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Post by Huw on Apr 1, 2015 13:06:31 GMT -5
Issue #179: All-New Avengers, Multiversity and Favorite Comics
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A new week, a new podcast featuring talk about All-New, All-Different Avengers, our top 3 favorite ongoing series, Hawkgirl in the Arrow/Flash Spinoff and more!
Lightning Round
The Black Hood #2, Jem and the Holograms #1, Pastaways #1, New Avengers #32,Red Sonja #15, Conan/Red Sonja #3 (of 4), Gotham Academy #6, Daredevil #14, The Valiant #4, D4VE #2.
Book of the Week
Nightcrawler #12, Roche Limit vol. 1, Batman and Robin #40
Shared Book of the Week
Multiversity: Ultra Comics by Grant Morrison and Doug Mahnke is our big topic of discussion.
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Post by BarefootRoot on Apr 1, 2015 13:22:41 GMT -5
I didn't hear Ben Edlund mentioned in the discussion about comic writers who went on to TV or movies.... was I just not paying attention?  www.imdb.com/name/nm0249421/ |
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Post by pacino on Apr 1, 2015 13:26:05 GMT -5
Really good podcast.
Black Hood #2 was great...really like the path this is taking.
Multiversity was decent. I liked the overall story but thought it was a bit of a copout for him to put in the 'opinions' of the internet, sort of a way for him to acknowledge he's doing something (meaning the meta commentary on how comics are created) and then he goes and does it anyway.
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Post by theboogieman on Apr 4, 2015 10:07:11 GMT -5
I think it would certainly be interesting to see Les Claypool work with Jason Latour, or Jason Aaron, or maybe both, on a comic set in the American South, or rural America. I think Les Claypool would be suited to a Coen Brothers-esque noir story, since I get a similar vibe from much of his music, such as the songs, 'Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers', and 'American Life', particularly. Claypool's already written a novel before, South of the Pumphouse, which apparently is pretty decent.
I think one comic that could be great as a video game is Scalped, if adapted by Rockstar Games, the guys behind Red Dead Redemption. Scalped and Red Dead Redemption are very similar, and have a similar tone and feel too, except Scalped is much darker. Also off of the top of my head right now, perhaps Pride of Baghdad could be adapted into a cool short, little indie game. Not with that gimmicky 8-bit or 16-bit look that indie games are known for, but actually with modern graphics and a modern look. I think it would be suited to being a small-scale indie game, as the story is only one volume, and is self-contained and finite, but it's very thoughtful and thought-provoking too. I think it could be done well using the video game medium, as a similar thing has been done before with The Last of Us, and the story I feel is well-suited in general to video game storytelling.
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Post by Huw on Apr 4, 2015 11:29:34 GMT -5
I think it would certainly be interesting to see Les Claypool work with Jason Latour, or Jason Aaron, or maybe both, on a comic set in the American South, or rural America. I think Les Claypool would be suited to a Coen Brothers-esque noir story, since I get a similar vibe from much of his music, such as the songs, 'Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers', and 'American Life', particularly. Claypool's already written a novel before, South of the Pumphouse, which apparently is pretty decent. I think one comic that could be great as a video game is Scalped, if adapted by Rockstar Games, the guys behind Red Dead Redemption. Scalped and Red Dead Redemption are very similar, and have a similar tone and feel too, except Scalped is much darker. Also off of the top of my head right now, perhaps Pride of Baghdad could be adapted into a cool short, little indie game. Not with that gimmicky 8-bit or 16-bit look that indie games are known for, but actually with modern graphics and a modern look. I think it would be suited to being a small-scale indie game, as the story is only one volume, and is self-contained and finite, but it's very thoughtful and thought-provoking too. I think it could be done well using the video game medium, as a similar thing has been done before with The Last of Us, and the story I feel is well-suited in general to video game storytelling. Les Claypool doing anything is cool! Seeing him work on a comic would be very interesting. |
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Post by BarefootRoot on Apr 4, 2015 12:30:15 GMT -5
He (claypool) has a novel called south of the pump house that I really enjoyed. It's a weird as hell book, but I thought it was fun.
