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43: Sweet Tooth, Vol 3: Animal Armies

Under the Comic Covers wishes you all a happy holiday season, and in honor of the festivities, we present to you this special episode, stripped of all of the accouterments of a normal episode; listener feedback, news, Top of the Stack... instead, we take a dip into the sad genius of Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth, Vol 3: Animal Armies.

Chapters

  1. Intro    (0:00)    
  2. Sweet Tooth, Vol 3: Animal Armies   (5:24)
  3. End   (40:45)

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Category:comics -- posted at: 7:41pm PDT

42: Manifest Destiny #12; Sweet Tooth Vol. 2: In Captivity

This week, Under the Comic Covers covers an issue of one of our favorite books, Manifest Destiny #12, as well as the second volume of Jeff Lemire's remarkable Sweet Tooth. Plus in addition to our usually bounty of news, letters, and gibberish... we also announce the winner of our Saga Deluxe HC contest. How can you possibly resist.

We also have a chat about our Top of the Stack picks: Afterlife with Archie by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Rancesco Francavilla; and Red Rocket 7 by Michael Allred.

And if interested in the IGN Readers' Choice Award Nominations, the link is here.

Chapters

  1. Intro    (0:00)    
  2. UtCC News of the Week  (1:54)
  3. Contest Winner Announcement  (8:00)
  4. Manifest Destiny #12  (10:25)
  5. West Words Redux (Listener Mail)  (31:59)
  6. Sweet Tooth Vol. 2: In Captivity  (44:21)
  7. Top of the Stack: Red Rocket 7; Afterlife with Archie  (1:16:39)
  8. End   (1:25:13)

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Category:comics -- posted at: 1:16am PDT

41: The Walking Dead #135; Copperhead #4; Sex Criminals #9

This week Under the Comic Covers dives into three extraordinary titles (and it's a long one)... The Walking Dead #135: Face to Face; Copperhead #4; and Sex Criminals #9: Ana.

In addition to these great books, we also take a moment during our Sex Criminals segment to go over a few bits from Fraction & Zdarsky's Just the Tips, we cover some great news, and go over a couple of great books in our Top of the Stack segment. This week we spotlight Image Comics' Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro and Valiant's Quantum and Woody by Jasmes Asmus and Tom Fowler.

And as always, we answer your emails and make utter fools of ourselves for your enjoyment. Are you not entertained!

Chapters

  1. Intro    (0:00)    
  2. UtCC News of the Week  (3:11)
  3. The Walking Dead #135: Face to Face  (10:43)
  4. The Hilltop Mail Sack  (31:52)
  5. Copperhead #4  (48:06)
  6. Copperhead Native Express  (1:04:07)
  7. Sex Criminals #9  (1:08:22)
  8. Mail Sack St. Cocaine  (1:44:20)
  9. Top of the Stack: Bitch Planet; Quantum and Woody  (1:59:30)
  10. End   (2:13:28)

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Category:comics -- posted at: 8:16pm PDT

40: Nailbiter #8; Chew #45

This week, Under the Comic Covers discuss the latest issue of Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson's always creepy and entertaining Nailbiter and John Layman and Rob Guillory's tragically delicious final issue of Chew's Chicken Tenders arc.

Along the way we cover some strange and often tangential topics. In our news segment there are name changes and assault charges, we take a brief look into Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky's Just the Tips, a sexual manual for those so inclined (those being fictional people with more than a few mental issues), a patriotic tribute to one of the comic worlds greatest fallen hero, and in our Top of the Stack segment we (meaning Mr. Blahg) talk at great length about the entire Planet of the Apes franchise as Grace picks Michael Moreci and Dan McDade's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes comic from BOOM Comics, and Mr. Blahg makes a very sober selection with Robbie Morrison and Charlie Adlard's White Death from Image Comics.

And of course... as always... we answer your emails and blather on for ages about a whole lot of nothing... but dag nabbit, we do hope you find it to be entertaining.

Chapters

  1. Intro    (0:00)    
  2. UtCC News of the Week  (3:45)
  3. Nailbiter #8  (12:34)
  4. Buckaroo Mail  (30:31)
  5. Chew #45  (37:57)
  6. Chew Mail  (1:05:57)
  7. Top of the Stack; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes #1, White Death  (1:20:37)
  8. End   (1:42:14)

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Category:comics -- posted at: 9:29am PDT

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