The gang eats burgers that were SCARED OUT OF A TERRIBLE WAITRESS, visit yet another ossified carcass of once-plentiful American economic megafauna, and get bamboozled into being reality TV stars for a vengeful god who, in retrospect, was DEFINITELY planning on broadcasting live god-sex to all of Olympus, right? Is this just an elaborate game…
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Comics Haul Week Of 5.25.22
Hey gang, normally I’d prepare a whole thing about the comics I was super hype for this week, but given the events of this Tuesday that seems like it would be in poor taste and also I, like every single American, am so tired and furious and heartsick and weary, and frankly me ol’ fun-tank…
A Good Bad Time (The Lightning Thief, Ch.14)
COME GET CATFISHED WITH US! PJ has a wee moment at the bottom of a river–we’ve all been there, we all know this classic way–and receives a word of guidance to…g-go where he was going anyway? Also! The origins of the world’s first floating McDonalds, a list of things baseball bats are not useful for,…
Cowabunga It Is, Then (The Lightning Thief, Ch.13)
PJ and the gang douse themselves in paranoia fuel, have a confrontation with a beloved Bakersfield icon and commit some LIGHT terrorism at the top of a national monument, as a treat. Also William forgets how old he is and sends Casey into a Quantum Leap, we argue about the ground and whether there’s such…
A Post-Pokemon World (The Lightning Thief, Ch.12)
PJ and the crew receive GUIDANCE and WISDOM and SASS and TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS from a most unexpected source! Also we immediately make several terrible mistakes surrounding the number 12, discover the topic that may very well break this friendship in twain, and we unveil Jerry Lewis’s SECRET SWEDISH ORIGIN STORY in The Lightning Thief,…
Comics Haul Week Of 5.18.22
I shout out my prizes from this week’s New Comic Book Day haul! Featuring TWO KINDS of Blade Runner, monkeys that went to space, a blog that’s more of a nightmare than this one and a detective who can’t do his job because he is, and I am not making this up, Chinese!
Gor-Gon Girl (The Lightning Thief, Ch.11)
PJ and the Camp Half-Blood crew set about demolishing both a small businesswoman’s shop AND a platter of delicious hamburgers, send a parcel to Olympus COD (Cranium On Delivery) and learn the hard way that hey guess what, who your parents are might not be your FAULT but can ABSOLUTELY be your problem! Also we…
Against All Dodds (The Lightning Thief, Ch.10)
THE GANG GETS BUS-TED! Uncle Rick FINALLY gives us a cool gear-up scene, things go VERY wrong in a bus bathroom and the Camp Half-Blood Crew recreates the Battle of Hoth! Also, we discuss why you would go in the ocean if you’re covered in eyes, Hillary Duff dissolves us into ancient mummy bones-dust, and…
The Swording Hat (The Lightning Thief, Ch.8)
PJ and the gang embark on their most perilous and foolhardy trial yet: VIGOROUS EXERCISE IMMEDIATELY AFTER A HUGE BARBECUE DINNER. We also discuss the practical benefits of polytheism, some interesting loopholes in heteronormative contract-language, and the Big Three reenact a Seinfeld episode! Find us on Twitter @The_Jackson_Two, email us at TheJacksonTwoPod@Gmail.com, and find us…
Pier Pressure (The Lightning Thief, Ch.7)
PJ receives a gift at knifepoint, does accidental sexisms and wastes a PERFECTLY GOOD hunk of mouthwatering brisket! We also go on an ABSOLUTE RAMPAGE of a beverage tangent, examine what jerks the gods are from a theological perspective, and give you a GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE with a personalized Tarot reading covering the week…
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