Major Spoilers Podcast #790: God Country

This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast we visit God Country, which may or may not be in Texas. We also talk the end of the Simpsons Comics, review Pizzasaurus Rex, Leviathan #1, Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Blood-Suckers #2, and X-Men Grand Design Second Genesis #1. Plus, Teen Titans Go!? Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! NEWS Bongo Comics to end with issue #245 https://www.facebook.com/BongoComics/photos/a.270872009660020.64362.264042953676259/1797389750341564/?type=3&theater REVIEWS STEPHEN BUBBA HO-TEP AND THE COSMIC BLOOD-SUCKERS #2 Writer: Joe Lansdale and Joshua Jabcuga Artist: Tadd Galusha Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 1, 2018 Bubba, along with a cast and crew that includes the legendary John Henry, board the Nocturne in order to head to a safehouse that will serve as the team’s headquarters. But all of this attracts the attention of Mother—and she is not pleased. [rating:3/5] MATTHEW PIZZASAURUS REX TP Writer: Justin Wagner Artist: Justin Wagner Publisher: Oni Press Cover Price: $14.99 Release Date: July 25, 2018 Meet Jeremy Duderman, the most extremely awesome scientific mind of his generation. Too bad everyone's too busy bullying him or just generally disliking him to realize it. But that all ends today. Jeremy has invented the Reality Alternative Dimensionator (R.A.D. for short), a device that allows Rex Raditude, the Pizzasaurus, to enter our dimension. He's a guitar-shredding, pizza-loving party animal with only one thing on his mind: BEING TOTALLY RAD, DUDE. But is that enough to stop Emperor Buzzkill and his horde of hapless minions who are bent on ending pizza parties, skateboarding, and all things rad? And can poor, pitiful Jeremy Duderman, quite possibly the dorkiest dude in the universe, help Rex in defeating them? [rating:4/5] RODRIGO LEVIATHAN #1 Writer: John Layman Artist:Nick Pitarra Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: 3.99 Release Date: August 1, 2018 Poor Ryan DeLuca didn’t buy enough beer for his party, and while he was out on a beer run his idiot buddies busted out some mystical arcana and performed a summoning ceremony—a ceremony that summoned a giant monster from hell! Join multiple Eisner-winning writer JOHN LAYMAN (CHEW) and Eisner-nominated artist NICK PITARRA (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS), along with soon-to-be-nominated-for-best-colorist MICHAEL GARLAND (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS) for an eye-popping, face-melting, reality-defying, nonstop rush of pure adrenaline. COMPARISON TITLES If you like fullscreen monster movies like Godzilla and you watch Game of Thrones just for those glorious dragons, you’ll love LEVIATHAN! [rating: 1/5] ASHLEY X-MEN GRAND DESIGN SECOND GENESIS #1 Writer/Aritst: Ed Piskor Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $5.99 Release Date: July 25, 2018 It’s ALL-NEW and ALL-DIFFERENT! Witness Wolverine, Thunderbird, Colossus, Storm and Sunfire suit up as X-Men for the very first time all over again! All through the lens of comics auteur ED PISKOR, who lovingly researches, writes, pencils, inks, colors and letters every page just for you! The second act of X-MEN GRAND DESIGN begins now! [rating: 5/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK http://majorspoilers.com/2018/07/29/major-spoilers-poll-of-the-week-teen-titans-go-edition/ DISCUSSION GOD COUNTRY Writer: Donny Cates Artist: Geoff Shaw Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $16.99 SOUTHERN BASTARDS meets American Gods in a high-stakes fantasy series that masterfully blends high-octane action and jaw-dropping worldbuilding. In GOD COUNTRY, readers meet Emmett Quinlan, an old widower rattled by dementia. Emmett isn't just a problem for his children—his violent outbursts are more than the local cops can handle. When a tornado levels his home—as well as the surrounding West Texas town—a restored Quinlan rises from the wreckage. An enchanted sword at the eye of the storm gives him more than a sound mind and body, however. He's now the only man who can face these otherworldly creatures the sword has drawn down to the Lone Star State... In GOD COUNTRY salvation is a double-edged sword. CLOSE Contact us at [email protected] Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.