Swamp Things

27/04/2024

I hope people enjoyed Season 2.

"If there is truly a heaven, sweet Linda... I pray to God you're happy there... And there must be a heaven... because I know there is a hell... I'm living in that hell right now...!" We reach the end of the second season with "The Leviathan Conspiracy" wrapping up Len Wein's orignal run. Nestor Redo...

27/04/2024

https://swampthingspod.libsyn.com/s2e21-the-eternity-man

"Home..? Who'd have ever thought that one day... I would call this dismal bog home..." Len Wein and Nestor Redondo explore the cursed, never ending life of Milo Mobius in this time travel adventure. It's a definite change of pace for Swamp Thing as we near the end of Len Wein's run. Reader: Nat Almi...

31/03/2024

There's the possibility of the spiked Swamp Thing #88 getting published. DC is soliciting opinions. Please send in a respectful email.

Once upon a time there was a comic called Swamp Thing which saw a critically acclaimed run, by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and Rick Veitch.

20/02/2024

https://swampthingspod.libsyn.com/s2e11-the-conqueror-worms

"How long he has stood here, gazing sadly at the ruptured ruins of the mouldering barn that was once his private laboratory, he cannot remember-- nor would it truly matter if he did--" It's a changing of the guard as Nestor Redondo steps in to art duties after Bernie Wrightson had left. Returning gu...

20/02/2024

https://swampthingspod.libsyn.com/s2e10-the-man-who-would-not-die

"For the screamng is loud and long and frightening --- and laced wth maniacal laughter that sends snakes skittering into the underbrush  --- night-birds sailing off into an angry sky --- and, at last, the screaming stops!" The end of the Bernie Wrightson run is reached with Issue #10 of Swamp T...

20/02/2024

https://swampthingspod.libsyn.com/s2e09-the-stalker-from-beyond

"Don't play so high an' mighty with me, Cable. I'll bet there's something in your life you've felt exactly the same way about." This month, Ryan Lower from comes on the podcast to discuss "The Stalker from Beyond" by Len Wein, Bernie Wrightson, and Michael Wm. Kaluta. There's a lot to unpack in a st...

20/02/2024

https://swampthingspod.libsyn.com/s2e08-the-lurker-in-tunnel-13

"There wasn't any natural way to restore the mines... so my pappy... he started checking into unnatural ways... the occult... and the supernatural... Then one night... I guesss he thought he was ready... He gathered up all the mystic books as such he'd been collecting... and carried them into the mi...

22/04/2023

Swamp Things Podcast : S2E07 "The Night of the Bat"

01/01/2023

Swamp Things Podcast : S2E04 "Monster on the Moors"

31/10/2022

Swamp Things Podcast : S2E01 "Dark Genesis"

29/10/2022

Season 2 kicks off on Monday with a discussion on Wein and Wrightson's Swamp Thing #1 "Dark Genesis".

20/08/2022

Multiple episodes have been recorded for a Season 2 focusing on Wein and Wrightson. Right now, I'm targeting Halloween for a new episode drop.

20/09/2021

New podcast tomorrow. Keep a look out.

05/09/2021

New episode tomorrow.

16/08/2021

"He was beautiful. He was other. He was of my flesh." A brand new format and a particularly experimental issue #60 entitled "Loving the Alien" greeted readers of Swamp Thing in 1987. Alan Moore and John Totleben stretch what comics could do in the issue. And Robert and guest Nat Almirall are here to discuss all the implications.

02/08/2021

"Why eons of torment shan't begin to settle that debt. I'm told you're still accumulating interest!" Stephen Bissette, aided by artists Rick Veitch and Alfredo Alcala, take the reins in Swamp Thing #59 titled "Reunion". Rob Veatch revisits the podcast to discuss the issue.

05/07/2021

"Why can't these people ever handle their own problems?" Chris Clow guests on the podcast to discuss Swamp Thing #57 entitled "Mysteries in Space" as Swamp Thing gets whisked off to Rann and the world of Adam Strange courtesy of Alan Moore and Rick Veitch.

07/06/2021

"If you wear black, then kindly irritating strangers will touch your arm consolingly and inform you that the world keeps turning." A funeral is held in Swamp Thing #55 entitled "Earth to Earth". It's a common occurrence in life, but uncommon in comic books. Robert is joined by Samantha Kacho to discuss the latest issue, funerals, and grief in general.

17/05/2021

"All we have in common is the horror in our lives." Abby is left to pick up the pieces of her life and Liz Treymayne's in Swamp Thing #54 titled "The Flowers of Romance". Alan Moore and Rick Veitch delve deep into grief and toxic masculinity in a story that's years ahead of the movement. Robert is joined by Samantha Kacho to discuss the latest issue.

16/05/2021

New episode tomorrow!

03/05/2021

"The war is won. Gotham just hasn't realized it yet" We conclude the double sized Swamp Thing #53 entitled "The Garden of Earthly Delights" as Swamp Thing's siege of Gotham concludes in an unexpected manner. Robert is joined by Cody Lang to discuss the conclusion of a story months in the making.

02/05/2021

New episode tomorrow morning!

19/04/2021

"Can we talk?" We kick off our discussion of the double sized Swamp Thing #53 entitled "The Garden of Earthly Delights" as Batman battles Swamp Thing who has turned Gotham into a literal urban jungle. It's the year of The Dark Knight Returns and Robert is joined by Cody Lang to discuss this seminal showdown.

17/04/2021

New episode Monday. A very big and important issue in the run will be featured.

05/04/2021

"You can shoot the animals in the forest but you cannot shoot the forest." The podcast returns as Swamp Thing arrives in Gotham to free Abby in issue 52 entitled "Natural Consequences". Robert is joined by Dr. Cody Lang to discuss it.