
The Comics That Made Us
Every fan has an origin story. This week, Dan and Adrian trace the roots of comic conventions back to the 1960s before diving into the comics, characters, and moments that shaped their own fandoms. From the earliest Comi


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Adrian and Dan discuss the ins and outs of Comic Book Convention life, fandoms, and sometimes we just have a conversation.
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Every fan has an origin story. This week, Dan and Adrian trace the roots of comic conventions back to the 1960s before diving into the comics, characters, and moments that shaped their own fandoms. From the earliest Comi

This week on The Con Men Show , Adrian and Dan take a nostalgia-fueled run through the strange, glorious, and occasionally cursed world of cartoons that became movies, movies that became cartoons, and toy lines that beca

This week on The Con Men Show , Dan and Adrian travel from Earth to Eternia for a spoiler-filled walk-through of the 2026 Masters of the Universe movie. Adrian brings the He-Man credentials, Dan brings the toy-history go

Summer has arrived, and The Con Men are feeling nostalgic. Dan and Adrian take a winding trip through the traditions, memories, and pop culture touchstones that made summer special. From Southern heat and humidity to sum

🚀 THIS WEEK ON THE CON MEN SHOW! 🚀 A mysterious Imperial warlord! A runaway Hutt heir! A bounty hunter with a score to settle! And one tiny green force-wielding chaos goblin standing between peace and absolute mayhem!

This week, Dan and Adrian limp across the finish line on approximately one functioning brain cell and somehow end up having one of their most honest conversations yet. What starts as tech issues, Bluetooth confusion, and

This week on The Con Men Show, Dan and Adrian somehow begin with tabletop roleplaying games, detour through cosplay discourse, spiral into Moulin Rouge appreciation, take an unexpected international food tour, and eventu

This week, The Con Men Show opens where all serious cultural criticism should begin: with action figures, shelf math, and the adult collector’s sacred distinction between “playing with toys” and “building dioramas.” From

This week, The Con Men wander through the stars before landing squarely on the convention floor. What starts as a deceptively simple question—which era of Star Trek would you actually want to live in?—turns into a though

This week the Con Men roam free through the pop culture wilderness—favorite podcasts, Star Trek legends, celebrity panels, forgotten comedy bits, Mountain Dew flavors, and the strange joy of media that sticks with you fo

Dan and Adrian enter the arena this week with a surprise deep dive into the strange golden age of video game movies. From Street Fighter and Super Mario Bros. to arcade glory days, console wars, and the beautiful nonsens

This week on The Con Men Show, we somehow start with StreamYard sabotage and a typo-born “hoyman” identity crisis, then slingshot straight into Artemis, moon missions, pale blue dot philosophy, claustrophobic space toile

This week on The Con Men Show, we go full kaiju mode—digging into Godzilla, the wild world of niche conventions, and the kind of fandom rabbit holes that start innocent and end with you pricing flights to Chicago for G-F

Dan and Adrian are back to chat about the enduring legacy of 80s action, the creation of internet myths, and the art of keeping our heroes legendary. And guess what? We’re even talking about actual continuity! We’re shar

Dan and Adrian kick things off with speculation around a possible Firefly reunion, sparked by Nathan Fillion making the rounds with the cast and teasing a March announcement. From there, things unfold exactly as you’d ex

This week The Con Men start with a deep dive into the early days of color film and television, sparked by a discussion of The Wizard of Oz and how groundbreaking the transition from sepia to Technicolor really was. Dan a

Dan and Adrian break down the Mandalorian & Grogu preview, talk about why fandom sometimes turns toxic, and introduce a simple rule for judging movies: Consider the premise. "Is it a good film… or a good giant-fighting-r

The week The Con Men stumble from Deep Space Nine, into Picard, Discovery, and Admiral Vance’s… culinary revelations. Then we pivot hard into 80s nostalgia, Galaxy Quest, Saturday morning cartoons, Mr. Rogers, Kevin Smit

Storm of the century? Please. We’re talking about the con of the century. This week on The Con Men Show, we trace Star Trek’s convention roots back to 1972, when 500 expected fans turned into 3,000 shoulder-to-shoulder T

In this episode, The Con Men recap convention life from the inside — from guest relations duties and celebrity interactions to the real logistics behind running a successful show. The conversation drifts into underrated
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