100 | NFL SuperPro, Captain Citrus, Kool-Aid Man And Superhero Dream Teams

After a five week wait… the core four has come out of hibernation for an action-packed double-sized episode 100! Join Al, Dallas, Rook and Don as they argue who would make the best Superhero and Supervillain Dream Teams!

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Dungeon Boss

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98 | Upcoming Comic Book Movies, Eisner Awards And GI Zombie.

Rook, Dallas and Al get down and dirty with the 2014 Comic Con and the winners of the 2014 Eisner Awards!
Topics of discussion: Rook’s flooding problems, the new Cinematic Wonder Woman, DC’s television ventures, the prospect of an Ant Man movie, Avengers 2: Age of Ultron, Buzz Aldrin rocking the Infinity Gauntlet, Michael Jackson moonwalking on the moon, “The Rook” comic, leaked Deadpool footage, Game of Thrones, and G.I. Zombie.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Jezabels

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Comic Con Apocalypse Makeup Job.

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92 | Game of Thrones, Ray Harryhausen, Locke & Key, Glamourpuss and After the Cape

Join Dallas, Al and Rook for another exciting roundtable discussion. We talk Game of Thrones, Ray Harryhausen, The Walking Dead, Locke & Key, Glamourpuss, and After the Cape.

Rook unveils his big plans for the summer and we compare single issues to collected editions. We turn to Image comics and talk about creator rights along with a glimpse of the new Days of Future Past movie. We wax poetic about Calvin & Hobbes and the Trick or Treat Movies, and discuss our reading habits.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Dallas’ band DUNGEON BOSS!!!!!!!

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Game Of Thrones. Rook Loves A Story Where Everybody Dies.
And Here Is George R. R. Martin’s Letter To Fantastic Four.

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86 | Epic Comic Runs, 60’s Comics, New Mutants, Wordy 80’s Comics And Go-To Guys

Episode 86. The entire crew returns to discuss Game Of Thrones, Lee and Kirby’s Fantastic Four Run, other epic comic runs like Walking Dead, Groo, and Uncanny X-Men,
Differences between Marvel and DC in the 60’s, Ghost Rider, Digital Reading, Comixology, Mike Ploog’s Horror Comics, The New Mutants original run, Herring and Robinson Book Binders, Wordy and dated 80’s comics, Jack Kirby’s Inkers, and Sal Buscema & Vince Colletta: Marvel’s Go-To Guys.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Coheed and Cambria

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Game Of Thrones.

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85 | Comic Shop News, Free Comic Book Day, Marvel Tales And Random Titles

Don, Al, Dallas, Rook, and Rook’s Beard reunite in an epic roundtable discussion about comics! During this trainwreck they discuss: Comic Shop News, Free Comic Book Day, Marvel Tales, Amazing Fantasy #15, Graded/Slabbed Comics, Locke & Key, Rook’s new vlog on Youtube, Kafka by R. Crumb and David Zane Mairowitz, Superior Carnage #1, Jupiter Legacy #4, Walking Dead: All Out War, Rat Queens, and Ghost Rider: Engines of Vengeance #1.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Pierre Legault

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Comic Shop News.

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29 | EXPLICIT! | Video Games

The Video Game Episode!

It’s a crazy hot mess as Rook, Dallas and Al are joined by our good friend and aspiring stand-up comic Trev-Dog, and our two junior recruits, Cameron and Craig!
We discuss the video games that shaped our lives, and our favorite systems, and eventually fall off on a tangent.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT (no locals tonight, we’re going big-time!) GLASSJAW and PSYCHOTICA.

This is a raw episode – you’ll probably be offended at some point.
But if you have a high tolerance level and would like to
relive the experience of your first beer, then…

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25 | Thought Balloons

We’ve made it to episode 25! Who would have thought?

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: In The Dim (half of them anyway)

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The Surrogates By Robert Venditti And Brett Weldele.

24 | Comic Shops

We return as a 5-piece to talk about The Walking Dead…. again!!
Rook discusses the moral implications of Rick’s leadership style, and Hashbrown points out the subtle moments of the show.

