The Escapist Comics Podcast

About the show

Weekly comics news and reviews! Hosted by Jessica and Jesse, produced in association with The Escapist Comic Bookstore 3090 Claremont Ave. Berkeley, CA.

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Episodes and Blog Entries

  • It's Disney's World, We're Just Living In It

    Episode  |  October 28th, 2019  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 1 min

    This week Escapists' own comeback king Jacob Rubin joins the J-Team in a rundown gossip from the funny pages.

  • INTERVIEW: Michel Fiffe creator of COPRA from Image Comics!

    Episode  |  October 14th, 2019  |  Season 5  |  42 mins 18 secs

    Interview with Michel Fiffe, creator of COPRA from Image Comics

  • Porky Sandler

    Episode  |  October 7th, 2019  |  Season 5  |  53 mins 21 secs

    This week Jacob's back at the store and stuff kinda goes off the rails but we still review some comics!

  • Li’l Foam Nunchucks

    Episode  |  September 30th, 2019  |  Season 5  |  44 mins 28 secs

    The Escapist team is back with reviews of SFSX, Harleen, and an update from House of X!

  • INTERVIEW! Canto creators Drew Zucker & David Booher!

    Episode  |  September 23rd, 2019  |  Season 5  |  43 mins 36 secs

    Drew Zucker & David Booher, creators of the new IDW series Canto, hop on the phone with Jessica and Jesse to talk about the origin of Canto and what to expect for the rest of the series.

  • On the Floor of Crunchyroll Expo 2019

    Episode  |  September 9th, 2019  |  Season 5  |  23 mins 43 secs

    Jessica & Jesse travel to San Jose for Crunchyroll Expo 2019! On the show we hear some news from the floor and some selected questions from the Junji Ito press conference!

  • The Late Show with Obi-Wan Kenobi

    Episode  |  August 26th, 2019  |  Season 5  |  44 mins 52 secs

    This week we have a look at Once & Futrue, Kieron Gillen & Dan Mora's new take on the Arthurian legend. Plus the ongoing saga of Powers of X and a new title from Dark Horse!

  • INTERVIEW! Frank Gogol writer of Dead End Kids from Source Point Press

    Episode  |  August 12th, 2019  |  Season 5  |  25 mins 24 secs

    Jessica and Jesse are joined by writer Frank Gogol to talk about his new series Dead End Kids from Source Point Press

  • Jonathan Hickman X-MEN Takeover!

    Episode  |  August 5th, 2019  |  Season 5  |  45 mins 47 secs

    This week Jonathan Hickman takes over X-MEN, a new title from Dark Horse, & a check in on Lazarus: Risen!

  • We've Got The ComicCon News Blues

    Episode  |  July 25th, 2019  |  Season 5  |  38 mins 46 secs

    THIS WEEK New comics from VAULT & DC! PLUS details on Jessica's new comic series AND tons of news from SD ComicCon!

  • The Act of Boating

    Episode  |  July 15th, 2019  |  Season 5  |  42 mins 19 secs

    This week we look at a controversial new title form AHOY, plus news from Amazon's Paper Girls series and what's next for The Walking Dead!

  • J-Team Goes Overboard w/ Jacob Rubin

    Episode  |  July 8th, 2019  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 7 mins

    Jacob Rubin is back from his boat trip! We review Space Bandits, Lois Lane, & Seas of Stars. Plus a spoiler free review of Spider-Man: Far From Home!