Titles we spoil this week: CONAN #38, 52 WEEK #46, BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #4, DETECTIVE COMICS #830, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #4, AFTER THE CAPE #1, HERO BY NIGHT #1, WALKING DEAD #36, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #539, MAGICIAN APPRENTICE #6, PUNISHER PRESENTS BARRACUDA MAX #2, WISDOM #4, WONDER MAN #4, X-FACTOR #17, LONE RANGER. We also manage a tiny little love-fest for Joe Q, blather a bit about the Comic Book Challenge, and finally, we call out Hero Envy.

I can't help it: those guys are too damn funny, and I think it's only fair that they collect the rest of their episodes together in a DVD so that I can... Well, watch it on a DVD player. Obviously. But I think I hurt myself laughing at the blooper roll from El Diablo. Never mind the actual episode, which makes me cry with laughter every gord-damned time I think of it, the blooper reels are the shit!

I think Philly's going to be insane. Just throwing that out there right now, so when you read the police blotter afterwards, you know that we were fully aware of what we were getting into when we planned the whole thing.

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Gotta love Joe!
Of COURSE Marvel was ready for this media blitz!

Comic book challenge

Titles we spoil this week: 52 WEEK #45, FABLES #58, GREEN ARROW #72, CIVIL WAR THE CONFESSION (PP #749), FRANKLIN RICHARDS MARCH MADNESS, IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #6, MOON KNIGHT #8, NEW AVENGERS #28, PUNISHER WAR JOURNAL #5, SPIDER-MAN REIGN #4, THUNDERBOLTS #112, WOLVERINE ORIGINS #12, DAMNED #5, GARTH ENNIS CHRONICLES OF WORMWOOD #2, LONE RANGER #5, WORMWOOD GENTLEMAN CORPSE #6. Oh, and Captain Gaypants. If you've not heard of him, you really should give this a listen. It's information that might save your life.

Dr. Sexy took over the sound mixing this week. I tried my best to get our levels approaching normal in the editing afterwards, but of course I can't get anything right. Be thankful I did SOME sound-reduction on my levels, cuz apparently I'm a noisy mofo.

You know how sometimes I warn you that we're a vulgar bunch? No, seriously - this time, you really need to make sure that no one's in the car with you while you're listening to this one. In fact, you probably shouldn't listen to it yourself. Although I was surprised to see (or hear, more accurately) that we came in under an hour this week. We even managed to squeeze in some bitching about Civil War (Tom B sucks!). I'm sure the fact that we're brief totally makes up for our vulgarity. We had to condense it, so it's concentrated vulgarity.

I don't really know what to link for regarding Fox's attempt at being funny, so I guess you'll have to settle for the ol' fallback, Wikipedia.  If Fox weren't so lame, they'd post segments on the web and make them nice and easy to fine, but it seems the only thing they come close to having in common with Daily Show is stupid ideas about online clips somehow depriving them of popularity.

Titles we spoil this week: 52, DETECTIVE COMICS, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, MANHUNTER, MIDNIGHTER, SHAZAM THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL, SUPERMAN BATMAN, WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY, DYNAMO 5, BULLET POINTS, CAPTAIN AMERICA, CRIMINAL, DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BORN, FANTASTIC FOUR, HULK AND POWER PACK, MARVEL ZOMBIES ARMY OF DARKNESS, MIGHTY AVENGERS, NEWUNIVERSAL, UNCANNY X-MEN. We had a LOT of catching up (ie, bitching) to do with the whole Cap thing, and jump back a bit to talk about Civil War, so pull up a chair and get comfy, we're going to be a while. We also have a lot of trouble speaking this week, and take great delight in our calm, helpful concern with each other to point this out in the most tactful, polite manner possible.

We're pretty disgusted with Marvel. They just keep making horrible moves and then they're woefully unprepared to deal with the consequences of those moves. Case in point: a certain hero's death. You might have heard about it? No, it's cool, no one's to blame. Obviously Tony can't be held responsible, he's been a good guy the whole time. I think it's just too sad that Black Panther allowed this to happen. But He works in mysterious ways, that guy...

At least you can hear me this week. Not that I have anything important to say, of course.

Woody, Dr. Sexy and I finally get back to doing what we do best: avoiding talking about MOGs at all cost! Well, we SORT OF talk about MOGs. Woody gives us an update on his progress in Vanguard, I talk about the great deal of time I spent scaring away children so I could hog all the time at the Warhammer Online demo booth at the NYC Comic Con (yaay for being a bigger, scarier nerd!). Dr. Sexy and I talk about trying desperately to get to play some Pirates of the Burning Sea (which looked DAMN fine), but we were chased away by very... large... boned... creatures... Oh, and Dr. Sexy got excited about a Wacom tablet. Or something. I don't know, that guy gets excited by light fixtures, there's no keeping up with him.

NYCC, 2007! We saw the heroes, got drunk, harassed the stars, got drunk, got our (well, MY) dreams crushed by creators, got a LITTLE drunk, met a lot of really cool people, and then got drunk. But now here it is, the final word on the New York Comic Con 2007. Granted, it’s the final word because we’re a week late, but still…

It’s pretty amazing how I fail to notice the entire time my mic doesn’t work. I’m actually kind of pissed about that, but luckily I never have anything interesting to say, so it’s all for the better.

We have to start out with Mouth of Wilson. I’m not one to see live bands very often, because I’m old and boring and don’t like loudness or crowds, but these guys were incredible live. So incredible, I bought not one, but TWO of their CDs! Well, it helped that they didn’t have change for a $20, but there you go… But seriously, check them out, give them a listen. And when they’re rich and famous, they can owe it all to us…

As far as comic books (which, supposedly, was our purpose there), Silent Devil was the clear winner. They came out incredibly strong at this con with fantastic stuff like Super Frat, In My Life and The Last Sin of Mark Grimm. Next year, I have to start getting and reading these books Friday night so I can properly suck up to them over the weekend. Every one of those guys was fantastic, and I’m so sorry I didn’t get to spend more time with them. I’m sorry they had to meet me when I was completely drunk. Normally, I’m so much more charming…

A completely random pick on my part found me with I Am Spartacus, from Cellar Door Publishing. I really loved this book, both the writing and the artwork. I like that weird water-painting style (that I have no idea what it is), although I know a lot of folks don’t. But they’re obviously idiots. That’s a great book, so check it out.

You guys need to check out these con pics. Sure as hell a ton better than our sorry pics. For starters, Power Girl. Also… Power Girl. I can’t believe we didn’t get a single picture with Bruce, though. We spent the most time with him out of everyone there, and although we took some pics at his booth, he’s not in a single one! Sheesh, some friends we are… Speaking of him, you should give a listen to his coverage if you’re interested in a sober person’s experiences. Well, sober and sane. And less obnoxious. But he had a good spot with the other podcasters, so he got to see some good stuff. He also posted that awesome pic he got from Romana Fradon.

But seriously, check out those books, and definitely give a listen to MOW. They’re all awesome, and you’ll be a better person for it!

Oh, and if anyone was unfortunate enough to actually encounter us at the Con, we’d love to hear from you. The guys insist my idea of tackling people and shoving our cards in their pockets was a bad idea for generating more listeners, but what do they know…