Episode 124

In which Freedom Rings! Join the Sphinx, Scot, and Southerner on the special Fourth of July podcast. US Presidents, fireworks, sandwiches, and a special cameo from the Sloth all appear on this episode. While Matt defends the bunkers at Normandy, John has his first taste of TV fame in the midst of a whirlwind week, meanwhile Wieg gets his money for nothing -- the real American Dream! In the comics realm, Constantine is off nicotine, Superman has a sad poster, Rocket Raccoon Rocks, Southern Bastards shits all over the sidewalk, and Swamp Thing is suddenly remembered.

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Episode 119

In which the Off-Panelist reveal hidden secrets. The Sphinx surprises his secret sleeper agent agenda to flood the US with haggis. While he plots, the Scot talks about the Dawn of Justice, the headdesk worthiness of Goyer, and the awesomeness of the Guardians. After news it's on to books. While Saga is pretty Saga, East of West is pretty East of West, and Forever Evil is temporarily good.

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Episode 118

In which the Off-Panelist try to avoid the wrath of Gojira all while trying to fill out their TPS reports on time. This week the Southerner and the Sphinx go through the trials of working for a living, and spending that living on fancy new eyeglasses. Now that they can see clearly, they get into the week's news and comics. 

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Episode 117

In which Haggis & Grits are back on the job. With the other three Off-Panelist in the wind, it's up for the Southerner and Scot to join forces in the name of podcasting. While the Southerner experiences sweet homecoming, the Scot tastes sweet success. After loads to TV news, they get into the week's books. Fatale, Epic, a nailbiting brand new book, and an actual book what has words in it are discussed before a deadly game of what-if is played with the listeners. The Off-Panel Podcast: 5 dead babies strung up in a tree out of 5 approve.

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Episode 115

In which the Off-Panelist learn that life is hard and brutal and will continue to be so until they die. While the Sloth tries to break his chains and become the Suit, the Scot gets on his soapbox to scalp the comic fans that make everyone's skin crawl. Speaking of scalp.... SCALPED IS GETTING A TV SHOW! WHO CARES WHAT ELSE HAPPENS IN THIS EPISODE? SCALPED IS COMING TO TV!

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Episode 113

In which the Off-Panelist have a guy's night out! Join all four of the OPP guys as they delve into this week's batch of comics and comics related news, all while trying to avoid the dreaded bitchitis. While the Sloth shocks with employment news, the Southerner tries to one-up his Midwestern soulmate, as well as spoil TV for the Scot, who drops the real bombshell by revealing the shocking origins of the Sphinx, he of the fighting German Wiegeabos. After news it's on to comics, where a pretty neat Detective Comics leads to a pretty awesome Moon Knight, and an underrated Swamp Thing segues into a Hulktastic She-Hulk. Who wins? Who loses? Is the end nigh?! More importantly, who can get Mike Napier to stop commenting?!

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Episode 112

In which The Off-Panelists appear, then disappear, before reappearing again! Join the Sloth and the Sphinx, and then the Skirt in a surprise appearance, as they round up the week's news for the week - including a much needed day off and a venture into employment, eulogizing the creator of the classic 1966 Batman TV series, the first trailer for the reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a detailed look at X-Men: Days Of Future Past through a new theatrical trailer, and more! Books reviewed for this week's episode include Vertigo's The Wake and Sandman: Overture, Image's The Manhattan Projects, Marvel's Amazing X-Men and Silver Surfer, and finally - finally - the end of the absurdly long crossover in DC's Justice League Dark. Free at last, free at last, lord almighty we are free at last...

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OFF THE PANEL #12 - Gotham By Gaslight: A Tale Of The Batman

 
In the series' twelfth installment, the Skirt (Merce Mueller) chooses the second foray into Gotham City and enlists the aid of an all-around Bat-slave in the form of the Sloth (Alex Koch), while the Sphinx (Wiegeabo Kilijabob) makes his OTP debut by joining them after savagely murdering women in the streets. That's right, on this episode, we're discussing the one of the quintessential entries in DC's Elseworlds line, and infact the very first book to be given the name - so put on your Victorian hat, hope inside your stagecoach, and witness the familiar origin story of The Dark Knight Detective told anew as he's pitted against legendary serial killer Jack The Ripper in the 1989 one-shot, Gotham By Gaslight: A Tale Of The Batman.

