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Scotch & Comics Episode 4: The Random Drawerbox Shuffle

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Cover to Welcome To Tranquility #4 by Neil Googe.

It’s been two long weeks but Scotch & Comics returns, with host Devin R Bruce serving up another round of slightly tipsy comics conversation. With the help of his friends on Twitter, he goes through a random selection of comics from his long boxes as well as one book from his shelf. It’s a big glass of superhero comics with a zombie twist and a sprinkling of pixie dust! Featuring conversations about X-Men First Class (the comic, not the movie), Giffen & Levitz’s Legion of Super-Heroes, Fables, Welcome to Tranquility, and the zombie comic Things Undone. Scotch and Comics: stumbling through the long boxes to find nuggets of solid gold!

Show Notes:
Macallan Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Twitter friends who helped program the show: @pau1wa11ace, @leah_literally,@kalebd, @RenaissanceDork, @bboyspodcast
You should also follow @GailSimone – because she is not just a very good comics writer but hilarious on Twitter
Linda Medley on the Fantagraphics site, artist of Fables #18 and Castle Waiting
Shane White – Creator of Things Undone
8Tracks Playlist (will be up soon-ish but you can find the others here)

Link: Episode 004 on Libsyn
Download: Scotch & Comics Episode 004
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Scotch & Comics, Episode 3 – Hallowe’en Horror Special

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Happy Hallowe’en everyone! In this horror-themed episode of Scotch and Comics, host Devin R Bruce talks about a real Monster of a whisky and then dives into a trove of dystopian sci-fi, monsters, vampires, and other creepy tales! Featuring looks at Smoke by Alex DiCampi and Igor Kordey; The Complete Dracula by Leah Moore, John Reppion, and Colton Worley; a smattering of Marvel Monsters; Brian Azzarello & Eduardo Risso’s Spaceman; and a selection from the venerable Creepy Archives, Volume One! Plus side discussions on Canadian ballet films, Kickstarter campaigns, and more. Scotch and Comics: more fun than you can shake a severed limb at!

You Have Reached… Episode 9

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Aaron, Bruce, David and Derek have returned with an extra-long episode featuring guest stars as well as discussions on iOS5, issues of DC’s The New 52, Cheating in games, preferred social networks, comic books, bad movies, the weather, music and more.

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You Have Reached… Episode 9

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (56.6MB)

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Aaron, Bruce, David and Derek have returned with an extra-long episode featuring guest stars as well as discussions on iOS5, issues of DC’s The New 52, Cheating in games, preferred social networks, comic books, bad movies, the weather, music and more.

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Loikamania 064: Chris Yost

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This week, Pat and Antonio chat with Chris Yost! We talk about his animation work on shows like Wolverine and The X-Men and Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. We talk about his work with Craig Kyle on New X-Men and X-Force. We go over some process talk, and even talk about the X-Men writers retreats! Another fun show featuring music by Steve Earnhart and Nine Inch Nails!

Chris’ twitter: twitter.com/yost
Antonio’s twitter: twitter.com/THWIPstar

Loikamania 064: Chris Yost

Comic Book Hero: The Greatest Cape Release Date Announced

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I’m not sure if I ever mentioned it on the podcast or not, but I am a HUGE fan of the Grey Dog Software games that are put out by Adam Ryland. (However, I should note that I haven’t played any of their other games.) The ones that he does are based around professional wrestling and Mixed Martial Arts. They are text based simulators that are extremely fun. Total Extreme Wrestling (which used to be Total Extreme Warfare) lets you be a professional wrestling promoter (a la Vince MacMahon), Wrestling Spirit lets you become a professional wrestler, and World of Mixed Martial Arts allows you to be the promoter of an MMA organization. Once again I have to stress that they are a lot of fun.

Earlier this year, Grey Dog Software announced that Adam Ryland is working on a game that lets you guide the career of a superhero called “Comic Book Hero: The Greatest Cape”. Here is the official announcement. I am looking forward to it, because even though the title contains a pun that makes me think it will be a little wacky (and we all know how I feel about wackiness), the Developer’s Journal makes it seem a lot more serious. If you like text based games where you have to actually think and not just mash buttons, then this may be a good game to check out.

They recently announced a release date of Monday, November 21, 2011. However, there will be a demo coming out Tuesday, November 14, 2011. This is definitely on my “to get” list.