Kray Z Comics And Stories

Cory!! starts with an interview with the creator of The Lalas, a burleque group who is putting out a comic book based on the group. It’s available here:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-lalas-burlesque-comic-book-creation#/

And in the rest of the episode starts with a review of Through the Habitrails by Jeff Nicholson.  They then discuss comics from the past that SHOULD be reprinted that haven’t been printed in a while. They also discuss:

• Jin gives a few suggestions for funny comics on the internet
• Why the L’il Abner reprints are annoying for Joe and Cory!!
• GREAT comic strip reprints
• Joe and Jin fight over who can make the most background noise
• Sad News goes over a BUNCH of comic cancellations
• Marvel emptying the warehouses leads to a Tales From The Shop story from Joe
• Jin announcing she is going to Jin, in much the same way that we will let Bartlett be Bartlett.

Freaking and Geeking, the usual shenanigans and the typical much, much more!

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As we begin this week’s show, we have an interview with Michael Gerber who is publishing The American Observer

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaelgerber/the-american-bystander-comedy-quarterly-2

This leads to Joe and Cory!! talking about funny books. Not not just Comics but comics that are supposed to be FUNNY! They talk about the ones from the past they liked, the ones now they ike, hwo comic book fans react to comedy in comics and is there a place in the market for Funny Comic Books! They also discuss:

• Joe went to see Batman vs Superman and gives his review. He and Cory!! also discuss superhero movie problems, what works and what doesn’t.
• Why Joe didn’t care for humor comics
• Cory guesses one of the humor comics Joe loved
• Joe actually preferred Crazy to MAD. What the flaming blue hell?
• The 80’s parody comics boom
• Ambush Bug!
• Joe’s Julie Schwartz story
• Cory explains why he still hasn’t seen WrestleMania
• Freaking and Geeking

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

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Cory!! is sick, Joe is drunk and Jin is tired, so we’re not firing on all cylinders this week, but we soldier on! They do eventually get to talking comics as Cory!! goes over the highlights of Rebirth, and Cory!! and Joe discuss having returnable books help a comic shop or a publisher sell more comics.

• The crew talks a bit about their various church experiences lately
• Joe and Cory!!review the comic: Don’t Mess With US which is available via Kickstarter or here:  Geekysmitty.com
• Jin has joined a CONSPIRACY!
• Jin also appeared on Panel and Pizza, and you can listen to it here: http://www.fancypantsgangsters.com/shows/ep-70-jin-wicked/
• This also leads to a discussion on pizza…no rant this time, however, just a disagreements. And remember, Chicago Pizzas are the best. SUCK IT, NEW YORK!
• Cory!! throws down about how Jin and Joe are trying to take over the show and he completely loses his crap over their coup d’etat.
• The difference between returnable books and books that are overshipped
• Joe talks about ideas he had for Hot Comics that he didn’t implement

Freaking and Geeking, sickness, shenanigans and much, much more!!

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Due to a time warp or a wormhole or some sort of thing, we present Kray Z Comics and Stories 9489: 24 Hours of Nostalgia!

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Cory!! and Joe review “The Wicked and the Divine Volume 3” and it leads to a discussion of first issues and starting stories and if it is even possible for people to pick up a story with anything other than the first issue or first trade paperback. They go into detail about how to make a story new reader friendly and hwo to bring readers into a new story. They also discuss a LOT of comic book related stuff such as:

• They discuss the Captain America trailer and Spider-Man’s appearance in it
• They talk about Batman vs Superman the week before it came out.
• Cory!! discusses a novel that takes forever to get to the plot, so how you need to find the balance between too much exposition and too little
• Cory!! gives his opinion on what the best “first story” in comics is. What is it? LISTEN TO THE EPISODE, WE’RE NOT GONNA SPOONFEED YOU EVERYTHING. DAMN!
• Joe discusses his daughter and how her comics tastes have changed
• Cory!! explains what a “Through character” is
• Joe talks about what a comic can do to grab a reader outside of the story, like variant covers and the like.
• Cory!! tells a “I once dated a woman who” story
• Cory!! tells a Hanging at the Home story in which he talks abut his first group home shift EVER

We also discuss freaking and geeking, the usual shenanigans and, as always, much, much more!!

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It’s a Fill In Podcast about fill in comics! Yep, we missed our deadline last week, so we are using a special podcast we recorded back at the Geek Fest in December where Joe, Cory!! and Butch talk about fill in comics. They also discuss:

• Cory!! Has become the baking master of conventions and Joe is filling up on TWO LOAVES of Cory”s pumpkin bread
• A run-in by Wolfie!
• Jim Shooter creating the ideas of fillin issues
• How fill in issues showed up in Marvel Fanfare
• The first comic where a super-hero at Marvel came out at gay was a fill-in issue!
• A discussion of Rob Liefeld and how everyone is someone’s favorite artist
• Why Saturday Night Live and Studio 60 is connected with an issue of Marvel Team Up
• They even talk about the team up with Aunt May and Galactus.
• BUTCH GIVES THE STORY OF HOW JOE GOT THE NAME KRAY-Z RIDER!!!

Yep, just because it’s a fill-in don’t mean it’s no good! It’s full of these things, much, much more and some unusual shenanigans!

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