My Favorite Stuff
Haven't updated this journal in awhile, so I figured I'd just dump links for opinion article stuff I've written over the years here.
Side Story: Justice That Is Not Entirely Dissimilar To Lightning
Side Story: Don't Taze Me, To!
Batman: Knightfall - The Reboot
Mike's Top Ten Favorite Simpsons Episodes
Mike's Top Ten Favorite Street Fighter Characters
Mike's Top Ten Favorite Spider-Man Villains
Mike's Top Twenty Favorite Transformers Comics
Mike's Top Ten Favorite G1 Transformers Episodes
Mike's Top Ten Favorite Beast Wars Episodes
Mike's Top Ten Favorite Iron Man Armors
Mike's Top 25 Favorite Mecha From Gundam Part 1: 25-11
Mike's Top 25 Favorite Mecha From Gundam Part 2: 10-1 and Top 5 Least Favorite
The Top 10 Best Things From Transformers Vs. G.I.Joe
Mike's Top 50 Favorite Transformers Characters Part 1: 50-41
Mike's Top 50 Favorite Transformers Characters Part 2: 40-31
Mike's Top 50 Favorite Transformers Characters Part 3: 30-21
Mike's Top 50 Favorite Transformers Characters Part 4: 20-11
Mike's Top 50 Favorite Transformers Characters Part 5: 10-1
Mike's Top 50 Favorite Transformers Characters Part 6: Honorable Mentions and Least Favorites
Mike's Top Ten Favorite Transformers Comic Artists
Mike's Top Ten Favorite Dragon Ball Characters
Mike Ranks the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Mike's Favorite NON-MCU Comic Book Movies!
Mike's Favorite IDW Transformers "Phase 2" Moments: Part 1, James Roberts
Mike's Favorite IDW Transformers "Phase 2" Moments: Part 2, John Barber
Mike's Favorite IDW Transformers "Phase 2" Moments: Part 3, Mairghread Scott and Nick Roche
Mike's Top Fifteen Favorite Spider-Man Comic Stories, Part One: #15 -#6
Mike's Top Fifteen Favorite Spider-Man Comic Stories, Part Two: #5 -#1
Mike's Favorite TF Comic Covers! (IDW Edition)
Mike's Favorite TF Comic Covers! (Dreamwave/Devil's Due Edition)
Mike's Favorite Transformers Comic Covers! (Marvel Edition)
Mike's Top Twenty Favorite Transformers Toys!
Mike's Favorite IDW Transformers "Phase 1" Moments
Mike's Top Ten Favorite Images From Berserk
The Top Fifteen WORST Transformers Things IDW Produced!
Mike's Top Ten Favorite Episodes Of X-Men: The Animated Series!
Old New Mutants
Pluggin' away...
First, check this thing I wrote out-
Mike's Top Twenty Favorite Transformers Toys!
And now the podcasts, of course-
Fanholes Comic Books Mutha@#$%! Do You Read 'Em?!? # 60: Stories From The Spinner Rack! Starriors!
This week, Tony and Derek are talking the toy tie-in Marvel Limited Series, Starriors!
Fanholes Mobile Suit Mondays Episode # 62: Gundam Reconguista in G Movie Part 1: Go, Core Fighter
This week the Fanholes discuss the film, Gundam Reconguista in G Movie Part 1: Go, Core Fighter, that compiles the first five episodes of the television series.
Big In Japan Episode #22: S.S.S.S. Gridman
Join Mike, Justin and Derek as they discuss the anime series and follow-up to the live-action Tokusatsu series, S.S.S.S. Gridman!
Fanholes Episode # 190: Jetsons The Movie 30th Anniversary!
The Fanholes get together to discuss Jetsons The Movie on its 30th Anniversary!
Fanholes Comic Books Mutha@#$%! Do You Read 'Em?!? # 61: Stories From The Spinner Rack! What If?!
Join Mike, Justin and Derek as they discuss some Stories From The Spinner Rack! The guys can't get away from Marvel Comics series about divergent timelines and alternate universes titled What If?!?!
Comics Discussed:
What If Vol. 1 #42 - Mike
What If Vol. 2 #4 - Derek
What If Vol. 2 #86 -Justin
Justice Not Entirely Dissimilar To Lightning # 11: Heroes Reborn The Return
Join the Fanholes as they discuss the mini-series that will change the direction of the Thunderbolts Forever! Heroes Reborn: The Return #1-4!
