Last night, I had the amazing experience of being a guest on the Black Tribbles podcast. If you’re familiar with the Philadelphia Geek Awards (and you should be) then you know these folks as the winners of the Streaming Project of the Year Award.
I met Len “Bat Tribble” Webb a while back when he interviewed me on the floor of Wizard World Philadelphia.
Last night, I was invited out to the G-town Radio studio, where Black Tribbles is recorded Thursday nights at 9 p.m., and got to spend two hours talking comics with three of the finest geeks in Philly — Len, Randy Green and Erik Mack.
We opened with a slate of superhero-movie news — DC’s announcement of movies through 2020 — and dissected both Gotham and Agents of SHIELD on TV. And, of course, we talked a bunch about me… including Evil Inc, the new Hey Comics — Kids! podcast I’m doing with my boys, and the Top 5 Halloween costumes I’d like to see my wife in.
Although you can catch their show live every Thursday night at nine (eastern), they release every episode (including this one) as a podcast. Chapter 16 | Page 3a: A Strong Cup of Coffee
The Evil Inc villains think their new manager, Cassie Cruz, has been leaking information to the superheroes, and they're out to stop her... even if it means possessing her morning coffee with an evil spirit.
Transcript
Title: Evil Inc by Brad Guigar (February 13, 2025)
Panel 1:
(Caption: "After a brief conference, Jeremy and Cassie interrogate the sentient beverage.")
Jeremy: "OK, coffee... Can I call you Joe? Please tell us who sent you."
Panel 2:
(Close-up of the sentient coffee speaking from a mug in Jeremy’s hand.)
Sentient Coffee: "All I know is... I was doing my time in the spirit realm when I suddenly found myself animating this java."
Panel 3:
Jeremy: "That musta been a real brewed awakening! No wonder you’re bitter!"
(Coffee laughs heartily.)
Panel 4:
Jeremy: "So, who did this?"
Sentient Coffee: "I really shouldn’t say..."
Panel 5:
Cassie: "Forget it, Jeremy! Pour him in here, and I’ll take him to the sink."
Cassie continues (holding a red cup): "Let’s see how he likes the Fairmount sewer system."
Panel 6:
Sentient Coffee: "OK! OK! I’LL SPILL! It was the Red Devil Girl!"
Panel 7:
Sentient Coffee: "She told me to attack you, and... and..."
(Pauses, dripping coffee like sweat.)
Sentient Coffee: "Awww, beans. You got me."
Panel 8:
Jeremy: "You fell for the oldest trick in the book."
Cassie: "Good cup, bad cup."
(Jeremy smirks while Cassie holds up her red cup triumphantly.)
