Jem and the Holograms Annual 2017 and Issues 24-26 Review

It's time for Gem Jamming July here inside the

pullback. If you want to be truly outrageous,

listen in as Mike, Amy, and Nicole give you their

thoughts on IDW's Gem comics. Showtime synergy.

Hello and welcome to episode 147 of The Pull

Bag. This is the Jam in July finale here inside

The Pull Bag. And on Showtime Synergy, I am one

of your hosts, TFJoneMike. Joining me are my

mis -fats, Lady Rek. Hello, sir. What? We're

not mis -fats, really? It's an old joke from,

you know... Oh my god, I almost called her Kimber.

It's an old joke from Nicole's favorite episode

Adventures in China. That episode could go to

hell. Channeling your inner Asha right there.

Oh my gosh. That was a horrible episode. People

make fun about how horrible some movies timing

is. Nothing compared to that single episode.

Okay, not even your favorite shades of gray That

had a decent timeline China did not have a decent

timeline Everything happened within minutes of

each other. You're like, how do you multi manufacture

earrings within an hour of finding them? Maybe

they had a digital printer like like one of those

like not digital but like 3d printers. There

you go 3d printers take forever. Have you seen

them? They take a long time And this was 1985

so I seriously doubt there was a 3d printer in

1985 If they take long now just imagine back

then they would take four days to get something

done As I said, this is going to be the Gem Jam

in July finale. We were going to try to get Gem

Infinite, the six issue crossover event, Gem

and the Holograms, the Misfits crossover event.

We were going to try to get the first three issues

done, but due to the Misfits having to be divas

and travel all over the place for other conventions

and things, yeah. Hey. Hey. I'm sorry, sometimes

giant robots are not truly outrageous. Yes, they

are. They're truly outrageous. I'm wearing my

giant robot shirt right now. I'm sure you are.

Is there a pony in there somewhere? No, it's

got everyone's favorite couple crumbed on and

rewind on it. Thank you. For a second there,

I thought you were going to say Cyclonus and

Whirl. No, it says... My mechanical romance is

my chemical romance. That's awesome. So today

we're going to talk about the twenty seventeen

annual as well as the final arc truly outrageous,

which is issues twenty four, twenty five and

twenty six. The end of the podcast will give

you details on the further gem coverage Because

as I already said we infinitely ran out of time

here in the month of July To get gem infinite

covered and also we will be giving you the information

on gem dimensions at the end of this so Anything

to get out of the way before we jump into the

annual ladies Bagels. Bagels. Lots of bagels.

No bagels for you. I've earned them today. Bagels.

All right, so we get the annual and the annual

is very, very interesting. It's cute. Yeah, it

is written by Kelly Thompson. The Inexquisite

Corpse art is done by Giselle Legase. Color is

done by Jason Millett. Kimber's story art and

colors are done by MJ Barros. Aj's art and colors

are done by M. Victoria Roboto. Shayna's art

and colors are done by... I can't even pronounce

that name. I am so sorry. Katarzyna, I'm so sorry.

I just can't even Jim's story is done by Savannah

Again I see I have the trade so I can't tell

you because I don't have it Yeah, the letters

yeah, the letters are done by Sean Lee editorial

assists by Chris Carisi Yeah Edits by Sarah Gaydos

and obviously Ted Adams is the publisher at IDW.

I'm sorry artists. Sorry. So this is - We need

a little pronunciation guide, that's all. Yes,

yes, please. I'm sure somebody's gonna write

on iTunes. Oh, they're not professional because

they don't know how to pronounce the names. Anyway,

oops So yeah, this is an exquisite corpse story.

Even if you do know how to pronounce it you still

get it wrong like my maiden name Everybody got

it wrong. It's they said it phonetically, but

it was wrong just saying What is it tell everyone?

No, I'm not gonna Palmateer if it was palmateer

and people would call pal meter pal meter. It's

like no, no, no No, no. No, it's pal my tear

Palma tier. Somehow they kept on Palm meter,

Palm meter, Palm meter. It just like guys, really?

It's, it's not that hard. It is what it is. French

Canadian. Apparently I did not know this until

like I was in high school. Hey, nothing's, nothing's

harder than, uh, working with a bunch of Polynesians.

Cause their names. I just like, just give me

your first name. Yeah, but if you have more than

12 letters in your name, I'm gonna mess it up.

Oh God so this reminds me. Okay, you shouldn't

have said that Over at this week and geek net

which is another site that I work on for nerd

news network Mike the Birdman dog myself gravy

moose Alex Ricci Who Alex is actually like some?

Third or fourth distant cousin to Christina Ricci

Wednesday Adams. No joke. Anyway Nice, we just

brought on a fourth host Tristan Winkworth and

Tristan has three middle names. Oh jeez. Yeah

And at this point because we usually like, you

know, if anybody looks at the posts on geekcastrader

.com or thesweetandgeek .net Like, if you look

at Amy's name or Nicole's name or my name, it's

our first name, our screen name or nickname,

and then our last name. Well, for Tristan, I

just put Tristan, too many names, Winkworth.

I have a friend who is Italian, so she's got

three middle names as well. Because you get your

official middle name, then you take on the maiden

name of your mother, and then you have your saint's

name. Yep To fun cultural stuff to learn. Yeah.

Yeah, it is fun cultural stuff but you know most

kids with like two and three and four middle

names they They either need a crown or they're

gonna end up on investigation discovery That's

all I'm gonna say about that uh so the annual

we have an exquisite corpse story this is interesting

i think this is really cool i've never heard

of this before i thought it was just a tell a

story that you like a group story or something

i've never heard it as this before so this was

a new i was like oh that's that's what they call

those i've never heard that before so from infopedia

.org And this is actually in the comic, folks.

This is not me looking at Wikipedia. An exquisite

corpse or exquisite cadaver from the French cadaver

is a way to assemble a collection of words or

images as a team, as a story or picture is passed

from collaborator to collaborator. Each person

adds their piece in a sequence, only being allowed

to see the end of the previous person's contribution.

So yeah, this is this was I didn't know that

was called I did not realize that that's what

they they call those collaboration stories like

that It's called an exquisite corpse. So this

was a new a new I liked that I liked like oh,

okay. I didn't know that they called it that

now I know I think I know I heard the term before

but I couldn't remember where I heard it from

so Yeah, that's cool we uh... so my before we

even get into the comic my first note after reading

the description for the definition of what an

exquisite corpse story is my first notice we

ought to do an exquisite corpse story of the

showtime synergy podcast I have no idea what

that would even look like but yeah so We have

Jim and the holograms we've got the starlight

girls and we've got the misfits The starlight

girls Chrissy Deirdre Bonnie Becky Leela and

Ashley They've really only you I think I could

be wrong so Kelly, please don't crucify me if

I'm wrong here I think they've only used the

starlight girls in the annuals They have not

really been They've been in the issue. Yeah,

they've been in the issue. OK. Like I said, could

be wrong. You are wrong. We're proving it to

you. I'm pretty sure that they've been in the...

I'm really sure that they've been in earlier.

Just like the cat. They were in there just for

a short time. Yeah, I think in the very beginning,

like in the Showtime arc or something like that,

or maybe the second arc, they were in there.

But it's been so long. I mean, we've been doing

this for two years at this point. Yeah. Time

flies when you're having fun. I can't believe

that we've been doing this two years. That's

insane. I mean, technically, if you want to count

in the 24 episodes of Showtime Synergy with the

cartoon stuff, we've been doing this for three

years because we recorded that in 2014 when Amy

was still pregnant with her third child. Really?

Yeah, that's right. Well, we had to record the

cartoon reviews in 2014 because we never knew

when she... Well, at the time, we didn't know

when she was going to pop that thing out of the

oven. so. Well, she knew. She did have a due

date. Yeah. Yeah. I know. You never know when

you have Cyclonus' baby, right? Really old jokes

through that nobody's gonna get that unless I

throw it in here So we got the starlight girls.

No, they'll be wondering what where did the baby

come from? Which I love seeing the starlight

girls, I think it's so fun We open with Jerrica

and the holograms coming into practice for for

the Starlight Girls and they see the comic and

they have a discussion on whether, you know,

they should read it or not and Ajah, not Ajah,

I'm sorry, Shayna gives a description to everybody

else as far as what a, you know, exquisite corpse

is and all that and they start reading the comic

after, you know, you know everybody takes a vote

on it and and all that I think my favorite panel

in the beginning here for the art is the last

panel before the story starts with all four of

them looking at the comic I think that's so cool

I like this it's fun yeah it was very fun I agree

yeah so of course the first story has to be Kimber's

Diva. And once again, I am digging this art.

I think this is look at those misfits. They look

so cool. I love that panel. That panel is amazing.

Yes. Where their faces blacked out. But yeah,

you can tell it definitely tell who's who. Love.

It's obvious by the hair, honestly. I thought

it was more obvious by the makeup. Or lack there.

Well, yeah, there is some makeup. Because they

still have their color. Yeah. Well, the blue

hair obviously is Stormer. The red hair with

the fire is Blaze. Obviously the green is Pizzaz.

I can see why people might confuse Roxy and Jedha,

but... No. Roxy has the yellow, that's why. Jedha's

white. So you gotta make a lightning bolt she's

got a bolt over her face too, so yeah Yeah, I

just love the way this is drawn I think this

is done so well because they're all it's not

just in this It's not just in that first panel

of them That's the style throughout the whole

thing in this first part of the beginning as

far as the art goes as far as you know The the

black faces with the colors being in the makeup

and the hair and all that I just absolutely love

that So this part of the story Basically Majestics

Majestrix pizzazz finds out about Stormer and

Kimber's love affair and apparently this breaks

her heart so she banishes She banishes Stormur,

and she rips out her own heart. Technically,

wouldn't she be dead? Well, apparently... This

is a fantastic sci -fi fantasy story, so no,

she wouldn't be. Wouldn't she be a zombie, then?

Well, if you think about well Shayna has psychic

powers, so yeah, it's just all sci -fi. Yeah.

Yeah I get it. It is just a story but That image

was just so dark Ripping her heart out It's very

pizzazz though Very over dramatic. Yep So we

get Kimber and Stormer in apparently some sort

of dream sequence because Kimber actually wakes

up and says, I know where Stormer is and she

gets dressed in a real hurry and she's basically

using, you know, a tone louder than a Guns N'

Roses concert. And she's screaming and screaming

and everybody's already in the galley. Fire up

the ship. I know where she is That seemed a little

abrupt to me the telling the story then all of

a sudden. Oh Okay, I don't know. Maybe I just

missed that part where it was like, oh, yeah

They they they outcast the outcasts Stormer.

