It's October, and you know what that means — Halloween! On our drive to school today, the boys and I discuss their plans for making Halloween costumes — and our upcoming Halloween party. Max is showing his D&D fandom with plans for a Dragonborn look

Yesterday morning, on our drive to school, I told the boys that Sony Pictures was rumored to be in talks with Marvel Studios over possibly selling Spider-Man movie rights to the House of M. That kicked off a rollicking conversation that not even a raging

In this episode of 15 Min Max, my 8-year-old decides he'd like to talk about Pokemon during our drive to school. That is, if he can get me to stop pontificating on Philadelphia road rules long enough. So I pitched  Top-5 list: The Top 5 Pokemons he would

This morning, during our drive to school, my boys and I talked about some comics/games headlines in the news. We started with the release of Super Smash Bros, which was released over the weekend. Then we covered the impending end of the Naruto manga (much

In a special double-sized 15 Minute Max, my 8-year-old asks me to explain the recent settlement between the Jack Kirby estate and Marvel Comics. As usual, Max has thoughts. Thank you to everyone who has been passing along kind words and encouragement to

It's the second episode of Smart, Alex. In this supplemental episode to the Hey Comics — Kids! podcast, my 12-year-old son, Alex, offers his review of Marvels Agents of SHIELD, S2E2. This show will be spoiler-heavy, so if you haven't seen the episode y

On yesterday's drive to school, I told the boys that the CN network was going to discontinue its Vortexx programming starting next Saturday morning — marking the official end of Saturday morning cartoons on network TV. But, with Cartoon Network, Nick a

As the gentle pitter-pat of raindrops serenade us on our drive to school, the boys and I review the first episode of Marvels Agents of SHIELD — and it's a strong start to the show's second season. Alex has a lot to say about this show — and for good r

You've been clamoring for it. You've been hanging on tenterhooks with anticipation. And it's finally here. My 8-year-old son, Max, reveals his review of the new Minecraft update (1.8). And, from what I hear, there's a lot to talk about in this new versio

Not to be outdone by his little brother, Alex has decided to launch his own 15-minute podcast called Smart, Alex. Like 15 Min Max, this new solo effort will appear in the feed for our new group podcast Hey Kids — Comics! In this inaugural episode, Alex