
#261: Comics of the Year 2025
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic book retailer Paul Eaton back to the program to discuss our 2025 Comics of the Year.

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic book retailer Paul Eaton back to the program to discuss our 2025 Comics of the Year.

George Orwell’s Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel, adapted by Christina Dumalasova and Katerina Horakova with illustrations by Michael Purmensky, brings visualization to a classic tale.

Wild Animals is a wild ride from two outstanding comic creators. Ed Brisson’s expertise in crafting crime stories that take your breath away combined with Andy Kuhn’s visceral, impactful art create a violent, chaotic, and vengeance-filled story with a jaw-dropping final chapter.

What an amazing year on the Capes and Tights Podcast. Once again, we couldn’t do this without you, the listener, and especially without our fantastic guests.

This week we preview four titles that standout from the crowd including Ultimate Endgame #1, Traveling to Mars Deluxe HC, and more!

I Was A Fashion School Serial Killer by Doug Wagner and Daniel Hillyard delivers exactly what I was need in the moment, a fresh setting combined with a chilling tale of a serial killer.

Final Boss is for those long time fans of fighting video games, action-packed stories, and a stellar mystery. A perfect comic in both story and artwork.

The War is not for the faint of heart, or those looking for a superhero romp. Garth Ennis and Becky Cloonan craft an all-too-realistic end of the world comic that has real-life horrors mixed with heart leading to an incredible ending.

Klaus is not your typical Christmas story. It’s a badass and unique story of the history of Santa with excellent freaking artwork.

Far Down Below is an exploration of discovery and danger. Chris Condon’s fantastic blend of intrigue, horror, and science fiction along with Gegê Schall’s phenomenal artwork, this series is one of the most fun comics to read this year.

This week we preview four titles that standout from the crowd including TMNT: Battle Nexus #1, Far Down Below TP, and more!

Exquisite Corpses is a keeps you on the edge of your seat with tension, suspension, gruesome kills, and so much more.

No Man’s Land by Szymon Kudrański is a stunning political thriller that blends the tension of war with emotional depth.

News from the Fallout is a nuclear-induced atmospheric horror story got me from the outset and didn’t let go.

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic writer Hannah Rose May to the podcast to discuss The Guy in the Chair, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Smile: For the Camera, and more!

The big day, Christmas, is just around the corner and I know you still have a few presents to pick up before Santa Claus slides down the chimney. Why not grab some comics for that comic reader on your list.

Hannah Rose May joins the Capes and Tights Podcast for Episode 258 on December 10, 2025. To prepare for the conversation, we have compiled five comics by May you should read!

Christmas 365, by Mikey Way and Jonathan Rivera, perfectly balances a heartwarming and emotional story with satirical humor and the holiday season.

The Deviant by writer James Tynion IV and artist Joshua Hixson takes the festive cheer out of the holiday season with a true-crime style thriller that has us looking at Santa with different eyes.

This week we preview four titles that standout from the crowd including Wrestle Heist #1, They Choose Violence TP, and more!

Wrestle Heist by Kyle Starks is for those longtime pro wrestling fans, as well as anyone craving a humorous caper.

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic creator Tyler Crook to the podcast to discuss his contribution to Hello Darkness #17, Out of Alcatraz, and more!

Tyler Crook joins the Capes and Tights Podcast for Episode 259 on December 17, 2025. To prepare for the conversation, we have compiled eight comics by Crook you should read!

This week we preview four titles that standout from the crowd including Shiver SuspenStories #1, You’ll Do Bad Things TP, and more!

This week we preview four titles that standout from the crowd including Dread the Halls #1, The Private Eye TP, and more!
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