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ReadComics Podcast #051 – Thor movie and The Film Confessional Podcast

Martin — Thu, 19 May 2011 03:04:27 +0000

This podcast, Marty, Jason, and Florence are joined by Justin from The Film Confessional Podcast, as they talk about movies they’ve seen recently, especially the latest blockbuster comic book movie, Thor.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #051 (47.3 MB, 98 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #050 – Cons and stuff

Martin — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:05:17 +0000

In this unstructured podcast, Susie, Marty, Jason and Florence start out by talking briefly about the science fiction convention they all attended this weekend, Minicon, and jump from there to talking about comic book conventions in general and specific. (MCBA‘s SpringCon is right around the corner!) We then discuss the Elfquest fan trailer.

Marty grills Jason’s encyclopedic knowledge of Doctor Who for details and history of Doctor Who comics, and then we discuss The Ten Doctors and the Torchwood Babiez. Jason mentions in passing that there is a podcast about Doctor Who comics. Maybe he’ll post a link in the comments, or you could start your search for it at the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance. We make sure Jason plugs his daily doctor who blog over at Doctor Who Every Day.

Much ado is made about the forthcoming Wonder Woman TV atrocity.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #050 (35 MB, 75 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #049 – Book Club #19 – So Super-Duper

Martin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:18:11 +0000

This book club podcast about the first ten issues of the comic book So Super Duper features Marty, Florence, Jason, Angela, and Susie. We talk about our impressions of the comic.

“So Super Duper” is a cute story about a character named Psyche, a new-ish Super Hero who isn’t quite as super as everyone else on his team. Psyche slowly discovers that his lack of superheroness may not be the only thing that is different about him.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #049 (23.3 MB, 49 minutes)

Dream Casting, Sandman Casting Call Part 3: Death Wish List

Susie — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:36:36 +0000

In part 1, I gave my reasons for embarking on this project. In part 2 I cast my Dream. Now it is time put my casting cap back on, and pick an actress for the role of Death. In the universe of the Sandman Death is an upbeat, very cute, goth girl. As with all the Endless, her appearance changes, depending on her surroundings.

However, she is one of the more consistent of them. Her clothing does change according to the era, but for the most part, she is thin, pale, dressed all in black, with black hair, that is only slightly less messy than Dream’s. She always wears an ankh, somewhere on her person, usually as a necklace. And she has a black curlicue, under one eye. She is most often seen wearing a black tank, and black jeans, and occasionally finishes it off with a top hat, and umbrella.

She is the most relatable, down to earth, member of the Endless, and she is probably the series’ most beloved character. She is also the character that I have had the most trouble casting. She has to be instantly likable, and yet formidable. She has to be both glib, and insightful. I kept coming up with actresses that worked in one aspect, and failed in another. Natalie Portman, is cute enough, but I’m not sure she’d be able to convey the character’s power. Angelina Jolie could cover the power, but is too intimidating. Amy Adams, too cute, no edge at all. Death had to be all of that and more. She has to be someone who you’d actually be happy to see at your final moment. I went back and forth. I think I’ve finally got it. Summer Glau

She is probably best known for her roles on two short lived Scifi series. She played Cameron, a cyborg assassin, on The Sarah Connor Chronicles. And on Firefly, she played River, a brilliant, psychologically damaged, young girl, made into a sleeper agent by the government. She was so good at portraying River’s insanity, while also showing her vulnerability, and under lying danger, that I was considering her as the top contender for the part of Delirium. But I felt that actually might be like casting her in the same part, especially since there is a big overlap in the audiences for Firefly, and Sandman. Then as I was crossing out another name to play death, I remembered the charm, Glau brought to the role of River. The fact that she moved with a preternatural grace. The way she could deliver the strangest non sequitur, in way that made you think it would make perfect sense if you were just inside her head. Most of all, the looks she gave to her big brother when he was being an idiot, would translate perfectly into the, affectionate yet exasperated, way Death relates to Dream.

