Podcast - Intentional Universes: Ghost Machine

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It's all well and good talking about comics, but they are obviously a visual medium.  Therefore, to accompany each episode we'll also do a little blog post with some images and other extras to give you some context as to what on earth we're talking about! 

After an exploration into the birth of the Marvel Comics universe, Mike and Lee look to another brand-new universe - Image Comics' Ghost Machine imprint. Plus what they've read this week and another addition to the Comics or Death Museum. 

 

Lee has been reading the conclusion of the X-Men Krakoan Age era of books.  Here's a handful of the comics that wound up that long-running storyline:

Fall of the House of X #1 and 4 - written by Gerry Duggan, with pencils by Jethro Morales and Lucas Werneck (though the covers below are by Pepe Larraz)

 

 

And Rise of the Powers of X #1 and 5 - written by Kieron Gillen, with pencils by Luciano Vecchio (though the covers are by R.B. Silva) [Please stop having covers by artists who don't do the interior art guys!]

 

Meanwhile, Mike has been reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, by [deep breath] writers Kevin Eastmen, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz, and artists Esau Escorza, Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop, Kevin Eastman.

 

 

As well as Friday, written by Ed Brubaker and art by Marcos Martin.  Mike read it in print from Image Comics, but it started life as a digital comic (and still is) available from Panel Syndicate here 

 

 

 

Ghost Machine

This episode we talk about the new creator owned shared universe from Image Comics - Ghost Machine. 

 

The whole thing is launched by Ghost Machine #1, which is an anthology previewing some of the Ghost Machine characters and comics:

 

 

Then there are the individual titles themselves:

 

Geiger written by Geoff Johns and art by Gary Frank

 

 

Redcoat written by Geoff Johns with art by Bryan Hitch

 

 

 

Rook by Geoff Johns and art by Jasob Fabok

 

 

When we recorded this episode we discussed future titles from the imprint, and some of these have now launched:

• The Rocketfellas by Francis Manapul
• Hornsbury & Halo by written by Peter J Tomasi, art by John Kalisz and Peter Snejbjerg
• Hyde Street written by Geoff Johns [how many comics is this huy writing!?] and art by Ivan Reis, Brad Anderson, and Danny Miki 

If we piqued your interest in Ghost Machine then you can find out more in this IGN interview with Geoff Johns where he explains the idea behind the imprint and how it came about.