Entertaining Comics or as they were more commonly known, EC Comics were the most groundbreaking and industry changing comics of their or maybe any other era. The list of creators that worked for EC are a comic historian's Who's Who of sequential art legends. In this comics 101 edition of Around Comics, we take a step-by-step look at the history of EC Comics. With the help of comics veteran Hilary Barta we discuss the lasting mark that the company and it's creators left on the comic book industry. Download this Episode Subscribe to our iTunes Feed

Around Comics celebrates our 50th Episode! Join us for Part I of this fantastic event, as we record from the first ever Chicago Mini-Con. Chris, Sal and Tom are joined by Wordballoon's John Siuntres as we welcome Bill Reinhold, Franchesco!, Mike Huddleston, Doug Klauba, Mike Oliveri, Dave Wachter, Len Kody, Jason Millet, Scott Johnson, Tom Kelly, Tony Akins and more. We also hear from Matt Fraction, Ande Parks, Phil Hester, Tony Moore and Jim McCann. Don't miss a terrific night of fun, comics and talk. Download this Episode Subscribe to our iTunes Feed

The Chicago Mini-Con rolls on. It was too much fun to fit into just one episode. We finish up the evening with Bill Reinhold, Franchesco!, Doug Klauba, Rafael Nieves, listener emails, voicemails, and a buch of sloppy, wet, thank yous to everone. Don't miss part two of this crazy day in the Chicago Comics Scene. Download this Episode Subscribe to our iTunes Feed

Rick Remender drops by to talk about his new project The Last Days of American Crime and some of his other work including The Punisher, Fear Agent and more.

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Around Comics A La Carte. This week we clear out the refrigerator and try out a few new segments. Chris plays Five Questions with Tom and Sal. Tom performs a dramatic reenactment of Flash #4. We play some fun voice mails and respond to listener e-mail. As usual we go over the weekly news and give our Top of the Stack reviews and recommendations. Special guest Dave Wachter drops in to say hello and sticks around for the second half. Download this Episode Subscribe to our iTunes Feed

This week the Around Comics studio moves to Skottie Young's house for a casual conversation about Trades vs. Single issues. It's one of the hot button topics in comics today, and there's no question that trades have changed the way that a lot of comics are written and purchased. John Siuntres joins Sal, Tom, Chris and Skottie for an episode filled with listener e-mails, forum posts and interesting takes on how we like to read certain comics. Listen Now!
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