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Comic Timing – Episode 61

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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!

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Comic Timing – Episode 62: Part 1

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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.

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Geekspeak Report – Episode 6

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Episode is released, Troy Mata is co-host, shownotes to follow! Topics discussed on this episode include:

I hope you all enjoy the episode, as it was great getting to talk to Troy again! Make sure to remember him when the voting takes place at the end of the Contest, and stay tuned for thomalo next episode.

As always, you can e-mail us at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and make sure to check out The Geekspeak Report forum.

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

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Comic Timing – Episode 60

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Back from a week long hiatus, it is Comic Timing! This time, Brent and I are joined by Lorrie Thomas, known to the forum-goers as thomalo, and Jay Ferguson, otherwise known as Modern Lover. We discuss whether or not Superhero Comics Hate Love. Well, do they? You decide after hearing our thoughts, and the forum comments we read on the show!

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!

Also, we are only one week away from The New York Comic Con, so I hope to see a bunch of you stopping on by Podcast Arena to say hello! Thanks for listening, thanks for downloading, and we shall see you next week for some Horror Comics conversation with Lobo and Lord Shaper of Kryptographik!

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Rant Timing #6: The Invasion Becomes Not So Secret

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Rant Timing #6: The Invasion Becomes Not So Secret

Today, I made a mad rush to the comic book shop the minute I left work. I needed something in particular, before I could get spoiled. I needed a book that will change the face of the Marvel Universe for years to come. Even though I am getting it FOR FREE in two weeks, I still spent $3.99 on Secret Invasion #1. Am I in Marvel’s pocket now? Probably, but you know what? I could care less. Spoilers to come after an image of The New Avengers as Skrulls, from one of the 12 different Secret Invasion #1 covers.


This comes from a post I made on the forums, but I figured it was good and long enough to warrant posting it here on the web site as well. Once again, spoilers ahead, so you have been warned.

Call me crazy, but do you think “He loves you” is a trigger phrase? Maybe it is indeed simply a variation on a Beatles lyric, which would also lead nicely into being explained by John the Skrull in the upcoming MI:13 series? A battle cry of sorts, stemming from when Earth music was first beamed into space, which might have been what called Skrull attention to our planet in the first place. Crazy, but I love coming up with crazy explanations.

Now, as for the heroes that just returned to Earth, I say some will be Skrulls, while some will be originals. If I am correct about there being sleeper Skrulls, there will be some heroes that do not even know they are aliens. During the Skrull-Kree War, some heroes were captures and brought to a cell with other heroes that were already “captured.” I believe that the Scarlet Witch that came to Earth is our Scarlet Witch. This explains why there is no Chaos Magic quite well, as it was created by a Skrull to explain away increased powers. The Beast of the group is ours, with the feline Beast being a Skrull; the secondary mutation was simply shape manipulation. Our White Queen is real, but so is the Phoenix that just came back. Best explanation for the multiple Jean Greys anyone can have: there was always just one; the rest were Skrulls. Now Scott will have to choose once more between two women who have his mind in the palm of their hands, and his heart too.

Up in the air is Hawkeye and Wonder Man, I highly doubt Ms. Marvel is a Skrull, and it would be evil to have Jewel be the real Jessica Jones after all the character building Bendis has done for her over the years. Luke Cake, the Luke Jessica married, is a Skrull. Hence the baby is half Skrull, half human.

The Vision will be the easiest to debunk, since he is an android. If this one is not an Android, it is a Skrull. Spider-Man is not a Skrull, since that would be too damn easy.

Mar-Vell is Kree, attacking the enemy. One of the Thunderbolts is a Skrull, and my money is indeed on Norman Osborn. Although if it is Penance, that would be fun too.

Mockingbird is human, meaning that if our Clint is the real Clint, he’ll have to choose between Maya and a women he thought he saved from hell to get to heaven where she belongs.

Iron Man and Captain America from space are Skrulls, and are part of the group of heroes I mentioned were in holding from the start. They are the leaders, so of course they would be the ones to copy.

Sue Richards? Tough one. No matter which way you slice it, there are problems.

Finally, we have Wolverine from space. Skrull. No way will they get rid of thirty years of Wolverine’s history like that. He will cause problems however, as it is likely his “senses” will “smell” Skrulls, while our Wolverine will still have no ability to pick up the scent.

There, I think that’s all of it. Once again, I spent $3.99 on a book I’m getting free from Heroes Corner this month because I couldn’t wait to read it. $3.99 well spent I must say.

Keep it coming, Bendis, you’ve got me hook, line and sinker! Again. I am a junkie, coming back for more Bendis multiple times a month. Anybody got a spare hit?

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Comic Timing – Episode 59

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For Episode 59, Brent and I are joined by Erica Hesse, artist and creator of The Key! Erica gets into a discussion with us about Women in the Comic Industry, which then switches over to a nice question and answer session about her career, her life, and some ridiculousness that can only stem from letting the forum ask questions. Sheesh! Thanks to Erica for joining us as it was a lot of fun, and I hope to see some of you this weekend at Anime Boston!

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 we shall see you again next time!

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Comic Timing – Episode 58: Megacon Part 2

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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!

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 listen to our final bit of Megacon wrap on Geeks Unite! later this week.

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Comic Timing – Episode 58: Megacon Part 1

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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.

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 we will see you tomorrow for more Megacon coverage and interviews!

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Geekspeak Report – Episode 5

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Episode 5 of The Geekspeak Report is here! I am joined by contestant two in the Geekspeak Co-Host Challenge, Michael Yanni, known as The Yanni on The Comic Forums. Here is a complete list of what we discuss on the show:

We will be back next time with the third contestant in the Co-Host Challenge, Troy Mata, alias number6. You can e-mail the show at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and make sure to check out the Geekspeak Report forums, where you can spread the love for Michael.

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

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Rant Timing #5: New York Comic Con Roulette

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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.