Monthly Archives: June 2016

We didn’t have a theme or a subject this week, so it’s Joe and Cory!! talking comics and Jin blowing up a giant donut. Or is it dough-nut? I’m not sure. Anyone know? Spellcheck says they both work, but I’m sure that one has to be correct and the other is WRONG.

• American Foods returns!
• Cory!! doesn’t understand hockey
• The Podcast is gonna be appearing at Lion Con https://www.facebook.com/LionConmn/
• Cory!! read Rebirth books
• The top selling comics and graphic novels
• They tell Jin the story of how Civil War killed Joe’s shop is a Tales from the Shop

All of this, freaking and geeking and the usual shenanigans!

No Timbits were harming in the recording of this episode

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After reading the most recent Brian Hibbs column about how comic shops deal with Creator Owned comics, Joe, Cory!! and Jin Wicked have their OWN discussion about creator own comics both selling them and creating them. Retailers have to live on books coming out on time and creator owned books tend to come out a bit less regularly. And by less regularly we mean the creator finally gets around to putting out the book when they get all caught up on their binge watching of TV shows and recovering from convention hangovers.

We are just kidding!

Spoiler alert: No. We aren’t.

• They also review the comic Ghoul Scouts!
• How Joe treated creator owned comics in the 90’s.
• The problems with creating a new distribution system in today’s comics market.
• NONE OF US REMEMBER THAT OUR REVIEW SCALE IS BUY, BORROW OR IGNORE. Because we’re messed up.
• Joe gets his historical information from a comedy site. No, really.
• Cory!! discusses how people asking for their rights as creators could get them fired.
• Jin discusses how when she was putting things out regularly, it grew rapidly
• Jin is confused about the Creator’s Bill of Rights because everything on it is pretty much standard practice for the type of comics she creates and doesn’t know of a time when Creator’s Rights were in questions.

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

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What comics are in canon? What does canon mean and how important it is? Joe and Cory!! discuss what canon means, how it can be used well, and how much it should have to do with stories that are begin told in comics, movies, novels and the rest.

• Joe gives way too much information on his colonoscopy. No. Really. Too. Much. Information.
• Cory!! and Joe talk about summer conventions
• Superman vs Mummed Ali and other treasury editions from the 70’s
• Cory!! gives an explanation as to how he quit dating a woman who violated canon.
• Cory!! discovered the idea of the Wold Newton family and how continuity screw ups felt to his when he was younger and how he feels about them now
• How editors not paying attention caused DC to get all messed up
• Joe and Cory!! disagree with Byrne’s Wonder Woman
• Cory!! tells the story of the plot for the first Star Wars movie sequel
• Continuing old TV series and such and how that leads to discussing the Corman Fantastic Four movie.

They also have Freaking and Geeking and the proverbial much, much more!

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Adam Vermillion of Panels and Pizza joins us to talk comics! His podcast is here!

We’ve all gotten together to talk about DC Rebirth and the new Captain America comics that created so much internet fervor! What worked, what didn’t, and did comic book fans over-react?

OF COURSE THEY DID!

They also discuss:

• They review more free comic book day books
• Jin created the comics idea Strawberry Streetwalker
• How was the DC Rebirth for a non-DC fan and an old school DC fan
• What are the meta-textural implications of using the Watchmen characters
• Cory!! explains the term meta-textural
• They discuss how bringing back the legacy idea to the DC Universe helps readers care more about the books
• Cory references Kasper the Dead Baby from Crazy Magazine
• Comic book fans lose their minds over Captain America #1
• Jin explains why she hates Star Wars
• Jin and Adam attack Joe’s pizza premise

Freaking and Geeking, the proverbial Much, Much More and TONS o’ comic talk!!  It’s a Super Sized episode, so enjoy!!

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