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The Scotch And Comics Podcast
by Devin R Bruce
Scotch And Comics is the place where I get to combine two of the greatest things that man can lay claim to: Scotch whisky and comic books. Drink, read, rant, rinse, repeat.
Episodes
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Brownest Day, Greyest Night Episode 7: "I'd rather talk about anything else."
I don't know if you've heard, but there's a new prestige cop drama on HBO. It's called Lanterns, and instead of guns, the cops have rings. Well, at least one of them does. As a fan of the Green Lantern characters, your trusty host Devin R Bruce was keen to talk about it. So he enlisted his pal...
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Brownest Day, Greyest Night Episode 6: "Brought to you by the 2027 GMC Denali."
I don't know if you've heard, but there's a new prestige cop drama on HBO. It's called Lanterns, and instead of guns, the cops have rings. Well, at least one of them does. As a fan of the Green Lantern characters, your trusty host Devin R Bruce was keen to talk about it. So he enlisted his pal...
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Brownest Day, Greyest Night Episode 5: "Good luck trying not to overthink things!"
I don't know if you've heard, but there's a new prestige cop drama on HBO. It's called Lanterns, and instead of guns, the cops have rings. Well, at least one of them does. As a fan of the Green Lantern characters, your trusty host Devin R Bruce was keen to talk about it. So he enlisted his pal...
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Brownest Day, Greyest Night Episode 4: "Jazz. That can't be good."
I don't know if you've heard, but there's a new prestige cop drama on HBO. It's called Lanterns, and instead of guns, the cops have rings. Well, at least one of them does. As a fan of the Green Lantern characters, your trusty host Devin R Bruce was keen to talk about it. So he enlisted his pal...
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Brownest Day, Greyest Night Episode 3: "And nobody got a Bloomin' Onion!"
I don't know if you've heard, but there's a new prestige cop drama on HBO. It's called Lanterns, and instead of guns, the cops have rings. Well, at least one of them does. As a fan of the Green Lantern characters, your trusty host Devin R Bruce was keen to talk about it. So he enlisted his pal...
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Brownest Day, Greyest Night Episode 2: "Is Hal Jordan a McNulty?"
I don't know if you've heard, but there's a new prestige cop drama on HBO. It's called Lanterns, and instead of guns, the cops have rings. Well, at least one of them does. As a fan of the Green Lantern characters, your trusty host Devin R Bruce was keen to talk about it. So he enlisted his pal...
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Brownest Day, Greyest Night Episode One: "There's hail in Rushville, Nebraska"
I don't know if you've heard, but there's a new prestige cop drama on HBO. It's called Lanterns, and instead of guns, the cops have rings. Well, at least one of them does. As a fan of the Green Lantern characters, your trusty host Devin R Bruce was keen to talk about it. So he enlisted his pal...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 31: Leave The Gun, Take The Cannoli
This episode of Scotch & Comics made its host an offer he couldn't refuse. Maybe he should have, because this one almost goes entirely off the rails. Powered by multiple Godfather cocktails, Devin R Bruce talks about: Animal Man by Jamie Delano, Steve Pugh, Tatjana Wood, and more; The Muppet Show...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 30: Five Fingers
What's a guy to do when he's ready to drink whisky & record a podcast and a minor calamity strikes? Well, if he's me (Devin R Bruce), he drinks whisky & records a podcast. And reads some comics, and learns a little about fluid volume measurement. (Very little.) So join me as I discuss a variety…
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Scotch & Comics Episode 29: Adventures in Whiskysitting
2023 was kind of a rough year around the opulent Scotch & Comics estate, but we're trying to enter 2024 at a different angle. And thanks to That Boutique-y Whisky Company's Whisky Advent Calendar, we've come prepared. Armed with a small stack of books and fistfuls of tiny whisky bottles, your...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 028: Neither a Beer Anthropologist nor an Animal Composer
After a slightly extended intro extolling the virtues of Hedonism and Record Store Day, your host Devin R Bruce comes in with a platter of stories, featuring The Comic Book Story of Beer, Rogues, Creepy, and Elephantmen. Will this episode be defeated by hedonism, hubris, or (GASP) the dreaded...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 027: Just Like Falling Off A Bike
Welcome back to Scotch & Comics! It's me, Devin R Bruce, coming to you with the first episode in...over two years? Really? It feels like shorter than that. So join me as I kick the tires and take this old podcast out for a spin. In this episode I talk about a lot of different comic books,...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 026: A Hero of Noble Enterprise
If I don't post a show on Robbie Burns Day then I feel like I'm probably doing something wrong. Also: hello! It's 2017 and I'm still occasionally rambling on about comic books while walking arm and arm with John Barleycorn. This episode John is rather silent but I talk about Astro City, The…
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Scotch & Comics Episode 025: Carry A Big Stick
I've tried to write the show notes for this episode five or six times now and it always just comes down to me trying to not talk about how it's been a while. So I figure the less said the better! Long story short: if you want to hear your intrepid host Devin R Bruce talk about awesome independent...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 024: Patchwork
This episode of Scotch & Comics is trying something a little bit different. This episode isn't the result of a single evening's "hard work" but rather a handful of books spread out over a few days, then stitched back together. (It's fun to spend an entire evening sipping whisky and reading comic...
