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Comic Timing Episode 230 – Kaiju Talk with Shawn Pryor

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It’s been a very long time, but this episode, Comic Timing welcomes back one of its favorite guests. Ian, Brandon and Raph are joined by the one, the only Shawn Pryor, as they discuss his upcoming book out of Epic Ink, Kaiju Unleashed: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Strange Beasts. The group go into everything from Godzilla to King Kong and back again, including the Rankin Bass kaiju collaborations between America and Japan (with an amazing deviation to their Return of the King animated film), the attempts to make the Hannah-Barbera Godzilla animated series as close to the Japanese as possible while dealing with rights issues and standards and practices, economic turmoil leading to a downturn in movies, the differences in the Showa, Heisei, Millennium and Reiwa era, failed Marvel kaiju collaborations, the uselessness of Minya, how comics influenced kaiju (and the reverse), when Dr. Pepper made Godzilla’s world taste better, the insanity that are Toho’s Frankenstein kaiju movies, and so much more. Earmuffs as usual, this is a Shawn Pryor episode, so we’re real and raw, like we should be.

Ian, Brandon and Raph then bring the episode home with some Absolute Batman talk, retro gaming through old Superman games, trading in old books, DVDs and games to Book Off, revisiting Final Crisis, whether a Playstation 5 is worth the purchase, general Agatha All Along thoughts (spoiler-free), and more!

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Make sure to follow Shawn Pryor on Instagram, Twitter and Bluesky, join Shawn’s Patreon, and keep an eye on Shawn’s website for upcoming projects!

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming. You can also follow Comic Timing on Twitter at https://twitter.com/comictimingpod, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ComicTiming/, on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/comictiming.bsky.social, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/comictimingpodcast. And please, if you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts; it helps attract new listeners!

Follow Ian on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/i_am_scifi, on Bluesky, and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi. Brent is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/kossinab, and he posts regularly to YouTube on his channel, BK’s Bullets; Raph is on Twitch at RaphDoesStuff, Instagram, Twitter and Bluesky; and Brandon is at http://www.twitter.com/TheDabbaDon, https://bsky.app/profile/thedabbadon.bsky.social and https://www.twitch.tv/thedabbadon.

Thanks for listening, and we’ll catch you next time. And as always, there’s always time for comics!

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Comic Timing – Episode 213: Toy Fair 2023 In Review

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Recently, Toy Fair held their (usually) annual event at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City on September 30th through October 3rd, 2023. Ian attended the trade show for the first time, and he discusses the event with Kris Naudus on this very episode. They delve into just what exactly Toy Fair is, where it will be headed come 2025 after 100+ years in NYC, how this year’s event compared to previous years Kris experienced, and so much more. So much more includes highlights from Vault and their AEW figures and professional cosplay you can wheel around in a custom overhead bin friendly suitcase, tons of Lego playsets and buildable art, Bandai’s Tamashi Nations selections as well as their Godzilla and Tekken figures, Funco’s massive presence and their integration of Mondo’s high-end collectibles, Foam Alive’s incredibly soothing foam fun and other sensory pleasures like slime and putty, Super7’s TMNT and GI Joe offerings, the return of Ty and Beanie Babies, InstaCake (just add water), bubbles and Bluey everywhere, Playmobil’s Star Trek and Magnum PI sets (you read that right), Fresh Dolls, including their Black Panther: Wakanda Forever dolls, The Elf on the Shelf Santaverse, and tons more!

You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the occasional early releases of the show at http://www.patreon.com/ComicTiming.

Follow Ian on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/i_am_scifi, on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/iamscifi.bsky.social and on Instagram at http://instagram.com/i_am_scifi; Kris is on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/lampbane and http://www.twitter.com/KrisNaudus for the professional Tweets, Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/lampbane.bsky.social and you can check out her various other works at http://linktr.ee/krisnaudus.

Thanks as always for listening, and we’ll catch you next time!

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