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Re: Crisis Tapes 20 Talkback - Crisis on Infinite Earths #5, Part 2
Gentlemen, I am new to the Crisis Tapes but I have devoured them. What a wealth of knowledge you two have. If only this were weekly, bi-weekly or dare I say monthly. Anyway, great work and I hope we don't have to wait 6 months for episode 21.
troybowen
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Re: Crisis Tapes 19 Talkback: Crisis on Infinite Earths #5, Part 1--The Cover
If there's a podcast equivalent to the Oscar Awards or the Nobel Prize, I'd love to give CRISIS TAPES 19 the Podcast Episode of the Year! I cannot describe how much I loved listening to every minute of @Peter and @Adam_Murdough spending 3+ hours discussing this CoiE #5 comic book cover 
it was like mainlining 47 years of pure DC Universe brilliance. My favorite lines:
"Lanterna non grata" - Adam
"Okay, I'm spent, shall we merge our faces?"
- Peter
This series is always fantastic, with its patient, granular analysis of the #1 event in comic book history. But this episode in particular went above and beyond in showing off the talents of its hosts, and the creativity of so many writers, artists and editors across the first decades of DC. My great thanks to Adam and Peter for all the hard work and long hours they continue to put into this multiverse-sized effort.
it was like mainlining 47 years of pure DC Universe brilliance. My favorite lines:"Lanterna non grata" - Adam
"Okay, I'm spent, shall we merge our faces?"
- PeterThis series is always fantastic, with its patient, granular analysis of the #1 event in comic book history. But this episode in particular went above and beyond in showing off the talents of its hosts, and the creativity of so many writers, artists and editors across the first decades of DC. My great thanks to Adam and Peter for all the hard work and long hours they continue to put into this multiverse-sized effort.
BionicDave
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Re: Watchmen TV Series
Haven't read the interview and complicit might be too harsh a word -- benefited certainly fits. Our country's inability to have frank discussions around racism, how it is the foundation on which this country was built, how it still permeates society today, is why I think we've been unable to make the meaningful strides forward that could have allowed for a proper healing, or at least a more widespread healing, of the deep wounds these atrocities have caused. I applaud Lindelof for his willingness to bring up the topic and his understanding that racism and white supremacy are still problems today. Deflecting with derisive sound bites like "brainwashed cult member" certainly aren't a help. But I might be a pinko-Commie-snowflake-SJW. What're you gonna do?Sounds like a pretty horrible thing to accuse someone of, right? No Lindelof said he -Lindelof - was complicit in white supremacy. Now unless he’s been unwittingly supporting the kind of racists where such an extreme term - and all it connotes - would be accurate, it’s only reasonable to assume he believes most of us - including Moore - are also “complicit”. (The rest of the interview only reinforces this.) I don’t want to support the work of someone who talks like a brainwashed cult member.
ChrisBeckett
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Re: Random Bits Not Worthy of their Own Thread...
It’s been a while since I’ve been on the forums, it’s been a busy time. And I have some exciting news...
I finished my first novel, after two years of writing. Then, literally the day after I finished cleaning up the third draft I became a dad for the first time to a beautiful baby girl. It’s been a pretty good month, to say the least.
luke52
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Re: Episode 1744 Talkback - BOMC: Daredevil: Born Again
2. Waid and Ross' Kingdom Come (you may have already covered this in some respect, but I didn't see it pop up on a search of your BOMC archives)."Here's your Kingdom Come episode bitches!" 8-)
Pants
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Episode 1744 Talkback - BOMC: Daredevil: Born Again
It was the worst of times for Daredevil; it was the best of times for his readers! It was 1986, and comics auteur Frank Miller was making his second pass at writing Marvel's Daredevil series, accompanied this time by master draftsman David Mazzucchelli as artist. What Miller accomplished over seven revolutionary issues (Daredevil #227-233), collectively titled 'Born Again,' was the total decimation of Matt Murdock's life and Murdock's subsequent triumphant resurgence, in a masterful tale steeped in hardboiled crime fiction and Christian allegory. Join our CGS literary circle (including Doctors of Daredevology Chris Eberle and Kevin Moyer) in an examination of this deft deconstruction and reconstruction of one of Marvel's iconic characters. (2:30:22)
Listen here.
Listen here.
Adam_Murdough
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Re: Crisis Tapes 18 Talkback: Interlude the First
This post contains many images. Forewarned is forearmed.
Since my name was mentioned three times in the episode I now appear with some comments...as well as some original art. 8-)
I too love Zero Hour. With it's mostly blank cover, issue #0 could be considered the first sketch cover comic:
Did I miss mention of the upcoming Zero Hour Omnibus? That looks quite complete and very interesting.
I'm not sure what hypertime image Murd was trying to identify from Flash #50. He mentions it shows Wally sitting in a wheelchair grieving for his lost abilities and the cover saying "You are about to witness the most tragic day in the life of Wally West." He then says "If Pants were here he could probably tell us exactly which issue this is from." If I saw the image in question I might, but here are some clarifications:
The Wally in a wheelchair comes from Flash #131:
The "tragic day" cover is from Flash #76:
Excellent detective work Peter on finding that "lost" pre-crisis Monitor appearance in World's Finest Comics #314!
The Retroactive issue that was "very intimately tied to Crisis" is DC Retroactive: Superman - The 80's.
The new story in the issue was written by Marv Wolfman and should certainly be talked about in the future.
I skimmed the Superman Special #3 and the only mention of Crisis I saw was the solicitation in the DC Check List for Crisis #1.
It was fascinating to hear about the Wolfman interviews from the time of Crisis where he spoiled some of the major points of the story before they were even published!
A wonderful episode gentlemen and I'm very much looking forward to Interlude the Second in early 2029.
Since my name was mentioned three times in the episode I now appear with some comments...as well as some original art. 8-)
I too love Zero Hour. With it's mostly blank cover, issue #0 could be considered the first sketch cover comic:
Did I miss mention of the upcoming Zero Hour Omnibus? That looks quite complete and very interesting.
I'm not sure what hypertime image Murd was trying to identify from Flash #50. He mentions it shows Wally sitting in a wheelchair grieving for his lost abilities and the cover saying "You are about to witness the most tragic day in the life of Wally West." He then says "If Pants were here he could probably tell us exactly which issue this is from." If I saw the image in question I might, but here are some clarifications:
The Wally in a wheelchair comes from Flash #131:
The "tragic day" cover is from Flash #76:
Excellent detective work Peter on finding that "lost" pre-crisis Monitor appearance in World's Finest Comics #314!
The Retroactive issue that was "very intimately tied to Crisis" is DC Retroactive: Superman - The 80's.
The new story in the issue was written by Marv Wolfman and should certainly be talked about in the future.
I skimmed the Superman Special #3 and the only mention of Crisis I saw was the solicitation in the DC Check List for Crisis #1.
It was fascinating to hear about the Wolfman interviews from the time of Crisis where he spoiled some of the major points of the story before they were even published!
A wonderful episode gentlemen and I'm very much looking forward to Interlude the Second in early 2029.
Pants
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