Mm -hmm. Did they say like I don't have the comic

in front of me right now whether or not she was

exiled to the the place of lost souls or it does

not say that just yet it shows you that pizzazz

stormer is kneeling outcaster yeah stormer is

kneeling at pizzazz's feet and pizzazz has this

little one thing pointed at her and this is when

pizzazz rips out her heart and then we get to

the dream sequence of Stormer being in some place.

We don't know yet. It's the planet of lost souls,

but that comes later but this is to show that

You know Kimber was you know having a dream about

this and she figured it out and she knows where

okay She knows where she's trapped. They just

don't know where the planet is. That's the thing

gotcha Guess the reason why I bring it up is

because I thought it was kind of cute because

it seemed very Juvenile like a juvenile story

and so that like I was like, oh, that's a real

abrupt kind of oh suddenly She knows where she

is and I went okay, but then I thought about

it You know what actually this is perfect because

it's supposed to be told from a bunch of little

girls that you know Aren't really well versed

with storytelling, but they're you know, just

putting something in motion or running with it

and I thought That's really kind of I kind of

really appreciated that because I thought that

makes sense that young kids would do that. And

I was like, wow, that's kind of cool that, you

know, they're putting out an annual that has

like this kind of a vibe to it. I mean, now that

I've actually gotten through the whole thing,

I look at it and I think, you know, this is very

age appropriate. Like you could give this to

a middle school kid and they'd be like, it would

totally work for them. And it totally works for

me, too, knowing that, oh, yeah, that's. that

it makes sense because it's from little kids.

And I just thought, now that was really cool.

I was really, really happy with that. Yep. I

love the way Jim looks here in the panel where

she says, we can still use the existing plan

we're already working on to find Stormer. I just

love the, I love the art there on Jim. I think

Jim looks great there. And Kimber's like, wait,

there's a plan. Why can't somebody at least tell

me the plan? I love their costumes, too. Yeah,

the costumes and just all the art in this one

was so well done. You know who Jim reminds me

of though? Uh -oh. This is going to be a reference

lost on many people, but bless your soul if you

understand Barbarella. She looks like Barbarella.

That's nice. A little bit, yeah. Wow. Barbarella.

It's the hair. She's got Barbarella hair. They

all have, like, big hair in this. Like, different

variations of... She's got the bouffant, like,

Barbarella, man. I mean, if you look at all of

them... Okay, so there's a panel a little bit

later here when Asha says... I mean, it's our

plan. Our plan, sorry. It's still... It'll totally

work. You see Jem on the left Aja on the like

center middle and then Shana and then Kimber

are on kind of the right if you look at all of

the varying images like if you go back a couple

of panels where you see Kimber saying that will

That that will never work. You know, it's it's

her traditional hair that she's had with the

shaved Undersides on the under part of her like

by her ears and thing. Yeah, that's what it's

earlier. I'm buoyant it up Um, the same thing

with Aja. Aja's hairstyle is the same. They're

just, they've added, this artist has added in

a little extra flair because it is a science

fiction fantasy type thing. It's a space adventure

and it looks so good. No, I know that! I know

that! I'm just saying what this artist has done

is they have taken... the main comic versions

that we know and they've poofed up the hair,

you know, stuff to overlap. Which makes sense

because this was in the 80s and, you know, 80s

big hair was kind of a thing. Absolutely. So

that's one of the reasons why I loved this whole

sequence is because their hair is extraordinarily

crazy and characters unto themselves. And I thought,

oh, it's perfect nod for 80s. Just saying. Not

that they're trying to go for that 80s vibe.

Like, I mean, you know, I guess you could say

because they've got a few things in here. They're

like, yeah, I guess I could see that. Like, you

know, but the whole point is, is that, you know,

this wasn't an 80s show. And so I appreciated

the big hair because of that. So if you look

at all four of them. Jim to a less extent I guess

but well she's got the vest kind of thing I'm

trying to think most of the 80s well I was trying

to like point out like shoulder pads or or Lapels

and things like that most of that stuff is 80s

fashion which is great like that last shot where

Jim says possess has got to be stopped You know

you look at Shana she's kind of got shoulder

pads Jim kind of looks like She probably doesn't,

like I said. The only thing I think - Her shoulders

are a little pointy, and a few of the other ones,

if you look back, I'm like, yeah, there's a little

bit of a something to them, substance to them,

other than just, you know. And I'm not criticizing

Kelly here. It's just the Inner Transformers

- Oh, no. No, no, no. It's the Inner Transformers,

nerd, and me coming out. Fazazz is going to be

stopped, no matter the cost. I love the Kimber

story. I think it's a great start to the story.

I love the art. I think the art is fantastic.

If there was an entire series or mini series

with Kimber and Stormer, like say, you know,

we all remember the band's breakup episode from

the cartoon series. Say there's like a four issue

mini series where Kimber and Stormer go off and

do so. I could see that four issue mini series

in this artist's style and I would love it. Absolutely.

Oh yeah. On the Kimber story, Amy, what were

you thinking for final thoughts before we move

into Ajah? And I'll go with you after Nicole.

I liked it. It was like one of those, like I

said, I mean, I have commented on that little

jarring when they first started in and the little

bit of cliche to it. But I'm like, no, this totally

works for me. And then on top of that, it was

just kind of like the art was so fun and Don't

know if they tried to make it like look like

a little a younger younger generation or younger

girl like You know wrote it or drew it because

it doesn't come off like that at all. I mean,

it's like hey, you know, I it's not crayon and

Marker or not that I expect anybody and like,

you know, I'm not quite sure on all the ages

I'm sure that they put it in there and they've

been in Like the the notes at the back of the

like, you know Text specs for the characters

have probably showed what their age is and stuff

like that. I didn't go back and find that In

fact, I'm flipping right now to see if I can

find it. Don't think I don't think the starlight

girls have have tech specs Yeah, I mean all of

the other characters do but the the I don't think

that they do I'm kind of flipping through to

see if they do because I've got them all on digital.

So I'm just kind of Swiping through really fast

to see I know I know Jim and the Holograms have

tech specs. I know TechRat, Rio, and others have

tech specs. I know the Misfits have tech specs.

I know the Stingers have tech specs. I'm not

sure if the Starlight Girls have tech specs.

No, I haven't seen them. Yeah. So that being

said, I mean, I liked it. I liked how the stylization

really worked for me. It really worked. I really

like this and you're right if if I saw it the

way that you were describing like, you know Kimber

and Stormer go off and have their own little

thing it'd be kind of cool to see Like, you know,

they're a little maybe like a maybe they'll lose

in the future or maybe talking about it Somebody

will be like, hey, that's great idea and they'll

run with it and they'll pitch it IDW and boom

boom boom Like do it's just like a little mini

series where they break off and go do their own

thing for like, you know Six issues or something,

you know, I can totally see that artists like

doing that In fact, I wouldn't mind seeing more

of her stuff. So it's kind of cool. I Yeah, go

ahead Finish your thought I can't remember my

thought now. I have a short attention span. I'm

like Kimber in that Nicole final thoughts on

Kimber's part of the story I want a spaceship

like that. Oh, yes, I agree. I want that spaceship

No spaceship for you Okay, IDW, you've got to

put that spaceship in somewhere with the lost

light. That would be awesome. That spaceship

is so small, it could probably fit inside the

lost light. That's what I'm saying. I think they

should hide it somewhere. It's just a little

toy or something. Yeah, somebody's got a toy

that looks like, you know, the gem jamming, gem

jammer. Space shuttle. It almost looks like someone

is a big Futurama fan. Yeah. Yeah, I can imagine

that. Very Planet Express. Bite my shiny metal.

Anyway. All right. Up next is Aja's part of the

story. And we kind of go back to the Gem Baby

style of art, which I like. This is cool. This

is fun. It's very Aja. Yeah, and Kimber has to

wear a giant furry pink thing So so yeah, we

open this one up with You know Kimber asking

Shayna what is all this fluffy pink stuff anyway

and just how is it gonna get us on the planet

of lost souls it's funny you should ask that

kimber because it's what you're going to wear

when we get there what um no way yes way you're

the you're you're the tallest it's the only thing

i can make to fit you on such short notice oh

gosh that's funny everyone get ready we're coming

up on the planet wait we can't be to the planet

of lost souls already no this is jedirox and

it's just part one of the plan and let me remind

you ladies what happens on jedirox planet stays

on jedirox planet and it's the shape of a bagel

bagel which is awesome exactly i saw this one

yes bagels for the win Don't you dare bring that

English muffin crap into this English muffins

are better. No, they're not two against one So

this is OJ's plan and OJ's story and she's got

this kick -ass guitar She's holding this kick

-ass guitar, and Jem is in a fish costume, Shayna's

in some sort of four -eyed monster costume, and

Kimber looks like one of the Manamana girls.

This thing is super hot. It looks super hot I

was sweating just looking at him like yeah, don't

play me Kimber. That's a legitimate gripe right

there Yeti Yeti I Bet Kelly's facepalming around

now going guys stop with the Yeti Yeti This is

not my fault Kelly. I did not do this. They did

this when we were reviewing the cartoon. This

is their fault Tell me. You got to tell me what

is wrong with Yetis. There's nothing wrong with

Yetis. There is nothing wrong with Yetis. But

you know what? I'd also think I'd like to think

that she's like the one that would say this is

as close to a Yeti you will get in this comic.

So don't ask anymore. No more Yetis. This is

it. This is the only one you'll ever get. More

bagels and more Yetis. So Aja has to fight in

a gladiatorial combat, and... And... Yeah, of

course. Well, you know, in the last one, you

know, she was, you know, Miss Mad Max over there.

Um... You know. Okay, I've got to... They said

that. They said this. Well... But when they announce

who she's gonna fight, all I could think of was

the new Ragnarok trailer. I'll get her from work!

Yeah, he's my friend from work! Let's ask her,

shall we? What do you say? Look at the two of

them, Jedda. Look at the hair. Well, one of them's

eating bagels. I don't know what Jedda's eating.

I have no idea what that is, but anyway. Roxy's

like, um, what's going on? I have no idea. I

just want to eat this bagel. Leave me alone.

See, this is why I like Roxy. She has a priority

straight, you know? And, um, yeah, Aja turns

into needles. What are ya, chicken? Nobody calls

me chicken. Oh no. So, Ajah is Needles and Jetta

is Marty McFly. So we get what the stakes are

and we get this knockdown drag -out fight between

Ajah and Jetta and it's just awesome. I love

this art style. What I love so far in this series

is We've talked about this before. Nicole and

I spent three and a half hours on Dark Cybertron.

When you're doing a comic with multiple artists,

there's a right way to do it and a wrong way

to do it. This is the right way to do it. Yeah.

They made it make sense for the story. They were

going to do multiple little stories, and they

made an in -comic reason for there to be a switch

between character. between characters The styles

of art and that that really does work because

then it becomes like oh I expect every single

one of these to be different and Like not only

was I expecting them to be different, but I was

curious to see what each of the styles were gonna

be like After reading just the opening so I was

like this is so good. They did a good job with

that Uh, and the little announcer's like, at

the risk of being beheaded for treason, the winner

by way of knockout is... Aja? Question mark.

