A P Leyland
@apleyland.bsky.social
Co-Host of Hey Kids, Comics, Amazing Spider-Man From The Beginning, and The Overlooked Dark Knight, reader of comics, watcher of old TV, first of his name.
Tomorrow on an ALL-NEW, HEY KIDS, COMICS! It’s criminal what Andrew and Micheal get away with. Check Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts of dubious quality.
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Tomorrow on an ALL-NEW, HEY KIDS, COMICS! It’s criminal what Andrew and Micheal get away with. Check Spotify, Apple and wherever you get your podcasts of dubious quality.
As I reread CRIMINAL, I really start to think that secretly, this is Image Comics best book and it’s not even close.
Granted, I haven’t read them all so what do I know. Anyway, The Last of the Innocents was a gem of a story. #comic
Granted, I haven’t read them all so what do I know. Anyway, The Last of the Innocents was a gem of a story. #comic
September 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
As I reread CRIMINAL, I really start to think that secretly, this is Image Comics best book and it’s not even close.
Granted, I haven’t read them all so what do I know. Anyway, The Last of the Innocents was a gem of a story. #comic
Granted, I haven’t read them all so what do I know. Anyway, The Last of the Innocents was a gem of a story. #comic
If you’ve never read Criminal, why have you never read Criminal? @imagecomics.com @seanphillips.bsky.social @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you’ve never read Criminal, why have you never read Criminal? @imagecomics.com @seanphillips.bsky.social @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social
Took in an early screening of Fantastic Four First Steps and was pleasantly surprised. The cast are all great, they get the characters right, and embrace the nuttiness of the Jack Kirby comics from the ‘60s. Added bonus - you don’t have to do any homework AND they gave me a free badge. RESULT!
July 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Took in an early screening of Fantastic Four First Steps and was pleasantly surprised. The cast are all great, they get the characters right, and embrace the nuttiness of the Jack Kirby comics from the ‘60s. Added bonus - you don’t have to do any homework AND they gave me a free badge. RESULT!
12 episodes into Hardcastle & McCormick and the car is in it a lot less than I remember but Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly are a really good double act. Cannell’s dialogue (or his writing team) is far funnier than people give it credit for.
July 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
12 episodes into Hardcastle & McCormick and the car is in it a lot less than I remember but Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly are a really good double act. Cannell’s dialogue (or his writing team) is far funnier than people give it credit for.
The sun is blazing so an early start with dog walking, then coffee and comics. Picked this up on a whim as it’s an interesting premise - it’s a comic from within the film! This is really fun and sets up the movie well. It’s also made me more interested in the film.
July 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The sun is blazing so an early start with dog walking, then coffee and comics. Picked this up on a whim as it’s an interesting premise - it’s a comic from within the film! This is really fun and sets up the movie well. It’s also made me more interested in the film.
Proof, if any were needed, that films are are much better than reality, in Heads Of State Idris Elba is the UK Prime Minister & John Cena is the US President. Both are attacked on Air Force One en route to a NATO conference. Far more entertaining than it has any right to be.
July 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Proof, if any were needed, that films are are much better than reality, in Heads Of State Idris Elba is the UK Prime Minister & John Cena is the US President. Both are attacked on Air Force One en route to a NATO conference. Far more entertaining than it has any right to be.
Love The Professionals
July 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Love The Professionals
Kicked off a mini Danny Boyle season with Shallow Grave, his first film. Gloriously ‘90s nowadays, the 3 leads are all great as the most obnoxious flatmates anyone could ever want. The ending is more satisfying than logical but it was a magnificent calling card.
July 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Kicked off a mini Danny Boyle season with Shallow Grave, his first film. Gloriously ‘90s nowadays, the 3 leads are all great as the most obnoxious flatmates anyone could ever want. The ending is more satisfying than logical but it was a magnificent calling card.
