Spawnography

The influence of David Fincher's se7en looms large over this arc. Jim Downing puts himself more and more into the public eye and potentially in my danger. Todd and the writing team are circling the wagons on paying off some of what has been set up for 30+ issues but it seems the ethos of the book has changed a bit. While Todd has never seemed all that interested in the supernatural elements of Spawn, he has married them to the more ground level approach that he's always preferred so we've got a tale of intrigue with CIA agents, the Vatican, experiments and the reveal that Jim downing's name is Kramer? Well, alright.  This week's recommendations are to cehckout the incredible HEADLOPPER by Andrew Maclean - definitely an excellent book for Spawn fans and then a bit more somberly, give your pets an extra hug from Spawnography this week as we've recently said goodbye to our little friend, bubba.  You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.  If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.  Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order. Thank YOU for listening! 

The chains keep moving, a familiar face returns and the writing team starts to pieces more elements of the narrative together. We've joked that some issues are exactly what they say on the cover - an issue of Spawn - and these installments certainly qualify. Kudransky's art takes a small step backward but overall, these are pretty readable.  This week's recommendations are to make yourself some comfort food and to check out listener of the show Noah's podcast The Bearded Brigade, a show that digs into the fun and intricacies of tabletop game Trench Crusade.  You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.  If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.  Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order. Thank YOU for listening! 

Jim Downing and Clown have had a pretty contentious relationship to this point but in the aftermath of Hel's attack on Sam and Twitch's subsequent chat with Spawn, they finally get on the same page. Clown catches Jim up on this whole Hellspawn thing and explains why their continued partnerhsip will be beneficial. We'll see how long that lasts. This week's recommendations are to get into the spooky season with the late, great Tim Curry's The Worst Witch and to check out the latest from comics writer Darcy Van Poelgeest - The Karman Blade  and Doom Patrol.  You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.  If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.  Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order. Thank YOU for listening! 

The chains keep moving and this is a pretty breezy one, all things considered! By limiting the cast, Todd and company have been able to pare down the story to its essential parts and that's fairly refreshing. Twitch and Jim are facing off, Rowand is dealing with the aftermath of his faceoff with Hel and thankfully, Marc Rosen is nowhere in sight.  This week's recommendations are the excellent animated show Gargoyles starring Spawn himself Keith David and Jonathan Frakes as well as Steve Orlando and Stephen Segovia's X-Men: Outback if you are hankering for a bit of 90s and then 80s nostalgia.  You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.  If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.  Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order. Thank YOU for listening!

First, we have a couple of letters to cover which is always fun! Thanks to E and Chris for writing in! But then we are back in the Jim Downing era and maybe we are just still riding high on Spawn: Godslayer but these two issues are actually pretty propulsive and fun!  This week's recommendations are to wear earplugs when you see live music! Protect your hearing! And to check out the ghost story comedy The Civil Dead, directed by Clay Tatum. You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.  If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.  Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order.

Our look at Brian Holguin's Spawn: Godlsayer comes to an end and we are hoenstly sad to be finished with it. This was a really ambitious and exciting work that proves that there are any number of stories that can be told within the world of Spawn. Holguin was a unique talent who left an indelible mark on the franchise and the character. It's a shame that we don't have even more work from him.  This week's recommendations are to make some art, read a book and checkout Michel Fiffe's Bloodstrike Brutalists.  You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.  If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.  Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order.

Our heroes Bairn and Dromo seek out their next adventure in the aftermath of the Urshrek saga and now Neva's deal with the entity that turned Bairn into the Godlsayer takes centerstage. We get into some of the ways that Holguin plays with classic myth and storytelling tropes but takes the time to make them his own through the lens of Spawn. And as is often the case with our show, we wax nostalgic about the X-Men for a bit.  This week'd recommendations are the book Kindred  by Rebecca Wraggg Sykes which examines the life, love, art and death of Neanderthals and Connor Goldsmith and Josh Cornillon's Did You Hear About Mimi Green?, a psychological horror series about influencer culture, cancel culture and the demons we keep even when we think we've dealt with them.  You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.  If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.  Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order.

With Dromo's help, Bairn the mighy Godslayer heads off to face Urshrek, the Winter King! But does he have the power to face the cannibal god? Who is the Summer King that seems to be Urshrek's opposite and what are his plans? And since being slain, what designs does Neva, Bairn's lover and the vessel for the goddess Llyra, have on returnig to her mortal form? Brian Holguin and Philip Tan are really cooking with this one! This week's recommendations are to listen to glam rock progenitors, Slade, and to check out the excellent writing that comics journalist and critic Zach Ribiroff has been doing over at Flaming Hydra, ComicsXF and more.  You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.  If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.  Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order.

Brian Holguin Appreciation Month continues and Spawn:Godslayer continues to rock harder than a wizard painted on the side of van. No, seriously. This book is such a fun amalgam of what makes Spawn great, what makes Brian Holguin great and how riffing on classic stories and archetypes with new characters can be a really enlightening way to revisit and reaxamine those themes. Philip Tan joins the book as the main penciller this time around and we are incredibly impressed with the work here. It's moody, fantastic and really inspired. This really is a masterpiece.  This week's recommendations are: first, the latest from Jane Shoenbrun, Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma, a new horror movie from one of the most interesting modern directors and second, to give an old friend a call, not to make plans or anything like that. Just say hello. Let the people you love know you're thinking about them even if you don't talk all the time.  You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.  If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.  Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order.

We were extremely sad to hear of Brian Holguin's recent passing so we are taking a break from our regular programming to dive into one of his most interesting works within the Spawn Universe: "Spawn: Godslayer." This is a non-canon, high fantasy take on the Spawn mythos we know and love and it showcases so much of what made Brian Holguin a pillar of what Spawn was, is and always will be. This episode and the next four will take a look at this underrated piece of work from an artist who should be remembered along the greats in our opinion. This week's recommendations are Michael Mann's incredible HEAT and the writings of historian Dan Jones, especially The Plantagenets and Powers and Thrones, which collectively are about the entire history of like monarchy and royalty and stuff like that throughout the history of England. You can always check out George's music - La Cigarette at coolbutrude.com and Witch Crisis.  If you are looking to engage even more with the Spawnmunity, check out the always wonderful RE: Spawn podcast and TinySpawny's Let's Talk Spawn.  Thanks to Freesound for being a great resource for our intro atmosphere and sound effects. Thanks to Blake Whitlow for the always useful Spawn Reading Order.