Chris and Sal are joined by John Siuntres and comics creator Tim Seeley. Tim explains the legal situation of Hack Slash and it's upcoming cross over with a the Re-Animator. Tim talks about the trademark issues, his love of classic horror films and the future of Hack Slash. Tim also clues us in on his upcoming work on Marvel's New Exiles. Will the "X-Effect" be anything like working on G.I. Joe, The Transformers or Forgotten Realms? John tells us about his experience talking with Dave Gibbons and the buzz about The Watchmen film. This is the last episode before The…

Around Comics welcomes Tom Stillwell and Elliot Serrano to the panel this week. Tom is the owner and operator of Spinner Rack Comics, a comics company dedicated to all ages and kid friendly comics. He is also the President of Unscrewed, an organization that helps educate and protect creators from fraudulent practices in the comics industry. Elliot is the writer of It's Geek to Me, an article in the Chicago Tribune's Red Eye newspaper. He is also bringing you the further adventures of Zena: Warrior Princes and Ash in the Dynamite series Zena vs. Army of Darkness.…

Sal returns to the panel and is joined by Chris, Tom and Patrick Brower at Challengers Comics. Lots of comics talk gets started with The Great Ten, Tony Bedard, Stumptown, Criminal: The Deluxe Edition, Superman: Secret Origin, Wondermark, Iron Man, Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love, and the awesome Blackest Night rings. What's the connection between librarians who hate The League of Extraordinary Gentleman and getting bums to buy your comics?

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In part two of our 4 part retrospective on the major comic book publishers, we take a look at Marvel Comics. From Avengers Dissassembled, to the Road to Civil War, join Chis Sal and Mark as we dissasemble the Marvel U. Plus news, listener emails, top of the stack and more. Warning, this show contais spoilers, listen at your own risk. Download this Episode Subscribe to our iTunes Feed

Around Comics welcomes Ande Parks to the panel to discuss multi- talented creators in comics. These are the creators that have shown the ability to cover a variety of tasks involved in creating a comic. Whether it's writing, editing, drawing, inking, coloring etc. Tom has an exclusive and very candid interview with one of key figures in the Marvel Universe in a special report. We cover the weeks top headlines, and open the panel up to include several people that wandered into the shop this week. Download this Episode Subscribe to our iTunes Feed

Around Comics goes to the movies. Join us for a discussion about Spider-Man 3 with one of the behind the scenes creators. Storyboard artist Gabe Hardman talks about his involvement in preproduction and reveals a few funny stories about working with director Sam Rami. Chris, Sal and Marta continue the discussion with their thoughts on the Spider-Man franchise and comic book based movies in general. Listen Now!
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