I have decided to shut down both the Around Comics website and show feed. I would suggest that you download any episodes now that you might want to keep. Once out site feed is offline, I do not think you will be able to access the archived episodes at all.

It’s been fun, but I think AC has run it’s course.

Thanks again to everyone that has been involved over the years.

-Sal

Sal sits down with Brent Schoonover (Astronaut Dad, Mr. Murder is Dead) and Mitch Gerads (Johnny Recon, The Activity) to discuss a bunch of topics including, but not limited to our first concerts, Bruce Springsteen, Friday Night Lights, Dick Tracy, Comic Twart, Minnesota comic book scene, commercial illustration, good-free-comics, Daredevil, Wonder Woman, Creators-vs-Characters, self-publishing, Nathan Edmunson, Special Forces, Stars Earn Stripes, Navy Seals, snipers, and more.

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Sal and Braxton take an in-depth look at Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #01. v

For Dr. Manhattan, past, present, and future are one and the same. But as he observes the events of his life, do they remain the same? Or are they changed? The very fact of his existence may have altered the nature of what will or will not be…

Before Watchmen has already produced an enormous amount of rhetoric for and against it’s creation. This weekly series will take a look at each issue of the Before Watchmen event with as unbiased a perspective as possible. We will attempt to answer the simple question – “Are they any good?”

WARNING: SPOILERS! WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE EVENTS IN THE BOOK.

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Sal and Braxton take an in-depth look at Before Watchmen: Rorschach #1 by Brian Azarello and Lee Bermejo. New York City. 1977. Dirty. Hot. Dangerous. This town is going to the dogs, and only one man has the guts to clean it up–Rorschach. But with a serial killer on the loose and a new drug lord looking to increase his territory, one man might not be enough.

Before Watchmen has already produced an enormous amount of rhetoric for and against it’s creation. This weekly series will take a look at each issue of the Before Watchmen event with as unbiased a perspective as possible. We will attempt to answer the simple question – “Are they any good?”

WARNING: SPOILERS! WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE EVENTS IN THE BOOK.

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Sal sits down with Ryan Stegman and Matt Marrocco, co-creators of the “I Draw Comics” comic art work book. I DRAW COMICS is the ultimate tool for practicing the basics of Comic Book illustration, page design and the art of storytelling.

Listen is to all the details of I Draw Comics and find out why you should support this project. For more information on the project, please visit www.idrawcomics.net.

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Sal and Braxton take an in-depth look at Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #2 by Len Wein and Jae Lee.  Adrian Veidt has returned to New York City and he’s taking the underworld by storm as the new costumed hero, Ozymandias. Veidt continues his quest to save the world–or destroy it!

Before Watchmen has already produced an enormous amount of rhetoric for and against it’s creation. This weekly series will take a look at each issue of the Before Watchmen event with as unbiased a perspective as possible. We will attempt to answer the simple question – “Are they any good?”

WARNING: SPOILERS! WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE EVENTS IN THE BOOK.

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