We present to you today most of the CT crew guesting on Donovan’s Podcast, Questions: We Don’t Have Answers!
and Lo, there shall be…a team-up!
Furrowing his brow over the present and future of the American comic industry, Donovan brings in several friends from the long running comic book podcast Comic Timing to discuss the ultimate question, as well as several others! Ian, Kris, Brandon and Jamal join Don and Harry in discussing the impact superhero films have on comic sales, the history of America’s disrespect over comics as an art form, and why people just don’t read anymore!
World will live! Worlds will die! And the podcast will never be the same again! Okay, it’ll be fine, but we’re still diving deep into some Crisis Management with this one. Kevin Miller, author of Two Morrow’s The Crisis Companion joins Ian, Murd and Brandon this episode, going into our combined Crisis histories, the mounds of research Kevin achieved to create the Companion (including interviews with a bunch of those involved at DC and Crisis itself), what made Crisis work better than other similar attempts at continuity resets, how close we may have come to Marvel publishing DC instead of what we got (and here’s the link to the Jim Shooter biographical interviews we mentioned),the joy that is Silver-Age sillyness, where DC is now in the Waid era, quoting and referencing pages from Murd’s Crisis thesis, some of our favorite Crisis moments, the wonder that is George Perez’s artwork, what we can do to build the comic book industry forward for further generations, how DC should utilize the word Crisis in their crossovers moving forward, that time Kevin was on Smallville, and so much more!
From 2006 to 2026, Comic Timing has been bringing you the best comic book related content we can possibly bring you. Now, it’s time to celebrate the milestone with a jam-packed Zoom full of Blue Team, Gold Team and longtime friends and guests of the show. Ian, Brent, Kris, Brandon, Donovan, Chris Eberle, Shane and Murd are joined by the likes of Guinness Book of World Records holder for largest comic collection Bob Bretall, Rick Gordon, Julian Lytle, Sean Wheatley, and pop-ins from the one and only Shawn Pryor, and longtime listener “Bionic” Dave Goldshmid! We reflect on how our reading habits and the industry itself have changed in twenty years, share some curated facts about the show, and then we conclude with an in-depth and spoilerific review of DC’s latest film, Supergirl. Cheers to all of you, and here’s to many more years of Comic Timing to come!
Supergirl talk begins: 1:51:03
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You get a little bit of everything this episode, all the way down to who is on it! Ian and Brent start out old school as a duo, touching on the trailer for the new Batman: Knightfall animated movie and how the 90s keeps on coming back as strong as ever. They then switch over to the ever-increasing cost of conventions right as Brandon joins in on the conversation, My Adventures with Superman Season Three and need for a “Previously,on…”, and then go into how the heck Marvel can continue to have Magneto be a Holocaust survivor in the year 2026 and beyond, and some discussion on the size of Omnibuses (and this one kid who will soon steal all our podcasting jobs). Finally, Kris joins us for her spoiler-free thoughts on the new Supergirl movie, which we will give our full spoiler-filled review on our next episode, which also is our 20th Anniversary Live Zoom, which will take place on July 1st at 7:30pm ET (doors open at 7pm ET)! We then end with some recent reads, including Ian finally tackling Batman: Dark Patterns and Ice Cream Man, Brandon going through Dungeon Crawler Carl, Kris returns to Powers (both the comic AND the show), Brent tells off to get off his lawn about audiobooks versus books, somehow we mention smut, and more! And earmuffs, it’s a Blue Team episode so there be cussin’.
You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.
We’re back with a full Blue Team episode to start our Anniversary month off strong! Ian, Kris, Donovan, Brandon, Brent, Raph and Jamal start things off first with some words on the one and only Gerry Conway, creator of characters such as The Punisher, Jason Todd, Carol Danvers (as Ms. Marvel), Ben Reilly, Firestorm and so many others, who passed away at the age of 73. We then discuss Sam Kieth’s passing a bit and the gothic inspiration of Gotham, pivot to Marvel’s recent layoffs and what that may mean for the company, and for AI moving forward, the lack of black led ongoing series from DC (yes, there’s a tracker recording how long it’s been since that happened), bringing back up that old Dwayne McDuffie skateboard memo, recent reads including The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre (yes, for real), Kevin Smith’s Bizarro: Year None, a Comiket documentary, Kris’ continued thoughts on Medalist, and so much more!