Look at her here, imagine it as a top hat, and that’s our girl.

It doesn’t hurt that she bears a slight resemblance to Fairuza Balk. Who at one point, I’m not sure if it’s still the case, had been set to play the part, in the film adaptation of Death the Time of Your Life. Which was a spinoff miniseries of Sandman. Considering the film was set to be directed by Neil Gaiman, it would be fair to say Fairuza is his top choice.

However, as popular as Summer may be with the geek community, it may be necessary to pick a bigger name, to get the movie made. So under duress I would submit my next choice. Zooey Deschanel.

She has been the winsome, indie, girl next door with an edge, du jour, for the past couple of years. For good reason, she’s charming, and beautiful, and talented. She’d be very good for the part, I just like Summer Glau a little bit more.

Coming up in part three, Delirium!

ReadComics Podcast #047 – Book Club #18 – Hellboy: Seed of Destruction

Martin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:15:39 +0000

This podcast, featuring Marty, Florence, Jason, Angela, and Susie, was actually recorded over the course of two nights. We talk about our impressions of the first Hellboy TPB, Seed of Destruction, and also some about the second TPB, which only some of us had read. Additionally, we do go into how it compares to the first Hellboy movie, which loosely follows the same storyline.

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ReadComics Podcast #046 – Scott Pilgrim Versus the World …followup

Martin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:29:05 +0000

In this episode of the ReadComics Podcast, Marty, Jason, Florence, and Susie revisit the world of Scott Pilgrim, giving Florence and Susie a chance to weigh in with their unique thoughts and opinions.

Susie also shares her list of ~~ten~~ nine black and white movies that Marty should watch, and Jason finds and shares a recipe for Tequila Mockingbird.

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ReadComics Podcast #045 – Scott Pilgrim Versus the World, a Film Confessional Joint

Martin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:38:46 +0000

This episode was a joint podcast with our friends (and cohorts) over at the Film Confessional podcast. Jason, Justin, Angela, and Marty discuss at length the recent release of Scott Pilgrim Versus the World, which is, of course, the movie adaptation of the much loved Scott Pilgrim comics by Bryan Lee O’Malley.

Angela and Marty also share their experience seeing a very sneak preview of the movie RED, which is based on a short comic series by the same name written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Cully Hamner.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #045 (105 MB, 114 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #044 – Bookclub #17 – Runaways

Martin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:32:50 +0000

This month we talked about Runaways, the early issues, written by Brian K. Vaughan. We had Florence and Marty, Jason, Angela, Susie, and our neighbors David and Alexis. You may also hear random babbling from Colleen (4 months) and Ruby (8 months). This was more of an introduction to the series for Angela, David, and Alexis, who hadn’t read any of it before. The rest of us reminisce about way back when we read ‘em the first time.

We also decided on our next book club, when we’ll be discussing Hellboy, the 1st TPB, by Mike Mignola.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #044 (36 MB, 78 minutes)

New Book Club Choice

Susie — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:31:33 +0000

We will be recording our next Book Club podcast Thursday July 1st, at 6 pm. Florence got the pick this month. She has chosen Runaways Volume 1: issues 1 through 18, by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrien Alphona. Most of the regulers have read Runaways before so we may discuss events beyond the first eighteen issues, but they are the plan for now. As always if anyone reading along would like to join in on the recording, please contact us by commenting below.

ReadComics Podcast #043 – Bookclub #16 – A Distant Soil

Martin — Mon, 03 May 2010 00:19:18 +0000

For this relatively short-notice podcast, Susie, Florence, Jason, and Marty read the first TPB of Colleen Doran’s A Distant Soil.

