Kray Z Comics And Stories

Joe DEMANDED we start podcasting early, so he obviously has a lot to talk about, right? Nope. So Cory!! has to come up with things to talk about. Things such as:

• How do Cory and Joe (and many other comics fans) read their comics now.
• How Netflix has affected comic reading
• How can comic shops cater to the new way people read comics and consume media
• Marvel’s future history chronology
• The different philosophy between Marvel and DC when it comes to capitalizing on tie-ins.
• Back when Diamond would get MAD about trying to sell comics directly to shops and fans
• Freaking and Geeking, where Joe will send you FREE STUFF!!

All of this and much, much more!

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Cory was out of town last weekend, so no podcast last week…so they make up for it this week! Cory discusses what happened when he went home to Central Illinois and Joe talks about what he did while Cory was gone. Joe visits a new bookstore while Cory gets his hands on Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips… Oh, and they DO talk about funny books, as well as:

• Joe’s wife has won an award, despite being married to Joe!
• Cory asks Joe about direct sales reps with Marvel and DC, and tales of sales conferences
• More tales of Shinder’s
• The questions and issues Joe had with DC and Marvel when they talked sales
• Dealing with trying to get Marvel and DC to help with TV ads for comic shops
• What small press publisher do to try to boost their sales in comic shops
• Having the Diamond Comics Distribution rep drop by the shop and watch TV with us
• Freaking and Geeking

And, as always, much, much more!

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Joe’s digging around in the garage again, and starts off with a Tale From The Shop about getting around Wizard’s “One Copy Per Person” rule for their Comic book promos. They also talk about:

• The rules of time travel
• The reboot of Prophet
• Will the Fantastic Four go away for a while?
• What happens when a character goes away for a while?
• How do shops deal with returning characters and trying to help readers fid them?
• Why do characters get changed when they are revived?
• Freaking and Geeking!

All of this plus the proverbial much, much more!

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Joe and Cory start talking about the massive tragedy of Ann B. Davis passing and the comic book connection therein!

• Joe tells the story of a single comic book that killed a comic shop!
• This leads to a discussion of when Marvel started showing how powerful Franklin Richards is
• Joe reviews DC’s big event Forever Evil
• A discussion of Perez on Wonder Woman and his War of the Gods mini-series/crossover
• Did the delays with Forever Evil hurt the sales and impact of the book?
• Freaking and geeking

And the usually shenanigans and the proverbial much, much more!

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Joe and Cory talk about the place where the early Minnesota Comic Conventions were held, one of the strangest hotels you’ve ever heard of. They then quickly move to talking about:

• Hangin’ at the Home
• Godzilla!
• Joe’s work stories
• Joe found a new comic shop while out and about
• Marvel’s monsters and mystic characters
• Comic book trading cards
• How comic shops can screw up medium selling comics
• An extended Trading Card Tales From The Shop
• Freaking and Geeking

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

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It’s the annual SpringCon wrap up! And maybe THE LAST ONE! Details in the episode, so listen to it already! Joe and Cory!! also talk about:

• They talk about the guests they got to talk to
• The annual rummage sale for charity
• What was Cory!! obsessed with on the rummage sale table this year?
• Who will Cory be cosplaying as next year?
• There’s a special guest who talks about what she did at SpringCon
• Joe and Cory talk about their favorite purchases
• A story showing that Wizard World doesn’t quite know the comics industry very well.
• Freaking and Geeking

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

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It’s that time of year, so Cory!!, Joe and special guest artist Dan Mohr discuss this years Minnesota Comic Book Association’s Spring Con! In this second part of the podcast, they talk about:

• The panels at this year’s SpringCon
• Everyone’s favorite Convention stories
• Freaking and geeking…a LOT of freaking and geeking!

All of this and much, much more in this second part!

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