Episodes
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Hey Kids, Comics! #336 - Jingle All the Way (to the Comic Shop)
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
The holidays fast approach and your Comic Shop Santas Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston yet again bring you the annual Hey Kids, Comics! Holiday Gift Guide! Give a listen to some great Christmas present choices for the comic book fan in your life (or for yourself)!
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Hey Kids, Comics! #309 - What Did We Just See?: Thunderstruck
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
Warner Brothers had finally realized that dark and brooding is great for Batman, but not necessarily the entire DCU. So it is only natural that "Shazam!" is the topic of discussion in this HCK! arc that explores recent comic book based television shows and movies.
This week Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston are joined by none other than JediCole's own dad! Amazing insights are had from someone who read Captain Marvel comics (the one featuring the lead character of Shazam!) back in the early 40s!
Friday Sep 14, 2018
Hey Kids, Comics! #285 - Family Reunions: We Are Family
Friday Sep 14, 2018
Friday Sep 14, 2018
"We Are Family" concludes with a look at literally the first family of comics, the Captain Marvel Family!
Talk about a power family! Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston do just that as lightning strikes more than twice in the storied history of those who tap the power of Shazam!
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Hey Kids, Comics! #284 - Family Reunions: Along Came a Spider
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Monday Sep 10, 2018
"Amazing", "Spectacular", "Friendly Neighborhood" - Call him what you will, Spider-Man has long been a flagship Marvel Comics character...and unless some criminal was impersonating him, pretty much his own thing. In more recent years, however, a LOT of new characters have vied to become, in the words of David Pumpkins' beat-boy skeletons, "part of it!"
This week's installment of "Family Reunions" sees Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston diving headlong into the Spider-Verse with a look at Spider-Man family members from the old classics like Aunt May and Mary Jane Parker to the myriad Spider-Men and Spider-Women that have become fairly prevailent over the last few years.
Note: That's David S. Pumpkins.
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Hey Kids, Comics! #283 - Family Reunions: Last Son and Then Some
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Superman may be the Last Son of Krypton, but that has never meant that he had to go it alone as an orphan and sole survivior.
"Family Reunions" returns with Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston exploring the life and times of Superman and the Superman Family. A family that began with, but by no mean ever ended with, Smallville's most accomodating, Ma and Pa Kent.
Discover how much of Krypton's life and culture survived, who took up the iconic "S" when the Man of Tomorrow seemingly expired at the crispy fists of Doomsday, and those that are part of the inner circle of Clark Kent and/or Kal-El.
Friday Aug 24, 2018
Hey Kids, Comics! #282 - Family Reunions: First Family Ties
Friday Aug 24, 2018
Friday Aug 24, 2018
They were Marvel's First "Family of Super-Heroes", even though only two were technically related when they go their start! But isn't that the point of this story arc? To explore how family does not always come from birth or marraige.
The Fantastic Four and all who have joined them in battle or in support, is the focus of this, the second chapter of "Family Reunions". Reed, Sue, Ben, and Johnny may be the iconic quartet, but the likes of Crystal, Sandman, She-Hulk, and even (yes, believe it or not) Ghost Rider have been a part of the team, and in most cases, the family as well.
Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston discover how diverse a family the FF has become over a great many decades from Alisha Masters to a future herald of Galactus, your hosts discover that this is some kind of family!
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Hey Kids, Comics! #281 - Family Reunions: Off the Bat
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Families.
The ones you are born into you can't pick in advance. To a large degree the same holds true for the ones you marry into, by and large. But then there is the family you choose. A term generally reserved for friends, but sometimes it encompasses colleagues, allies, cohorts, and other supporters who become as close as flesh and blood.
In this new arc, Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston spotlight five super-hero "families" that are prevalent in comics and have considerable history. As this exploration begins the focus is on the so-called Batman Family. Perhaps the most dysfunctional and, at once, high-functioning of these four-color families, those that Batman allows to into his inner circle are a fiercely loyal and tough as nails bunch. Discover the curious nature of Gotham's first family as "Family Reunions" takes off like a bat out of...well, DC Comics!
Thursday Aug 16, 2018
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Hey Kids, Comics! #207 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Hey Kids, Comics!
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
With Christmas fast approaching (as evidenced by the decor that invaded retail establishments as early as October 1 this year), it is time yet again for Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston to share their thougths on what comic book related (and a few not so related) items make ideal gifts for the comic fan in your life.
It is time again for the Hey Kids, Comics! Christmas Wishlist!
Your holiday hosts proudly share their top picks season for gifts, stocking stuffers, and more to delight every comic fan on your list! "Hey kids, Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
Thursday Oct 24, 2013
Hey Kids, Comics #64 - Deconstructing Comics: All In the Family
Thursday Oct 24, 2013
Thursday Oct 24, 2013
Deconstructing Comics concludes with an exploration of the family as it pertains to the super-hero comic. Who has the most dysfunctional family? What does it take to hold the family together when someone is a super-hero? Find out as Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston shed light on families in comics!