Welcome to episode 188 of the Campus Comics Cast where Shaad will be moderating Mike and Scott as Mike stumbles over his words while Scott makes up information from mid-air. But, there will be no debate about the primary topic of this episode as we discuss the July 2024 Next Phase catalog along with other pre-order items. So hopefully whether you a…

Welcome to episode 187 of the Campus Comics Cast where we will start by wrapping up episode 186 before beginning episode 187. In this episode, we will be discussing the Galactus Trilogy, First Five: Deathtroke, trivia and a CLZ shake.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT I am thrilled to announce the launch of my new podcast, in concert with The Iyun Institute (formerly Tikvah Israel): "The Iyun Podcast: On Chareidim, Israel and the Jewish People." Iyun will explore the many dynamics of chareidim in relation to the broader context of Israeli society and beyond. Episodes are now available on App…

Welcome to episode 186 of the Campus Comics Cast and be on the lookout for the Campus Comics Cast Swimsuit variants in this month’s Next Phase!! Just kidding!!! but listen in to find out what comic we would appear on in a swimsuit and then stick around to find out what is coming out in August of 2024 from your local comic shop.…

Arnon Shorr is a comic book author and graphic novelist, as well as a screenwriter, director and producer of remarkable films, often with meaningful Jewish messaging. Arnon's website: https://www.arnonshorr.com/ Arnon on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2601747/ Wayfarers on Kindle Vella: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B0C758RNCN JEWC…

Welcome to episode 185 of the Campus Comics cast. After reading W0rldTr33 we have decided to go l33+Speak with our names, so join $k0++, M!k3, and $#4Ad as we review James Tynion IV's first volume of W0rldtr33, discuss the first 5 appearances of Namor the Sub-Mariner, and close out the episode with a little trivia and a CLZ shake.…

Welcome to episode 184 of the Campus Comics Cast and we are not under a comic watch, but a comic warning. So comic geeks head to your basements, get to your safe place, and don't forget to grab that Hulk 181 while you join us to hear what is coming out in July 2024 from the May pre-order catalogs.

Could any of the Campus Comics Cast crew make it as criminal masterminds. Of course not, we are too busy reading comics to plan our next heist. So join us as we discuss Criminal volume 1 and the first five appearances of Hellboy.

This is episode 182 of the Campus Comics Cast , and we are still pulling all of the ape hair from the shower drain, but have cleared up the Internet pipes enough to hopefully bring this episode to you where we are covering the April 2024 pre-orders for items generally shipping in June 2024.

The Campus Comics Cast joins the comic book podcast world's crossover event for JLApe-ril with a discussion of Swamp Thing Annual 3. Should we have discussed the Great Grape Ape issue 1 instead? You decide!

Don your Legion flight ring as the Campus Comics Cast takes on the first five appearances of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Then stick around as we round-robin some comics we have recently been reading, answer some trivia, and end the episode with a CLZ shake!

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Joseph Lieberman, z'l, a great American patriot, and even greater member of the Jewish People. We interviewed Senator Lieberman in 2017, in one of our first episodes ever in this podcast. In tribute to his extraordinary life, we present this #TBT rebroadcast from the archives. May his memory be for a blessi…

In episode 179, the Campus Comics Cast crew marks themselves as safe during the great Facebook outage of 2024 and then discusses the March 2024 preorders.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Ruth Wisse is one of the great modern scholars of Yiddish literature. A distinguished career at McGill and Harvard Universities has now led to her current engagement with Tikvah, a Jewish-conservative think tank and educational outfit. Professor Wisse has authored many books, and written widely on political affairs in addition to…

Welcome to episode 178 Of the Campus Comics Cast where we ask deep questions, like what is the candy bar Gus is eating that earns him the name Sweet Tooth. Join us as we cover volume 1 of Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth, talk about what we have been reading, find out how Mike and Shaad fair at some trivia, and of course a CLZ shake.…

In this episode, the Campus Comics Cast crew proves that the three of them together do not equate to Braniac 3, let alone Braniac 5. But you should listen in any way as we discuss the February 2024 pre-orders.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Alexandra ("Alex") Fleksher is a multi-talented content creator and Jewish "influencer" in contemporary culture. She is the founder and creative director of the "Faces of Orthodoxy" Instagram (and other social media) presense: Along with co-host Rivki Silver, Alex also hosts the Deep Meaningful Conversations (DMC) podcast, coveri…

In this episode, Thunderbolt goes back in time and replaces the Campus Comics Cast with exact duplicates. Say You! Do you think anyone would notice. And we are going to discuss the First Five JLA JSA crossover issues, 6 really, talk about what we have been reading, listen to Scott fail miserably at some trivia and of course a CLZ shake.…

Campus Comics Cast welcomes you to a new year and makes the resolution to keep reading and talking about comics. Of course, we were going to do that anyway. So, join us for the first Next Phase episode of 2024.

