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We speak of many things, including Simon Dark #18, The Mighty #2, Battle for the Cowl, No Heroics, War of Kings #1, Guardians of the Galaxy #11, Deadpool #8, Dark Avengers #1,Thunderbolts #129, Rebels #2, HellBlazer #252, Daredevil #116, & Spiderman 2099.
Charles mourns the end of a series he liked, Simon Dark, but describes the end as a bit muddled and confused, terms which could well be applied to the rest of the series.
Charles and Randal discuss The Mighty #2, which is shaping up to be a case of false advertising.
Randal and Stin discuss Battle for the Cowl, which turns into an episode of Musical Chairs: Gotham, as we debate who ought to take on which costumed identities now that everything's in flux. And Stin describes what things might make him like Jason Todd again, all of which involve Jason Todd's death. Go figure.
Charles brings up the BBC sitcom No Heroics, which is kind of like The Tick crossed with Cheers. He makes it sounds rather appealing, until he kills it trying to bring the magic home by reciting the best jokes. Badly. For those interested in the series, more info is on Wikipedia here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Heroics). Interestingly, ABC is going to try to create an American version of this -- a blurb on the story, and a couple of clips of the British series, are here http://www.televisionaryblog.com/2009/03/channel-surfing-freddie-prinze-jr-dons.html and here http://www.aintitcool.com/node/40073 . Feel free to react with whatever levels of optimism that you find customary.
The discussion of War of Kings mostly revolves around how much Gladiator kicks ass, and how there is nothing sadder than the tears of a Kree Accuser. No one sings the blues like the Kree.
Deadpool comedy ensues, along with Dark Avengers and Thunderbolts commentary. We're still waiting for Norman to get his psychopathic ass handed to him, but, honestly, I'm not reading the series and my memory of this bit blurs in with my memory of all of the other podcasts that are currently waiting for the same thing. Perhaps Randal or Stin could fill in some details. Or you could just listen. Honestly, why do you think we record this stuff if you're not even going to listen?
Stin rants on how absolutely horrible Milligan is on Hellblazer, and how he's furiously undoing all of Diggle's good work. I'm convinced, and I don't even read the book.
More on the coolness of R.E.B.E.L.S., which Randal is reading. And which I will be, if HeavyInk will ever send me #1.
And the Spiderman 2099 trade is coming out shortly, the consensus being that it's great and you should read it. So go do that, and report back to us.
Also, this will be our last podcast for the foreseeable future. For more details, please visit our forum thread for this podcast, here, and we thank you all very much, sincerely, for listening.
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[Published: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:43:45 -0700] 
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In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we discuss Daredevil, our favorite Irish superhero -- and specifically the Frank Miller run on the character.
It's worth noting that, in honor of the famous Irish drinking holiday, Stin is entirely sober for this podcast. That's the luck of the Irish for you.
Stay tuned for a Very Special B-side next week.
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[Published: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:21:16 -0700]
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We discuss many comics, notably including Hatter M., Mouse Guard, Four Eyes, Amber Atoms, Nova, Rainbow Lanterns, The Great Unknown, Blue Beetle, Incredible Herc, Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Street Fighter movie.
Christian stays with us (mostly) to discuss a variety of comics this week, and one movie.
Stin and Charles had both read Hatter M, an cool altered universe version of Alice in Wonderland featuring Hatter Madigan, member of the Queen's guard and a lethal killer. Based on the Looking Glass War novels of Frank Beddor, the graphic novel is written by Frank Beddor and Liz Cavalier, with art by Ben Templesmith.
A preview is here: http://comics.ign.com/articles/695/695406p1.html
Randal and Charles discuss why they're having trouble staying interested in Mouse Guard -- delays are a big part.
Charles discusses Four Eyes #2 and why he loves it. And Amber Atoms #1 and why it Luke, Han, and Leia rolled up into one uninteresting character. And the end of the Blue Beetle comic with number 36, in which Jaimie Reyes lives happily ever after. Yay.
Randal and Charles discuss The Great Unknown #1, which neither was wild about -- Randal liking the art but not liking the writing, Charles disliking the art and not minding the writing.
Also Nova #22 and how Randal was wrong about Richie's insanity and how Charles and Stin were wrong about agreeing with him.
Further, Rainbow Lanterns, and how soon before we see a Mauve Lantern. Incredible Herc #126, Guardians of the Galaxy #10, and the Street Fighter movie. Which Charles saw. For nearly inexplicable reasons. And didn't entirely hate, despite how bad it was.
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[Published: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:19:00 -0700]
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We discuss Cairo, by G. Willow Wilson, art by M.K.Perker.
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[Published: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:40:45 -0700]
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More fun with StevieD; includes #1s for Bad Dog, Bango Tango, and Patsy Walker: Hellcat; also Batman #686, DMZ #39, Thor #600, Sandman Dream Hunters, Amazing Spider-man Extra #2, Incognito #2, and Iron Fist #22.
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Stin's show notes to follow.
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[Published: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:57:45 -0700]
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For a very special Valentine's Day Podcast, we discuss Y: The Last Man, by Brian K Vaughn and Pia Guerra, and we're joined by the inestimable StevieD from Comic Book Queers.
After giving our initial reactions to the book, we spend alot of time discussing the book as a whole.
We discuss the three main characters in the book, Yorick, 355, and Dr. Mann, who we identify with, who we like, and why we like them. We spend a good deal of time going over the art, and we all agree that Pia Guerra is one of the high points of this series.
From there we get more plot specific and discuss the 355 and Yorick relationship, and whether or not it works for us, the ultimate end of 355 and whether or not she was going to return to the Culper Ring, and then we get into a huge debate after Charles proposes a different potential course of action with Yorick that involves a cage (for the escape artist, ahem).
Then we discuss the great Beth/Beth2 debate (which isn't much of a debate for us) and spend some time analyzing the final issue and the cause of plague, which we all agree isn't nearly as important as the plague itself, before moving onto Favorite Moments and Arcs.
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[Published: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:13:57 -0700]
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Includes JSA Black Adam, Final Crisis (at length), Nova, Avengers Initiative, Incredible Herc, Captain America, X-Factor and a discussion about Diamond Distribution.
It's our longest B-side yet! Here we go.
The Black Adam conversation is pretty indicative of our respective tastes: Charles is upset with it because the Magic rules are wrong, Randal gets mired in DC continuity, and I'm upset that no-one gets torn in half.
Final Crisis wrap up: cue the Price is Right failure music. Also, Charles loves his hypertime eh? Seriously though Superman Beyond can suck my ass. Even if that's the only thing I need to read in order to understand what happened with Final Crisis? Yeah, I'm still not gonna fucking read it.
Wish Machines. Seriously.
The Kelson review that Randal mentions: http://speedforce.org/2009/01/review-final-crisis-7/
Randal makes a very strong case for Nova to be a crazy dream arc in Richie's head. But if he's wrong hunt him down with pitchforks and torches.
Charles and Randal get a bit Marvel geek about Avengers Initiative and Incredible Herc, segueing nicely into Captain America (which I adored because Namor was 80 pounds of badass in a ten pound bag this month).
X-Factor #39 (after much preamble), but I'm not allowed to blog about it. So listen to the podcast.
The Diamond Discussion started from this article: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19613
and from there we spin off to some very VERY nerdtacular discussion about digital distribution, local comic stores, webcomics, print on demand, indie books, and our plans for attack for the future of the industry.
For all those interested, there's a variety of Print On Demand resources collected here: http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=4781&page=1#Item_0
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[Published: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:11:10 -0700]
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We discuss JSA: The Golden Age, written by James Robinson, art by Paul Smith, colors by Richard Ory.
JSA GOOOOOOLDEN AGE!
The Time: Nineteen hundred and 93.
The Place: One DC comics publication company
The Men: James Robinson , of Her Majesty's Royal Comic Book Authoring Guard, and Paul Smith, two valiant and brave creators of the four issue miniseries set in a world....[i]NOT UNLIKE OUR OWN[/i]
The Podcasting Pioneers of Prententious Pronunciation dive head first into this, a RANDAL pick (when you think obscure mid-nineties comics featuring superheroes, think RANDAL), and proceed to talk about our favorite heroes, the scenes we found most intellectually stimulating, our enjoyment at the dastardly implications involving HITLER'S BRAIN! the artistic stylings of Mr. Smith (My God Alan Scott is Tall) and the poetical stylings of Mr. Robinson (Talking Heads that Talk Like MEN) and the frequency of Mystery Men getting their powers from SCIENCE! and debate with great seriousness the place of the Golden Age heroes in today's day and age (Will They Survive the Machinations of the Modern Age?)
