Dave Shabet, from the webcomic Dead Winter, joins Fes Works, Tanya Higgins and Mark Savary in this week’s discussion. For those that have been getting tired of zombies, Dead Winter is one of our few recommended zombie comics to read. (Dead Winter was also started before zombies started to get really over-used).
Rosscott says goodbye, as he steps down from hosting the show. Please welcome Thom Revor as he takes over hosting duties along side with Alex Heberling and our news gatherer Eric Kimball! Not all news posted here may have been on the show.
Interview with Emma Caulfield and Camilla Rantsen
Not much really interesting from a technical standpoint but you do get to look at pretty girls talk about comics.
Original Source: Comic Book Resources
Achewood Returns from Hiatus… Again (is this news?)
Fine. We did a story about this non-story. Everybody happy now. My god! A webcomic goes on hiatus and then returns. Not like this doesn’t happen ALL THE TIME in webcomics. But NOOO this is news because Achewood was popular among a certain group of coffee shop hipsters once. Lets just forget this is about the 4th time Achewood has “come back”, or the paywall or the general slide into mediocrity and loss of readership the comic experienced before the hiatus. You know it’s not really a hiatus if everyone stops reading the comic first.
This show is an EP episode about strippers… mostly about Adam’s first time…. at a strip club. This was not the intended episode, that will be out next week. However, it is here. Alex Heberling joins Adam Smithee and Michael Dellheim join the show this week. There will be a real show next week!
For those that don’t know, an “EP” is a shorter than usual episode, that may so not match the normal structure of the core progamming.
Gearing up for the 4th Anniversary Special and giveaway! We receieved a bunch of comic for review AND for the comic giveaway. So I decided to review (most of) them in a big video review! I’ll do things differently in the future, but I was very pressed for time for getting this out in a timely manner for the review. So please check out the reviews and check out their websites, and sign up to win!
There is a podcast version of the show available, but here are the video to watch as well!
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What we have for giveaways, SO FAR:
Theater Hopper – 3 year collection of comics as 3 large, softcovers. ►All Three Books As One Prize
Bittersweet Candy Bowl – The first collection, in 1 large hardcover. ► As A Single Prize
Doc Rat – Volumes 6 and 7, softcovers. ►Both As One Prize
Zombie Ranch – First comic book issue. Signed. Demon Graphics – First comic book issue collection. Variables – The first issue. ►All Three As One Prize
Another guest from Australia! Veronica Vera from Bittersweet Candy Bowl (along with her publicist Oliver) joins Fes Works and Mark Savary in this week’s discussion. Apologies that Tanya is out sick again. We rarely talk about furry comics, high school comics, or drama comics…. but here they are! All together!
A look at DC Comics’ New 52: Green Arrow #1 (2011)! Does it succeed or FAIL? Your reviewers are Fes Works, Melissa Kaercher and Marcus A.
Do know that while this show is available as a podcast, you miss out if you don’t watch the video! Also, all of the DC 52 First Issue reviews are relatively spoiler free. We co not give any spoilers about significant developments or endings, or try not to anyway.
There is a podcast version of this show available, but really, you want to watch the video instead. Especially for all of the visuals you are missing.
A look at DC Comics’ New 52: Deathstroke #1 (2011)! Does it succeed or FAIL? Your reviewers are Fes Works, Melissa Kaercher and Marcus A.
Do know that while this show is available as a podcast, you miss out if you don’t watch the video! Also, all of the DC 52 First Issue reviews are relatively spoiler free. We co not give any spoilers about significant developments or endings, or try not to anyway.
There is a podcast version of this show available, but really, you want to watch the video instead. Especially for all of the visuals you are missing.
A look at DC Comics’ New 52: Red Lanterns #1 (2011)! Does it succeed or FAIL? Your reviewers are Fes Works, Melissa Kaercher and Marcus A.
Do know that while this show is available as a podcast, you miss out if you don’t watch the video! Also, all of the DC 52 First Issue reviews are relatively spoiler free. We co not give any spoilers about significant developments or endings, or try not to anyway.
There is a podcast version of this show available, but really, you want to watch the video instead. Especially for all of the visuals you are missing.
A large discussion on SOPA and what it really is, and how it may be interpreted. We do get a tad politically heated, but there is plenty of concern about digital distribution and what affects webcomics. Thom Revor (910CMX) joins Rosscott and Alex Heberling for this edition of The Newscast. Some news bits not mentioned on the show. Thanks to Eric Kimball for gathering our news links.
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Controversy over the “Stop online Piracy act”
H.R. 3261: Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a bill that gives content producers and the government in general the right to block entire websites for engaging in piracy of content. This bill is specifically aimed at sites like thepiratebay.org that are located in countries where American copyright laws do no hold sway. However the bill is written in a way that could threaten every website that hosts user created content, at least for any site not based in the USA.
Found via: All over the Internet – Original Source: AmericanCensorship.org – Cyber Crimes Unit – GovTrackUS
So… Frank Miller said some things…
Frank Miller goes on an anti-Occupy Wall Street rant on his site. Many people are unhappy about it.
Original Source: Bleeding Cool
But not to worry Miller, Millar is here to defend you.
Not really. He just decries the cybermob mentality.
DISCUSSION POINT: Is it okay to like the work but not the author? Do you have to believe in someone’s political or other beliefs to like their work?
Original Source: Bleeding Cool
People the world over are familiar with superhero comics, but what about in webfiction? Jim Zoetewey (In My Daydreams) joins A. M. Harte to talk to you about superhero webfiction. Producer Fes Works joins in during the second segment for discussion and perspective.
