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Kevin goes on a tangent about comics that have yet to come out from new publisher AWA Studios and brings it back around later with a bad idea.

Andy watched some TV adaptions: Watchmen (HBO), The Boys (Amazon Prime), Umbrella Academy (Netflix), Daybreak (Netflix, but I mistakenly call it “Daybreakers” for the entire episode) and Witcher (Netflix, but this one is not a comic book). Phil mentions Van Helsing TV show (from Zenoscope), the new Locke & Key TV show and Deadly Class TV show.

New comic publisher Bad Idea.

A Letter to Jo (OGN) by Joseph Sieracki and Kelly Williams (IDW)

The Protector #1 by Simon Roy, Daniel M. Bensen, Artyom Trakhanov, and Jason Wordie (Image)

Quantum & Woody #1 by Christopher Hastings and Ryan Browne (Valiant)

Stoker & Wells: Order of the Golden Dawn OGN by Steven Peros and Barry Orkin (Our Gal Pictures, LLC)

Never Ending by D.J. Kirkbride, Adam Knave, Robert Love, and Felix Perez (Dark Horse)

Shoutouts:

Super Steve
Action Lab
TKO Presents
King Bone Press
Panel Syndicate
Drawn and Quarterly published Daybreak by Brian Ralph
1917 movie
Charlie’s War by Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun
libraries (spoiler, they are great)
Horizon Zero Dawn video game
Bloodshot movie trailer
Curse Words (Image)
Atomic Robo
Gemini: The Complete Series TBP by Jay Faerber and Jon Sommariva, (Image)
Parks and Cons on Twitter, YouTube and other social media

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Look who’s back, back again, it’s SuperSteve with Andrew and Kevin.

Long Beach Comic Book Expo (Jan 11 and 12, 2020). Con man report.

Savage Dragon #236-247 by Erik Larsen (Image)

Thirty Three #1 by Juan Manuel Ponce, Marco Finnegan and Ellie Wright

20XX #1 by Lauren Keely and Jonathan Luna (Image)

Skybourne by Frank Cho (Oversized Hardcover from Boom!)

Vintage Action Figure Sketchook Vol. 1 by John Boren
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/716000426/vintage-action-figure-sketchbook?ref=shop_home_active_7

Phantoms in the Attic by Richard Sala (art book from Fantagraphics Underground)

Space for signing books and CGC signature

Hellboy and the BPRD: Long Night at Goloski Station by Mike Mignola, Matt Smith and Dave Stewart (Dark Horse)

Shoutouts:

Phil
DJ Kirkbride tabling The Once and Future Queen (with Knave and Brokenshire), Never Ending (with Knave and Love) and Errand Boys #4 (with Koutsis).
Steven Peros tabling Stoker & Wells: Order of the Golden Dawn with Barry Orkin
Mike Ahn tabling Out of Order #1-4 with Seol Young
Spawn (Image)
Mega Man comic (Archie Comics)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics)
Abnett & Lanning
Heart Attack (Image Comics)
The Sapphire Directive by David Moreno & Electronica zero (New Mith Comics)
Cats of the Louvre Manga

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Since Andrew and Kevin abhor structure….

Andy discusses CALA (December 7 and 8, 2019) – Comics Arts Los Angeles.

Vampire Horse by Madeline McGrane
She is online. Check out her stuff!
https://madelinemcgrane.com/

Notes from a Sick Bed 1 and 2 by Tessa Brunton
She is online. Check out her stuff!
https://tessabrunton.com/

Digital comic talk

What is least interesting decade for Indie comics? Most interesting? Comic ages? 90’s chatter.

SkullDigger and Skeleton Boy by Jeff Lemire and Tonci Zonjic (Dark Horse Comics) Black Hammer sneaks back in. Dark Horse website is incorrect in credits.
https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3002-880/Skulldigger-and-Skeleton-Boy-From-the-World-of-Black-Hammer-1

Shout Outs:

Super Steve
Phil the Ottawa Otter
Matt Kindt

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All four regular hosts are in attendance for that walk up and down memory lane as they do that retrospective thing in the ICBN style for the years 2010-2019.

