Another final Valerian volume came out, which of course leads to a discussion of Snowpiercer and the movies created from these comics. The recent My Comic Shop Country, cartoonists we lost and work we read in the past are covered at the end.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: 49 Cell Phones
Comic book distribution on hiatus, the failed attempt to aid it from ComicHub and the 5 lb. Mystery Boxes offered from Mile High Comics starts this one off. Identifying uncredited artists and writers in both comics and paperback book covers. They go on a lot after this.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Jeff Buckley & Elizabeth Fraser
While the planet is in isolation mode, we connected via Skype to discuss comic books. Although most of the conversation steered towards the state of the comic shops, distribution and comics in digital form.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Evie Richner
The Mothman Of West Virginia starts it off along with random bug talk and stop motion monsters, science fiction writers and comic adaptations. Western comics by Moebius, humor cartoonists and Tarzan finish it out.
Harlan Ellison’s Dream Corridor.
Continue readingMovies with steampunk or science fiction ties that have connections to innovative animators start this one off,which leads into influences artists have from one another and candy we liked (or didn’t like) as kids. Random comics finish this one out, including Al’s newfound interest in the Legion. Enjoy!
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Dan Souder
Ghost Rider and the return of the 2099 series starts it off, and we question who in the Marvel universe has not been made a herald for Galactus and what Doctor Doom must smell like?
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Martin Carol • Roy Loney
Legion Of Super-Heroes and the many changes the comic has gone through takes up most of the show. November Vol. 1 comes up, then the many changes Thor has gone through takes up some more. We also question why Glactus keeps trying to devour the earth when it is obvious he can’t.
Then Marvel’s The End titles are coming back, and DC Black Label titles are talked about.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Deloris Telescope
Superboy: Legion Of Super-Heroes 198 By Cary Bates And Dave Cockrum.
Cover By Nick Cardy.
On the first episode of 2020 we start off talking about our lack of flying cars, and how misleading time saving devices can be. The book A Man Called Destruction: The Life And Music Of Alex Chilton is mentioned (by Al of course) then we get on to comics, but finish with Tampa Bay radio shows.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Johnny Thunders
EC Horror Comics Of The Fifties.
Continue readingLast show of 2019 discusses Ragnarök: The Breaking of Helheim, Grip: The Strange World Of Men, comic book shows on TV and new Ghost Rider books. The first trade of Descender is talked about as well as Fantastic Four Grand Design. Thanks for listening, and enjoy your holiday season!
Ragnarök: The Breaking of Helheim.
Continue readingThe new Legion Os Super-Heroes title starts this one off, followed by book stores and the culture of reading comics. Translating foreign comics, the massive published work of William Stout, Conan and new Elfquest should have finished it out, but Don HAD to bring up King Kong again.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Klaatu
Black Panther, The Eternals and 2001: A Space Odyssey were titles Jack Kirby created when he returned to Marvel. We talk about those as well as Brandon Graham’s Multiple Warheads 2 and Ishinomori Shotaro’s Kikaida.
Musical Spotlight: Anna O
Never in a million years had Don ever thought he would talk about Ernie Bushmiller, much less bother paying for his work, until now. The Far Side, Olivia Jaimes, old newspaper comics outliving their creators, Sunstone and Swing fill the rest out.
A rant about the upcoming movie Joker begins this episode, followed by how we prefer Batman to be dark and gritty. This leads into Argo, and an argument about The Beatles sees us to the end. Not for the faint of heart.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: French Maide
As always, we start off talking about something other than comic books, and this time it is the movie The Last Man On Earth, which led into Night Of The Living Dead, The Omega Man and I Am Legend. Then we talk about the Florida nuisance known as love bugs. We do talk about comics eventually.
Buck Rogers By Howard Chaykin.
Continue readingThe X-Men are back on Rook’s reading list, and he does his best to catch us up with them. The publication history of Ghost Rider comes up, and no one seemed to know what it was. The Infinity Entity and the cosmic work of Jim Starlin brings up the end.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Greymarket
Jack Kirby, The King Of Comics’ 102nd birthday starts this conversation off. He invented his own language of drawing that most practitioners follow to this day. Surrealism, graphic and pop art are discussed with mixed results, and we finish with comic books becoming TV shows and a random comic found on the shelf. Enjoy!
