Episodes
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Hey Kids, Comics! #350 - A Little Bit of History Repeating Itself
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Way back in 1995 Marvel Comics did the unthinkable - unless you were Marvel Comics in the 90s - they went into self-distribution as Heroes World. This was part of their vaunted, and soon failed, Marvelution. (Read all about that here.) Now DC Comics has found an excuse to do something similar, likely crippling an industry that has been hobbling along since Marvelution. Once quite capable of seeing the writing on the wall, the new corporate masters of the home of Superman have both done the unthinkable and given your hosts Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston plenty to talk about on this (now rather dated) issue of the show.
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.
Saturday May 12, 2018
Hey Kids,Comics! Quarterly #1 - Podcast's Finest
Saturday May 12, 2018
Saturday May 12, 2018
Welcome HKC! fans to an amazing new venture, Hey Kids, Comics! Quarterly!
That's right! Four times a year now your intrepid hosts will embark on a topic or special so huge, so rich with possibiliites that it cannot be contained in a single issue of the show (or is not big enough for an arc).
This quarter Andrew and Cole are joined by DaNae and Aaron of Wonder Twin Powers Activate Show to talk about the rich ten-year history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Meed;ess tp sau. tjere os a ;pt tp cpver and not nearly enough time to explore so vast a topic, but damn if they don't try!
Saturday Oct 15, 2016
Hey Kids, Comics! #200 - Tales from the Tanzanite Age
Saturday Oct 15, 2016
Saturday Oct 15, 2016
Welcome to a milestone issue of Hey Kids, Comics!, the two-hundredth episode!
Saturday Oct 01, 2016
Hey Kids, Coimcs! #198 - Get Off of My Page!
Saturday Oct 01, 2016
Saturday Oct 01, 2016
Welcome to a new issue of HKC! that picks up where a previous issue (#195 - Never Meet Your Heroes).
The intended purpose of that issue was two fold. One was to share the experiences of hosts Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston, as well as their guest Eddie Medina on the subject of meeting comic creators of some note in person. The other was to talk about the appearances of comic creators in their own books. The latter never occurred, so that is being rectified here.
From Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's insertion of themselves into the pages of the Fantastic Four to the whole blamed Marvel Bullpen horning itself into the action over the years, there was a lot of ground to cover. The episode goes off the rails at intervals, yet still focuses well on the business at hand. Take a look at the times when comic writers and artists put themselves into the action and learn about the biggest culprit since the aforementioned Lee and Kirby!
Monday Apr 18, 2016
Hey Kids, Comics! #177 - Comic Book Capers: I'll See You in Court!
Monday Apr 18, 2016
Monday Apr 18, 2016
Let a new arc begin!
Wednesday Jan 29, 2014
Hey Kids, Comics! #77 - Rethinking the Legends: Joining Forces
Wednesday Jan 29, 2014
Wednesday Jan 29, 2014
Your hosts Andrew Farmer and Cole Houston "join forces" again with Bobby Blakey in the latest installment of the current story arc. Join the fun as this trio talks up the cross-company crossover and its long history. From "Character A vs. Character B" to the melding of entire universes, there is plenty of ground to cover!