Mon, 23 February 2009  I think it’s safe to say that Left4Dead has taken over most of our lives, waking and dreaming. It really is a perfect game, and I highly recommend it to you. If you’re on Steam, give us a holler - we’ll have to set up some matches. I have also been playing the HELL out of DDO lately when I’m not rocking L4D. I actually have some stories to post about it, and one of these days I might get around to doing so. Along those lines, I snuck in some WoW time, too, so maybe I’ll get TWO stories up… As Gail pointed out, the creator of Planet Karen lost EVERYTHING in a fire recently (including an upstairs neighbor!), so if you can help, head over to http://planetkaren.girl-wonder.org/ and donate. Even $5 will help! I’m very excited about the news that Keith Giffen’s taking over Doom Patrol. That was a great team book and it will definitely be a great addition back into the DCU. Derek listens to WAAAAY too many comic book podcasts - and that’s coming from ME! But we were happy to be featured in one of his latest episodes. One of Kwipette’s friends is a chiropractor, and she recently agreed to undergo the trauma that is having to come into physical contact with me. I have now seen her exactly twice and my back feels - well, if not great, at least damn good and the best that someone sleeping on a futon couch every night could expect! I’m definitely an advocate for chiropractors - at least, reputable ones. Although I don’t really know how to tell the difference… So maybe I’ll just say I’m an advocate of HOT chiropractors? Dr. Bruce, the godfather of comic book podcasts, is never one to steer us wrong. But I think he greatly underestimated my loathing for manga in his recommendation of Pluto and 20th Century Boys for me. Maybe if they were in the $5-10 range I MIGHT have picked one or the other to read, but no way am I risking OVER $10 on potential loathing! We have to fire up Skype again one of these days and get back to talking to some creators. We’ve had some good ones in the past, and it’d be nice to get M. Sean McManus back to re-do his awesome interview that was tragically lost in the mists of my ineptness. Speaking of my ineptness, you’ll notice this show cuts off abruptly. That’s because I forgot to wipe the memory card, so we ran out of room. HA! Hilarity! And you thought our technical woes were over when we went to just using one piece of equipment! And no, sorry Evil Mormon Becker, you’ll just need to go ahead and get with raping our loved ones. The show breaks down like this:
3:30 - Bicycling zombie dreams Our closing theme is the awesome “I’ll Still Be a Geek After Nobody Thinks It’s Chic (The Nerd Anthem)” from Marian Call’s new album, Got To Fly. If you haven’t picked up this album yet, you really should - it’s a fantastic listen, chock full of nods to Browncoats & BSG fans & numerous geekery references! Comments[0] |
Mon, 16 February 2009 I never watched Psych prior to last week, but I think this is a show I’m either going to start watching, or - preferably - pick up the DVDs. It’s very funny and clever (at least one episode is!), and makes fun of gullible people. HappyJack’s equally as impressed with United States of Tara, and while I like the premise, there’s just no way I’m upping my cable subscription to catch one show. Dollhouse premiered to a lot of mixed reviews - most of them negative from what I’ve heard. HappyJack wasn’t overly impressed with it, but he is going to keep watching it, so we’ll see what he thinks. If you’re in the area, make sure you join us at the Lehigh Valley Comic Con. It’s a TINY con, but a very cool one - great deals to be had, a lot of good folks AND HOT DOGS! But if you don’t make it to that, you have GOT to come down for the CGS’ Super Show, which is now pushed back to March of 2010. I won Jon’s bum from The Hat Decides, but being that we are generous souls and want to spread the love around, we’re giving ownership of Jon’s bum to The Comic Book Queers! They would certainly treat it much better than us, so Jon should be deeply relieved. Eli is getting married soon, but I refuse to believe it. He’s one of the last bachelors, and he had much better prospects than most of us combined. I REFUSE to believe he’s going to leave all that opportunity behind to tie himself down to ONE vagina FOREVER! Or a couple years, something like that… If you didn’t get a Valentine’s greeting, why not take a moment to print your own? We love Chris Eliopolus‘ work on any number of projects, but we’re all excited about the idea of Pet Avengers. We all read webcomics, but finding the gems in the trash is sometimes a real challenge. Joe Loves Crappy movies did a very good one for Taken. Any time you get to call kids “dicks” is ok in my book! The mug we’re talking about is this fine Mumblepuss mug (the large, frosted one) which I purchased from the Mumblepuss Zazzle store. If you won’t more rudeness, then check out Leadslinger’s store for your own gaelic cursing tshirt! Show Breakdown:3:40 - Reviewing the Mumblepuss Zazzle gear 5:15 - Tax talk 9:10 - PvP Online is grayscale now 11:00 - Printing talk 14:55 - No super show this year 20:15 - Wii! 24:11 - Left4Dead 29:15 - Psych 30:45 - United States of Tara 32:35 - Dollhouse 35:30 - What to do with Jon’s bum 38:15 - Horror Movies 39:00 - Strippergeddon 39:45 - Deadwood Valentines 40:30 - Hannah Montana, Asian Hater 44:30 - Facebook is for embarrassing friends 46:30 - Pet Avengers 48:00 - Comic guys can start some shit 51:00 - lots of shit in the webcomics stream! 59:30 - Printing shirts 1:03:25 - Voice mails 1:08:22 - Comic talk 1:16:15 - Valentine’s plans 1:17:30 - Sirius going bankrupt 1:22:30 - VHS to DVD failures 1:24:00 - Dental work
