An unfiltered look at comic convention culture.
Far Cry 5 brings up the question: Why is it so hard to make a compelling story driven first person shooter? Fred and Ian try to convince Chris that all-human-centaurs, or “humanataurs” are the best mythological creature. And other nonsense.
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This episode’s Flavor of the Week is Dark Nights Metal, a six issue mini series event By Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion & Fco Plascencia
Published by DC Comics: https://www.dccomics.com/comics/dark-…
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We go deep down the gerbil hole as we discuss the newly released Far Cry 5 and much more…
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This weeks Flavor of the Week is Blood and Dust: The Life and Undeath of Judd Glenny, volume one. A graphic novel by Michael R. Martin, Adam J. Orndorf, Roy Allan Martinez, Raymund Lee & Kel Nuttall
Published by Nightshade Comics: http://bloodanddustcomic.com/
Fred and Chris sit down to get silly and talk geek. The last Jedi is on BluRay and we’re having none of it. What’s our pronouns? Instagram “models” turned pornstar, and weird toys from the 90s.
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Recorded live at Verde Valley Comic Expo 3. This episode is a series of interviews with artists and authors at the event. Some silly, some gross, some informative, all nerdy. Please check out their links (in order of appearance)
Michael R. Martin co-creator of Blood and Dust, a graphic novel about the first american vampire family. Putting the teeth back into the Vampire Mythos. http://bloodanddustcomic.com/
Artist Dez Demise @dezdemise on instagram, dezdemise.tumblr.com
Artist Shelby Robertson http://www.americandischord.com
Artist Jan Marc “The Janimal” Quisumbing, The organizer of the Verde Valley Comic Expo. http://thejanimal.com, @janimaldraws on instagram, and @janimaltweets on Twitter
Artist Ryan McMurry Creator of ZombieBC, and Dinovember http://facebook.com/OfficialZombieBC, and @ryanmcmurry.art on instagram
Mark Gardner. US Navy veteran, SciFi author, and cool dude. http://article94.com, and @article_94 on Twitter
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This weeks flavor of the week is The Dark Crystal Creation Myths, a graphic novel prequel to the Dark Crystal movie by Brian Froud, Brian Holguin, Alex Sheikman & Lizzy John Published by Archaia/ BOOM! Studios
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We recap the experience of seeing the “Video Games Live” music event. Fred is super hungover following St Patrick’s day, but we muster through and get some traction. We discuss being the generation between Gen X and the Millenials, we grew up in an analog world and grew alongside the digital world.
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We get real silly for episode 88… Topics include: Monster Hunter World, SJW’s and snowflakes are in a tizzy about the new live action Star Wars series from Jon Favreau, and the true meaning of classical music. Professor Mariano begs the question; “Was BEEthoven into scat?”
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