Al questions why Carl Barks is held in such high regard, so Don spends most of the show talking about him. After that Harry Lucey, Brandon Graham, Francesco Francavilla and Stan Sakai are discussed. Al also brings up the movie Comic Book Villains, and even though he forgot to mention it, ends the show with a song by Family.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Robinson
Comic book ads were something we saw, but rarely ordered from. Never the less, they were discussed, along with a really nice site that has many examples from days gone by.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Geneva Wollett
A Short Documentary About Count Dante.
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Al and Don start off discussing Marble Season by Gilbert Hernandez which leads into black and white comics and a brief bit about coloring comics. They finish with some League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen and and some more black and white goodness.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Jury
Amazing as it sounds, Dallas and Rook are absent, but somehow Al keeps Don from talking over the hour. The show starts off mentioning the Bill Wray episode of Sidebar: Four Color Conversations, then goes into comic book editors, which is a subject that they have thought very little about.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Deloris Telescope
Giant Size Avengers 1 By Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler And
Dan Adkins But Don, Proving That He Needs An Editor, Said
That It Was Written By Gerry Conway.
From deep within our secret lair underneath the land mass known as Florida, the Two Dimension Crew plots world domination.
Join Don, Al (A.K.A. Dr. Morbius), and Dallas as they wax poetic about their top five favorite comic runs. You may be surprised at some of their choices! We won’t spoil the fun here, but listen in and get an education in comic book storytelling!
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: PARADA
The Incal By Alejandro Jodorowsky And Moebius.
Don, Al and Dallas return with special guest Brent Haynes to discuss their shenanigans during Free Comic Book Day 2013! There were some great books available this year including Prince Valiant, Buck Rogers and The Walking Dead. Unfortunately, Brent and Dallas missed the whole thing. Brent discusses his love for the Punisher War Zone movie and Don continues his indifference to the Marvel films. Don and Al review Marvel Comics: The Untold Story and we touch upon the Marvel Method of Storytelling, along with the infamous Jim Shooter and his Secret Wars books from the 1980’s. And Don waxes poetic about his love for Alan Davis and Excalibur. Dallas silently nods in agreement.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Al’s fave indie band from the 90’s, Guided by Voices
Dallas free and Rook free, Al and Don take the reins on this oversized episode and cover topics such as Slice Radio, tell-all books, illustrators of yesterday and say goodbye to some creators we loved.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: hitomi • The Stranglers
Once again the Core Four return to talk about Megacon, cartoonists they didn’t get to meet, comics they’ve never read and then went on to grill Dave about digital comics.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Groovy Cool
Don, Al, Dallas and Rook are joined by their pal Dave to discuss comics! Specifically Rook’s new pile of comics (including the Walking Dead).
Dallas reviews Eddie Campbell’s autobiography ALEC and we touch on Miracleman once again.
Rook’s son Chris drops by and poses the question: who are your favorite comic book heroes and villains?
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Strung Out
Alec By Eddie Campbell
Who Also Did Bacchus • From Hell • The Fate Of The Artist
It’s our double-sized 50th episode spectacular!! Don, Dallas, Al and Rook review their book recommendations and then are joined by special guests Courtney, Cameron, Matt and Craig to discuss comic book movies, politics and gender in comics, and of course the Walking Dead. We cap off the show with a roundtable 20 question segment.
MUSIC SPOTLIGHT: Dungeon Boss And Exilia
The Show Begins Within Normal Parameters, But Slips After The 37 Minute Mark.
Caution Is Advised After That.
Rook Gives His Review On Marvelman/Miracleman
By Alan Moore, Gary Leach, Alan Davis,
Chuck Beckum, Rick Veitch, John Ridgway, And John Totleben
With nothing planned, Al and Don take the helm and start discussing the blogs Destination Nightmare, kids cartoon hosts of yesterday and the Digital Comics Museum. How the conversation went on to Felix The Cat, Harvey Comics and Dave Cockrum is beyond anyone’s reasoning. Then briefly talked about artist’s changing styles and some random fun comics.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Pierre Legault
The core four returns with another episode full of book suggestions! Dallas, Al, Don and Rook pass around books to each other, book-club style. We won’t give the names of the books away here, but shenanigans ensue!!! More Walking Dead talk mysteriously creeps in, and the countdown to episode 50 continues!!!