Woo! Uh, Roxy and Jetta. I can't decide what's

worse, the physical pain or knowing stupid Aja

beat me. You did great, Aja is dumb. So dumb.

And the greatest thing about this story is the

sheer look of joy that comes across Roxy's face

after Aja asks them the question about the planet

of lost souls. She's like, yeah, Pazez has turned

into a monster. I'm going to tell him anyway.

I don't care. What's she going to do? You know.

Craziness. Yep. So, we end this one with Roxy

telling Aja what the actual secret is. We don't

see what that is yet, but Nicole, overall, what

were you thinking seeing as how this star is

one of your favorites here? I liked every moment

of it. The artwork, the characterization, just

the overall funness of it, and yeah, the expressions.

That they've drawn is amazing. I love it. And

I like that Roxy was kind of the hero. Like,

no, I'm going to stand up. I don't like what

she did to Storm. I really like that. It was

so, so awesome. I think the best panel out of

this was when... Okay, outside of the Back to

the Future reference, it's when... When Roxy

is like, you know, when, when, when I was just

like, what do you say Jetta? And you cut to the

two of them for the first time. Roxy's just laying

there. Just kind of like, that's how I look today

on the recliner. I'm like, I'm just going to

eat. Roxy has my style. She's in her, you know,

her gym clothes, eating a bagel, not caring for

the world. That's why I like this gal. Mm -hmm.

She's totally relaxed. She's like totally lounging

with the feet up on the chair and everything.

She's totally got the bed head going. Love it.

Yeah. Mm -hmm. That takes talent to have bed

head like that. Oh, yeah. Final thoughts on the

Aja story, Amy? The complete sequence of them

fighting it out, the slam, pow, whoosh, flip,

flip, flip, flip, flip. I mean, that was fun.

I loved that. That was probably my favorite page

because they totally go at it and it's just awesome.

This was like the perfect writing style. This

is the perfect style to write this whole scene.

I was masterfully executed. Fantastic. I was

really all for it. The style is so fun and playful

and there's so many different variations in the

line weight and it's just... Wow, it was just

so good. Very fun. And it worked. I mean, I could

imagine some younger girl now. I know this is

a style that's, that's, you know, that's out

there, but it just, it worked. It was so playful

and so fun and I just loved it. It was awesome.

Absolutely. So we move on to Shayna's part of

the story. And would this art be more trekkish

maybe? Yeah, I'd say so. It was very tricky.

A little bit. I mean, the only reason why I ask

is because look at Jim in the first panel here.

Well, I think it's kind of trickish because of

the collars that they have. It's very, you know,

that half above the collarbone, you know, not

exactly a turtleneck collar that, you know, most

Star Trek have, most Star Trek costumes have.

And we open this one with to rescue stormer and

get through the mystery surrounding the planet

of lost souls You have to be pure of heart and

have good intentions seriously It's sort of ingenious

if you ask me. I guess you're right I mean it

would be impossible to get through for some people

no matter what they did Exactly But we're not

some people we're gem of the holograms. We're

full of good intentions and pure of heart Ah,

could be our band name if we didn't already have

one, of course, except... What, me? Aja! Hey,

now, I'm perfectly pure in good intentions. Listen,

just because I'm the sassiest and sarcastiest,

I... can't even doesn't mean i'm not even not

as good as all of you i defy that planet not

to let me through oh yes that sounds just like

purity and good intentions hold on to your butts

here comes light speed i'll show you jerks pure

of heart i i love it i mean this is so fun I

don't know if IDW would ever let her, but honestly,

we've already known that Aja is Kelly's, you

know, spirit character pretty much. Aja needs

her own series. Aja and Craig need their own

romance series. That would be awesome. Well,

you never know. Maybe there will be a little

sequence. What did you just say? Aja and Craig?

Oh, for some reason, I was thinking Stormer and

Craig. I'm like, what? You're sick. No, Aja and

Craig. No. I haven't got much sleep lately. Give

me a break. I was just like, wait, that didn't

work. I get it. Gotcha. That could happen. Could

happen. They could have just like a two -issue

arc. That would be fun. Why not? Oh, you mean?

You mean the comic could happen. That's not what

I thought you meant because Nicole already, you

know, drew this down to incest. Oh, no, I didn't

even. That's not the direction I was thinking

that it went either. Yeah, because I got a chance

to mix up too many blue hairs. So this was a

while ago. And Amy's probably going to kill me

after we record this. This was a while ago. She

sent me some text message. That she meant to

say invest but she said incest and I'm like incest.

What are you talking about? Yeah Oh, please don't

even don't even I I can bring up I could bring

up the other text message you sent me You know,

the one that you were really embarrassed about.

The one that I was blushing for a couple hours

or so. Yeah, well, we'll have to tell Nicole

about that off air. Shhhhhh! Blah blah blah blah

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blah blah blah My my little two -year -old has

an app that has like it's a superhero or it's

got like little animals that kind of fly through

an Environment you get to interact with it. One

of them is the space one. It's like this little

dog this little dog I can't remember what the

dog's name is but anyhow he goes through and

he Investigates this it's it's like a space scene

and one of them has a planet on there that farts

Go up and it just sits there goes and farts And

he is the kick out of it because he'll go up

to it and make it fart for a really long time

It just sit there and giggle. That's what it

reminds me of That's funny This planet reminds

me of that and then it's funny because afterwards

like it's all animated and stuff and after you

get you You get off the you know, you you stop

touching the planet then it's like it acts all

relieved. It's funny. It's really hilarious It

kind of reminds me of quintessa oh I can see

that yeah Just just in the way just the fact

that it's green and it's got this weird ring

Saturn type thing around it or yeah, whatever

they ask shana who has the psi powers uh you

know are you sensing anything in this mist yeah

a bit almost like it's sentient freedom is the

right of all sentient beings uh you sure we shouldn't

drop you off somewhere aja and pick you up back

up later so So they get through the planet aha

you all owe me apologies we apologize Aja You're

totally pure of heart and good intentions damn,

right? I Wonder how long it'll take to find her

takes well that didn't take long two seconds

They run out to eat meet each other and they

kiss Best kiss ever It'd be great taking it'd

be great if taking pizzazz down is this easy

no kidding So they get the story of how Stormer

got banished and why she got banished and the

fact that you know pizzazz ripped out her own

heart and Stormer has this ball and chain on

her boot and Yeah, that's where the heart is

and stormer has to cry to First they have to

cut it off her legs. I thought this was very

clever. Yes I really like this this storytelling

right here Yeah, this was because instead of

having to send them on a search party Better

than that is this it she put it somewhere where

nobody would ever find it again Well, they she

was kind of hoping that nobody would ever find

stormer again either So it it made it it was

simple yet oh okay that's cool because then we

don't have to go and you know there might not

you know as girls are like okay there's a few

of us that are doing this so you can only have

to find kind up with an in comic thing that would

make sense that we've already kind of put in

there aha i see what you did there yeah it really

worked i liked that and i was just like i could

take off and nuke it from space no all right

all right geez nobody will ever let me nuke anything

And then Shayna says, I think it wants Stormer's

tears, her regrets. Her regrets, yes. That happens

and the heart is freed, but then it turns to

ash. No, no, no, no, no. I like that Stormer's

like, it's beautiful. And then it just. I was

like. No heart for you. No heart for you. I was

like, oh man, that stinks. Wow. But it's a good

conflict because now they have to figure out,

they have to make another heart. How do they

do that? So this one, I get it's an overarching

story and it's, it's what, you know, it's supposed

to be Shayna's part of the story, but is it just

me or did Shayna kind of not really have a starring

role here? Am I wrong I'm probably wrong in saying

that I mean, yeah, she did but it Because she's

the one that figured out what the heart was Yeah,

and she's the one that figured out she's the

one that with the special power in this one.

Yeah, that's true Yeah, she's the one that comforts

a Stormer when she gets back because Shane is

the Comforter of the group. That's for sure.

And yeah, I'd say I'd say she had a major role

in it Yeah, cuz if not, they would have had to

search around to see if they can find the heart.

Yeah, that's true You know, it totally worked

for me. I was like, yeah, that's that's totally

Shayna's arc because she was invaluable to making

that work Maybe I just read it too fast folks.

I don't know. Um, you know, I should just wanted

to blow it up man. Yeah I just wants to blow

everything up. I was you just wants to She did

great in the last one because you had to beat

up somebody. It was a challenge and she was great.

That was her forte. But this one is a little

less. She had it was Shayna, so it had to be

a little more. OK, let's just think about this

for a minute and and a little more kind of, hey,

more emotional and more weighted. And you had

to kind of think about what was going on. So

it had a little bit slower pace on it in that

sense. But that was good, though, because, you

know, the heart. had to be created. Or it had

to be, you know, cried on. Nicole, final thoughts

on the Shayna story? I thought it was very sweet.

I really liked it a lot. So cute. I like that

they gave Shayna a special power. Like she's

a superhero. I like it. She's got the psychic

abilities. I like it a lot. Absolutely. So the

final story here is Jem's story, and, um, uh,

you know, how are we supposed to put it back

in pizzazz if it turned to ash, and Jem's like,

I might have to have an idea. We need to put

on a show, and Ajo, we need everyone to hear

it. No offense, Jay, but I don't think now is

the time for a show for music. And then, you

know, wrong, Aja, you know, music helps everybody,

and she's right, it does. You know, maybe it

can even save the soul. So, I'm loving this.

I think this is great. So fun. Yeah. So they

get ready to put on the show and... Pizzazz hears

this and she's like you've got to be kidding

me. They think they can sing here Look at pizzazz.

She is possessed. I mean Well, she has no heart.

So yeah possessed possessed pizzazz I like it.

I think it's cool arrest them arrest all of them

and then Jim gives the microphone to stormer

and this kind of you know, gives Pizzazz a pause.

This is, I think, the only time in the entire

series of Jim that Stormer has actually sung

anything. I mean... No, no, she's done a couple

of other things. Yeah, she's sung. Yeah. You're

forgetting your stories, man. Yeah. Well, it's

been two years, so... This is just this year.

but that's why we're here to keep you on track

yeah exactly so you know they sing the song she

gets her heart back and it worked and yeah what

do we think of this Nicole that she gets her

oh so are you talking about the complete ending

oh well before we get to the girls okay I thought

it was really cute that Stormer was the one that

was able to bring Pizzazz back to her quote -unquote

normalcy, I guess. Because in the end, it's kind

of like the Tin Man. You had your heart all along.

