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Comic Timing – Episode 126: NYCC News and Opinions

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Episode 126 is all about the 2011 edition of the New York Comic Con. Now that it has came and went, Brent, Ian and Darrell Taylor of The Taylor Network go over all the news that came out of the show. This includes movies, DC, Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, IDW and more. Darrell and Ian also give some first-hand perspective as they were the ones that attended the show.

For more on New York Comic Con, stay tuned for Episode 127 which will have all the interviews Ian conducted on the floor of the show, as well as some further commentary from friends of the podcast. Also, be sure to check out Episode 66 of The PKD Black Box, where Ian sits in with Shawn Pryor and Donny Salvo to talk about the con.

As always – we are sponsored by DCBS! That’s right! Discount Comic Book Service! This month you can get the entire DCnU for 50% off when you buy all of the issue #4’s – otherwise they are at an astonishing 40% off! And for those of you who have not used DCBS before you can save an additional 8% off your first order via the promo code: CT8. Plus, be sure to check out DCBS’ new Comixology digital store! Here are this month’s Review Corner picks:

Marvel:
DEFENDERS #1: 50% off (DCBS at $1.99/regular price $3.99)

DC:
RAY #1 (OF 4): 50% off (DCBS at $1.49/regular price $2.99)

IDW:
MEMORIAL #1 (OF 6) : 50% off (DCBS at $1.99/regular price $3.99)

You can e-mail the show at comictiming@gmail.com and be sure to Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming. Thanks for listening and we’ll catch you next time!

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Comic Timing – Episode 121: The 2011 Supershow Recording

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Part Two of the Supershow recording is out!!! This is the one we always look forward to here. Saturday night at the con, Ian rustles up whoever is in the mood to talk and we go completely off the cuff, drink some beers and have a damn good time for two hours or so. This year was no exception. This also means that the views expressed in this episode, negative or positive, are not necessarily the views expressed by any of the individuals involved outside of this here recording. This time we are joined by Julian Lytle of Ants, Martheus Wade of Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa, Shawn Pryor of the PKD Media Blackbox and Action Lab, Jon Carroll of the Carroll Chronicles, Dean Stahl of Headlocks and Headaches, Bill English of Sounded Good on Paper, Raph Soohoo of Geeks Unite! and Chad Burdette AKA Unknown Fanboy. We talk everything from the show itself to Third and Spruce, vanilla sundaes, Power Rangers, wrestling and Captain Planet Swamp Thing. Totally worth every minute, people.

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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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 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!

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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 106: MoCCA and C2E2

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    It’s time for some more con interviews and wrap-up! This time, I go through all the interviews conducted at this year’s MoCCA Festival in NYC, as well as C2E2 in Chicago. I have a wrap-up of C2E2 on the episode as well, but here is a full list of the intervews conducted at both shows:

    MoCCA:

  • Dave Roman, co-creator of Teen Boat and a bunch of cool Avatar: The Last Airbender stuff
  • Vin Ferrante, creator of Witch Hunter vs. The Woman in Black
  • Fred Chao, creator of Johnny Hiro

    • C2E2:

  • Paul Mounts, longtime colorist of Fantastic Four, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Ultimates, New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, and various other comics, Marvel and otherwise.
  • Raina Telgemeier, creator of Smile, and the Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels
  • Lee Kohse, creator of Kindergoth, and part of Bloodfire Studios
  • Brian Crowley, creator of Hamster Rage, and part of Nerd City
  • Steve Bryant, creator and artist of Athena Voltaire. You can support the return of Athena Voltaire by donating to the Kickstarter Campaign! Oh, and he’s also a Comic Twart.
  • Sean Whelan and Jim Segulin of Raging Bullets
  • Tom Kelly, creator of fun Hello Kitty superhero drawings, and creator/artist of Sword of the Savage Samurai
  • Peter David, writer of X-Factor, Fallen Angel, Star Trek: The New Frontier novels, and plenty of other stuff, too!

    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! Along with the new sponsor, here are our Review Corner picks for the month:

    INDY (IDW):
    TRUE BLOOD #1: 50% off retail (DCBS price $1.99/regular price $3.99)

    DC:
    SUPERMAN #701: 40% off retail (DCBS price $1.79/regular price $2.99)

    MARVEL:
    X-MEN #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!

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

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    Comic Timing – Episode 105: CGSSS 2010!

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    Playing con catch-up, Comic Timing covers the 2010 CGS Supershow! A whole lot of amazing things went of that weekend, and we cover a bunch of them here, live from the room on Saturday night. CGS Supershow veterans Chad Burdette, that Raph guy of that Geeks Unite shebang, Bill and Steve (realgone), join in with Supershow virgins Leroy of Comic Tube, and Mike Yanni (him and Chad now do These Nerds Are Right), as we discuss the weekend as a whole.

    Interspersed throughout are interviews with amazing people such as Andy Jewett, Michael Schwartz, Dave Wachter of Guns of Shadow Valley (Eisner Nomiated!), Bruce Rosenberger and Steve Hager of Dutchy Digest, Darrel and Simba of Dafixer’s Hideout, Jamal Igle of Supergirl, Julian Lytle of Ants, Shawn Pryor of PKD Media, Jason Grice of Lanterncast and PKD Media, Kevin Freeman of SubCulture, Chad Cicconi of Baby Boomers and Mercury and the Murd, Katie Cook of Fraggle Rock and of various Star Wars stuffs, the amazing Harold Jennett of M.I.M.E.S. and the Geek Syndicate Comic, Danielle Corsetto of Girls With Slingshots, and Andrew Charipar, to name a few (or all of them). So check it out, and stay tuned for MoCCA and C2E2 interviews and reactions to come!

    CT Picks for June are:

    BATMAN BEYOND #1
    THOR #611
    JURASSIC PARK: REDEMPTION #1

    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!

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

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    Comic Timing – Episode 104: Megacon and Emerald City

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    Coast to coast coverage here on Comic Timing, as Brent attends Megacon in Orlando, while Ian heads to Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle! Brent and Ian share their thoughts on both cons at the beginning of the show, then they head into the interviews conducted during the weekend by both hosts. These interviews are with:

    1) G. Willow Wilson, writer/creator of Air
    2) Wayne Cordova (Radio Wayne, M.I.M.E.S.) and Andrew Charipar (artist of awesomeness)
    3) Eric Trautmann, writer of The Shield, JSA vs. Cobra, and many more
    4) Steven T. Seagle, writer of American Virgin, one fourth of Man of Action Studios (Ben 10, Generator Rex)
    5) Travis Earls and Sean Cummings of Doombox Comics
    6) Mike Norton, artist of Green Arrow/Black Canary, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam, The Waiting Place, and many other things
    7) Bryan Deemer, Peter Rios, Brian “Pants” Christman, and Adam Murdough in the background, all of Comic Geek Speak
    8 ) John Aegard, creator of The Comfort Guide
    9) Pat Loika, the man that everyone knows. Oh, he’s an artist too (check out Blacklisted)!
    10) Mandy, Brent’s fiancee
    11) Adam Withers and Comfort Love, creators of The Uniques, and The Uniques Tales (which is written and drawn by their many buddies)

    Check it all out, and enjoy! And we’ll be back for Episode 105 for a regular episode of Comic Timing.

    CT Picks for May are:

    BIRDS OF PREY #1
    THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1
    AVENGERS #1
    SECRET AVENGERS #1
    SPIDER IRON MAN WAR #1 (OF 3)

    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!

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

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