Welcome to Ready, Nerd, Go! Graphic Policy’s newest podcast focused on tabletop role playing games (RPGs), hosted by Alex and Enko. With the rising popularity of D&D and other tabletop RPGs, we wanted to help folks who are interested in learning about the hobby take their first steps.
On the docket for this episode:
Creating your own RPG
Fantasy Heartbreakers
Why they exist
How they exist
Tangents
Music by Alex Grohl from Pixabay. Email: ReadyNerdGo@gmail.com
In March 2025, DC and Realm teamed to launchDC High Volume: Batman, a scripted, always-on podcast series featuring direct adaptations of DC’s greatest Batman stories as exciting audio dramas.
DC High Volume: Batman began with the four-part adaptation ofBatman: Year One, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli and you can listen to the complete series. After traveling the world for over a decade following the death of his parents, Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City to find crime and corruption running rampant in the place he calls home. Realizing Gotham City needs a hero, Bruce dons the cape and cowl for the first time, becoming the Batman.
If Batman and new allies Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent succeed in removing the criminal heads of Gotham City, who will replace them? A new face of villainy may appear, leading to a Long Halloween full of costumed criminals. The cast of DC High Volume: Batman features Jason Spisak as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Jay Paulson as Lt. James Gordon, Reba Buhr as Catwoman/Seline Kyle, Adam O’Byrne as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, Mike Starr as Carmine Falcone, Simon Vance as Alfred Pennyworth, Dan Gill as The Joker, Jesse Burch as The Riddler, Michelle Lukes as Poison Ivy and Kevin Smith as The Penguin.
One of our most listened to episodes of Graphic Policy Radio discussed the X-Men and their use as an allegory of the civil rights, it covered the series throughout its many incarnations and writers. The discussion also veered into the depiction of minorities in “comic” entertainment and Marvel’s continuity. In honor of MLK Day, we present that podcast discussion.
Guests joining in on the conversation were:
Steve Attewell – A political & union activist, Steve holds a PhD in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the founder and writer of Race for the Iron Throne as well as The Realignment Project
David Brothers – David works for a comics publisher, blogs about stuff at 4thletter.net, & tweets about everything at @hermanos. Find his life story at iamdavidbrothers.com.
Gene Demby – Gene Demby is an American writer and journalist & the lead blogger for NPR’s Code Switch team.
Emma Houxbois – Emma is a queer blogger for hire out of Vancouver, BC most recently attached to Girls Read Comics. Follow her @emmahouxbois
Kendra James – a blogger who writes on race, comics, television & more for Racialicious, follow her @wriglied
Welcome to Ink & Imagination, brought to you by Those Two Geeks.
In this episode, Ink & Imagination traces how the rebellious storytelling ethos of 2000 AD crossed into the U.S. and permanently reshaped American comics. From Karen Berger’s pivotal role in opening the door, to Alan Moore’s seismic reinvention of the medium, and the rise of voices like Grant Morrison, Neil Gaiman, and Garth Ennis, this is the story of how satire, political anger, and literary ambition collided with superheroes.
We explore how the British Invasion dismantled old assumptions about heroism, authority, and morality – and how its influence led to Vertigo, darker storytelling trends, backlash, and ultimately a transformation the industry could never undo.
This isn’t just a history lesson. It’s the story of how comics learned to question themselves.
It’s another JAM session as Matthew Klein joins our intrepid hosts to talk about John Cena’s last year before Joe and Matthew compete in 25 Comic Book Trivia questions.
Matthew’s book Crashing is available now through IDW Publishing. His webcomic The Rhyme Scheme is available for free here. You can also find his podcast, Comics For You via Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
You can reach us at the following locations if you feel the need: Alex and Joe can be found on X respectively @karcossa and @FirstRonin4. You can also find Alex on Bluesky @karcossa.bsky.social. Alex is on threads @Alex_K_Cossa. ThoseTwoGeeks@gmail.com
Welcome to Ready, Nerd, Go! Graphic Policy’s newest podcast focused on tabletop role playing games (RPGs), hosted by Alex and Enko. With the rising popularity of D&D and other tabletop RPGs, we wanted to help folks who are interested in learning about the hobby take their first steps.
On the docket for this episode:
Things to look for when crowdfunding a project
Red and Green flags.
Music by Alex Grohl from Pixabay. Email: ReadyNerdGo@gmail.com
One the biggest, maybe the biggest, story of 2025 was the implosion of comic distributor Diamond and its affiliate companies. Declaring chapter 11 in January 2025, the company ended the year by moving into chapter 7.
We’ve covered the story closely but it felt appropriate to kick off Comic Shoot not by diving into details about the year long drama, but instead the impact of Diamond’s chapter 11/chapter 7 on comic retailers.
Joining us as our first guest is Brian Hibbs the founder of San Francisco’s Comix Experience. Brian opened Comix Experience at the ridiculously young age of 21, on April Fool’s Day, 1989. Closing in on 4 decades of retail experience, having been through so many changes in the industry, it felt like he was the perfect choice as our first guest.
Listen to the episode to hear what Brian has to say not just about Diamond’s implosion, but the rise of new distributors like Lunar and Universal, as well as Free Comic Book Day/Comic Giveaway Day!
Welcome to Ready, Nerd, Go! Graphic Policy’s newest podcast focused on tabletop role playing games (RPGs), hosted by Alex and Enko. With the rising popularity of D&D and other tabletop RPGs, we wanted to help folks who are interested in learning about the hobby take their first steps.
On the docket for this episode:
Different game systems/games for those who want to branch out from DnD.
Eat the Reich is a tabletop role-playing game. The year is 1943. You are a team of crack vampire commandos with one mission: drink all of Hitler’s blood.
Music by Alex Grohl from Pixabay. Email: ReadyNerdGo@gmail.com
We’re kicking off a tease of what’s coming to GPTV in 2026 with the announcement of Comic Shoot.
Comic Shoot is a new videocast/podcast that will be a mix of pre-recorded discussions as well as live shows that will dive into the topics you don’t normally see discussed on sites. This isn’t a show about new releases and latest projects, this is the one we ask “why” and “why not” a lot and try to find answers and insight behind the curtain in the comic industry.
This is tough questions. Tough discussions. And no holds barred.
We already have invites out and a list of topics to discuss but we want to hear from you!
Who do you want to see on the show? What topics do you want to see tackled? What questions do you want us to answer in our first live show?
Drop all of that anonymously at the link below, we promise to answer every question asked for the first show, no matter how tough they are. This is no filtered journalism at its best!
