Ten Cent Takes
A podcast looking at comics, pop culture, and how the two connect. Come for the history, stay for the swearing.
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Episodes
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
In a weird coincidence, Jessika and Mike both picked comics featuring... um... women with huge tracts of land. Anyway, tune in if you want to hear about Redfox and Cavewoman: Castaway!
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
This week, we're looking at Marvel's "adult" thriller from the early 1990s, Sachs & Violens. Since one of the titular characters is a photographer from New York, we brought in an expert: Casey Fatchett, New York photographer and host of The Nerdy Photographer podcast!
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Just because they're beloved brands from the 1980s doesn't mean they're not in the dollar bins! Today we're talking about Transformers/Back to the Future and TMNT: The Armageddon Game.
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Pull on your pirate boots and ready your sheks, because it's time to talk about one of DC's strangest, least-known comic series from the 1980s: Spanner's Galaxy!
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Mike and Jessika's latest discoveries show the dollar bins continue to bear fruit! This week, we're talking about Orphan and the Five Beasts from Dark Horse, as well as IDW's recent Terminator vs Transformers comic.
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
We're revisiting Mike's childhood to take a long look at DC's Super Powers Collection, the action figures that inspired all sorts of tie-in products like puffy stickers, Play-Doh sets, and multiple comic book series from Jack Kirby.
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Welcome back to another episode of Dollar Bin Discoveries! This time, Mike and Jessika found some cool finds from legendary writers Grant Morrison and Cullen Bunn: St. Swithin's Day and The Heathens.
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Another dollar bin find pays off! Jessika's discovery of the complete 1980s Firestar miniseries sent us down a rabbit hole complete with the realization that we're going to need to return to the character at some point in order to talk about another series.
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
We're back for another Dollar Bin Discovery! Today, we're looking at Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #53 (and how strangely problematic it is), as well as the first issue of The Darkness/Superman crossover miniseries.
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
It's that time of year! Time for friends, time for joy, and time for weird comics! This year, we're checking out the Superstar Holiday Special which is one of the wildest anthology issues we've ever come across.