FOR MORE:
http://www.enjolrasworld.com/Annotations/Golden%20Age%20Annotations.htm
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[Published: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:34:12 -0700]
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A rambling discussion that includes Army@Love, Green Lantern Corps, Final Crisis #6, the impossibility of a definitive Flash, War of Kings/Secret Invasion, Hexed #1, I Kill Giants #7, Fables #80, BSG, and Pushing Daisies.
I'm starting to be at a loss for exactly how to do these shownotes since Charles kinda...already did it when he listed everything we talked about. So I figure I'll just listen to it and live blog it I guess?
Army@love really was pretty fucking cool and nobody was reading it for some reason.
Green Lantern was really awesome again this week, in Jeff K Wheezy's own words "Every page oozes with badassery. The new villains BLEED FROM THE MOUTH CONSTANTLY FROM RAGE. It's like to 80s gone right. So worth it."
Agreed.
Charles was playing real life frogger during the B-side podcast, hence the car noises. Dude just loves his frogger.
Final Crisis #6: Hey did everyone get their Obama Spiderman comic? By the way Batman's dead. But nevermind. Just grab the Obama Spiderman book.
Boy, our nerd rage spikes when we talk about the Flash eh? Like hardcore flames on the side of my face "Clue" style rage. The discussion goes slightly beyond Flash and we also end up talking about Batman, Cap, Green Lantern, and what makes something "definitive".
here's the link we were talking about: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/01/geoff-johns-the.html
War of Kings/Secret Invasion GAH! GUN! THE WHOLE CITY IS A SHOUTY GUN! BLRRRGAH! SO COOL!
Charles does a mini review of Hexed #1 and the end of a series he had been reading for awhile: I Kill Giants #7, he notes that the first Anna Mercury arc has recently wrapped (which was good).
Charles and Randal make the utterly foolish decision to switch to trades for Fables instead of picking up the singles, I simply cannot abide by this. Fables is still one of the best books on the rack and they will RUE THEIR DECISION! RUE I SAY! They claim their interest is waning. Pfft.
Charles also brings up the Noir books, one he's dropping and one he's continuing, and we briefly discuss how long we stick with a new series and the importance of first issue storytelling.
Also: the Patton Oswalt thing I referenced is from a failed pilot of his called "super nerds" that I can't find online for the life of me.
I've failed you.
Sorry.
We spend some time to give Pushing Daisies lots of much deserved love because the show is awesome and everyone should watch it. I forgot how we got on the topic and it's not comic book related but SHUT UP. Pushing Daisies is awesome.
Then we talk about Battlestar Galactica and we get really REALLY geeky about it and call it a day.
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[Published: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:39:28 -0700]
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We discuss Local, by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly, with guest Jon Suarez of ANTiFanboy.
Another one of my picks, "Local" by Brian Wood (who is a genius) and Ryan Kelly (who is also a genius, but in a different more artistic way) is one of my very favorite series, put out by ONI press.
Jon and I already know we like it and discuss how we found it and why we like it in general terms. Turns out Charles likes it as well and Randal is slightly indifferent to all of it in that there are things he liked but it never moved him the way it did for me and John.
We spend alot of time discussing Megan McKeenan and the shift the series seemed to take after issue #6 where it became much more focused on her journey, how we relate to her (if we do) and give much love to Kelly's artistic style and the quality of Wood's art.
We talk about the backmatter (a subject I find myself obsessed with), this time helpfully included in the collection, and how it relates to the main subject matter. John and I loved it for its extra insight into the creative process, Charles read it more like annotations at the end of a book, having not known they were there, and Randal skipped them almost completely.
We take time out to point to issues that we really liked, issues that didn't work as much for us and characters that we loved or hated. We also compare Local to Demo (another Brian Wood work that everyone should read) briefly to compare the structure of the two.
We then proceed to favorite moments, and call it a day on the podcast.
Some extra stuff:
The google maps journey that Jon plotted out for Megan's trip through the series:
http://is.gd/ggGI
localthecomic.blogspot.com a nice workblog detailing some of the behind the scenes stuff.
brianwood.com/blog/local Brian Wood's blog and Local related matter.
funrama.blogspot.com Ryan Kelly's Blog.
www.khepri.com/local.html#local-hc Somewhere that isn't amazon that you can find the Hardcover, which as Jon said is a bit difficult to find.
http://twitter.com/brianwood
http://twitter.com/funrama
The twitter pages of the creators.
Be sure to tune in next week for 33B: Didio, Fables, GLC, When do you drop a book, and possibly...BSG
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[Published: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:33:58 -0700]
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A rambling discussion that includes JSA #22, Green Lantern #36, Incognito #1, 2 Wolverine books, the novel World War Z, RASL, and The Spirit movie.
I'm still trying to figure out what our new B-side music sounds like. It's like Hawaii five O and the "Special Event" music that used to start off all of the CBS and ABC specials.
And I'd always HOPE it was gonna be something muppet related or Charlie Brown related and it damn near never was.
This is our second B-side in an attempt to make our podcast a bit more talky and a bit less formatty. All of the conversation you're about to hear happens before and after the podcast officially.
My brother Christian is with us on this one as well, all of our guests will be on the B-sides, hopefully allowing them more time to pipe up in between our rambling.
We start off by talking about our weekly books. The JSA Gog arc that just finally ended after wandering through the desert for forty goddamn years just ended and we all discuss our displeasure with it. Gog. Pfft.
Atomic Robo gets more love from all of us because the last issue had a scotsman with an indecipherable brogue and Robo without legs, but seriously comics shops, give Red 5 some love and stock some Robo dammit.
We briefly discuss the Blue Lanterns being introduced into the latest issue of Green Lantern (all in preparation for Darkest Night) and I fanboy out a little. I just now, as I relisten to this, realize that the Blue Lanterns are basically Hippies. But, you know...productive Hippies.
Oh boy. I'm never gonna be able to reconcile this with myself. But the Blue Lanterns are cool.
We talk about Guardians of the Galaxy and Randal and Christian name Darkhawk as the Axel Foley of the Marvel Universe, which means that Darkhawk is probably gonna get caught with a transvestite and then proceed to make a series of terrible kids movies.
Which is closer to reality than I think since Charles thinks every Alien in GotG is capable of gender swapping.
I bring up the Millar and Hitch Fantastic Four which was really very good after I got upset about the space jetski. Randal brings up Incognito which was really very good and deserves attention from all. Sean Phillips' art is amazing and Brubaker, when he's on point, is amazing. And we're all looking forward to a series about a villain with a secret identity.
I bring up Jason Aaron, because Jason Aaron is fucking awesome, and his Wolverine: manifest destiny is remarkably cool and reminds me of the old (good) Iron Fist issues. In this issue Aaron addresses how Wolverine has lost all of his skill and become a brute.
Randal and Charles geek out about RASL a Jeff Smith indie book that they're both really liking that is extremely strange, about a time traveling dimension hopping thief.
Everyone but me decides to drop Kick Ass (fools) and we segue into Old Man Logan, the best Wolverine book on the shelves right now. But Oh My Science is Old Man Logan good. The last issue finally reveals why he won't pop his claws and it's bloody and brutal and heartbreaking.
And Charles throws us a curve with a little discussion about a book that's an actual BOOK: World War Z.
We get way off track with this (mostly my fault) but it deserves it. Charles received the book for Christmas and I launch into a truly ridiculous story about how the book affected me so deeply that I now own Zombie Apocalypse water.
And then Randal almost breaks the podcast by implying there is such a thing as "Cat Stuck In a Tree Fiction".
Everything gets wrapped up with Charles reviewing The Spirit. Sadly.
There were lots of Tick references this episode.
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[Published: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:34:41 -0700]
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We discuss Powers, by Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Avon Oeming.
It's my pick this episode, and breaking from my
normal tradition of picking a Warren Ellis title, we discussed Powers
by Bendis and Oeming (with the hopes that no one realizes Warren Ellis
guest stars in an issue. Which hopes, Charles immediately dashed).
