Al Kennedy
House to Astonish Episode 84
Paul and I have got a tight little episode for you this time out, with discussion of the sad passing of Tony DeZuniga, the unbelievable box office of The Avengers, Marvel’s digital exclusive deal with Comixology, Cullen Bunn taking on the writing of Venom and DC’s upcoming Phantom Lady mini, as well as an extended [...]
House To Astonish Episode 83
We’re a day later than usual, but we’ve got loads of great chat to make it up to you with – this time round we’re talking about Chris Roberson leaving DC and the fallout from that, the return of Devil’s Due and lots and lots of film and TV chat as we look at the [...]
House to Astonish Episode 82
- by Al Kennedy
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Paul and I have got plenty of stuff to get through in this episode, as we’re looking at the new Buffy spin-offs, the GI Joe/Danger Girl crossover, the new version of The Crow, Archaia and DC’s forays into “digital first”, the launch of Thrillbent Comics, Matt Wagner and Simon Bisley’s The Tower Chronicles and the [...]
House to Astonish Episode 81
Paul O’Brien (The X-Axis) and Al Kennedy (100 Days Of Comics) are back for another episode of House to Astonish, with more comics chat goodness – this time round, we’re talking about the new Scott Pilgrim colour editions, the shake-ups on Avenging Spider-Man, 2000AD‘s digital expansion, the Mars Attacks! musical and Katsuhiro Otomo’s new series [...]
House to Astonish Episode 80
- by Al Kennedy
- in House to Astonish
We’re back! After a one-week hiatus (or three-week gap, depending on how you want to look at it), we’ve got discussion of the sad passing of Moebius, Marvel’s Infinite Comics and AR app, the announcements coming out of Wondercon and Amy Reeder leaving Batwoman, as well as reviews of Saga, Avengers Assemble and Saucer Country [...]
House to Astonish Episode 79
- by Al Kennedy
- in House to Astonish
Plenty to talk about this time round, as Paul O’Brien and I have a look at all the news coming out of the first day of the Image Expo and the relaunch of Clint, as well as a thorough run through May’s solicitations. We’ve also got reviews of No Place Like Home, DC Universe Presents [...]
House to Astonish Episode 78
It’s been a kind of unpleasant couple of weeks for comics news, and we’ve got lots of discussion of it all for you in this week’s podcast – we talk about Before Watchmen, Gary Friedrich’s lawsuit against Marvel, Tony Moore’s lawsuit against Robert Kirkman, DC’s creative reshuffles and the results of their readership survey. We’ve [...]
House to Astonish Episode 77
- by Al Kennedy
- in House to Astonish
Slightly earlier than usual (because it’s my wedding anniversary this weekend so I’m going to be away), we’ve got a new episode of House to Astonish, with just shy of an hour and a half of chat for you on DC and Oni’s new logos, the public bust-ups on Infinite, Static Shock and Ashes and [...]
House to Astonish Episode 76
New year, new podcast, and Paul and I have got loads of chat on the launches and cancellations of the New 52, DC’s unusual late shipping and potential new logo, Rob Liefeld’s new assignments, the Omega Effect crossover, Walt Simonson’s upcoming Avengers run, the new Captain America team-up book and Mark Millar and Frank Quitely’s [...]
House to Astonish Episode 75
Happy New Year (Nearly)! It’s our end-of-2011 wrap-up episode, with a special guest in the form of games blogger (and friend of the podcast) Cara Ellison. We’re talking about the big news stories of the year, such as the New 52, the new Ultimate Spider-Man, the closure of Wizard and the future of digital distribution. [...]
House to Astonish Episode 74
- by Al Kennedy
- in House to Astonish
Surprise! Early episode! As we weren’t both going to be around in Edinburgh this weekend, we’ve got in a bit under the wire with a nice juicy hour and a quarter of chat on such topics as the passing of Jerry Robinson, the continuing New 52 creative reshuffle, the Kickstarter success of Ashes, the upcoming [...]
House to Astonish Episode 73
Hello from the House to Astonish! It’s our first podcast in conjunction with Comics Should Be Good, and it’s a bit of an epic – our longest ever episode, with discussion of the Marvel cancellation wave, the Booster Gold TV show, Image Comics’ convention and Ron Marz’s move off Voodoo, as well as a run [...]





