Monthly Archives: July 2024

Solitaire Rose Radio 85: Dave Swartz and his Confederate Monster

For this episode, Cory!! interviews Dave Swartz about his comic Confederate Monster, a story of Frankenstein (and his monster) during the Civil War! They also discuss the logistics of funding a project on different platforms, how Frankenstein works in the time period of the original novel, and much more.

It’s a great talk about a unique idea in comics.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daveswartzart/confederate-monster-issue-4?ref=clipboard-prelaunch

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 647: The X-Men Are Back Again!

X-Men #1 has come out, the start of a new editorial era. It’s as good a time as any for Cory!! and Joe to talk about the end of the Krakoa Era and the start of the new one!

They also discuss:

  • Cory!! has a scoop to share about a new line of reprints of Marvel stuff from Fantagraphics!
  • What collectors are more obsessive than comic collectors?  Joe lets us know!
  • DC’s big summer crossover Absolute Power
  • The Retro Review is Godzilla: King of the Monsters by Marvel
  • Cory has a new Hanging at the Home story from his time working in group homes
  • By the way, Cory!! messes up. The Puzzler is in Spider-Boy 9, not 8.

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

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 646: Should Jean Grey Have Stayed Dead in 1986?

It’s time for a NEW Episode of your favoriute comic book podcast. This week we play with an idea floating around on Facebook:

Should Jean Grey have been brought back to life for X-Factor?  Cory!! goes into the plans behidn the scenes at Marvel at the time. They then discuss things that may or may not have been changed by Jean staying dead and a different character taking the “mystery character” role. Cory and Joe debate the issue, play with ideas that may have sprang from it, and if Jean Grey has been used well since her resurrection.

If you read the X-Men back in the 80’s, you’ll be yelling at us the whole time, and if you don’t know about the 80’s in the 80’s, get ready to sit back and learn about the X-Men as they started to become the most convoluted series of stories in comics!

They also discuss:

  • Headphone trouble. 
  • Cory!! tries Blueberry Donut flavored Potato Chips.
  • AMERICAN FOOOOOOOD they discuss the new food at the Minnesotas State Fair
  • How The X-Men had a big crossover to reveal a secret and revealed nothing at all.
  • Joe goes dollar bin diving
  • Cory!! talks about the weird world of TV tie in books. 

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

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 645: July 2024 Comics Previews

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in October 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!

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Kray Z Comics and Stories 644: Free Comic Book Day Reviews 2024

It’s time for a NEW Episode of yout favoriute comic book podcast. We will go into reviews of the stuff we got on Free Comic Book Day this year. We also discuss:

  • An update on family issues that kept us from recording
  • Everything in Minnesota is flooded!
  • Cory!! talks editing podcasts
  • The retro review forthis episode is WWE Battlemania #5 from Valiant BY STEVE DITKO!!

Comics reviewed!

  • MAD
  • Stories front he Atlas Comics Library
  • Asterix
  • Conan
  • The Cursed Library
  • One Piece
  • Popeye
  • Marvel Voices
  • Overstreet Guide to Collecting Comics
  • Flash Gordon

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

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