Time stamps:
RIP Gerry Conway: 0:04:35
RIP Sam Kieth: 0:27:52
Layoffs at Marvel: 0:37:15
20th Anniversary of Comic Timing Plans: 1:03:09
Diversity (or Lack Thereof) in Comics: 1:09:02
Recent reads: 1:52:42
You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.
We’ve got the full Blue Team gathered together for this end of year bash, and boy is there tons to talk about. Ian, Brent, Donovan, Kris, Jamal, Raph and Brandon start things off with the ten thousand pound elephant in the room, aka Warner Bros. being sold to Netflix, unless Paramount uses hostility (and a steel chair) to buy them first. This includes how this might affect DC Comics publishing arm, as well as their movies, and other potential ramifications and changes. They then touch on some DC and Marvel crossovers, specifically the Batman/Deadpool and Deadpool/Batman one-shots, and the now upcoming Superman/Spider-Man crossover coming in March 2026! Other topics include how headlines can blow passing statements out of proportion (the Sara Pichelli Miles Morales hubbub in particular), the original untouched Star Wars movies finally getting a rerelease, some further Kamen Rider talk, recent reads including the first three issues of Matt Fraction’s Batman, DC KO and DC KO: Knightfall, Spider-Man ’94, Dono’s year-long adventure reading the Argentinian comic book Cybersix, Moriarty: The Patriot from Shonen Jump, and yes, Dynamite’s ongoing Lion King comic.
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You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.
As news broke this week on the possible farewell to the Super Sentai branding in Japan, we here at Comic Timing had to have longtime friend of the show Julian Lytle on to talk about it! Ian, Brandon, Donovan and Brent are also here to discuss just what the heck is going on with the franchise, how it all ties in to what is or isn’t happening with Power Rangers here in The States, how Bandai and Toei both can grow their reach in foreign markets, especially as Japan takes over the box office here in America and Gashapon has finally caught on, and more. Then we delve into a spoilery discussion on Peacemaker Season 2 and some convo on whether Matt Reeves Batman should be part of the DCU, some Marvel Zombies talk, our favorite superhero films of the year, recent reads, and even more where that came from!
You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. Video versions of most episodes are at http://youtube.com/@comictimingpodcast, along with Raph’s new shorts series, Raph’s Comic Catch-Up, so go ahead and subscribe if you haven’t already done so.
The Blue Team of Ian, Brent, Raph, Donovan, Brandon, Kris and Jamal are back at it to talk about Marvel’s conclusion to Phase Five, and the unexpected tentpole of what’s to come, Thunderbolts*. Spoilers abound as they discuss the nuances of the film as well as the team’s comic book origins, who the heck Bob is, how Marvel subverted our expectations in more than one way and how they made us care about these particular characters through the exploration of mental health, the joy that is Florence Pugh, Pullman and Russell: TNG, the father daughter relationship between Alexi and Yelena, how MCU Contessa is basically just Victoria Hand, where we rank this in post-Endgame movie releases, the thoughtful dickery that is John Walker, Congressman Bucky, and tons more*.
*Okay fine, we address the asterisk and how even that has multiple meanings.
We also start with thoughts on this year’s Free Comic Book Day and FBCD in general, discover a new library of comics you can read from the library via the Comics Plus app, and we conclude with some recent reads!
While Ian is busy adulting, Brent takes the wheel and drives this episode of Comic Timing in the host chair! He’s joined by Kris and Brandon as they discuss Kris’ non-spoiler thoughts on Captain America: Brave New World and the Alamo Drafthouse experience, Kris Krisplains Anime™ to Brent and talks some Dandadan in the process, and there’s some related convo on Invincible Season Three and the comparison to the comics. Then Ian joins in on the backhalf and Brandon touches a bit on his personal Diamond woes at the comic shop, the Thunderbolts* Superbowl trailer, recent reads such as Alice in Borderland and how the live action might be better than the manga, The Bronx Nobody Knows, Brent’s read Radiant Black Vol 1 and 2 after our Review Corner episode inspired him, One Hand and Six Fingers by Ram V, Ian gives his take on Kite-Man: Hell Yeah! and more.
Who’s been reviewing up everything, now that everything has gone wrong? It was Comic Timing all along! Kris, Raph, Brandon, Brent and Ian give us a full series review of Agatha All Along, with full spoilers. Then, Ian, Raph and Kris go through what they acquired at this year’s New York Comic Con, and there’s some general discussion of recent reads as well.
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