For episode 22 we discuss Annihilation Conquest with our most talkative guest host yet: Devon Kopec, back once again to bookend the Annihilation discussion from all the way back in our first podcast.
Since we’re all incredibly in love with the series and with Marvel Galaxy in general, we spend quite a bit of time exploring why this concept works so well.
We enjoy the freedom that the universe setting gives the writers, and how they resurrect old characters while introducing new ones in ways that are genuinely entertaining without being slaves to continuity.
We re-iterate what we think makes a good event book and compare this book favorably to the original Secret War.
Also, Nova and Starlord get incredible amounts of love from us, while we all hate the motherfucking Sentry.
We debate which Annihilation book was better and which we liked more, go into our favorite lead up mini, our favorite character overall, and wrap it all up with our favorite moments.
Then we do weekly picks:
THE LAST DEFENDERS #6: Randal’s pick, capping off a book that he got into due to a weird alliterative pun. Randal’s disappointed with the way the series played out, mainly because Nighthawk sucks and the rest of the characters brought into the series are generally ignored.
FANTASTIC FOUR #559: Devon’s pick, the Millar Hitch run continues and we try to figure out where it’s supposed to exist in the marvel U since it’s allegedly 616 but nothing is happening within it that’s happening anywhere else. Also, Galactus is apparently Dennis the Menace. Still, the book is pretty good because it has so many hooks that we keep coming back.
FIREBREATHER #2: Charles’ pick from Image that he liked because its odd brand of humor mixed with teen in high school drama.
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #4: My pick, which we enjoy because it’s more than just a movie tie in book and is one of the better Matt Fraction books on the market, (even though the photorealism gets a little too real) and we start to debate whether or not Tony Stark being so smart should hold him to a higher standard of responsibility - much like I think Reed Richards should be.
For episode 22 we discuss Annihilation Conquest with our most talkative guest host yet: Devon Kopec, back once again to bookend the Annihilation discussion from all the way back in our first podcast.
Since we’re all incredibly in love with the series and with Marvel Galaxy in general, we spend quite a bit of time exploring why this concept works so well.
We enjoy the freedom that the universe setting gives the writers, and how they resurrect old characters while introducing new ones in ways that are genuinely entertaining without being slaves to continuity.
We re-iterate what we think makes a good event book and compare this book favorably to the original Secret War.
Also, Nova and Starlord get incredible amounts of love from us, while we all hate the motherfucking Sentry.
We debate which Annihilation book was better and which we liked more, go into our favorite lead up mini, our favorite character overall, and wrap it all up with our favorite moments.
Then we do weekly picks:
THE LAST DEFENDERS #6: Randal’s pick, capping off a book that he got into due to a weird alliterative pun. Randal’s disappointed with the way the series played out, mainly because Nighthawk sucks and the rest of the characters brought into the series are generally ignored.
FANTASTIC FOUR #559: Devon’s pick, the Millar Hitch run continues and we try to figure out where it’s supposed to exist in the marvel U since it’s allegedly 616 but nothing is happening within it that’s happening anywhere else. Also, Galactus is apparently Dennis the Menace. Still, the book is pretty good because it has so many hooks that we keep coming back.
FIREBREATHER #2: Charles’ pick from Image that he liked because its odd brand of humor mixed with teen in high school drama.
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #4: My pick, which we enjoy because it’s more than just a movie tie in book and is one of the better Matt Fraction books on the market, (even though the photorealism gets a little too real) and we start to debate whether or not Tony Stark being so smart should hold him to a higher standard of responsibility - much like I think Reed Richards should be.
http://www.teslacorps.com/graphicdetail/podcasts/content/podcasts/GD_021.mp3
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
We argue, at length, about Greg Rucka’s (and a laundry list of other artist’s) QUEEN AND COUNTRY, a Charles pick that is also a favorite of our guest host Tony from the “Strangers with Comics” podcast and Strangevisitor on the Antifanboy forums.
The majority of the discussion is Randal and I, who didn’t like the series so much, complaining about exactly what we didn’t like while the other fellas explain why they liked exactly what we’re complaining about.
And we cover damn near everything with the exception of like…the lettering, though I’m sure that Randal had a problem with that as well.
I mean I even bitch about the fashion sense of the main character at one point.
We cover alot.
What do you think? Who do you side with? REGISTRATION IS THE LAW! WHO DO YOU TRUST?
Er.
I mean.
And then we do favorite moments.
From there it’s right onto WEEKLY PICKS:
Starting with Secret Invasion Fantastic Four #3: Randal’s pick due mainly to the fact that he has a man crush on Johnny Storm and it’s an event tie in that barely has anything to do with the main event and doesn’t insert itself into the main comic continuity.
Followed by: World War Robot Illustrated #1: An Ashley Wood art book that’s got a cool little story within it about robots and a battle on Mars that I picked because of my man crush on…well…Ashley Wood.
And Robots.
(Don’t you judge me)
Then its: New Universal 1959 and I Kill Giants: chosen by Charles which degenerates into yet another argument due to my intense also man crush on Jamie McKelvie, while Charles prefers Kieron Gillen of the Phonogram team. Although I Kill Giants was damn cool.
And finally Ambush Bug Year None #1: Tony’s pick that the other two guys all generally enjoyed.
PLUG: http://www.strangerswithcomics.com/
BUG: http://www.fourhman.com/ambushbug/
SMUG: http://www.antifanboypodcast.com/forum/
BLOG: http://ruckawriter.livejournal.com/
WOOD: http://ashleybambaland.blogspot.com/
Out. Later folks
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