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CGS Supershow 2011 – Podcasting Quorum

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Here it is, folks! The first of three episodes recorded at the CGS Supershow. This is the Podcasting Quorum that was held on April 30, 2011. It was run by Ian Levenstein with assistance by Raph Soohoo and Joe Sergi as well as Brad Milyo from Half Hour Wasted, Victor from Exploring the Multiverse and more! Give it a listen and head on back later this week from the Live from Supershow recording.

This episode of Comic Timing is sponsored by…DCBS! That’s right, Discount Comic Book Service is the new sponsor of Comic Timing. For all first time users of the site, make sure to use the promo code CT8 at checkout to receive an additional 8% off your first order! Here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

INDY (IMAGE):
RED WING #1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.75/regular price $3.50)

DC:
DC RETROACTIVE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA THE 70S #1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $2.49/regular price $4.99)

MARVEL:
CAPTAIN AMERICA #1: 75% off retail (DCBS price $0.99/regular price $3.99)

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps! Also, be sure to order FRACTURE #1 written by Shawn Gabborin and Chad Cicconi which is currently 45% off on DCBS. They’re friends of the show and deserve your support!

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Comic Timing – Episode 119: C2E2 and MoCCA

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Just in time for CGS Supershow, Comic Timing goes through all the interviews that took place at this year’s C2E2 and MoCCA Festival! Here is a complete list of all the interviews in appearance order.

C2E2:

  • Chris Burnham, newly DC exclusive artist
  • Bryan J.L. Glass, writer of Mice Templar, Thor: First Thunder and various other Thor books.
  • Gail Simone, writer of Secret Sex and Birds of Prey
  • Justin Peterson, creator of Very Near Mint
  • Charles Soule, writer of 27 and Strongman
  • Andy Jewett, creator of HipHopSkotch
  • Cary Kelley, creator of Dynagirl
  • Ed Dunphy, writer of The Mongrel and Mystery Manor Haunted Theater
  • Byron Wilkins of Webcomics: What’s Cooking? and 1977: The Comic
  • Kevin Thurman and Julian Darius of Sequart, producers of Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods, Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts and Diagram for Delinquents: Fredric Wertham and the Evolution of Comic Books
  • Jamal Igle, artist of Zatanna and formerly of Supergirl
  • Sean Whelan and Jim Segulin of the Raging Bullets podcast
  • Steve Bryant, creator of Athena Voltaire and Hell Town

    • MoCCA:

  • Tania Marmolejo, artist of Doodling: The Art Of Procrastination
  • Dirk Tiede, creator of Paradigm Shift

    • Thanks to everyone for taking the time out of their weekend to let me interview them. It was great times and I can’t wait to head back in 2012! Unless the world ends.

    This episode of Comic Timing is sponsored by…DCBS! That’s right, Discount Comic Book Service is the new sponsor of Comic Timing. For all first time users of the site, make sure to use the promo code CT8 at checkout to receive an additional 8% off your first order! Here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

    INDY (DYNAMITE):
    KIRBY GENESIS #1: 75% off retail (DCBS price $0.99/regular price $3.99)

    DC:
    FLASHPOINT KID FLASH LOST STARRING BART ALLEN #1 (OF 3): 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.49/regular price $2.99)

    MARVEL:
    GHOST RIDER #0.1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.49/regular price $2.99)

    You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps! Also, be sure to stop on by the CGS Supershow on April 30th and May 1st if you’re in the Reading, PA area! Ian will be hosting the Podcasting Quorum on Saturday and there’s bound to be lots of fun.

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    Comic Timing – Episode 118

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    Do not adjust your iPod, it’s an actual new episode of Comic Timing! Didja miss us? Well, we sure missed you. In fact, we missed you enough to review all of 2010 in this here episode starring Ian, Brent, Brandon Christopher and Chad Burdette. While 2010 may be a few months behind us, it is a perfect time to reminisce about it. Yup.