One of my favorite series as it tells superhero stories in a
nonstandard fashion, has some amazing plots that I adore, and contains
one of my favorite comic book duos of all time: Christian Walker and
Deena Pilgrim.
Charles likes it, Randal and Christian (my brother, not the
detective) run hot and cold with the series although they admit the the
things they like they REALLY like. And nearly everyone thinks I have a
screw loose regarding Walker and Pilgrim.
We spend alot of time talking about our favorite arcs, and how when
Bendis nails a storyline it is truly epic and absolutely worth reading
even if there are things within the series that bother us.
Randal discusses Bendis tendencies (or Bendencies) that bother
him, primarily regarding page layout and the nakedness within those
page layouts.
My brother explains the other Bendencies that bother him, namely
dropping plot threads only to pick them up much later if at all, and
how this mirrors the current state of the marvel U.
We all discuss Walker's past and his motivations as a character.
Much love is given to the dynamic between him and the new Retro Girl.
We all love Oeming's art and generally agree that the last arc of the
series was very good, while speculating on where the series will go
from there.
We then talk favorite characters, favorite moments, and I
recommend the links for future Powers pages and some free Powers that I
shall attach to the end of these notes.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=112952606&albumId=2216202
http://hiddenrobot.com/PDAILY/
And don't forget to tune in next week around this time for some B-side goodness.
BEES AREN'T CHEAP: Look forward to us talking weekly stuff we liked, weekly
stuff we didn't like, Doctor Who and Zom-B's. See what I did there? Eh?
We'll see how long I can keep that up.
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[Published: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:13:56 -0700]
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We're now splitting out our extra reviews and miscellaneous discussions; in this case, they include Phonogram: The Singles Collection #1, and Spiderman: Noir #1.
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Show notes to follow.
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[Published: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:29:23 -0700]
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We discuss Lucifer, by Mike Carey (art mostly by Peter Gross & Ryan Kelly). And that's all, for now. The rest will come soon, in a new feature for the new solar year,
So this time out, because we're all universally in love with doing holiday themed episodes ( I don't even want to tell you what we have planned for saint patrick's day) we decided to review the long run Vertigo series "Lucifer" a Charles pick that originally spun off of Sandman before breaking off and becoming a heavyweight in it's own right.
We all like the series, to varying degrees and for various reasons. Charles really likes Lucifer and the many religious and mythological references, Randal only really enjoys the character of Lucifer, and I enjoyed all of the side characters much more than Lucifer.
Because it's so long we have favorite issues, arcs, moments, panels, speech bubbles, cross hatching lines, borders, and more!
We also are splitting off our side discussion this time and it will be released a bit later so stay tuned and be sure to check out the official graphic detail t-shirt:
http://www.zazzle.com/comics_are_not_food_shirt-235217711958914656
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[Published: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:43:51 -0700]
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We discuss Wildcats V.3 (Joe Casey, Dustin Nguyen); also, weeklies Iron Fist #20, the Punisher Christmas Special, X-Men Noir #1, and the end of Batman: RIP and Secret Invasion.
Graphic Detail turns 30, as a result of showing our age we turn the clock back and discuss Joe Casey and Dustin Nguyen's Wildcats 3.0, a rebirth of the older Image (now Wildstorm) team that's one part corporate espionage thriller and one part female assassin gunfight slugfest.
It's one of Randal's picks, primarily because of the main theme of the book: building a better world through corporate branding and batteries, something you don't see in most comics.
Unfortunately the 24 issue series was canceled, and several plot threads were never properly finished.
We spend most of our time discussing the various plot threads, where we think the comic was going, what we liked and didn't like about the overall structure of the story and who our favorite characters were.
We follow that up with favorite moments and generally agree that this series wasn't really great, but it was also never really bad.
Randal succeeded in picking a turkey sandwich with mayo.
Although as we know: comics are not food.
For weeklies it's Iron Fist #20: Randal's pick because he's dropping the book. While we all agree that Swierczynski had an impossibly tough act to follow after Fraction/Brubaker's Iron Fist run, the book isn't really going anywhere and many of the characters have been relegated to their former archetypes. Randal's done with it, Charles and I are going to hold out but hope it goes somewhere soon and finds the voice it lost.
Punisher Christmas Special: My pick, because Jason Aaron is extremely cool and writes a Punisher book where the only people left alive at the end are Frank, a newborn, and a priest.
Everyone else featured even momentarily in the story, dies.
That's how you do it, dammit.
X-Men Noir #1: Charles' pick, a mini series coming up that he was looking forward to that had a pretty sour start. Charles would have liked to see more powers noir-ized, and will continue to give the book a shot in the hopes that it picks up.
And finally we wrap up with a big discussion about the end of Batman: RIP and Secret Invasion: In Batman we collectively try to figure out what the hell happened and try to pinpoint where the non-event went wrong. With Secret Invasion, which Charles hadn't read, Randal and I go to town and destroy the book with histrionic screaming and nerd rage.
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[Published: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:06:58 -0700]
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We discuss Fell by Warren Ellis & Ben Templesmith; also, weeklies: Madman Atomic Comics #11, Invincible #55, Push #1, and some JSA one-shot books.
In my continuing attempt to discuss every Warren Ellis book ever written, this time out we talk about "Fell" with art from Ben Templesmith, published by image.
It's a short series, only 9 issues long thus far, but we spend the majority of the episode discussing specific issues and the morality of Rich Fell.
We also discuss the technical side of the comic, the format and why it works as well as it does, Templesmith's art (which is amazing) and where we would like to see the series go before talking about our favorite issues and our favorite moments.
All of us agree that the series is great and we really hope to see more of it in the future.
From there we discuss our weekly picks
Madman Atomic Comics #11: Randal's pick, because Mike Allred can draw the panties off a nun.
Invincible#55: My pick so I can complain about the slow paced arc and how I want more punching and exploding, and why the hell weren't we allowed to see HOT ATOM EVE SEX? Damn Puritanical Kirkman.
Push #1: Charles' pick, a new series that he sees potential in since it seems like a mix between Alias and Heroes. Back when those series were both good.
JSA books: We didn't really have a group pick since the last two weeks have kinda been a little crap in terms of comic releases, so we decided to take this time to talk about the various JSA Kingdom Come tie in series and how we...don't like them.
And that's it for this time out. Next episode we turn 30 so we're thinking of finally settling down and growing up.
Or not.
Batman Beyond rules.
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[Published: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:20:58 -0700]
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We discuss Wanted, by Millar, Jones, & Mounts; also, Amazing Spiderman #575/6, Thor #11, Secret Invasion: Thor #3, and Nova #18.
Mark Millar and J.G. Jones' WANTED is our main discussion this week.
We launch into a debate about the main philosophical theme of the story, nihilism, non-conformity, pre-destination, and existentialism to name just a few, before going on to discuss what the series does well and what we think it doesn't do as well.
We talk about why Millar feels comfortable using certain prejudicial terms but stays away from others briefly, and why we may or may not have noticed.
We then get into another debate about the nature of criticism with respect to us as individual readers, (this goes well beyond Wanted and eventually ends in what will sadly be a catch phrase for me in the forseeable future).
We wrap it up with our favorite characters, and favorite moments.
Amazing Spiderman #575/6: Randal is periodically picking and choosing which issues of this series he chooses to read, and because Joe Kelly writes this two part arc, who also wrote his very favorite Superboy arc, Randal enjoyed it.
In other news, Spiderman has an interesting supporting cast and is actually funny again. And not even "Haha my aunt is dead" funny, like actually funny.
Thor #11: Part one of our two part Thor Pick this week "You'll be Thor in the Morning Kid" Straczynski is writing the motherfucking shit out of this book in a way that is very much a subtle slow burn in the main plot, but a slow burn that Charles and I are absolutely fascinated by, the sub plot of the book has Thor calling forth the spirit of Captain America 1.2 Steve Rogers, and having a very touching political discussion about the mythology of America culminating in a moment of silence for the good captain. Read. This. Book.
Secret Invasion: Thor #3: Part two of our two part Thor Pick this week "Jebediah, go get my two by Thor" Matt Fraction writes the motherfucking shit out of this book BUT IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY than Straczynski does. Fraction puts out an amazing fight book in this, full of truly epic moments, camaraderie between Thor and Beta Ray Bill, some brilliant art from Doug Braithwaite and an incredibly satisfying ending to a truly great tie in.
