Sat, 2 July 2016
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0:00 Intro
2:01 Day 3 of Heroes Con - even more back issue bin diving, a couple more panels, where I ate, leaving the show
17:41 Crime Panel - a Q&A with a number of writers and artists of crime comics on what they like to include in the comics they create and see in the comics they read
32:10 Bitch Planet Panel - a fan event for fans of the sci-fi, prison exploitation comic known as Bitch Planet
37:14 driving home from Charlotte plus final thoughts on Heroes Con 2016
49:00 Outro
Cover Art: Heroes Con 2016 Program Guide by Fabio Moon
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Tue, 28 June 2016
 | | | | | Heroes Con 2016 - Part 3
0:00 Intro
1:59 Day 2 of Heroes Con - picking up commissions, going to panels, talking to people, more back issue bin diving, what I ate, where I ate
31:20 Spotlight on Steranko Panel - Jim Steranko tells stories about his life in and outside of comics
42:23 Romance Comics Panel - a discussion of the origins and early days of romance comics
51:19 Creatures Imagined and Real Mega-Panel - a pair of discussion about creating (fictional) and drawing (real) creatures, in between which there is a presentation about the history of funny animal comics
1:09:27 Outro
Cover Art: Heroes Con 2016 Program Guide by Fabio Moon
[1:13:43] - Download Episode 115 - RSS Feed - iTunes - Facebook - Stitcher |
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Thu, 23 June 2016
 | | | | | Heroes Con 2016 - Part 2
0:00 Intro
1:53 Day 1 of Heroes Con - back issue bin diving plus people I met (Tim and Jon O'Briant, Brian Smith, Cory Levine, Luke Foster, Klaus, Daniel Warren Johnson, Greathouse, Adam and Shawn Daughhetee)
40:50 Ren & Stimpy Panel - a look back at a classic cartoon with one of it's co-creators, Bob Camp
51:37 Comic Reprints Panel - a discussion of how and why comic strips and comic books do (and don't) get reprinted in book form
1:04:26 Outro
Cover Art: Heroes Con 2016 Program Guide by Fabio Moon
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Mon, 20 June 2016
 | | | | | Heroes Con 2016 - Part 1
0:00 Intro
1:53 The road trip from DC to Charlotte - where I stopped, what I ate, what past podcasts I listened to, etc.
23:47 Outro
Cover Art: Heroes Con 2016 Program Guide by Fabio Moon
[24:34] - Download Episode 113 - RSS Feed - iTunes - Facebook - Stitcher |
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Sat, 28 May 2016
 | | | | | The Great Darkness Saga - Part 5
0:00 Intro
1:22 Additional Notes (Part 1) - Letters Pages, Legion Elections, Leaders and Lovers, Editor's Notes
10:07 Legion of Super-Heroes 293 - While the Legion battles his servants, the Master of Darkness travels to Daxam to recruit some new servants
20:46 Legion of Super-Heroes 294 - The Legion gets some unexpected help from an old foe of the Master of Darkness
46:07 Additional Notes (Part 2) - Legion Elections, Corrections
47:32 Outro
Cover Art: Legion of Super-Heroes 294 by Keith Giffen and Larry Mahlstedt
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Wed, 11 May 2016
 | | | | | Astro City - Part 1
0:00 What I've Been Watching - Daredevil, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Teen Titans
2:26 Intro
5:08 Astro City 1 - In Dreams - A day in the life of Samaritan, one of Astro City's greatest superheroes
11:39 Astro City 2 - The Scoop - In his first week on the job, reporter Elliott Mills witnesses a battle between The Honor Guard and the minions of Shirak the Devourer in a subway tunnel beneath Astro City
21:04 Astro City 3 - A Little Knowledge - A small-time crook learns of a big time secret and tries using the information to improve his standing in the Astro City
24:18 Astro City 4 - Safeguards - A pivotal day in the life of Marta, an accounting clerk, who lives in Shadow Hill but works in downtown Astro City
32:01 Astro City 5 - Reconnaissance - An alien secretly observes the superheroes of a Astro City
34:27 Astro City 6 - Dinner at Eight - Two of Astro City's greatest heroes reluctantly take a break from fighting crime
44:25 Final Thoughts - more Dinner at Eight, Back Issue Spotlight 14, Brent Anderson
51:56 Outro
Cover Art: Kurt Busiek's Astro City (1995) 4 by Alex Ross
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Fri, 29 April 2016
Tribute to Joe Kubert - The world of comics lost one of its
legendary creators in 2012 with the death of Joe Kubert. Three
graduates of the Kubert School (Thom Zahler, Tim Truman, Tom Raney)
plus two of his coworkers at DC Comics (Paul Levitz, Bob
Greenberger) discuss their memories of of Kubert, mostly as a
teacher and mentor
Baltimore Comic Con 2012 - 09/09/12 - [56:44] - Download
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Tue, 19 April 2016
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JLU Season 3 - Part 1
0:00 DC's Legends of Tomorrow - quick and spoiler-free thoughts about the show as a whole
2:05 Intro
4:16 Ep 1: I Am Legion - Gorilla Grodd convinces Lex Luthor to join his newly formed "Legion of Doom" and lead a raid on Blackhawk Island
20:53 Notes - Blackhawk, War Wheel
25:58 Ep 2: Shadow of the Hawk - Shayera investigates some ancient Egyptian artifacts which seem to be of Thanagarian origin
36:14 Ep 3: Chaos at the Earth's Core - After their plane crashed Green Lantern, Stargirl, Supergirl, and STRIPE find themseleves stuck in Skartaris
42:23 Ep 4: To Another Shore - A fight breaks out between the Justice League and the Legion of Doom over a frozen Viking Prince
54:51 Notes - Viking Prince
57:06 Outro
Cover Art: JLU - To Another Shore
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Tue, 5 April 2016
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Silver Age Nick Fury
0:00 Daredevil Season 2 - quick and spoiler-free thoughts about the first three episodes
2:22 Intro
4:08 Sgt Fury 1 & 3 - Sgt Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos tackle a couple of suicide missions behind enemy lines
11:07 Fantastic Four 21 - Col Nick Fury (of the CIA) teams up with the FF to battle the Hate Monger
20:00 Sgt Fury 13 - Sgt Fury teams up with Captain America to prevent a Nazi invasion of England
31:04 Tales of Suspense 78 - Captain America gets a visit from his partner-in-arms from World War II, Col Nick Fury (of SHIELD)
41:15 Notes - OSS (in the real world and at DC Comics), Howard Chaykin
46:22 Outro
Cover Art: Sgt Fury 13 by Jack Kirby and Chic Stone and Tales of Suspense 78 by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia
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Thu, 24 March 2016
History of Censorship in Comics - Alex Cox of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) and Fred Van Lente (comic book writer and historian) discuss the origins and examples of censorship in comic books in addition to the ongoing struggle to protect artists and retailers from laws that seek to penalize them for creating and selling comic books
Baltimore Comic Con 2012 - 09/08/12 - [1:03:27] - Download MP3 |
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