The Comic Source Comic Boom Comic Talk Fireside Chat 2025
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The Comic Source Comic Boom Comic Talk Fireside Chat 2025
The Comic Source Podcast
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DC Spotlight December 24, 2025
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Fireside Chat with Tom King
The Comic Source Podcast
As part of 12 Days of The Comic Source, this Fireside Chat features Jace welcoming returning guest Tom King for a wide-ranging holiday conversation that reflects on a year of major transitions while remaining grounded in the creative heart of comics. King discusses the shifting balance between his Hollywood work and comics, including his involvement with the upcoming Supergirl film and the enduring impact of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, before diving deep into the themes, structure, and artistic collaboration behind Helen of Wyndhorn, praising Bilquis Evely’s Eisner- and Ringo-winning work...
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Fireside Chat with Jeremy Adams
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As part of 12 Days of The Comic Source, this Fireside Chat features Jace welcoming back writer Jeremy Adams for an in-depth, free-flowing conversation covering a wide range of current and recent projects alongside broader creative philosophy. Jeremy discusses Aquaman, focusing on redefining Arthur Curry as an avatar-level powerhouse and how DC KO positions him against Hawkman in a tournament setting that highlights his expanded abilities; Green Lantern, detailing long-form planning around the fractured emotional spectrum, Hal Jordan’s evolving role, and the reintegration of legacy elements...
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Fireside Chat with Heath Corson
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Fireside Chat with Tim Seeley: The Comic Source
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Fireside Chat with Liam Sharp
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As part of the 12 Days of The Comic Source countdown to Christmas, Jace of The Comic Source welcomes back Liam Sharp for a wide-ranging Fireside Chat that blends career reflection, creative process, and seasonal perspective, covering Sharp’s return to Image with Spawn: Dark Ages, the historical and mythological foundations of the series, its political and spiritual themes, and his approach to world-building, language, and visual storytelling, alongside discussion of Starhenge, Conan, Batman: Reptilian, Wonder Woman, The Brave and the Bold, and earlier Marvel and DC work, while also touching...
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Fireside Chat with Chris Condon
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As part of the annual 12 Days of The Comic Source countdown to Christmas, Jace of The Comic Source sits down fireside with returning guest Chris Condon for a wide-ranging holiday conversation that reflects on Condon’s career, creative process, and current projects. The discussion covers the long-anticipated return of That Texas Blood with Jacob Phillips, including its evolving time-period structure, emotional grounding, and why revisiting the series feels like coming home, before moving into reflections on Condon’s concluding work on Green Arrow and the personal themes shaping its finale....
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Fireside Chat with Phillip Kennedy Johnson
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Jace continues the 2025 12 Days of The Comic Source Fireside Chats by welcoming back writer Philip Kennedy Johnson for a wide-ranging holiday conversation covering recent announcements and an overview of what has been keeping him busy across DC, Marvel, and creator-owned work. The discussion revisits Johnson’s recent DC work, including Batman and Robin and the Quiet Man storyline (with talk about the character’s moral gray area, the “ordinary person” angle, and the creative choices behind details like Scarface and the book’s mystery tone), while also digging into the world-building...
info_outlineFor this Thanksgiving-week DC Spotlight covering the books of November 26, 2025, Jace and Rocky tackle one of the biggest slates of the year and find a lively mix of event chaos, holiday charm, grounded character work, and absolute-universe bombast, even as they debate whether the buzz around the Absolute line and DC KO is starting to overshadow the strong “regular” DC books. They unpack how Superman #32 quietly becomes one of the most essential KO tie-ins by finally revealing how the villains escaped the Phantom Zone and entered the tournament; how Flash #27 and Justice League Unlimited provide fun but mixed connective tissue to KO; and how Christopher Condon’s Green Arrow #30 delivers another emotional gut-punch of Ollie, Roy, and Lian’s family drama as the run nears its end. They also spotlight the gritty precision of Gabriel Hardman’s new Black Label debut Arcadia with Batman, Green Arrow, and the Question, revisit the escalating mystery in Immortal Legend: Batman, cheer on the kaiju spectacle of Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong, and take a surprisingly deep dive into the holiday anthology I Saw Ma Hunkel Kissing Santa Claus, praising the meta-hilarious Animal Man riff, the charming Supergirl/Brainiac 5 romance, and a Dr. Light/Atom story that may even seed future key elements.
But the episode ultimately belongs to the Absolute Universe, with the guys debating what works in Absolute Wonder Woman #14 before completely losing their minds over Absolute Batman #14, a gloriously unhinged action-packed fight finale to the Abomination arc filled with skyscraper-dropping theatrics, venom-fueled warfare, Killer Croc callbacks, and a chilling Joker twist that redefines Bane’s future. They celebrate Nick Dragotta’s wildly ambitious layouts—now finally earning the industry recognition his East of West work always deserved—while reflecting on how the issue crystallizes what makes this version of Batman so different: a hero who fights not to win, but because fighting is the point. The episode wraps with their week-end rankings, teases of upcoming Fireside Chats, YouTube shout-outs, and a Thanksgiving sendoff that doubles as a rallying cry for the week’s standout title: “Welcome to Gotham.”