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ReadComics Podcast #042 – Bookclub #15 – Books of Magic

Martin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:08:36 +0000

This podcast is an episode of the ReadComics Book Club where we talk about the first four issues of The Books of Magic #1-4, the issues written by Neil Gaiman. Angela, Florence, Jason J, Jason T, Marty, and Susie all give their opinions and impressions. Tangents abound, of course, and other topics include: various other Vertigo titles (Sandman, of course), Harry Potter comparisons, and “annotated” versions of comic books (Watchmen, Grant Morrison, Crisis on Infinite Earths). We hadn’t read (or known about) David Goldfarb’s Books of Magic annotations until mid-podcast. Enjoy!

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #042 (32 MB, 70 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #041 – Bookclub #14 – The Unwritten #1-5

Martin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:45:52 +0000

This episode of the ReadComics Podcast is Florence, Jason, Mike, Marty and Susie discussing The Unwritten issues #1-5 (the first arc). We go off on tangents about meta-fiction (including Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series, Fables, and The Magicians by Lev Grossman), and talk about The Unwritten‘s obvious comparisons to Harry Potter and Books of Magic. We do spoil these early issues, so you’ll want to stay away if you mind that. They’re well worth reading, so go pick up the TPB if you haven’t already!

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ReadComics Podcast #040 – Bookclub #13 – Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Martin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:15:29 +0000

No introduction can describe what will follow in this podcast. Mike says: “Listen, and godspeed.” Jason says: “Listen and god help you.”

This is actually only fifteen minutes of podcast #40, and the rest is podcast #41, since we lost everything of the first podcast after a hard-drive write-error. Mike, Jason, Susie, Florence and Marty all read and discussed the recent Marvel adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by Eric Shanower and drawn by Skottie Young.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #040 (35 MB, 77 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #039 – Bookclub #12 – Echo

Martin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:57:31 +0000

Yet another fascinating and tantalizing podcastical tribute to comics! This book club issueissode focused on the awesome Echo, by veteran comic creator Terry Moore.

Marty, Florence, Mike, Jason and Susie wax your ears off with unquestionable eloquence, only straying satirically from the subject for brief but satisfying interludes. (We’re segue savants, so of course you probably won’t even notice.) This episode is best enjoyed in the company of a well trained room full of monkeys with typewriters.

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ReadComics Podcast #038 – Bookclub #11 – American Born Chinese & The Eternal Smile

Martin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:07:08 +0000

This book club episode of the podcast was composed of the melodic and intellectual voices of Marty, Florence, Mike, Jason, and of course the disembodied Susie, whose choice it was to read American Born Chinese & The Eternal Smile, by Gene Luen Yang (with Derek Kirk Kim on The Eternal Smile). Both books are well worth a read, and we go into great detail about their plots and allegories and meanings contained therein. As with all our bookclub episodes, it’ll be a more entertaining listen if you’ve already read the books in question. Feel free to leave your own commentary and opinions in the comments.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #038 (24 MB, 52 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #037 – Boobs, Robots and Spaceships

jason — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:36:15 +0000

Join us tonight, dear friends, as we delve once more into the madness that is the ReadComics podcast. Subdued madness, in this case, as we talk about our trips to the comic shop and the library, and what we found there. Mike bought Marvel, Jason checked out some Tezuka, and Marty waxes wanly about Thor. We also prepare for the San Diego Comic Convention, which none of us will attend.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #037 (21.1 MB, 46 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #036 – Bookclub #10 – Annihilation

Martin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:20:14 +0000

Today we sat around and shared our impressions of the Annihilation series. This was Chad’s pick for the book club, and he, Florence, Marty, Mike, Jason, Susie (and Tony, who joins us after a while) all give their impressions of the series, or what they read of it.

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ReadComics Podcast #035

Martin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:53:41 +0000

This is another “what are we reading” podcast, touching on the following topics: Bean World, The Unwritten, (and various other black-haired bespectacled wizard boys), Chew, The Gaylaxicon booth at Pride this year, Jan’s Atomic Heart, by Simon Roy, Richard K. Morgan’s sci-fi novels, including Altered Carbon and Market Forces, Hawkeye’s new limited series, The New Mutants, Garage Band by Gipi, Gigantic, Ignition City (Warren Ellis), Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil, Civil War, and the deaths and subsequent rebirths of various super heroes, including Captain America and The Flash.

