July 14, 2017

Hey Kids, Comics! #236 - The Writing on the Wall

July 14, 2017/ Cole Houston

Watchmen.

JediCole's love of Watchmen is legendary. After all, the man has easily logged over 30 hours speaking on the this title alone on various podcasts over the last decade! So it is little wonder that it took nearly 250 issues of this show for he and Andrew farmer to devote another hour to the topic.

With the groundbreaking mini-series nearing its 30th anniversary, the phenomenon that the Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons opus has spawned, likely much to Moore's disdain. So this issue is devoted to the overall Watchmen experience. Beyond the comic book (and its myriad reprints in various formats) lies a history as the "unfilmable comic book story", a successful feature film, sporadic merchandising, prequel comics, and a future works that would never have been imagined back in the 80s.

Catherine "Mrs. JediCole" joins your hosts as they explore comics, movies, toys, more comics, and animation in the context of the overarching success of Watchmen. Discover why this title has particular significance to the Houstons, learn the curious history of the long road to the cinema, and find out about plans for the property at DC Comics and Warner Brothers.

Who watches the watchmen? "Hey Kids, Comics!" does!

As The JediCole Universe expands, things starting running a bit behind. So the Friday, September 9 release of the show is running a tad late.

This week hosts Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston share some personal stories about brushes with comic book greatness. Eddie Medina also joins in on this trip down memory lane. From memorable hits to misses that sting to this day, this episode has it all!

Learn first hand what happens when you get that big chance to talk to a favorite comic book creator. Was it everything hoped? Was it a disaster? Did something amazing happen or did aspirations simply fizzle. From Lee and Kirby to more contemporary creators, the tales told were so numerous that this issue runs nearly two hours!