Fabulous Fans, friends, and fellow functionaries, find fun following we few furtively flipping comic folios as we first feast on five follies forever found in funny books as the FF faces foes and we flash fearless forethought in First Five: Fantastic Four. Enough with the F words, because someone might slip and make this podcast explicit. Join us a…

Merle Saferstein is a longtime educator with an expertise in Holocaust studies. In her early thirties, she discovered the cathartic pleasure of journaling, and in nearly 50 years since, has filled over 380 notebooks (!) with her chronciles and musings. Already a published author, Merle eventually decided to excerpt many of these journals and presen…

Uri Alon is a pioneering farmer and lover of the land of Israel. Like so many in the South, on 10/7/23 he suffered many personal losses. He also is unable currently to welcome guests to The Salad Trail, an oasis of beauty and Israeli ingenuity in the depths of the desert. The farm requires support - both financial and physical - during this difficu…

In this episode of the Campus Comics Cast we talk about why our pre-order episodes are declining in content before digging into what we think is worth ordering from the December 2023 Next Phase and Previews catalogs.

In honor of host Ari Koretzky's recent kidney donation, we are re-releasing this "blast from the past" episode, #145, from February of 2021, featuring Renewal founder Mendy Reiner. Renewal is a premier facilitator of live donor kidney transplants within the North American Jewish community, supporting both prospective donor and recipient along this …

Sharon Koifman is a business owner - founder of Distant Job - and expert on remote hiring. He is also an extremely passionate advocate for Israel, integrating cutting edge AI tools and the science of persuasion to craft a new model of making the case for the Jewish Homeland. Sharon's venture, Israel Activists, is poised to reshape the way young Jew…

Secret, secret, Scott has a secret new segment introduced this episode and he did not even warn his co-hosts, Trivia! But first, we discuss the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in First Five, then discuss Ram V's first volume of Detective Comics, Overture. Next, find out how well Mike and Shaad do in the new trivia segment. Don't forget, you can pause …

We recorded early on a Saturday morning, but we had our Count Chocula so we were ready to go to talk about the November 2023 Next Phase catalog and other items shipping in January of 2024.

Enjoy this special bonus CROSSOVER episode - Ari Koretzky's appearance on the "On Principle" podcast, part of the IDT podcast network.By Ari Koretzky

In episode 170 of the Campus Comics Cast, we discuss whether we should change the name of the podcast to Fables: A Campus Comics Cast Fairy Tale. The real question though, is how long until we get a cease and desist letter from Warner Brothers? Oh wait, I have an email already. So, we will discuss IDW's continuation of the Rocketeer story with Rock…

In episode 169 of the Campus Comics Cast, we attempt to break the record for shortest Previews episode ever. Is there anything good in the catalog worth checking out? Keep listening to find out.

Welcome to a special 200th episode of Jews You Should Know. After a long summer hiatus, host Ari Koretzky returns, but in a different role, as the guest, interviewed by 18Forty podcaster extraordinaire Rabbi Dr. Dovid Bashevkin. We cover a variety of topics, including the interview process and goals for the podcast. But most vitally, we take a crit…

In episode 168 of the Campus Comics Cast we have our second installment of First Five. This time, we look at the Amazing Spider-Man. But before that, we review Black volume I by Kwanza Osajyefo, Tim Smith 3, and Jamal Igle. Then we wrap up the episode with another CLZ shake.

Welcome to episode 167 of the Campus Comics Cast, the podcast where we answer the tough questions like, What is Professor Xavier's favorite social network. Why, it is X , of course, that is, until he read Elon Musk's mind and went blind. In this episode, we give our hot takes on Blue Beetle, then cover the Lunar Next Phase catalog which includes ti…

Check out our new segment on the Campus Comics Cast titled First Five. In this segment, we read and discuss the first five appearances of a character. First up, Wonder Woman. Then we dive into Jamal Igle's Molly Danger and wrap up the episode with a CLZ Shake.

Will there be any comics left in the Diamond Previews catalog? How big of an error did Scott make talking about Batgirl? What comics should you consider that are coming out in October? All this and more in episode 165 of the Campus Comics Cast.

As we record on the 4th of July, the Campus Comics Cast crew hopes everyone remembered to leave out their red, white, and blue cookies for Captain America last night as we work through the July 2023 catalogs for comics shipping in September.

Join us for episode 163 of the Campus Comics Cast where we go a little dark with Jeff Lemire's Gideon Falls volume 1, Batman - the Killing Joke by the author and Brian Bolland, and then lighten it up a little bit with a CLZ shake.

It is June in the real world, but we are peering into the future for comics coming out in August and beyond for episode 162 of the Campus Comics Cast.

Summer 2023 UpdateBy Ari Koretzky