Episode 1588 Talkback - Comic Talk
Adam_Murdough
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Now with 100% more PANTS! Everyone's favorite loud-laughin' Letterman-lover has survived another busy Christmas season, and he's got a lot on his mind! With occasional interjections from the other Geeks, Pants takes this episode to run down his bullet-list of backlogged banter on some of his favorite topics, from Doctor Who to original art, plus convention stories, quickie reviews of recent comics, and one scatological sidebar worthy of Uncle Sal! (1:55:10)
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Nice to hear Danielle again, too. Long time, no hear. The chair was pretty distracting though...
Well, I hope you guys win the longest running podcast!
Wha--?!? Pants talking about farting? Must be that where the Uncle Sal influence comes in. LOL!
Oh, Pants asked a good question about the DCBS clearance on the Convergence titles. I didn't read all of them, but I agree with Shane and Murd on the ones I read.
Anyway, fun episode. I hope to hear you all again soon!
So I take it C2E2 isn't on the docket for 2016? You will be missed. I love running into you there.
Joking aside, it sure what nice to have you back on the show!
And someone, please get Danielle a chair that doesn't drop her.
It was great to have Pants back on and it was also nice to hear some thoughts on current books. I know the guys are busy(especially over Christmas) but the current comic talk has been thin.
I have to agree with @Pants that the new Daredevil just isn't cutting it. I've always been a reader who could never stick with Daredevil long term but I can tell that his run isn't one I'll be giving much time to. On the other hand I'm really enjoying Squadron Supreme. I think @Adam_Murdough makes some good points but the "heroes from dead alternate Earths" angle is the sort of thing I fall for. Hopefully the book can last long enough to get into a good groove. Another book that I'm digging is The Ultimates. I think it's getting lost in the "dozens" of Avengers books. Personally, I think it has more of a FF vibe than an Avengers book as they're dealing with crazy, cosmic level threats.
A series not being announced as a mini is just a cop-out by the publisher so they don't have to say it was canceled.
Anyways, great episode guys!
One area that I do remember was with regard to the lamentations over the lack of super hero novels that followed the Once Crowded Sky talk. There are a few different things out there, but the one series that anyone looking for super hero novels should be reading is the Wild Cards series edited by George RR Martin (Game of Thrones). It is a mosaic world with quite a few contributing authors where an alien virus goes off over New York just after WWII resulting in much death, many disfigurations and some pretty cool superpowers.
There is the occasional misfire among the books/stories, but overall, it is an incredibly satisfying read.
I don't want to say much more so as not to spoil anything, but it's just been a slow start. It’s only been a couple of issues, but we haven't really seen DD doing much DD stuff, and we haven't really seen Matt doing much lawyer stuff—the result being that the book hasn't really established its identity yet. With Waid’s run, you knew from the first few pages exactly what the book was going for. I'm going to give it till the end of this first story arc, but with so much other stuff I'm really enjoying, I'll probably end up dropping it after that.
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