Comic Talk Today

Join Dustin every Wednesday and Saturday as he dives deep into what's going on in the Nerdy Culture from comics and RUMORS  to movies and TV. Then also, when we take deep dive discussions into topics that matter, or for interviews with some of those Nerds who have influence on the culture.

Comic Talk Today is hosted by Dustin and produced by Dustin. Get in touch with us via Twitter, @Generally_Nerdy, by sending us an e-mail.

Comic Talk Today has released 521 episodes since launching on Mar 03, 2018

It's time to catch up on the biggest news of the week with an all new episode of Comic Talk Today! On this episode, Martin talks about the newly announced Mark Millar title, "Prodigy", Marvel bringing back Uncanny X-Men starting with a ten part weekly arc with a ton of creators, C.B. Cebulski and John Byrne may be in talks to have Byrne return to the X-Men, Marvel lobbies Disney for James Gunn's return, and Aftershock makes all their first issues (and some second) fully returnable to try to expand their marketshare. Plus, a look at last week's top selling Comixology titles!

It's a brand new week and time for a brand new top of the pile on an all new episode of Comic Talk Today! This week, Martin talks about The Amazing Spider-Man #3, Fantastic Four #1, Hey Kids! Comics! #1, The Dead Hand #5, The Sandman Universe #1, Red Hood and the Outlaws #25, and Hot Lunch Special #1. Plus, stay to the end to get some recommendations for this week's new comic book day!

Back on Tuesday's episode, Martin briefly mentioned an article in which DC publisher Dan Didio mentioned that the reason for the comic market sales slump was an oversaturation of product and Martin wasn't buying it. Joining Martin on this episode is Ronnie Barron from the Absolute DC podcast and the two discuss what Didio means by this, whether it's a real problem, and how to fix it. Plus, where is Milestone? Did DC forget about Rebirth? Why is Red Hood and the Outlaws so damn good? And how amazing was The Seeds from Dark Horse?

Bill Bere from the 2 Old 2 New podcast joins Martin on this episode to talk all things Batman! Of course, Bill and Martin tackle Tom King's current run and why they're excited for the current direction of the series, but also go in-depth about Bruce and Selena's relationship over the years, and dive a bit into Bruce's psychology a bit. Plus, the return of the trivia challenge as Bill tackles Batman trivia!

On this episode of Comic Talk Today, Martin runs through some of the more interesting news stories from the past few days and offers some insight into their importance. This week, Martin talks about the release of a new batch of 100 page giants at Walmart, Scott Snyder's planned 50 issue run on Justice League, why the cancellation of Youngblood #13 and #14 could mean big news is afoot, Bloodshot starts filming, new details on Doom Patrol and Birds of Prey, Dan DiDio may have spoken too soon, and a look at the Comixology sales charts for the week of August 1, 2018!

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