In between talking about Thor we make special mention of the fact that every bloody book we picked this week is a Marvel book, and spend some time pontificating (oh that's right) about why that may be, considering none of us really consider ourselves to be Marvel fans specifically.
Which we follow up by picking Nova #18 as our group pick and proceeding to get absurdly fanboy about how cool it is and how much we love Richie.
RICHIE '09 for king of space!
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[Published: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:02:29 -0700]
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In honor of the holiday, we discuss Batman: The Long Halloween; also, weeklies Rogues Revenge #3, Grant Morrison's Dr Who #1, Aetheric Mechanics, and Guardians of the Galaxy #6.
It's around that time when ghosts and goblins knock on your door and say "Trick or Treat" and you, dressed like Vincent Price, hand them raw moose organs and they go running off screaming into the night.
And then the cops come by and suddenly the Vincent Price costume wasn't such a good idea.
Especially considering Vincent Price is dead.
So in honor of that we've decided to cover "Batman: The Long Halloween" by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
and since it's the goddamn Batman, we stray a bit from our main topic quite frequently.
We start off by talking about how the series works (or doesn't) as a murder mystery, dovetail into talking about Wizard magazine for a bit, mostly due to their WHO IS THE HOLIDAY KILLER? articles, a topic which we never actually get to since we all agree Alberto is kind of an asshole, talk about Harvey Dent, and then get massively waylaid into a grudge match argument about Superman and Batman: who's had more retcons and whose mythos is more stable.
I don't even really know if any of us agreed with any of us to be honest.
The one thing we do agree on is that most of Smallville is complete and utter crap, after talking about "the good" Loeb books and where he probably went wrong.
Also: Tim Sale is an insanely good artist.
Then we talk about weeklies:
ROGUE'S REVENGE #3 of 3: we realized shortly before recording that we've actually talked about every issue of this on the podcast.
And for good reason, it rules and THEY BLOW UP A BABY! Also Inertia is finally (finally!) dead.
GRANT MORRISON'S DR WHO #1: We're a bit confused since Morrison spends the issue writing small anthology pieces about various Doctors and no one turns into a building or a pie or suddenly becomes their own mother.
Special Guest Chris "Talksplode" from the forums gives a small recaplet review of Criminal because he's an insomniac.
AETHERIC MECHANICS: I'm pretty sure I'm reading...too much...Warren Ellis as I got very meta the instant I finished reading this; Charles and I discuss possible meanings of the ending.
and our group pick: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #6: I just realized it's only Issue 6? That's fucking insane. Damn. Anyway, we chat about Cosmo not being evil, Starhawk not being one specific gender (to an alarming level, do we discuss this), and the skrull invasion not being a necessary subplot. All in all, still a damn good book. We also take a look at our bet from WAY BACK in episode 16 and see if Mantis' prediction of someone betraying the team and someone dieing has actually come to fruition yet.
A LINK TO THE PAST:
http://surebeatsworking.blogspot.com/
http://www.antifanboypodcast.com/forum/
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[Published: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:54:19 -0700]
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Our anniversary episode; we break from format for one podcast, to talk, free-form, about what we're reading generally, stuff we like and dislike about comics, and anything else we feel like.
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[Published: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:09:17 -0700]
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We discuss Atomic Robo; also weeklies All Star Superman #12, (normal) Superman #680, Hellblazer #247, and My Name Is Bruce #1 (of 1, thank gods).
ATOMIC ROBO:
A great series full of Comic Book Goodness: Punching, Exploding, Violence, Robots, Giant Ants, Stephen Hawking, TESLA, Carl Sagan, Character Moments GALORE, Pulp style action, and did I mention TESLA?
TESLA!
So Atomic Robo rules and we all love it, we spend a good majority of the episode quoting directly from the book, discussing the state of comics and why Indie books done correctly are exactly the type of thing that the industry needs, and doing our part by picking TWO favorite moments. Each.
That's how much we liked it.
Weeklies:
All Star Superman #12: Last of the series, and Grant Morrison sticks Clark in the center of the sun. While it's not our favorite issue of the series, the series was ridiculously well written and cool. We also take note that this issue makes DC 1 million (and it's ending) much more meaningful.
So yes, once again, you have to read a former miniseries to understand the ending of this one.
But shutup. Nukes.
Superman #680: Part two of the All Superman review squad deals with a Krypto issue that is fundamentally good on a number of levels, James Robinson is still writing the shit out of damn near anything he writes. Also: Bitchy Clark, even Bitchier Lois, but seriously, Krypto is a damn good dog.
Hellblazer #247: I didn't get the memo about picking superman books so I picked one featuring John Constantine SNORTING the crushed up bones of SANTA CLAUS.
I really shouldn't have to say more than that should I?
(Oh and I'm still Digging the Diggle).
And Last and Least, My Name Is Bruce #1: a comic adaptation of a movie starring Bruce Campbell as Bruce Campbell. Let me lay this out now, Bruce Campbell simply doesn't translate well into comic book form. And if that were the only problem with the book it might not have been that bad, but the art, plot, story, characters, and ghosts, all suck gigantic assholes.
We then discuss how we would like to destroy the issue, it having offended us so much, and typically Randal chooses to ignore it and Charles wishes for a fictional anti-My Name Is Bruce ray. I want to feed it to hobos, and regular guest star Christian chooses to have a tree rape it to death.
Evil Dead style.
As promised Link bonanza:
As promised Link bonanza.
www.atomic-robo.com
Go there for lots of cool info, much of which we discussed in the episode, for more information check these links:
http://www.atomic-robo.com/?p=260
http://www.atomic-robo.com/?cat=23
http://www.atomic-robo.com/?p=195
http://www.atomic-robo.com/?page_id=162
http://www.atomic-robo.com/?p=211
Go here to purchase it if your LCS isn't accommodating.
http://heavyink.com/title/514-Atomic-Robo
and lastly, the publisher keeping it all going, go buy some books:
http://www.red5comics.com/
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[Published: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:58:08 -0700]
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We discuss Swamp Thing (Alan Moore's run on it, at least); also The Flash Companion, Secret Invasion #6, Simon Dark #12, and Fables #75
This time out we're discussing yet another Alan Moore comic in the 5th part of our 86 part series: "Alan Moore, Why Doesn't He Just Write Everything? Oh Wait He Did: Swamp Thing"
One of my pick's, mostly because of Constantine but also because of the homage to EC style horror comics that the series tries to emulate and eventually move beyond into its own transcendental territory.
We talk about what makes a good horror comic, what brand of Constantine is in this book, Magic in the DCU, the relationship between Abby and Swamp Thing, and Art in the 80's. Then it's favorite character/arc/moment and onto weeklies.
THE FLASH COMPANION: Randal's pick of an actual book type book that has more words than pictures. Typically I'm pretty sure that isn't a comic, but it's The Flash, so...fuck it. It's a companion piece filled with lots of interviews with creators and artists, behind the scenes shit, and they even get trivia specific with the middle names of all of the Flashes, lots of fun at parties. I'll probably pick it up and eventually Charles will realize the folly of not being as obsessed as we both are with the flash and jump on board that trolly.
Oh that's right. Folly and Trolly. Wasn't the wait worth it?
SECRET INVASION #6 of 8: My pick. For no real reason other than I got a two page splash where Tony (TONY!) says "Avengers Assemble" and Fury gets to pwn a Skrull by saying "My god's got a hammer".
Naturally, Randal hates the issue because it doesn't have enough fighting (except for the last two pages which are nothing but fighting) and the pacing is off.
But dude. Fury. Gun. God. Hammer. Charles still isn't crazy about Secret Invasion either, but we figure since I never cared for the Avengers in the first place, it's easier for me to enjoy the ride and not nitpick.
SIMON DARK #12: Hitting the big red button on the way back machine and taking us back to last year, Charles is reviewing Simon Dark again. This time it's to tell us finally why he's still reading this book (which strangely seems to have picked up a cult following). He likes the main character and identifies with his struggle, and even though there's a lot in the book he isn't crazy about, he can overlook it's flaws for characterization he enjoys.
Charles is clearly a masochist.
