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by Charles Herring & Javier Gonzalez

Jav & Charles Talk Comics is a podcast where they discuss comic arcs they suggest to each other. Jav makes Charles read comics he missed in the 80's and Charles lets Jav experience the blossoming of the comic book art form over the last 20 years. Charles wrote this description with no input from Jav.

Podcast episodes

  • Season 3

  • S3E17 Watchmen and House of M

    S3E17 Watchmen and House of M

    In which Charles compares Watchmen to Gwenpool and it makes sense. In this extremely late final episode of Season 3 Jav and Charles discuss the granddaddy of all graphic novels Watchmen. They both loved it. The second comic they read was House of M and although they spend a lot less time talking about it they both enjoyed it very much. Tune in for Episode 1 of Season 4 when they talk about Superman: Red Son and House of X / Powers of X. Watchmen Written by Alan Moore Art by Dave Gibbons House of M Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Olivier Coipel

  • S3E16 Spider-Man Noir and Proctor Valley Road

    S3E16 Spider-Man Noir and Proctor Valley Road

    In the penultimate episode of Season 3 our heroes battle through their many mistakes to discuss two fun comics. A 30’s Spider-Man and a group of young ladies in the 70’s who fight ghosts and win. Spider-Man Noir Written by David Hine, Fabrice Sapolsky Art by Carmine DI Giandomenico Proctor Valley Road Written by Grant Morrison, Alex Child Art by Naomi Franquiz

  • S3E15 Wonder Twins and 30 Days of Night

    S3E15 Wonder Twins and 30 Days of Night

    In which our heroes celebrate Halloween with a truly macabre vampire comic as Jav tries to scare Charles who is a know horror hater. It backfires when Charles really like 30 Days of Night, especially cause there were no zombies in it. They also read Wonder Twins who even though one of them only turns into water, teach all of us about the unfairness of the world we live in and Thunder Lust!Wonder Twins Written by Mark Russell Art by Stephen Byrne30 Days of Night Written by Steve Niles Art by Ben Templesmith

  • S3E14 Hawkeye and The Sentry

    S3E14 Hawkeye and The Sentry

    In which our heroes answer the question on everyone’s minds, are Sue and Reed Richards swingers? The answer might surprise you. And Jav excoriates Taylor Swift with his most damning attack, “Taylor Swift is OK.” Charles, however, welcomes our new Swiftian Overlord and as a trusted podcaster is willing to assist her in spreading her message to the unworthy masses. They also talk about two comic books.Hawkeye V3 Written by Matt Fraction Art by Annie Wu, Javier PulidoThe Sentry Written by Paul Jenkins Art by Jae Lee

  • S3E13 Superman: Secret Identity and Mister Miracle

    S3E13 Superman: Secret Identity and Mister Miracle

    In which our heroes talk about the two best comics they’ve talked about on a podcast. Superman: Secret Identity and Mister Miracle may not be better than every other comic we’ve read but this is the first comic where both suggestions were both this amazing.Superman: Secret Identity Written by Kurt Busiek Art by Stuart ImmonenMister Miracle Written by Tom King Art by Mitch Gerads