The Ancillary Characters Podcast

The Ancillary Characters Podcast

Paul, Allen and Seth convene to discuss the world of pop culture.

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August 1, 2025 81 mins

LOOK UP! It's time for a super presentation of Ancillary Characters, featuring your favorite hosts: Seth, Paul, and Allen.

We come to you today with a special episode. While comics are on the docket (we list our Top Ten Superman books), we've hopped onto the mics today to share our thoughts on the first official film of the new DCU, Superman from director James Gunn.

Thanks for tuning in. Enjoy. Please.

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Welcome back! It's time for another entertaining yet concerning episode of Ancillary Characters.

Topics for today: Andor, Superman, The Thing, Flash, and that time the animators for The Lion King were held hostage in Africa.

Our BOOK-IT for this episode is Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien  by John Hendrix. Thanks for tuning in. Please enjoy.

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Welcome back! It's time for another wild and crazy episode of Ancillary Characters.

Topics for today: CHICKEN JOCKEY, yard fires, Doctor Doom, and New Thunderbolts.

Our BOOK-IT for this episode is Superman For All Seasons by Jeph Loeb and the late Tim Sale. Thanks for tuning in. Please enjoy.

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Welcome back! It's time for another zany episode of Ancillary Characters.

Topics on the docket: Gladiator II extras? Plastic Man No More? Jenny Sparks? Wasp attack? 

Our BOOK-IT for this episode consists of two one-shots, both by Tom King: Batman Elmer Fudd #1, and Trinity Special: World's Finest #1.

Thanks for tuning in. Please enjoy.

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Merry Christmas! It's Christmas Eve, and we're coming to you with a new Holiday episode, hot off the presses.

Some topics the bois discuss this time: Colonel Sanders' Ghost? Hot Browns? Shrek Forever After? THE SUPERMAN TRAILER?? And, of course, Daredevil: Dark Nights by Lee Weeks.

We love you all. Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals.

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It's been a while... Sorry about that. You know what they say: Halloween episodes are better late than never.

The bois share their thoughts on a number of comics and such, finally talking about Tynion's Something is Killing the Children. Enjoy. And thanks for listening. 

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The boys are back! Gonna be honest with you upfront: the comics talk doesn't come until the fourth quarter in this one. The AC Pop-Culture podcast this week covers the following topics: MBH Con (a D&D Podcast convention we just held, for the Make-Believe Heroes Podcast), Video Games (Fortnite? The Witcher? CoD?), and more. Then we talk about comics, including Void Rivals. Join us for a chat amongst pals.

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This week, we take a trip over to Japan for some food-inspired Superman manga. We also talk about a number of tv shows and video games, as well as some comics. Thanks for coming to our TED talk.

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This week, we go back to the annals of Marvel's History and read the first Omnibus from Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman, joined by a slew of artists. That's right, a whole SLEW of 'em. You heard me. 

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This week, the fellas bring their brilliant minds together to dissect the seminal work of Warren Ellis and John Cassaday: Planetary. It's wild, it's crazy, and it's comic-book-ey. Enjoy.

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This week, the boys gather in honor of the Valentine's to talk about the first two volumes of Love Everlasting by Tom King and Elsa Charretier. Join us and bask in everlasting love, amigos.

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February 9, 2024 71 mins

The guys regroup to talk about the brilliant miniseries by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora. Disclaimer: Seths audio this episode is absolute dookie-poo garbage and he humbly apologizes. 

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November 25, 2023 60 mins

This month the fellas discuss the legendary, The Last Ronin from original TMNT creators Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. Do they like it or leave it? Listen to learn!

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October 13, 2023 55 mins

This month, the boys sit down to talk about Mike Mignola's seminal Hellboy run, and its final chapter, Hellboy in Hell.

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This week the boys talk about the beautiful words and pictures featured in the superhero epic, Green Lantern by Liam Sharp and the esteemed, Grant Morrison. Did they like it? Maybe even love it? Is it the greatest superhero comic of all time with flowery prose that lights the fires of the readers imaginations? Find out now!

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We're back! Paul, Allen, and Seth talk about a slew of topics as they catch up on the past... seven years of life that they've missed out on. 

There's a lot to this episode so as much as we'd enjoy to recap and break it all down, you'll just need to listen to the show to hear it all unfold. But the main thrust of the episode of the episode is The Flash film and Seths hatred of Marvel movies. There it is. That's the episode.

Enjoy.

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