Kray Z Comics and Stories 23: The 1st Great Debate!
We start up with a word from our sponsors and a little talk about the local Minneapolis Indie Expo: (http://mplsindiexpo.com/). Then Joe says goodbye to Alaska as this is his final show from the home of salmon and bears who rent houses. Cory explains why he hasn’t read any comic books in a week which leads to work stories and a job interview story.
Cory then launches into a rant about how everyone is blaming Joe Quesada for the “Spider-Man marriage” stuff, and Cory delivers a bit of history around the Spider-Man marriage which goes off into other shenanigans. Then, 40 minutes into a podcast featuring a debate, we get to:
The Debate!!!
The Great Debate: Nostalgia/Retro Comics.
Resolved: Are Retro/Nostalgia Comics Good For The Comics Industry?
Kray Z Comics and Stories 22: Sandy Eggo Wrap-up
We start by talking about Cory’s birthday, which leads into Joe discussing his shop’s history with ECW back in the 90′s. We then find out that we have Sad News about Atlas and get into what Joe and Cory!! have been reading lately. We then get into the main part of the podcast – going over the big news from San Diego that we are excited about, Including:
-The change in format for Amazing Spider-Man (where Joe tells a story about Mark Waid calling his shop)
-Mark Waid’s Captain America mini-series
-Geoff Johns said he’ll stay on Green Lantern until he retires
-We then digress into Stan Lee’s new TV series
-Image announced that they will be reprinting Chinese graphic novels
-Crossgen at Marvel (which leads into a discussion of the old Gold Key Star Trek comics)
-Joss Whedon directing the Avengers
-Rocket Racoon and Groot mini-series
-Grant Morrison’s Batman run gets discussed which led into a discussion of Jason Todd being knocked off by DC that tangents off into the Death of Superman and Cory explains how Wolverine can be in 15 comics a month.
Kray Z Comics and Stories 21: Hi Rob!
We’re back!! Joe’s internet works, Cory doesn’t have to be at work at 5:30 am, so we were able to get to all of our leftovers. We start with updating people as to what Joe and Cory have been doing, and dive right into story time.
Cory explains how he got paid to watch Comic Con coverage on G4 and complains about said coverage. Joe then fills us in on when a car crashed into the hair salon next to his comic shop, how a car ramming into Dairy Queen was the first sign of spring and how to use the cold in Minnesota to do insane tricks. Cory then explains how he’d get tricked into doing awake overnight shifts after a 18 hour day and how Cory tried to hire Joe to work for HIM at one point. Cory then points out one of the more…romantic…subplots from the early Avengers books between Captain America and Nick Fury.
Yeah. Let that sink in.
Joe then tells the story of the infamous Image Tent at the Chicago Comic Con and how “Hi Rob!” became a bizarre greeting for the crew at Hot Comix. Cory then tells the story of how he got the manager at a local wrasslin’ event upset with him outside of storyline.
And yes, here’s the link Joe is obsessed with: mattressranch.com
Kray Z Comics and Stories 20: OK Soda!
Joe’s still in Alaska, Cory!! is still looking for a full-time job and we delve right into talking about Rat Bastard Root Beer! We talk about how the shop started carrying Rat Bastard Root Beer, as well as other strange sodas, one of which caused a comics artist to think we’d poisoned him! We also talk about using the sodas there to pull a prank around drug testing. We even talk about Joe’s obsession with OK Soda!
But, this IS a comic book radio show, so we eventually discuss comic books, by talking about how we would actually get the new comics into the stores as “New Comics Day” kept changing. Cory gets horribly distracted during the ad and talks about running between two jobs all weekend. We cover a couple of news stories about comics, including that the Westboro Baptist Church will be protesting the San Diego Comic Con for 45 whole minutes this year!!! There are also some comics stores related to San Diego announcements as well as dealer rumors. We end the show talking about Harvey Pekar’s passing, so we end on kind of a downer, but it’s another exciting episode of the world Longest Running Episodic Comic Book Podcast!