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ReadComics Podcast #034 – Bookclub #9 – Green Lantern Sinestro Corps Wars

Martin — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:44:52 +0000

This comic book book club had us all reading Green Lantern. This book was selected by Jason J, who forced Chad to join our regular cast, Marty, Florence, Mike, Jason T. and Susie. We shared our opinions about the comic, and the many decades of backstory leading up to this run. We also allowed Chad to choose next month’s book club pick: Annihilation. Finally, special thanks to Ookla the Mok, whose song Theme from Super Skrull we use to close out the episode.

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ReadComics Podcast #033

Martin — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:25:06 +0000

The usual cast of pods in this episode: Florence, Marty, Jason, Mike and Susie. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we had fun making it. Topics in rough order of appearance:

Handknit Heroes
Love and Capes
Piperka
the new Star Trek Movie
Star Trek the original series (on hulu and off)
Wolverine
possible Deadpool Movie
Marvel Zombies
Tony Kushner this Saturday
superhero musicals, including spiderman
Batman Cacophony, written by Kevin Smith
Dollhouse & Fox TV
various Simpsons comic topics

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #033 (22 MB, 49 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #032

Martin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:42:02 +0000

Jason, Marty, Mike and Florence are mostly all drunk, talking (slurring) about the following comic-related subjects (and many others less so): twitter and comics and facebook, Scott Pilgrim, Bomb Queen, New Mutants, Dark Avengers, Grant Morrison, Runaways, Frank Miller’s Daredevil, The Webcomic List, piperka.net, Susan Boyle and Marty’s mom. We hope you enjoy this rambling masterpiece.

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ReadComics Podcast #031

Martin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:00:15 +0000

Tonight’s podcast was just Marty Florence and Jason when we began, but then Susie joins us about ten minutes in. It’s a shorter one, but we manage to at least mention offhandedly the following topics: The Muppet Show Comic Book #1, Boom Studios new Pixar licensing, DC’s After Watchmen …what next? campaign, Ex Machina TPB #7, Batman RIP, old standby topics: Grant Morrison and Walking Dead, Angel: After The Fall, Blank It webcomic, Menage A 3, Piperka, Sister Claire, Promethia, and all female comic book podcasts: Comic Racks and Birds of Geek.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #031 (18 MB, 38 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #030 – Bookclub #8 – Thor #1-600

Martin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:08:36 +0000

This bookclub podcast was all about Thor, issues #1-600 (all 13 issues). BRAKKA-DOOOOOOM! We have Florence, Marty, Jason, Mike, Susie (actually present!), and Jason Johnston with us for this lively discussion of Straczynski’s run of Thor.

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ReadComics Podcast #029

Martin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:49:24 +0000

In this episode of the ReadComics podcast, Marty, Florence, Jason and Susie talk about the biggest comic book event of the week: the Watchmen movie. Marty and Florence saw a sneak preview of the movie last night, but we took pains not to spoil anything. (Short review: It’s AWESOME, go see it!!!) We also discussed the following topics: Marty and Florence’s visitor Flat Stanley, movie special effects and CGI (at length, including Watchmen, Star Wars, Hellboy II, Pans Labyrinth, the Oscars and Batman), Dr. Manhattan’s BIG BLUE PENIS, other movies we want to see this summer (Super Capers, Wolverine, Harry Potter, Year One), the possibility of an Elfquest movie, Johnny Hiro, Scott Pilgrim, a bunch of comics we have read recently (Wonder Woman, Tek Jensen, Ender’s Game, Batman), Kevin Smith’s batman, the trend toward comic book continuations of TV shows (Farscape, Buffy, Veronica Mars, Pushing Daisies), and Jason gives a shout-out to the GridCycle GeekCast, a new video game podcast.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #029 (30 MB, 66 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #028 – Book Club – PS238 Vol. 1

Martin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:31:17 +0000

This podcast/book club features Florence, Jason, Mike, Susie and Marty, and is all about PS238: Volume 1, With Liberty And Recess for All, written and drawn by Aaron Williams. We stay mostly focused for the first 45 minutes or so, then veer off on a Dr. Who tangent in anticipation of Jason’s upcoming convention trip.