Despite being a child of the 80s and watching the cartoons and films, I’ve never read a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic. Read The Last Ronin and it’s really good. Comparisons to The Dark Knight are apt but you don’t really need to know a lot about the Turtles to get something out of this.
June 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Despite being a child of the 80s and watching the cartoons and films, I’ve never read a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic. Read The Last Ronin and it’s really good. Comparisons to The Dark Knight are apt but you don’t really need to know a lot about the Turtles to get something out of this.
Geoff Johns and Bryan Hitch tell the story of Simon Pure, British redcoat turned immortal in the war of independence. Things get wild when he has to team up with an also immortal Benedict Arnold and a young Albert Einstein, to prevent the destruction of America! Surprisingly fun to read.
June 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Geoff Johns and Bryan Hitch tell the story of Simon Pure, British redcoat turned immortal in the war of independence. Things get wild when he has to team up with an also immortal Benedict Arnold and a young Albert Einstein, to prevent the destruction of America! Surprisingly fun to read.
Exhibit A why I love 1960s Marvel Comics.
“The Origin of Nick Fury’s Eyepatch!”
Brilliant!
“The Origin of Nick Fury’s Eyepatch!”
Brilliant!
June 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Exhibit A why I love 1960s Marvel Comics.
“The Origin of Nick Fury’s Eyepatch!”
Brilliant!
“The Origin of Nick Fury’s Eyepatch!”
Brilliant!
Batman has already met Deadpool …
Sort of.
Sort of.
June 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Batman has already met Deadpool …
Sort of.
Sort of.
Savage Sword Of Conan from @comicstitan.bsky.social is still one of the best buys on the stands. This month’s issue has 4 stories, one prose story and art pieces. Great stuff.
May 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Savage Sword Of Conan from @comicstitan.bsky.social is still one of the best buys on the stands. This month’s issue has 4 stories, one prose story and art pieces. Great stuff.
Today’s top TV/Film Tie-In is technically cheating as it was a book before a film but I’m having it. Very different to the Arnie movie, it’s currently being remade by Edgar Wright reportedly more faithfully to the novel. it’s a tense and fast paced read.
March 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today’s top TV/Film Tie-In is technically cheating as it was a book before a film but I’m having it. Very different to the Arnie movie, it’s currently being remade by Edgar Wright reportedly more faithfully to the novel. it’s a tense and fast paced read.
Lazy morning reading and drinking coffee. This was very entertaining. The only tie in I read was Batman #150 which is easily one of the best Batman stories in a long time.
March 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Lazy morning reading and drinking coffee. This was very entertaining. The only tie in I read was Batman #150 which is easily one of the best Batman stories in a long time.
Once again filed under, “it’s the little things that make us happy,” I found a copy of Six Million Dollar Man #1 from 1976! Rather simplistic in art and story, it’s still great fun to read and Steve Austin here has some of the abilities he only ever had in the novel, rather than the TV show.
#comics
#comics
March 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Once again filed under, “it’s the little things that make us happy,” I found a copy of Six Million Dollar Man #1 from 1976! Rather simplistic in art and story, it’s still great fun to read and Steve Austin here has some of the abilities he only ever had in the novel, rather than the TV show.
#comics
#comics
Absolutely blinding ad for The Killing Joke. Art by Brian Bolland
February 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Absolutely blinding ad for The Killing Joke. Art by Brian Bolland
I did not know Peter David wrote a mini series about The Phantom.
February 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I did not know Peter David wrote a mini series about The Phantom.
One of the most nihilistic issues of Spider-Man I’ve ever read. But you know what? It’s the first issue of 8 Deaths of Spider-Man I actually liked.
February 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
One of the most nihilistic issues of Spider-Man I’ve ever read. But you know what? It’s the first issue of 8 Deaths of Spider-Man I actually liked.
My car looked like Buck Rogers this morning.
January 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
My car looked like Buck Rogers this morning.
Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source.
January 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source.
We all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you.
January 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you.