Happy New Year! Beyond Real 1 starts this conversation off, which leads into genres in comics.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil
Beyond Real 1 Cover By John J. Pearson.
Continue reading390 | Beyond Real And Comic Genres
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386 | BLITMAP
Chris Supino of SUP joins us to talk about Blitmap, a community crafted sci-fantasy universe. We thought we were talking about a comic book, but it was a portal to much, much more.
Blitmap: It’s Not A Comic Book… It’s A Portal.
Continue reading385 | Memory Triggers And Protecting Trademarks
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Joyeater
Animated cartoons we watched as kids leads into cereal prizes and fast food premiums. Comics For Ukraine finally arrived, more Nancy talk and we discovered the work of Ben Sears. The many different Green Lanterns, Static and the horrifying journey Ms. Marvel took before taking on the mantel of Captain Marvel. Of course, that leads into the different Ant-Men, and the one and only Rain Like Hammers finishes it out.
Known As Prince Planet In The United States, But Started
Out In Japan As Yusei Shounen Papi | 遊星少年パピイ.
367 | John Romita, Freak Brothers And More
We start off with the massive amount of work from John Romita, then go into The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, The Umbrella Academy and Mexikid.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Winter Atlas
John Romita Cover Art For Spider-Man’s Treasury Edition..
Continue reading336 | Bigfoot Knows Karate 2
We conversed with Dan Price on Episode 308, so this time we got to talk to Casey Allen on the upcoming Bigfoot Knows Karate 2: Born Under A Bad Sign. And they gave us this link so you can read issue one for free! Enjoy!
Bigfoot Knows Karate 2: Born Under A Bad Sign Wraparound Cover By Adam Caswell.
Continue reading325 | Ruben Najera – Archie Writer
Professional skate border, comic shop owner, musician and now comic book writer Ruben Najera joins us to talk about The Best Archie Comic Ever! Of course, a lot of other things are discussed as well.
The Best Archie Comic Ever! Cover By Tim Seeley.
Continue reading312 | Octobriana With Love
Stu Taylor joins us to talk about Octobriana With Love from Dead Good Comics. We discuss the history of the character and the many people involved from her inception to fifty years later. Learn about the fictional heroine of the Russian underground who belongs to the world and cannot be defined. She’s bigger than life and open source. Enjoy!
Octobriana With Love Cover By Marguerite Sauvage.
Continue reading311 | Sandman, Dave Sim And More
Dallas has been rereading The Sandman in anticipation of the upcoming Netflix series. Impossible Jones! , Chris Claremont, Alan Davis, The Strange Death Of Alex Raymond and Groo The Wanderer are discussed in the midsection, while Rook’s miniature painting and Fantastic Four 35 takes up the end.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Joyeater
The Sandman: Preludes And Nocturns By Neil Gaiman,
Sam Kieth, .Mike Dringenberg And Malcolm Jones III.
302 | 100-Page Giants And Red Sonja
Don has squandered a lot of time on YouTube and talks about The Daily Doug, Loop TV, NewsFromMeTV and the loss of Steve Sherman. 100-Page Giants, Ultraman and MEGO action figures, Prince Planet, Red Sonja and Frank Thorne are discussed after that. Detailed, decorative artists that can be confusing to read, Fantastic Four: Life Story and other silver age comics being retold.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Joyeater
DC 100-Page Our Fighting Forces Giant!
Continue reading287 | Garcia Lopez, Toy Tie-Ins And More
Everything starts it off talking about García-López and his many works, then we go into the mini comic books that were packaged with toys during the eighties. Novelty songs, random comics and using rock songs instead of jingles finish the episode out.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Heavy Strings
Modern Masters Volume Five: García-López.
Continue reading277 | Creating Comics & Title Design
Much to Al’s chagrin, Borderguard starts this conversation off, which leads into the fantastic independent comic books of the early eighties and the changing of the industry. And since no one on social media seemed to like the title design for that comic, we talk about that as well.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Paulus Magnus
Borderguard By Peter John Palmer, C.J. Henderson, Al Val And Scott Hanna.
Continue reading274 | What Are They Doing Now?
Storage for comics and magazines start the conversation off, but almost immediately goes into music, humor magazines and things that are hard to find. Then Al starts asking about comic book distribution and what past artists are doing now. Scott answered a couple, but not all.
269 | The Dork Factor
Comic books that seemed odd, quirky or outright silly to an older audience that we loved as kids begins this episode, then moves into the influence one artist has to another. Everything finishes with drive-in movies.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: All Mankind
249 | Comic Books And Paperbacks
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.
LISTENER WARNING! Episode Is SO Packed It Will Download With A THUD.
Space Ghost By Mark Evanier And Steve Rude.
Continue reading246 | Walking Dead, The Spectre And Old Magazines
The 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
238 | Steve Ditko And Ross Andru
The 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 reading222 | Blade Runner, Incal, Action 1000 And Fool Killer
This conversation begins with Blade Runner 2049 and moves into Deconstructing The Incal, Jodorowsky’s Dune and the many works that occurred after the project never came to fruition.
Limited edition books, Action Comics 1000 and how the human need for bathrooms would affect Superman. Things get even more random after that. No kidding, they do.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Geneva Wollett
Blade Runner 2049 Poster By Adam Cockerton-Rai.
221 | Don Glut, John Stanley, Jack Kirby And Neal Adams
Al is back and joined by Don and they made no time for a music break.
There was a lot of comic talk though.
The Occult Files of Dr Spektor By Donald Glut And Jesse Santos.