Meanwhile, Dallas makes fun of the Smiths, Don brings up the greatest webcomic of all time (The Mighty Blue), and the boys talk about the public perception of comic shops and having to drink your own urine to survive.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Primitive Astronauts

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The Walking Dead…. Again!!
And Again….

23 | Core Four

The entire crew returns with a special guest! Don and Al reminisce about the classic Fantastic Four, Rook explains the 90’s X-Men fad, and Dallas interrupts everyone.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Bryan Yeatter

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20 | Rook’s Favorite Artists

We’ve reached episode 20! The whole crew is present once again and we discuss Rook’s top artists.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Pierre LeGault
Rook’s Favorite Artist Number One, Mark Texeira.

19 | Singles Or Trades?

The whole crew returns in our new base of operations!
We’ve got a loaded episode as Rook, Don, Al and Dallas talk about
The Yancy Street Comic Convention (again), And We Take Sides On The Eternal Question: SINGLES Or TRADES?? Don Talks About His Surreal Comic Shop Experience At Collector’s Den In Wichita Falls, Texas, Dallas Pimps Out His New Webcomic, THE MIGHTY BLUE And Brings Up A Blog And Livejournal Page That No One Reads.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Primitive Astronauts

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What We Got For Christmas (If You Like Rook’s Gift, You Can
Purchase It HERE, And Dallas’ Gift Can Be Purchased HERE.

17 | Yancy Street Convention

Join Dallas, Don, Rook, and Al as we talk comics
and the YANCY STREET COMIC CONVENTION!
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Robinson
EC Cover By Jack Davis.

12 | What Are You Reading?

After 11 long episodes, the entire crew is finally united for the 12th. We’re kind of like the Justice League. This week, we’re all brought together to discuss Season 2 of Robert Kirkman and AMC’s The Walking Dead. Don and Dallas are absolute fans of the show, Rook is a huge fan of the comic, and Al hasn’t seen it yet. Good times and technical difficulties ensue. As zombie talk winds down, the boys ask WHAT ARE YOU READING, which ranges from the works of Richard Corben to Raymond Briggs. Enjoy, and leave a comment below the show notes!

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Groovy Cool

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11 | Comic Conventions

THE YOUNG GUNS ARE BACK! Rook “Dropkick” Murphy joins Dallas, Al, and Emilio Estevez in an entertaining discussion about Comic Book Conventions: Highlights, Lowlights, the best deals, pet peeves and more! Then we dig into everything else including Rook’s experience at bike week, Dallas’ search for Promethea, mail-order comics, excessive smack-talk directed at Don, who’s missing this week, The obligatory New 52 conversation, and more ending with an explosive WHAT ARE YOU READING. Al’s pick of the week is SPACEHAWK by the timeless and inspiring Basil Wolverton. Dallas picks ALL STAR SUPERMAN by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, and Rook picks the comic adaptation of A GAME OF THRONES.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: PRIMITIVE ASTRONAUTS

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Megacon in Orlando, Florida

3 | Favorite Writers

Welcome back! This time around we continue our talk about favorite comic book writers. Rook waxes poetic about Jim Krueger, Don weaves a tale about the great Carl Barks and then of course goes off on a tangent about Alan Moore, and Dallas explains the Canadian writing genius of Dave Sim and his epic masterpiece, Cerebus. Oh, and the guys bag on Dallas for his unhealthy love of Chris Claremont. Enjoy and please, leave us a message on the blog!!!
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: REAL EYES.
One of Jim Krueger’s projects Rook spoke of.

2 | Introduction To Comics

Welcome back, it’s episode 2! The gang’s all (well, mostly) here, and the topic of the day is favorite comic book writers. We end up going off on a tangent, and talk about Alan Moore a lot. MUSIC SPOTLIGHT: PRIMITIVE ASTRONAUTS. Apologies for the sound quality this episode, we’re still having growing pains. Drop a line and let us know what you think of the show!!!!

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Dallas and Rook’s introduction to comics from Jademan.
Scroll past the basketball information to read about this publisher.

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