Rachelle Goguen Podcasts

Holy smokes, you guys. Rachelle and Dave saw Endgame (in Dave's case, twice) and they loved it and have lots to say about it. This episode is full of spoilers, so don't listen if you haven't seen Endgame yet. But since the movie made over a billion dollars in the first weekend, most of you probably have. This will be the last episode for awhile as …

DC's latest superhero movie, Shazam!, hit theatres this week. Dave watched all of it, Rachelle had to leave about half an hour into it because her son was terrified. To make up for it, Rachelle and Dave watched the 1980 camp extravaganza, Flash Gordon. It was fun.

Last week Rachelle and Dave talked about some of the game changing ideas that comic book writers brought to the table. This week they are talking about the opposite of that: big ideas that did basically nothing. Also in this episode: a new (boring) comic book imprint is launched by Axel Alonso, Bill Jemas and some other dudes; very positive early r…

This week Rachelle and Dave are talking about the game changing ideas that impacted and reshaped the DC and Marvel universes. Ideas like the multiverse and the Rainbow Lanterns. Stuff like that. Also in this episode: a new trailer for Avengers: Endgame dropped, James Gunn is back on Guardians of the Galaxy 3, and Frank Miller and John Romita Jr's S…

Dave and Rachelle saw Captain Marvel, and they have thoughts about it! Also in this episode: Rachelle celebrated Bucky Barnes' birthday by watching Civil War, Dave watched Grease 2 for no reason other than it rules, and Rachelle reviews the first book releases from DC Zoom and DC Ink.

Rachelle and Dave are getting really sick of winter in Nova Scotia, so they are talking about some of their favourite comic book fictional locations this week. Also in this episode: some Oscar talk, Copra moves to Image Comics, and Rachelle recommends the graphic novel Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau.…

This week Rachelle and Dave talk about their favourite teenage superheroes. Topics include: teams of teen superheroes, solo teen superheroes, who's good at writing superheroes, and what not to do when writing teen superheroes.

Rachelle is away this week but Dave more than makes up for it with an interview with Michel Fiffe! They discuss Copra, Zegas, Bloodstrike, and his new miniseries, G.I. Joe: Sierra Muerte!

Dave and Rachelle gave into peer pressure this week and watched Venom, which is an actual movie that came out last year. And you know what? It was not bad. Warning: this episode is full of Venom spoilers. Also in this episode: award attention for Black Panther, Liefeld leaves Netflix, and a look at the first releases from TKO Studios.…

This week Rachelle and Dave are reminiscing about their first times meeting a real live comic book creator. Also in this episode: thoughts on the new Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer, George Perez's retirement, and Rob Liefeld's latest creation, Major X.

This week Rachelle and Dave are joined by the co-creators of Grandway Comics, a brand new line of classic superhero adventure comics, printed on newsprint in glorious full colour! The very talented Halifax-based team of Jeff Knott and Derek Jessome share the art and writing duties on all three of their current titles, and they talk about what inspi…

It's 2019 and Rachelle and Dave are keeping it positive! This week they run down some comic books, and related movies and tv series, that they are looking forward to this year. They also finally get around to addressing the fact that Stan Lee is no longer with us.

Happy New Year! Rachelle and Dave come back after a couple of months off to talk about the Aquaman and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movies, which are both in theatres now. Crazy! This episode kicks off a new "season" of the Living Between Wednesdays podcast, which will continue until the release of Avengers: Endgame. Then they will break again…

A combination of way too many time commitments, the comic book industry/fandom bumming them out, and having other creative projects that need attention, Rachelle and Dave are making this their last episode for a few months. But they will be back and better than ever! In this episode, they discuss why they need to take a break, their general feeling…

Rachelle and Dave are making good on their promise/threat from last week by talking about comic book annuals this episode! Also: farewell to Norm Breyfogle and Carlos Ezquerra; a first look at the new Hellboy movie (in poster form); Tom Hardy's favourite FORTY MINUTES of Venom were cut; Henry Cavill embarks on a spiritual Instagram journey, and Chr…

Since we all got a look at Batman's dong this week in the first issue of Batman: Damned, this week Rachelle and Dave are talking about what this means for the future of mature content in superhero comics. And also about dongs. Also in this episode: the first Captain Marvel trailer, the announcement of an Eternals movie, the announcement of Marvel l…

This week on the podcast Rachelle and Dave are looking back at all existing Superman and Batman movies, and are talking about what those movies got right and wrong about the characters. They also share what they would like to see in future Superman and Batman films. Also in this episode: a Winter Soldier comic series gets announced (finally), Chels…

Rachelle and Dave are wrapping up their summer book club with Marvel's 1991 event, The Infinity Gauntlet. It was a bit of a slog, to be honest. Also in this episode, Gail Simone feuds with Rob Schneider (as you would expect), official photos of Captain Marvel and Doom Patrol, and the return of This Week in Winter Soldier!…

This week Rachelle and Dave discuss the first book in Faith Erin Hicks' Nameless City trilogy (actually, to be honest, Rachelle went ahead and read the second book too). The third book is out from First Second on Sept 25! Also this week, the comics industry loses two legends, Rachelle gets a great birthday present, and Rachelle and Dave get excited…

This week the summer book club continues with 1982's The Untold Legend of the Batman by Len Wein, Jim Aparo and John Byrne. Also in this episode: our pal Marsha leads the (long overdue) public attack on ComicsGate, Marvel announces the creative team for the new Conan series, Dave pays tribute to Russ Heath, and Robert Downey Jr buys Chris Evans a c…

A huge episode this week! Rachelle and Dave are joined by their friends Sean Jordan, aka Wordburglar, and Alex Kennedy to talk about John Byrne's West Coast Avengers story, VisionQuest, DCAF, the lates issue of Sean, Alex and Dave's comic, The Last Paper Route, and Sean's new album. PLUS: eleven years ago Dave bet Sean $5 that he would NEVER watch …

It's the 150th episode of Living Between Wednesdays!!!! The celebration is...subdued. But there is an action-packed episode planned for next week, so stay tuned! This week Rachelle and Dave continue the summer book club with Supergirl: Being Super by Mariko Tamaki and Joelle Jones.

The summer book club continues with Thor: The God Butcher / Godbomb by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic. Also in this episode: Patrick Stewart returns to Star Trek, Dave's thoughts on Mission Impossible: Fallout, and...there's gonna be a Gobots comic!

The Living Between Wednesdays summer book club continues with Bob Haney and Dick Dillen's Saga of the Super Sons. This is one of Rachelle's favourite things in the world. It's very dumb. Also in this episode: Rachelle's spoiler-free thoughts on Mission Impossible: Fallout and Teen Titans Go. And Dave is still super into Spawn for some reason.…

The Living Between Wednesdays summer book club continues with the first Hellboy omnibus. Also in this episode, Rachelle and Dave discuss the news and trailers that came out of SDCC last week, look ahead to this Wednesday's comics, and talk about Disney's firing of James Gunn. This episode also features improved sound quality!…