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Comic Timing – Episode 73

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Episode 73 lives! It has been a very busy couple of weeks for me, as work combined with looking for apartments, laptop failures and other life stuff slowed me down. Well here, have an episode to make you feel a bit better, k? This time, Umar from Dafixer’s Hideout returns along with Sean Cummings of codename: POWER join Brent and I to chat about the year up until now. Like last year, we return with our end of the summer awards! Plus, we delve into Sean’s San Diego Comic-Con experience. Three hours of comic goodness, all for you! I will try to put out as much content as I can over the next few weeks, as there might be another break coming because (cross your fingers) I’m moving in November!

Comic Timing is sponsored by Heroes Corner. All first time Heroes Corner users can enter the promo code CTROCKS to receive an additional 5% off their first order with the site, and make sure to check out their Mercury and The Murd Special where you’ll receive not only Mercury And The Murd for $2.59, but also a Katie Cook sketch print AND FREE copy of Marvel’s DARK REIGN: NEW NATION! And the Heroes Corner picks for October are:

DC:
GREEN ARROW/BLACK CANARY #15 – 50% off retail (HC price: $1.50 / retail $2.99)

MARVEL:
SECRET INVASION: DARK REIGN – 75% off retail (HC price: $1.00 / retail: $3.99)

INDEPENDENT (Anime Works Publishing):
AKIHABARA @ DEEP VOLUME 1 GN – 50% off retail (HC price: $6.00 / retail: $11.99)

CT 1st Time Order Code CTROCKS get an extra 5% off you Order Total. For first time users of Heroes Corner only.

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and Digg us at Digg.Com. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps!

We shall see you next week for our second Review Corner Episode, where Brent and I take on Back To Brooklyn #1, Avengers: The Initiative #17 and Blue Beetle #31. Until then, thanks for listening and thanks for downloading!

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Comic Timing – Episode 72: CGS Supershow 08

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Here we go, folks! Live from the Days Inn and from the Reading Convention Center, it is Comic Timing! This is an extensive wrap-up of all things Supershow, where we are joined by Chad Burdette alias Unknown Fanboy, Bill English alias…Bill of Sounded Good On Paper, Raph Soohoo alias Wraithmaker, Mike Imboden of Fist of Justice, Shawn Pryor of PKD Media, Steve Katz of Read/Rant alias RealGone, Just Bill of Just Bill’s Comic Drawerbox, Shawn and Stephanie Gabborin of Angry Gnome Comics, Harold Jennett and Wayne Codova of M.I.M.E.S. and Radio Wayne, Jamal Igle of Supergirl, artist and creator Katie Cook, David Peterson of Mouse Guard, Dave of Waiting For The Trade, Lin Workman of Bushi Tales, Zach Kruse of The Contingent and probably one or two others I have failed to mention. Mega episode worth every second, so make sure to listen and enjoy!

Comic Timing is sponsored by Heroes Corner. All first time Heroes Corner users can enter the promo code CTROCKS to receive an additional 5% off their first order with the site, and make sure to check out their September Back-To-School Special where you’ll find special discounts on all sorts of kid-friendly books across the board as well as 50% off the Bone One Volume Edition! And the Heroes Corner picks for September are:

DC:
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #21 (50% off retail price)

Marvel:
DAREDEVIL & CAPTAIN AMERICA: DEAD ON ARRIVAL (50% off retail price)

Independent (Dark Horse):
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY: DALLAS #1 (OF 6) (75% off retail price!)

CT 1st Time Order Code “CTROCKS” get an extra 5% off you Order Total. For first time users of Heroes Corner only.

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and Digg us at Digg.Com. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps!

We shall see you next week with our end of summer wrap up and a quick rundown of Sean Cumming’s San Diego Experience. Until then, thanks for listening and thanks for downloading!

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Comic Timing – Episode 70

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For Episode 70, we are joined by Frank and Brad of Half Hour Wasted to discuss Comic Book Collecting! Do you bag and board? What about the CGC? How long do you let comics accumulate? Do you leave comics at a random Starbucks? Well, listen to find out what we do!

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and Digg us at Digg.Com. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps!

We shall see you next time for either our CGSSSsssss coverage or our mid-year wrap. And Review Corner is coming too, so see you soon!

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Comic Timing – Episode 69

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Thanks yet again to About Heroes for the awesome image!

Batman: Gotham Knight and The Dark Knight are discussed here! Juan De Jesus and Raph Soohoo from Geeks Unite! return to discuss the films with Brent and Ian and we actually manage to be somewhat serious about half the time. Why so serious? We also have an audio comment sent in by Chris Chavez, otherwise known as Equinox, who could not join us as he was out of town. Good times to be had in another 3 hour epic!