I kind of liked that. It was really sweet. It

was really sweet. Amy? I agree. I think it was

like that was kind of they made the music but

it was Stormer that needed to help out to make

that work and so that that worked that I thought

that was really good so yay she saved they saved

the day and then we cut back to holograms in

real life and Kimber's yes greatest comic book

of all time and um yeah the biggest issue that

comes out of this is that Jerrica feels that

they don't know anything about her that she felt

left out even though it was Jim the cool thing

here is the shot of all the starlight girls before

before Bonnie runs in to ask them What I liked

about it is though again Shana comes in and tells

her I really loved the comforting spirit of Shana,

you know She's like you were involved. You got

to remember you are Jim, you know, even though

it's a persona you are her you're the You're

the one that they look up to even though you

hold the secret behind it. That is you and I

really thought You know what? That's really comforting

because yeah, I probably would have felt the

same. Like Jerika's really involved with these

girls, but they're highlighting Jim. And so I

really thought that was really sweet of Shayna

to, to pull that through. And we get who wrote

which parts of the story, which is fun. And of

course Ashley wrote the Aja story, which makes

a lot of sense. Uh, Chrissy wrote the Jim story.

Bonnie and You know so they you know they say

oh you all did it all on your own and yep, we

sure did and You know like like Nicole already

said about about Shana and Jerrica and Jerica's

like it's no big deal the end question mark question

mark Yeah, this was such a good comic. I thought

it was a lot of fun. Yeah, it was a lot of fun.

It was a great idea for an annual. This was a

really good idea. Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely,

it was. Also in the back of this, we get each

of the artists' pages of how they went about

creating the individual art styles. I think that's

great. You know, we got Gisele Lagase's, and

we got MJ Burroughs, and... and Victoria Roboto

for Aja and the other ones for Jim and Shayna.

I thought that was super cool that they did that.

That they added those in the back. It was really

nice to see how the process goes. Like, you know,

how they sketched in there. Like, just the different

styles. Like, you know, MJ Barros. Like, just

each one of them. You see the difference. Like,

in some of them there was... you know just the

pencils and they added the ink and then one the

pencils were a little more um like a little less

developed yeah like victoria's hers were you

know quite literally just like you know circles

and and they kind of like how she roughly put

it together until she actually inked it and get

it got it all got all together just each one

of them were just so unique and interesting to

see how they got around and made that work so

the composition behind it the thought process

from one stage to the next stage. It was really

cool to see that. Absolutely. Really glad that

they put that in there. I know this is going

to be hard, Amy, but what would you rate zero

to five for the annual? Oh, zero to five. Can

I give it a four and a half? Absolutely. Yeah,

that's half points in there. I thought it was

really great. The thought process behind how

do we incorporate, you know, three different,

four different artists doing all of these different

styles, that seemed to really, really mesh well.

I liked the fact that it had an in -reason comic,

in the comic reason for being that way. The fact

that it was written the way that it was, it like...

It was written as if a young girl had written

it, and we were like, hey, we're like the holograms.

We're kind of in their audience section, getting

the chance to read the comic for the first time,

just like they are. And then afterwards having

a conversation about, hey, guys, you did this.

And the fact that they each put characterizations

of each of the characters in this little story

that they did, it really worked for me. I really

liked it. As an annual, it's not something that,

I mean, some people will pick it up, some people

won't. but as like an extra little story tale

type of thing that you would pick up in addition

to the comic. I thought it was a really good

one. That's one thing that they did with the

annuals and the specials and the holiday issues

and things like that with the series is one thing

Kelly did. She told individual stories with all

the special issues and annuals and things like

that. But at some point, whether it's at the

beginning or the end of the annual, it ties back

into whichever characters, you know, personality

or whatever you know leading back into the series

which is great Nicole rating for this one I'm

gonna echo Amy four and a half it was tons of

fun loved it loved all the different act I think

I the reason why I'm knocking down a half a point

because I thought I was kind of confused like

with Amy the first time I read it through like

wow they're kind of skipping around a little

bit and it even though they explained it It finally

came together at the end, which was really good

Yeah, four and a half saw around It was just

so so good It's a solid issue. It really is.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah absolutely We are gonna take

a quick break and we're gonna come back before

you break before you break I just want to say

something because we mentioned that we weren't

sure when the the starlight girls were in in

the comics I've been flipping through between

They've actually been around since issue 2 they

were a dark jam They've been they've been threw

out So I'm not like I said, I'm trying they have

but what I'm saying is the time you know earlier

in the podcast what I was meaning was they were

not there all of the time like they were there

all the time but yeah absolutely they have to

be there it's part of the you know it's part

of the franchise it's part of the family so we're

gonna take a quick break Then we're going to

come back with the truly outrageous arc, the

final arc of Jamming the Holograms from IDW Publishing,

Kelly Thompson, all that good stuff. We will

be back after this. Alright folks, we are back

here on the pull bag in Showtime Synergy to kick

off the Truly Outrageous arc because the Misfits

are in Hawaii. Misfits in Hawaii! Hawaii! In

a Hawaiian song! Issue 24 kicks this off as Truly

Outrageous Part 1, written obviously by Kelly

Thompson. Artist on these final three issues

is Giselle Legase. Callers by M. Victoria Roboto,

letters by Sean Lee, edits by Sarah Gaydos, publisher

Ted Adams. We get the previously page with Jem

and the Stingers and riots and the holograms

and all of that. We get, you know, Rhea finding

out the secret and having to keep the secret.

We get the fact that, you know, Shayna comes

back. There is a huge cast in these final three

issues. You got Gem and the Holograms, you got

the Misfits, you got Clash, you got Fox, Rio,

you got Stingers, and then the Stingers and Rare

as well. We open with the Holograms playing their

new song with all of them there together. Shayna

is now on bass instead of drums So that's An

interesting dynamic to add and we knew this because

this is kind of what happened in the series in

the cartoon series Yeah, Shayna went from the

drums to the guitar which again, you know Kelly's

attention to detail amazing, you know being able

to switch that up In case anyone has not read

any of the other gem things before, we get little

character snippets of Gem, Aja, Shayna, Kimber,

and Rhea. I just love the images here that Giselle

does of all of them playing together. I think

that's just so cool. We get Aja and Shayna talking

for a bit, and you know... They're talking about

Kimber and Stormer and they mentioned the fact

of the camera the cameras and the Reality show

and all that so that ties back into the Misfits

arc I was not you know not thinking Kelly wouldn't

obviously tie all that together because she does

and it's it's great and So we get Aja and Shayna

talking about Kimber and Stormer and how Shayna

says well she can't keep excluding Stormer and

you know she does have a legit complaint you

know the cameras and verily come with Stormer

now that she's part of the reality TV show so

as I mentioned a while ago that you know about

Kelly tying everything back in I think it's really

good I think it's really fun You know, so they're

they're in Hawaii and they have this great grandiose

place and Then the drama begins there's always

drama You should begins with Kimber oh No, this

this time it isn't Kimber. It's She starts the

drama. Well, yes, but They get over that quickly

because somebody brings her a fruity umbrella

drink. Aja brings her a fruity umbrella drink.

Which spurs the whole picture taking, which then

again they find and then that's what they found

out. Yeah, stingers. Yay, you're right next door.

Woo. Yup. Dumb holograms. I'll show you dumb,

you little... Kimber. Be careful, Kimber. You're

starting to channel your inner Aja. Oh, just

wait. I mean, Aja and Storm are later. Wow. Mm

-hmm. Mm -hmm. So they have this whole thing.

Jim and Riot have a thing between them, which

I like it. I think it's interesting. But you

know. I think her dumping him, it's like, you

know, he's like, but that's never happened before.

And it makes in Rapture even say that later.

You know, nobody dumps Riot. Yeah, it was always

the first time. I love the art here. Seeing a

misfit skull across Shayna's little thought bubble

there is a little strange, but I like it. She

learns from the best. Yep. So we have an all

-out kind of band or across this little hedge

thing, which I think is really really cool It's

mostly minks and rapture talking between the

holograms and all that and right. It's just kind

of standing there like Moping he's moping Moping

over gem. Oh, I think it's kind of cute I think

the best scene comes next when the doorbell rings.

Like I said, Minx and Rapture, that's never happened

ever. Nobody dumps Riot, darling. Nobody. And

they get the cursing back and forth, and you

see off the right -hand side gems, sigh, what

a mess. Ding -dong. Aloha! That's my favorite

panel of this issue. And not only that is it

it looks just as awkward as if they were really

doing it in real life Is awesome like their hands

are in different poses and like, you know Anthony's

foot's up on the right hand side Totally could

see people doing this and that's what made it

so funny, you know what it reminds me of Imagine

now I don't know which one I don't know whether

Rio would be the leader or Craig, but if you

took Three's Company and made it all men instead

of a guy and two girls, it reminds me... I don't

know if Craig or Rio would be Jack Tripper, but

that's what this reminds me of, is a scene from

Three's Company. Oh, that would be good, yeah.

Yeah, nice. How long did it... You guys have

to practice that. Six hours? Yeah, six hours.

Sounds about right. I love these guys. These

guys are awesome. The dialogue was perfect. Yeah,

it really, really was. And look who we found

at the airport. Stormer! I think she looks so

adorable with her glasses. Very, very chic. Yeah.

She looks like she's been jet setting for a while

And did you notice the the lettering that Sean

did for her when they all say stormer I love

it. Yeah, that's perfect Very very awesome. And

of course Kimber is happy to see her but you

know, they're all kind of you know They talk

about the luau actually I thought there was gonna

be more of a Hesitation towards stormer being

there now that she's there actually but that

might come later And real is like anybody seen

Jerrica Yeah, the awkward part is the fact that

there's gonna be a conversation between Rio and

Jerrica and Yeah, kind of know that it's gonna

happen. Yeah, you know the the miss or not the

miss it's There's gonna be a conversation and

so it's like, uh Yeah, it's like this this little

simmering. Hey, there's a issue going on here

and it's kind of been building to this point

So it was it it it wasn't forced. It felt like

yeah, this this makes sense. Yeah Yeah, cuz the

panel here when they're walking away real looks

really really dejected and You know Aja tries

to catch up to Jim and pulls her hand back Jim

Jim wait up you know um you know it's time i'm

gonna tell him you heard me azja oh god yeah

absolutely so so they all want food and we get

to possess wow not possess um minx and rapture

And they're trying to figure out how they can

ruin the holograms' vacation. We want to get

back at them. They made us mad, so... And that

is a TV crew hiding in our hedges. Yeah, that's

what I thought. And the TV crew from The Misfits

is there. Oh boy. Somehow they got a hold of...

They know we're... Well, yeah, they followed

Stormer, probably, most likely. They found a

way. Found a way. Where there's a will there's

a way yep So they are going to set up Kimber

and Stormer not very well But you know we get

back to gem and Rio. He's like through here.

