Kray Z Comics And Stories

Joe and Cory!! discuss current comic book news and give their opinions about things that the internet has decided to go on and on and on about it. The big one is that comics sales are higher than they have been in over 20 years if you go by actual dollars. How does this affect the market, comics creators and publishers? We don’t know, but we damn sure like gabbing about it.

• Joe has changed jobs. Kind of. Technically. He explains it.
• Why double page spreads are a pain to read on digital
• Joe gets a mysterious phone call
• They talk about Crazy Horse monument and Logan’s Run
• How obsessed are Minnesotans with weather and a discussion of Tornado Alley
• WHERE IN THE FLAMING BLUE HELL IS THE COMIC BOOK TALK, YOU JERKS?!??!!
• Tales of dealers and artists at Conventions being jerks
• Dan Slott vs John Byrne
• Why Cory!! gets no pudding
• Freaking and Geeking

Plus the usual shenanigans and the proverbial much, much more!

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Cory and Joe go over the announcement of the new Marvel series starting in October with their first impressions in a Super Sized Episode! It’s new to you! They also discuss:

• Joe using Facebook to hunt down an Ex
• Why Cory!! almost beat Joe with a flounder
• How you knew it was spring at the comic shop
• They answer listener mail!
• Freaking and geeking with stories of Christian comics, small conventions and clean underpants.
• A paid announcement from the nWo

All of this, the usual shenanigans and the proverbial Much, Much More!!

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The theme of the episode is supposed to be Comic Book Characters who get replacements, and eventually Joe and Cory!! get around to discussing it. They are joined by artist and Special Guest Star Jin Wicked. Along with the theme, they discuss:

• The new Pizza Hut pizza with wieners in it as well as the Hardee’s hamburger with a wiener on it. WHAT IS UP WITH ALL OF THE WIENERS?!?
• The horrifying food at the Minnesota State Fair
• They review the preview copy of Badger #1 (it’s also the first installment of the segment Jin Hates Comics)
• Mad Max Fury Road. Go see it!
• A short history of how Monty Python’s Life of Brian got funding
• Hero replacements! 30 minutes into the show, we finally get to the theme of the damn show.
• What comics Fonzie would recommend back when Joe owned his shop
• What character replacements worked and what ones didn’t
• What did we learn? Jin hates comics, Jin doesn’t like animated dinosaurs, Jin likes cars exploding.
• Jurassic World? DINOSAUR TALK!!
• Freaking and Geeking

Stay tuned after the closing music for a stinger. It’s just like a Marvel movie, putting something cool after the credits to keep you in the theater longer and make it harder for the teenagers to sweep up the popcorn before the next showing.

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

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Cory and Joe start the show by talking about Cory’s job, recasting the 1966 Batman TV show villains and the top selling comics for May as they get to talking about their ten favorite comics currently being printed. They also discuss:

• How Loot Crate affects the comics sales charts
• How do the Loot Crate Exclusives sell on eBay
• Cory!! tells a terrible Transformers joke
• They talk comics for over an hour. AN HOUR!
• And because they talk comics, I don’t have a lot of the normal rabbit trails and diversions to bullet point here, so this description isn’t funny as most. And I am sorry for that.
• Freaking and Geeking

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

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Joe is HOT! Not just angry but actually hot and Cory!! also had to deal with the heat in his own way. This leads to a discussion over moving, and eventually they start talking about what it’s like to move a business like a comic shop. They also discuss:

• Moving a tempurpedic mattress
• How did Joe decide to move to a bigger store?
• How did Joe mess with animals in the pet store next door while setting up his shop?
• What was The Funk Pit?
• Which comic was the tipping point in the 1990’s sales collapse
• Why Hot Comics St Paul moved to a smaller shop and then eventually closed
• Freaking and Geeking

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

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