-Publishers/Industry
-Digital
-The Direct Market/Previews
-Manga
-Festivals/Conventions
-Kickstarter/Funding
-Artists Editions
-Media
-Favourite Comics

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ICBN, Rabbit style, after backing his truck up, Andrew and Kevin get rolling until 2019 ends with a whimper as two guys fade away.

Media adaptions (most of them neither of us have watched) – Hellboy movie, various TV shows, anime. Weekly release vs releasing all at once.

Walking Dead ended.

Spawn #300 and Variant covers and other Image founder books. Story length and density.

Andy’s book of the year – Out of Order #1-4 by Seol Young Lee and Mike Ahn (Number 5 not out yet)
https://mikeandseolcomics.bigcartel.com/

Kevin’s (apparent) book of the year (???) – Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Graphix) and Copra Reboot (Reboot? What are you writing in here?!) by Michel Fiffe (Image)

IDW – TMNT , Go-Bots by Tom Scioli (IDW), GI Joe Sierra Muerte #1-3 (Andrew gets it wrong on the show) by Michel Fiffe, Larry Hama’s new work on GI Joe, Usagi Yojimbo, Dick Tracy, Marvel kids comic, Other licenses (like Hasbro), Locke & Key comic and TV show.

Dark Horse – Black Hammer and related series, loss of licenses for Conan, Star Wars, Karen Berger Imprint, Reading order.

Valiant (Psi Lords and other titles). Kevin will catch up on them. Keep watching this space.

Suggestions of books we need to read from other lists. Peter Cannon (Dynamite)

Trying to figure out Kevin’s top books. Vault (Sera and the Royal Stars)? Study Group? Marvel? DC? Aftershock? Oni Press (Morning in America)? Matt Kindt? Bitter Root (Image)? Die (Image)? Short Box?

Kevin’s Disappointment of the Year: Man-Eaters (Image)

Shout out
Super Steve
Phil
Dan leafinsectman
Rest in Peace Tom Spurgeon

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We’re back but Phil seems far away. Audio apologies. Phil, Steve, Andy and then Kevin stops by.

General chatter about life and comic book storage. What do you do with extra comics?

ROCK and ROLL Biography Comics: GWAR volume 1, Issue 15 by Michael Aushenker, Lou Longo (Acme Ink)

Voracious Volume 3: Appetite for Destruction by Markisan Naso, Jason Muhr, and Andrei Tabacaru (Action Lab)

The Strain (Comic Book) from Gulliermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan by David Lapham, Mike Huddleston, Dan Jackson (Dark Horse)

Taarna Volume 1 by Alex de Campi, Esau Escorzi, and Carlos Cabrera (Heavy Metal)

Heart Attack #1 by Shawn Kittelsen, Eric Zawadzki, and Michael Garland (Image)

Mesmo Delivery Hardcover by Rafael Grampá, Marcus Penna (Dark Horse)

Space Riders: Vortex of Darkness #1 by Alexis Ziritt, Carlos Giffoni (Black Mask)

Dead Rabbit #1 (hence renamed “Dead Eyes” with “rabbit” replaced by “eyes”) by Gerry Duggan, John McCrae and Mike Spicer (Image).

Shout Outs:
Marvel Noise
Comic Spectrum aka Bob Bretall
Archie Meets Kiss
Vampblade
Richard Sala
Wired article referenced: https://www.wired.com/story/pricey-war-influence-your-instagram-feed/

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Phil shames everyone into doing a half ass Halloween Episode….well sorta.

Pretty Violent #1-2 by Derek Hunter, Jason Young (Image)

Phil asks for horror media recommendations from all the hosts. Listen to find out.