Yes, and there's nobody in here hold on and She

switches over it's it's complicated and we have

What I've been waiting for for over 30 years.

Waiting for this moment. I don't care if it turns

bad because we know it does after reading this.

I don't care. He finally friggin knows. Like,

I get it. Christie, when they were doing the

show, they didn't really have time to work out

how to tell Rio in the show. I understand that.

But. after 30 plus 32 years of waiting for Rio

to find out that Jerrica is Gem and vice versa.

Thank you Kelly so much because that was the

one thing I was really really hesitant about

even reading this final arc because I was like

oh no if they don't if they don't reveal the

secret to Rio We'll be waiting another 30 years,

right? I'm very happy about this. I was very

happy about it. And you know, I'm very happy

with the true to life consequences of her telling

him agree. Absolutely. Cause you can't a secret

this big. Especially with him bringing up the

fact that Jim was all over the tabloids with

riot and everything else and whatever You can't

help but Rio having a negative reaction to this

at all. I Mean that's that's kind of like somebody

telling you that you need to leave their house

so that they can help somebody anyway keep my

personal life out of podcasting but anyway so

we get this really down -to -earth truth honesty

conversation and she shows him you know Showtime

synergy I think Giselle's art here is great the

panel where she switches and you've got Rio in

this kind of like little pop -up video Circle

in the bottom right hand corner with the question

mark exclamation point question mark. I think

that is so cool It was good it was I agree it

was perfect and that's where this issue ends

with you know the reveal so overall Nicole Truly

outrageous part one. What were you thinking?

I think it had some really good bits to it. I

felt like, I don't know, I felt like the stinger

part should have been in the next issue. So that

was, it was just kind of, I don't know, I understand

why they did it. I'm gonna give this a three

and a half. I really. Because I really like the

ending I really like that Jim finally told Rio

been waiting for that actually I'm gonna give

it a fork just because of that Because I've been

waiting for this since I was a young kid, okay

You know Ria's got to find out and this Rio's

not a douchebag. So So yeah, I'll give it a four

Sorry Kelly she still has issues from you know

her human boyfriend cyclones. I like this Rio

mostly. I meant the other. You still have issues

with the other cartoon. Oh, come on. He's a douchebag

twat. OK, he is. Don't even make me go off on

Rio. Rio is horrible, just absolutely horrible.

Amy, final thoughts on truly outrageous part

one. Absolutely fantastic. I loved it. I'm really

glad that we finally get this moment where they

can talk about this and they actually, you know,

have this conversation. It's a really tough and

it's very awkward, but it is like, Oh, Oh, when

I, cause I, I literally only read this like about

a 24 hours ago. So I did not know exactly what

was going to be in this. I just thought, Oh,

last three issues. And quite literally at this

point, I was like, Oh, they're going to do it.

They're going to, they're going to do it. Oh

my gosh. They're totally going to do it. And

I was like, okay. It was, that was really, really

awkward. And especially how it starts up in the

next issue and you're like, Oh my gosh. I was

like, yeah, that makes totally set. It totally

makes sense. Um, but yeah, this, this was a really

great moment. I really, really glad that they

finally put this in here and I didn't, it wasn't

bothered at all by the stingers. I think it was

a great cause they need to put the conflict in

there right away. And it makes complete and total

sense. So, yeah, this was a really packed issue,

and I'm going to give it a four and a half. I'm

glad it was the stingers in Hawaii next to one

of them instead of the misfits, because that

would have just felt like a repeat. Yeah earlier

battles. Yeah. Yeah Well, and the thing is is

that having the camera crew kind of followed?

Stormer was really good because the stormer is

involved. Yeah, the Misfits are Connected to

the holograms one way or the one way or another

they they have their moments where they're gonna

be like against each other but like You they're

not constantly being there. I mean the fact that

you've got another band like the You know the

stingers it would make sense that they would

follow the holograms specifically because riot

wants to be around jem and wants to cause problems

and wants to To be there to okay because she

already broke up with him So it makes sense to

me on a kind of really subplot kind of you know

thinking about it like that he would do that

Especially since the next issue we get a little

moment between him and jerrica it just It's such

a good thing because you know, he's gonna push

boundaries and stuff like that And so it made

sense that the stingers would be the ones to

be there and you really understand that a whole

lot more when you get to the next issue But I

mean they kind of gem kind of called him out

a little bit on it and this one But it was you

really kind of see the building of his character

in the next issue for sure But still though,

I mean it was just it was such a great I liked

it. I really liked what was going on here What

would you rate 24, Amy? Definitely a four and

a half. I mean, it's not perfect, but like, yeah,

four and a half, close to five. I mean, like

this is a really strong issue. Four and a half's

all around. I mean, this to me, like I said,

it makes more sense that the Stingers are here

than the Misfits because the Stingers and the

Holograms have always had a more personal rivalry

than a professional one. The Stingers are already

set professionally. I mean, they're already...

and Gem and the Holograms are still kind of,

they're not a young band, they still kind of

are, but they're not world famous yet. They've

done a lot of famous shows throughout the entire

comic run, but if you look at all three bands,

Gem and the Holograms, the Misfits, and the Stingers,

the Misfits and the Stingers are more popular

than... Gemini holograms at this point and the

misfits versus the holograms. It's more a professional

thing. It's more of They suck at singing. Oh

my god. They're horrible Stormer. Why are you

blah this that the other thing? So, you know

I think it does make more sense that the singers

are here and like you said Amy they have to set

up the the stingers it has to make sense. I mean,

yeah, not just I mean, they have they have three

bands to rotate with. So, I mean, when the show

actually did, you know, the Misfits in Hawaii,

that one they didn't have. They hadn't introduced

the Stingers yet. And that was something that

I'm really glad that that, you know, Kelly came

right out and introduced them before this arc

hit so that they could, you know, challenge kind

of mix it up a little bit for one, but for two.

we can have instead of the misfits always being

the bad guys, it can be other things and not

necessarily bad guys because they're not really

bad. They're just drawn that way. So yeah, they're

the antagonists. That sounds better because they're

not bad. They're just the antagonists. They're

the, you know, the ones that are helping to cause

conflict. So, I mean, the fact that they have

that and we like. Lot of what's going on especially

relationship wise with what you know how things

are complicated with Jem and her Conflict and

then of course adding Rio to that conflict I

mean, it's just like it makes sense that they

would be the ones that would be at Hawaii Absolutely

Issue 25 opens with the luau Yeah, I bet this

whole arc wanted to make you go back to Hawaii

for a vacation, huh Nicole? Oh, who doesn't want

to go back to Hawaii? The luau was very accurate,

that they did a good job with that. I've been

to Hawaii as well, so luaus are awesome and that

one, what they do is, yes, it's good. They even

included poi. I don't know why people like poi.

I didn't like poi either. I don't get it. It's

a staple in Hawaii. That's like the only thing

I can say bad about Hawaii is poi. I love Rey

in there. Although, what's wrong? I feel like

a seventh wheel. You're all paired off. Oh man,

have I been there. Don't worry. Besides, now

that you're bandmates with Aja and Kimber, you'll

realize how futile it is to try to keep up. Right,

Aja? And Aja is worried about Jerrica and...

Distraction, distraction. It's still the fallout

of Shayna not being there, is that Aja's having

to... Yeah, absolutely. I don't blame that hat.

Yeah. You know, and I love the panel between

the two of them. Shay, don't go away again. I

can't handle being the one that holds us together.

I'm not good at it. I just absolutely love that.

And I love the final panel before we go to Jem

and Rio. I love you, Aja. Okay, that's enough.

You're embarrassing me. You started it. Did not.

Shut up. I just love that. It's so cool. So we

go back to Jem and Rio and the Jerry Springer

show. Blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah. She's not

pregnant. No, but they're having relationship

issues, so here they go. Next best thing. I want

to make a really dirty joke, but I'm not going

to. Some of the later years of Jerry, that's

all I'll say. Oh my god Some of the too hot for

TV years Tell us that story later, you'll tell

us that story later We're not airing that there's

no way you'll never live that down. All right

Rios like I don't even know what I'm seeing.

It's me Jericho even under the illusion. It's

always been me And he just can't handle, you

know, you know, looking at Jim as she's telling

him, you know, as I got to know you, as I fell

in love with you, it weighed heavily on me. I

wanted to tell you the truth, but everything

just seemed to get so complicated. His response,

in love with me, Jim has been dating that adult

riot. Yeah, I loved the wording of that. That's

awesome. Yep, absolutely and In effect, you know,

she's been cheating on him and oh not really

stop bring Jerrica back make it go away and We

get it. I like how he says it calls it he calls

it it Yep Wow And he asks, you know, what is

synergy? And he says to Jerrica, maybe some,

you know, she says, Rio, please don't look at

me like that. I'm sorry I lied. Can you at least

understand that I did it to protect myself and

my family? Maybe someday, for now, I need to

know everything. Who or what is synergy? Okay,

synergy I need you. Let Rio see you, please.

And, uh, Rio kind of freaks out a little. What

in the hell is happening? So you're like, it's

a computer -generated AI. Please don't shoot

me. That would be kind of shocking. I actually

understand where Rio is coming from right now.

I mean, he's putting all the pieces together

like wits in the world. And then he got this

on top of it, too. I don't blame him. Plus you

got to remember Rio in the in the comic is a

reporter. So true. I'll come into play later.

So Too much poi and luau and poi I won't eat

for a week It's if you've ever had it's like

a sticky paste that really has no flavor It's

tasty. I agree. Basically what you're saying

is that kindergarten paste has more taste. Oh,

yeah What what your poet you didn't know it?

That's right Just keep wheeling and dealing over

here. All right, so he'll be here all week people

Apparently skip scared. That's yeah, skip scare

ship over there. Yeah You get ship if I get trip.

Oh god, now I've got all of his stupid lines

in my head. Damn it! Get out of my head, Wheelie.

Damn it, Spada. Alright, so, Rhea meets the...

Oh, blame it on Spada now, eh? Well, hey, it's

his favorite character, so, you know. Rhea meets

the film crew. What do we think of this, Amy?

The sequence? Well, yeah. With the news reporters

cornering her. Yes, yes, yes. It was good. You

know, if they were going to go after anybody,

it would have to be Raya because Raya is. The

newest member, and actually, they don't all know

this, but they will find out later that she knows

and she'll let them know that she knows and.

They don't know at this point, so... If that

isn't confusing yet, but... Yeah, they basically

try to briber. They're like, we know that Gemini

Holograms are hiding a big secret and that you

might be able to tell us what it is. We can make

it worth your while, Rhea. I promise you. So,

you know... Bribery, yay! Yeah. Damn paparazzi.

So so far yes, I like it. It's it's really good.

