Monthly Archives: October 2012

Joe fills us in on the one thing there is to do in Liberal Kansas other than look for the Children of the Corn. What is it? We aren’t going to spoil it, download the damn show and listen already!

It’s a potpourri of topics and Joe and Cory!! discuss:

• Putting pr0n on your LinkedIn page
• Vampirella and what Joe did when he bought a complete run of the magazine as well as a run of Hot Wheels cars at the same time…which one sold first?
• They talk horror comics, a VERY brief history focusing on Tomb of Dracula, Tiwsted Tales and Alien Worlds and Vertigo
• What comics creeped them out over the years
• Obscure comic book characters – Joe’s is The House of Shadows at Marvel and Cory’s is Moon Girl from EC.
• Geeking and freaking

Plus the usual shenanigans and much, much more. And if you aren’t careful, you might LEARN something before it’s done!

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It’s the second part of our LONG conversation!  That’s right, we start in the middle of Geeking and Freaking in which:

• We start with Cory’s geeking as he continues his re-read of Master of Kung Fu, Daredevil and of Days and the TV shows he’s excited about this season.
• Joe’s freaking about being in Liberal Kansas which leads to a discussion of Terry Funk. No, really,
• Cory’s freaking about the death of comic book message boards and the schedule of Bendis’s creator owned books
• Avengers vs X-Men
• How do we think Marvel Now will do, sales-wise
• Cory and Joe watchin’ TV

All of this, plus the usual shenanigans and the proverbial much, much more!

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It’s an ALL NEW Episode filled with  lots and lots of comic discussion.  What kind of discussion?  Glad you asked!

• Sad news from Joe the creator of Arsenic Lullaby may have to hang up cartooning
• Joe and Cory discuss if indy creators can make a living working in comics
• Sad news from Cory, the cancellation of Avengers Academy
• Joe and Cory then talk about where comics are stocked in a store, Todd McFarlane complaining about small press comics and other sales discussion!
• Giving out comics on Halloween
• The Fables Convention
• The creative shakeups at WWE, Ring of Honor and Marvel
• Joe and Cory talk about their biggest mistakes they made while working at comic shops
• Geeking and Freaking we do Joe’s geeking…and then we end the episode…the episode was overlong so we’ve cut it in two!

All of this plus the usual shenanigans and silliness and well as catchy theme music!

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Joe is in a NEW city (Liberal Kansas), and it’s also right before the 24^th annual FallCon in Minnesota!

They discuss:

• Why Mike Love of the Beach Boys is a dick
• Obscure Comic Book Characters (our new favorite segment) Batgirl’s long lost brother and The Man Called Woodgod
• We took questions from Twitter @i_am_scifi asked for a character pronunciation and The Daily Rios’s Peter Rios asked us if you were asked five years ago “Where will comics be in five years?” would you have been right? A LONG discussion ensued from this question
• What do we think will happen in comics over the next five years
• DC Zero Issues
• Geeking and Freaking
• Joe talks about the Star Trek novel he’s reading
• Cory gives some comic book recommendations

All of this, plus the usual shenanigans and the proverbial much, much more!

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Joe is back from Washington DC, Cory!! is back from Illinois so we’ve finally got a new episode! We explain why there hasn’t been an episode for a while, but guess what, we’ll have 3 episodes this week. THREE!!

Joe talks about a comic shop he found in DC after hanging out with a bunch of hobbits and Cory!! talks about the Alternate Realities comic shop in Galesburg IL. The shop Joe went to has been there for over 20 years, and the shop Cory!! went to has had a new owner for about three weeks.

Oh, and Joe does give a report on the Candy Corn Oreos.

Joe talks about his latest Mego acquisition, and how it may not have all of the original equipment, and talks about toy restoration. They then talk Obscure Comic Book Characters and the return of Sad News! Sad News everyone! Cory and Joe talk about a couple of recent comic series cancellations and how books are now being “canceled” and started over with new #1 issues.

Joe talks about his trip to see Batman Live… So, I guess you know that Batman survives. For Cory’s geeking, he’s read iZombie, Underwater Welder and then Cory and Joe talk about Avengers vs X-Men #11 and the shocking developments therein. Finally, Cory talks about the issues of Master of Kung Fu he’s been reading on his overnights.

All of this, plus the usual shenanigans and the proverbial much, much more!

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