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We start off the show with Joe filling us in on the latest crap at his job, Cory!! discusses the song “Fire” by The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown. They also discuss:

• Rush having washing machines and rotisserie machines on the stage when they perform
• Cory’s trip to the Comedy Corner
• Don’t worry, they get to comics eventually.
• Joe starts talking about new comic series he’s been enjoying like Insufferable, old comics he likes like ‘Mazing Man, the Secret Wars tie-ins and…
• CONVERGANCE HAS FINISHED! Cory and Joe discuss the comic and the set up it creates so expect spoilers.
• A LOT of spoilers
• Why Joe and Cory haven’t been all that excited about all fo the tie-in mini-series
• Zero Hour and how it annoyed Cory
• They discuss this article: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/06/02/how-dc-comics-got-its-happiness-back/
• And this one: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/tilting-at-windmills-chaos-in-the-multiverse
• They answer listener mail!
• They don’t mention Jin Wicked, so she won’t listen to this episode!
• The DO mention The Whizzer, who won’t listen to this episode either.
• Why they don’t do the segment “Oh My God, the 90’s Actually Happened!”
• Freaking and geeking

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

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As we start talking about MSP ComicCon, Joe talks about a trip down nostalgia lane to find a brand new collectible. They also discuss:

• Super-hero toilet paper
• How we were able to stock the charity table at this year’s convention
• Setting up the charity table and all of the pre-Convention stuff that Cory!! and Joe did
• Cory!! reuniting with a friend he hadn’t seen in over a decade and the sleep he gave up for it
• What did Cory!! become fixated on this year?
• The Hot Comics St. Paul Reunion!
• What did Joe buy?
• What happened when Cory!! was released from the charity table
• Freaking and Geeking

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

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Joe and Cory have been away for a bit, so they have a LOT of ‘splaining to do! They start by telling stories about when they first saw one of Cory!!’s favorite movies, Blue Velvet. They also talk about the early days of cable TV and how there was a lot more geeky, weird stuff on it. They eventually get to talking about their Road Trip to St Cloud MN for Free comic book days. They also discuss:

• Geeky conversations on the drive
• Granite City Comics
• Meeting up with Vas Littlecrow Wojtanowicz and making her laugh at our antics
• The people who showed up for comics and how the shop dealt with Free Comic Book Day
• What Cory!! and Joe bought while they were there
• Why Cory!! and Butch will have a new tag team called Granite City Jobbers
• The Avengers movie!
• The Space Alien cafe (with a side trip into why Cory fears the Waffle House)
• Why modern arcades can’t suck enough
• Freaking and geeking

And the proverbial much, much more!

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It’s the annual MSP ComiCon Pre-show, with Dangerous Dan Mohr and Jin Wicked as well as Cory!! and Joe.  There’s really no way to write a rundown, but the four of them discuss conventions, vodka, gas and a whole lot of stuff.  It’s funny.  You’ll like it.  It it has bad words in it so don’t listen to it with kids around.

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We start the show with dick jokes, a discussion or Taco Bell Fritos shells and what to do with your ashes to make your loved ones happy…in a way, so it’s a typical beginning to this here Comic Book Podcast! They discuss:

• The Jared Leto Joker picture
• Cory being a Nutritional Anthropologist
• Cory’s new job and how it was like walking into 1997
• Reading comics month to month or “binge reading” in trades or large stacks of comics.
• Hickman’s Avengers run
• They discuss how they changes how the readers see cliffhangers, so Joe and Cory discuss their favorite cliffhangers in comics!
• Turning trade readers into monthly readers
• Odd, obscure DVD companies
• Memories of Verne Gagne on the occasion of his passing.
• Freaking and Geeking

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

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Cory discusses what he’s been doing with his time off, most of which is reading comic books! Cory also announced that the podcast is now available on the You Tubes. They also discuss:

• Have previous “This character is gay” revelations held their insane inflated values?
• The final nail in Star Trek, The Original Series’s coffin back in 1969
• The ratings drop on the 1966 Batman TV series
• The success of reboots and reimaginings, and reusing classic characters
• The new Star Wars trailer and over 500 Star Wars comics are now available on Marvel Unlimited
• Why it’s OK for the DareDevil series to be dark and gritty but when they do it to Superman, it doesn’t work.
• Freaking and Geeking!

Plus, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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