Kray Z Comics And Stories

Joe’s back from three weeks away and he starts with Sad News! SAD NEWS TO START WITH!!! Joe explains where he’s been for the last few weeks, and the shenanigans that were involved.

They also discuss:

• Tales from the shop – When did it change from being desired collectibles to just product
• The history of Night Nurse
• When do you lose the collector mentality when you run a shop
• Suggestions for Christmas Cocktails
• Comics they are geeking on
• N’Awlins hot sauces
• New Mutants/New X-Men Academy X/Young X-Men
• The New Star Trek Trailer
• Used book stores

Plus, the usual shenanigans and the proverbial much, much more.  Also? Chicory Coffee!

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Joe is back from the Inauguration and decided to record a podcast before going out on the road again. So, we get caught up with:

• Joe’s travels
• Cory’s work
• A couple of quick Tales from the Shop
• What Joe is doing while at home
• A Hanging at the Home sequence
• Django toys
• Freaking and Geeking
• What do Cory and Joe want from the new Star Wars movies?

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

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It’s a new year, but the same old Kray! We start the year with Sad News: Yep, the Comics Buyer’s Guide has shut down, and we discuss our memories, how it affected the industry and selling the long running fanzine at our respective shops. They also talk about different price guides, how shops would use price guides to set prices and how do you know how much a “hot book” is worth.

They also discuss:

•  Spider-Man #700
• Joe’s review of the Amazing Spider-Man movie
• Freaking and Geeking

A wrestling diversion including a discussion of the bloodiest match in ECW history as well as the usual shenanigans and the ever proverbial much much more. Try it, you might like it!

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Festivus is over, and Cory!! and Joe jump into the year in Geeking and Freaking for 2012! We also discuss:

• Joe’s Christmas presents
• How Cory will spend his money from all of the extra shifts
• Can YOU guess what our big geeking and freakings will be?
• Probably not because we’re pretty damn unpredictable

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

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It’s the annual Festivus show!

Joe is back in MN, so he fills us in on his flight home and what he was reading while waiting for his flights. He then goes into what he read first after he picked up three months worth of comics. Three months!!!

Other parts of the show are:

• Airing of the grievances
• Tales from the shop
• Brian Poindester’s vidcast: http://www.youtube.com/user/Poindexta75?feature=watch
• Christmas sales
• Shipping comics between Christmas and New Year’s
• The most horrific gift certificate Joe ever sold
• How Cory paid for a Christmas with a comic investment
• Cory!! having to stay at a comic shop overnight on a Christmas Eve
• The U of M course on Graphic Novels
• Geeking and Freaking
• Obscure Charters
• Apocalypse kits
• Why Cory is a Lousy Rat Bastard

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

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Here it is, late but still great!  Cory had an Incident that delayed the recording, and we discuss that as well as all kinds of other stuff.  Stuff like what?  Hell, I don’t remember any more. I’m old and my memory is shot.  As Jack Kirby would have said:  Don’t ask, just download it!

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As we begin, Joe is having a breakdown due to both the death of Hostess and being stationed in Liberal Kansas. Their discussion of Hostess leads to a discussion of Joe getting pulled over on his way home from Chicago Comic Con. Yep, because that’s how we roll!

Joe and Cory also discuss:

•  Jumping ahead of the trends like South Park, Spongebob and the like

• Being stuck with unsalable produce
• Toy lines that flopped
• How eBay has fallen on hard times
• Geeking and Freaking:
• Joe is geeking on Casablanca which leads to a discussion of older movie. Hey, we said it was geeking. He also likes the Avengers Season One trade he got with his Avengers DVD, Empowered (although black covers make Joe Mad), the Dorothy House and many other odd things.
• Cory is geeking on Creepy Presents Richard Corbin, NaNoWriMo, two other podcasts
• Cory makes a BIG announcement.
• Joe is freaking on the fact he’s still in Liberal Kansas, traveling with the TSA,
• Cory is freaking on a common error in comics history he wishes people would quit making

All of this plus the usual shenanigans, the long forgotten name of the crickets and much, much more!

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