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Comic Timing – Episode 139: 2012 Year-End Wrap-Up

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Welcome to the worrrrrrld of tomorrow! Or welcome to 2013. Either way! To ring in this fancy New Year, Brent and Ian are joined by Chad Burdette of the soon to be newly minted podcast, Comic Book Laundry, as well as Jim Dietz of Legion of Dudes and Nothing’s On for our annual Year-End wrap-up episode! This year’s questions to be answered by the panel are as follows:

  1. If you would have told me in 2011 I’d be reading ________ in 2012, I would have called you a liar.
  2. I had such high hopes for _________, but now my dreams have been shattered by how bad it was. Seriously, I’m in tears.
  3. Of all the Marvel NOW! titles, _________ blew me away. It’s a shame ________ couldn’t have been this good.
  4. Thank you 2012 for giving me _______. Best new title around, period.
  5. When they canceled __________, I was incredibly annoyed. When they canceled ___________, I danced for joy.
  6. The team of __________ and __________ were the writer/artist team of 2012, without a doubt.
  7.  __________ was a miniseries/maxiseries that told a complete story even though it only had a few issues to do it with.
  8. Penciler of the year has to be __________. Those pages were so damn pretty.
  9. Gotta give the independent comics some love! I do so here, as I name ____________ my indie pick of 2012.
  10. The collected edition (or OGN) of ___________ was completely worth the price. ____________, not so much.
  11. Continuing from last year, __________ was the New 52 title of 2012. However, I did drop _________ as it couldn’t keep my interest enough to be saved.
  12. I wish I had the writing talent of _________. 2012 was his/her year.
  13. Out of all the events in 2012, ___________ was the one that hooked me, line and sinker.
  14. If I had to choose a publisher of the year, the honor goes to ____________.
  15. When I read the news about ___________, my jaw dropped.
  16. Man, _________ was a story arc that completely delivered on its promises.
  17. Out of all the creators out there, artist or writer, you could say that ___________ had the best year.
  18. _____________ was the character of 2012. Who knew?
  19. Going into 2013, I am looking forward to _____________ the most out of Marvel.
  20. DC’s ________ has me pumped for 2013!

Thanks for a terrific 2012 and for your continued support of the show, and here’s to one heck of a 2013!

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Comic Timing – Episode 125: The NuDCU

125 episodes of Comic Timing! Holy crap! To celebrate, Brent and Ian say farewell to the old DC Universe with a review of Flashpoint #5 and say hello to the new one with Justice League #1! We are also joined by longtime listener Donovan Morgan Grant for the Justice League conversation. Plus, there is plenty of conversation and clarification on Brent’s Editorial on why he feels some comic shops might not be using the DC Relaunch to its fullest potential.

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 #3’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!

We are also sponsored by New York Comic Con. This year’s show is taking place from October 13 – 16 as the show is now FOUR DAYS LONG! Be sure to stop by Podcast Arena to chat with Ian or to pimp your books!

Thanks for listening and we will see you in October for our review of the rest of the New 52.