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ReadComics Podcast #027

Martin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:51:02 +0000

Marty, Mike, Jason and Florence got downright philosophical tonight as they discussed the following topics: Smallville (Jason went on at length about the recent episode featuring the Legion of Superheroes, written by Geoff Johns), Smallville and Harry Potter “HoYay” and fanfic, the current Spiderman issue featuring Obama which none of us had read (and Jason’s idea for Oba-Man), Battlestar Galactica and The Walking Dead and which one is more “soap opera like”, Rasl, Kick-Ass (and the movie… not this, but this), Gaylaxicon, Prism Comics, I Hate Gallant Girl, Shirtless Superheroes (a website for hot male images in comics… we couldn’t remember the name of it), gay characters of Star Trek (including this fan-made episode written by David Gerrold, writer of the “Trouble With Tribbles” episode), Love and Capes, Invincible (and other stuff we dropped from our pull this week, including Gravel), Doctor Sleepless, and a rather long discussion about whether comic book creators should listen to their fans. We talked for quite a while tonight, but surprisingly, it never felt like there was a lull in the discussion.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #027 (33.9 MB, 74 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #026

Martin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:05:58 +0000

Tonight we had a rollicking good time. Florence, Marty, Jason, Mike and Susie (via Skype) all sat down to talk about what we’ve been reading. Topics included: Jack Kirby, Grand Morrison, Black Panther, Dwayne McDuffie, boom tubes, Fourth World, Reginald Hudlin, Dr Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, Zombie Unicorns, Scott Pilgrim, Farscape (& other TV shows continued as comics), The Messiah Complex, Buffy, Breakfast of the Gods, Mike’s desire to make a comic out of Mr. Roger’s make-believe neighborhood, Life Sucks, by Jessica Abel, Anders Loves Maria, Pax Romana, Transhuman, Astro City, and our opinions on THE BEST COMIC BOOK SERIES EVER MADE.

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #026 (23.8 MB, 52 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #025 – Book Club #6 – Scott Pilgrim

Martin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:51:18 +0000

Tonight Jason, Mike, Susie, Florence and Marty talk about Scott Pilgrim, our comic book Book Club selection of the month(s). We briefly touch on MANY other topics, from libraries to a pregnant Mystique.

Apologies in advance about the volume. I realized about 2/3rds of the way through that the input was turned way down, so you may have to turn your volume up to hear us. Sorry about that!

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #025 (25.5 MB, 55 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #024

Martin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:59:15 +0000

Jason, Florence and Marty talk about a bunch of stuff this time, including: Buffy: Season 8 #19, comic books at the Library, Umbrella Academy, Astro City, The Authority, the Luna Brothers and Sword, I Hate Gallant Girl, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?, superdickery.com, Neil Stephenson and Anathem, The Last Will and Testament, Jason’s new G1 phone purchase, and how sick we all are.

Somewhere in the middle, Jason tunes out and Florence and Marty launch into Married with Comics and talk about this week’s comics (Authority #5, Sword #13 & I Hate Gallant Girl #2).

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #024 (23 MB, 51 minutes)

ReadComics Podcast #023 – Book Club #5 – Buffy Season 8

Martin — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:53:08 +0000

Our book club met tonight to discuss Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight. We had Marty, Florence, Jason, Mike and Susie via Skype. This may be our longest podcast yet, weighing in at more than an hour and a half. As Mike put it at some point, “We have the weight of 7 seasons of episodes on our shoulders.”

Listen to ReadComics.org Podcast Episode #023 (45 MB, 98 minutes)