Episode 105: We Have Heart

This is a short episode this week, but I do cover a lot of ground like the UFC, Majesty, organic food, and culture differences. Listen as my voice gets progressively worse throughout the episode. There was a lot of editing done.

I soldier through and cover The Vinyl Underground: Watching the Detectives (Si Spencer, Simon Gane, Cameron Stewart), which is very similar to every other English comic that takes place in London I’ve read. But it’s better than some, worse than others.

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Episode 103: Summer Movies

I recently watched both Thor and Fast Five so you know I have to talk about them. Don’t worry, I don’t spoil them, but if you haven’t seen them, you should. And stay past the credits, this includes Fast Five.

There’s one sad, but unsurprising news this week as I say goodbye to FOX’s Human Target. I then move on talking about the imaginative, inventive, and something else that starts with ‘i’ in The Unwritten: Dead Man’s Knock (Mike Carey, Peter Gross). It’s Vertigo’s best ongoing series.

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Episode 102: Icka-something

It’s that time of the year again to talk about the NBA playoffs—playoffs! I talk about how dirty the Lakers were and got swept by the Dallas Mavericks.

However, I spend most of the show talking about comics. Because I’m me, I mispronounce things, more than I usually do when I begin my journey to finish Fables by covering Fables: The Mean Seasons (Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham). Of course, it feels more like an epilogue than anything else. And if anyone could tell me what The Mean Seasons means, I’d be grateful.

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Episode 101: Spin-N-Win

If you think I couldn’t tie Osama Bin Laden’s death with the rising prices in vending machines, you’d be wrong. Before I get political, I talk about Dave and Buster’s and how I’m a Spin-N-Win master! Oddly enough that gets me to talk about unhealthy couples.

I do remember to talk about comics by covering Demo (Brian Wood, Becky Cloonan). I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would, considering the fact that I had no idea what it was about. There are, however, plenty of blurbs telling how excellent it is.

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Episode 100: Extravaganza!

I celebrate this 100 episode by dragging a few people on to talk about the Y: The Last Man series—spoilers and all. We also stray off topic because that’s the way I run my show. Thanks again to Karen and Rob for joining me and for you listeners that have stuck with me for 100 episodes. It’s been a long road.

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Episode 99: Arse

I get serious this episode, at least for a minute or two, when I talk about my book, Catalyst: The Passage of Hellsfire. So please, buy my book if you want to support the show and me. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it. I then talk about the awesome board game I picked up—Munchkin Quest!

I finish the show talking about the classic Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits (Garth Ennis, William Simpson). It’s a must read and still holds up. Garth Ennis can do no wrong.

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Episode 98: Banana Way

If you haven’t seen Only the Strong, you should. It was an awesomely cheesy, early 90s movie that’s streaming on Netflix. That way, you’ll know what I’m talking about. I move on talking about the good and bad of Bioware’s new game, Dragon Age 2.

There’s more rumors than news this week, but you take what you can get with DC’s forgotten imprint. I cover a lovely father and son story in Pride & Joy (Garth Ennis, John Higgins).

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Episode 97: Welcome to Americana

Because I see patterns where there are none, I see things happening in the world controlled by a certain, powerful group. I also drop some history knowledge, or try to. I talk about something I never would have thought possible—Facebook games.

While I’ve enjoyed Jack of Fables, I don't enjoy Jack of Fables: Americana (Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges). It’s a set-up for some crossover done in the worst way. There are far too many new questions and no answers. And like this show, things don’t quite make sense.

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Episode 96: Inverted Commas

I recently signed up for Netflix, and spend a few minutes talking about it and all the movies I’ve watched—namely, romantic comedies.

There’s a little bit of news from Emerald Comic-Con. It’s nothing exciting but it is “news.” I go over Y: The Last Man—Whys and Wherefores (Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra). I talk about the little good, the mostly bad, and the very ugly of the entire series.

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Episode 95: Zoom In!

This show’s more comic oriented than normal. How odd. I talk a lot about the new digital comic app for the Android and one with the strangest spelled name—Graphic.ly. It’s a terrible program that needs a lot of work. You can hear me struggle with it.

A Preacher movie has been confirmed and I think I’m the only one who can see it working. I’m an optimist. Lastly, I finish the limited series of Army@Love: Generation Pwned (Rick Veitch, Gary Erskine). Why wasn’t this an ongoing especially in today’s world?

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Episode 94: The Champ Is Here!