Comic Timing is sponsored by Heroes Corner. All first time Heroes Corner users can enter the promo code CTROCKS to receive an additional 5% off their first order with the site, and make sure to check out their Double Down Trades Special. Buy one trade at regular discount, you receive the second trade for 50% off! And if you use this as part of the Summer Special, buy two trades of a character and get the single issue for that character free, you get a free comic too! And finally, the Comic Timing books of the month are as follows:

Captain Britain and the MI-13 #6 – New story arc begins here! – 40% off (HC price: $1.79 / retail: $2.99)

Supergirl #34– Jamal Igle debuts as new series artist! – 40% off (HC price: $1.79 / retail: $2.99)

Hellboy: In The Chapel of Moloch #1 – Mike Mignola return to write and draw Hellboy in this very special one shot! – 75% off! (HC price: $0.75 / retail: $2.99)

Make sure to get these issues so you can listen to the newly named Comic Timing: Review Corner episode when it comes out in October!

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and Digg us at Digg.Com. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps!

We shall see you next week for our delayed Half Hour Wasted Crossover episode. Thanks for listening, thanks for downloading, and enjoy!

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Editorial

Rant Timing #10: Secret Invasion vs. Final Crisis – Up Til Now

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Secret Invasion vs. Final Crisis – Up Til Now

VS.

After all the people who said Secret Invasion wasn’t “going anywhere,” I’m chuckling a bit now. Issue 3 was better than Issue 1 and has more answers than Issue 2, but it’s still not a story. It’s a jumble of ideas down on the page barely strewn together sequentially. How man characters are in this book already, and why should we care about Montoya or Turpin or Supergirl at all? Supergirl shows up for three seconds talking to her cat and that makes her the cover girl for the book? Mary Marvel looks nothing like her past self, and even a goth makeover can’t make somebody look THAT different.

Seriously, give me Skrulls over Final Crisis. At least the Skrulls I can understand. Maybe by Issue 7 I’ll look back on Final Crisis and say, “OH! So THAT’s what it was? Well, interesting.” I don’t see that happening. When comparing Batman: RIP to Final Crisis, I think Morrison is overextending himself by including so many characters in Final Crisis. I shouldn’t have had to read Requiem to care about Martian Manhunter’s death scene, which was given three sentences in the main book. I shouldn’t have to read about a character returning who should have stayed dead, because everyone and their cousin and their cousin’s CHILDREN all accept Wally West as the speedster of the DCU. How is going back to a previous generation for the second time in five years solving anything? How is this growth? It’s not. It’s rehashing. That is what makes Marvel’s present different from DC’s present. Marvel is looking at the past and breeding a future with a status quo that will stick. DC is looking at the past and…well, waving at it, asking it to come over for tea and reminisce for a while about the old days. Then they get to talking just enough that the past is back, and present is no longer relevant.

Yes I’m a sore Kyle Rayner fan and yes I’m a sore Wally West fan. But thing is, so are most of the people my age. So are a bunch of younger and older fans. Give us SUBSTANCE, DC, not subtext and hidden messages mixed in with rehashing and reshaping. Please. For me.

Podcast

Comic Timing – Episode 68

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Nanananananana Batman! Batman! Batman! Nanananananana…Batman!


Thanks to About Hereos for the image. Had to include it!

This episode, we do our Batman Movie Retrospective. We equals Juan De Jesus and Raph Soohoo of Geek Unite!, Chris Chavez alias Equinox, Leroy John Rivera alias Ziggo of Comic Tube, and Brent Kossina and myself. We go from the 1989 Batman movie all the way to Batman Returns, Batman Forever (And Ever And Ever….), Batman and Robin, and Batman Begins. We discuss what we would have done different, ratings for each movie, what we adored, The Ice Age, Alicia Silverstone and her voluptuous behind, and plenty more. On Episode 69 we shall delve into Gotham Knight and Dark Knight, so stay tuned for that! And for those of you brave enough to partake in it, a contest is announced this episode. You have been warned.

Comic Timing is sponsored by Heroes Corner. All first time Heroes Corner users can enter the promo code CTROCKS to receive an additional 5% off their first order with the site, and make sure to check out their Double Down Trades Special. Buy one trade at regular discount, you receive the second trade for 50% off! And if you use this as part of the Summer Special, buy two trades of a character and get the single issue for that character free, you get a free comic too! And finally, the Comic Timing books of the month are as follows:

Captain Britain and the MI-13 #6 – New story arc begins here! – 40% off (HC price: $1.79 / retail: $2.99)

Supergirl #34– Jamal Igle debuts as new series artist! – 40% off (HC price: $1.79 / retail: $2.99)

Hellboy: In The Chapel of Moloch #1 – Mike Mignola return to write and draw Hellboy in this very special one shot! – 75% off! (HC price: $0.75 / retail: $2.99)

Make sure to get these issues so you can listen to the newly named Comic Timing: Review Corner episode when it comes out in October!

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and Digg us at Digg.Com. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps!

We shall see you next week for our take on Gotham Knight and Dark Knight, and the week after for the airing of our delayed Half Hour Wasted Crossover episode. Thanks for listening, thanks for downloading, and enjoy!

