Mon, 18 September 2017
 | | | | | Small Press Expo 2017 Part 1
Before the show, walking the show floor, lunch
Panel: Gilbert Hernandez and Jim Rugg in Conversation (12:30-1:30 PM) - a discussion of Gilbert Hernandez career with some insights into his process and his thoughts about his independent work and the work he has done for others
Newsprints by Ru Xu
Panel: Barometer of the Free Press (2-3 PM) - editorial cartoonists Ann Telnaes, Matt Wuerker, Keith Knight, and Ben Passmore discuss their experiences with negative reactions to their work and the importance of editorial cartoons with moderator Tom Spurgeon
Back issue bins
Klaus Nomi t-shirt by Derf Backderf and Old Man Winter and Other Tales by J. T. Yost - Birdcage Bottom Books
Cartozia Tales 1 - Isaac Cates
Amiculus - Travis Horseman
Giving Life to Little Lulu - Fantagraphics
Panel: Filling in the Pieces - Comics Biography (5-6 PM) - Box Brown (Andre the Giant; Tetris), Anais Depommier (Sartre), and Luke Howard (The Life of Earnest Hogan, Father of Ragtime) talk about their experiences researching and creating biographical comic books with moderator Chris Mautner
What I'm Reading Now
Cover Art: Small Press Expo 2017 Attendee Badge by Jillian Tamaki
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Sun, 3 September 2017
 | | | | | Jack and The Fade Out
00:00 - Intro
02:02 - Samurai Jack Season 2 (Part 2)
2.11 XXIV - Jack Is Naked
2.12 XXV - Jack and the Spartans
2.13 XXVI - Jack's Sandals
15:02 - The Fade Out Part 1 (of 3)
The Fade Out (2014) 1-4 by Ed Brubaker, Sean Philips Elizabeth Breitweiser, David Brothers
29:57 What I Bought - The Fade Out, Velvet, Cloak and Dagger, Legion of Super-Heroes, Back Issue magazine, Doom Patrol Archives
39:06 Final Thoughts
Cover Art: Samurai Jack by ?, The Fade Out 1 by Sean Philips
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Wed, 23 August 2017
Heroes Con Mega-Panel: Eisner and Kirby at 100
00:00 - Part 1: Ben Towle interviews Tom Heintjes about Will Eisner and things he learned about Eisner while collaborating with him on a monthly column for Kitchen Sink Press reprints of the Spirit.
43:00 - Part 2: Craig Fischer talks to Daniel Yezbick and Andrew Kunka as they analyze one of Will Eisner's classic Spirit stories, Meet P'Gell.
1:09:00 - Part 3: Jennie Law talks to Eric Larsen, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, and Steve Saffel about Jack Kirby's ideas as expressed through his comics and his impact on and interactionss with them and others.
1:50:55 - Part 4: Ben Towle takes a look at the 2001: A Space Oddysey comic book that Jack Kirby wrote and drew for Marvel Comics in the mid-to-late 1970s.
Recorded on June 17, 2017 at Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC
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Sun, 13 August 2017
 | | | | | Dave Talks Comics in 2016 - Part 5
A look back comic books I read and cartoons I watched in July, August, and September of 2016
00:00 - Intro
02:37 - Eternals (1976) 1-7 by Jack Kirby, John Verpoorten, and Mike Royer
21:00 - Eternal Utterings from Eternals (1976) 1-7 - including letters from Ralph Macchio, Greg Potter
- Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken
28:20 - Samurai Jack Season 2 (Part 1)
2.01 XIV - Jack Learns to Jump Good
2.03 XVI - Jack and the Smackback
2.06 XIX - Jack Remembers the Past
2.09 XXII - Jack and the Hunters
47:00 Final Thoughts
Cover Art: Eternals 6 by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia, Samurai Jack Season 1 (DVD Box)
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Mon, 31 July 2017
| | Villains in Popculture - Panelists Dr. Craig Pohlman, Dr. Megan Connell, Dr. Frank Gaskill, and Prof. Michael Critzer talk with moderator Dave Verhaagen, Ph.D. and take questions from the audience about their favorite villains, the different kinds of villains, and what makes villains appealing.
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Mon, 24 July 2017
 | | | | | Heroes Con 2017 - Part 4
0:00 Breakfast and shopping for lunch
4:40 Back Issue Bins: Daredevil, Ka-Zar the Savage, Uncanny X-Men, Marvel Team-Up, New Teen Titans, magazines
People: Derek Coward, Luke Foster, Dave Wachter
24:20 Driving Home from Charlotte, NC
32:50 Notes: Uncanny X-Men 146, Ka-Zar the Savage 12
Cover Art: Hereos Con 2017 Program Guide by Mike Wieringo, Casey Jones, and Rico Renzi
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Mon, 17 July 2017
| | Comic Book Storytelling - Jim Shooter, comic book writer and editor-in-chief (Marvel Comics, 1978-1987) takes questions from the audience and uses the Human Torch story from Strange Tales 114 (Nov 1963) by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee to demonstrate how comic book stories should be told.
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Wed, 12 July 2017
 | | | | | Heroes Con 2017 - Part 3
0:00 Before the Panels
Jack Kirby Prints, Heroes Con T-Shirts, Comic Book Magazines
Breakfast
Back Issue Bins: Daredevil, Dr. Strange Classics, Crime SuspenStories, Captain America, Flash
Joey Weiser - Batman and the Outsiders commission
Mike Meyers
19:27 Villains in Pop Culture: Psychology of Evil
34:30 Heroes Con Mega Panel: Eisner and Kirby at 100
58:58 All-Star Squadron Panel
Dinner
1:12:02 Notes - Wounded Wolf, Simon & Kirby, Paul Grist, 2001
Cover Art: Hereos Con 2017 Program Guide by Mike Wieringo, Casey Jones, and Rico Renzi
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Thu, 6 July 2017
| | Michael Golden Panel - Writer and artist Michael Golden discusses his career in comics with moderator Eric-Nolen Weathington including his work on Micronauts, The 'Nam, Avengers Annual 10, and his time as art director at DC Comics
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Mon, 3 July 2017
 | | | | | Heroes Con 2017 - Part 2
0:00 Before the Panels
2001: A Space Odyssey
Josh Greathouse
Mike Maihack
Lunch @ the Dandelion Market and Dessert @ Amelie's
12:30 Michael Golden Panel
21:12 Between the Panels
Image Comics Panel
Bin Diving: New Teen Titans, Tales of the Teen Titans, Tales of the New Teen Titans, Mister Miracle
29:13 Storytelling Panel with Jim Shooter
40:15 After the Panels
Dave Wachter
Bin Diving: Wonder Woman, X-Men, Tales of the New Teen Titans
Dinner @ Lang Van Vietnamese and Dessert @ Insomnia Cookies
Cover Art: Hereos Con 2017 Program Guide by Mike Wieringo, Casey Jones, and Rico Renzi
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