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New York Comic Con 2010 Podcasting Panel

This is a recording of the A Geek’s Guide to Podcasting and Blogging panel, recorded at New York Comic Con on Friday, October 8th, 2010. The panel consisted of Bryan Deemer of Comic Geek Speak, Johnny Emm of Legion of Dudes, Darrel Taylor of No Apologies, Comic Book Road Show, Dafixer’s Hideout and others, Ian Levenstein of Comic Timing, Charlito of Indie Spinner Rack, Sean Whelan of Raging Bullets, and Chris Neseman of Around Comics and 11 O’Clock Comics. We hope you enjoy the panel, and please make sure to let us know what you think of it!

This episode of Comic Timing is sponsored by…DCBS! That’s right, Discount Comic Book Service is the new sponsor of Comic Timing. For all first time users of the site, make sure to use the promo code CT8 at checkout to receive an additional 8% off your first order! Here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

INDY (IDW):
DOC MACABRE #1 (OF 3): 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

DC:
GREEN LANTERN LARFLEEZE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

MARVEL:
HEROES FOR HIRE: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps! Also, make sure to check out Ian in BrokenSea Production’s latest Twilight Theatre episode, “The Cloud!

Until next time, thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading!

Comic Timing – Episode 114: Big Apple Con

Here we go people, the lead-up to New York Comic Con! Here, Gabe from Strangers With Comics and Kris pipe in on this previous weekend’s Big Apple Comic Con. Raw, uncut, we are brutally honest about the weekend and its shortcomings. Listen in, and I hope to see you at NYCC!

This episode of Comic Timing is sponsored by…DCBS! That’s right, Discount Comic Book Service is the new sponsor of Comic Timing. For all first time users of the site, make sure to use the promo code CT8 at checkout to receive an additional 8% off your first order! Here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

INDY (IDW):
DOC MACABRE #1 (OF 3): 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

DC:
GREEN LANTERN LARFLEEZE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

MARVEL:
HEROES FOR HIRE: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

Also, as a quick reminder, Comic Timing will be in the Podcast Arena yet again at this year’s New York Comic Con! The Booth number is 524, and we’ll be sharing table space with none other than Rick Gordon of The Pop Cult Online! Ian will be there on Friday and Saturday only, so if you’d like to stop by and say hello or to say a few words on microphone, go ahead and do so. He’ll be happy to see you. And don’t forget that Friday at 6:30 in Panel Room 1A17 (subject to change, check the schedule to finalized location) will be the first ever NYCC Podcasting Panel, with the likes of Peter Rios of CGS, Johnny of Legion of Dudes, Sean and Jim of Raging Bullets, and good old Darrell from…well, everything! We can’t wait for this one, which will be recorded and released for those unable to attend.

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps! Also, make sure to check out Ian in BrokenSea Production’s latest Twilight Theatre episode, “The Cloud!

Until next time, thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading!

Comic Timing – Episode 97

Big Apple Comic-Con left a sour taste in a lot of people’s mouths last weekend. It wasn’t all because of that particular convention, either. Instead, some of it was because of NEXT YEAR’s convention! We dissect the weekend as a whole and the big announcement that came last Friday, all in this episode.

Comic Timing is sponsored by Heroes Corner. Make sure to check out their deals on all the hottest comic books from the September Previews, and make sure to use the promo code CTROCKS on your first order with Heroes Corner to save an additional 5% off. For first time users of the site only. And please make sure to check out PKD Media’s Wasted Wonderland Vol 1, which is available for only $2.50! This month’s Review Corner books are as follows:

DC
JSA ALL-STARS #1 – 75% off retail

MARVEL
SECRET WARRIORS #11- 50% off retail

DARK HORSE
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN: THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN – 50% off retail

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps!

Until next time, thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading!

Comic Timing – Episode 61

While you wait for the NYCC wrap up, here, have some Episode 61! Damian Smith, alias Lord Shaper, and Brian, alias Lobo, of the Kryptographik Podcast join Brent and I to discuss Horror Comics. We go into their history with the genre, some recommendations for the new or old horror comic reader, the variety found within horror comics, and a whole lot more. We also touch on some recent news such as the Incredible Hulk trailer and discuss our anticipation for the since passed New York Comic Con.

