📺 The Media Guide S6E1

Welcome to season six of Foofaraw! It's the Foofaraw you know and love, but with a different number attached to it! 🤯

In all seriousness, it's a pretty big deal as we expand our publishing schedule (which is public) and blow out our Thursday short stories with new art and a narrated podcast.

Speaking of podcasts, friends of Foofaraw, Keenan (aka the voice of Foofaraw Frequencies) and Halsted, just launched a brand new one, Friendship Material. The first episode was a delight, you should check it out!

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📺 New shows

⏳ The Sandman S2 (Netflix) — 3 July

Sandman... well, it's back for a second season (and it's last). There are a lot of complicated emotions when it comes to Sandman given the numerous sexual assault claims against Neil Gaiman going through the courts... John Scalzi did a good job writing about the "best case scenario," which is still pretty terrible. So take all of this with a grain of salt—but even with his involvement in season two limited, it makes watching this show I was genuinely excited about a lot more difficult for me personally.

👹 Dan Da Dan S2 (Netflix/Crunchyroll) — 4 July

Then there's this bonkers anime show back for its second season. I haven't finished season one yet, but it's a wild and fun show that I think will definitely be worth your time.

Tuesday

• Stick (Apple) 1:7
• Hell Motel (Shudder) 1:4

Wednesday

• Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu) 2:8
• Ironheart (Disney) 1:4-6

Thursday

• Poker Face (Peacock) 2:11
• Murderbot (Apple) 1:9
• Duster (HBO) 1:8
• Welcome to Wrexham (Hulu) 4:9
• Revival (Syfy) 1:4
• The Sandman (Netflix) S2
• Dan Da Dan (Netflix) 2:1

Friday

• Smoke (Apple) 1:3

Sunday

• Rick & Morty (Adult Swim) 8:7
• The Gilded Age (HBO) 3:3

💽 Release of the week

🦮 The Lord is My German Shepherd (Time for Walkies) by Ringlets

What if old Black Country, New Road met new Black County, New Road, fell in love, got married, had a baby, and that baby became obsessed with Arctic Monkeys? I think you'd end up with this weird and fascinating record by Ringlets. It's melodic, it's upbeat, and it jams pretty hard with some of that "crank wave" and "post-punk" sound while bringing some of that British—or in this case, New Zealand—sensibilities. It's a ton of fun.

🏃 Runner-ups

🎞️ This Movie Sucks by Durry

I've been a big fan and supporter of Durry when I came across them on Instagram leading up to their previous release. Side note: I highly recommend their terrific blending of Chappell Roan's Hot to Go with Carter Vail's Dirt Man to make the excellent Dirt to Go. I'm not sure this album reaches the same highs as their last, but it's still a really fun rock record.

🫦 Virgin by Lorde

And then there's Lorde. I'm not a huge fan of Lorde, but can see why people like her music. I think this is her best since her debut album, Pure Heroine.

📝 What else?

• Spun by Wavves
• Carefree, very by Evening Elephants
• Stockholm Syndrome by Fishbone
• Tomorrow Comes Crashing by Smut
• The Rubber Teeth Talk by Daisy the Great
• Cult Leader by Susannah Joffe

🦸 No. 1's

🇺🇸 Captain America (Marvel)

Chip Zdarsky takes over Mr. Red, White & Blue for Marvel comics. Zdarsky has consistently been one of the best writers in comics these last five years from his big two stuff with Daredevil and Batman, to all his wonderful creator-owned books like Public Domain, Newburn, and tons more. He's taking things back to Cap's origins with this first issue so I'm intrigued to see where he and artist Valerio Schiti take things.

🔥 X-Men: Hellfire Vigil (Marvel)

And for X-folks, a giant 64 pager commemorating the last era and setting up the threads coming up over the next year.

📝 What else?

• Black Hammer: Spiral City #7 (Dark Horse)
• Adventureman: Family Tree #3 (Image)
• Nullhunter #9 (Image)
• Grim #23 (Boom)
• Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma #4 (DC)
• Absolute Green Lantern #4 (DC)
• Batgirl #9 (DC)
• X-Men #19 (Marvel)
• Birds of Prey #23 (DC)

🎥 New movies

🤺 The Old Guard 2 (Netflix)

I'm not sure The Old Guard really warranted a sequel. It was a bit fun, but mostly fine. But who am I to stop Charlize Theron and a kick-ass cast from adapting more of the Greg Rucka comic book?!?! I imagine this will be more of the same—a fun action flick with good acting that won't blow anyone away or make any top ten lists, which honestly, we need more of these days. So I guess it did warrant a sequel!

🦖 Jurassic World Rebirth

Speaking of not warranting a new sequel... This is one of those franchises that baffles me. Who is still going to these? Why do they keep making new ones??? Pick your animal metaphor: jumping the shark, beating a dead horse, etc. etc. etc. they all apply to Jurassic Park/World at this point. But here we are, putting out some more below average franchise action films...

🏛️ Heads of State

I don't think this actually looks good, but I'm down for hanging out with Idris Elba and John Cena for 90 minutes, aren't you?

📝 What else?

• 40 Acres (Limited)
• Kill the Jockey (Limited)
• Bring Her Back (Buy/Rent)
• Sister Midnight (Buy/Rent)
• Another Simple Favor (Buy/Rent)
• Thunderbolts* (Buy/Rent)