Chris is on Infinite Earths, Episode 12: Mother Panic #1 (2017)

No, gentle listener, this isn't the return of the Young Animal Gatherum...

This time out, I give a peek behind the curtain and tells the story about how a review he did on a site other than his own, managed to affect change on Chris is on Infinite Earths!

What happened when Chris received his first bit of clapback?  Well, lemme tell ya, It's a story of angry comments, curse words, appeals to motive, and over-reaction... with just a little bit of ranting about the current sensationalized comics reviewing "culture".  It's somehow even less provocative than it sounds!

Young Animal Gatherum, Episode 18

One-Thousand Seven-Hundred Ninety-Two Minutes...

One-Thousand Seven-Hundred Ninety-Two Moments stacked up real tall...

One-Thousand Seven-Hundred Ninety-Two Minutes

How do you measure,

Measure Young Animal?

In delays?

In t-shirts?

In f-words?

In cups of milk?

In pages, in singles, in trades and omnibi?

In One-Thousand Seven-Hundred Ninety-Two Minutes.

How do you measure a pop-up imprint?

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 17

Greetings (for the second to last time), you Dangerous Humans!  That's right, this is the penultimate installment on of our Young Animal Gatherum series of episodes.  Doncha just love saying the word "penultimate"?  Seems like the sort of word people use incorrectly all the time... like "prolific".

Am I rambling?  Well, yes... because really, there isn't much to say here about the books we're reviewing this week.  They are all *penultimate* issues, and the seams of truncation have become rather visible as our creative teams stomp on the brakes to get their stories wrapped up.

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 16

We've reached the second-half... of the second-season, and if we're being honest... it feels like, for the most part, we're just lumbering toward that finish line.  Join Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) as they examine the four Young Animal offerings for signs of truncation... and, you know them... they're probably going to kvetch about Doom Patrol's tardiness yet again!

Only two episodes to go... plenty of insanity still to go around!

Oh, and if you're listening to this on the day of release... Happy Thanksgiving!

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 15

"Don't know what you've got, til it's gone" - A Disney Princess (we think)

It was with this flurry of episodes that Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) learned that the Young Animal imprint was going to draw to a close just three months later.  It was bittersweet news, to say the very least... but somehow, we managed to keep our will to live.

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 14

We enter the second month of Young Animal's "Season Two"... and it feels like the writing might already be on the wall.  In other news... we actually discuss an issue of Doom Patrol this time around!  Yay?

Um, yeah... about that... we don't usually break out the "colorful language" warning... but, here we be.

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 13 - Season Two!

Sniff, sniff... hey, this episode's got that "new season smell"!

That's right, folks... in the wake of Milk Wars, Young Animal finds itself with an unnecessary (and unearned) reboot!  All new number ones!  Don't worry, we don't play that game... this is still "episode 13" to us.

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 12 - MILK WARS!

Welcome to Milk Wars... hope you (and we) survive the experience!

A little forewarning... you're usually even-keeled hosts, Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) did not enjoy this event... and they're going to spend the next two hours tellin' ya alllllllll about it.  Join them as the Young Animal imprint undergoes an unnecessary, unearned, and nonsensical... reboot?!  Well, in fairness, they were in existence for an entire year!  Oh yeah... Colorful language warning.

Young Animal Gatherum, Episode 11

Get out yer brooms, dangerous humans... for today we're clearing the decks!

In this strange(r than usual) installment, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) will be wrapping up the entire first season of DC's Young Animal in preparation for, next week's.................... Milk Wars.  Also included a little bonus feature... Mister Miracle 101 (pre-King/Gerads).

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 10

It's so hard to say goodbye... and that's exactly what we do during this episode.  Two of our Young Animal pals draw to their conclusion this time around.  Carry on, Cave... See ya, Shade.  It's not a "forever farewell", however... because there's something called "Milk Wars" on the horizon.

In addition to sayin' ciao... we actually have a full line up!  That almost never happens!

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 9

Our Young Animal revisit has officially reached "the staples"!  That's right, we are halfway through our planned 18-episode look at the pop-up imprint that could!

This week... It's really one'a them "Good News, Bad News" situations... ya see, after a few months... we finally get that next issue of Doom Patrol.  Thing of it is... it kinda smells like filler.  It looks great though... and gives us our Allred-fix, which is a good thing, since Bug! took the month off!

In addition to that issue of Doom Patrol, we will be discussing the penultimate issues of Shade and Cave... Mother Panic shows up too!

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 8

Change is in the air for the plucky pop-up imprint that could (or, could it?).

Word on the street is that there's a hiatus on the horizon... of course, using our 2018-vision, we know what that's all about... however, in the Summer of 2017... we hadn't the foggiest idea what this might mean for our Young Animal pals!

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 7

Stop us if you've heard this one before... We have no Doom Patrol today.

Hmm, since that might just stop you from checking out this episode, please forget we said anything!

Okay, all joking aside... this episode features discussions/reviews of the other four Young Animal books (including a Mother Panic storyline that we... liked?!), which originally aired as segments on the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:

Episode 125 (05.28.2017) - Mother Panic #7

Episode 127 (06.11.2017) - Shade the Changing Girl #9

Episode 128 (06.18.2017) - Bug! The Adventures of Forager #2

Episode 129 (06.25.2017) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #9

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 6

Hellooooooooooooo Animals!

We've got a big episode for this installment of the Young Animal Gatherum... not only do we have an issue from ALL FOUR of our ongoings, we're also launching the first Young Animal miniseries... Bug! The Adventures of Forager.

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 5

Greetings Young and Animalistic ones!

This week's episode... kinda like a unicorn and bigfoot all wrapped into one, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) will be discussing ALL FOUR Young Animal books!  PLUS: Our first "State of the Imprint Address" wherein data is crunched and cancellation fears begin to raise their ugly head!

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 4

Stop us if you heard this one...

Welcome to a Doom Patrol-less installment of the Young Animal Gatherum!  No worries though, we've got the rest of the line-up to keep us company... a couple of 'em twice!

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 3

Helloooooo Dangerous Humans,

Today we bring you good news... and better news!

First the good news... this episode does include an issue of Doom Patrol.  The better news?  It does not include an issue of Mother Panic!  That there was a book your humble hosts, Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) did not enjoy right out of the gate!

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 2

Greetings Dangerous Humans!

Welcome to the second installment of our deep-dive into DC's Young Animal imprint... and we're already missing Doom Patrol!  This will become a trend... and will only get worse as we go along.

Young Animal "Gatherum", Episode 1

Greetings, Dangerous Humans!  As we are currently in what might just be the final month of DC's Young Animal imprint, your Young and Animalistic hosts, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) thought it might be fun to share with you their initial thoughts on the launch!  In this extra-sized (or, over-sized) episode they look at all four "number one" issues.  Since the Young Animal launch was staggered from September-November, 2016... there are also a couple of "non-number one" reviews in there as well.