Kray Z Comics and Stories 19: Pog-Mania
We’re not talking about late comics any more!! After 3 episodes on late comics, it’s back to the shenanigans you’ve come to expect from us. Joe downs a 40, as we finally are able to connect over the Alaskan internets. Then, Joe talks about what he’s been reading up in Alaska and Cory explains his Box Day adventures, dealing with two jobs and the neighborhood cats thinking he’s their best friend.
There’s also facebook news, Fox News is upset about the new Wonder Woman costume, and sad news before we get into tales from the shop! Joe and Cory tell stories about their days in comics shops, starting with the rise and fall of pogs, comic shop spies, the Teenage Fan Club of the shop and tattoo parlors!
Kray Z Comics and Stories 18: Late Books, the EPIC Conclusion!
It’s PART 3 of our discussion on late books! We also discuss snacks at movie theaters, the cost of pizza in Alaska, Cory’s new Part Time job, and other silliness! Then, we pick up where we left off with Brian Hibbs’s lawsuit against Marvel, how late comics killed a chain of video stores, how late comics were dealt with in modern era. We also talk about how Civil War caused comic shops to close, how late books can cause a comic shop to lose money. Cory crunches the numbers to give an example of how a late book would ruin a business. Then, as we speed toward the mighty conclusion, we discuss how we personally handle late books and hint at the first Kray Z Gathering!
Links!!
Brian Hibbs interview on the Marvel Lawsuit
Void Indigo plots for issues 3 – 6
Kray Z Comics and Stories 18: Late Books, The EPIC Conclusion [66:56m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadKray Z Comics and Stories 17: Late Books Part 2
It’s part two of our late book discussion! However, there are the usual digressions into the Jonah Hex movie, text based adventure games, Marvel Fanfare, Fantastic Four “The Lost Adventure”, Marvel Zombies, people who used to buy 2 copies of every comic they bought, Image and other stories from our time in comics.
But the main focus is how late books were handled in the 80′s and how things worked in the early 90′s. We make it up to the end of the comics boom of the 90′s…so this will be continued Yet Again!! And if we’re talking late books in the 90′s, you KNOW we’re talking about Deathmate!
Kray Z Comics and Stories 16: Late Books Part 1
Think that late comics are something new? Well it’s NOT! After reading one of our listeners talk about late comics, we decided to jump in with a history of late comics. We talk about comics being late from the 40′s to the 70′s, with discussions of how they were handled in the Golden Age, late books of the 50′s (including MAD as a magazine), how Marvel used Jack Kirby to keep the trains running on time, and the disaster that was Marvel’s publishing schedule of the 70′s.
We also deal with Joe’s internet issues in the foreign land of Alaska, updates on Cory’s job hunt, endless editing together of dropped Skype calls and the latest comic EVER: Detective Comics 567, which had a story that was turned in 15 years late!
Kray Z Comics and Stories 15: Alaskan Technical Difficulties
Where in the world is Joe Rider? Dillingham Alaska! That means we have stories to tell about Dillingham, the secret origin of the podcast, what a geek takes on the road and other odd discussions. We talk about digital comics, old computers, Joe’s obsession with Duke Nukem and where to work out when you’re in the north woods of Minnesota! Lots of odd discussions and even some comics news in this week’s Kray Z Comics and Stories!
Kray Z Comics and Stories 15: Alaskan Technical Difficulties [44:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadKray Z Comics and Stories 14: Sales Stories
After last week’s sad news avalanche, we have one more bit of sad news before we get into the podcast. OK, two more, but if we said there was a LOT more bad news it may depress you too much to listen. However, we talk sales figures, so that can be sad news as well.
We count down the top ten comics and graphic novels for April 2010,m with snarky commentary and stories along the way. Cory goes into detail about what he thinks the figures mean as Joe gives his own personal perspective. We then discuss why people quit collecting, talk about previous price hikes, and discuss how Marvel going from 15 cents to 25 cents and then 20 cents over a three month period finally made them the best selling comics company in the 70′s. All this and the usual shenanigans into this week’s podcast!