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  1. Popeye Rush for Spinach with Ryan Estrada

    Grab your canned vegetables and your questionable licensed tie-ins, because this week on Play Comics we’re diving headfirst into Popeye: Rush for Spinach on the Game Boy Advance—the game that looked at a classic comic strip about a gruff sailor punching his problems and said, “Actually, what if everyone just… ran a lot instead?” This is a world where the Sea Hag steals the global spinach supply, the solution is apparently time-traveling track meets, and Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto, and Wimpy all agree that the best way to settle things is to sprint through history like someone off-screen yelled “last one there buys lunch.”

    Helping us untangle this leafy green disaster is the wonderful Ryan Estrada from the comic-making side of the internet, a man who knows exactly what it looks like when characters escape the page and do something absolutely no one asked them to do. Ryan’s here to help figure out how a comic icon who started life in newspaper strips, got famous selling spinach, and spent decades punching sea monsters somehow wound up in a handheld racing game that feels like it was brainstormed during a very strange lunch break.

    So power up that tiny GBA screen, flex those forearms, and get ready for an episode that’s equal parts comic history lesson, adaptation autopsy, and incredulous laughter at the phrase “Popeye racing game.”

    Learn such things as:

    • Were our parents lying to us about spinach all these years?
    • What’s the point of dropping plot threads if you never plan on picking them up?
    • Will somebody just bring me a cheeseburger already?
    • And so much more!

    You can find everything you could ever want to know about Ryan on RyanEstrada.com. Let’s see if anyone can pick out my favorite part. I’ll give you a hint, it’s on the home page.

    If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

    If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.

    Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

    You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube or the Play Comics website.

    If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.

    A big thanks to Peace Bound and Down – A Wonder Woman Podcast and Carnival of Glee Creations for the promos today.

    Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who prefers arugula.

    #Bluto #CharltonComics #DellComics #Fantagraphics #GameBoyAdvance #GoldKeyComics #HarveyComics #IDW #KingFeaturesSyndicate #MagicPockets #NamcoHometek #OliveOyl #Popeye #RyanEstrada #WesternPublishing #Wimpy
  2. Garfield the Search for Pooky with Ryan Estrada

    Welcome to another gloriously chaotic episode of Play Comics, where today’s adventure features everyone’s favorite lasagna-loving, Monday-hating tabby cat stumbling through the digital wasteland of Garfield: The Search for Pooky on the Game Boy Advance. Because apparently, losing a teddy bear is serious enough business to warrant an entire platforming odyssey filled with death pits, questionable physics, and mice that probably deserve their own organized crime documentary.

    Joining us for this tale of feline desperation and handheld gaming horrors is the phenomenally creative Ryan Estrada—artist, author, and genuine adventurer who has somehow managed to create official comics for everyone from Star Trek to Popeye to (yes, indeed) Garfield himself. When he’s not crafting award-nominated graphic novels like Banned Book Club or wandering through actual adventures that sound like they belong in their own comic series, Ryan brings the perfect blend of insider knowledge and artistic sensibility to help us navigate this particular slice of orange cat chaos.

    So grab your favorite plush companion (and maybe hide it somewhere safe), prepare for some seriously questionable level design choices, and settle in for an episode that explores what happens when beloved comic strip characters get translated into the unforgiving world of Game Boy Advance platforming. Will our heroes survive Garfield’s glacially-paced walking speed? Can anyone explain why this cat can leap tall buildings but still can’t find a simple teddy bear? And most importantly, does this game capture the essence of Jim Davis’s creation, or does it just make us want to curl up for a very long nap?

    Learn such things as:

    • Is there anything more important than lasagna and naps?
    • Do you ever need to grow out of your favorite stuffed friend?
    • How do you manage when your worst enemy is your own laziness? And does that make Garfield much deeper than we ever gave it credit for?
    • And so much more!

    You can find everything you could ever want to know about Ryan on RyanEstrada.com. Let’s see if anyone can pick out my favorite part. I’ll give you a hint, it’s on the home page.

    If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

    If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.

    Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

    You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscaston Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Groupon Facebook.

