Monthly Archives: February 2017

25 years ago, Image comics was born! Cory!! and Joe decide to talk about Imagine, going from where it came from, what the early days were like, how they sold in comic shops (and who they sold to) and how they were involved in the infamous boom of the 90’s! They also discuss the people involved at the beginning, when the company’s sales collapsed and how they dealt with in and how it became the company we know it as today.

• Joe and Cory!! Review the graphic novel Control by Andy Diggle and Angela Cruickshank
• Lot’s of stuff here! But, that’s not all, they also discuss:
• A listener who got one of Joe’s (Joe did it, not Cory!!) obscure references a few episode ago
• How the Chicago Comic Con went from the #2 convention in the US to an afterthought.
• Burger King and Tim Horton’s bought Popeye’s chicken, which leads them to discuss fast foods that Joe has eaten and why Canada is mourning
• The Story by Moench and Gulacy that Cory!! Referenced is in Eerie 109 – 111, reprinted in Eerie Archives Volume 23

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

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What do Cory!! and Joe believer in? George Burns? Joe Pesci? George Carlin? No, SPIDER-MAN!

The team goes over the state of the current Spider-Man books. What’s working? What’s not working? What do they like? HOW MANY DAMN BOOKS ARE THEY GOING TO PUT OUT? They discuss everything Spider-Man related. They also discuss:

• They bring back American Food: Horrible foods that you can get in America
• Should two super-heroes have the same name?
• Should Spider-Man be in the Avengers?
• What the hell is a Mopee?
• Why don’t people buy cheap comics?

All of this, freaking and geeking and the usual much, much more!

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It’s a sneak preview of a NEW podcast from the Solitaire Rose Network.  Wolfie B Bad and your charming and delightful old Uncle Rat Bastard, Cory!! Strode give YOU Bad Advice!  The show will be showing up over at http://www.badadvice.solitairerose.com/ next week, but you can get the first episode right here a week early!

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It’s all comics talk! Old school rules as Cory!! and Joe talk funny books! Joe read a bunch of comics and he and Cory!! talk about them, including what the industry was like when they were published. They also discuss:

• The differing theories of the creation of Spider-Man
• Archie digests
• Byrne’s run on Alpha Flight
• The last two issues of Kamandi, now available for the first time!
• A chat about Warren Magazines in 1980
• Why didn’t the Eternals become a big hit?
• Why some stories work well as comics and why some genres just don’t work as comics

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

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Ads in comic books! No, not the ad for the World Wide News book by Cory!! you can get from lordshadowflame@gmail.com for $10, but the ones in comics!  Were they all just ads for crap? OF COURSE THEY WERE! Joe and Cory!! discuss the ads in comics, things they mailed away for, What did Joe mail away for? Why did Joe’s Sea Monkeys never come to life? There are all sorts of things they talk about when it comes to comic book ads.

They review the first trade paperback of Scooby Apocalypse as the reviews return!

They also discuss:

• Cory!! gives more origin stories of the MCBA ComiCons
• How the creators behind “Omaha The Cat Dancer” would make money when comic sales weren’t doing that well.
• A friend who as addicted to the crap you could to mail away for from comics
• Squirrel monkeys, IN THE MAIL!
• Wolfman Jack!
• The comic book contests and why we don’t know who won them
• Marvel Mart
• Bernie Wrightson has retired
• Dan Spiegle passed away

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

OH, AND SOMEONE DID A REVIEW OF CORY!!’S BOOK!  WOO-HOOO!!!

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