FABLES #75: The end of The War! Finally after 75 issues the Fables finish putting the unholy smackdown on The Emperor, The Adversary, and all of the gates. We all universally love the sacrifice of Prince Charming, the perpetual badassery of Boy Blue, the relative speed that they won the war with, and then debate the actual name of sleeping beauty for something like fifteen minutes.
We're enthralling like that.
Then we all collectively wonder what Willingham's got up his sleeve next, but are pretty sure that it's going to be awesome either way.
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[Published: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:18:59 -0700]
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Our Main Discussion is Doom Patrol with our Weekly Picks: Wolverine #68, DCU Last Will and Testament, Avengers Initiative #16, and Rogues' Revenge 2 of 3.
Welcome to You're "Doom".
if yer cool you get that.
Hey did you know it's Labor Day Weekend?
And Also Charles' birthday?
And this time out we're talking about Randal's Pick: The Grant Morrison Doom Patrol.
A book that is so chock full of strange surrealist crap that we almost never mention anything that actually happens in the book, and spend a large amount of time talking about its themes and style.
Charles loved it for its highbrow sensibilities and absurdist characters, Randal loved it for the experimental nature of it, and I generally didn't like it but was receptive to the fact that it was good.
We then spend a lot of time discussing why I didn't like it, what type of comic it is, why it may have worked for the other guys and not me, and whether or not a surrealist comic would have a place in today's publishing world. We also discuss Morrison's style, draw some parallels (or antiparallels? perpendiculars?) to Ellis' work, and do our favorite characters, arcs, and moments.
For our weeklies we discuss:
WOLVERINE #68 OLD MAN LOGAN part 3: My pick. Post apocalyptic (1) Wolverine (2) with blind Hawkeye (3) driving the Spider Buggy (4) across the united states in a story with themes taken right out of Unforgiven (5) with art from Steve McNiven (6) makes for a book that simply has too many cool things being executed well to pass up. Randal agrees.
DCUniverse Last Will And Testament ONE SHOT: Randal's pick, because he fucking hated it in that it was almost entirely ridiculous and forced just to make Geoforce (of all people) "kill" Deathstroke to avenge his dead sister. Who isn't dead. And no one actually kills anyone. And it ends with Hal Jordan for no particular reason.
Avengers Initiative #16 Secret Invasion: Charle's pick, yet another Secret Invasion tie-in that is surprising well done and pretty cool. We talk for a bit about why Secret Invasion seems to be working so well, and why the skrulls are such a good villain.
Rogues Revenge 2 of 3: Our group pick. Which we all liked, I swear. Don't believe the audio, I know it sounds like we're bitching about pointless continuity stuff but that's only because the fucking recording dropped the second half of our review where we all gush about it.
Fucking recording.
We go back and try to redo some of it, but you know...it just isn't the same.
I blame Devon, retroactively.
FINE I'LL SAY IT.
The podcast was "Doomed".
laugh it up.
And that's it. I'm off to eat some seafood and send Charles a happy birthday message over on our FORUMS: http://www.antifanboypodcast.com/forum
and you should too, just look in the miscellaneous thread.
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[Published: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:07:59 -0700]
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We all agree on the greatness that is Annihilation: Conquest by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning & Tom Raney; also the weeklies Last Defenders #6, Fantastic Four #559, Firebreather #2, and Invincible Ironman #4.
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.
FORUMS:www.antifanboy.com/forum
PUNCHLINE:"Well then do you have any grapes?"
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[Published: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:26:01 -0700]
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We debate Queen & Country, by Greg Rucka; also, Secret Invasion Fantastic Four #3, World War Robot Illustrated #1, New Universal 1959 and I Kill Giants, and Ambush Bug Year None #1; Tony of Strangers With Comics joins us.
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.
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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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[Published: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:09:15 -0700]
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We discuss the Immortal Iron Fist (Fraction/Brubaker/Aja); also, weeklies Booster Gold 1,000,000, Scalped #19, Omega the Unknown #10, and Final Crisis: Requiem.
The Overflowing Mind of Positive Effluence, The Snarky Fist of Five Cabby Caps, and the Drunken High Pitch Anger in Motion all humbly unite to bring you this, our 20th podcast, in which we discuss the great nature of the being that is expressed through "The Immortal Iron Fist".
And with that my patience at imitating fake Martial Arts movie dubbing is completely used up.
It's a relatively short series run (16 issues) and we all universally like it, so this episode we mainly discuss our various favorite moments and things we liked, along with some debate over what we think of creators leaving at the top of their game and whether or not they've left the series in the middle of an arc.
We also talk about the style of the book, it's major themes, Danny as a character, when it's okay for a reader to leave a series, and the gorgeous art found within the book.
Then we go into our weekly picks:
BOOSTER GOLD one million: Randal's pick and the end of Johns' run on the series. For Randal it wrapped up well enough that it saved the series, for the rest of us, while it had it's pacing issues, we all agree the series ended well.
SCALPED #19: My pick, of a comic that everyone should be reading because Jason Aaron is a genius when it comes to writing amazing characters. Naturally the other two aren't reading it, but Randal (!) is actually convinced (!!) to give it another shot (?)
OMEGA THE UNKNOWN #10: The end of a series that Charles really wanted to be better than it was due to his nostalgic love of the original series. Tune in specifically to hear Charles actually be disappointed in something and (mildly) condemn it for being a shoddy execution of a concept he used to love.
FINAL CRISIS: REQUIEM: Our group pick. Did you guys know Martian Manhunter died in the first issue of Final Crisis? And that it apparently pissed off a bunch of fanboys for some reason? So they decided to completely disregard that issue with another issue and it still sucked?
If you didn't know that now you do. We also kinda get into our reaction to the events going on these days, including a discussion of FINAL CRISIS: ROGUE'S REVENGE.
And with that, we call it a show, and the trio takes what they learned from our main discussion into our own lives as Charles goes off to spend the next 12 hours meditating on whether a tree falls in the woods and makes a sound if Randal doesn't care about any trees ever (but thinks that James Robinson could write a kick ass tree) and I drunkenly trip over it and try to punch it to death for not being in black and white and "edgier".
Oh, and go see Dark Knight.
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[Published: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:38:13 -0700]
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Our Main Discussion is CAPTAIN AMERICA, with weeklies: Superman #677, New Avengers #42, Astonishing X-Men #25, and Young Avengers Presents: Hawkeye
To celebrate our Nation's birthday, we bring you our discussion about Ed Brubaker's CAPTAIN AMERICA, a Charles' pick that is nearly universally loved by fans and podcast members alike (with the exception of yours truly, who didn't care for it that much). We also welcome our guest this episode, Chris Decerbo from the "Half Grasshopper Podcast" and our forums.
We talk about why everyone got into this run, The Winter Soldier and how we felt about Bucky coming back, what Cap means in the context of the Marvel U, how the book reads as a "spy" series, the ensemble work between all of the characters within it, who we would have imagined taking up the shield, and where we'd like to see the book going, before wrapping up with Favorite Moments.
Then we go to our ANGRIEST WEEKLY PICKS EVER:
SUPERMAN #677: James Robinson is writing it and there's a Hal Jordan/Superman scene in space with Krypto that Randal loved so much, he made it his pick.
NEW AVENGERS #42: My "Must Read if Fury is In It" Rule gets me into a ridiculous argument with every other person on the podcast because while I enjoyed them tieing the various event plots together, the various event plots were offensive enough to everyone else that they still hate it.
ASTONISHING X-MEN #25: Charles' pick, inspired by his exposure to Warren Ellis last weekend at WizWorld Chicago, which Randal hated, and I hadn't had a chance to read yet, but somehow yet another ridiculous argument begins with regard to the characterization in the book.
And finally after extreme amounts of arguing we relax a bit and enjoy our group pick: YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS: HAWKEYE #6 of 6 the issue penned by Matt Fraction featuring Robin Hood references and our favorite young heroes who aren't Invincible. We also question if there's a place for them in the 616 and since Heinberg isn't coming back any time soon, who should write it?
And that's it, time to drink american beer, explode chinese fireworks, and eat german food with french's mustard on it.
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FORUMS: www.antifanboypodcast.com/forum
GUEST: http://halfgrasshopper.podomatic.com
NOTE: we lost a bit of the end of the podcast but only as we were giving out these links. Which you now have. See how we take care of you?
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[Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:08:47 -0700]
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We discuss the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Moore & O'Neill); also, weeklies Angel #9, Fear Agent #21, X-Factor #32, and Invincible #50.
