🐬 practice backlips, tragic actress

Whelp it's late. Super late. So late that another issue might come out today or tomorrow. And we completely missed publishing any Weekend Edition material... I've been glued to the TV watching the start of the NBA season (and my sorry ass Bulls...) so we will make this a short... Once the NBA hype has died down for me after mainlining it directly into my bloodstream, we should be back to our regularly scheduled programming.

📺 New Shows

Somehow we only have one new show premeriing this week, but we have a bunch of returning shows. Seems contrary to the trends, but here we are.

🧛 What We Do in the Shadows S6 (FX) — 21 Oct

The final season is here. I'm waaaaay behind at this point, but I'm confident it's still one of the funniest shows on TV.

🚀 Star Trek: Lower Decks S5 (Paramount) — 24 Oct

Another show I'm woefully behind on (I'm behind on all Star Trek shows for that matter...) But I think this might be their final season as well?

👨‍👦‍👦 Before S1 (Apple) — 25 Oct

A psychological thriller mini-series starring Billy Crystal? I can't remember the last time I saw him in something new and he definitely doesn't give me thriller vibes.

🦁 Special Ops: Lioness S2 (Paramount) — 27 Oct

We just started season one of this in the humdrum household. It's kind of what I expected: an extended action movie with pretty bad dialog, while still being fun.

👩 Somebody Somewhere S3 (HBO) — 27 Oct

And another final season to wrap things up!

Monday

• What We Do in the Shadows (FX/Hulu) 6:1-3

Wednesday

• Only Murder in the Building (Hulu) 4:9
• Agatha: House of Harkness (Disney) 1:7
• Shrinking (Apple) 2:3

Thursday

• Teacup (Peacock) 1:5-6
• Sweetpea (Sky) 1:3
• Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount) 5:1-2

Friday

• The Old Man (Hulu) 2:8
• Disclaimer (Apple) 1:5
• Before (Apple) 1:1-2

Sunday

• Last Week Tonight (HBO)
• From (MGM) 3:6
• The Penguin (HBO) 1:6
• The Franchise (HBO) 1:4
• Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount) 2:1-2
• Somebody Somewhere (HBO) 3:1

💽 Release of the Week

🛣️ Pacific Highway Music by Skegss

A really great indie rock record from Skegss. I've listened to their older stuff, but nothing clicked with me the way this record did. Lots of great riffs pull this together nicely.

🏃 Runner Ups

🍻 Fate & Alcohol by Japandroids

I love Japandroids. So I mean no offense, but every Japandroids song is the same. That song is great, don't get me wrong, but it's all the same. Still, sad that this will be their last album.

🏳️ The Lost Record by Susanna Hoffs

This record came out of nowhere for me. Really dig it. At times it has that late 90's // early aughts female singer-songwriter vibe and at other times it really brings the rock and even brings some unique sounds that really set it apart from other albums in the same vein.

👁️ Guided Tour by High Vis

I only listened to this one once, but it was a solid rock/punk album. Nothing really blew me away on first listen, but it was enjoyable.

🎼 Some EPs

• SABLE, by Bon Iver
• Warm Beers by ALEXSUCKS
• First Time / Alone by Greg Mendez
• Sun in the Shower by Young Rising Sons

🦸 No. 1's

🦸‍♀️ Absolute Wonder Woman (DC)

Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman follow up Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta's Absolute Batman with Absolute Wonder Woman. I'm a big fan of Kelly Thompson's work, especially her books with Image and I'm excited to see Sherman's take on Wonder Woman as I've never really looked at him as a big two artsist (similar to Dragotta) so it should be fun to see the character's reinvention here through fresh eyes.

🧌 Nullhunter (Image)

This is the big Image book I'm really excited for this week. Written by Michael Walsh (Silver Coin) with art from the up-and-coming Gustaffo Vargas.

😶 The Sacred Damned [Horizon Experiment] (Image)

The next "pilot" in the Horizon Experiment comes from TV writer Sabir Pirzada and once again, the great Michael Walsh, this time as artist. It looks to play on the exorcist style story for this horror book.

💍 Green Lantern: Dark (DC)

While this isn't an Absolute book, it looks pretty wild and fun still. Tate Brombal is writing with art by Werther Dell'Edera (Something is Killing the Children), which is what really makes this new GL book interesting to me.

📝 Other Notable Releases

• The Moon Is Following Us (Image) #2
• The Power Fantasy (Image) #3
• Grommets (Image) #5
• The Goon: Them That Don't Stay Dead (Dark Horse) #3
• Hello Darkness (Boom) #4
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW) #3
• Universal Monsters: Frankenstein (Skybound) #3
• Void Rivals (Skybound) #13
• The Tin Can Society (Image) #2

• Zatanna: Bring Down The House (DC) #5
• X-Men (Marvel) #6
• X-Factor (Marvel) #3
• Superman (DC) #19
• Nightwing (DC) #119
• The Incredible Hulk (Marvel) #18
• Detective Comics (DC) #1090
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold (DC) #18

🎥 New Movies

⛪ Conclave

Conspiracies arise in this thriller to choose a new pope starring Ralph Fiennis, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow. It's getting glowing reviews too.

🕷️ Venom: The Last Dance

What's not getting glowing reviews? Venom. And honestly, who cares. These movies should be big and dumb, fun.

📜 Docs

🎸 Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

I'm not the biggest Boss fan, but I still can't wait to sink my teeth into this.

🗽 Dahomey

A poetic and immersive work of art that delves into real perspectives on far-reaching issues surrounding appropriation, self-determination and restitution.

🕋 Black Box Diaries

This looks both devastating and powerful...

👻 My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock

And finally, the master of suspense. I don't love what they are doing with the fake conversation with Alfred here... Feels both confusing and inauthentic.

📝 Other Notable Releases

• 🥧 Magpie
• 🐌 Memoir of a Snail
• 👹 Your Monster

Good bye and good night.

Be kind and stay sane,

—kevin humdrum

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