WEAPONS [2025] | MOVIE DISCUSSION & DEEP DIVE | NEXT ISSUE PODCAST LIVE
Welcome to the live show! Tonight we’re diving into the chilling and mind-bending horror mystery Weapons (2025) directed by Zach Cregger.
✅ What we’ll cover:
• A full breakdown of the premise: 17 children vanish from the same class at 2:17 a.m. and the community is upended. 
• Key characters: Teacher Justine Gandy (Julia Garner), father Archer Graff (Josh Brolin), cop Paul (Alden Ehrenreich) & more. 
• Non-linear narrative & structural analysis. 
• Themes & ideas: grief, community, the unknown. 
• Audience and critic response: what people are saying. 
• Live Q&A with you: your take, thoughts, and what the film means for horror fans.
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Ready to build your Halloween reading list? 🎃
In this video, I’m counting down 7 must-read horror comics — the perfect mix of slashers, ghosts, and cosmic nightmares to get you in the spooky spirit. From small-town killers to deep-sea monsters, these are the stories that define modern horror on the page.
Featured Comics:
🐻 Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees — Patrick Horvath
🔪 TRVE KVLT — Scott Bryan Wilson & Liana Kangas
👻 Exorcism at 1600 Penn — Hannah Rose May & Vanesa Del Rey
🌑 Dark Spaces: Good Deeds — Che Grayson & Kelsey Ramsay
🍂 The Autumnal — Daniel Kraus & Chris Shehan
🌊 The Wake — Scott Snyder & Sean Murphy
💀 Hack/Slash: Back to School — Zoe Thorogood
Each one offers a different flavor of fear — psychological, supernatural, slasher, or cosmic — and together they make the perfect week-long Halloween reading experience.
🕯️ Whether you’re new to horror comics or looking to revisit a few dark favorites, these stories prove the medium is alive, bleeding, and better than ever.
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What You Should Watch This Weekend: Mare of Easttown | Emmy Award Winning Show To Be Experienced!
Looking for your next weekend binge? This week’s “What You Should Watch This Weekend” recommendation is *Mare of Easttown* — the award-winning HBO limited series created by Brad Ingelsby and starring Kate Winslet.
No heavy spoilers — just what you need to know: the premise, why it stands out, and why Episode 1 will hook you.
If you like shows that blend crime investigation with personal stakes (think *True Detective*, *Sharp Objects*), then *Mare of Easttown* is for you.
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Inside the Mind of Comic Writer Tini Howard: Marian Heretic, Sirens: Love Hurts & the X-Men Era
In this exclusive interview, comic writer Tini Howard joins us to talk about her new series Marian Heretic from Boom! Studios — a bold, gothic, faith-fueled action book that fuses nineties comic vibes with modern storytelling.
We dive deep into her creative process, her inspirations from growing up Catholic, and how Marian Heretic became one of the most exciting new indie books of the year.
Tini also discusses her upcoming DC Black Label book Sirens: Love Hurts, featuring Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, and Black Canary’s long-awaited wedding to Green Arrow — plus her time writing Excalibur and the X-Men during the Krakoa era at Marvel.
💬 Topics covered include:
• How Marian Heretic came to life with artist Joe — and its connection to 90s icons like Spawn and Witchblade
• Why Sirens: Love Hurts is one of the most exciting Gotham stories in years
• Reflections on her Marvel X-Men run and creating the mutant magic of Excalibur
• Tini’s favorite new comics, from The Author Immortal to Voyeur
• What she’s reading and watching outside comics (Frankenstein, The Wicker Man, Bring Her Back, and Interview with the Vampire)
TIME CODES:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:02:00 – Marian Heretic Origins
00:15:00 – Variant Covers Debate settled
00:17:30 – NYCC Announcement – SIRENS: LOVE HURTS (DC Black Label)
00:24:00 – Comic Books We’re reading
00:30:00 – Tini’s X-Men and Excalibur
00:42:00 – Tini’s Advise to Creating Comics
00:47:00 – What else are We Watching or Reading?
00:53:00 – Interview with a Vampire talk
00:58:00 – Wrap Up
💡 Whether you’re a DC, Marvel, or indie comics fan, this is one of the most insightful creator interviews of the year.
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UNIVERSAL MONSTER: THE MUMMY | COMPLETE SERIES REVIEW | HARDCOVER COLLECTION RELEASE | IMAGE COMICS
Explore Universal Monsters: The Mummy, Skybound/Image’s four‑issue limited series by Faith Erin Hicks and Lee Loughridge. This review dives into the creative team, plot (Helen’s dual‑heritage, identity crisis, Mummy resurrection),
Plus, spotlighting best panels—from haunting desert emerges to silent emotional beats. Perfect for fans of horror comics, YA drama, or classic monster reboots!
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📖 A brief summary of UNIVERSAL MONSTER: THE MUMMY
✍️ A deep dive into the creative team behind the series
🎨 Analysis of the art style and storytelling
👉 Explore the comic on Marvel official site: https://www.marvel.com
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CLOAK OR DAGGER #1 | COMIC REVIEW | MARVEL COMICS | LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS ARE TOUGH
X YEARS LATER, and Tandy and Tyrone have tied the knot — but their bond has come with a terrible cost. Now they can no longer exist on the same plane at the same time. Reunited at last, the fan-favorite characters from the hit Marvel Rivals face a love story warped by power and fate.
📖 A brief summary of CLOAK OR DAGGER #1
✍️ A deep dive into the creative team behind the series
🎨 Analysis of the art style and storytelling
💬 Got a favorite movie comic crossover? Drop it in the comments!
EXPATRIATE X-MEN #1 | COMIC REVIEW | MARVEL COMICS | A MISSION TO WIN THE WAR
X YEARS LATER, like the fallen and reassembled United States, the new team of MS. MARVEL, BRONZE, MELEE and RIFT rises! They have seized control of the Mississippi River waters that divide mutantkind from the rest of humanity. Feared and powerful, their guerrilla tactics keep them in control — until a high-stakes mission to extract a valuable asset threatens to tear them apart. Can they hold together when everything’s on the line?
📖 A brief summary of EXPATRIATE X-MEN #1
✍️ A deep dive into the creative team behind the series
🎨 Analysis of the art style and storytelling
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