And it's Episode 18.
We're talking League of Extraordinary Gentlemen this time out and covering volumes 1, 2, and the Black Dossier. Written by Alan Moore with art by Kevin O'Neill.
It's one of my picks that I've read time and again, and Charles and Randal have finished once we decided to talk about it. So we go over their respective reactions to the series, which parts are their favorites, why we hated the parts that we hated (and there were quite a few of them), and whether or not the concept of a superteam in the fictional Victorian Setting has a right to be called a "Superhero" team.
Then we do favorite characters (and all agree, surprisingly) and Graphic Detail Favorite Moments (tm), after which we tail off and talk about the movie and Sherlock Holmes a little bit before kicking it over to Weekly Picks:
ANGEL#9: Randal's pick, Angel should be better than this. It is not good. We all tried, we did, but this pretty much takes the cake for everything you shouldn't do with a licensed property. Randal and I are now dropping the series completely.
FEAR AGENT #21: My pick, The last issue of the Hatchet Job arc and my favorite pulp science fiction comic on the market right now elicits a ridiculous debate between Charles and I about what should be expected if you chuck your main character into a black hole.
X-FACTOR #32: Charles' pick, Out of the ashes of Messiah Complex and Divided We Stand, the X-Factor book is finally able to go in a non-event direction. We're hoping that it will get back to its noir roots, have more team moments, and maybe finally tell us what's going on with Layla Miller.
and finally (FINALLY!) our group pick, INVINCIBLE #50: New Direction for Mark but what does it mean? We're pretty sure this is starting up Mark's "Nightwing" era, and while we think it could have been done slightly better especially with respect to Cecil, we still loved it.
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Links from the Main Chat: www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/annos.html
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[Published: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:47:07 -0700]
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Our Main Discussion is EMPIRE, with weeklies being KICK ASS #3, JSA #16, and DETECTIVE COMICS #845, and Charles and Stin talk about Wizard World Philly
Fresh and clean after our weekend in Philidelphia, Charles and I rejoin Randal this week to discuss his pick: Mark Waid and Barry Kitson's EMPIRE.
We talk about it's pedigree starting at Gorilla comics and ending up at DC, the character of Golgoth and his various motivations and machiavellian overtones, I complain about random things I didn't quite get (aliens and issue 0), our various interpretations of the ending, spend a few minutes talking about our favorite characters and then kick it over to Favorite Moments.
Then we talk about WIZWORLD PHILLY: and say many thank yous to many friends before going into WEEKLY PICKS:
KICK ASS #3: Charles' Pick, which he very much liked after some concern over where the story was going after issue 1. Generally, we all like it, and find it cool that the main character is so beautifully average. Also, that is a lottttta blood right there on the last page. What the fuck is that sword made of?
JSA #16: Randal's pick, uh...well Gog shows up. And uh...he kinda stares at some birds. And. Um. Oh! Black Adam! Everyone likes Black Adam right? He's in this (for a couple pages) and then...
Um.
DETECTIVE COMICS #845: My pick, and all you really need to know is that Batman hits an internet chatroom for advice on a serial killer. Less FAIL than you'd imagine and way more ROFL than I expected.
also detective chimp.
And that's it.
I'll leave it to you, gentle listener, to figure out why we may have referenced Blossom.
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www.teslacorps.com/graphicdetail
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[Published: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:02:33 -0700]
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Our Main Discussion is Preacher, with weeklies being GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1 and What We've Been Reading.
In a shocking twist, everything you thought you knew about this podcast has changed. Instead of recording on a friday, we did it on a wednesday. Instead of me being hungover as I write up the show notes, I am instead, mildly drunk. And instead of reviewing a classic comic that we all love unconditionally, we review Garth Ennis' "Preacher" with art from Steve Dillon.
Oh we all agree that the story and characterization are very very good, but we get into a bit of discussion regarding the central themes and style of the series, specifically around the way Ennis writes (um, graphically), and how that affects the overall tone of the story.
We also take some time to delve into our favorite characters, where we were mentally when we read the series, and of course our favorite moments.
From there we talk weeklies, this time going with a group pick of "GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY", a spinoff of the annihilation conquest miniseries. What was originally intended to be a panel by panel read through of one of the best comics we've all read in recent memory somehow devolves into an elaborate wager regarding who is going to betray the team, and which members of the team will most likely be killed in the process.
All of which means I'm probably going to be swindled into reviewing something involving my fictional nemesis Jason Todd.
From there we decide to give a quick rundown of the books we've been reading that we like (far too many to list here friends).
We'll be returning to our regular format and schedule after wizard world philly, where charles and I will be making our exceptional presences known. If you're not going to be there you can contact us at our forums at www.antifanboypodcast.com/forum or on the very website we provide additional content on INCLUDING BRAND NEW BACKMATTER at www.teslacorps.com
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[Published: Sat, 24 May 2008 00:40:38 -0400]
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The Detailers Discuss 52, DC Universe 0, House of Mystery #1, Mighty Avengers #13, and X-Factor: The Quick and The Dead
Remember a time before event burnout? When crossovers didn't have to have banners or skrull chins or Jason Fucking Todd in them?
No?
I don't blame you it's been awhile.
Which is why this time out we're discussing the weekly bowl of awesome soup cooked up by DC's all star writing team of Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid: 52.
(also a boatload of artists. Literally a boatload. The name of the boat was the S.S.Howthehellarewedoingthisonaweeklyschedule.)
Randal and I read the series when it was coming out in real time, and Charles has read it in trade, we discussed the difference of the weekly serial in the two formats, then went on to talk about our favorite (Animal man, The Question and Montoya, Ralph Dibny) and least favorite arcs (Steel, The Crime Bible, Steel, Steel, and Steel)
before wrapping it up with favorite moments and some good old fashioned COUNTDOWN BITCHING!
Then we kick it to the biweeklies with the suavest segue ever seen on a podcast ever as we discuss DC UNIVERSE #0: Ignoring just about everything other than the return of Barry Allen and what it could mean for the Flashes versus what we want to happen for the Flashes.
We're obsessed.
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #1: Charles' pick for the week, an anthology type book put out by vertigo with the main story written by Matthew Sturges and the middle story by none other than Bill Willingham. Charles liked it, I was happy to see an old school EC style horror book on the rack, but want to know more about the story framing the anthology, and Negative Nancy Randal already condemns it as boring and under-developed.
After the first issue.
THE MIGHTY AVENGERS #13: Fury is back and is doing what Fury does (namely, sticking a large amount of asses in a sack, and then kicking the shit out of the sack, a sack of asses).
The new arc seems to show the behind the scenes activities of our favorite Colonel as he assembles a super secret spy team to combat the skrull invasion. But will Bendis...Bendis this up?
X-FACTOR: THE QUICK AND THE DEAD: Quicksilver gets his powers back after moaning in a cell with two frat guys (apparently), and we begin to discuss whether or not he deserves it and if he is really a hero or just a white haired douche, when Randal's phone dies. Leaving Charles and a drunken Stin to close out the podcast.
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PHILLY! In a couple of weeks where Charles and I will be enjoying convention goodness
HUNGOVER! What I am right now, so I'm out kids.
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[Published: Sat, 10 May 2008 15:39:27 -0400]
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Episode 14 - Animal Man, Captain Marvel # 5, Flash #239, Justice League Of America #20, and X-men: Divided We Stand #1.
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Episode 13, Blue Beetle, Young Avengers Presents #3, Green Lantern Corps #23, Action Comics #863, and Nova #12
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Lucky Episode 13 brings us one of the best things to come out of the
whole Infinite Crisis/One Year Later event, The Blue Beetle (volume 6
or 7 depending on who you believe, thanks alot wikipedia), written by
Keith Giffen and John Rogers with art from Cully Hammer and Rafael
Albuququerque.
The third character to take over the mantle of the Blue Beetle and
the associated Scarab shenanigans, we go in depth talking about Jaime
Reyes and the first 25 issues of the comic.
Randal and Charles both love the series, while Stin isn't crazy
about it. All three however, are huge fans of the last story arc and
agree that the main character is one of the best new creations out of
DC.
We go on to talk about the various moments throughout the series
that we enjoyed, how funny we found the comic (especially Peacemaker),
and Charles and Randal go on to explain what they liked about the
series, countering the things Stin did not.