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Destroyed
The Walking Dead By Robert Kirkman And Tony Moore.
Don, Rook, Dallas and Al (A.K.A. Dr. Morbius) return for an exciting night of comics discussion. The topic tonight is what comic book would you give to a non-comic book reader? The choices are varied. Dallas suggests UNDERSTANDING COMICS, an insightful meditation on the medium, while Don suggests THE CARTOON HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE, a highly entertaining book that can be read and enjoyed by all ages. Al decides to pick his very first comic book, FANTASTIC FOUR #57 for all the reasons you can guess… basically, Jack and Stan. Rook has an interesting pick, and we won’t spoil it here. And, as usual, more Walking Dead talk follows. Excelsior!
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Hell-Bent
A very exhausted Al and Don start the show off discussing local horror hosts of yesteryear, and learned that a few are still around and working. Then it went around to finding comics you didn’t get in the past, and buying comics you already have.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Jean Wallace
At The End Of The Fifties, Local Television Stations Employed A Host For The Horror Movies They Showed. Al Watched M.T. Graves And Don Watched Count Gregore.
Don, Rook, Dallas and Dr. Al ring in the new year with some exciting comic talk! We touch on the subtle grandeur of Vaughn Bode’s classic, THE MAN, and discuss in detail Guy Delisle’s graphic novel, PYONGYANG: A JOURNEY IN NORTH KOREA.
Rook discusses MARVEL NOW, the new line of reader-friendly Marvel Comics. He highlights THOR and THE INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK, and then proceeds to bag on John Romita Jr.’s artwork on the new CAPTAIN AMERICA book.
After confusing ourselves trying to figure out who’s alive and who’s dead in the current X-Men books, Don discusses Alan Davis and Mark Farmer’s pencils on the X-Men through the years. Rook brings up the new HE-MAN comic by DC and we end the night by asking the question: when should we let our children loose to read more “mature” content in the comics world?
And here is some information about Tallahassee’s Secret Headquarters’ Unicorn Party.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: THE SCURVY
We’ve Been Told That The Human Race Wouldn’t Get Past
Last Year, But Hello To 2013 Anyway! What Do We Do Now?
Having survived the apocalypse, the entire crew get together and start the show off by bagging on really bad service from a couple of blue chip companies. They finally get around to discussing The Walking Dead, The Dark Knight Rises and The Hobbit, but seem to have somewhat differing opinions on each subject.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Press One For English
Dallas and Rook are still M.I.A. as Al and Don take the helm once again to discuss Superman’s trunks, Howard Chaykin’s evolving style and Bernie Wrightson drawing Frankenstein again. Works by Jeff Jones and Vaughn Bode were talked about as well as the Dark Shadows newspaper strip and the 47 Ronin series.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Deloris Telescope
SOLO By Howard Chaykin.
Al and Don start it off discussing other podcasts, then move on to a brief history of Marvel Comics Editor In Chief Positions, the business sense of Will Eisner, and the CrossGen Comics Environment.
They spoke at length about the SUNSHINE DRENCHY RECORDS SAMPLER 2012 on Noisetrade, then trailed off to a Rolling Stones album that no one seems to like. Eventually they get back to comics.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Anna O.
Slow Robot A Go Go • Bunch Of Dorks
Al Can Be Found On These Podcasts As Well Two Dimension.
Dallas starts it off with a couple of books he has read, Don attempts to explain how Marvel Man began when American comic books disappeared in Europe, but started talking about French comics and forgot his point. But you can make the connection
if you read The Comic Book History Of Comics.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Ricky Wilcox & The Moon Snakes
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Dallas returns and introduces the show while gushing over Dave Sim and Gerhard’s CEREBUS THE AARDVARK. He also touches on a graphic novel by Guy DeLisle entitle PYONGYANG. Oh, and he finally completes his Promethea collection!!! After a musical break by The Ditchflowers, Don and Al take over the show and promptly drive it into the ground. Just kidding. They discuss the Comic Book History of Comics, and ask the question: Is Digital the Future? Also, which is better: buying comics online or local? Enjoy!!
