March 30th, 2008 Randal
Jon Suarez of ANTiFanboy joins us to discuss Neil Gaiman’s Sandman; also, weeklies Transhuman #1, Green Lantern #29, Thor #7, and All-Star Superman #10.
This episode out we dive into the Neil Gaiman classic, Sandman. A Charles pick that ’s so popular, we all unanimously agree that it’s great (all four of us, stunning).
Charles briefly tries to summarize 75 issues of an incredibly complex series full of philosophical and metaphysical questions and we go round and round discussing how we came to the series, our favorite arcs (we all seem to love Seasons of Mist), our favorite Endless, our least favorite Endless, the arcs we didn’t particularly like, the excellence of Neil Gaiman as a prose writer and as a comic writer, and our Graphic Detail Trademarked Favorite Moments.
And we barely scratch the surface, but we all agree that it is awesome, everyone should read it, and you’re doing yourself a disservice if you haven’t yet.
Then we do our weekly picks:
TRANSHUMAN #1: Jonathan Hickman’s new series with art JMRinguet, about rival genetic engineering companies starting to make the first superhuman community. I liked it, Randal and Charles nearly hated it due to the incredibly static art style. This develops into a discussion over Hickman’s style of storytelling and whether or not it’s technically a comic, since it abandons the mechanics of cartoon transitioning for graphic design.
GREEN LANTERN #29: Randal picks this one to specifically point out how incredibly shitty, unnecessary, and ridiculous yet ANOTHER retelling of Hal’s origin pre-ring is. It gets the “worse than daredevil” award for the week.
THOR #7: Charles’ pick to bring some light on an awesome series that we’ve all been enjoying. Especially since it brings in quantum physics and SCHRODINGER’S THOR! This book is so good lately that Charles is even able to overlook the discontinuity with respect to Norse Mythology.
And our group pick of the week, ALL STAR SUPERMAN #10: the series that keeps kicking ass presents us with a nearly perfect issue. The Last Will and Testament of Superman is an amazing story. You. Need. To. Read. This. Book.
and that’s our show this time out. We’re still working on whatever sound issues we’re having, but the quality of the conversation remains the same.
We made alot of Cure references in this episode.
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March 29th, 2008 admin
Jon Suarez of ANTiFanboy joins us to discuss Neil Gaiman's Sandman; also, weeklies Transhuman #1, Green Lantern #29, Thor #7, and All-Star Superman #10.
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March 27th, 2008 Randal
(Note: Some sound problems.) This is part one of our two part Neil Gaimanathon, Fantastic Four #555, Nightwing 142, Simon Dark #6, Nova #11, Logan #1, and The Last Defenders #1
[Warning: due to some technical difficulties -- tornadoes, actually -- there were some sound synchronization problems throughout this episode. Listen at your own risk!]
Our pick this time out is Marvel: 1602. A work by Neil Gaiman and Adam Kubert from 2003 featuring your favorite band of merry marvel mutants and malcontents in England, right at the end of the reign of Elizabeth I.
We discuss the background of the series, why folks tend to love it or hate it, its relation to the What If? books, favorite characters, favorite moments, and take a moment to once again bemoan the criminal lack of Nick Fury in the 616.
A moment of silence please.
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Then it’s weeklies:
NOVA #11: Richie makes it to the Technarchy homeworld, only to almost be killed by it. A reunion with Warlock saves him, but forces him to come to a difficult decision. The art’s beautiful and we all unanimously agree that the ability of Abnett to spend an entire issue discussing a philosophical question that is this fucking cool and moving is what makes this book AMAZING month after month.
NIGHTWING #142: Still good. I promise. Still really good. Just…you know…the banter needs work. But everything else is great. Although Charles questions the internal continuity of Tim Drake possibly being 18 when he is so clearly drawn as 16 in this book.
SIMON DARK #6: They reveal the origin of Simon Dark (kinda) and Charles continues to enjoy the little weird oddities that he’s getting from the book. Randal and Stin, not so much, and a new gripe about the absence of a certain Dark Knight comes up.
THE LAST DEFENDERS #1: Randal likes that Nighthawk is a bigger dick than Tony Stark, and the team’s battlecry simply must be heard to be believed.
FANTASTIC FOUR #555: The second issue of the Millar/Hitch run is…good, surprisingly. Really good. And Reed isn’t being a completely useless asshole. Also they’re building a backup planet and the robocop escaped.
LOGAN #1 (of 3): The BKVizzle works his ridiculously talented magic with art that may or may not really work for this book from Eduardo Risso. Bushido wolverine gets some play in this book (slightly different from barhopping wolverine, angry wolverine, completely ridiculous wolverine, or bloodthirsty 90’s wolverine that you get from other books) and set in a place known for its…explosive nightlife, we’re anxious to see how this turns out.
Then we quickly chat about other books that were good this week (there were quite a few) and give you, the noble listener, our first GRAPHIC DETAIL homework assignment.
Got something you read that you want us to talk about?
Have a favorite character or series that we haven’t covered yet?
Head over to: http://www.antifanboypodcast.com/forum/ and let us know in the podcast update forum thread GRAPHIC DETAIL REQUESTS.
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March 15th, 2008 admin
(Note: Some sound problems.) This is part one of our two part Neil Gaimanathon, Fantastic Four #555, Nightwing 142, Simon Dark #6, Nova #11, Logan #1, and The Last Defenders #1
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March 1st, 2008 admin
This episode brings you Fables, Captain America #35, Kick Ass! #1, Incredible Herc, and Young Avengers Presents: Hulkling
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