Wallace Mystery by Rick Geary (Little Murder Library series) from Kickstarter

Deathmate Black by Brandon Choi, Eric Silvestri, Brandon Peterson, Brett Booth, Marc Silvestri, Jeffery Scott, Scott Clark, Greg Capullo, Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Scott Williams, Sal Regla, Alex Garner and Trevor Scott (Image/Valiant)

Ms. Tree: One Mean Mother by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty (Titan Comics) but Steve gives the publishing history with different publishers and the series history

Space Bandits by Mark Millar and Matteo Scalera (Image)

Heist or How to Steal A Planet #1 by Paul Tobin, Arjuna Susini, Nathan Gooden, Tim Daniel (Vault)

Shout Outs
classic Twilight Zone
Jem
What is a first appearance?
Made Men (Oni)

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Avoiding a Halloween episode like it’s a new tradition, the guys (Andrew, Phil, and Kevin) are back to talk some comics and media notes.

Los Angeles Comic Con 2019

Andy’s Book of the Year: Out of Order #4 (out of 5) by Seol Young Lee and Mike Ahn (M&S Comics). Already discussed this before.
https://mikeandseolcomics.bigcartel.com/

Variant covers

Comics are great! Boo on novels and TV.

Painkiller Jane: Trust the Universe by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Juan Santacruz (Paperfilms). Andy and the 90’s comics in general.

Super Dinosaur Cartoon (Kevin watched it in Canada). Based on comic by Kirkman and Howard. Kevin claims he watched an episode. You decide if he did or is faking it. Airs on Teletoon (Canada) and possibly Amazon Prime!

Accelerators. All 3 trades by Ronnie Porto, Gavin Smith, and Tim Yates (Blue Juice Comics)

Zombie Tale Omnibus (1 & 2) from Boom! Anthologies with lots of creators. Leads to chatting about classic Boom of that era.

Cluster (1-4) by Ed Brisson and Damian Couceiro (Boom!)

Sheball by Paolo Bacilieri (Hollow Press)

Pink Lemonade #1 by Nick Cagnetti

Previews Magazine

Copra #1 (Vol. 2) by Michel Fiffe (Image) and his original run of Copra, his G.I. Joe and BloodStrike

Shout outs:
Super Steve
Marvel Noise
Lady Frankenstein and the Mummy’s Brain #2-3 by Shane George, Patricia Loupee, Steven Weller (Scary Tales Publishing)
Unearthians #1 by Mora, Alvarez and Estrada (Moras Productions)
J. Scott Campbell
Vampirella
Rick Geary Kickstarter (saving it for Steve)
Richard Sala
Security Robot (Not a trash robot) in Downtown LA – https://happeningindtla.com/new-robot-patrol-now-operating-at-the-bloc/

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Super Steve is back (with Kevin and Andrew) and a mystery box but they probably cover Stumptown, Hawaiian Dick – Screaming Black Thunder, Doors – A Comic Anthology and a whole bunch more!

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Kevin and Andy blather on which is really their weapon of choice to eventually get where they are going. Comics! Toys! IP!

Super Dinosaur chat about comic and cartoon. Cartoon debuted first in Canada so Kevin had to brag even though he didn’t watch much and isn’t into the comic.
Devolves into toy talk. We need Super Steve to nip that talk in the bud.

Kevin’s new segment Shocking News of the week. He teases new Valiant series, The Visitor by -Spoiler Alert on credits – Paul Levitz and M.J. Kim.

We move to asking if short seasons are better than continued numbering. moves to Manga as they like large numbers. Can you read Manga faster than western comics?

This gay existence #1 by Adam Fair. Comics are forever. I could not find it on Comixology (cbg comics)

Black Hammer/Justice League #3 (5 issue series) by Jeff Lemire and Michael Walsh . This might have spoilers as waiting on last issue of the first series. (Dark Horse and DC Comics)

Dewey Delane in Weapon of Choice by Ben Tye. The comic is also online at his website.
https://www.bentye.com/Dewey-Delane-in-Weapon-of-Choice
Judge for yourself if Andy was wrong about the book.

Once and Future #1 by Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillian, and Kieron Gillen (Boom!)
Building IP off of Mythology

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo expanded hardcover by Stan Sakai and Tom Luth (IDW)

Andy is still buying Coffin Bound (Image) but no review

Shout outs
Super Steve
Bent Con the discontinued Comic Con
Image United
Gargoyles Cartoon
Phil

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