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The Weekly Pop Culture Audio Podcast Featuring In-Depth One On One Interviews and Discussions From The Entertainment Worlds Of Genre Fiction-
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Friday, March 31, 2006

The Bendis tapes Part 3 of 3

We've saved the best for last, as Brian wraps up his answers to the random questions from his jinxworld.com message board. You'll hear comic and music recommendations from Brian, his thoughts on DC and Marvel crossovers, and a startling confession, that will make long time fans shudder. You won't want to miss it!

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Tony Fleecs Interview

TONY FLEECS TALKS ABOUT HIS VERY FUNNY DEBUT BOOK "in My LifeTime " FROM SILENT DEVIL COMICS. WE LEARN THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A NEWLY PUBLISHED INDIE BOOK, AND HOW PRAISE FROM THE LIKES OF WARREN ELLIS , CAN STILL FALL DEAF, ON UNEDUCATED EARS.

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

The Bendis Tapes part 2 "Which Side Is That On?"

Close Grandma... Part 2 of our 3 part Bendis tapes marathon. Brian continues to answer questions given by the posters at his jinxworld.com message board. He talks about Ultimate Spider-Man, New Avengers, Powers, Spider-woman, plus give some updates on his film projects, re-hashes the mtv spider-man animated series, and discusses the fall out from Marvel's Civil War

Monday, March 27, 2006

re-post the bendis tapes

Sorry, in my haste to post, the previous version was just the body of the interview . Here's the whole show

Denny O'Neil-Master Storyteller

IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE MEETING AND SPEAKING WITH DENNY, WHO WAS MY FIRST FAVORITE WRITER AS A KID, AND SOMEONE WHO CONTINUES TO CREATE COMPELLING STORIES THAT ENTERTAIN TODAY'S COMICS AUDIENCE. DENNY'S BATMAN WORK HAS BEEN COVERED SO MANY TUIMES, THAT i WANTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT OTHER WORKS, LIKE HIS TAKE ON THE QUESTION, WHICH DENNY IS REVISITING IN AN UPCOMING NOVEL, BASED ON HIS 80'S-90'S COMICS RUN. ALSO WE TALK ABOUT DENNY BEING PART OF THE SILVER AGE MARVEL COMICS 2ND WAVE OR WRITERS, HIS YEARS AT CHARLTON COMICS, CREATING RICHARD DRAGON AND AZRAEL, AND MUCH MORE

Sunday, March 26, 2006

NEW THE BENDIS TAPES MARCH '06 EDITION, pt 1

The March '06 edition of the BENDIS TAPES Brian and I got such great feedback and responses from the first one of these in February , we're were both anixous to do it again. It's another 3 hr marathon session of questions from Brian's message boards. You'll here talk about the upcoming CIVIL WAR , SPIDER WOMAN, Bendis movie news, and some candid thoughts on DC-Marvel Crossovers. (though some of that is covered in parts 2 & 3, which are still comming)

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Paul Gulacy-Master Of Kung Fu

THE ACTION ADVENTURE ARTIST WHO BROUGHT NEW LIFE TO SHANG-CHI, BATMAN, AND JAMES BOND ,TALKS ABOUT HIS REMARKABLE CAREER. FROM HIS EARLY YEARS AT MARVEL , TO HIS ORIGINAL CREATIONS FOR DC ECLIPSE AND ACCLAIM, PAUL'S WORK FEATURED SEXY WOMEN, TOUGH GUYS, AND THE KIND OF GADGETS WE ALL DREAMED OF OWNING. WE'LL TALK ABOUT PAST ORIGINAL WORKS, LIKE SABRE, ONE OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THE DIRECT MARKET'S FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL, SLASH MARAUD, AND THE GRACKLE . PLUS HIS RECENT WORK ON THE PUNISHER AND CATWOMAN, AND UPCOMING PROJECTS LIKE JSA CLASSIFIED AND JONAH HEX.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

A Dose of Reality From Rags Morales

FROM HAWKMAN, TO BLACK CONDOR, FROM WONDER WOMAN , TO IDENTITY CRISIS, RAGS MORALES HAS BROUGHT THE HUMANITY OUT OF THE CHARACTERS HE DRAWS, TO GREAT DRAMATIC EFFECT. RAGS TAKES INSIDE THE PROCESS OF MAKING IDENTITY CRISIS, THE 2004 MINI SERIES THAT HAS KICK STARTED DC'S NEW EDITORIAL DIRECTION WE TAKE A FULL LOOK AT RAGS CAREER, HIS ARTISTIC INFLUENCES, AND TALK ABOUT HIS CURRENT RUN ON JSA, (WORKING WITH THE DC HEAD HONCHO PAUL LEVITZ ) AND HIS UPCOMING WORK ON BATMAN WITH PAUL DINI. ANOTHER FASCINATING WORBALLOON CONVERSATION.

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Try to Remember the kind Rick Remender

For everyone who complains that comic books are too dominated by superhero titles, Rick Remender is a one man army with a stack books from Image Comics that feature horror sci-fi and genres yet to be determined. Among fan favorites are the retro sci-fi action book Fear Agent, the ghost pirate tales in Sea Of Red , post apocalyptic fantasy in Strange Girl, and adventures in the world of dreams in Night Mary. we talk about his new Image projectdebuting in May, The Last Christmas, his work in animation on Titan AE, The Iron Giant and computer games like James Bond: From Russia With Love

Friday, March 03, 2006

Chuck Austen Part 2

THE CONVERSATION CONTUNIES WITH ARTIST WRITER CHUCK AUSTEN IN PART 2, WE COVER CHUCK'S WORK AT MARVEL AND DC ON BOOKS LIKE THE X-MEN, "US WAR MACHINE", "SUPERMAN METROPOLIS", AND ACTION COMICS, PLUS WE GET A PREVIEW OF CHUCK'S SCI-FI PROJECT FROM HUMANOIDS, CALLED "FLYWIRES"

Chuck Austen Interview part 1

I RARELY EDITORIALIZE, BUT I ALWAYS FELT THAT WHILE X-FANS HAD EVERY RIGHT TO DISLIKE THE STYLE OF A GIVEN ARTIST OR WRITER, THE AMOUNT OF UGLY VENOM SPEWED AT CHUCK AUSTEN DEFINES THE NERDY STIGMA COMIC FANS MUST ENDURE BY NON-READERS. IT WAS IMMATURE SHRILL NONSENSE . PERSONALLY, I'M A BIG FAN OF CHUCK'S WORK ON WAR MACHINE, THE ETERNAL, HIS X-RATED COMICS, AND MOST OF HIS DC BOOKS. IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE SPENDING TIME WITH CHUCK ON THIS EPISODE. IN PART 1, CHUCK TALKS ABOUT THE NEW BOOK FROM TOKYO POP "THE BOYS OF SUMMER" , HIS EARLY COMIC DAYS AT ECLIPSE, DRAWING MIRACLEMAN, THE CONTROVERSIAL ALAN MOORE EPIC, AND HE DESCRIBES THE CRAZY SCENE AT THE INFAMOUS 1986 SAN DIEGO CONVENTION, WHICH BECAME MOORE'S FRST, AND LAST US CON APPEARENCE. WE ALSO TALK ABOUT CHUCK'S ANIMATION DAYS ON FOX TV'S "KING OF THE HILL", AND HIS CO-CREATION WITH CHRIS MOLLER "TRIPPING THE RIFT" THE SCI-FI CHANNEL SERIES STARRING STEVEN ROOT