Wednesday, May 29, 2013

#133 - Tabletop Mouth Pop (Etc.)



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Episode #133:
• Intro - Maybe offensive stuff? Australian slurs? And dumb band name changes. This is a huge intro filled with a ton of different topics and offensive stuff. Thanks to our sponsors DCBS, who have spoiled us and helped us so much! Austin wrote a short comic called 6 Barrel Shotgun that was illustrated by Logan Faerber and lettered by David
• Tabletopping - We've been playing a lot of tabletop games - a certain amount, you know - and we talk about playing tabletop games, whether we're using our imaginations actively while playing, and what Live Action Role Playing (LARPing) has to do with tabletop games.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

#132 - Assademia



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Episode #132:
• Intro - Numbers and awful attempts at Spanish. Dead bug museums, stealing CDs and everything, and our sponsors DCBS! Austin wrote a short comic called 6 Barrel Shotgun that was illustrated by Logan Faerber and lettered by David.
• Read 'Em and Weep - Ultimate Spider-Man #23 by Brian Michael Bendis and Dave Marquez; Nova #4 by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinnes.
• You Should Read This - Skim by Mariko and Jillian Tomaki; Weapon X by Barry Windsor Smith, and then we have a huge discussion about Josh Simmons, specifically about his story Cockbone, and what it takes for a piece of art to have merit.


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Friday, May 17, 2013

The Charles Soule Interview!



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Interview!
• Thanks to our sponsors DCBS! Writer Charles Soule chats with us about his brand new graphic novel from Archaia, Strange Attractors; his new gig as the writer of Swamp Thing and Red Lanterns for DC; his gig as the writer of Thunderbolts for Marvel; his forthcoming ongoing from Oni Press Letter 44; how he runs a law firm; and his artful dodging of how many people he really is. We also sorta' fight about Superman, 'cause we're levelheaded and productive members of society. Thanks Charles!


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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

#131 - Alas



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Episode #131:
• Intro - Shut up, friends, we love you; fights about things Austin didn't do but David swears he did; gross body deformities, and DCBS! Austin wrote a short comic called 6 Barrel Shotgun that was illustrated by Logan Faerber and lettered by David.
• Read 'Em and Weep - Avengers #11 by Jonathan Hickman and Mike Deodato Jr.; Thor #8 by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic; The Adventures of Superman #1 - 3 by Jeff Parker, Chris Samnee, Jeff Lemire, Justin Jordan, and Riley Rossmo.
• Club Book - The final installment of Y: the Last Man, Whys and Wherefores, comprising issues 55 - 60. We send off Yorick and friends, and discuss what this book has meant/does mean to us, as well as discussing our reasons for loving certain stories, and what it takes for stories to stick with us in general.


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Friday, May 10, 2013

The Jeffrey Brown Interview!




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Interview!
• Intro - Cartoonist Jeffrey Brown stops by! He's responsible for creating the books Clumsy, Funny Misshapen Body, Little Things, Darth Vader and Son and Vader's Little Princess, along with co-writing the screenplay for the new film Save the Date. Thanks to our sponsors DCBS


Wednesday, May 8, 2013

#130 - Y: the Last Mandarin



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Episode #130:
• Intro - Your only source of analyses regarding the classic film trilogy Prehysteria! and the entire tiny-dinosaur genre. Thanks DCBS! Oh yeah, Austin wrote a short comic called 6 Barrel Shotgun that was illustrated by Logan Faerber and lettered by David.
• Iron Man 3 - SPOILERS. We field a call from Kent Blue, and read an email from Wesley Couch. Austin convulses with anger; David is mean. The world continues spinning.
• Read 'Em and Weep - We discuss Hawkeye #10 by Matt Fraction and Francesco Francavilla; Thanos: Rising #2 by Jason Aaron and Simone Bianchi; The Private Eye #2 by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin; Suicide Risk #1 by Mike Carey and Elena Casagrande.
• Club Book - Here we are talking about Motherland, the 9th trade collection comprising issues 49 - 54. Welcome to our complaints.

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

#129 - See Too Eeh Two



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Episode #129:
• Intro - Now available on every format ever; owned by Disney (sponsored by DCBS), and the jokesies! Check out our mini-comic 6 Barrel Shotgun, illustrated by Logan Faerber, lettered by David and written by Austin.
• Topic Thunder - C2E2 happened and we were there! So we read some news from another site about it. Our pal Emery stops by and tells us why he's into some old cartoons that we give him shit about.
• Read 'Em and Weep - We discuss Ultimate Spider-Man #22 by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli; it is emotional.
• Club Book - This week has us covering Kimono Dragons, a storyline which covers issues #43 - #48 of Y: the Last Man. Our pal Caleb Schmreen stops by this time, and we dive deep into the world of Yorick and his pals.
• Top 3! - Our friend/Super Cute artist Brent Hibbard left us a sassy message asking who our top three characters are. Emergy, Schmreen, Sean, and David's wife Amanda also give us their characters.


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