Kray Z Comics And Stories

That’s right, it’s time for the monthly Previews episode where Joe and Cory!! point out comics, collections, and more in the new Previews catalog that they will be spending their money on. They also discuss:

• Joe picked up the first issue of Foofur my Marvel. Foofur?
• What video games does Cory!! play?
• It’s too late to order Free Comic Book Day Merch
• Cory!! Has a Buffy the Vampire Slayer rant
• Avatar is still dumping books after three straight years in Previews.

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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This week, we were GOING to do reviews. Really. We were. But, Travis sent Joe and Cory!! an e-mail that took them down a rabbit trail about how comic shops and comic shops owners can tell you about comics you might want to read! They also discuss:

• Joe talks about taking flier to local shops for the LAST MCBF convention
• Joe will be out of town next week.
• Wonder Board, Hot Comics Hotline, and other ways Joe told people what was coming out
• Cory!! tells more stories about working the Minneapolis St. Paul’s magazine chain Shinder’s
• Being an early adopter of trade paperbacks and graphic novels

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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DC has announced the first slate of moves under new “showrunner” James Gunn, so we thought we’d talk about what we think of the slate of movies coming from both Marvel and DC over the next few years! We also discuss:

• There’s a blizzard coming to Minnesota
• How Joe handled blizzards when he owned a comic shop
• Sleeping at a comic shop
• They discuss the haterz who hate every comic book movie that don’t fit their narrow definition of a super hero movie
• They discuss if all super-hero movies are the same
• What are the problems with using DC and Marvel characters outside the super-hero genre

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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That’s right, it’s that time again. The February Previews catalog for comic books coming out in May is out and Joe and Cory!! go through it to point out the new, the interesting and where all of their money goes!

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This week, Joe and Cory!! go over the comics on their pull list, the comics they pick up every month, as well as trade paperback series and other things they pick up that don’t fall under the Previews episodes. They also discuss:

• Hydrox cookies!
• Cory!! is WRONG about Strange Academy.
• A brief version of how DC screwed Alan Moore on Watchmen
• Cory talks about a job he turned down and why
• Joe goes on a ten minute fanboy memory about Battlestar Galactica. The original.

This week’s retro reviews are:

• Josie and Pussycats #2 – Archie (from 1994)
• MiracleMan #1 – Eclipse

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Cory!! and Joe talk about the state of the comic book market after reading up on Market stories on Comicsbeat.com They also discuss:

Memories of Minnesota Conventions

Cory!! Reviews Most Wanted Comics in Bloomington MN

Are the investors and flippers leaving comics?

A pair of stories from The Beat, including the new Tilting at Windmills about single issue sales

Cory!! talks about trying to see early Vertigo while at Shinder’s in Minneapolis in the early 90’s

Cory!! Also talks about how you can help Lance Jones, the man behind Gwandanaland Comics:

Here’s where to find out more.

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This week, Joe and Cory!! go over their favorite comics of the year 2022:

• Timeless – Marvel
• That Texas Blood – Image
• Justice League vs Legion of Super Heroes – DC
• Astro City Metrobook – Image
• Overstreet Guide to Lost Universes – Overstreet
• Simpsons Tree House Of Horror Ominous Omnibus
• Chivalry – Dark Horse
• Hit Me – AWA
• Dirty Pictures: How Rebels Invented Comix
• Flashpoint Beyond – DC
• Hell is a Squared Circle – Aftershock
• 8 Billion Genies – Image
• June 1963 Omnibus – Marvel
• Young Justice Dark Crisis – DC
• Stillwater – Image
• A.X.E. Judgment Day – Marvel
• Black Panther – The Early Years Omnibus – Marvel
• Giant Sized Gwen Stacy – Marvel
• Reckless – Image
• Miracleman – Marvel
• Miracleman Omnibus – Marvel
• Quick Stops – Dark Horse
• The Charlton Companion – TwoMorrows

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It’s that time again, where Cory!! and Joe go through the monthly Previews catalog and point out what looks cool, what they will be buying, and endless rabbit trails of nerd conversation along the way. Every Previews episode is Super Sized and this one is no exception!!

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Joe is BACK! OK, to YOU he wasn’t really gone, but for the first time in October, he’s in his studio, podcasting, so our co-hosts catch up on comics and other nerd stuff, including:

• Announcement of the end of the MCBA/F
• How Cory!! got to hang out at Joe’s comic shop in the 90’s while having a full time office job
• Joe saw Beauty and the Beast
• Cory!! went to a comic con. Kind of. Sort of. Not really.
• They discuss what each has been up to over the last couple of months
• They discuss the comics creators who have passed away in 2022

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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It’s time for the annual Festivus tradition: THE AIRING OF GRIEVANCES!

Cory!!, Dangerous Dan Mohr, and Joe have a lot of problems with you people, and now, you’re gonna hear about it!

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