Fanholes Comic Books Mutha@#$%! Do You Read 'Em?!? # 62: Spider-Man: Clone Saga
Join the Fanholes as they discuss the mini-series Spider-Man: Clone Saga from 2009.
Derek is joined by special guest Keith G. Baker to discuss the Post-Crisis re-telling of Hal Jordan's origin in the six-issue mini-series, Green Lantern Emerald Dawn.
Fanholes Episode # 191: Rich White Ducks
Justin and Derek get together to discuss Duck Tales: Treasure of The Lost Lamp on its 30th Anniversary!
Fanholes Comic Books Mutha@#$%! Do You Read 'Em?!? # 64: Stories From The Spinner Rack!
The Fanholes discuss a random assortment of Comic Books obtained from The Spinner Rack!
Comics Discussed:
Tony - G.I. Joe Yearbook #4
Derek - Captain Atom #25
Justin - Iron Man #268
Mike - War Machine #8
Fanholes Transformers Tuesdays # 55: Transformers Cyberverse Season 3 Talkback
Join Mike and Derek as they discuss Transformers Cyberverse Season 3 in its entirety! SPOILERS!!!
Fanholes Comic Books Mutha@#$%! Do You Read 'Em?!? # 65: New Mutants "Demon Bear Saga"
Is this a dream? An Imaginary Story? A Podcast Three Years In The Making? Maybe, but apparently someone, somewhere will be watching the feature film New Mutants starting this week. So, the Fanholes finally get to release their previously unreleased podcast about the New Mutants "Demon Bear Saga." The release date of the movie was pushed back so many times, SO @#$% YOU COVID-19, we've been waiting foreverz!
Plug Wars II
First off, check out-
Mike's Favorite TF Comic Covers! (Dreamwave/Devil's Due Edition)
Mike's Favorite Transformers Comic Covers! (Marvel Edition)
Mike Ranks the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Updated with rankings for Captain Marvel, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Avengers: Endgame!
Then of course, the 'casts-
Fanholes Episode # 189: 24th Century Trailer Park!
Justin, Mike and Derek talk the first season of Star Trek Picard!
Fanholes Transformers Tuesdays # 53: Worst G1 Episode Face Off!
The Fanholes get together and decide what the worst episode of the original Sunbow G1 cartoon was. Will it be B.O.T.? Will it be Carnage In C-Minor? Listen to find out!
Fanholes Mobile Suit Mondays Episode # 61: Theme Song Takeover!
Listen as the Fanholes go through the history of Gundam theme songs and opening credit sequences!
Fanholes Comic Books Mutha@#$%! Do You Read 'Em?!? # 58: Silver Surfer Judgment Day
Derek is joined by special guest from the Fire & Water Podcast Network, Ryan Daly, to discuss Marvel Graphic Novel Vol 1 38 otherwise known as Silver Surfer:Judgment Day!
Fanholes Transf- GOBOTS Tuesdays # 54: IDW's Gobots!
The Fanholes get together to discuss Tom Scioli's Gobots!
Fanholes Comic Books Mutha@#$%! Do You Read 'Em?!? # 59: Gotham Knights!
This week, Mike and Derek are participating in the #JLMay2020 Podcast Crossover Event! The topic for JLMay 2020? Countdown To Infinite Crisis! We tackle the contents of the Trade Paperback titled 'Hush Returns' which contains Batman Gotham Knights #50-55 as well as the Villains United Tie-In issue, Batman Gotham Knights #66.
Justice Not Entirely Dissimilar To Lightning # 10: Thunderbolts # 9 and Tales of Suspense # 52
Mike, Justin and Derek discuss the ninth issue of Thunderbolts, featuring The Black Widow! Then in the second half of the show we review the very first appearance of Natasha Romanoff in the pages of Tales of Suspense!
Fanholes Toku Thursdays Episode #54: Kamen Rider Zangetsu -Gaim Gaiden
Tony and Derek are back to talk about, you guessed it, Kamen Rider Gaim! This is the third Gaim Gaiden and is also a theatrical stage play!
Quarantine Fatigue
2020 Wandavision
Fanholes Comic Books Mutha@#$%! Do You Read 'Em?!? # 51: Star Trek The Original Series! Stories From The Spinner Rack!
Join Justin and Derek who are joined by special guest Gene Hendricks to cover three hand-picked Spinner Rack Star Trek Original Series Era Comic Books!