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For EricOn November 18th 2009 the comics community lost one of it's most prolific contributors. Here Steve and Scott take just a few moments to remember Eric Martin aka The Question.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 64After a reminder of the forthcoming bookclub selection, a Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, we get into some news, starting with some sad news about the loss of great icon and then some TV news, with updates on Gattaca and a very exciting fan made film coming in 2010. For our main feature we have an interview with Ben Lichius, one of the co-creators of The Black Coat, from Ape Comics. The Black Coat is America's first superspy. Set in New York City in the days before the Revolutionary War ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 63After a long news and reviews section featuring a spoiler-free chat about the first episode of V and the possibility of a GATTACA TV show we have a relatively brief Challenge where Steve and Scott pitch two very different comics at each other.
Remember our current book club choice is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. We're going to be talking about this in episode 66 so you've still got plenty of time to get hold of it and join the discussion.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 62In this episode Scott and Steve start off with some TV talk - some good, some worrying and some very exciting. There is also some great news about a new comics news we've previously discussed. After that we get onto our main feature where we talk about comics and movies, and more specifically, what is the recipe for a good comic movie? We look at the elements we think will guarantee success, we look at previous winners and losers, and why some of the best comics have not been succesful on t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 61In this episode Scott and Steve start off with some 100% positive news and reviews before revamping slightly the classic Challenge Scott/Steve format with them each pitching a comic and another piece of media to the other.
Discussed in this episode:
North 40
Ramayan
Gone Baby Gone
Earth: Final Conflict
Remember that our current book club offering for episode 66 is The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 60Welcome to our post British International Comics Show (BICS) episode where we start off with a review of the show, what we enjoyed and some of the familiar and new faces we met. We then get into some news and reviews about the latest comics, movie news, new TV projects from JJ Abrams and the future of Dollhouse.After that we discuss our book club selection and the current work of fiction is Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut. We discuss what we thought of the book and we also have comments f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 59In this episode, after some brief (not to mention bleak) news and reviews we're joined for an extended chat by Cy Dethan, writer of (amongst other things) Cancertown and Starship Troopers. We cover Cy's journey into comics writing, some of the ideas behind Cancertown and the critical reaction since it's release.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 58It's only two weeks now until the British International Comic Show at Birmingham and Scott and Steve will both be attending the event. After discussing our plans, we get into some news, with another major change at one of the biggest comic companies in the business. We also get into a discussion about motion comics and the how power and wealth can change a silly idea into something dangerous!As promised - a link to the Dr Horrible Emmy interruption from YouTubeIn our next section we discuss ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 57In this episode Scott is back in the UK and we kick off with some news and reviews, and then look at the biggest announcement in comics, Disney purchasing Marvel for the princely sum of $4 billion dollars. Looking at Disney as a whole we look at the realistic repercussions on Marvel, make a few predictions and mention a few things we would like to see develop in the future.After that we have a Hidden Gem and this episode we talk about the great heist show from the US, Leverage. With a great ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 56In this bumper episode Steve and Scott start with some news, mostly about James Cameron's and Felicia Day's respective Avatars.
Then they embark on a discussion about censorship. How has it been done in comics in the past? Is it always a bad thing, or are there times when some level of censorship is appropriate? Let us know your thoughts.
Finally they discuss a Hidden Gem. The miniseries V from 1983, created by Kenneth Johnson, it's an epic story following the human resistance in the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 55Scott is still overseas in Canada (slowly inching his way onto the set of Caprica, so watch for him in the background when it airs!) whilst Steve is back home protecting old Blighty from pirates.In this episode there is the return of a couple of old favourites, but before that we kick off with some News and Reviews. Afterwards we get back to basics with Challenge Scott, where Steve pitches three new comics to Scott and tries to get him interested in at least one of them to go and pick it up ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 54Steve is keeping England safe whilst Scott is touring planet Caprica, but they triumph over the timezone differences to re-unite for episode 54. After some news and reviews the rest of the episode focuses on the CBO book club where we talk about 'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman. Part philosophy, part supernatural thriller and part love-letter to smalltown America.
At the end of the episode we reveal our new book club title, a classic from the 1960s.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 53In the second of our special episodes, Scott is still off globetrotting so I'm joined by Dr Karl, the host of the Science Friction podcast. We start with some News and Reviews and then for the main part of the show I talk comics in general with Karl and find out what he is reading and enjoying at the moment, we talk about comics on the fringe of Marvel, some of our favourite writers, a one in a million real life mutant and big comic companies visiting the UK.Next week we'll be back and with ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 51In this episode we have a few news snippets, including a discussion of Virtuality, Ronald D. Moore's unsuccessful pilot for a new FOX sci-fi show. Following this Steve and Scott chat about some comics they've recently got hold of including some picks from Bristol and finally they're joined by Marcus Almand, creator of Razor Kid to talk about his work as a creator and Razor Kid itself.
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Comic Book Outsiders Episode 52In this special episode, Scott is away on his international travels, so I'm joined by returning a co-host Pete Rogers. We start with a bit of News and Reviews and then for the main part of the show I pick Pete's brains about what he is reading at the moment, what he's enjoying, and what he's looking forward to. We get into an interesting discussion about gateway comics, our new amazon stores, comic conventions, event comics, creators and pulp comics.We'll be back in two weeks with another g ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 50Welcome to the first inaugral Comic Book Outsiders awards ceremony! To commemorate reaching 50 episodes Steve and Scott look back at some of the very best examples of comics excellence that they have covered over the last two years.
Categories include:
Best Writer
Best Artist
Best Miniseries
Best Ongoing Series
Best Graphic Novel
and the Lifetime Achievement Award
Thanks to all our listeners new and old for listening to these first 50 episodes.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 49Bringing you the very best hidden gems from the worlds of independent comics, movies and TV. In this episode we start off with some news and reviews and then our main feature is an interview with Robert Venditti, the creator and writer of The Surrogates. We talk about the original 5 issue mini series and the collected first trade, the upcoming movie starring Bruce Willis and the forthcoming prequel graphic novel, Flesh and Bone, which is due out in July.There is also still plenty of time to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 47Bringing you the very best hidden gems from the worlds of independent comics, movies and TV.This episode we start with an extended news and reviews where we look at all the TV that's come to an end, what's been renewed for another season, and what new TV shows interest us. There is a lot of new cop, medical and legal dramas starting up, none of which we talk about as they don't interest us! We focus on the interesting genre stuff and sift the wheat from the chaff.After that it's our second ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 48Welcome to Episode 48. In this episode we discuss some of the latest news in the genre world before settling down to a discussion about the Buffy Season 8 Trade Paperbacks.
After that we discuss our hidden gem for the episode, Constantine. Based (loosely) on John Constantine from the Hellblazer comics and in the movie played by Keanu Reeves.
A reminder to everyone that you've still got plenty of time to pick up American Gods by Neil Gaiman for the CBO book club.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 46Bringing you some of the very best hidden gems from the worlds of independent comics movies and TV.
Welcome to the Bristol convention special! After some news and reviews we get down to the main business of the show which is talking about one of the big events in the UK comics calendar, the Bristol International Comic Expo, which this year joined forces with the Small Press Expo in a nearby hotel.
After the chat is a great roundtable discussion featuring Orangutan Comics, Monkeys with Ma ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
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