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Comic Timing – Episode 28

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Episode 28 of Comic Timing has finally hit the stands! Figuratively of course, since this is a podcast, not a comic book. John Mayo, Brent Kossina, and myself go into a Year End Wrap Up of Marvel Comics this week, as we discuss our favorite titles, some that did not quite hit the spot, and some that we are looking to improve a bit more as 2007 rolls around. This episode is almost entirely edit free as a holiday treat, so you get to hear Comic Timing in its raw form for once. Hopefully it will indeed be a treat, and if not, let me know and I will not do it again, deal?

As always, you can e-mail Comic Timing at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for Comic Timing on Podcast Alley, and please Digg Comic Timing over at Digg.com!

I hope that everybody has a happy holidays, and thanks as always for listening and downloading!

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Geekspeak Report – Episode 1

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Geekspeak has returned, in its brand new form! This is my first episode of The Geekspeak Report, in a truncated 30 minute version. Show notes will be placed on the web site tomorrow, as it is now early in the morning on Monday and I need to go to bed. But nevertheless, enjoy the episode, and I hope you like the new format! This episode was recorded on Sunday, December 10, 2006. Topics discussed include:

For those of you who enjoy this new version of Geekspeak, I do hope that you will stick around for what is to come. Episodes will be released every week or two, and will follow something along the lines of this format. If you would like to e-mail your thoughts on Geekspeak, you can do so at speakgeekspeak@gmail.com and please vote for Geekspeak on Podcast Alley.

Thanks to everybody for sticking around, and thanks a bunch for downloading, and I hope you keep coming back for more!

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Comic Timing – Episode 27

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Episode 27 of Comic Timing is finally here. Apologies for the delay in getting this one out, as it was a busy weekend, and I had little time to sit down and edit. But alas, it is indeed here! This episode, Brent Kossina, knightwingbk on the CGS forum, John Mayo of The Mayo Report, and Matt Sommer of Thats What She Said join myself for a conversation on parallel universes in comic books. We touch on What If, Elseworlds, DC and their Parallel Universes, The Ultimate Universe, Heroes Reborn, and plenty more where that came from. Plus, we read some forum comments, and explain in further detail Rob Liefeld and his unsolicited landscape pages for Hawk and Dove, which I first discovered over at Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed. So yes, plenty of great stuff, and thanks to the guys for joining in!

As always, you can e-mail Comic Timing over at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us over at Podcast Alley, and if you have the time, please fill out our Listener Survey.

Thanks to everybody for listening, and thanks for downloading as well!

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Comic Timing – Episode 26: 22 Pages # 2

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This week, Comic Timing presents the second installment of our 22 Pages Reviews, which also happens to be Part One of our Confidential Crossover with Raging Bullets! Sean and Jim join Matt and I to discuss Superman Confidential #1, cover to cover. We discuss the large amount of advertisements found inside the book, and whether or not it effected our reading experience negatively, differences in the Tim Sale style in comparison to his previous Superman work, and whether or not Kryptonite can talk.. Also, Sean stumbles onto an interesting find on Wikipedia, Jim talks about blind squirrels, and Matt waxes poetic about 3D glasses. Oh, and we talk about the book too. Good times!

Part Two of the Confidential Crossover will take on Raging Bullets, and will cover Batman Confidential #1. When we set a date, we will let all you folks know out there when to look for the episode. If you would like to contact Sean and Jim, you can do so over at ragingbullets@gmail.com, and you can e-mail Comic Timing at comictiming@gmail.com. And if you have the time, please vote for Raging Bullets and Comic Timing over at Podcast Alley.

Comic Timing will be back next week with a discussion on parallel universes in comic books. Until then, thanks for listening, and I hope everybody enjoys the crossover!

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Comic Timing – Comic Longbox Special

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If I could describe this episode to you I would, but I think it has to be listened to to be believed. Just Bill, John Mayo and myself get together for what was going to be Part Two of something, but it turned into something all its own. We do talk comics, but we also talk about something Bill knows very well – himself and his maybe of a show.

