Coy welcomes the creators of Teen Titans : Beast Boy Loves Raven, Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo to discuss the next installment in their NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING graphic novel series! A followup from Coy's interview with them in 2019 for the first installment (Teen Titans:Raven), they talk about the journey getting here, learning to collaborate, and the release of book 3 in the series! Plus the boys dive into this weeks Hotline calls with a heavy emphasis on Jakes many nemesis and Spider-man mysteries.
More Box Office BS / The Emmys / NYCC
Coy Talks Y: The Last Man on FX while Jake waits to see it for a very honorable reason. They also talk SPOILER FREE about Shang-Chi and it's Box Office Might! As well as the well deserved Ted Lasso Emmy Glory, Some The Batman Hype, New York Comic Con, Hit-Monkey and Hawkeye Trailers and more!
It's Coy's Birthday!
It's Coy's birthday today and the boys are chatting about birthday shenanigans, plans, feelings, and traditions like watching specific movies and drinking illegal beverages! All that plus hotline calls about creative cosplay, MCU Variants, Spider-Man No Way Home source material, the roles of Rooker, Hickman's X-men data sheets, and a Superhero Parks and Rec!
Wanna buy Coy a BDay gift? Here’s his Amazon Wishlist! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2MHEK72UY0CKH?ref_=wl_share
Fandome Hype / Shang-Chi Box Office
Post Cinemacon with a ton of Fanfome Updates! Diving into all of the quotes from the next wave of DC and Marvel creators. Venom 2 moves UP two weeks, Rachel Leigh Cook's Rogue decision, Shang-Chi box office talk and the worst type of breaking news regarding Michael K. Williams.
How do you Letterboxd?
The boys are responding a slew of hotline calls that have them talking Suicide Squad 3 fan fiction, revisiting the Marvel and DC Comics contract conversation, discussing methods to follow multi-title storylines, and diving deep into their love of Letterboxd and exploring the many ways to use the incredibly fun movie logging service. Not a sponsor. Plus the usual comic recs and all that good stuff you've come to expect.
Shang-Chi and More with Straw Hat Goofy
We welcome our first in-studio guest as Straw Hat Goofy shows up in the middle of an episode like a sitcom neighbor! Talking all about Shang-Chi (spoiler free), the Eternals trailer, Black Canary getting an HBO max movie, Iron Heart appearing in Black Panther Wakanda Forever and much more! Plus some hotline calls and all the usual Comic Recs.
Streaming Kaiju
Coy watched two shows on Apple + and is now convinced they're the most consistently good streaming company when it comes to original content. Jake thinks he's jumping the gun a bit. So the boys chat about the best and worst of today's streaming titans and the streaming vs cable tv cost debate, before tackling some of your hotline calls that lead to talks about Superhero Team Leadership, Doctor Who, a comic book kaiju superbattle between Suicide Squad's Starro the Conquerer and Shang Chi's Fin Fang Foom, as well as the future of the Movie Biz.
Suicide Squad / Free Guy Spoiler Free Reviews
Coy and Producer Jake give SPOILER FREE thoughts on James Gunn's The Suicide Squad (Coy also breaks down the box office numbers and how ridiculous the conversation around them is). Then Coy gives his thoughts on Free Guy, the boys talk about the new trailer for Y : The Last Man, and they respond to a few hotline calls including some Loki talk and a listeners visual interpretation of "Mister Theatre" & "Sir Stream!"
Coynuts and Crackerjakes
Coy went to a baseball game! Like an actual sporting event with people and professional athletes. This inspires some live sports chat from the boys before diving into hotline calls that have them talking MCU past, present, and future, theme park zeal, some dream director/IP mashups and more!
A Couple Supes, a Buncha Bats, and one Jungle Cruise
DC drops casting news and confirmations with Batgirl, multiple Supermen and a whole buncha Bats! Jake and Coy discuss all of the DC updates as well as dive into James Gunn's Harley/Groot pitch, the ethic of Pokémon, Box Office concerns, the last duel, Coy's spoiler free review of Jungle Cruise, and much much more! Plus the usual comic pulls and Recs!
Art from Artist Followup / UFC 264 / Richard Donner
Just two weeks after having a conversation about separating art from artist, some artists went and made some crappy news. Mel Schrute went and saluted Cap'n Asshole like a idiot and you know the boys have to talk about it. Plus talk about Coy's connection to Connor McGregor, the passing of legendary Richard Donner, Wrestling comic books, a Super Hero Needle Drop Revist : Nu Metal edition, some Saga chat, crappy movie comic recasting, and much more!
