Kray Z Comics And Stories

Remember how we ended the last show with a cliffhanger? You don’t? Why aren’t you paying attention? I swear, we do and do and do for you people and this is the thanks we get! Now listen to this podcast, clean you room and think about what you’ve done!

We cover all sorts of ground, such as:

• Geeking and freaking
• Joe is geeking on Star Trek Deep Space Nine and Claudia Christian’s autobiography
• Cory is geeking on the Star Trek/Doctor Who crossover comic, Amazing Spider-Man’s buildup to issue #700 and his participation in NaNoWriMo
• Joe is freaking about still being in Liberal Kansas, not finding the Wizard of Oz house, Justice League #1 having 54 covers and crossovers
• Cory is freaking out about missing out on the great graphic novel collections coming out this year
• They also discuss Walking Dead and Comic Book Men
• Tales from the shop talks about what to do when a shop owner would get sick and what it meant when Joe would say he was going go get gas

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

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IT’S TIME for a NEW Episode! So much to talk about, that we dive right in!

We start up by talking about how we have a LOT of new listeners, so Joe and Cory!! decide to give their Bona Fides and introduce themselves to the listeners all over again. Yes, they do almost know what they are talking about/. Maybe. On a good day.

There is a LOT of other discussion on the show, including:

• Joe gives his secret origin as a comics retailer and fan
• Cory gives his secret origin as a comics retailers, fan and historian
• Sad news! Hellblazer is ending with issue 300 and Joe and Cory talk about Vertigo’s current direction, the crossover (or lack thereof) with the main DC Universe
• Marvel Crossovers that supposedly were never resolved.
• Joe talks about his current eBay purchases

All of this, the usual shenanigans, a talking chocolate cake and the proverbial much, much more. What are you waiting for? Download it and put it in your ear holes!

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Joe fills us in on the one thing there is to do in Liberal Kansas other than look for the Children of the Corn. What is it? We aren’t going to spoil it, download the damn show and listen already!

It’s a potpourri of topics and Joe and Cory!! discuss:

• Putting pr0n on your LinkedIn page
• Vampirella and what Joe did when he bought a complete run of the magazine as well as a run of Hot Wheels cars at the same time…which one sold first?
• They talk horror comics, a VERY brief history focusing on Tomb of Dracula, Tiwsted Tales and Alien Worlds and Vertigo
• What comics creeped them out over the years
• Obscure comic book characters – Joe’s is The House of Shadows at Marvel and Cory’s is Moon Girl from EC.
• Geeking and freaking

Plus the usual shenanigans and much, much more. And if you aren’t careful, you might LEARN something before it’s done!

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It’s the second part of our LONG conversation!  That’s right, we start in the middle of Geeking and Freaking in which:

• We start with Cory’s geeking as he continues his re-read of Master of Kung Fu, Daredevil and of Days and the TV shows he’s excited about this season.
• Joe’s freaking about being in Liberal Kansas which leads to a discussion of Terry Funk. No, really,
• Cory’s freaking about the death of comic book message boards and the schedule of Bendis’s creator owned books
• Avengers vs X-Men
• How do we think Marvel Now will do, sales-wise
• Cory and Joe watchin’ TV

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

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It’s an ALL NEW Episode filled with  lots and lots of comic discussion.  What kind of discussion?  Glad you asked!

• Sad news from Joe the creator of Arsenic Lullaby may have to hang up cartooning
• Joe and Cory discuss if indy creators can make a living working in comics
• Sad news from Cory, the cancellation of Avengers Academy
• Joe and Cory then talk about where comics are stocked in a store, Todd McFarlane complaining about small press comics and other sales discussion!
• Giving out comics on Halloween
• The Fables Convention
• The creative shakeups at WWE, Ring of Honor and Marvel
• Joe and Cory talk about their biggest mistakes they made while working at comic shops
• Geeking and Freaking we do Joe’s geeking…and then we end the episode…the episode was overlong so we’ve cut it in two!

All of this plus the usual shenanigans and silliness and well as catchy theme music!

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Joe is in a NEW city (Liberal Kansas), and it’s also right before the 24^th annual FallCon in Minnesota!