Listen in, let me know what you think, and try not to hate me for associating with Bill. It was all his idea, I swear. Deal?

As always, you can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us over at Podcast Alley.

Next week we will have a show early in the week, as Sean and Jim join us for part one of the Confidential Crossover. If schedules work out, there may be more than one episode next week, but I will keep you posted on that. Until then, enjoy the show, and have a happy and a healthy Thanksgiving, or a happy Thursday for those of you living outside the USA.

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Comic Timing Contest

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Comic Timing has a brand new contest! Post a suggestion for a topic to dicsuss on the show, and you will receive a copy of Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye, and a beautiful John Cassaday poster of Captain America, taken from the image he did for issue 1 of Marvel Knights Captain America. Here is an image of the poster in question: Cassaday The contest will run until Monday, December 18, which is four weeks from the posting of this episode. So send in your entries, and good luck!

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Comic Timing – Episode 25

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Episode 25 of Comic Timing has finally arrived. We are at one quarter of one hundred, woo! To celebrate, I am joined by Denise Gronda of the Birds of Geek Podcast, Silver Bullet Comics columnist Mitch Montgomery, and Tony Guagliardo, otherwise known as MobileHome on the Comic Geek Speak forums. Along with myself, and a red van with a Florida license plate, we form The New York City Rental Car Riders! We all took the ride over to Reading, PA for Comic Geek Speak’s Episode 200 celebration, and we have our recap here. We also touch on the future of comic book podcasts, whether or not gathering such as this will continue to grow in size as the years go by, and what it is like to be part of such a thriving forum community. That, and we touch on some comments left on Episode 24. Thanks to Tony, Mitch, and Denise for such a great time, and thanks for the ride!

As always, you can send e-mail and comments to comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for Comic Timing on Podcast Alley.

Finally, there is a Listener Survey for the show that you can take. The link to the survey is here. So if you have the time, please fill it out, and thanks in advance!

The next episode will be a Special Episode of Comic Timing, and will be released either on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. Until then, thanks for listening for 25 episodes, here is to 25 more, and thanks for downloading.

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Comic Timing – Rogues Gallery #2: Dr. Doom

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Part 1 of our 25th Episode celebration has been released, and it is in the form of our second Rogues Gallery segment! Damian Smith of The Furnace joins myself as we discuss one of Marvel Comics most powerful and maniacal villains…Dr. Doom. We discuss everything from what led him down the path to villainy, where he is now, and where he may go in the future. It is a great discussion, and well worth the listen, so listen in!

As always, you can e-mail questions and comments to comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us on Podcast Alley. Also, please let me know what you think of the site redesign, as I feel it looks much more professional now.

Anyway, enjoy the Rogues Gallery, see you later in the week for Episode 25, and thanks as always for downloading!

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Comic Timing – Episode 24

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Hey guys. Here is the latest episode focusing on Comic book animation. Matt S. stops on by for the first hour or so, back from his week off, and he has plenty to say on the subject. And that is not all. We also have Bruce Rosenberger, one of the stars of the fantastic Komicskast and the terrific Comics Podcast Crossover! Bruce joins in at around the five minute mark, and is there until the episode is over. We discuss our favorite comic book animations, where the business may be going in the future, what Marvel can do to improve their animation ventures, some animation that has not aged well and some that has, and plenty more.

My thanks to Bruce for joining us, and my thanks to The New York Comic Con for sponsoring the show. If you would like to send Comic Timing an e-mail, you can do so at our e-mail address, comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us over at Podcast Alley.

Thanks to everybody for listening, and see you folks back here next week for another brand spanking new episode!

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Comic Timing – Episode 23

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Here it is folks, Episode 23. Today on the show, Bob Bretall, torchsong, and knightwingBK from the forums join in on a discussion on the sensation sweeping the nation, manga! Sure, it has been around for years, but it is certainly bigger than ever. So listen in, and see what we think about it.

As always, you can e-mail us at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us over at Podcast Alley.

Thanks for listening, thanks for downloading, and enjoy!

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