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Podcast, Rogues Gallery

Comic Timing – Episode 67

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Time to talk Brand New Day! Chris Gallo, otherwise known as Webhead, returns to Comic Timing as we all discuss the first few months of the thrice monthly Amazing Spider-Man. Is it doing the job it set out to do? Is Brent digging it? is Ian grooving to the beats of the brain trust? Can Chris stand the change? Listen to find out!

Comic Timing is sponsored by Heroes Corner. All first time Heroes Corner users can enter the promo code BROOKLYN to receive an additional 5% off their first order with the site, and make sure to check out their July 1776 Special. For every 17.76 spent, you get a comic book on them! And finally, the Comic Timing books of the month are as follows:

Avengers: Initiative #17 – extra 10% off the already listed discount of 40%. CT listeners will save 50% off retail (CT price: $1.79 / retail: $2.99)

Blue Beetle #31– extra 10% off the already listed discount of 40%. CT listeners will save 50% off retail (CT price: $1.79 / retail: $2.99)

Back to Brooklyn #1 – because Bob and Sam of Heroes Corner like the Beastie Boys’ No Sleep Till Brooklyn (and I’m from Brooklyn) this gets an additional 35% off the already listed discount of 40%. This gives CT listeners the title for 75% off retail (CT price: $0.75 / retail: $2.99)
Enter Comic Timing Special Discount in the Notes for your order to get these extra discounts!

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and Digg us at Digg.Com. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps!

We shall see you in a few days for our review of Wanted, and next week for our Half Hour Wasted Crossover episode. Thanks for listening, thanks for downloading, and enjoy!

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Geekspeak Report – Episode 7

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Here we go with more Geekspeak Report! Part 4 of the Co-host Challenge brings Lorrie Thomas, alias thomalo, of the Comic Book Road Show onto the program to take her swing at the co-hosting duties. Topics discussed on this episode include:

Our next and last contestant in the Geekspeak Co-Host Challenge is The Marvelous Patric! Make sure to let us know what you thought of Lorrie in her episode, and I thank her yet again for being on the show.

As always, you can e-mail us at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com, and make sure to check out The Geekspeak Report forum.

Thanks for listening, thanks for downloading, and we shall see you next time!

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Comic Timing – Episode 66: 22 Pages #5

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Time to talk Invincible Iron Man #1 with Sean Cummings of Codename: Power, Chris Chavez alias Equinox (happy birthday, buddy!), Brent Kossina and Ian Levenstein. 22 Pages #5 is here, as we dissect the issue in question, while relating it to that Iron Man movie that came out not too long ago. Is the second title needed? Does it do the job of bringing in new readers? Find out here!

Comic Timing is sponsored by Heroes Corner. All first time Heroes Corner users can enter the promo code CTSAVES to receive an additional 5% off their first order with the site, and make sure to check out their Juno June Special. All books involving strong female leads are 46% off this month! And finally, the Comic Timing books of the month are as follows:

Amazing Spider-Man #568 (JUN082306): The first John Romita Jr. issue of Amazing in quite some time!
Booster Gold #11 (JUN080216): Chuck Dixon’s fill-in two issue storyline begins here!
Doctor Who: The Forgotten #1 (JUN084045): Pia Guerra of Y: The Last Man on art for a brand new Doctor and Martha journey!

Enter Comic Timing Special Discount in the Notes for your order and receive a additional 10% off on these items!

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and Digg us at Digg.Com. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps!

We will see you next week for our thoughts on Brand New Day over the first few months of the major Amazing Spider-Man change. Enjoy!

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Comic Timing – Episode 65

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Episode 65 of Comic Timing finally arrives! This time, Jon Hook of Komicskast spinoff show The BOP joins the conversation, along with Sean Cummings, Travis Earls and Andrew Quick of Codename: Power as we discuss Comic Book Theory. What makes comic books tick? Can a comic work if the artists and writer are on different pages, or do we need a hive mind to get great content? How do you stop separate a bad comic book movie from a good one and learn from those mistakes for future efforts? Listen in and see what we have to say!

As of this episode, Comic Timing is sponsored by Heroes Corner. All first time Heroes Corner users can enter the promo code CTSAVES to receive an additional 5% off their first order with the site, and make sure to check out their Juno June Special. All books involving strong female leads are 46% off this month! And finally, the Comic Timing books of the month are as follows:

Amazing Spider-Man #568 (JUN082306): The first John Romita Jr. issue of Amazing in quite some time!
Booster Gold #11 (JUN080216): Chuck Dixon’s fill-in two issue storyline begins here!
Doctor Who: The Forgotten #1 (JUN084045): Pia Guerra of Y: The Last Man on art for a brand new Doctor and Martha journey!

Enter Comic Timing Special Discount in the Notes for your order and receive a additional 10% off on these items!

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us at Podcast Alley and Digg us at Digg.Com. And of course, if you can, please donate to the HERO Initiative effort if you can. Every little bit helps!

We will see you next time with our 22 Pages review on Invincible Iron Man #1, and there will be a Geekspeak Report released as well. So thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading!

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