    This episode of Comic Timing is sponsored by…DCBS! That’s right, Discount Comic Book Service is the new sponsor of Comic Timing. For all first time users of the site, make sure to use the promo code CT8 at checkout to receive an additional 8% off your first order! Here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

    INDY (DYNAMITE):
    KIRBY GENESIS #1: 75% off retail (DCBS price $0.99/regular price $3.99)

    DC:
    FLASHPOINT KID FLASH LOST STARRING BART ALLEN #1 (OF 3): 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.49/regular price $2.99)

    MARVEL:
    GHOST RIDER #0.1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.49/regular price $2.99)

    You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps! Also, make sure to check out Ian in BrokenSea Production’s latest Twilight Theatre episode, “The Cloud!”

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:39:35 — 86.0MB)

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    Comic Timing – Episode 116

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    Ho ho ho! Merry Shawn Pryor! Raph and I celebrate the holidays by spreading some cheer and promoting Mr. Pryor’s latest venture, Action Lab Entertainment, which we realized stands for ALE. Action Lab is in the midst of a Kickstarter Campaign to get their first book, Fracture, the financing it needs to cover distribution and printing costs. So please, if you enjoy Shawn Pryor and Comic Timing, put in some money to help on out! We also discuss the future of PKD Media, the rest of the books set to be released out of Action Lab and Raph, Shawn and I give picks for who would be on our Mt. Rushmore of Comics. Check it out!

    This episode of Comic Timing is sponsored by…DCBS! That’s right, Discount Comic Book Service is the new sponsor of Comic Timing. For all first time users of the site, make sure to use the promo code CT8 at checkout to receive an additional 8% off your first order! Here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

    INDY (DYNAMITE):
    GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #1: 75% off retail (DCBS price $0.99/regular price $3.90)

    DC:
    YOUNG JUSTICE #1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.49/regular price $2.99)

    MARVEL:
    INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #500.1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.49/regular price $2.99)

    You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps! Also, make sure to check out Ian in BrokenSea Production’s latest Twilight Theatre episode, “The Cloud!”

    Until next time, thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading!

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    Comic Timing – Episode 115 Part 2: NYCC Wrap-Up

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    Following the Comic Timing motto of better late than never, Ian finally got around to editing Part 2 of our New York Comic Con episode! In this three-hour powerhouse, Ian is joined by artist extraordinaire Jamal Igle, Julian Lytle of Ants, Rick Gordon of The Pop Cult Online and Darrel Taylor of Dafixer’s Hideout, No Apologies, Comic Book Road Show and seventeen other shows. We go in-depth on our NYCC experiences, from crowds to swag to panels attended, improvements needed in the future and other fine discussion. Nothing we talk about is news based so it remains fresh, so check it out!

    This episode of Comic Timing is sponsored by…DCBS! That’s right, Discount Comic Book Service is the new sponsor of Comic Timing. For all first time users of the site, make sure to use the promo code CT8 at checkout to receive an additional 8% off your first order! Here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

    INDY (IMAGE):
    INFINITE VACATION #1: 75% off retail (DCBS price $0.87/regular price $3.50)

    DC:
    SHAZAM #1: 45% off retail (DCBS price $1.64/regular price $2.99)

    MARVEL:
    DAREDEVIL: REBORN #1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

    You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps! Also, make sure to check out Ian in BrokenSea Production’s latest Twilight Theatre episode, “The Cloud!”

    Until next time, thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading!