Our new closing theme is the awesome “I’ll Still Be a Geek After Nobody Thinks It’s Chic (The Nerd Anthem)” from Marian Call’s new album, Got To Fly. If you haven’t picked up this album yet, you really should - it’s a fantastic listen, chock full of nods to Browncoats & BSG fans & numerous geekery references! Comments[0] |
Mon, 9 February 2009 The show picks up after we’ve listened to a few voicemails from Jason Becker. Our opening comments don’t convey exactly what Becker says: he doesn’t hate crossovers in general, but the greed-fueled ridiculous crossovers that have become so prevalent nowadays. He left us about 10 minutes of voicemails to that effect, and while we agree whole-heartedly, we didn’t have time to play them all. We had important things (like broken pickle jars in uncomfortable places) to talk about. I’m sure he’ll follow up in the comments with how we’ve misquoted him, so he’ll clarify it for you. If you haven’t seen the trailer for Batman: Arkham Asylum, make sure you check it out. Although we don’t like the voice talent they use, it looks really damn cool. We’ve been consistently disappointed in how Reed Exhibitions has run NYCC, but we’re probably in the minority. And now they’re going to start up a Chicago Con, which will probably really screw over the Wizard World Chicago Con - but since that’s no longer being referred to as a “Wizard World” con, perhaps they’ll be filling a void if Wizard pulls out completely. If you listened to us back in the Chaos Radio days, you’ll know who Heide is. Well, she’s finally gotten around to her own show, so make sure you give it a listen. Unfortunately we finally catch up this week with the rest of the interwebs and have our own viewing of Glass Ass dot com. Yeah, I’m not linking to that. That thing is not fit for ANYONE. Seriously, it makes 2G1C look like a cute pug video or something. It’s truly, truly horrific, and you’re a better person for never having viewed it! HappyJack’s children are coming to the age where they’re starting to be interested in boys. The hilarity is really going to start when they bring their first boyfriend home to meet daddy. Oh, the emotional (and possible physical!) scarring that shall ensue! One of the coolest bits of news to come to our attention lately is that IDW is going to be publishing The Bloom County Library - complete with Berkeley Breathed’s blessing! It sounds like there’s going to be a lot of amazing features with it, also, so it’s very exciting. On a more somber note, the Sexretary lost her father this week. Our thoughts go out to her & her family. Titles we spoil this episode include: SECRET SIX #6, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #585, ASTONISHING TALES #1, DEADPOOL #7, FRANKLIN RICHARDS DARK REIGNING CATS & DOGS, SECRET WARRIORS #1, DEAD IRONS #1, PUNISHER WAR ZONE #6, GOLEM ONE SHOT, I AM LEGION #1, INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #10, SHRAPNEL #1, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #22, NEW AVENGERS #49, DAREDEVIL #115, MIGHTY #1, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #23, and THE BOYS #27. The show breaks down like this:
3:00 - Batman: Arkham Asylum Our new closing theme is the awesome “I’ll Still Be a Geek After Nobody Thinks It’s Chic (The Nerd Anthem)” from Marian Call’s new album, Got To Fly. If you haven’t picked up this album yet, you really should - it’s a fantastic listen, chock full of nods to Browncoats & BSG fans & numerous geekery references! Comments[0] |
Mon, 2 February 2009 Dr. Sexy and I (and our giant posse) took the mountains this weekend! We were camping at some cabins in French Creek state park, and we took time out from our vicious Munchkin matches and mountains of junk food to record a show. This show is a bit of a departure from our usual ‘casts because A) we don’t normally have so many people there, and B) we don’t spend much time talking about comics. Erm… Ok, so this IS like a normal show… We played a TON of Munchkin this weekend. We had almost all of the expansions, so it really made for a fun time. Definitely a recommended activity for cabin living! At about the 56-minute mark, we start discussing some spooky stories from our youth. We had the lights turned off and a single candle lit, so if you can, I recommend that as the listening atmosphere. Listening to the show now in my cubicle under fluorescent lights isn’t quite the same experience… We only spoil a few comics this week: SCOURGE OF GODS #1, WANTED, and FINAL CRISIS. And the Wanted movie, too. The show breaks down like this:
1:55 - Boob talk Comments[0] |
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