Kray Z Comics And Stories

• We start with Listener mail
• Cory!! Gives the history of Andrew Rev, former owner of Comico and other comics companies that have gone away.
• Joe gives a report on the Minnesota Comics Exchange convention
• Cory!! Tells stories about the Minnesota chain, Shinders.
• Shinders had comics, baseball cards, comics, magazines, paperbacks, and PORN!
• They discuss how Baseball cards were where investors were during the late 80’s/early 90’s.
• They go into the business of porn from 1988 – 2005 and how that affected the Shinders chain.
• Cory!!’s retro review for Death Crazed Teenage Super-Heroes!
• We have a Promo from our pals The Cinema Judge:

https://www.deezer.com/us/show/1085482

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIRrqxTBdt0wneZzdP84AIw

• Articles about Shinder’s:
  

https://gizmodo.com/comics-contracts-and-covid-inside-the-scandal-at-ter-1845120487

https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/10921/lawyers-guns-drugs-cards-comics

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54504/the-direct-market-juggernaut-you-never-knew

http://historyapolis.com/blog/2014/03/17/feminist-protest-and-the-minneapolis-pornography-district/

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Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in October and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother you comic shop about!

Our friend’s GoFundMe is here:

Be there, aloha!

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It’s an odds and sodds episode where Joe goes through notes he has floating around, plus a LOT of comics talk!

• They get into comics trivia,
• Cory!! explains why Marvel’s 70’s horror comics were mostly reprint from the 50’s
• Archie Spire Comics are still in print
• Yes, Jack Chick comics are still in print.
• Heavy Metal magazine has ended
• The 6:30 slot on TV channels and why does that have to do with Tom and Jerry

We have a Promo from our pals The Cinema Judge:

https://www.deezer.com/us/show/1085482

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIRrqxTBdt0wneZzdP84AIw

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Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in September and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother you comic shop about!

Be there, aloha!

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It’s time to start dropping the audio of our Free Comic Book Day Ride Along! Every year, for Free Comic Book Day, Joe and Cory!! hop in a car and hit as many comic shops as they can, and they bring along a recorder. That way, YOU get to be like Bunkhouse Butch and join in the fun. It’s 90 minutes of sheer comic book geekery!

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A somber episode this week as we remember the legendary John Romita Sr. and give an overview of his long and stories career. Joe and Cory!! also discuss the #ComicsBrokeMe hashtag, the passing of Ian McGinty and the passing of Joshua Quagmire.

To read the work of Joshua Quagmire, head here.

They also have retro reviews, freaking and geeking, and so much more!

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Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in July and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother you comic shop about!

Be there, aloha!

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After last week’s announcement of Rom returning to Marvel for a Omnibus, we have news of another toy based comic coming back to Marvel for an omnibus, a reprint of the Micronauts series. Joe and Cory!! go over that in detail, as well as the news that Image Comics is leaving Diamond Distribution for Lunar Distribution. They also discuss:

• Where did the Micronauts toys come from?
• What happened to the toys?
• What happened to the comics rights?
• How did Marvel get the license?
• Why is it a big deal that it’s getting a reprint?
• What the history of distribution changes?

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

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We have the scoop! After everyone else reported it, of course, but still, it’s a scoop! Marvel will be reprinting the 70’s series ROM Spaceknight after not being able to do so for decades! Joe and Cory!! Give the low down as well as talking about:

• We are claiming credit for this omnibus.
• Joe gives a history of the ROM toy
• Why did Marvel do a ROM comic?
• We answer questions about the 1980’s black and white boom, and “investment firms”
• Cory!! Talks about the 50’s comic Mister Universe

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

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