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Ditchflowers
Unprepared once again, Al and Don take the helm as they discuss comics they’ve read, then quickly digress into B-movies and the Tampa Bay music scene during the late 80’s to eatly 90’s.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Headlights
Al and Don take the helm as they discuss the work of Joe Kubert. Gil Kane and the natural progression artists go through if they work at it long enough.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Jury
An Example Of Joe Kubert’s War Comics Work.
Preparing for the possibility of hurricane Issac dropping by didn’t give us the opportunity to record a new episode.
This week saw the passing of one of the giants of the comics industry,
Joe Kubert. He leaves an enduring legacy and body of art, and he will be missed.
We will return soon, but in the meantime enjoy these images of one
of the greatest artists to ever grace the comic book medium
Once again, the whole gang is present, and thanks to Al we discuss letterers and the art of typography. What’s better.. digital fonts or traditional lettering?
We reminisce about some of the old school lettering masters such as John Workman, Moebius, and Tom Orzechowski. Don finds a way to slide in a Carl Barks comment,
and Dallas gushes about Dave Sim’s typographical masterpiece, Cerebus.
We then discuss “event fatigue” in the DC and Marvel universe, and Rook tastefully bags on DC’s New 52 concept. We talk about how boring the superhero “status quo” can be,
and how refreshing books like Spider-Man’s Brand New Day and Morrison’s New X-Men can be. There’s some creator-owned rights talk, and Don brings up symphonic music
to hammer home his point on artistic “innovators” and “cultivators”.
Oh, and Rook sticks up for Aquaman.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Brilliant Green
Not Only Could No One Draw Or Design Like Alex Toth,
No One Could Letter Like He Could As Well.
Yet, We Missed Talking About It On This Episode.
Our talks on comic books translated to the big screen concludes with The Avengers.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Captain Beefheart
Rook! Dallas! Don! Jethro! (a.k.a. Al)
The core crew returns to talk nothing but MOVIES!!!!! ……..okay, and a couple TV shows….
Here’s the lowdown of movies we discuss: 30 Days of Night, Bulletproof Monk, Cowboys and Aliens, The Last Dinosaur, Blade, Constantine, The Crow, Fritz the Cat, the animated Hobbit & Lord of the Rings, From Hell, Wanted, The Losers, Smallville, Heavy Metal, Aeon Flux, Spawn, Tank Girl, V for Vendetta, Kick-Ass, Lone Wolf and Cub, Scott Pilgrim, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: THE GRIM FAERIES
30 Days Of Night
Film • Comic Book
Warning: Technical Issues continue. We apologize for the terrible sound quality. We promise, next episode will be better!
Racial minorities have often been clumsily-portrayed in mainstream comics. Rook, Dallas, and guest podcasters Courtney and Hashbrowns discuss two of the most recent: Green Lantern’s coming out in Earth 2 by DC Comics, and the wedding of Northstar in Astonishing X-Men by Marvel Comics.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Jill Sobule
Don, Al and Dallas are joined once again by Don’s daughter, Holly, as we finally return to traditional comic book talk. We have some technical difficulties (Don’s a little hard to hear, so turn up the volume LOUD!!)
Don reviews the new Popeye #1 by IDW and reminisces about the character, and he discovers an indie book from the 90’s called Optic Nerve. We go on to discuss the merits of Free Comic Book Day, and ask the question: is it bringing in a younger audience to local comic shops?
Al talks romance comics from the 60’s, particularly Young Love featuring art by the master, John Romita Sr.
Dallas gushes about the masterpieces that is Chris Claremont’s run on Uncanny X-Men and reviews Rick Remender’s first handful of Uncanny X-Force issues.
Larry Marder’s Tales of the Beanworld gets an analysis, and Al finally reads Asterios Polyp!!!!
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: hitomi
IDW’s Popeye.
Al, Dallas and Don are back and joined with Holly as we continue to discuss comic books that were translated to the big screen. We also questioned why the third sequel in any movie franchise is pretty bad, but this person actually seems to have an idea on the subject.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Dir En Grey
X-Men Movie From 2000.