It all ends in a ridiculous argument that Charles wins regarding the magical nature of the scarab.
Let's leave it at that.
(grumble).
Then it's Biweeklies:
YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #3: This time out it's Wiccan and Speed
taking the spotlight in this series of one shot. While not nearly as
bad as the last issue, is this one good enough to justify the series?
Also, Randal and Charles discuss what they were hoping the series would
be, and what they'd like to see in the future.
ACTION COMICS #863: The Legion arc wraps up and we spend some time
discussing our favorite things about Superman, wonder what the hell
happened to the Richard Donner/Johns book, and nearly make Stin
catatonic with rage at the mention of the Spiderman movies.
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #23: Green Lantern finally gets back to good
stories about Lanterns we care about. The dickhead Oans get told to
shut their blue pie holes by one Kyle Rayner, and Guy Gardner sleeps
through being tossed into a wall. Because he's a badass.
And our group pick,
NOVA #12: In which all of the resignation and depression of the last
issue as Richie came to grips with losing his last hope of being saved
gets tossed out the fucking window through a series of events that are
unbelievably well written. No one Dies! Everyone Lives! The Human
Rocket is Back! We also spend some time predicting where the series may
be headed.
The links below will send you to the internet territory of the folks
that made our main topic book this time out, give them a shot.
John Rogers Blog: http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/
Rafael Albuququerque Blog: http://www.rafaelalbuquerque.com/blog/
Cully Hammer's Art Studio: http://www.gaijinstudios.com
Opening provided by: http://www.botar.us/bluebeetle.html
And when you're done with that head on over to www.teslacorps.com and www.antifanboypodcast.com/forum
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[Published: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:27:04 -0400]
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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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[Published: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:11:50 -0500]
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(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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[Published: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:20:45 -0500]
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This episode brings you Fables, Captain America #35, Kick Ass! #1, Incredible Herc, and Young Avengers Presents: Hulkling
Our continuing coverage of the Best and Brightest comics out there brings us to Fables, written by Bill Willingham with art by Mark Buckingham.
Also, Special Guest Raine returns, which is mainly why 75% of our weeklies are marvel books (bloody marvel zombies.)
During the conversation we discuss how we got into the series, whether we prefer it in trade or weekly format, our overall reaction to The Good Prince Arc, our favorite characters (with surprising results), the stories or characters that Willingham hasn't used yet that we'd like to see used in the future, and our world famous Graphic Detail (tm.) Favorite Moments.
And who knew we'd be making Three's Company references this episode?
Not me.
We need to start gambling on this stuff, I could make a boatload of money.
Then it's on to weeklies:
CAPTAIN AMERIBUCKY #35 - Bucky's getting better, don't drink the water, and Sharon Carter may finally get what's coming to her via a man with a brain in his chest.
Also, baby cap?!?
KICK ASS! #1 - Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. deliver the story of your average 16 year old who decides to become a superhero.
Only problem is he has no powers, abilities, gifts, he's already been stabbed and he's kind of a jackass.
We all go over our hopes and fears for the rest of the series
INCREDIBLE HERC #115 - We start off with a serious discussion involving mythology and the referencing (or outright stealing) of several mythological stories in a marvel book, but it all breaks down when we get into a ridiculous debate regarding how smart you could possibly be to carry around a puppy in the middle of a battle with no extra protection whatsoever.
Seriously Cho, buy a carrier.
Then we read the top ten smartest list in the 616 and all hell breaks loose.
YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS: HULKLING - Charles' pick disappoints him on a number of levels, and why is Captain Marvel a tool lately?
Find us here: http://www.antifanboypodcast.com/forum/
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[Published: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:50:18 -0500]
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We discuss DC: The New Frontier, and weeklies Nightwing #141, Doktor Sleepless #5, Nova Annual #1, Simon Dark #5, Walking Dead #46, and X-Factor #28.
We take you way back to the year 2003 where Darwyn Cooke took us all way back to the year 195X to tell us a little story called New Frontier, an original take on the transition between Golden Age and Silver Age.
We break it down and discuss how we all uniformly enjoy parts of it, but do not necessarily endorse the fanboy fangasms that people have for it. In an attempt to figure out why everyone likes it so much, we come to the conclusion that the characterization of certain characters is SO good that it makes up for the rest of the series' flaws.
We then get into a really meta contextual breakdown of the ability of present day writers to write solo-characters, how this relates to Hal Jordan, and whether we like team books better than solo books (with gratuitous love thrown at Wally West).
Then we do our favorite moments and realize that every one of our favorite moments is a Barry Allen moment.
So we go round again to make it more interesting and diverse, and everyone picks a Hal moment.
Then we say fuck it, and we just pick our favorite Martian Manhunter moment too.
Then it's time for weeklies:
Nightwing #141: The series is GOOD again. REALLY GOOD. And we're very jealous of Charles for coming on at exactly the right moment, but the Rha's Al Ghul crossover worked for once, and brought him into the Bat Family.
Doktor Sleepless #5: Having discussed Transmetropolitan last week, Stin's ready to talk about Warren Ellis' new series, and how revolutionary every issue has been so far. It's a comic everyone should be reading
Nova Annual #1: Origin Retelling? Check. Future scene full of awesome Richie? Check. Great jumping on point for new readers? Check. Awesome artists coming on board next issue? Double Check.
Simon Dark #5: Charles reveals why he's still reading this book. Randal (who's still reading it but not, um, paying for it) and Stin (who's dropped it outright) cannot understand the attraction and a debate ensues.
Walking Dead #46: The bleak Robert Kirkman comic (as opposed to the awesome and fun Robert Kirkman comic who is our mascot) gets some attention, we discuss the fate of Tyrese, and The Governor as a villain.
X-Factor #28: Surprisingly, Messiah Complex didn't ruin this book. We fawn all over the genius of Peter David and try to figure out where the series is gonna go from here.
For more Flash Love, Simon Dark shenanigans, and X-Force HATE!
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come to http://www.antifanboypodcast.com/forum/
a link from our main site at http://www.teslacorps.com/graphicdetail/podcasts.php
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[Published: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:47:02 -0500]
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Transmetropolitan, Y the Last Man #60, Young Avengers Presents #1, Captain America #34, Ultimate Spiderman #118
Due to a mild delay caused by Stin's Replicant Ass approaching the four year mark and starting to shut down, we podcast a little later than usual (sorry).
But to compensate we have Four Members this time out with special guest from the forums Raine joining the discussion to throw in his two cents about this episodes topic: TRANSMETROPOLITAN written by Warren Ellis with art by Darrick Robertson.
Over the course of the episode we go over the plot (with Charles taking a rare Anti-Spoiler stand), our favorite moments and whether we prefer the first thirty issues to the last thirty issues, why Spider Jerusalem could be one of the greatest characters in all of comics, the recurring theme of apathy in Warren Ellis' writing, science fiction themes in general, the necessity of Filthy Assistants and Mitchel Royce, and how this series impacted each of us individually.
Then it's on to the picks of the week:
Y-THE LAST MAN #60: BKV does the impossible and actually satisfies fans with the ending of this landmark series. There isn't much to talk about without spoiling the entire thing so the entire thing degenerates into us flaming forum members.
All because of a transformers reference.
YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS #1: Charles talks about how the Young Avengers got him back into comics, and we agree that the issue is pretty good, even though Brubaker did the one thing Randal was hoping he wouldn't do with Patriot.
CAPTAIN AMERICA #34: Bucky Knee-Caps Bitches. Is this the start of a potential Legacy character in Captain America? We all liked the issue and think this series has nowhere to go but up with Bucky stepping in.
ULTIMATE SPIDERMAN #118: Spiderman and his amazing friends Bendis Style. Which means lots of word balloons. Lots and lots of word balloons.
For more on two headed cats, former sidekicks with guns, and hot kitty pride action join the forums at www.antifanboypodcast.com/forum
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[Published: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:48:19 -0500]
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We discuss DC's Hourman series from 1999 (the Hourman of the 853rd century), and weeklies Fell #9, Booster Gold #6, Amazing Spiderman #546-547 (BND), and Iron Fist #12.
We discuss Randal's pick this time out: the Hourman series from 1999 (the Hourman of the 853rd century) written by Tom Peyer with illustration from a young chap named Rags Morales.
