The Review Show

Episode 52. This week we read a graphic novel called Spencer & Locke. Remember reading Calvin and Hobbes when you were younger? Well what if Calvin and Hobbes grew up to become hard boiled detectives…

Episode 51. We watched Pen15, a Hulu original show where comedians Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle play themselves at age 13, growing up in the year 2000. They deal with bullies, crushes, oblivious auth…

Episode 50. This week we watched season one of the Umbrella Academy show on Netflix, based on the comics by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. Eccentric millionaire Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven very spe…

Episode 49. This week we watched Green Lantern: The Animated Series, a 2012 Cartoon Network show produced by Bruce Timm. Hal Jordan and his Green Lantern Corps patrol space for threats from new enemy…

Episode 48. We read the first two volumes of Captain Marvel, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick with art by David Lopez and Marcio Takara. Carol tries to save a planet ravaged by a mysterious disease, he…

Episode 47. This week we watched season one of the anime Mob Psycho 100. Mob is a teenager with incredible psychic abilities who tries to keep his emotions contained to avoid them fueling and unleash…

Episode 46. We watched Perfect Blue, a 1997 animated film by Satoshi Kon. This is a psychological thriller about a pop singer who leaves that career behind to become an actress. With professional pre…

Episode 45. We class our podcast up this week and decided to watch The Artist, a 2011 silent, comedy-drama film that won multiple awards from the Academy Awards to the Golden Globes and more. It foll…

Episode 44. We read Spider-Man: Blue, a graphic novel by Jeff Loeb and Tim Sale where an adult Peter Parker, now married to Mary Jane, reflects on meeting and losing Gwen Stacy back in college. It's …

Episode 43. We watched the first season of Pushing Daisies, a 2007 cult TV show created by Bryan Fuller. Ned has the power to wake the dead with a touch, and kill them again with another touch. He us…

Episode 42. This week we read the first two volumes of Wayward, an ambitious comic series by writer Jim Zub and artist Steve Cummings. After her parents divorce, Rori Lane leaves her lifelong home in…

Episode 41. This week we watched Big Hero 6, a Disney animated movie that adapts and improves on a 90s Marvel comic. Hiro Hamada, a young genius in San Fransokyo, teams up with a healthcare robot and…

Episode 40. This week we discuss Essex County, a graphic novel by Jeff Lemire. It's comprised of three short stories all taking place in Essex County. The first follows a young boy obsessed with comi…

Episode 39. We are starting 2019 with a bang! This week we discuss all six Mission Impossible movies (so far), from the 1996 original to the most recent one, Fallout. Tom Cruise plays Agent Ethan Hun…

Happy 3 year anniversary to us! The Whatnauts have been around for three whole years, and that's pretty awesome. Paul Kang, one of our co-creators, stepped down, but thankfully some new faces stepped…

Episode 38. Merry Christmas! This week we discuss Happy! And we compare and contrast the comic book and the tv show based off of it. Happy! is about an alcoholic ex-cop turned hitman that has a heart…

Episode 37. This week we discuss Rise of the Guardians! Melissa pitched Christmas… adjacent films and Rise of the Guardians fits that bill perfectly. It follows Jack Frost as he is chosen to be a new…

Episode 36. This week we discuss Kino's Journey: A Beautiful World - The Animated Series. Dang that's a mouthful. However, Kino's Journey is an anime that follows a girl, Kino, and her talking motorc…

Episode 35. This week we discuss Little Shop of Horrors! Who doesn't love a little Rick Moranis is their lives? Rick plays an unassuming florist that discovers a new plant that feeds on blood. But th…

Episode 34. This week we discuss The Forest, a French Netflix original crime show. It's a short six episode series about a girl who goes missing in the forest after receiving a weird phone call and a…