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    Comic Timing – Episode 115 Part 1: NYCC Interviews

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    Episode 115 of Comic Timing is here! This time, we go through all the interviews Ian conducted at New York Comic Con. You will hear from the likes of:

  • Derek Bacharach, Simply Superheroes
  • Nick Montgomery, Mind’s Eye
  • Andrew Zar, Dark Brain
  • Mike Desjarlais and Dave House, American Corpse
  • Joe McGlone, Leaves of Yggdrasil and Beyond the Dark
  • Everett Soares, Sky Pirates of Valendor
  • Rick Silva, Dandelion Studios
  • Dave Ryan, War of the Independents
  • JK Woodward, Fallen Angel
  • Andy Inahtko, Chicago Sun Times and Celestial Waste of Bandwidth
  • Doug Braton, Pop Culture Shock Therapy, The Deranged Stalkers Journal to Pop Culture Shock Therapy
  • Juan de Jesus, Geeks Unite!
  • Jason May, Robot Guy
  • Julian Lytle, Ants

    Thanks again to everyone who stopped by the booth throughout the weekend, and I hope to see everyone again in 2011!

    This episode of Comic Timing is sponsored by…DCBS! That’s right, Discount Comic Book Service is the new sponsor of Comic Timing. For all first time users of the site, make sure to use the promo code CT8 at checkout to receive an additional 8% off your first order! Here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

    INDY (IDW):
    DOC MACABRE #1 (OF 3): 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

    DC:
    GREEN LANTERN LARFLEEZE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

    MARVEL:
    HEROES FOR HIRE: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

    You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps! Also, make sure to check out Ian in BrokenSea Production’s latest Twilight Theatre episode, “The Cloud!”

    Until next time, thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading!

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:39:21 — 51.7MB)

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    Comic Timing – Episode 114: Big Apple Con

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    Here we go people, the lead-up to New York Comic Con! Here, Gabe from Strangers With Comics and Kris pipe in on this previous weekend’s Big Apple Comic Con. Raw, uncut, we are brutally honest about the weekend and its shortcomings. Listen in, and I hope to see you at NYCC!

    This episode of Comic Timing is sponsored by…DCBS! That’s right, Discount Comic Book Service is the new sponsor of Comic Timing. For all first time users of the site, make sure to use the promo code CT8 at checkout to receive an additional 8% off your first order! Here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

    INDY (IDW):
    DOC MACABRE #1 (OF 3): 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

    DC:
    GREEN LANTERN LARFLEEZE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL #1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

    MARVEL:
    HEROES FOR HIRE: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

    Also, as a quick reminder, Comic Timing will be in the Podcast Arena yet again at this year’s New York Comic Con! The Booth number is 524, and we’ll be sharing table space with none other than Rick Gordon of The Pop Cult Online! Ian will be there on Friday and Saturday only, so if you’d like to stop by and say hello or to say a few words on microphone, go ahead and do so. He’ll be happy to see you. And don’t forget that Friday at 6:30 in Panel Room 1A17 (subject to change, check the schedule to finalized location) will be the first ever NYCC Podcasting Panel, with the likes of Peter Rios of CGS, Johnny of Legion of Dudes, Sean and Jim of Raging Bullets, and good old Darrell from…well, everything! We can’t wait for this one, which will be recorded and released for those unable to attend.

    You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps! Also, make sure to check out Ian in BrokenSea Production’s latest Twilight Theatre episode, “The Cloud!”

    Until next time, thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading!

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    Comic Timing Episode 113: Alan Moore Debate

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    Recently, Alan Moore made some controversial statements about the comic book industry as a whole, the way DC Entertainment works as a company, and the potential for Watchmen sequels and why he feels they shouldn’t go forward. Umar from Dafixer’s Hideout, Julian Lytle of Ants, Brent and I discuss the topic in depth, which has gained a bit more weight now that DC Entertainment has announced its plans to co “bi-coastal.”

