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Loikamania 126: Comic Chatter

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This week, Pat and Adam talk about ALL the books they’ve been reading. We go over some of our favorites, and make some recommendations. We talk Young Avengers, The End Times of Bram and Ben, Fantastic Four, FF, New Avengers, Comeback, Chew, Wonder Woman, Indestructible Hulk, One Trick Rip-Off, All-New X-Men, Sweet Tooth, Todd the Ugliest Kid on Earth, Northlanders, DMZ, Mara, Walking Dead, Star Wars, Uncanny X-Force, Woodwork and Dial H! Lots of great comics out there! Enjoy!

Cover art by Dave Marquez and Marte Gracia, design by Chris Maze.

Music by The Revengineers and Tegan and Sara!

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Loikamania 124: Nick Bradshaw

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You demanded it, and now you have it! Wolverine and the X-Men artist Nick Bradshaw makes his first appearance on Loikamania! We talk about his career, from his early days doing Low Orbit and Danger Girl, to his current drawing Wolverine and the X-Men! We talk process, inspirations and more!

Cover art by Nick Bradshaw and Guru EFX, design by Chris Maze. Music by The Revengineers and MGMT!

Buy Nick’s pages here: http://www.mightynib.com/bradshaw.html
Nick’s website: http://scaryhappenings.blogspot.com/
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Loikamania 123: Garage Art Studios!

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This week, Pat is joined by Tony Fleecs, Chris Moreno and Tone Rodriguez, collectively known as Garage Art Studios! We talk about the studio life, and all its advantages. We get into travelling for conventions and sketching at shows, weird sketch requests, and talk about the stuff they’re into as well! A really fun chat with a group of talented artists.

NOTE: We encountered some audio issues while recording, so apologies for some parts sounding bad. It was a fun conversation and I really didn’t want to cut anything out. So again, apologies!

Music by the Revengineers and The Wu-Tang Clan. Cover design by Chris Maze.

Chris’ website: http://chrismoreno.deviantart.com/
Chris on twitter: @ChrisMoreno121
Tone’s website: http://www.tonerod.com/
Tony’s website: http://tonyfleecs.blogspot.com/
Tony on twitter: @TonyFleecs

Loikamania 122: Sam Humphries

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This week, Pat welcomes writer Sam Humphries to the show! We talk about his beginnings in the comics industry, including his many creator owned projects, like Our Love Is Real, Higher Earth and Sacrifice. Then, we talk about his run on Marvel’s Ultimates, and his upcoming run on Uncanny X-Force! Don’t miss this fun episode of Loikamania! And remember to pick up Sacrifice issue 4 and Uncanny X-Force 1 on January 23!

Music by the Revengineers and Diplo! Cover photo by Sam Humphries, design by Chris Maze!

Sam’s website: samhumphries.com
Sam’s twitter: @samhumphries

Loikamania 121: The Best of 2012.

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Pat is joined by Adam and Antonio to talk about their favorite things from 2012. Comics, TV, movie, music…everything in pop-culture is covered in this first Loikamania of 2013!

Cover art by Ramon Perez from Tale of Sand, design by Chris Maze.

Music by The Revengineers and Echo Lake.

Adam’s twitter: twitter.com/adamwitt
Adam’s podcast: comicswillbreakyourheart.tumblr.com
Antonio’s twitter:twitter.com/antoniopcuneo
Antonio’s blog: http://readwatchedandseen.tumblr.com/ 
Comic Impact: comicimpact.com

Loikamania 120: The Year Ender

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This week, Pat is joined by Newsarama’s Albert Ching, Geeks Are Sexy’s Meredith Placko and Buzzfocus’ Ernie Estrella to talk about 2012: the stories, the news, the controversies of the year that was. We go over the news that shocked the comics biz, from announcements, hirings, firings, and more. Plus, we look ahead at 2013 and make our predictions!

Cover designed by Chris Maze, music by Steve Earnhart and Christopher Lee!

NOTE: This episode was recorded before Gail Simone was announced to return as the writer on Batgirl.

Albert’s twitter: twitter.com/albertxii
Newsarama: newsarama.com
Ernie’s twitter: twitter.com/ernieestrella
Buzzfocus: http://www.buzzfocus.com/
BrunoBoys: http://brunoboys.net/page/staff-ernie-estrella/
Meredith’s twitter: twitter.com/mplacko
Meredith’s FB: https://www.facebook.com/anaaesthetic

Loikamania 119: Rick Remender

This week, Rick Remender returns to the show to discuss the conclusion of his run on Uncanny X-Force and Secret Avengers,  as well as his upcoming plans for Uncanny Avengers and Captain America. We also talk about his upcoming creator-owned work with Paul Renaud, Devolution…and we even get some hints on his upcoming project with Greg Tocchini! And if that’s not enough, we even go through some process talk! Enjoy the show, and pick up a copy of book 1 of the Fear Agent Library, out now!

Cover art by John Cassaday and Laura Martin, design by Chris Maze.

Music by Steve Earnhart and Amon Amarth.

Rick’s website: rickremender.com
Rick’s Twitter: twitter.com/remender

Things to Come…

Today is December 13, 2012. As of right now, I’ve recorded the majority of December and January’s shows, so I can actually tell you all with complete certainty what’s coming your way over the next few weeks. Yes, I’m recording way early, and it’s always possible that things get announced that don’t get covered in these interviews…but that’s okay.

I’m more interested in a good conversation with guests over being ahead of the comics news cycle, and I think most of you guys are in agreement with that.

So, here’s how the schedule is looking like for next year. You can probably expect a bonus show or two as well, depending on how things go.

12/19/12 – Episode 119: Rick Remender
12/26/12 – Episode 120 – The Year-Ender
01/02/13 – Episode 121 – Best of 2012
01/09/13 – Episode 122 – Sam Humphries
01/16/13 – Episode 123 – Studio Chatter with Tony Fleecs, Chris Moreno and Tone Rodriguez
01/23/13 – Episode 124 – Nick Bradshaw

There’s a few others that I can’t announce just yet, as well as a new type of show format I’m tinkering with. Let’s just say, imagine getting two creators that you really admire together just to chat and talk shop.

Also, I’ll be attempting another ‘commentary’ track for a single storyline like the Cobra one we did some time back.

2013 is looking good. Thanks to all of you for listening, for the feedback and interaction. It’s much appreciated. It’s great to share my love of comics and pop-culture with all of you, and I promise lots of fun stuff next year.

Guaranteed.

Pat

Loikamania 079: Bendis Returns!

This week, Pat catches up with Brian Michael Bendis. We talk about the status of the Powers TV show and debunk some rumors. We talk about all of his creator owned work like Powers, Brilliant, Takio and Scarlet. We also go through his many Marvel projects, including his impending departure from the Avengers books, Moon Knight ending, Ultimate Spider-Man and some AvX process talk. Plus, he reveals the artist for one of his new Marvel books! Music by Steve Earnhart and Heems!

Brian’s twitter: twitter.com/brianmbendis
Jinxworld: jinxworld.com