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Scotch & Comics 023: Rum and Television
A little while ago I was talking with the ladies from the Boozy Boob Tube podcast, and I said that since I have a podcast where I drink and talk about comics and they have a podcast where they drink and talk about television, we should figure out some kind of awesome crossover. They agreed that…
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Scotch & Comics Episode 022: The Lost Episode
Gather around, podcast listeners, as I tell the tale of Episode 22 of the Scotch & Comics podcast, also known as...The Lost Episode! Abandoned shortly after it was recorded because of its strange aural qualities, it was thought that this episode would never see the light of day, but your intrepid...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 021: Let's All Have Some Cake
Today may be "his special day" but that doesn't mean that your intrepid host hasn't thought of you listeners! Yes, on this very special thirty-fifth birthday episode, host Devin R Bruce has crafted an audio grab bag that is bursting at the seams with comics goodness! Open up and find treats...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 020: Auld Lang Syne
It may have been six months since the last episode of Scotch & Comics but that doesn't mean that your host has gotten rusty. Or even gotten himself a Rusty Nail. (Ouch. I cut myself on that pun.) But in this special Robbie Burns Day episode, your host Devin R Bruce delivers an ode to comics....
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Scotch & Comics Episode 019: Avoiding the Obvious Cultural Reference
It's been a while again since the last episode but now Scotch & Comics is officially back from vacation! Your intrepid host was gone from the "studio" ("apartment") for the entire month of June; it was very fun and also EXTREMELY busy, and there was only one opportunity to record a podcast. And…
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Scotch & Comics Episode 018: Atlas Shrugs
REFERENCES! It's a punny title for a not-very-punny episode as your host Devin R Bruce channels the spirit of one of his Podcast Saints and dives headlong into his Regina pile...and also into madness! Will your intrepid host manage to survive the onslaught of his towering pile of unread comics?...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 017 - Nothing To See Here
Pretend it hasn't been nearly three months. Pretend that your intrepid host Devin R Bruce has always been here, talking to you about the glory that is the comic book and the wonder that is the single malt Scotch whisky. And then pretend this is not entirely unexpected! Because boy howdy, was this…
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Scotch & Comics Episode 016: Parallel Parker
What's this? Two episodes of Scotch & Comics in one month? Has the world turned upside down? No, it's just a special treat for your birthday. In this sixteenth episode of Scotch & Comics, your intrepid host Devin R Bruce braves the sub-zero temperatures of his patio to enjoy Richard Stark's…
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Scotch & Comics Episode 015: Comics and Crowdsourcing
In this fifteenth episode of Scotch & Comics, your friendly host Devin R Bruce was initially found a little lacking for inspiration. But when he's running low on inspiration, he does what so many other people do: he turned to the internet! Armed with a couple of suggestions from his Twitter...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 014: Hot Toddy Hotfoot
It's a COLD January in Edmonton but this episode of Scotch & Comics is going to warm. You. UP. We're drinking the world's second-greatest hot alcoholic drink and we're talking - what else? - comics! Join host Devin R Bruce as he reads Northlanders, Excalibur, Avengers Arena, and Killraven, and…
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Scotch & Comics Episode 013 - Over A Year Later!
