Episodes
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Hey Kids, Comics! #351 - Odds and Monsters
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
There are some really oddball characters in comics. And sometimes they inexplicably make it into the mainstream. Not always, but at times it does happen and leaves fans scratching their collective heads. Thus your hosts Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston find themselves talking about some of their favorites. And some of their least favorite characters as well!
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Hey Kids, Comics! #342 - Guided Tours
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
How do you get fans excited about the shared universe that is populated by hundreds of characters from the familiar to the obscure? Well if you are comic book publisher in the 80s, you create the definitive guide to (almost) every single character in the catalog. And that is exactly what Marvel and DC (most famously) did with "Marvel Universe" and "Who's Who". At least twice! Discover these and more as Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston act as your guide to the universe guides of the past.
Friday Aug 01, 2014
Hey Kids, Comics! #99 - HKC! Team-Up #4: Great Lakes Avengers
Friday Aug 01, 2014
Friday Aug 01, 2014
What happens when you give a legendary writer/artist controlof a popular comic book franchise like the Avengers? Well, if the talent in question is John Byrneand the title is The West Coast Avengers,then anything is possible…including the creation of the Great Lakes Avengers!
Perhaps the oddest super-hero group of its day, this curiousassembly not only graced the pages of the Avengers spin-off title, but even gota mini-series and a one-shot of their own. Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston, with special guest Catherine Houston,take a look at the oddball heroes that keep the Great Lakes area safe from allmanner of crimes.