Kray Z Comics and Stories 616: September Previews

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in November and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 618: All Freaking All Geeking

Joe is worried about an upcoming government shutdown, so it’s time to clear the decks and for us to go through all of the Freaking and Geeking that have been piling up and not discussed. So, it’s an all Freaking, All Geeking episode!

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 617: Lost Comics Universes Part 3

Overstreet has put out a guide to “lost universes”, super hero universes that have been discontinued. Joe and Cory!! have read a LOT of these comics, and will discuss them. They discuss their origins, the reason they didn’t accept and if they are worth hunting down. The companies discussed are:

  • Milestone
  • Marvel’s New Universe
  • THUNDER Agents 

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

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 615: Opinions on Comics? We got ’em!

Cory!! and Joe have been reading and selling comics for a long time, so when it comes to them ol’ funny books, they have a LOT of opinions. They talk about them this week on subjects like:

Mark Millar says older creators need to come back to do big runs at major comics companies, what creators do as they age out for working in comics, how to plan for a career after “being on top”. They also talk about why things go out of print and the new “Marvel’s Evergreens” line.

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

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 614: Star Trek Strange New World Season 2 Review



Star Trekkin’ across the universe this week.  Joe was SO EXCITED about Star Trek Strange New Worlds he wanted to talk about every single episode!  Cory!! Begrudgingly goes along, which leads to a discussion about which episodes worked, which ones didn’t, and why Cory!! Hates cliffhangers.

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

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 613: August 2023 Comics Reviews

We have a dear friend in a dangerous situation. If you can donate, please do so:

https://gofund.me/37919470

This is NOT the musical episode of our podcast. Instead, it’s a REVIEW show, but before we give you the reviews, we discuss:

  • Joe is super excited about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
  • Cory!! was sent a letter he doesn’t remember writing to Amazing Heroes in 1990
  • It’s History Time as Cory!! Explains how DC screwed Alan Moore out of his rights to books he created. You will not believe how THAT discretion stated.

Reviews:

  • Beware the Eye of Odin – Image
  • Quest – Image
  • Nuking Alaska – Psu Press
  • X-Men Hellfire Gala – Marvel
  • Parallel – Oni 
  • Conan the Barbarian – Titan
  • We have a Promo from our pals The Cinema Judge:

https://www.deezer.com/us/show/1085482

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIRrqxTBdt0wneZzdP84AIw

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 612: Shinders – A Minnesota Comic Shop Story.

  • We start with Listener mail
  • Cory!! Gives the history of Andrew Rev, former owner of Comico and other comics companies that have gone away.
  • Joe gives a report on the Minnesota Comics Exchange convention
  • Cory!! Tells stories about the Minnesota chain, Shinders.
  • Shinders had comics, baseball cards, comics, magazines, paperbacks, and PORN!
  • They discuss how Baseball cards were where investors were during the late 80’s/early 90’s.
  • They go into the business of porn from 1988 – 2005 and how that affected the Shinders chain.
  • Cory!!’s retro review for Death Crazed Teenage Super-Heroes!
  • We have a Promo from our pals The Cinema Judge:

https://www.deezer.com/us/show/1085482

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIRrqxTBdt0wneZzdP84AIw

  • Articles about Shinder’s:

https://gizmodo.com/comics-contracts-and-covid-inside-the-scandal-at-ter-1845120487

https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/10921/lawyers-guns-drugs-cards-comics

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54504/the-direct-market-juggernaut-you-never-knew

http://historyapolis.com/blog/2014/03/17/feminist-protest-and-the-minneapolis-pornography-district/

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 611: Previews August 2023

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in October and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother you comic shop about!

Our friend’s GoFundMe is here:

Be there, aloha!

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 610: Odds and Sodds

It’s an odds and sodds episode where Joe goes through notes he has floating around, plus a LOT of comics talk!

  • They get into comics trivia,
  • Cory!! explains why Marvel’s 70’s horror comics were mostly reprint from the 50’s
  • Archie Spire Comics are still in print
  • Yes, Jack Chick comics are still in print.
  • Heavy Metal magazine has ended
  • The 6:30 slot on TV channels and why does that have to do with Tom and Jerry

We have a Promo from our pals The Cinema Judge:

https://www.deezer.com/us/show/1085482


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIRrqxTBdt0wneZzdP84AIw

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 609: July 2023 Previews

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in September and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother you comic shop about!

Be there, aloha!

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