We generally agree that it's a genuine superhero story full of actual superheroics, fun, Snapper Carr, Time Travel, lots and lots of Amazos, a ridiculously hot hippie, lots of coffee, very little self confidence (of both the human and android varieties), and a Road Trip.
Then we talk weeklies including:
- Fell #9 : Finally back out after a long hiatus, the best of the slimline books is still amazing. We talk about Rich Fell, his moral code, his general snowtown status, and how genius the Templesmith/Ellis team is.
- Booster Gold #6 : Where the review of the plot gets completely lost in a ridiculously long debate about whether or not Rip Hunter is manipulative and if you should trust a shady Future Blue Beetle with a shit eating grin.
Booster Gold is still one of the best books on the market.
- Amazing Spiderman 546-547 (BND) : In which Randal explains it to the two grumpy bastards that refuse to read it. Turns out this story isn't that bad, but Charles and Stin still refuse, for various reasons, which they rant about.
The link to the CBR article we discuss can be found here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=ofo
- Iron Fist #12 : considering how much time we spent on the last two books we shorten up the podcast, talk really quickly about how Awesome Iron Fist continues to be, the hilarity of specific wenches, the shadow boxing of the Prince of Orphans
For more discussion, soap box standing, vitriolic anger, t-shirt appreciation, and paranoia regarding Rhode Island's status as a graveyard, join us at www.teslacorps.com and www.antifanboypodcast.com/forum
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[Published: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:01:40 -0500]
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An indepth discussion of Phonogram and Comics from the last two weeks.
Well it's 2008.
Strangely, all of our podcasting members have survived the tickover, and in the spirit of resolution we perform this episode with very little sleep (Randal) very little alcohol (Stin) and very little understanding of the intracacies of Willow Rosenberg (Charles). ["Oh wait... Bite me," responds Charles.]
We then all decide to go back to our respective 2007 versions: well rested yet cynical, drunk, and gay respectively.
We also discuss Kieron Gillon and Jamie McKelvie's Phonogram at length, particularly the main themes of personality, how the things you love impact you as a person, and whether or not you need crosshatching to get laid. Alot.
Then we break it down for the comics put out in the last two weeks:
THE FLASH: Wally's finally acting like Wally again, but is it soon enough to save the book?
ULTIMATE HUMAN: Warren Ellis writes a marvel book that isn't Nextwave and all of us enjoy it.
TEEN TITANS YEAR ONE: Wally as Kid Flash = Double Plus Awesome. Also, Batman is a dick.
PAX ROMANA: Time Traveling Mercenaries For Genetically Enhanced Popery During the Crusades make for an amazing book that we all soundly love, Jonathan Hickman does it again.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: Bucky's Arm got a mind of its own, and he may just be the next Cap, and stin is convinced to pick the back issues of this up (finally).
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: Our round the clock Buffy coverage continues, but Whedon's back on and we're a bit torn as to what we collectively think, who do you side with?
For more conversation, bickering, and much verbal defecation, join us at www.teslacorps.com and link to the forums.
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[Published: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:49:24 -0500]
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We uphold our annual tradition of discussing Starman at Christmas (traditions have to start somewhere, right?); for weeklies, some Green Lantern books and Simon Dark.
We uphold our annual tradition of discussing Starman at Christmas (traditions have to start somewhere, right?); for weeklies, some Green Lantern books and Simon Dark.
Show Notes:
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Welcome to the first annual Starman Special.
We cover Randal's favorite comic of all time Starman Volume II, written by James Robinson, with art by Tony Harris and Peter Snejbjerg starring the smoothest motherfucker of all time: Jack Knight.
We also go over our favorite characters (almost all of them), our favorite arcs (almost all of them), how Tony Harris is amazing, how unbelievably awesome Opal City is (and it's probable real world location), spend an incredible amount of time discussing both the nature of Jack Knight and what it is about him that we love and the nature of Jack's relationship with Sadie, and bemoan the fact that no one has used any of the excellent tools characters or settings that Robinson left behind at the end of the series.
We then realize how we've barely scratched the surface and decide to make it a yearly thing.
We also continue on our quest to make an episode under 3 hours long.
It'll happen. One of these days.
Meanwhile we discuss books that came out in the last two weeks, namely:
SIMON DARK #3: Because Charles promised he would, and we can't agree on whether or not Simon's crazy or heroic.
and GREEN LANTERN #25: Where we discuss the end of the Sinestro Corps war (and stin got pretty drunk).
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[Published: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:02:39 -0500]
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We discuss V For Vendetta, and weeklies Invincible #47, Daredevil #102, Casanova #11, Overman #1, Buffy #9, and Sub-Mariner #6, and random Shakespeare.
"Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead!"
We unleash the Kracken in this episode by allowing Charles to quote prodigiously from Shakespeare, because our topic is none other than "V FOR VENDETTA".
We discuss whether or not V was truly a terrorist as depicted in the book, compare the movie and book versions, debate whether it would have worked as a book without pictures, and disagree entirely as to whether V specifically chose Evey or she was a random passerby that took up the cause on her own.
We then geek out over the comics put out in the last two weeks, namely:
INVINCIBLE #47: Allen the Alien is a badass of Vick Mackey proportions, awkward costuming and how William is the best Jimmy Olsen ever, Oliver's flight school and how we'd fly all the fucking time if we could and the need to pick up the Invincible Universe Handbook.
DAREDEVIL #102: And how the continuing story of Matt Murdock has become almost un-fucking-readable. We come to the conclusion that hotdogs are a better three dollar investment than this book. Also, Mr Fear is a douchebag.
CASANOVA #11: Best Matt Fraction book out on the market (tied with Iron Fist), superspys, lesbian assassination sex scenes, and amazing back matter.
OVERMAN #1: A book Randal and Stin didn't pick up but is apparently Escape from New York on the moon. MOON!
BUFFY #9: We'll stop talking about Buffy when it stops being awesome. Translation? We will NEVER stop talking about Buffy.
SUB-MARINER #6: Namor does Namor things, in this order: 1) Be a Badass. 2) Evacuate Atlantis. 3) Continue to be a Badass. 4) Bitch Slap Tony. 5) Make a statue of himself as a Badass and then Destroy it. And finally, 6) Make the best, most BADASS alliance ever.
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[Published: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:37:29 -0500]
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Sounds great -- less filling! We discuss Hellblazer and John Constantine; also bi-weekly picks.
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Hellblazer is the main topic along with: X-Factor #25; Simon Dark #2; Umbrella Academy #3; All Star Superman #8; and Booster Gold #4.
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[Published: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:04:10 -0500]
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We discuss the series Bone and Fear Agent, and weeklies JSA #10, Buffy #8, Y #59, Illuminati #5, Ast. X-men #23, and Special Forces #1
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[Published: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:36:26 -0500]
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And so it begins... We discuss 30 Days of Night, Annilhilation, and the Legion of Superheroes.
This is our first "real" episode, with Randal, Stin, and Charles, and with special guest Devon from ANTiFanboy.
We had plans to do the cast in two segments -- in depth trade discussion in the first section, and a separately released weekly comics review in the second section. But doing the comics reviews convinced us that (a) we tire easily, and (b) we are consitutionally unable to talk briefly about almost anything. So we dropped the comics reviews, despite a lovely rant from Charles about the stupid ending of Total Recall (like I said... couldn't be brief if we tried), and resolved to commit to single segments in the future.
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[Published: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:24:29 -0400]
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Randal, Stin, and Charles discuss Invincible, Planetary, and Top 10 (plus some weekly comics), and what they have in common.
This is the episode that convinced us that this might be worth doing regularly. The three of us each picked a favorite series, talked to our heart's content, and had a great time doing it.
What do our 3 picks have in common? In a word: metadata. Comics that are referential (and often reverential) of the traditions and archetypes of our literary and graphic media. There's a lot to discuss here, and we discuss a lot of it -- we'll never go longer than what you hear here.
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[Published: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:05:49 -0400]
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Randal and Stin discuss the Flash, Punks the Comic, and more.
Randal and Stin had talked comics over Skype before, this time they decided to record it, and publish it under the ANTiFanboy podcast umbrella. Charles thought it was the most fantastic thing he'd heard in a long time, and would have listened to it daily if he could. Little did he suspect that he would soon be joining them....
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[Published: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:47:17 -0400]
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