In The Gutter

“Bucky’s a survivor. He’s out there somewhere. I know it.”Lani and Joshua close up S2 of In the Gutter with the fabulous finale of Ed Brubaker’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier.Comic book and credits:JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Letterer)Get your copy of “How S

“That thing is cursed.”Lani and Joshua talk about connection in masculine community, cliffhangers in serial storytelling, and the value of knowing which friends to call in during a crisis.Comic book and credits:JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Letterer)Get your copy of “How

“I heard you might need a friend.”Lani and Joshua contemplate Cap’s Old Yeller conflict and that dark reflection Lukin casts over the theme of friendship in Captain America: Winter Soldier #11.Comic book and credits:JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Letterer)Get your copy of

“If you didn’t have me, there wouldn’t be anyone who really understood you.”William Faulkner said, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” and Cap proves that to be true when he sits down with Bucky’s file in Captain America: Winter Soldier #11.Comic book and credits:JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrah

“Keep that mouth shut, and you may just get out of here alive.”It’s time for some Red Skull Cosplay and other S.H.I.E.L.Dy shenanigans as Lani and Joshua discuss Captain America: Winter Soldier #9.Comic book and credits:JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Letterer)Get your copy

“Who the hell is Bucky?”Lani and Josh pick up with Cap with issue #8 in Ed Brubaker’s “Captain America: Winter Soldier.”Comic book and credits:Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed BrubakerWriter: Ed BrubakerArtists for Out of Time: Steve Epting and Michael LarkArtist for Lonesome Death of Jack Monroe: John Paul Leon and Tom PalmerLetterers: VC’s Randy Gentile, Chris El

“Time to play my favorite game: Damnation.”It’s Angels vs. Demons and pretty much everyone is the The Bad Guy as Lani and Joshua discuss JLA #7: Heaven on Earth.Comic book and credits:JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Letterer)Get your copy of “How Story Works”Support Chi

“Hell, like Heaven, is right here.”Lani and Josh dive deep into another mile-a-minute adventure with the JLA as the forces of Heaven and Hell start messing with Earth in JLA #6 “Fire in the Sky.”Comic book and credits:JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Letterer)Get your copy

“I just showed you a soul being born.”Lani and Josh sit down to discuss the reason why y’all should be reading comic books: JLA #5 “Tomorrow’s Woman.” Comic book and credits:JLA Volume 1, Grant Morrison (Writer), Howard Porter (Penciler), John Dell (Inker), Pat Garrahy and John Kalisz (Colorists), Ken Lopez (Letterer)Get your copy of “How Story Works”Support Chipper

“Human. I never liked you.” Lani and Joshua pull in Jean David Michel of Megabrain Comics to settle the debate over Patsy Walker: Hellcat or Bad Kitty?