Much thanks to Brent for editing this episode, as I am going to tackle Episode 62 Part 2, so he took this one on. This Thursday, May 1st, join us on Skype to celebrate the 2 year anniversary of Comic Timing! We will be answering your questions on the show, so whatever you feel like asking we will tackle. If you want to call in, either contact me (ScaryMonkeyShow) on Skype, or Brent (kossinab), and we will bring you into the call. Also, make sure to pick up Invincible Iron Man #1 so you can participate in the next 22 Pages review!

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and Digg us at Digg.Com. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps!

Thanks for listening, thanks for downloading, and see you folks soon!

Comic Timing – Episode 62: Part 1

We hold back Episode 61 one week to give you guys coverage live from the con floor of New York Comic Con 2008! It was a fantastic time and it is hard to believe it is over, but alas, all good things must come to an end. Part 1 will be the interviews from the floor, while Part 2 will be a wrap-up show released a day or two after this one. And you might even get Episode 61 since Brent said he would edit it! Here is a quick rundown of the interviews on this episode:

Thanks go out to everyone who participated in this episode, as it was wonderful getting to talk to you all! To all the folks who stopped by just to chat glad to see you, and for those of you who are checking out Comic Timing for the first time, welcome aboard! Enjoy your stay. Stay tuned for Part 2 for a thorough panel and final convention wrap-up of the con by Juan, Dani and possibly a few others, and for the Horror Episode, Episode 61.

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and Digg us at Digg.Com. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps!

Thanks for listening, thanks for downloading, and talk to you next time.

Rant Timing #5: New York Comic Con Roulette

New York Comic Con Roulette

So, for those of you who were hoping we were done with New York conventions taking place in the middle of winter, it ain’t over yet. The following was posted on Newsarama at their Blog@ blog, in a response about NYCC being the weekend of Passover this year:

The unfortunate reality is that these were the dates we were given at the Javits Center. Javits is unlike most places in that the demand for the space far outstrips the availability, so customers, such as NYCC, are left with little to no choice as to what dates we are given. To that point, I’ll announce here first that the show will be moving back to February next year – because we want to be in February? Not really. Quite simply, these are the only dates we can get next year.

See, this is the worst part about trying to run a convention in New York. There is only one real convention center in the largest city in the world. I don’t count Madison Square Garden as that is certainly more of an arena than anything else. This convention hall can only hold so much, and it is in the ass end of the borough, three or four avenues down from the nearest subway. They are planning to extend the 7 train so that at least one train will be down there, but that is still at least a few years away from completion. There have been proposals to expand the Javits Center in order to make room for more events, but is this truly what we need? I would love to have a place in the heart of the city devoted to a convention atmosphere, but New York is simply not built to support such an addition. And so our convention center remains where it is.

As for the Passover problem of this year, I doubt is it truly going to affect the majority of the crowd. While Passover is an important holiday for the Jewish faith, I know that my family celebrates it with a family gathering, and that is it. Religious Jews will have their hands full that weekend, but how many religious Jews were planning on attending the convention in the first place? Not to be insensitive, but I doubt the number was very high. As previously stated, next year this will not be a problem, so save your money and go elsewhere instead, or wait until 2009 if there is a conflict.

New York Anime Fest, the other event run by Reed Exhibitions, will be moving to September for its second year, avoiding the winter cold as well. But will this return back to December the year after that? All I know is that most conventions have a set month to rely on, and no New York convention will ever have that luxury. I love my city, but sometimes it can be quite the pain. Anybody got a spare plot of land they’re not using? It would be awesome if you did, and decided to build a convention hall on it. Anyone? Well, crap.

Comic Timing – Episode 33: New York Comic Con Wrap Up

The first wrap-up podcast is here! This show was recorded live at New York Comic Con 2007, with a whole bunch of guests. Raph in person! Sean and Jim in person! Freddie E Williams II, artist of Robin! Molly Crabapple, co-creator of Dr. Sketchys Rainy Day Coloring Book! Fat Momma and Feedback from Who Wants To Be a Superhero! Dave Wachter of Scar Tissue, and Uncle Sal himself! Plenty of fun recording the interviews, and a great time to be had in general. Later this week, I will be recording a full con wrapup and review with Sean, Freddie, and Raph, so there is more con content to come.

As always, you can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and if you have the time, please Digg the show, and vote for us on Podcast Alley.

Thanks to everybody for stopping by the booth, and thanks for your continued support of the show!