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The return of comics is moving into its new phase as we get the NEW Previews for July and August. You’d think because the Previews of comics coming out in July and August is shorter and doesn’t have as many books, the Previews episode would be shorter.

You’d think that.

You’d be wrong. It’s a SUPER SIZED episode where we go through Previews, go over comics we’ve read lately as well as:

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

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If things in comics weren’t messy enough, DC announced last week that they will no longer be using Diamond as their broker to comics shops, breaking an exclusive agreement that has lasted for 25 years, and a normal distribution agreement that goes back to the founding of Diamond Distribution! Cory!! ad Joe are here to break it all down, give historical perspective and ask questions about what will happen in the future

Joe tells the story of what it was like when Marvel went exclusive with Heroes World, which caused the great exclusivity war of the mid 90’s and gave us Diamond as the only comics distributor until this year.

They also discuss:

The perspective of the owner of Mind’s Eye Comics: https://mindseyecomics.com/

Cory!! goes into detail on the history of comics distribution for a bit

Joe goes through how this will affect shops and their financials

Advice for comic shops dealing with this

How will this affect comics fans?

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

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This episode is a day late due to :: waves hands around frantically :: but it IS ready for you and you can ride along with Cory!!, Joe and Butch as they complete their “Comic shops opening day” here in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul.

So, here is all of us talking about our trips to:

The College of Comic Book Knowledge

Hot Comics Richfield

The Source Comics and Games

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First: Both Joe and Cory!! live in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, and they gives an update on how they are doing as well as how the local comic shops are doing after the riots.

Here is a list of places that you can donate money to to help the people in Minneapolis affected by the riots.

After the update, we get into some comics news and then it’s time for the Road Trip episode!

Cory!!, Joe, and their friend Butch take the first Saturday of comics being back to drive around the Twin Cities, talk comics and look for, of course, comics! And YOU get to ride along!

We went to:

Time Bomb: https://www.timebombvintage.com/
Dreamhaven: http://dreamhavenbooks.com/
The College of Comic Book Knowledge: https://www.comicbookcollege.com/

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Comics are back! And over the last weekend, we have been able to make it to comics shops, but before that, we recorded this episode./ So, what is our theme? Our Fave Five Comic Shop memories! Joe and Cory!! have been going into comics shops for ages., so these are our five favorite times.

Joe grew up in the Twin Cities, and had comic shops from the time he started reading comics. Cory!!, on the other hand, grew up in the middle of nowhere, so there weren’t comics shops around him until after he got out of high school. They talk about a LOT of geeky memories, secrets of comics shops, and all of these things:

• Cory!! runs down the top ten trades and comics for March
• Joe’s first comic shop still exists
• Why video rental was different than most people remember
• A comics shop in an arcade and how Cory!! was a sneaky bastard when he went
• God wants comics and SF books
• Joe was desired all over the twin cities
• The 24 hour sale Joe had at his old shop

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

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Cory!! and Joe talk about how the shops in Minnesota are reopening, and Diamond is starting to ship new books to shops this week. They also discuss the history of “New Comics Day” over the last 30 or so years. They go into detail about how comics will be coming to shops and other shipping information.

But that is just the start of things! (LOTS to cover this week) as they also do reviews of these comics:

Infinite Punishment: Shadows of War

Avengers Subterranean War

King of Nowhere

Berserker Unbound

Join the Future

Untold Legends of Batman

Avant Guards

Underdog

The art by Katy Irons Cory!! is talking about is here: https://www.facebook.com/UlyllaDesigns/

And you can get original art from Sal Buscema like Cory!! here: http://www.catskillcomics.com/

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

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The thing that was never meant to escape has gotten out. Joe and Cory!! started reviewing comics, and it all just falls apart from there. Along the way, they discuss comics history, Amazing Heroes magazine, Joe’s twitter account, and all of these ACTUAL REAL COMIC BOOKS!

No Romance in Hell

Dingbats of Danger Street #2

Poop Man and Corn Boy

Skateman #1

I think our friend Dan might be a dolphin

The Generic Comic Book

101 Uses for a condom

Fred Hembeck Destroys the Marvel Universe

The Masked Potato

There’s all of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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Cory!! and Joe give a quick update on comics shipping to shops now before they dig into Joe’s Legend….wait for it….dary Sketchbook. He gives the stories about how he got each sketch, as well as stuff created by artist involved.

https://www.facebook.com/krayz/media_set?set=a.10158155685689731&type=3

There are artists such as:

Don Simpson

Chas Truog

Reed Waller

Phil Fogilo

Pete Krause

Bob Burden

Sergio Aragones

Art Spiegleman

Trina Robbins

Peter Gross

They discuss these and many more subjects, the usual shenanigans and, as always, much,much more!

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Normally, Cory!! and Joe go over what is in Previews every month. They discuss the new series, collections and oddities to help you make your order. However, everything is up in the air. Shops are closed, Diamond is closed, orders aren’t due yet, and we still don’t know when comics will be available again.

So,. It’s the monthly Previews episode with lots of extra comics discussion and background on the stuff in the monthly catalog, extra shenanigans and an episode that clocks in after over TWO AND A HALF HOURS! They discuss previews, and things like:

Cory!! and Joe go over the current state of comics distribution

Cory!! says something bad about an EC comic. YES, HE DID!!! How DARE he?

The show gives investment advice!

Why Cory!! turned on John Byrne’s Superman

Joe wins a trivia challenge!

How is the art in the Spider-Man Annual where he married Mary Jane?

AND, cooking suggestions?

All of this, the usual shenanigans, over an HOUR of extra comics discussion for a truly super-sized episode!

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It’s a strange time for us comic books fans. Stores are closed due to Covid 19. The ones that are open aren’t getting new comics because Diamond Distribution is closed. Even some publishers are having trouble getting comics printed due to printers being shut down.

There are tons of stories out there abut what happens next.

To get a good picture of what is going on in the comics industry on the retail level, we speak with Tim Schulte, owner of Granite City Comics. He gives a history of how he purchased the store.

How did the stay at home order in Minnesota affect his shop?

What happened when Diamond shut down

How he was able to bulk up on graphic novels before the shut down.

What about Free Comic Book Bay this year?

Stuff he has been doing with his shop since the shut down.

You can visit Tim’s shop on his site and on eBay:

https://granitecitycomics.com/

https://www.ebay.com/usr/spidre64?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

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