    A big thanks to The Last Comic Shop and Life, Death, & Taxonomy for the promos today.

    Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who was going to tell me something about what I’ve been saying here at the end of the show notes. And then realized that it just wasn’t worth the effort.

    #BoomStudios #GameBoyAdvance #Garfield #Kaboom #newspaper #RyanEstrada
  3. Digimon Battle Spirit with Joshua Moore (Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World)

    Digital monsters, handheld mayhem, and nostalgic button-mashing collide! Prepare to jack into the Digital World as Play Comics takes a pixelated punch at Digimon Battle Spirit on the Game Boy Advance. This portable fighting game promised to capture all the Agumon-punching, Gabumon-grappling action of the beloved anime and manga series, but did it deliver a champion-level experience or just leave us saying “that’s not very digivolving of you”?

    Joining us for this pocket-sized digital duel is Joshua Moore, the brilliant mind behind Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World. Together, we’ll explore whether this GBA gem successfully translated the franchise’s monster-battling essence into something more substantial than a Rookie-level disappointment, or if it left players feeling like they’d been banished to the Dark Area of gaming history.

    So dust off that Game Boy Advance, charge up your Digivice, and prepare for some serious handheld heroics! Will Digimon Battle Spirit prove itself worthy of the Crest of Gaming Excellence, or will we discover it’s about as useful as a chocolate D-3 device? Time to find out if this digital adventure was truly the digimon we deserved, or just another case of “close enough” licensing magic!

    Learn such things as:

    • Can a game be both the best and worst thing ever?
    • How do you connect different eras of a series that are only loosely connected anyway?
    • Will Chris ever be able to make a Digimon episode without bringing up Pokemon?
    • And so much more!

    You can find Joshua on BlueSky @joshuamoore.com and of course his website JoshuaMoore.com and of course check out his book Morphenomenal: How the Power Rangers Conquered the World.

    If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

    If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.

    Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

    You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscaston Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Groupon Facebook.

    A big thanks to the Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective and Fun and “Games” for the promos today.

    Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who insists that Digimon must me real and that’s what’s messing up his tech.

    #Agumon #Bandai #Dimps #GameBoyAdvance #Guilmon #JoshuaMoore #Renamon #Sukamon #Terriermon #Veemon #Wormmon
  4. Turok Evolution with Frank Martin

    Grab your time-traveling bow and arrow, folks! It’s time to dive into the prehistoric playground of Turok: Evolution, the game that asked, “What if we took a beloved comic book series and cranked the dinosaur-blasting action up to 11?” Join us as we explore this Acclaim-produced, multi-console extravaganza that had gamers questioning whether they were playing as a noble warrior or just a really enthusiastic paleontologist with anger issues.

    This episode features the talented Frank Martin, comic writer extraordinaire and master of crowdfunded creativity. He’ll help us navigate the treacherous terrain between comic panels and pixelated landscapes, all while dodging raptors and questioning the logic of futuristic weapons in a world where “cutting edge” usually refers to a particularly sharp rock.

    So strap on your loincloth, polish your plasma rifle, and get ready to explore a game that’s part Jurassic Park, part quantum physics experiment gone wrong. Will Turok: Evolution stand the test of time, or will it go extinct faster than you can say “Cease and desist, dinosaur!”? Tune in to find out!

    Learn such things as:

    • Is it cheating if you’re making the game alongside the comics?
    • Is it cheating if you rebooted the comics to be nothing like the comics were when the came out all those years ago?
    • Is it cheating if you’re just making Goldeneye in the early 2000s but with dinosaurs?
    • And so much more!

    You can find Frank on most social media platforms using the handle @FrankTheWriter and FrankTheWriter.com.

    If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

    If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.

    Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

    You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky.

    A big thanks to Not If I Reboot You First and Behold! for the promos today.

    Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who doesn’t have a favorite dinosaur because they’re all so cool.

    #Acclaim #AcclaimComics #DarkHorse #DellComics #DynamiteComics #FrankMartin #GameBoyAdvance #Gamecube #GoldKeyComics #PS2 #RFXInteractive #Turok #Valiant #WesternPublishing #Xbox
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