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Episode 110

In which The Off-Panelists decide that they're too sexy for their shirts, too sexy for their shirts, perhaps even too sexy it hurts, navigating through opening innuendo only to discover that hell really exists and it's freezing over! Discover why as The Scot leads the Southerner and the Sloth in a rousing discussion about the latest news on comic books making their way to the small screen, a forgotten headline from last week's circulation of happenings, a late foray into a movie face-off even more epic in scale than the Batman Vs. Superman movie itself, and other newsworthy items. Books reviewed this week include the latest installment of Jonathan Hickman's East of West, the end of the halfway mark of Scott Snyder's "Zero Year" storyline in Batman, Nick Spencer's reliably hilarious Superior Foes of Spider-Man, and more! Dear God, don't ever let Alex Koch meet a woman...

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Episode 107

In which the Off-Panelist cut the fat and the jawing and get down to business. Join the Scot, Sphinx, and Southener as they try to get Dick out of their heads, Dick Grayson that is, and carry on withe show. While Matt gabs over Gotham, Wieg squees at the Flash casting news. On this week's books John and Wieg talk about the new direction of the Batman title while Matt goes over a couple of strong number ones, Vertigo's The Royals and Image's Mercenary Sea. Also on the table is Marvel's new Winter Solider series. Meanwhile the Wieg grapples with the dilemma of book droppage with Justice League 3000. John rounds out the books with a review of self-published horror comic Golem by the UK's own Christopher Kent.

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The Golem by Chris Kent

Episode 105

In which The Off-Panelists see the rise of a horrible new threat to the podcast's sanity: the return of the terrible trio! That's right, join the Southerner, the Scotsman, and the Sloth for a rousing discussion of outdated media entertainment devices and formats before launching into several alternate iterations of the podcasts. Finally regaining their senses in time to launch into the news items of the week, they shed some light on who's recently been cast as both the villainous Lex Luthor and Alfred Pennyworth in Zack Snyder's upcoming Batman/Superman movie and other not-as-important topics. This week's reviews include the latest Saga issue of Brian K. Vaughn's issue Saga, the latest Thor issue of Jason Aaron's Thor: God of Thunder, and the latest East of West issue of Jonathan Hickman's East of... well, you get the idea. Anyway, anyway, anyway, enjoy the show!

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Episode 104

In which The Off-Panelists journey to Vegas and party all night long, throwing out their backs to bring in the latest from the comics' world! Join the Sloth, the Skirt, and the Sphinx as they try and unravel the mystery of the changing release date of Zack Snyder's Man of Steel follow-up, what a twist in Marvel's 'Agents of SHIELD' could mean for a Marvel Universe character's debut, who has the worst work related woes, and what really happened between Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Answer: read a book, dummy! Following that, the three delve into such favorite titles as Brian Azzarello's Wonder Woman, Scott Snyder's Batman, a gasp-inducing chapter of Mark Waid's Daredevil, and more! Damn it, Waid, you're gonna give us a heart attack!


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Episode 102

In which the OPP crew get their motors running and head on down the highway.  Join the Sloth, Southerner, the newly licensed driver Scot, and the Skirt as they hop in their murder vans and proceed down the road to Bitch Planet. It's a road that includes asshole driving instructors, comics creators having conversations with chain restaurants, squishy faced Jedi, and the continued prattling of sandy-vagina voiced Alan Moore. And in comics there's the butt-stuff of Sex Criminals, the maneater of Fatale, and the syphilitics tinged history of Manifest Destiny.

Insensitive jokes, sexual perversion, and snake gods means business as usual at the Off-Panel Podcast.


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Episode 100

In which The Off-Panelists look up in the sky to see a bird, or maybe a plane. No, wait, it's the Hulk... and he's fisting someone?! That's right, the day has finally come for the cast of OPP to celebrate the crowning achievement in their time as apart of a comic book show where tensions are high and the ink is fresh - 100 episodes! 

Listen in as the Sloth (Alex Koch) leads an all-star session featuring his fellow castmates, including the Southerner (Matt Johnson), the Skirt (Merce Mueller), and the Scotsman (SICBA Award-Winner John Lees) as they cap off 100 by saying goodbye to 2013 and sharing their favorite moments of the year in comics, from writers to books and even movie headlines, all culminating into the group's thoughts on a long-awaited casting announcement of an iconic third element of Zack Snyder's "Batman/Superman"! 

