Chris and Tom are joined by returning guest Steve Bryant and newcomer Jim Heffron. Tom has discovered the Walt Simonson Thor, and everyone agrees that they are some of the best comics ever made. Other topics include comic book pricing, color and B&W books, remastering, Neal Adams, Ivory Madison and Huntress: Year One, The Hilary Barta Cast and more.
Remember to check out Challengers Comics and Dark Tower Comics during Free Comic Book Day where you can meet Erik Larsen, Mike Norton, Tim Seeley, Tony Akins, Sal Abbinanti, Jeffrey Brown and Chris Burnham.
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It's a special double sized episode from Seattle's Emerald City ComiCon! The gang finishes up their coverage of the convention. Listen in for conversations with Greg Rucka, Shane White, Chris Moreno, Jeffery Brown, Adriana Ferguson, Mark Sable and more! Check back next Monday as we return to Chicago and Dark Tower Comics.
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Download .mp3The Return of Ed Brubaker. Around Comic welcomes the man who killed Captain America. Or did he? Ed Brubaker discusses what has happened since the release of Captain America #25. Listen in as we cover the media attention, the fan reaction, how to kill an icon and where the series goes from here. After a long talk about Cap, we cover other Brubaker projects including The Immortal Iron Fist, Daredevil and Criminal.
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Download .mp3On this month's “The Club” Episode, our heroes go over Tom's picks. Tom, Chris, Sal and Skottie discuss the pros and cons of the Badly Drawn Boy CD, Hour of the Bewilderbeast. Find out if it was too pussy for Skottie, and why Sensitive Tom loved it. Next listen in as we discuss the collected edition of “WE3” from Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, and find out which one of us cried at the end. Then the boys go over the comedy “Safe Men” starring Paul Giamatti, Sam Rockwell and Steve Zahn. Finally, we wrap things up with listener voicemails,…
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We welcome our May contest winner Matt Kramer to the show to talk about his suggested topic. Cross medium creators and their impact on the comics industry. We take a look at the likes of Kevin Smith, Joss Whedon, Greg Rucka, Charlie Huston and others. This weeks news focuses more on the independent and alternative press after last weeks Big 2 convention wrap-up. The panel gives their Top of the Stack reviews and Tom tries to save the show as Chris fills in as producer for Sal. Hilarity ensues...
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Subscribe to our iTunes…As we prepare for the new Around Comics we take one more leap into the e-mail bag. There are lots of interesting topics that pop up including Batman, Spawn, Black and White reprints, what to do when visiting New York, and... Kid Nation? All that and more on this last episode before we blow things up and launch the new formats next week.
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