    This episode of Comic Timing is sponsored by…DCBS! That’s right, Discount Comic Book Service is the new sponsor of Comic Timing. For all first time users of the site, make sure to use the promo code CT8 at checkout to receive an additional 8% off your first order! And don’t forget, THE TRAVELER #1 is only 99 cents this month at DCBS, 75% off retail price, with NO ORDER LIMIT!!! Along with this great deal, here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

    INDY (IMAGE):
    UTOPIAN #1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.49/regular price $2.99)

    DC:
    BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #1: 75% off retail (DCBS price $0.99/regular price $3.99)

    MARVEL:
    THUNDERBOLTS #150: 50% off retail (DCBS price $2.49/regular price $4.99)

    Also, as a quick reminder, Comic Timing will be in the Podcast Arena yet again at this year’s New York Comic Con! The Booth number is 524, and we’ll be sharing table space with none other than Rick Gordon of The Pop Cult Online! Ian will be there on Friday and Saturday only, so if you’d like to stop by and say hello or to say a few words on microphone, go ahead and do so. He’ll be happy to see you. And don’t forget that Friday at 6:30 in Panel Room 5 (subject to change, check the schedule to finalized location) will be the first ever NYCC Podcasting Panel, with the likes of Peter Rios of CGS, Jim and Johnny of Legion of Dudes, Sean and Jim of Raging Bullets, and good old Darrell from…well, everything! We can’t wait for this one, which will be recorded and released for those unable to attend.

    You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps! Also, make sure to check out Ian in BrokenSea Production’s latest Twilight Theatre episode, “The Cloud!”

    Until next time, thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading!

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    Comic Timing – Episode 112: Mark Waid Interview

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    On today’s episode, Brent and I have the privilege of interviewing comics visionary and newly promoted Chief Creative Officer of Boom Studios, Mark Waid! Mark has been the writer on such books as Kingdom Come, The Flash, Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America, JLA, The Incredibles, Potter’s Field and countless others. Today, we focus on his upcoming collaboration with Stan Lee and Chris Hardin on Stan Lee’s The Traveler, a new book out of Boom. We also discuss the other two books Stan is collaborating on, we give a quick overview of Irredeemable and Incorruptible for those who have yet to pick it up, and we touch on Mark’s current Amazing Spider-Man storyline “Origin of the Species,” which will conclude the Brand New Day Era of the title. Thanks to Cameron at DCBS for setting up the interview, and major thanks for Mark Waid for chatting with us! We had a lot of fun and can’t wait to see him and the rest of Boom at the New York Comic Con.

    This episode of Comic Timing is sponsored by…DCBS! That’s right, Discount Comic Book Service is the new sponsor of Comic Timing. For all first time users of the site, make sure to use the promo code CT8 at checkout to receive an additional 8% off your first order! And don’t forget, THE TRAVELER #1 is only 99 cents this month at DCBS, 75% off retail price, with NO ORDER LIMIT!!! Along with this great deal, here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

    INDY (IMAGE):
    UTOPIAN #1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.49/regular price $2.99)

    DC:
    BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #1: 75% off retail (DCBS price $0.99/regular price $3.99)

    MARVEL:
    THUNDERBOLTS #150: 50% off retail (DCBS price $2.49/regular price $4.99)

    Also, as a quick reminder, Comic Timing will be in the Podcast Arena yet again at this year’s New York Comic Con! The Booth number is 524, and we’ll be sharing table space with none other than Rick Gordon of The Pop Cult Online! Ian will be there on Friday and Saturday only, so if you’d like to stop by and say hello or to say a few words on microphone, go ahead and do so. He’ll be happy to see you. And don’t forget that Friday at 6:30 in Panel Room 5 (subject to change, check the schedule to finalized location) will be the first ever NYCC Podcasting Panel, with the likes of Peter Rios of CGS, Jim and Johnny of Legion of Dudes, Sean and Jim of Raging Bullets, and good old Darrell from…well, everything! We can’t wait for this one, which will be recorded and released for those unable to attend.

    You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and give us your reviews over on iTunes. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps! Also, make sure to check out Ian in BrokenSea Production’s latest Twilight Theatre episode, “The Cloud!”

    Until next time, thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading!

    Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:26 — 21.9MB)