I celebrate my recent victory in my local Northern California League for L5R despite tanking the last two tournaments. I’m that good. I then talk about the NBA Dunk Contest and the homecooking Blake Griffin got.

There’s a minor bit of news this week before I go over Y: The Last Man—Motherland (Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra). One more trade before I done covering how bad Y is. What more is there to say about it? Really?

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Episode 93: Valentine's Day Blues

Another year, another Valentine’s Day by myself. Oddly enough, I understand women more because of the very insightful book I’m reading, The Female Brain. For my Valentine’s gift, I may give myself Netflix.

I talk about the rather violent and tough to read book yet insightful, Unknown Soldier: Easy Kill (Joshua Dysart, Alberto Ponticelli). Where do Americans go when we want to leave our country?

If you’d like to support the show, go buy my cheap comics and movies!

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Episode 92: That's What She Said

Football season’s finally over, but there must be one last show about it. I talk about the Superbowl, but I spend more time going over the horrible halftime, the all right commercials, and the awesome movie trailers they showed.

I’m tired of talking about Y: The Last Man, but I’m also amazed about how I can find something new and terrible each trade. This week I go over the talking and sitting or standing that Y does so well in Y: The Last Man—Kimono Dragon (Bryan K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra).

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Episode 91: Throat of Mystery

I know I normally say, “It’s going to be a short show,” but this time it actually is. My throat’s sore from lack of sleep and playing Def Jam Rapstar. That means less bad singing and impersonations. I do manage to squeeze in a few minutes talking about my new favorite game, Game Dev Story.

Since I’m a fair man, I do give the House of Mystery series another chance. I cover House of Mystery: Love Stories for Dead People (Matthew Sturges, Luca Rossi). If only House of Mystery was two separate books, I would thoroughly enjoy one.

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Episode 90: Conveniently Down

I’m a bit grumpy this week, more so than normal. Maybe it’s the fact that I’m old. I spend a few minutes talking about my card tournament and while I scrubbed out, I got to play the new Back to the Future card game. Now that’s good. Go get it.

There’s actually some news this week. Surprise, surprise. I then go on yet another rant about Y: The Last Man—Paper Dolls (Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra). Even I’m getting tired of talking about how bad it is.

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Episode 89: WHAT?

To kick things off, I talk about Round Table and how disappointing their portions, especially their garlic twists, have become. I continue my discussion and love for RedLetterMedia, spending far too much time on it, because some angry, nerd wrote a 108 page rant.

I then finish covering the limited Crossing Midnight series by reading Crossing Midnight: The Sword in the Soul (Mike Carey, Jim Fern). Not Mike Carey’s best work but still a good read.

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Episode 88: Love Stories

I’m back for the new year! Did you miss me? Don’t answer that. To kick things off for 2011, I start things off a little differently and definitely weirder. To begin the new year, you should watch RedLetterMedia finish its analysis of the overrated Episode III.

There’s actually news this week or maybe it’s because it’s been awhile since I last recorded. Sadly, I begin the first show of this year by going over the rather repetitive Y: The Last Man—Girl on Girl (Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra).

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Episode 87: Tis the Season

I begin the show talking about the awesome Michael Vick and his spectacular 4th quarter win. I move on to thank my favorite listener for his cool Christmas gift.

There’s no news this week so I spend far too much time talking about the newest app for my Android, Comixology. It’s pretty cool. I have to get a sponsorship one of these days.

Lastly, I go over the surprisingly disappointing The Un-Men: Children of Paradox (John Whalen, Mike Hawthorne).

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Episode 86: Role Reversal

It’s a bit of an oddity this week. I hate something I normally love and I love something I normally hate. I kick things off talking about the rubbish that is Transformers Prime. Listen to me break it down on how bad it is from the CGI, characters, voice acting, plot, etc.

I then move on to Y: The Last Man--Ring of Truth (Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra). Things are a bit dicey as I try to talk about it. I really shouldn’t have taken an unexpected week off. Plot holes aside, I do enjoy the book.

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Episode 85: Welcome to Hollywood!

Believe it or not, I met a very pretty and nice actress, Laura Allen, the day of recording. She's not that famous but she is good in her roles and you've probably seen her work. I then talk about two movies I recently seen, Inception and Scott Pilgrim. One of those was good. Spoiler alert.

Lastly, you can hear me trip over my own tongue as I finish the series and try to explain the trippy and Biblical, Testament: Exodus (Douglas Ruskhoff, Liam Sharp) and of course, mispronounce things.

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