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Post by theboogieman on Apr 4, 2015 13:44:28 GMT -5
He (claypool) has a novel called south of the pump house that I really enjoyed. It's a word as hell book, but I thought it was fun. Yeah everything Claypool does is weird as hell, but in a good way, since with Claypool it's an original, creative and imaginative kind of weird. Did you know he auditioned to be the bass player in Metallica back in the 80s? He and Kirk Hammett are old high school friends, too. I still need to read that recent biography of Primus, that came out last year. South of the Pumphouse is definitely on my list of books to read sometime in the future. |
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Post by BarefootRoot on Apr 4, 2015 19:49:50 GMT -5
He (claypool) has a novel called south of the pump house that I really enjoyed. It's a word as hell book, but I thought it was fun. Yeah everything Claypool does is weird as hell, but in a good way, since with Claypool it's an original, creative and imaginative kind of weird. Did you know he auditioned to be the bass player in Metallica back in the 80s? He and Kirk Hammett are old high school friends, too. I still need to read that recent biography of Primus, that came out last year. South of the Pumphouse is definitely on my list of books to read sometime in the future. the best part is in an interview with Hammett he said they didn't pick Les because he was too good a musician.  Dude is one of my heroes. |
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Post by loganson on Apr 5, 2015 17:55:15 GMT -5
Pleasantly surprised to hear Bob recommend Fantastic Four #245. Byrne's run on FF remains my absolute favorite. I am pretty sure that was one of the first comics i bought when i started collecting in earnest at age 12. I still remember that poignant ending. Byrne did so many great things on that title, not the least of which, was developing Susan Storm onto a powerful character with her own agency and life outside of the team. Good stuff
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Post by Bob Reyer on Apr 6, 2015 0:14:25 GMT -5
Pleasantly surprised to hear Bob recommend Fantastic Four #245. Byrne's run on FF remains my absolute favorite. I am pretty sure that was one of the first comics i bought when i started collecting in earnest at age 12. I still remember that poignant ending. Byrne did so many great things on that title, not the least of which, was developing Susan Storm onto a powerful character with her own agency and life outside of the team. Good stuff Loganson, To my mind, excepting the Lee/Kirby originals, John Byrne's five-year run on Fantastic Four is the next best thing, with great stories, strong characterizations, and a palpable love and respect for the history and core values of the series! With FF on hiatus, I do believe the time is right for me to do a full re-re-read of this amazing run. |
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Post by Huw on Apr 6, 2015 7:49:08 GMT -5
Pleasantly surprised to hear Bob recommend Fantastic Four #245. Byrne's run on FF remains my absolute favorite. I am pretty sure that was one of the first comics i bought when i started collecting in earnest at age 12. I still remember that poignant ending. Byrne did so many great things on that title, not the least of which, was developing Susan Storm onto a powerful character with her own agency and life outside of the team. Good stuff Loganson, To my mind, excepting the Lee/Kirby originals, John Byrne's five-year run on Fantastic Four is the next best thing, with great stories, strong characterizations, and a palpable love and respect for the history and core values of the series! With FF on hiatus, I do believe the time is right for me to do a full re-re-read of this amazing run. That'll make 3 of us who're big fans of Byrne's run. Hits every nail on the head! |
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Post by wickedape on Apr 9, 2015 12:40:32 GMT -5
Just finally returned from spring break and have been playing catchup. Finally got to this episode and figured I'd chime in with a little Morrison tidbit. After Steve commented bout him taking hallucinogens, well he did but not on this series. He has an issue in his Invisibles run where his characters take peyote on a Mesa in Arizona. The dialogue is actual conversations he taped with acquaintances of his on a drug trip.
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Post by loganson on Apr 10, 2015 6:07:28 GMT -5
Loganson, To my mind, excepting the Lee/Kirby originals, John Byrne's five-year run on Fantastic Four is the next best thing, with great stories, strong characterizations, and a palpable love and respect for the history and core values of the series! With FF on hiatus, I do believe the time is right for me to do a full re-re-read of this amazing run. That'll make 3 of us who're big fans of Byrne's run. Hits every nail on the head! Definitely Byrne at his finest imo |
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Post by Robot Val Kilmer on May 15, 2015 11:42:02 GMT -5
This was, yet another, fantastic episode!
I am going to run over to 4th world now and see whether I can claim a copy of Grant Morrison's Multiversity:Ultra Comics ... IMMEDIATELY! |
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Dude is one of my heroes.