They discuss:

• Why Mike Love of the Beach Boys is a dick
• Obscure Comic Book Characters (our new favorite segment) Batgirl’s long lost brother and The Man Called Woodgod
• We took questions from Twitter @i_am_scifi asked for a character pronunciation and The Daily Rios’s Peter Rios asked us if you were asked five years ago “Where will comics be in five years?” would you have been right? A LONG discussion ensued from this question
• What do we think will happen in comics over the next five years
• DC Zero Issues
• Geeking and Freaking
• Joe talks about the Star Trek novel he’s reading
• Cory gives some comic book recommendations

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

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Joe is back from Washington DC, Cory!! is back from Illinois so we’ve finally got a new episode! We explain why there hasn’t been an episode for a while, but guess what, we’ll have 3 episodes this week. THREE!!

Joe talks about a comic shop he found in DC after hanging out with a bunch of hobbits and Cory!! talks about the Alternate Realities comic shop in Galesburg IL. The shop Joe went to has been there for over 20 years, and the shop Cory!! went to has had a new owner for about three weeks.

Oh, and Joe does give a report on the Candy Corn Oreos.

Joe talks about his latest Mego acquisition, and how it may not have all of the original equipment, and talks about toy restoration. They then talk Obscure Comic Book Characters and the return of Sad News! Sad News everyone! Cory and Joe talk about a couple of recent comic series cancellations and how books are now being “canceled” and started over with new #1 issues.

Joe talks about his trip to see Batman Live… So, I guess you know that Batman survives. For Cory’s geeking, he’s read iZombie, Underwater Welder and then Cory and Joe talk about Avengers vs X-Men #11 and the shocking developments therein. Finally, Cory talks about the issues of Master of Kung Fu he’s been reading on his overnights.

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

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Joe is on the road again, but he explains how he was “Leaving Las Vegas.” Thankfully, he didn’t do it the way Nic Cage tried to do by drinking himself to death while hanging out with Elizabeth Shue.

We play catch up and discuss:

• Joe talks about a book that purports to tell the story of Area 51
• Joe picked up the comics he couldn’t wait for like Spider-Man, The 6 Million Dollar Man, Popeye,
• Tales from the shop where we talk about what shops do that cause people to quit buying there as well as things comics fans do that make stores upset.
• Obscure comic book characters like
• Marvel’s Scarecrow
• Danny the Street
• Death’s Head

We also talk about

• The new season of Doctor Who
• Avenging Spider-Man
• Infernal Man-Thing

As well as the usual shenanigan and the proverbial much, much more!

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It’s a Big News week as well as a special almost ALL Geeking and Freaking special! You got Spider-Man turning 50, the return of Doctor Who, rain in Las Vegas, Joe returning to St Paul in two weeks, Rob Liefeld leaves DC, Joe tells how to get free root beer at the MN State Fair and new about the much bigger Fall Con!

Tales from the shop, where we discuss BAYTOR!!

And in the Geeking and Freaking special, we discuss

• The Massive
• Yellow Submarine
• eBay
• Season ending cliffhangers
• Star Trek
• DC Clearing out it’s Archives
• EC Fanzines and the EC Convention of 1972
• Whatever happened to fanzines and APAs?
• Godzilla 50 Years War
• Cloverfield
• Planet Hulk and World War Hulk
• What is a Mopee?

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

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It’s a very special episode! No, that doesn’t mean that Blossom is having her special “woman time”, it’s that we’re going to talk Star Trek! It’s all Star Trek all the time for this episode! But first, we have a NEW cast member, who is introduced in this episode and will be with the cast from now no, so give him a nice Big Kray Z Welcome, everyone!

Special Notice: We have to apologize, as Joe’s connection got a little weird at times, so there are a few times when what he is saying is fuzzy. Which kind of fits, as Joe is pretty fuzzy, to be honest. Not as fuzzy as Cory, but fuzzy nonetheless.

Joe talks about why he decided to hit the Star Trek Convention in Vegas (he didn’t want Cory to make fun of him) and they discuss Star Trek for the entire episode including:

•  How both Cory and Joe were introduced to Star Trek
• The Gold Key Star Trek comics of the late 60’s and early 70’s
• Our reaction to the first movie when it came out
• The Marvel Star Trek and why it wasn’t very good.
• Joe then gives us his report on the Vegas Trek Convention

All of this, plus the usual shenanigans in this week’s Very Special Podcast!

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