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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 – 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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Comic Timing – Episode 22

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Episode 22 of Comic Timing is here! Today, Matt S., Brent Kossina aka KnightwingBK on the forums, and Ian discuss what is happening in the world of comics. Such things include Stuart Immonen on Ultimate Spider-Man, the end of NextWAVE as an ongoing, Superman Returns has a sequell, Bruce Campbell has someone new to play for Spider-Man 3, Moon Knight heading to TV, and a whole lot more.

As of this episode, Comic Timing is proud to have The New York Comic Con as its sponsor! Please check out their web site, and I hope to see you there. And if you do go, please make sure to stop by the Podcast Arena to say hello.

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

Thanks once again to Brent for joining us this week, and thanks to all you listeners for downloading!

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Comic Timing – Episode 20B

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The second part of our discussion on 52 has arrived! David D., John Mayo and I discuss key characters such as The Black Adam Family, The question and Rene Montoya, and we go in depth into the content found on Rip Hunter’s chalkboard. Want to know what half this stuff means? Listen to the episode!

Apologies for the lateness here, as it took me forever and a day to edit this one. Next week we will hopefully FINALLY have our long awaited Steve Bryant interview, which should be a great time for all involved.

If you would like to e-mail the show, you can do so at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us over at Podcast Alley.

Thanks go out to John Mayo and David D. for joining me for this one, and thanks for everyone for listening.

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Comic Timing – Episode 21: Evan Dorkin Interview

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Hey folks. Comic Timing is back to its regularly scheduled episodes, and this week, we are joined by one of the funniest comic creators around. He has worked on such projects as Milk and Cheese, Dork, and Bill and Teds Excellent Comic Book, and has also written for animated series such as Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Superman The Animated Series, and he crated the Adult Swim pilot, Welcome To Eltingville. This man is of course, Evan Dorkin. Evan stops by for a whopping two and a half hours to discuss his career, his thoughts on modern day comics, what companies can do to get kids back into comics, and a whole lot more.

I want to thank Evan for joining us, and I would also like to remind everybody that Episode 20 will be released next week, as Matt and I are joined by Steve Bryant of Athena Voltaire, and Damian Smith will present his second Rogues Gallery, this time on Dr. Doom!

If you would like to send us an e-mail, you can do so over at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us over at Podcast Alley.

Hope everybody enjoys the interview, thanks for downloading, and we will see you all next week!

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Comic Timing – Episode 19.5

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Hey folks. Well, it was bound to happen eventually. For the first time since the lost Episode 5, an episode of Comic Timing has been scrapped. Ian Levenstein goes solo for this .5 episode as all is explained, as well as when you should expect to hear our interview with Steve Bryant eventually. I also touch on art discontinuity, and how it has appeared most recently in a title it should not appear in: Civil War Frontline.

As always, you can e-mail Comic Timing at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us over at Podcast Alley. The NPR piece I mentioned which includes my Comic Books: Not Just For Kids Anymore segment can be found at http://www.nhpr.org/node/11385.

Also, if you can take the time, please fill out the Podtrac survey now located on our web site. This will allow Comic Timing to get a better idea on its listenership, and to also find sponsors for the show. Thanks guys!

That is all for this week. Again, apologies for this, but I hope everybody enjoys this truncated episode. So thanks for listening, and thanks for downloading.

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Comic Timing – Episode 19

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Tonight, Comic Timing goes to the movies! Well, comic book movies at least. We discuss every comic movie we can think of, meaning we go from the good, to the bad, to the so incredibly awful it makes you want to burn your eyes to stop the images from getting to your brain. Yep, we even mention Catwoman. Along the way, the three of us give our thoughts on how Marvel and DC can keep their franchises alive and kicking, what makes Independent Comic movies special, and we read the thoughts of some of our forum members too.

Next week, Comic Timing celebrates episode 20 as we welcome the artist of Athena Voltaire, Steve Bryant to the show to discuss independent comics, his career as an artist, and a whole lot more. If you would like to send in questions or comments for us to pass onto Steve, make sure to do so over at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for Comic Timing over at Podcast Alley.

Also, for anyone who wishes to donate to Comic Timing, you can now do so via the donation button on our web site. Anything you can give is greatly appreciated, and there is no pressure to donate, as this is a venture done completely out of passion and desire to talk comics after all.

Thanks to everybody for listening and for downloading, and see you all next week.

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Comic Timing – Episode 18

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Episode 18 of Comic Timing is here, this time with just Matt and I talking comics. We discuss my trip down to Baltimore for the Baltimore Comic Con this past weekend, take a trip from A to Z through the Marvel U, and we go over The Harvey Awards and who they went to this year. Then finally we get into the big announcements of the week that came out of the Marvel Camp this past Monday, including the new writer and artist on Runaways, World War Hulk, and a whole lot more.

As always, you can e-mail Comic Timing at comictiming@gmail.com, and please vote for us on Podcast Alley if you get the opportunity to do so.

We should be back next week with a regular three person panel, and I hope you enjoyed this one too, as it is always fun talking to Matt. Thanks to everybody for downloading the show and for spreading the word, and see you all next week.

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