Episode #89: “…But i’ve met Namor, so would you like to come over for cookies?”
Reminding listeners that for episode 100 we are GIVIN SHIT AWAY!
Opening with Rucka Punisher, we like it but it’s strange to see a red puking vulture. weird. We then wonder about Ennis’ legacy to mainstream comics; Then we move out to Unwritten, where we actually use the word “parse” without irony; talk about good long runs briefly and who did what with them; and the dangers that go with them. Like Bendis. We take some live tweets like namor and aquaman; Kick-Ass 2 sparks a nasty debate where Tech gets seriously uncomfortable. It’s a roundabout conversation that ends in a vow not to buy kick ass again. Although Superior IS a lot of fun and we *are* looking
forward to that.There’s a contrast there that’s difficult to handle. Brilliant bores us terribly. We talk about Batgirl, Fear Itself finally completes. Fiction naming conventions piss me off. We SO look forward to the DEFENDERS! And SO. MUCH. MORE
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WOWEE!
These are the new avatars/badges made for us by the always awesome Lar DeSouza, from www.leasticoulddo.com, http://www.lfgcomic.com/ !!!
We LOVE them and will be using them EXTENSIVELY! I’ll be wearing mine to Emerald City Comic Con myself.
Episode #88-”I am Doom, and You Two Are BITCHES.”
Bad Zombie Movies start us off. And end us. We didn’t really like Re-Tar-Dead. RIP Jerry Robinson. We start live tweeting during ‘casting! TechJedi reveals that D&D first edition is new at his house.
Kicking off some comics, we start with J.I.M. 628-630, tailing off fear itself and seeing consequences. Volstag enthralls us and we adore his characterization under gillen..I get a new nickname. Then over to Thor with “tiny little bald preist and Galactus.” We get meta-physical with the new herald of Galactus. FF is next, where we find that although Diablo and Mad Thinker had gotten the drop on Doom, these villains need to be pumped up. We don’t like kids named bentley, especially as clones of villains. No one understands how Hawkeye still gets play.
Segueing with that we get NEAL ADAMS AVENGERS! WOW. Why is Ultimo still around? We answer some tweets. We mourn DCs previously bad habits with female heroes. We have a Shatner riff. Top 5 semi-indie books. Our last Secret Avengers. Spider Island is a quick read we like a lot, but TechJedi quibbles at the “innoculation” of Mary Jane.
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OK, so, The First Step is admitting you have a Problem
I need HELP! I currently buy WAY over $100 a month on comics. And while this has been AWSOME for a couple years now, rising prices (not necessarily for comics, but for everything, ever) are really starting to cut, and no amount of discount is helping. Volume has to go down. I’ve already cut out alot of things, and I’m left with the following.
AMERICAN VAMPIRE
AVENGERS
BATMAN
BATMAN AND ROBIN
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY
DETECTIVE COMICS
GREEN LANTERN
IZOMBIE
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
PUNISHER
UNWRITTEN
WINTER SOLDIER
WONDER WOMAN
STAR WARS AGENT O/T EMPIRE
ALL STAR WESTERN
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
AVENGING SPIDER-MAN
DEFENDERS
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN
MIGHTY THOR
NEW AVENGERS
IRREDEEMABLE
JUSTICE LEAGUE
Not counting minis and one shots and events. Still too high.
I’ve cut:
Action
Superman
Batgirl
Batwoman
Secret Avengers
Incorruptible;
JLI;
GLC;
Jennifer Blood;
Brilliant;
will soon be killing Irredeemable (in favor of trades) May have to kill Avenging Spiderman; considering there are two Cap books and therefore theoretically two Bucky books, I might have to kill Captain America & Bucky. I Zombie is on the cusp. Detective is SERIOUSLY on the block right now. Sorry, but Tony Daniels is *not* my Bat-Guy.
I’m going to keep Punisher as long as Rucka is on it but it’s out the fucking window unless his replacement is someone AMAZING. And this double shipping thing? Screw that. Depending how long it lasts, I’ll be dollar bin diving for these things. I had to add DEFENDERS because FRACTION IS MY MASTER NOW.
Some of you are going to note an almost complete dearth of indies. What can I say? Fuck em. I could make 10,000 more a year and my level of collecting would still be considered by many to be excessive. Like all of you, I like what I like, and *if* I can find something else I like, it’s got to push aside something I’ve previously liked. There’s only so much that can be done. I’ve read plenty of Indie stuff, and when it lasts, awesome, but how long do I have to wait for a new issue of some things? I’m gonna end up forgetting, and then eventually no longer caring. That’ll offend some of the more obsessive of you, but what the hell. Look at the name of the podcast.
