The ApeCast

A new Ape-och begins, as Jack and Geoff move into the modern POTA era with a look at Rise of the Planet of the Apes…the comic! Boom! Studios released this short comic prequel online prior to the rel…

Another Ape-och draws to a close, as Jack and Geoff discuss the final tale in the Boom! Studios Before the Fall Omnibus, The Scroll! As they see where things all began for Aleron, your two Apes host…

The final cataclysm is about to catalyze, as Boom! Studios’ POTA Cataclysm draws to a close! Jack and Geoff are talking hastily-resolved chimp uprisings, shocking mutant impersonation reveals, and a…

With the strange case of the mutant apes behind them, Jack and Geoff return to Ape City for more classic inter-/intra-ape conflict as Boom! Studios’ POTA Cataclysm nears its end! The chimps are a-…

The ape mutants are real, and they must be reckoned with! Continuing further into the cavernous depths of Boom! Studios’ POTA Cataclysm, Jack & Geoff encounter a mutually-beneficial survival-collabo…

December! The nog is flowing, the fireplace is stoked, and on your radio it’s the annual ApeCast Apesmas Extravaganza! Erin Clarke, Kev Young and a jetlagged Sam Stovold are all here as we honour 20…

Back to all things cataclysmic, as Jack and Geoff look at issues 5 and 6 of Boom! Studios’ POTA Cataclysm! As Ape City begins to rebuild from the devastation wrought by the destruction of the moon, …

Jack and Geoff temporarily shift away from the cataclysmic events on the POTA for a look at writer/director Jordan Peele’s superlative Nope! With returning guest Barm, the three unpack the film’s su…

The fall of the moon was just the beginning, as Boom! Studios’ POTA Cataclysm continues! Amidst rising flood waters and increasing Ape casualties, Cornelius harnesses the heroism within, a familiar …

And now for something completely CATACLYSMIC, as Jack and Geoff look at the first two chapters of Boom! Studios’ twelve-part POTA: Cataclysm! As a strangely knowledgeable pistol-packing ape priest w…

As the Apes world Terns, so too do Jack and Geoff as they turn towards the conclusion of Boom! Studios Exile on the POTA! A massive showdown is a-brewin’, as Dr. Zaius and his army of the apes squar…

After the Betrayal cometh the Exile! Jack and Geoff continue their exploration of the Boom! Apes’ oeuvre with a look at the first half of Exile on the POTA! As chimp scientist Prisca adjusts to a di…

Jack and Geoff are joined by Sam Stovold for the conclusion of Boom! Studios’ Betrayal of the POTA! As Aleron adjusts to life in prison, Dr. Zaius goes on an innocence-shattering journey of discover…

A new Ape-och dawns as Jack and Geoff begin looking at Boom! Studios’ Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes! This first miniseries (collected in the Boom! Before the Fall Omnibus) sees the return of so…

Jack and Geoff are joined by Sam Stovold for a look at the 1998 Mighty Joe Young remake! And while this Disneyfied version of the story doesn’t really hold a banana to its predecessor, it does boast…

Stepping outside the Apes realm, Jack and Geoff take a look at one the of the latter’s all-time faves, Big Trouble in Little China! While the Wild Man in this movie may bear only a passing resemblan…

Jack and Geoff are joined by first-time guest Richard Dunham and returning drop-in guest Kevin Young for a look at 1949’s Mighty Joe Young! This spiritual sequel to King Kong has it all: wooden acti…

The final Mak-down is here! Jack and Geoff discuss the final chapter of The Utopians, which concludes Boom! Studios’ superlative saga on the POTA. As Sullivan, Alaya, Nix and co. face down seemingly…

It’s coup season in the Ape Republic of Mak, as Jack and Geoff look at the second half of The Half Man in the Boom! POTA comics! Headshots abound as Sullivan and her newly-armed band of humans strik…