It's been over a year since the first episode of Scotch & Comics came out. It has something to do with the way time works on the internet. But despite these chronal inconsistencies, your intrepid host Devin R Bruce is back with another installment in the Internet's fifth-best alcohol-related...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 012 - The Retreatcast
That's right! The twelfth episode of Scotch & Comics is here, it's late, and it's just what you've come to expect - but not. Recorded on location on Devin R Bruce's secret retreat somewhere in the Canadian Rockies, on this episode your outdoorsy host reflects on Supergod by Warren Ellis and…
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Scotch & Comics: Episode 011 - Drunk Comics Debates on Scott Pilgrim
In this very special episode of Scotch & Comics, your intrepid host embarks on what (hopefully) will be the first in a series of reoccurring yet randomly scheduled debates on comics and comics culture, with a Scotch & Comics twist: the Drunk Comics Debates! In this inaugural debate, Devin R Bruce...
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Scotch & Comics: Episode 010 - High Tension
In this, the tenth episode of Scotch and Comics, many questions are raised. Such as: What do a 1970s British cop series, a beloved grandma, and Teacher's Highland Cream have in common? Which Hernandez brother draws the best smashed-up cars? What comic book can get your intrepid host absolutely…
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Scotch & Comics: Episode 009 - Nine Nine Nine
In this week's episode of Scotch & Comics, host Devin R Bruce covers his time at the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, drinks some duty-free Glenfiddich, and talks about the 999 Reading Challenge. (And no, it's got nothing to do with a Pokemon-loving former US Republican "contender.") Then, he...
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Scotch & Comics: Episode 008 - Re-Peat Business
Welcome back! In this eighth episode of Scotch & Comics, your host Devin R Bruce climbs on board the peat train thanks to a liberal dosage of the Ardbeg 10 Year Old Single Malt. Fortified by heavy doses of scotch that you could smell across the hall, he then leads a motley group of comics into…
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Scotch & Comics: Episode 007 - License to Spill
It's the day after Anna Howard Shaw Day and what better way to get over your love hangover than with a dose of Scotch & Comics! After going on a little bit about Glenlivet, French oak trees, barreling, and the difference a few drops of water can make, we dive into a strange but satisfying...
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Scotch & Comics: Episode 006 - Hung Up On A Rusty Nail
In the first episode of Scotch & Comics to be released in 2012 (yet recorded in 2011), your intrepid host Devin R Bruce impales himself on a Rusty Nail and talks a little bit about his penchant for glassware. Then, it's off to the races as we discuss a wide range of comic books: the Elseworlds…
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Scotch & Comics: Episode 5 - An Interview With Kody Chamberlain
The fifth episode of Scotch & Comics is a Very Special Epsiode, and by that I don't mean one where we all learn an important lesson about bullying or lying to your parents. I mean one where you get to hear a conversation with a comics professional! On his episode I talk to writer and artist Kody...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 004: The Random Drawerbox Shuffle
It's been two long weeks but Scotch & Comics returns, with host Devin R Bruce serving up another round of slightly tipsy comics conversation. With the help of his friends on Twitter, he goes through a random selection of comics from his long boxes as well as one book from his shelf. It's a big...
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Scotch & Comics - Episode 003
Happy Hallowe'en everyone! In this horror-themed episode of Scotch and Comics, host Devin R Bruce talks about a real Monster of a whisky and then dives into a trove of dystopian sci-fi, monsters, vampires, and other creepy tales! Featuring looks at Smoke by Alex DiCampi and Igor Kordey; The...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 002 - Make Mine A Double
In this second episode of Scotch and Comics, host Devin R Bruce takes a little bit of time to talk about one of his new favourite Scotch varieties, then dives headfirst into the newly-relaunched (don't call it a reboot!) line of DC Comics titles. After going through The Good, The Bad, and The...
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Scotch & Comics Episode 001 - First Shot, Last Call
In this first episode of Scotch and Comics, host Devin R Bruce explains the premise of the show, then wades through a mostly-random selection of comics including Locke & Key, Batgirl, Vice, Jew Gangster, Martian Manhunter, and Incorruptible. Fortified by a healthy dose of Scotch whisky, he shares...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Scotch And Comics is the place where I get to combine two of the greatest things that man can lay claim to: Scotch whisky and comic books. Drink, read, rant, rinse, repeat.
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