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'The Fred Hembeck Show'

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 104 – It’s All Relative

Posted Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 0:07am

Fred gets an out of the blue communiqué from unknown relatives, prompting a few uncomfortable revelations about his family history and mashed potatoes…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 103 – Once Bitten

Posted Monday, January 28th, 2008 at 2:02am

Fred reflects on his college-bound daughter’s early, Buffy-spawned childhood fascination with the undead…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 102 – Deck The Howls

Posted Monday, December 17th, 2007 at 3:53am

Fred decides to celebrate the holiday season the right way – with werewolves!

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 101 – Penile Delusions

Posted Thursday, November 8th, 2007 at 4:56am

Fred returns after an extended hiatus with a brand new illustrated bit o’ cyber-comedy…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 100 – Lucky Purple Pants

Posted Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 at 0:10am

Fred celebrates his 100th column with a visit from a famous green-skinned pal, plus a very special – tho cryptic – announcement…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 99 – Cat’s In The Cradle

Posted Thursday, April 19th, 2007 at 2:14am

Fred recounts a father-daughter trip to see the son of a Beatle named John in a giant Egg one April evening…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 98 – SpongeBob Hembeck

Posted Thursday, April 12th, 2007 at 2:56am

Fred has one of his best days ever when he gets a surprise phone call from the man behind SpongeBob, Tom Kenny, and his musical cohort Andy Paley…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 97 – Vault Hembeck

Posted Thursday, March 29th, 2007 at 1:36am

From deep within his incredibly mysterious and awesomely immense vault (or just stuck in a box), Fred uncovers a lost comic project that he’s chosen to dust off and share with you, his faithful, ever-lovin’ readers…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 96 – The Cover Of The Rolling Stone

Posted Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 at 4:44am

The Hulk fulfills Dr. Hook’s dream, as Fred recounts details of his guest lecturer teaching stint in the art class of the man who illustrated that classic cover, the legendary Herb Trimpe…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 95 – Marvel Busts A Cap

Posted Sunday, March 11th, 2007 at 0:35am

Fred returns with a brand new illustrated interview with the recently deceased Captain America, chatting from beyond the grave…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 94 – What Would Charlie Droople Do?

Posted Thursday, March 8th, 2007 at 2:32am

Fred asks the eternal question – would I make the same choices as Charlie Droople? You know you’ve asked yourself that numerous times…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 93 – They Shoot Freds, Don’t They?

Posted Thursday, March 1st, 2007 at 2:53am

Spurred on by the recent Oscar season, Fred dives into his cinephile past for his own comment-filled trip down Academy Award-winning memory lane…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 92 – Peter Parker’s Pecker Problem

Posted Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 at 3:49am

Fred refrains from going off half-cocked about a prickly piece of Spidey continuity that left him with a bad taste in his mouth…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 91 – Super Fred

Posted Thursday, February 15th, 2007 at 2:02am

Fred has gotten out the drawing board and created an all-new adventure, and learns that criticizing Superman might not be a terribly smart thing to do…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 90 – Vault Fred

Posted Thursday, February 8th, 2007 at 2:54am

Fred cracks open his online version of the warehouse from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK to unveil a lost tale, “The Massacre of the Innocents”…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 89 – Please, Mr. Lumpkin

Posted Thursday, February 1st, 2007 at 5:11am

A young firebrand Fred draws the ire of legendary Marvel Comics writer/editor Roy Thomas…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 88 – Back To The Beach

Posted Thursday, January 25th, 2007 at 4:21am

Fred waxes Hembeckian on the oft-overlooked Beach Boy, Al Jardine…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 87 – A Tale of Two Freds

Posted Thursday, January 18th, 2007 at 1:43am

Fred takes a page from the past and tells the tale of when Fred met both the silver age JLA and the golden age JSA…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 86 – The Hembeck Effect

Posted Thursday, January 11th, 2007 at 0:51am

A tale of Fred being in the dark, in oh so many ways… And how 86 is not just an Agent number…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 85 – “…But How Did You Like Dallas OTHERWISE, Mrs. Kennedy?…”

Posted Thursday, January 4th, 2007 at 2:50am

Fred presents a frank and open discussion of a shock-laden mid-sixties Superman Family entry…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 84 – Happy Everything, Everybody!

Posted Thursday, December 14th, 2006 at 1:29am

Fred brings the year to a close with a special look at the many faces of Santa Claus…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 83 – All You Need Is Fred

Posted Thursday, December 7th, 2006 at 1:19am

Fred has nothing but LOVE for the newest release from the Fab Four, and even shares a cover where the Fabs met the Bat…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 82 – Undercover Fred

Posted Thursday, November 30th, 2006 at 1:48am

Fred returns with his nifty cover redos and a pocketful of anecdotes, all in prelude to next week’s Beatles LOVE-fest…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 81 – Best Episode Ever!

Posted Thursday, November 16th, 2006 at 0:10am

Fred waxes poetic about his favorite undersea denizen and the most famous inhabitant of Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob SquarePants…

The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 80 – Trading Cards

Posted Thursday, November 9th, 2006 at 0:10am

Fred digs into the vault and uncovers a clutch of illos done for a very special trading card set that almost no one has seen…