I'm liking the fact that Yeah, that they the

the Holograms and everybody go out to dinner

gem well Jerrica and Rio have the conversation

that degrades really quick, but it's a very long

one obviously because the next thing we see is

them returning home and Rio storms out and it

gets It's like, wow, that was must've been really

intense. But I love, I love the beginning part

of this. When Stormer looks and sees the two

cars, did I somehow order two cars? And then

Rio walks out, gets into the white car and has

the guy drive off. Yep. Oh no. Yep. Not good.

The ball has dropped and big bomb just went.

I love it when Tony and Craig are around. I love

it because, you know, the next panel we get,

you think they broke up. I mean, Rio was definitely

worried that she was going to break up with him,

but you're going to seem like the kind of person

that would drag you out to Maui just to break

up with you. Definitely not. Plus Rio's not an

angry guy. If they broke up, wouldn't he just

be sad? Why would he be pissed? Unless she did

drag him out to Maui to break up with him No

way, I just yes, that's what I love I I love

when they do the three character shot and everybody

says the same thing. I think that's so cool You

know so Craig and Tony walk off and minks and

rapture kind of see this as an idea to Set up

Kimber and Stormer and this is where the more

of the conniving comes in with them The next

conflict yeah, then the next conflict so we get

the conversation You know Jerrica telling them

what happened and that Rio was really pissed

and and Okay, that's about all the comforting

I can handle right now Going outside to be alone,

Jera, come on, she didn't mean it that way. I

didn't, I'm sorry. And... Raya finds a note and

has Kimber's name on it and this is where the

setup comes and Kimber goes off to meet Stormer

and... Then we have Jerika and Riot. Oh boy,

Riot. Can't decide who is a bigger douchebag

cartoon riot or comic riot because comic riot

pretty much told Jim to dump The you know because

he doesn't know at the time this is back in the

stingers arc He pretty much told her to dump

whoever she was seeing and date him Well, the

thing is we knew more about right in the cartoons.

I mean he hasn't really been in a whole lot The

comics so we don't know his backstory yet. If

they're even going to use the same backstory

I don't know. I'm a sucker. I have fallen for

riot. I always have I Don't know. He's got the

charm oxy and riot. I can kind of see it. Oh

Bad she would destroy him So he hops over the

little hedge wall there and you know We should

date Jerrick. It would drive our exes crazy And

she's just shocked at that Hey be true though

He's just telling the truth it would it's kind

of hard to tell the truth when Jerica's ex is

also supposedly dating Jim I don't know about

anybody else, but if I was Rio, I'm kind of hoping

that it doesn't happen where she does it just

to make him jealous. I know that cartoon gem

might do that, but I would not. I would not go

back to a girl that would do that just to make

me jealous. I mean, if it was a guy, it was me.

So I kind of hope that it doesn't happen. You

know, maybe somebody else would do that, but

not Jim and not Jerrica. I think too risky because

not not in these days. It might have in the 80s,

but people nowadays are just, you know, that's

a dysfunctional relationship. I mean, it's dysfunctional

and enough as it is. I don't know if adding the

jealousy factor would ever bring it to a point

where they could get back together and. I'm really

glad, at least so far, that I see. It doesn't

seem that Kelly is playing that card. So crossing

my fingers that it doesn't. Well, you look at

Jerika's, you look at the panel where he says

that, where it would drive our exes wild if we

dated. You look at Jerika's reaction. She's just

kind of like, got this shock on her face, and

she's got these three exclamation points coming

out of her speech bubble. So yeah, that's not,

I seriously doubt that's going to happen. Thank

God. Yeah. I would not. I would be a little frowny

if I saw that happening. Yeah. So Kimber is out

in the middle of nowhere and she sees the picnic

and but where's Stormer and and you know she

texts her and the blanket kind of blows off in

the wind and this causes Kimber to stand too

close to the edge of the cliff and it kind of

gives way. the Stormer shows up back at the house

and then they've realized that Kimber is missing

and and that Stormer didn't leave a note and

all of this and Stormer tries to call Kimber

and it just rings and rings and rings and we

see that Kimber is having a hot time in Hawaii

See what you did That's what it says That's what

it says at the bottom of the thing because she's

lying next to a pool of lava supposedly Issue

25 the middle issue of the arc absolutely love

it. I think the story is progressing nicely I

love how Kelly creates conflict and continues

to have the conflict going without needing to

sum it up really fast or put in, you know, tiny

loose ends up really quickly. I think that's

great. We'll talk about it more in the final

issue, but you know, between Gem and the Holograms

and the Stingers and all of that going on with

Riot and Jerika and... Rio and all that and Jim

it's just this middle issue was so good. I like

this issue a lot Absolutely issue 25, um, I'm

probably give it a four Really did enjoy it I'm

loving the art in this in this arc. I think this

art is just so so good. Gisela Gase is doing

an amazing job with the art on this. Amy, what

about you? I think four is a really good one.

Yeah, that that's I really I'm really enjoying

what they've got here. I really know. I like

what they're going. I like really how the art

is, how everything is just flowing. And again,

just the first one really set it all up. The

second one does not disappoint. So It's a very

solid second issue. Absolutely. Nicole? I'm also

going to give it a four. I really, really enjoyed

this issue. I love that Rio caused the conflicts.

You have the other two stingers causing conflicts.

I like that they got the stingers back. I really

do. I like the third band. And I just love how

you see the cuteness of Stormur and Kimber. Just

think that's so cute. And then of course, you

know, you could You could see where it's gonna

go. So yeah Yeah So we get into issue 26 We get

the previously page we get the cast and we pick

up, you know, why is everything so hurdy and

All right. I fell off the cliff. Yeah, that's

not good So Kimber's leg is hurting and she realizes

she's next to a pool of lava Am I hallucinating

or what? So we go back to the search party here

between Aja and Stormer and all of that. And

Aja's like, I'm gonna call Kiani. Who cares about

your dumb charity show right now, Aja? Mary,

that's not what she's doing. Right, of course

not. She's a local. She's I'm gonna ask her for

ideas of places to look for Kimber you know,

so we get that and Aja walks away and We get

let's see here we get Keani coming in and saying,

you know we should split up into groups and some

of you come with me and the rest of you stay

here and and Rhea's like, oh my god, I know who

did this, and she runs off, and Rhea, what the

hell? Where is Kimber? We love Kimber Benton,

we would never, sorry, I cannot, it's too hard

to pretend to love Kimber. And this is the panel,

this next panel is what I was talking about.

I'm going to murder, whoa. Start talking or we

let Stormer and Aja have their way with you.

My guess is you're not going to look so pretty

when it's done. Yeah, I fought Aja before, she

bites. I love that panel, I love that panel.

Yeah, that is by far the best panel of this,

at least the early part of this issue. That is

so awesome. So... They tell them what happened

and where where she is and where they are and

they go out and they look and they see the picnic

and because they actually drag minks and rapture

with them and Stormer finds her phone and they

see her down at the bottom of the cliff and Nobody

has cell reception, which is convenient for the

plot. Actually, it's pretty common in Hawaii.

Yeah Yeah, yeah, it's pretty common It's kind

of like, California. It's a nice place to visit,

but you wouldn't want to live there Oh, I would

love to live in Hawaii if I could afford it That's

my degree Yeah, Hawaii, but I'm not gonna spend

eight dollars in milk True So we get the panel

where you know Kiani's like okay Shane I need

you and Raya to drive down to the mountain a

Bit till you have a signal when you can get a

signal call for an ambulance. Tell them to come

here What are you going to do? Aja and I are

gonna go down and get her pull out the ropes

Tie it off and scale down the mountain. I love

it. I like that. It shows their their ventris

side I like that it's not only just adventurous.

Yeah, it's not just adventurous, but like very

proactive to. Yeah. Hey, we see a problem. Let's

conquer it. You know, that's that's very much

Aja. And it makes sense that it would be like,

you know, the the friend as well would be like,

yeah, because like, you know, that would probably

be the reason why they were their friends is

because they probably met while Aja was doing

something. So, yeah, makes work. Well, we already

know that it's for that, too. But like the the

music initiative type thing that they're they're

doing the charity for but right that's why they

would you know mesh so quickly is because you

know absolutely works absolutely Kimber does

get saved we go to a hospital scene and you know

The nurse comes in, oh no, you all must leave.

This is far too many visitors. Her doctor is

coming soon to sign off on her release. Out,

all of you, out. Okay, just give us a minute.

You know, they all kind of talk and Shana gives

a speech and Shana says... I ever since I got

back I've been feeling kind of separated from

you guys I've been confused about my feelings

over you replacing me And I know I told you to

I guess I just didn't realize how I feel about

it And I don't know it's just creating this distance

between us and now You know so we get that and

they all make up and hug and be careful of my

ouches guys this is where Rhea comes in and tells

them that she knows Jerrica is Jim and she's

gonna keep the secret and that she's part of

the family now and Rhea's like talking about

we get to a point where she's talking about the

stingers and It's the kind of thing they like

to do sounds just like them really but now I

don't know what to do how to get rid of TV people

She basically comes out and says that, you know,

they've she's pretty sure that the the stingers

have clued this news group into they have a secret.

And she's like, I didn't tell the secret. They

think they know a secret, but they really don't

know that there's a secret. My guess is it's,

you know, so it's like with this thing that are

like, well, they approached me. they said they

knew a secret i know that rapture and minks probably

told them there was a secret when they don't

really know that there's a secret so now what

do we do to get them off your trail and so derrick

it says well it may not be the secret they came

looking for the band they want to dirt on but

I think we can give them something juicy and

get some much -needed payback with mix and Rapture

too and a great great I love it when Jericho

goes chaotic evil This is a time when when actually

having a hologram system actually kind of works

in your favor just saying Absolutely I'm loving

this and then we get Lindsey again So there's

that. Yeah, because they go back to their apartment.

Yeah, where the two stingers are sitting, having

coffee or just chilling, going, yes, we're awesome

villains and we did this and yeah, yeah. And

then they have the TV on and they get the Lindsay's

getting an exclusive break where Rapture. No.

Yeah. Rapture goes off and says all these negative

things about minks and they're sitting there

listening to it. And you know that it's Gem,

well, it's the hologram system. Yeah, it's totally

totally her. Yeah, and that causes a little problem

with the two of them, which is comedic gold.

I mean, for starters, she's just a terrible musician

that doesn't even begin to deal with her personality.

Such a nightmare. And she's always saying words

wrong. It's like you're a world traveler. Learn

American already, and she thinks she is so smart

at... Minx, no! I would never! It's got to be

fake! You know I adore you! Eep. And then...

You got the two of them running after each other.

This was perfect Minx versus Rapture. I could

totally see this happening in the show, even

though it's not the show. It just, it's their

characters to a T. So this... This. This solved

to that conflict was just spot on. I thought

it was fantastic and hilarious, and it really

reminded me of the show. I mean, without being

too like off because it fits the modern tale

as well. But still, it was so great to see this.

