Fantasy Comic League: March 2016

The All-New, All-Different Avengers assembled for Brian and delivered him his second straight victory. Johnny continued his slow crawl up the ladder and Lash remained in the cellar. Shaun’s unorthodox approach to the draft earned him third place and introduced Howard the Duck and Adam Warlock to the league. The rookies only managed 15 points between the…

Episode 60 – Probing Deadpool’s Popularity

The Mixed Marvel Arts Podcast pushes the limit of iTunes’ “Explicit” tag, similar to how Deadpool pushed the boundaries of the Motion Picture Association of America’s film-rating system. Fair warning: this episode features a questionable amount of analingus jokes, but blame the hypersexual exploits of Deadpool. Nate returns to the MMA Podcast as the crew…

Fantasy Comic League: February 2016

Johnny triumphant! Not really, but it had been a full year, since February 2015, since he placed higher than last in the Fantasy Comic League. Spider-Man’s league-leading, twenty-point month netted Johnny a third place finish and slightly edged out Lash’s team by one point. Lash retained three-quarters of his January-winning team and secured the same number of overall points,…

Episode 58 – Awakening Marvel’s Secret Wars

The Mixed Marvel Arts Podcast goes to war! Brian negatively dwells on recent, tragic events in the real world, while Shaun attempts to be more of an optimist and believes “Everything Lives!” The duo respectively embody the dark and the light; Brian’s Dr. Doom/Kylo Ren to Shaun’s Reed Richards/Finn. But both agree that Marvel’s Secret Wars comic event…

Fantasy Comic League: January 2016

A new year brings with it a new season of the Fantasy Comic League. Lash, the League’s most freshman player, finally broke the hold Brian and Shaun have held on first place finishes. Lash secured the first victory of 2016 thanks to Iron Man’s strong month in which he scored at least one point in each category. Tony tied Deadpool…

Secret Wars Review: Founding The Future (Part Three of Three)

Sometime during Jonathan Hickman’s ambitious three year Avengers’ epic, arguably seven years if you include his Fantastic Four run, a term emerged among his fans; “In Hickman, We Trust.” Hickman, notorious for his grand plans and often criticized for slowly unraveling them, asked Marvel and their readers to put their faith in him. Marvel did…

Secret Wars Review: Recap and Ruin (Part One of Three)

Sometime during Jonathan Hickman’s ambitious three year Avengers’ epic, arguably seven years if you include his Fantastic Four run, a term emerged among his fans; “In Hickman, We Trust.” Hickman, notorious for his grand plans and often criticized for slowly unraveling them, asked Marvel and their readers to put their faith in him. Marvel did…