I’m probably going to be be giving up WOW soon, as I haven’t seriously played it since my 4th (YEAH-FOURTH) character got to 85. Which was back in spring. I don’t care if they have goddamned pandas, THAT’S ANOTHER REASON TO GO. I may or may not be continuing SWTOR after lvl50-I’m halfway there, and although it is approximately ONE METRIC FUCK TON of fun, I don’t know that they have enough story and challenge after that. I’ve done the MMO thing three other times now. I get the procedure. But at 15 a month, at dcbs I could get what, 4 more books a month?
And I’m getting fatter and fatter and older and older. I need to be out and at the gym more, not sitting idly flipping pages. Or god forbid, clicking a fucking button to burn even LESS calories than flipping a page. I need to get back to an activity I love, like fencing, which is $325/3months. That’s more than THREE MONTHS COMICS in one shot. It’s a car payment.
There’s a thing I’ve noticed about many of us nerdy comic people. We are not fucking Hal Jordan.
And I don’t mean we are merely not having sex with him. We have no willpower of any kind. Show us *anything* with Spider-Man on it and we buy it. We don’t give the slightest fuck. Batman? Just as well. Star Wars? Oh god, even worse. I have cocoa mugs and cocoa with SW on it for fucks sake! It leaves many of us sacrificing and scrimping and scraping along. And frankly, true believers, that is not how I want to live.
I read tweets saying things like, ” I’ll never be able to afford that Starman Omnibus!” Well fucko, maybe you could have if you gave up the Starman Underoos, bought only one copy of Starman instead of issues, trades, absolutes, and Essentials. Quadruple dipping, what are you, fucking insane? If I want to get an Absolute Hush, I want to be able to buy that, right then. That’s why I don’t buy the freakin Batman plushie in three different costumes. Or sixty dollar sets of action figures that just sit on the wall.
Which is why I’m cutting my list. I’ve given up the majority of kitch-buying. I’m showing some control. But I could use a hand identifying what I’m hanging onto from inertia, and what I really love.
What d’ya think?
Episode 87-”Water Based Kid Killing Ghost Thing”
In episode 87 we determine that Batman pooping himself is unacceptable. Detail a plan for subsidizing blurays; look forward to BATMAN:YEAR ONE; Techjedi tones down his enthusiasm. Having established that, we look at THE MIGHTY THOR, with the incredible shrinking pastor; hop over to the OTHER fraction godlike entity that is IRON MAN, lament the reaching that happens at the end of long runs; leading us to AVENGERS, where we determine interview style storytelling is getting stale; we note victoria hand’s future; we re-cover the losses of losing bucky. We’re confused by mockingbirds’ status with hawkeye; shocked by hammers going THROUGH PEOPLE; lament again the speed at which you can fall behind in comics. Then it’s a very long discussion of all things fear itself; switching gears completely, rev hates JLI and TechJedi wants to give it a go. Godiva? Really? Unfortunately it’s just not funny. It also hurts my brain to try to figure out DCNU continuity. Then we launch into the comics written by the FUCKING MAXIM STAFF. Wonder Woman! BATMAN! SNYDER! and SO. MUCH. MORE.
Update
Hey kids! The holidays are over and so is the slacking! Look for a new Episode TONIGHT, Tuesday, Jan 3rd. You’ll dig it.
Episode #86- “Bang a Robot, Have Half-Imaginary Robot Kids.”
Starting with 15 minutes of massive spider island talk-plenty much all of it. We need a Spider-Manny, btw. I need a rev to clone to punch. Off to Captain America and Bucky, then rev asks for my safeword. We cover the black widow/journalist ethics debate. Secret avengers by ellis. criticize the fear itself mechs, since they are from robotech.I like squirrel girl and he doesn’t. the interview avengers style plays out, finally. DD may be a fun avenger, now that he’s getting left alone. New Avengers annual we look at, with simon williams, wonder doof; we ask if criminals are caused by heroes. That takes a long time. Who’s Devil-Slayer? Then we re-iterate our never ending love of JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY. We debate the practicality of Flash Thompson having no legs. Mephisto in the bar is brillaint. AND. MUCH. MORE!
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Episode 85: “I PAY SO YOU CAN NOT ENJOY YOURSELF”
TechJedi start off in ANGER! The dead zone that is connecticut nerd-dom depresses him. Rev compares flash mobs too…flash villains. We announce our 100th episode nascent plans. Bill destroys techs childhood memories.Shouts out Secret identity, Count Slick Brass. Rev does a capsule review of high school of the dead. Rev reveals his entire family didn’t know he casts. Astronomy news. Began the Conans from Dark Horse. Cover some awesomeness in comic based cartoons.The Worst Top5 of all time. But Rev Pulls. IT. OFF.
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