I was just like total win. Out of the absolute

get -go. I mean, yeah, I know we're getting we're

wrapping down to the we're winding down to the

end but still it just it hit that beat and I

was just sitting here going yes Nicole that you

want just the issue or just the Just this part

with the Minx and Rapture and all that. Oh my

gosh, I just love this so much. I love that because

I was wondering where they were gonna go when

they're like, what's Jerika's plan? And you turn

to it and you're like, you know, Rapture wouldn't

say that. I mean, they basically have each other,

you know? I was just like, this is awesome. And

I'm not good with my German, but I know that's

not good. Yeah, I really like this I thought

was fun Absolutely love that and we go back to

the the the initiate con the initiative concert

and they're performing their new track and what

I loved what I noticed about this this first

part if you look in the background there the

gem in the holograms logo Very cartoon accurate.

Oh, yes Like, look, I fully understand that the

main logo that's on every issue of the comic

is very Cartoon Accurate, but having it here

with the band and the way that it looks, it's...

I'm gonna say flat, but I don't mean it in a...

Negative way like think of matte versus glossy

in photos It is a very matte kind of look to

the logo just like it popped right out of the

old cartoon show And it's absolutely awesome.

I love the art on the hollow gem of the holograms.

I think it's so great Favorite panel is the end

shot here of the two of them not to not to I'm

sorry well the two end panels here where the

band is you know looking out at the audience

and then you get the camera shot back to them

um you know and they're saying i don't know if

we can let this go and being gem of the holograms

and and uh you know we'll we'll do whatever we

Ken to keep it and all that. So they get back

home to LA and Rio is there waiting. oh boy more

drama here we go but the thing is i understand

again where he's coming from oh absolutely i'm

not saying it in a bad way i'm saying it in a

comedic way i'm hoping it's coming across that

way oh boy more drama yay wait wait there's a

little bit of drama before that is they're talking

they're you know Ray is included in the group

there. That's another thing that we kind of haven't

touched on yet, but because Raya is still meshing

with the with the with the rest of them. You

know what I mean? Like this whole conflict is

sort of it really has kind of brought them together.

She came out about what she knew and, you know,

they figured out a fix for, you know, that and.

Mm hmm. You know to get the the the stingers

off their off their scent and and you know cause

you know So they don't have two problems, but

they also got payback. So it's good But then

the whole you know, they're like telling her

hey, yeah Well, you're part of the family now

and you know You're gonna have to start getting

used to the fact that Kimber is gonna steal your

stuff and she's not gonna give it back and you

know Just everybody just kind of there. They're

making her a part of the group so I do have to

put a little call out here that this I want to

know something that they say here in this group,

because I thought, huh, huh. So where was it?

Where was it? It was about the shoes. Where is

that? That would be right before. Oh, the clogs?

The clogs? Yeah, the purple clogs. That was an

issue, too. The part where they threw the shoes.

I was like, so you threw your shoes and Kimber

kept them. Actually, no, they were from Aja because

Aja threw them. So everybody's shared those.

Well, what happened was and I only remember this

because it was Aja throwing a shoe at Kimber.

Kimber wanted to wake Aja up. Don't ever try

to wake Aja up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not a

good idea. That's right. She threw the shoe at

her and Kimber kept the shoes. The thing is that

it's their Shayna's shoes. Mm -hmm. So even here's

another thing is that Aja borrowed them first.

I'm just saying. Yeah. It was Aja's responsibility

to give them back. So you're giving, you know,

this whole, oh, Kimber steals stuff that she

likes and doesn't give stuff back. I was like,

yes, but you're the reason why those purple clocks

haven't gone back. Just saying. Absolutely. So

we get the Jerrica Rio conversation where he

says I don't know what's gonna happen with us

Jerrica our personal relationship I mean, I'm

still in love with you. I just can't turn it

off, but I'm not ready to just say we can get

back together Rio you can't even look at me after

all that's happened. I don't know if that's going

to work and that's Then what you know if I look

at you, I know I'll be weak and say we should

get back together And that's not a decision I

should make right now so again He is being completely

logical about this. I think yeah It's he is so

tuned into his own emotions obviously It's very

emotionally Mature and I liked that really really

dug that Yeah and he goes on to say the whole

bit about you know her and her sisters and the

secret and that you know he basically says I

decided to keep your secret I care about all

of you too much to be the one that breaks the

story even though it would make my career it

would likely end yours I know I'm sorry it's

a horrible position to put you in it is but I'm

not going to hurt you guys on purpose Think well,

I kind of thought of you as family. So yeah,

that's my decision and I can live with it. However

however However, I think you guys should seriously

consider getting this out there as soon as possible

You know basically for them to reveal it themselves

A reasonable request a really reasonable request

And of course they're all listening at the door

Of course, yeah So they all kind of good I was

gonna say it's it's interesting because here

he's asking them to do something, you know to

out themselves basically about this and Yeah,

I mean the Misfits are actually going through

something similar to be honest because Jetta

Her secret is out is that she's not really Britain.

She's not British And she's playing like she

is. And you know, the Misfits are handling it

that way, but they're like, she doesn't really

care. Jetta's like, whatever, I don't care. They

call me whatever they want. I am who I am, and

I'm not going to make any excuses for that. She's

going to get over it. They'll get over it. The

series of the drama will get over it. But the

difference between Jetta's secret and the secret

of Jim is a little different because... You know,

I mean, I understand why Jerika created the personality,

you know, synergy and all that. We get it. We've

been doing this for a while. The cartoon's 30

years old and we understand why the story is

the way it is. And I don't have a problem with

it at all. But the thing of it is, is, is that

they've been lying to the world. So was Jetta.

She was, but nobody knew about it beforehand.

The Misfits didn't even know about that. They

just assumed that's who she was. So but the fact

that they're all standing behind her regardless

of whether or not it was a lie or not no one's

upset No one in the band is upset at her for

lying and and that's the thing is I think about

it like technically speaking The the same could

be true for gem on the holograms if they came

out and said yeah, this is what we're doing Despite

the you know, let's just say the the technical

stuff that they're using I mean His request isn't

too off for one, but for two I think they're

the idea that they're afraid of you know It'll

be the end of our careers if that happened I

don't think that it will be nearly as bad as

they think especially if they Do what he says

and get ahead of it. They can control What information

gets out about how they do that? Absolutely,

and I think that's, and he's not giving them

an ultimatum or anything. No, no. He considers

them family. He's saying that you need to do

this before somebody really does find out and

doesn't keep the secret. Yeah. And not only that,

it's stronger if they are able to control the

information rather than somebody else breaking

it and not being able to control the information.

But, you know, again, This comes to this. This

character has a lot of integrity. It's character

integrity that has started from the very beginning

because he was also put in a position early on

in the comic, like way back in issue one, issue

two, where, you know, he was told to write the

story and he kept, you know, so it's it's very

the Rio in the comics is so much more. He has

so much more integrity. Thank you. So I know

Nicole wanted to hear that, but this proves it

right here. He's just, I love this character.

I think he's awesome. And I want to see them

together too, but I'm glad that he's like, I

can't do this right now. I'm going to keep my

distance because there's going to be consequences

to what you just did. And I'm really frustrated

about it, even though I'm really in love with

you. But silver linings, he's not outing us.

Our careers live to fight another day. Kimber!

That's such a Kimber thing. And we get the final

panel. You're right. Whatever comes next, so

long as we have each other, everything will be

okay. Hell yeah. Yes, I love it when Shayna swears.

It truly is the best. Hell yes. Issue 26 the

final issue of the main ongoing Absolutely love

it think it's great What a great great ending

It's not really a period ending. It's not really

like Okay, that's it period. We're done. It's

more so okay. We ended it on a good note. We

have a way forward What's next kind of a thing?

It's not a cliffhanger ending. It's a it's a

I don't know. It's a comma ending. It's one of

those things where we're ending it here, comma,

but yeah. It's a hold for now, but we'll see

what happens. I think it's a good way to end.

Even if it doesn't continue on, it's a good story.

But it also leads for some other stories that

it could come about. But I think, yeah. I think

either way, it's a good ending. Yep. So we are

coming to a close here on Gem Jam in July We

have the six issue miniseries Gem Infinite For

those of you that don't know it's basically two

issues a month from June July and next month

in August Parts one and two were out in June

parts three and four out in July and five and

six out in August Just how bad can things get

if synergy tech is let loose in the world read

all six in order for the full story So we are

gonna take a quick break Before we do that we

should probably rate this actually now I think

about it Amy what are you gonna give 26 numbers

see number 26 a five Absolute five I'm good with

it I have no reason not to go to five either

because it really wraps up everything. It wraps

up the whole series. It wraps up the storyline

for this. It gives you real life conclusions.

Yeah, I really like this issue about said episode.

This issue, I thought it was really great. Absolutely.

Five's all around. This is a perfect ending for

now kind of story All three of these issues 24

25 and 20 60 truly outrageous arc was a full

Great interesting story. There were no real down

bits. There was nothing really to criticize I

didn't even really do any nitpicking on any of

them. I don't think so, yeah Yeah, so we get

five is all around for that Sad to see it like,

you know, kind of wrapping up a cross on my fingers

that it's just a pause. It's just a pause for

a little while. They're going back to Hawaii

for a vacation. There you go. Well, yeah, we

are going to find out what is going to happen.

In a moment, we're going to take a quick break.

But at the end of Issue 26, we have an outrageous

thank you from group editor Sarah Gaito. So everybody

go back and read that. We've got all the various.

We've got like three pages of all the main covers

of each of the 26 issues in here. Absolutely.

Yeah, we're gonna take a quick break. We're gonna

come back with the gem infinite solicitations

and Gem dimensions as well, so we'll be back

after this episode 147 of the pull bag and we're

going to talk about the gem infinite solicitations.

Gem of the holograms infinite number one of three

this is the first ever gem misfits crossover

event written by Kelly Thompson art is done by

Stacey Lee on this issue the ultimate gem misfits

crossover event begins and now with infinite

part one Happy Quintet gem and the holograms

are stronger than ever, which is a good thing

because they're about to embark on an adventure

unlike anything they'd ever imagined possible.

After a public fight with the Misfits at a charity

event, a strangely dressed tech rat shows up

and takes them to a whole new world. Literally.

And it's going to change everything. Ha, tech

rat. I'm so excited. Hello tech rat. It's gonna

be fun. Yeah, I agree. All the music, all the

fashion, all the romance, all the sci -fi shenanigans

begin here. Interconnecting subscription covers

on both Gem Infinite and Gem of the Misfits Infinite

by Veronica Fish. Variant cover on this one is

done by Marlee Zarcon. Part one of the Gem Infinite

mega event. This is going to be amazing. Absolutely.