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Captain Beefheart
We start off talking about movies Al has finally seen, and double features from the past. Steve Rude, Space Ghost, Jeff Jones, Charles Vess, Michael Kaluta, assorted Artist’s Editions and the first comics bought as a kid are discussed. Chris Ware, paperback book covers of the 70s and architecture in comics come up, along with Hanna-Barbera comics, Owen Fitzgerald, Ernie Colón, Mike Ploog and P. Craig Russell.
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Space Ghost By Mark Evanier And Steve Rude.
Continue readingIf you are tired of hearing about us talking about Howard Chaykin and his many works then you might want to skip this one. Bronze age dollar box finds, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert substitutes and Alan Davis are discussed along with it.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Mortal Coil
The works of H. P. Lovecraft and his long reaching influence is discussed, along with The Crow and yet another copy of The Incal that Don bought. Avengers Endgame and Dark Phoenix finish everything out.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Peter Case
Lovecraft: Four Classic Horror Stories By H.P. Lovecraft And Ian Culbard.
Continue readingThe Walking Dead ends, so we spend the first half of the episode talking about it. The Spectre from the early 70s, Ghost Rider, Famous Monsters Of Filmland and an argument over King Kong. We do that a lot.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Magnetic Trigger
We talk about the swampy climate in Florida, the state of Yancy Street Comics and the community that supports it. Lending out comics, Hellboy, comic collections Rook has read and Marvel movies.
Al talks about a photo from the 1969 New York Comic Con, Alan Davis, Jack Cole (again) and comics with challenge in the title.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Smithereens
A dollar box find starts off a long conversation about the great Jack Cole. Variant covers, sealed comic books, sidekicks that did not age well, Wally Wood and Dick Tracy finish it out.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Cocteau Twins
Mr. Monster’s True Crime 1 By Michael T. Gilbert And Jack Cole.
Continue readingWe talk about the Carson Of Venus reprints from American Mythology Productions and other work by Michael Kaluta. Random work Al has read and watched, plus Don gets a schooling on Joe Orlando.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Starcrawler
Carson Of Venus By Len Wein And Michael Kaluta.
Continue readingThe conversation begins with algorithms and the counterculture of the sixties. The writer-artist Carl Barks and sequential work covers most of the episode, then to Rook’s chagrin Chew comes up once again.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Moon Hooch
The soon to be cancelled Hanna-Barbera DC comic books are talked about, along with a lot of stuff Rook has been reading. Lighthearted to dark comics and antiquated design techniques fill out the rest of the episode.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Jury
The library .app Hoopla is brought to our attention, which leads into steaming services and online portals that can be enjoyed. We also discuss Atomic Robo, Mark Schultz, Monstress, East Of West and some titles we did not read when they were originally published.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: French Maide
Hoopla Your Public Library At Your Fingertips.
Continue readingIt starts out with Classics Illustrated and how the stories were reworked years later. Turns out that went for song lyrics as well. Who knew?
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: David Maxim Micic
Classics Illustrated: Robin Hood By Jack Sparling.
Continue readingThe reprint series from 1984 Doctor Strange Classics starts the conversation off, going over Steve Ditko’s drawing skill and his flexible imagination. Other artists who worked on Doctor Strange, and the many great series Ross Andru worked on as well. A few random books finish the conversation.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: New York Dolls
Doctor Strange Classics By Steve Ditko And Stan Lee.
Continue readingIt’s Superman!: A Novel By Tom DeHaven is discussed, which leads into Batman: Damned and several comics we were not familiar with.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Pierre Legault
It’s Superman!: A Novel By Tom DeHaven.
Continue readingThe quote “how do you describe a color, that only you’ve seen?” is read, and Al runs off with it. Movies and stories on color, comics that were bought but not read, and odd random comparisons Don started making on past cartoonists.
