Graphic Novice records this very special episode in the wake of the big Secret Wars announcement from the New York City ComicCom.  The majority of the episode is spent discussing Secret Wars, but we also reach out to listener "David", provide some weight loss tips, look ahead to Nickel's pending weekend of debauchery, and thank Brian for our Musings of a Geek Secret Santa gift.  After a never-ending discussion of Secret Wars, we move onto some reviews of the books released January 14, 2015. The guys discuss Deep State #3, Wild's End #5, Batman Eternal #41, Grayson #6, Jupiter's Legacy #5, Lazarus #14, All-New Captain America #3, Amazing X-Men #15, Avengers #40, Cyclops #9, Daredevil #12, Nightcrawler #10, and Star Wars #1. As always we finish off with a look ahead to next week's new releases (January 21, 2015). Our "Bring out Your Dead" walking dead segment, is now offered up as a separate release. Thanks for listening...  and stay safe out there.

The guys from Graphic Novice continue to read and discuss The Walking Dead from start to finish, and discuss "Volume 14 - No Way Out" (Issues #79-84) this week.  As always, we are joined by internet celebrity "Sometimes Fred".

Two key members of the team are notably absent this week (for reasons we cant disclose) VF and the Soundboard.  Nickel and Doc use this opportunity to take some deserved shots at VF and sneak in some hockey talk at the beginning of the show. We talk about dropping coins in a urinal, the hype surrounding Marvel's Star Wars #1, and our Top 5 Horror Genre comics, before discussing what we read during the previous week. 

"Rapid-Fire Review focuses comics released on January 7, 2015, and we spends some time talking about Crossed Badlands #69, The Woods #9, Batman Eternal #40, Detective Comics #38, Birthright #4, Deadly Class #10, The Fade Out #4, Nailbiter #9, ODY-C #2, Trees #8, All-New X-Factor #19, Amazing Spider-Man #12, Ant-Man #1, The Punisher #14 and Wolverines #1.

We wrap things up, as always, with a quick and efficient look at the books being released Wednesday January 14, 2015.

After going off the grid for the final month of 2014, this episode marks the less than triumphant return of the Graphic Novice Comic Book Podcast.  We try out a few more format changes, discuss the holidays, and pack in a ton of listener questions, a Walking Dead Trade review, 3 weeks worth of book summaries, and a look at the new and noteworthy from the upcoming week. we go over issues #73-78 of the Walking Dead with "Sometimes Fred" before an abbreviated "Rapid-Fire Review" segment. We spend some time discussing Batman #37, Batman Eternal #37, Alex + Ada #11, Manifest Destiny #12, Rumble #1, All-New Captain America #2, All-New X-Men #34, Avengers Now Handbook #1, Memetic #3 (of 3), Grind House Drive-In Bleed Out #2, Outcast #6, AXIS #9, and Nova #25.  We wrap things up with a look at the books coming out on January 7, 2015 and ofcourse, some TLC.