So I'm reading these folks in... part one through

six order even though they're listed the next

one is listed gem of the holograms the misfits

infinite part one of three but this is actually

part two of the story uh kelly thompson and jen

saint ange uh kelly thompson writing jen on art

uh the first ever gem misfits crossover event

continues here in infinite in in infinite part

two Never okay with letting Gem and the Hologram

steal the spotlight. The Misfits have followed

them to this brave new world and are shocked

by what they find. A world ruled by Gem and powered

by synergy hologram technology? What is even

happening? Part two. Guess Gem and the Hologram's

secret is out, but what will the Misfits do with

the secret? All new adventures continue here

in Gem and the Hologram's first ever crossover

event. So we get Jim infinite part three Kelly

and Stacey. So here's the thing folks There's

two series there's Jim of the holograms infinite

and then there's Jim of the holograms the misfits

infinite nice, so it's It's six issues, but it's

broken up into two different series because you

got Kelly writing on both on the gym stuff You

got Stacey Lee doing art on the misfits gem misfits

infinite stuff you've got uh... uh... ginseng

age so very very cool uh... part three gem of

the holograms are transported to another world

and where they and unlikely allies the misfits

must save the world from jim corp a corrupt corporation

that now controls all hologram technology fungera

joshain Go ahead. That was a fun fun. Oh, Jerrica,

Aja, Shayna and Kimber reunited with their father

Emmet Benton, sort of. Dun, dun, dun. Dun. Yeah,

nice. And just who is behind Jim Corp? The answer

may surprise you. All the music, all the fashion,

all the romance, all the sci -fi shenanigans

are here. The Misfits, infinite number two of

three. This is infinite part four. Outside the

walls, free of gym corpse, synergy technology,

a resistance is building, one led by none other

than bandmates and girlfriends, Kimber and Stormur,

yay! Nice. Bullet points for this one. It's going

to take Gem of the Holograms, the Misfits, and

the alt -renality counterparts all working together

to save this world. Is that even possible? And

will Pazazz be able to live with the fact that

she must never reveal Gem's secret? Some things

may be too much to ask. Let's see, Gem of the

Holograms infinite number three. This is part

five. In order to defeat the evil Jim Corp and

wrest away control of synergy, the holograms

are going to need all the help they can get.

Which means teaming up with frequent arch enemies,

the Misfits. Can a common enemy join them together

to save the day? Dun dun dun. Emmet Benson gets

the best surprise a father could hope for. And

what will Jerika become in order to help open

people's eyes to the truth? Yep, it's gonna be

awesome. And then we get the finale Jim and the

holograms the misfits infinite part three of

three This is part six of the crossover teaming

up with Jim and the holograms has never had a

higher stakes Can they set aside their differences

long enough to make a difference in this world?

And if they can succeed then what's next now

that the misfits know the holograms greatest

secret question mark? Awesome cannot can the

holograms really trust the Misfits with their

secret once everything is over After everything

they've seen what on earth could be next for

these bands So yeah, Jim infinite six -part epic

Jim and the holograms and the Misfits crossover

event from IDW publishing Kelly Thompson Stacey

Lee Jen st. Ainge absolutely awesome it's going

to be great we will have to cover all of it at

another point in time because as I said at the

beginning of this podcast Amy and Nicole are

going across the pond for some robot convention

it's gonna be awesome fantastically awesome I

can't wait it's gonna be like outrageous it's

gonna be like outrageous like also Like that

on Facebook and you know Twitter Existed back

in the 80s. I mean, can you imagine? The world

would have been destroyed by now We would be

living in a dystopian future of Twitter and Facebook

existed in the 80s folks Talk about hologram

technology So I over by the time you folks are

hearing this we would have been a week removed

from San Diego Comic -Con 2017 During that weekend.

I think it was on the Friday I got a press release

email from IDW publishing. This is going to take

place after gem infinite wraps up Gem and the

Holograms step into a new comic book dimension

The most outrageous band in the universe hit

the road this November with an anthology series

So Hasbro's Gem and the Holograms may be currently

out touring with the infinite crossover miniseries

But they are already plotting their next move

with the just announced Gem and the Holograms

dimensions This new series from IDW Publishing

will be an anthology comic set in GEM's world

and will be bringing in rotating roster of talent

into the mix, as well as some GEM mainstays to

tell new adventures with two self -contained

stories per issue. The debut issue sees writer

Kate Leaf, who has worked on Patsy Walker aka

Hellcat. and artist Tanya Ford, or Tanya Ford,

I'm sorry if I'm saying that wrong, who worked

on Silk Jamming on a Dungeons and Dragons game

night where Jerrica plays the role of Dungeon

Master and even Synergy joins in the fun. Just

as exciting, Sophie Campbell returns to the world

of Jim, writing and illustrating a story about

the misfits on a ski trip gone south when Pazazz's

cat is on the loose. Nice. Yay! Excited. So that

reminds me of... Yeah, that reminds me of the

last resort episode of the cartoon the ski trip

part of it. Yeah Sarah Gatos IDW Group editor

says Sophie along with series regular writer

Kelly Thompson took the classic gem in the holograms

concept and reimagined it for a new generation

of gem fans now with dimensions the floodgates

have been opened for the creators to for Creators

new to gem to come play in Kelly and Sophie's

arena for an all -star jam session. Jam fans

can rest assured that Thompson won't be going

far, though, and can anticipate her return to

the series before you can say Showtime Synergy.

Showtime Synergy? Issue one kicks off in November

with main cover art by Tonya Ford and variant

covers by Jam Art team founding members Sophie

Campbell and M. Victoria Roboto, plus Eisner

nominee Derek Charm from Star Wars Adventures,

which is another IDW series. Okay, so, Gem Dimensions.

I think this is gonna be good. I think this is

gonna be fun. This, to me, IDW with this is doing

what they did with that second TMNT ongoing,

TMNT Universe. TMNT Universe is doing the exact

same thing, where they're bringing in various

writers and artists to write various different

turtle stories. for the TMNT. They're doing the

same thing here with Gem Dimensions, and one

of my Gem friends on Facebook, I explained it

to her as, think of it as two cartoon episodes

in one comic. That's the way I, that's the only

way, because it specifically says in this press

release that they are going to be two self -contained

stories. So I'm not expecting a lot of, obviously

they're going to keep the straight continuity

that Kelly and Sophie have already set out. in

the first 26 issues and the annuals and the specials

and all that. But who knows where this can go?

I mean, a Dungeons and Dragons episode. Come

on now. Everybody wants to see Jim Dungeons and

Dragons style. Right. That's a crossover. Yeah.

Hey, I'm all for that. No, I think this will

be a really good idea. Go ahead. I know. Absolutely.

I'm excited. This is fantastic because it gives

a whole bunch of other creators opportunity to

play in the sandbox and maybe, you know, have

a couple of, you know, it gets to to throw some

ideas out there that'll be fun. And like, you

know, we could see like a couple of issues or

whatever. And and then you we get something else.

So it's like it's like getting little episodes.

So I mean, we really enjoyed the annual. Why

would that not work for this? So I'm really looking

forward to that. Absolutely. Looking forward

to seeing how that goes, especially if Kelly,

if the reason why Kelly's not doing this is because

she's got another project that she's doing, and

she's going to be back. Kelly, it was announced.

Yeah, I mean, Kelly, it was announced that she's

going to be doing Ghostbusters Answer the Call.

I know. It looks so cool. That's going to be

fun, too. So that's where Kelly's going to be

for a little while. Yeah, gem dimensions. It's

gonna be cool. It's gonna be fun. It's gonna

be interesting We will be covering the infinite

six issue miniseries arc crossover miniseries

Once all six issues are out I think I've read

the first three and I'm liking where it's going

so far Nice. I think I've read the first three

as of this recording so yeah uh that's what's

uh what's going on here inside the pull bag gem

jam in july um another spotlight month kind of

done here inside the pull bag any final thoughts

amy sounds awesome i can't wait to read it i

haven't read infinite yet but i'm looking forward

to it and yeah keep it on going good job ladies

and other people that were involved in the in

this last issue that we, you know, this last

three issues and a lot of people, there were

a lot of people on that. So I'm going to miss

somebody. So I'm going to say everybody that

that had anything to do with it, including the

editor and even the publisher. Thank you. It

was really great. And looking forward to reading

the rest. Absolutely, Nicole. Also, congratulations,

Kelly. I'll just say, yeah, this is. yeah congratulations

on many things i'll just say the same things

that amy says but and if you're not reading this

why aren't you reading this because it's amazing

there you go absolutely um so coming up next

inside the pullback we're doing another theme

month it's going to be our second transformers

month of the year autobotly august where Ryan

the Unevenflow Merkley joins me for various Transformers

comics. We start out with wrapping up... wrapping

up robots in disguise and more than meets the

eye, because I had no idea 56 and 57 of each

of those series was in Titan's Return. Okay,

whatever. Yeah, it got a little confusing at

the end there. Yeah. And then Ryan and I are

going to go back. and read Chris Metzen and Flint

Dilley, along with Olivia Romandelli's series,

the Autocracy series with Autocracy, Monstrosity

and Primacy, all three episodes for all three

trades. And then Amy will be joining Ryan and

I for Sins of the Wreckers. That's our sins.

Well, at the end of that podcast, you're going

to hear Amy totally fangirl out over Ryan, because

she didn't realize who he was. I didn't fangirl

that much. I mean, come on. You're building it

up. No, I'm not building it up. I mean, you nearly

passed out from excitement. No, I nearly fell

out of my chair going, oh, jeesh. Yeah, so. Yeah,

you did. So. And then Ryan, in week four, Ryan

and I are going to talk about something Nicole

loves, Angry Birds Transformers. Woohoo. I'm

not kidding. It's awesome. I don't get why people

are hating it. I was cracking up nearly every

page of that series. Ugh, so funny. So funny.

All right. And then we close it out with the

Dinobot trilogy, Punishment, Redemption, and

Salvation. And that's what's coming up for the

pull bag in August. I'm not sure if we're going

to have a September month or not yet, because

October is going to be all back to the future,

because we're going to call it out of time October.

So we might need to take September to work on

October. So I'm not sure how that's going to

go. Amy, where can the people find you online?

You can find me on Twitter. And my handle on

Twitter is Lady of Rack. Nicole what about you?

Just Google Beatles diva. That's Beatles like

the band not the bug and you'll find me I Am

at TF2 and Mike on Twitter You can follow at

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iTunes also Showtime synergy Make your greatest

game into comics, and we will catch you next

time here inside the pool bag. And a partridge

and a pear tree. There had to be a Christmas

in July joke, didn't there? Damn it! You've been

listening to Gem Jamming July here inside the

pool bag. We hope you enjoy hearing Mike, Amy,

and Nicole give you their thoughts on IDW's Gem

comics. Show's over, Synergy!