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But this time, they won't be alone. Joining them to create a one-time Avenging League of Titanic proportions (or something) are several guest stars from episodes' past, returned to help celebrate the milestone that have assembled them under one Skype call. Presenting the guest Off-Panelists...

Ashley Storrie!

Wiegeabo Kilijabob!

Cori McCreery!

And introducing... Jonathan Small! 

Together, they are The Off-Panel Podcast. 

Bringing you high tensions and fresh ink for 100 episodes. 

Here's to 100 more!

Episode 98

In which the Off-Panelists find themselves joining a kindly figure in a bowtie as they leap into the Tardis and take a ride across time and space to maintain peace across the universe - and that figure is, of course, returning guest Wiegeabo! Join him, the Southerner, and the Sloth as they thumb their noses at a cranky Alan Moore while simultaneously geeking out over a special of Whovian proportions, Breaking Bad, and all sorts of other non-comic related subjects before finally getting to the comics themselves, including the latest (and most frightening) issue of Matt Fraction's Sex Criminals, a cavalcade of horror in Mark Waid's Daredevil, the decidely less scary installment of Brian Azzarello's Wonder Woman, the more perplexingly-fun-than scary debut issue of Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti's Harley Quinn, and more! I'm terrified just thinking about it all!

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Episode 97

In which the ghost of Uncle Ben rises from Hell! Join the Scot, Southerner, and Sloth for the latest episode of the Off-Panel Podcast. After discussing the strangest episode of Spider-Man ever, the Panelist get into the news items. Everything from PC "run amok", to the DCU moving at the speed of retcon, to the most heartwarming story ever made. Then they shift away from that into this week's book. A general wears an ear necklace in the latest Manhattan Projects, Lewis and Clack fight the bull man in Manifest Destiny, the bull man is made love to in Superior Foes of Spider-Man, and Batman is Batman in Batman,

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Episode 95

In which the Off-Panelists make it rain! Following a lengthy string of two-manned episodes, the terrible trio returns to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting listenership, as the Southerner leads the Scotsman and the Sloth in a recap of an eventful week in both the world of comics and their personal lives. Following their reactions to the new X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer, a brief early review of Thor: The Dark World from the release abroad, and impressions of Batman: Arkham Origins from the resident Bat-expert, the three dive into the week's books and recount yet another Saga-edition of Brian K. Vaughn's Saga, the long-awaited return of Neil Gaimain's opus in Sandman Overture, vengeance in the courtroom with the finale of The Punisher: Trial of the Punisher, and even a second review of an Image Comics release from last week, Pretty Deadly. This episode comes to you all the way from Dimension Z!

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Episode 93

In which things get off to a weird start and The Off-Panelists start speaking in 40's slang! Join the Skirt, the Sloth, and the Southerner as they embark on a series of oddities throughout the show, stemming largely from a non-news week and their struggle to fill time, to a select number of book reviews that include Brian Azzarello's Wonder Woman, the historically accurate(ish) Letter 44 from Charles Soule, the second installment of Ales Kot's Zero, and more! And be sure to stick around after the closer for a very special insight into the crochet-crazed mind of Merce Mueller.

Seriously, what the hell is wrong with crocheters?

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Episode 92

In which it's all your fault, you fools! After a week of silence, the Off-Panelists are back and less mature than ever, as the Sloth and the Southerner once again take hold of the show where the tensions are usually high and the ink is usually fresh. Following a recap of headlines coming in straight out of New York Comic-Con, the two follow up lengthy discussions following the announced return of one of the most outspokenly missed characters in the DCU and fifteen minutes straight of talking up seasons one through three of "Breaking Bad" by reviewing such books as Jonathan Hickman's The Manhattan Projects, the latest chapter in Zero Year of Scott Snyder's Batman, a new release in the form of Kieron Gillen's Three, and others. 

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Stay out of our territory.

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Episode 89

In which the Off-Panelist may or may not commit vehicular homicide. Join the Skirt, Southerner, and Spaniard as they listen to tales of Southern conventions, reveal gagtastic personal hygiene information, and discover that it is in fact the humidity, not the heat.

After Merce recaps her journey into the heart of Georgia for Dragon Con, Matt and Sergio talk amongst themselves about this week's score of books. From the evil evilness that is Forever Evil to John Lees' macabre baby And Then Emily Was Gone. After that, Scott Summers invents rock n' roll as things get heavy.

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