Black Widow Spoiler Free / Black Adam / What If?
Jake and Coy give their SPOILER FREE thoughts on Black Widow! And give a box office breakdown! It's the first theatrically released Marvel property since CoyCast began so we wanted to go spoiler free in case folks hadn't caught it yet. Plus a Badass Black Adam photo, Something is Killing the Children is getting a movie with Mike Flanagan, we fully catch up on comics AND more!
Separating The Art from The Artist
This week the boys are tasked by a Coycast Hotline caller to dive into a sometimes uncomfortable, often difficult topic to discuss, and that is whether we should, do, or are even capable of separating the Art from the Artist. Nothing and no-one is off limits and for people who love storytelling so passionately, us pop-culture nerds all have different ways of dealing with the issue. It's not all humdrum awful people's awful actions though! We're also doing some more hypothetical super-fights and the usual Comic and streaming recs for the week!
Episode 69 : Heroes Definitely Do That
On this very 69ey 69th episode of Coycast, the boys discuss the new Suicide Squad and Shang-Chi trailers, as well as the glorious new Shazam! suits! They also fittingly discuss Batman's dietary restrictions as well as Transformers Beast wars, release date shifts, filming updates and more! All this plus the usual Comic recs and July Streaming Recs!
Superhero Needle Drops plus Coycast Pirates!
The boys are taking a whole bunch of your hotline calls sparking conversations about hypothetical super fights to the death, the art of the movie trailer, Kraven the Sexy, and more. Plus they search for perfect superhero Needle Drops (a la Iron Man by Black Sabbath in the original Iron Man) and our dastardly duo are pinned against each other in combat of the Pirate variety as they are tasked with crewing up fictional vessels with fictional characters! Who's Pirate Crew wins?! #CoycastPirates
Loki / Fast 9 / Comics Catch-up!
Coy and Jake break down what may be BOTH of their favorite debut episode for any Disney+ Marvel series, Loki before Coy goes over highlights from the first press conference he's attended on behalf of Coycast for Fast 9! Then they discuss the very specific Sony Argentina Spider-Man No Way Home Logo tease, Flash's new Suit, Black Widow's tone and more! Plus the post vacation mega comic catch-up begins!
Interview w/ Slow City Blues Creators
Coy comes back from vacation to dive into a big ol News catch up with Producer Jake: Namor potentially being cast in Black Panther 2, Kraven confirmed as Quicksilver, Souljah Errr Soldier Boy first official look,DC Super Pets' Super Cast, and so much more! Plus a very special in-person interview deep diving into one of Coy's favorite new mini-series 'Slow City Blues' with writer Samuel Haine and Inker John Livesay! Highly recommend this book, and this breakdown of not just this title but the overall comic creation process!
Jim Starlin Dreadstar Interview
On this very special first ever on-location CoyCast interview, Coy interviews the great Jim Starlin. Not only do they discuss his brand new Dreadstar graphic novel alongside but his entire career including the death of Robin, Thanos, Shang-Chi, Silver Surfer, the MCU/Disney + and more! Then Dreadstar inker extraordinaire Jamie Jameson joins us for more cosmic goodness!
DISCLAIMER FROM PRODUCER JAKE: I had nothing to do with the recording of the interview section of this week's podcast. I apologize about the quality of the sound, I did what I could but don't worry. I yelled at Coy. A LOT. -Love, JLB
Invincible : From Page to Prime
The boys are answering a ton of hotline calls talking all about Stranger Things, Stan Lee, Die Hard-a-likes including the Olympus Has Fallen vs White House Down phenomenon and more. Also Jake talks about his recent Invincible re-read inspired by the success of the animated series. What changed from Page to Prime and what makes a good direct story adaptation vs a "based on" adaptation? Plus the usual recs and all the Coycast ridiculousness you've come to expect!
Discovery buys Warner Media / Venom 2 Trailer
Tons of quick but fun news coming at ya this week! Warner Media is sold to Discovery? Guy Gardner, Nay, Guy Fieri! Venom 2 gets a trailer! As does Snake Eyes! Marvels What If? seemingly confirmed for an August release. Coy is hyped for the Guardians of the Guardians Vol. 3 Soundtrack, Jake is a tangent machine, and much more. Plus more news, and comic recommendations, and a few of your delightful hotline calls!