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Spider-Woman: An inside look with Karla Pacheco and her mom

Episode Summary

This week we welcome Spider-Woman writer Karla Pacheco along with her mother to discuss her series, working with Pere Pérez and more. Plus, we dig into Karla's childhood with her mother and learn more about the hit writer's life! 

Episode Notes

NEWS

Starting with the biggest news, we discuss the May 2021 Marvel Comics solicitations which include the new Star Wars event ‘War of the Bounty Hunters. Also in marvel news, a new teaser for the Fantastic Four 60th anniversary was revealed.

DC Comics stunned the world this week with big news like their celebrating classic films with new series Superman ’78 and Batman ’89, DC teased new 2021 series at the ComicsPro retailer event as well as showing off new Snyder Cut variant covers.

Image Comics made waves this week too as Todd MacFarlane announced four new Spawn titles in a new shared universe push. Image Comics also revealed plenty of new series like the reworking of Savage Dragon #259 into North Force #0, Aquarius: The Book of Mer, and The Good Asian. Sadly though, news revealed Die is coming to an end with its last story arc starting in May. It was also reported The Department of Truth is getting optioned for a television series. Finally, Dark Horse is coming in hot with a new The Witcher miniseries and Far Cry series.

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

  1. Iron Man (2020) #6 (W: Christopher Cantwell, A: Cafu)
  2. Immortal Hulk: Flatline (W/A: Declan Shalvey)

Nathan:

  1. TMNT: The Last Ronin #2 (W: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz, A: Esau & Isaac Escorza, Kevin Eastman)
  2. M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #3 (W: Jordan Blum & Patton Oswalt, A: Scott Hepburn)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

  1. Dave: Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy #6 (W: Jeff Lemire, A: Tonci Zonjiv)
  2. Nathan: The Department of Truth #6 (W: James Tynion IV, A: Elsa Charretier)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

  1. Dave: Spawn #315 (Capullo & McFarlane Cover)
  2. Nathan: Batman Black & White #3 (Sana Takeda cover)

Segment: Interview - Karla Pacheco and her mother Alison