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Comic Timing – Episode 104: Megacon and Emerald City

Coast to coast coverage here on Comic Timing, as Brent attends Megacon in Orlando, while Ian heads to Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle! Brent and Ian share their thoughts on both cons at the beginning of the show, then they head into the interviews conducted during the weekend by both hosts. These interviews are with:

1) G. Willow Wilson, writer/creator of Air
2) Wayne Cordova (Radio Wayne, M.I.M.E.S.) and Andrew Charipar (artist of awesomeness)
3) Eric Trautmann, writer of The Shield, JSA vs. Cobra, and many more
4) Steven T. Seagle, writer of American Virgin, one fourth of Man of Action Studios (Ben 10, Generator Rex)
5) Travis Earls and Sean Cummings of Doombox Comics
6) Mike Norton, artist of Green Arrow/Black Canary, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam, The Waiting Place, and many other things
7) Bryan Deemer, Peter Rios, Brian “Pants” Christman, and Adam Murdough in the background, all of Comic Geek Speak
8 ) John Aegard, creator of The Comfort Guide
9) Pat Loika, the man that everyone knows. Oh, he’s an artist too (check out Blacklisted)!
10) Mandy, Brent’s fiancee
11) Adam Withers and Comfort Love, creators of The Uniques, and The Uniques Tales (which is written and drawn by their many buddies)

Check it all out, and enjoy! And we’ll be back for Episode 105 for a regular episode of Comic Timing.

CT Picks for May are:

BIRDS OF PREY #1
THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1
AVENGERS #1
SECRET AVENGERS #1
SPIDER IRON MAN WAR #1 (OF 3)

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

Comic Timing – Episode 86B: Interviews

Time for Part B of Episode 86, still live from MegaCon! This episode we tackle the interviews we conducted in Orlando,with the likes of Adam & Comfort from The Uniques, Wayne Cordova of M.I.M.E.S., Jimmy Paliotti, Mark Waid, Amanda Conner, Tony Bedard, Rodney Ramos Dan Didio, Frank Cho, The Defuser, Cow and Buffalo, and yes, even Sean and Travis from CODENAME:Power/Doombox. Not particularly in that very order, but they’re all there, with a few others too. Enjoy, and…well, enjoy! Also, please make sure to check out the wonderful art of Christine Bottoms when you have the chance. Good stuff!

Comic Timing is sponsored by Heroes Corner. Make sure to check out their deals on all the hottest comic books from the March 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. This month’s Review Corner books are as follows:

DC
BATMAN IN BARCELONA: DRAGON’S KNIGHT #1 – 50% off retail (HC price: $2.00 / retail: $3.99)

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SPIDER-MAN: THE SHORT HALLOWEEN – 50% off retail (HC price: $2.00 / retail: $3.99)

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KILLAPALOOZA #1 – 75% off retail (HC price: $0.75 / retail: $2.99)

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We shall see you next time. Thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading!

Comic Timing – Episode 86: Part A

Time for our MegaCon coverage to begin! In this episode, Brent Kossina, Brandon Christopher and Ian go over the events of Friday and Saturday, as well as what we picked up at the con, who we met, and where we ate. Trust me, it’s a lot more interesting than you’d think. Next up will be the interviews and comments on Day 3 from Brandon and Ian, which will be out later this week. So listen in and stay tuned for the rest of our MegaCon action!

Comic Timing is sponsored by Heroes Corner. Make sure to check out their deals on all the hottest comic books from the March 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. This month’s Review Corner books are as follows:

DC
BATMAN IN BARCELONA: DRAGON’S KNIGHT #1 – 50% off retail (HC price: $2.00 / retail: $3.99)

MARVEL
SPIDER-MAN: THE SHORT HALLOWEEN – 50% off retail (HC price: $2.00 / retail: $3.99)

INDY
KILLAPALOOZA #1 – 75% off retail (HC price: $0.75 / retail: $2.99)

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!

We will see you next time for more MegaCon coverage! Until then, thanks for listening, thanks for downloading!

Comic Timing – Episode 58: Megacon Part 2

Part 2 is out! The last two days of the Megacon is covered here, featuring the talents of Raph, Brent, Brandon and myself, as we cover the last two days of the convention. What we picked up, who and what we saw, yaoi vs. yuri, and so on. Also, we have interviews with Travis Earls and Sean Cummings of Codename: Power, Lee Bretschneider of Wheelchair Romeo, Mark Waid, current editor in chief of Boom! Studios, Jon and Jin of Two Monocles, artist Christine Bottoms, Marvel cover artist Greg Horn, writer/inker Jimmy Palmiotti, and Bryan Deemer, Brian “Pants” Christman and Adam Murdough of Comic Geek Speak, with a glomping by Peter Rios.

We had an amazing time at the convention, and we hope to see you all next year at Megacon, and in a few weeks at New York Comic Con!

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Thanks for listening, thanks for downloading, and listen to our final bit of Megacon wrap on Geeks Unite! later this week.

Comic Timing – Episode 58: Megacon Part 1

Megacon baby! Brent, Brandon, Raph, Ian, all talking about Day 1 of the big Orlando comic convention. And for the first time, Brent is live and in person! No Skype! Wowsers! Also, Raph has a quick interview with Chuck Dixon, while I talk a bit with the artist of the Wonder Girl miniseries and the upcoming Wu Tang Clan graphic novel, Sanford Greene. We will have extensive updates throughout the convention, and will try our best to release an episode recapping Day 2 and 3 live from our hotel room, and of course there will be a final wrap as an after thought once we return home.

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Thanks for listening, thanks for downloading, and we will see you tomorrow for more Megacon coverage and interviews!