picks: Middlewest HC, Skybound X #1

*SPOILERS This week we steep ourselves into Garth Ennis and Liam Sharp's Batman: Reptilian #1. You're absolutely going to want this in your hands. Then, Matt introduces us to the Eye of Argon Challenge. This barbarian tale is notorious for being one of the worst things every put onto paper. They guys time themselves to see how far they can read before breaking into laughter. It's so bad, its funny. The story, not the podcast... NCBD: Parasomnia #1, Red Room #2, Archie: The Shield #1

*Spoilers Static (31:30); Strongman (54:00); Norse Mythology (1:01:01) Poison Flowers & Pandemonium (1:10:30); Star Wars #14; Brzrkr #3; Planet Sized X-Men; Saga of Krystar #1; X-Force #1(Liefeld); Archangel othe Saga #1; Strange Academy #11; Wonder Woman #773; Parker Reef #2;  NCBD: Something is Killing the Children #17; Batman Reptillian #1; DC 50 Years of Jon Stewart

*Comic Spoilers The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #1 by Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer; The Bunny Mask #1; Stray Bullets vol.1; DC Pride Anthology; Birthright #50, X-Men #20; The Adventures of Parker Reef: No Way Home, Batman the Detective #3; Maniac of New York #5; The Comet Man #1; Green Lantern #3; The Good Asian #2; Hellions #12 NCBD: Luna #5; Planet-Sized X-Men #1; The Seven Swords #1

*Spoilers  The Nice House on the Lake #1 (20:00); Star Wars: The War of the Bounty Hunters (45:00); Red Room #1 (55:00); Family Tree #12 (1:05:00); Maestro War and Pax; The Goddamned #5; Red Sonja Scavenger Hunt; Basilisk #1, X-Men #20; Deadly Class #46, Fire on the Water OGN; Home #2, Heroes Reborn  NCBD: Bunny Mask #1, The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton #1, DC Pride #1

We're joined by Dalton Shannon and Wells Thompson of FourColour Media to talk about their new book Mechaton, which you can back on Kickstarter RIGHT HERE. Giant Robots, Monsters, and Friendship. What more could you ask for.  NCBD Picks: Basilisk #1, Iron Fist Heart of the Dragon #6, Hollow Heart #4, Justice League #60  

*Comic Spoilers* Shang-Chi #1 (21:00); Phantom of the Scan #1 (43:01); La Mano del Destino (53:00); Hey Kiddo (1:03:00); plus a couple of short stacks.  NCBD Pics: Ascender #15, Troggs #1, Zig Zag #1

*Comics Spoilers Justice League: Last Ride #1; Hey Kids Comics vol.2 #1; Green Lantern vol.(who knows) #2; Comicbook History of Animation; Batman the Detective; Krystar the Crystal Warrior (Danzig Cover); I Never Promised You A Rose Garden OGN; X-Corp #1; Post Americana #5 NCBD Picks: Red Room #1; UltraMega #3; Shang Chi #1

*Comics Spoilers The Good Asian #1 by Pichetshote, Tefenkgi, Loughridge, and Powell. Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #1; Crossover #6; Nightwing #79; Baby Teeth; Invincible Red Sonja #1; Monsters by Barry Windsor Smith; Rob Halford's Confess; Superman Red & Blue; and some X-Men talk NCBD: The Maniac of New York #4; Time Before Time #1; Nottingham #3; X-Corp #1

*Spoilers The Marvels by Busiek, Cinar, Isanove, & Bowland; Deadly Class #45, BRZRKR #2; The Flapper Queens: Women Cartoonists of the Jazz Age; Star Wars ESB 40th Anniversary Covers; Robin #1; Darth Vader #11; Beta Ray Bill #2; Batman Black & White #5; Ultramega #2; Orphan & the Five Beasts #2; Haha #4; NCBD Picks: Eden (One-shot); Invincible Red Sonya #1; The Good Asian #1

*Spoilers Shoutout to Kris Isham for facilitating a Whiskey tasting of Kings County Bourbon. Craig and Matt will tell you all about it while they get their geek on with Way of X #1 and the Superman appreciation Power Hour. NCBD Grabs: Babyteeth #17; The Marvels #1; My LIttle Pony/Transformers #3

Spoilers* Hey kids, get vax'd and read comics. Batman the Detective #1 is on the roundtable, plus Sandman/Locke & Key #1, The Pro, Guardians of the Galaxy #13, Daredevil #29, Thor #14, Proctor Road #2, Maniac of New York, Maestro War & Pax, Batman Urban Legends #2, Green Lantern #1, Karmen #2, & Home #1.  NCBD: You Promised Me Darkness #1, HAHA #4, Many Death's of Laila Star #1

*Spoilers THE SIVER COIN #1; JAMES BOND; VARGR 1-6; AVENGERS CURSE OF THE MAN-THING #1; The Cimmerian: Shadows on the Moon #1; Conan #20; Batman #107; Strange Adventures #9; Avengers #44; Giga #3 NCBD Picks: Locke & Key/The Sandman Univers--Hell & Gone #1; Batman: The Detective #1; Supersons Challenge #1; Guardians of the Galaxy #13