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The Comic Invasion
by Infinity Break
In this spin-off of Super Cinema, Nikki and Ben talk about the comics they've been reading between their tabletop sessions. If you're wondering if you're going to hear about cosmic inter-dimensional magic and alien symbiotes with rows of fangs: yes, you will.
Episodes
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February 2020: Tokyo Ghost, Ivar: TimeWalker, Pax Romana, Goddess Mode
Special Guest Terra Bosart (the Game Mistress behind City of Thorns) joins Ben to talk about Cyberpunk and time travel as the two of them tackle Goddess Mode, Pax Romana, Ivar: TimeWalker and Tokyo Ghost. It’s a grab bag episode tackling the conflicting nature of multi-medium comics, Hickman’s...
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December 2020: Peter Cannon: Thunberbolt and Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices
Ben and Nik sit down to talk about the innovations in storytelling that they’ve been reading recently. For Ben, Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt, a Watchmen riff that is a cutting critique of modern comic’s dependency on structural formalism by Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard; and for NIk, Marvel’s...
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October 2020: Something is Killing the Children, Dracula Motherf**ker, Doom Patrol
Ben and Nik sit down to talk about the horrors they’ve been experiencing during this Halloween season. Ben’s been reading Dracula Motherf**ker by Alex DiCampi and Erica Henderson and Nik’s been reading Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera & Giovanna Niro! We…
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September 2020 - Legend of Korra, Paradox Girl, Die
Nik and Ben come together to talk about some comics that they’ve been reading in September! We talk about expanding the universe of Avatar in the Legend of Korra comic, the features of working in time dependent mediums in Paradox Girl and why any of us would willingly walk into a Dungeon, by…
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June 2020 - Scorpio and New Super-Man
It’s time for another monthly comic book special! Nik and Ben sit down to talk about Kickstarted comics and working with new twists on old material as they discuss Scorpio #2 by their friend John Robinson IV - with Marco Zuffranieri, Viviana Spinelli and Andrea Smith — and the amazing adventures…
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May 2020 - The Quitter, Moth and Whisper
The Chaos in Stereo duo of Ben and Matty reunite after not seeing each other for a few days in order to talk about the esoteric books they’ve been reading. Matty’s got a lot to say about the world building of Witch Hat Atelier and has a soft spot in their heart for Our Dreams at Dusk, a manga…
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April 2020 - Witch Hat Atelier, Godland, Our Dreams at Dusk
The Chaos in Stereo duo of Ben and Matty reunite after not seeing each other for a few days in order to talk about the esoteric books they’ve been reading. Matty’s got a lot to say about the world building of Witch Hat Atelier and has a soft spot in their heart for Our Dreams at Dusk, a manga…
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March 2020 - Gourmet Hound, Family Tree, etc (w/ Glory Duda)
Ben sits down with Infinity Break Super Fan Glory Duda to talk about their experiences with webcomics and the weirdness of Dracula being an X-Men character. Glory comes into to talk about one of their favorite Webtoon originals: Gourmet Hound and Ben chats about a book that he picked up on a…
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December 2019 - Maneaters, Locke and Key
Nikki’s out of commission for a bit, so Quinn Grey, formerly of Speak of the Devil is here to talk about the comics they’ve been enjoying. We take the time to talk about Maneaters by Chelsea Cain with its meta-textual, epistolary world building and Locke and Key which perfectly satisfies Ben’s…
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November 2019 - Daredevil (w/ James from the Arc Blog)
Nikki’s out of commission for a bit, so James of The Arc Blog joins Ben for a spectacular hour long deep dive into the Chip Zdarsky Daredevil book. We talk about superhero books that don’t pull any punches, the dichotomy between Matt Murdoch and Wilson Fisk and some good ol’ hot-off-the-press...
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October 2019 - Pathfinder and House Amok
SHOCKINGLY, in a complete and total break from character - Ben talks about Edritch Horror and Nikki gets hopped up talking about attractively drawn elves. Thanks to the generous and genuine support of our patrons we’re able to start our monthly comic book specials! Nikki and Ben love comic book...
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September 2019: Judas! Spider-Man!
And now for a very straight forward discussion on why creative nepotism is bad and why successful film producer’s sons shouldn’t write Spider-Man; and why Judas should not be burning in hell for his unforgivable crimes. Nikki reviews the new JJ Abrams vanity Spider-Man comic and Ben reviews Boom...
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Aug 2019: Down Set Fight! Maximum Carnage
Unsurprisingly, Nikki has a lot to say about Venom this month. Very surprisingly, Ben has a lot to say about football this month. It’s Venom and Down Set Fight on this month of the Comic Invasion! Thanks to the generous and genuine support of our patrons we’re able to start our monthly comic book...
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July 2019 - Scott Pilgrim Versus the World, Damned
Meanwhile, in the far off world of Toronto, Canada, Nikki Boylan cracks open Scott Pilgrim Versus the World. Ben takes utter delight in the fact that Nikki is about to experience all of the classic absurdist graphic novel for the very first time. Meanwhile, there’s plenty of demon talk as Ben...
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June 2019 - Die, SHAZAM
No no no, we don’t want popular DC Comics character Shazam to die. In fact, we want Shazam to stick around for a long time. We’re just talking about Kieron Gillan’s new tabletop fantasy horror comic, DIE as well as the massive bundle of 90s Shazam comics that Nikki’s been hoarding since your...
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May 2019 - Order of the Stick, James Bond Hammerhead
For Nikki dives into a long-running Dungeons and Dragons web comic while Ben talks about the repetitive tropes of James Bond - in comic form. Thanks to the generous and genuine support of our patrons we’re able to start our monthly comic book specials! Nikki and Ben love comic book movies but…
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April 2019 - Shazam, Assassination Nation, The Infamous Iron Man
Thanks to the generous and genuine support of our patrons we’re able to start our monthly comic book specials! Nikki and Ben love comic book movies but they love comic books that much more, so tune in and listen to them talk about their favorite titles once a month. This episode was recorded live...
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March 2019 - Venom, Marvel 2-in-1 and Hulk Daddy
Due to some major technical difficulties, we had to delay the release of our March episode. Sorry about that. Don’t worry, all the book we’re talking about are quite outdated. Nikki and Ben discuss their favorite abominations of the eldritch variety in the form of the new runs on Hulk and Venom…
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The Comic Invasion - February 2019
Thanks to the generous and genuine support of our patrons we’re able to start our monthly comic book specials! Nikki and Ben love comic book movies but they love comic books that much more, so tune in and listen to them talk about their favorite titles once a month. In this inaugural special…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In this spin-off of Super Cinema, Nikki and Ben talk about the comics they've been reading between their tabletop sessions. If you're wondering if you're going to hear about cosmic inter-dimensional magic and alien symbiotes with rows of fangs: yes, you will.
HOSTED BY
Infinity Break
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In this spin-off of Super Cinema, Nikki and Ben talk about the comics they've been reading between their tabletop sessions. If you're wondering if you're going to hear about cosmic inter-dimensional magic and alien symbiotes with rows of fangs: yes, you will.
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