Monthly Archives: July 2012

It’s time for a NEW Episode, and while Cory!! And Joe are still having an issue with the theme song, but they cover a lot of ground!. They discuss:

• Joe buying San Diego variants
• Sandman returning
• Stuff Joe picked up at a comic shop in Vegas
• Infernal Man Thing
• Incorruptible and Irredeemable
• Black Dynamite
• Joe’s Vegas Trading cards
• Joe’s favorite publisher when he owned his shop
• Professional wrestlers going through airport security
• How Marvel built comic shops in the 80’s
• What comic company thy think works well with publishers now
• Why Cory never did get a Walking Dead #1

And the usual shenanigans and the proverbial much, much more!

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The search for a new theme song continues with what is, quite possibly, the worst theme song in the history of mankind. Naturally, Joe loves it. We join Joe as he’s geeking on the big Las Vegas Star Trek convention, and he find out who Joe is most excited to see…the answer may surprise you!

Remember, the NEW Sponsor is http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/395428603/squatchd-seeing-isnt-always-believing?ref=email Go check it out! Cory plays a drunken hobo in the video!

There is a TON of both Star Trek talk and comics talk including:

• How Cory met Michael Chabon at a San Diego Comic Con without knowing it
• What things in comics they are geeking and freakingon
• Joe goes over the comics he bought last week
• Cory is geeking on Walking Dead 100 and Avengers vs X-Men
• Joe tells a Tale from the shop that starts being about exclusive comic book covers and ends up explaining how the tax code affects your local funny book store
• And they also discuss The douche burger
• Plus the usual shenanigans and silliness!

Don’t ask! Just download it and listen!

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A NEW Theme! That’s right, Joe made Cory change the theme song, but he’s still not happy, but is Joe ever happy? It’s a show filled with Comic Talk AND a NEW Sponsor: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/395428603/squatchd-seeing-isnt-always-believing?ref=email

Topics include:

•  Joe fills us in on his latest adventures in Las Vegas.
•  Geeking and Freaking –
• Joe hit three comic shops in Vegas and gives a report on them
• The 56 different covers for Mars Attacks #1
• Everything you wanted to know about Gabe Kaplan
• The on going Star Trek comic series
• Batman Incorporated
• Marvel’s creative changes
• DC’s Zero issues
• Tales from the Shop
• How did Joe deal with the gimmicks like Zero issues, the negative one issues, Nuff sad (silent) issues
• The Spider-Man marriage
• The Turok Prismatic foil cover
• Chrome comic book covers

They also discuss the situation with former comics writer Bill Mantlo, the rights to ROM, and a lot of other comics and non-comics stuff.

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It’s our 75^th Episode! We have all of the usual shenanigans and have a LOT of stories about Diamond Distribution and how distributors and comic shops work together in this special Extra-Length Episode! Like Jack Kirby said, DON’T ASK, JUST LISTEN!

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