Longbox Review

This episode I talk about four number 1 titles (ok, one is a number 0, but still) that I read recently: Hoax Hunters, Saga, Supercrooks, & Superbia. Then, I talk to a very special guest about our 2012 Emerald City Comicon experience. Thanks for listening!

Using Chris Roberson's public exit from DC as a springboard, we discuss the ethics of corporate contracts and what's fair to the creators (note: we are not lawyers). Then, at about the 59:30 mark, we discuss the four new Vertigo titles (Fairest, Saucer Country, Voodoo Child, & New Deadwardians). Thanks for listening!

Here's my look through the Previews catalog for items shipping in June 2012 and beyond! Thanks for listening!

This episode we finish our discussion about DC's New 52 comics, six months into the grand experiment/relaunch. Specifically, we talk about the following New 52 families of DC comics: Green Lantern Young Justice The Edge The Dark Thanks for listening!

March 30 - April 1, 2012, I will be in Seattle attending the 10th annual Emerald City Comicon. This episode we (Travis, a special guest, and I) discuss the con, why we're so excited about it, and what we're looking forward to. Thanks for listening!

This episode we discuss DC's New 52 comics, six months into the grand experiment/relaunch. Before we get to that, however, we discuss some news coming out of WonderCon. Then, in Part 1 of our discussion (at about the 23:45 mark), we talk about the following New 52 families of DC comics: Justice League Batman Superman Finally, in the episode, I mentioned a fellow comic blogger's website, calling it Leonard Snart's Gun, when actually it is named The Comics Rogue. Check it out. Be sure to come back for Part 2 of the discussion. Thanks for listening!

Here's my look through the Previews catalog for items shipping in May 2012 and beyond! Thanks for listening!

In this news-filled episode, we talk about: The new DC logos Artists & writer changes at DC The lovely covers to Earth-2 and World’s Finest Before Watchmen Marvel vs Gary Friedrich Rozum vs McDaniel Comic Book Men DC Nation on Cartoon Network debuting March 3!!! Please leave comments on the blog; you can also send email to [email protected], or if you’re on Twitter, message @longboxreview. I would love to hear from you. Finally, please rate the podcast on iTunes. Thanks for listening!

The LBR podcast is back for the new year, but this episode we are taking a look at 2011 by discussing what we see are the Best of comics and related items in 11 categories. What did we choose, for example, for Best Artist, Cover, and Ongoing? Have a listen and discover for yourself! If you’d like (and I’d love it if you did), let me know what you would have chosen for those categories and I’d be glad to read them on the “air”. Disagree with our picks? Let me know (I’ll read those, too)! Please leave comments on the blog; you can also send email to [email protected], or if you’re on Twitter, message @longboxreview. I would love to hear from you. Finally, please rate the podcast on iTunes. Thanks for listening!

I wanted to take a break from discussing DC titles (though, that's mostly what I collect, so why fight it? :)) so this episode I discuss with Travis the Image Comics series Halcyon (warning: we will discuss plot points and reveals). You'd think this would be a quick episode, but somehow Travis and I manage to talk for almost two hours about five issues! How did we ever get through 13 DC Comics issues in under three hours?! I mentioned towards the beginning of the episode an interview with the writer of the series at Bleeding Cool (which I did not discuss at the end of the episode as I said I would--sorry, I forgot!). For those that are interested, here is the link: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/11/24/tough-minded-questions-with-marc-guggenheim-halcyon-action-comics-and-more/. Please leave comments on the blog; you can also send email to [email protected], or if you're on Twitter, message @longboxreview. I would love to hear from you. Thanks for listening!

Here's the second audio version of my review of the Previews catalog for items shipping in January 2012 and beyond! Thanks for listening!

Wow. Here we are, the end of the road. We finally (a month later, but who's counting?) discuss the week 4 DCnU 52 comics (warning: spoilers!). How did you like the week 4 titles? Be sure to leave comments on iTunes or our blogs; you can also send email to [email protected], or if you're on Twitter, message @longboxreview or @the_gaunt_man. We would love to hear from you! Thanks for listening!

It's time to start the second half of our conversation about DC's new 52 number one issues, specifically, Travis and I talk about the week 3 comics (warning: spoilers!). Have a listen to find out which titles we liked or didn't like (and why), and whether they were new reader friendly. How did you like the week 3 titles? Be sure to leave comments on our blogs, you can send email to [email protected], or if you're on Twitter, message @longboxreview or @the_gaunt_man. We would love to hear from you! Also, if you want to view Travis' Not on the Pull video blog, visit his YouTube page. Thanks for listening!

Ok, normally, I would just post a list of stuff from the various publishers, but for this month's Previews, I did an audio version for the LBR podcast (58:03). I apologize in advance for the choppy/echo-y audio starting at about the 23 minute mark, though the bad spots come and go. I tried fixing the problem, but was not that successful, and I didn't want to rerecord more than half of the episode. :) Anyhoo, here's a look at what interested me while looking at this month's Previews catalog for stuff shipping in December and beyond. Thanks for listening!

What did Travis and I think of week 2 of DC's new 52 (warning: spoilers!)? Have a listen to find out which titles we liked or didn't like (and why), and whether they were new reader friendly (just like last time). So, how did you like the week 2 titles? Do you think we're spot on or just crazy? Be sure to leave comments on our blogs, you can send email to [email protected], or if you're on Twitter, message @longboxreview or @the_gaunt_man. We would love to hear from you! Thanks for listening!

Just like everyone else in the comic book podcastosphere, Travis and I discuss DC’s new 52 initiative, starting with the first 13 comics released the first week of September (warning: spoilers!). We talk about which titles we liked or didn’t like (and why), and whether they were new reader friendly. So, let us know what you think. Do you agree or not with our assessments? Leave comments here, send email to [email protected], or if you’re on Twitter, message @longboxreview or @the_gaunt_man. We would love to hear from you! Thanks for listening!

In anticipation of the new DC 52, Travis and I finish our discussion (1:34:55) about the end of the DCU as represented by Flashpoint #5, and transition into the DCnU with Justice League #1. Towards the end we discuss the price per page of our comics, and one of us gets pissed at Marvel (can you guess which one?). Also, we go totally fan boy with our discussion about Wonder Woman's new costume (pants or shorts?). Please send your comments to [email protected]. Please rate and review the show on iTunes. Thanks for listening!

Since it took me a little over two months to release a new episode, I now give you more comic talk goodness. Episode 7 was released a few days ago, and now Travis and I continue our conversation about some final DC titles. Specifically, we talk about the end to Birds of Prey, Justice League of America, Secret Six, Zatanna, and Batman. Being the talkative twosome that we are, we end up not just talking about the final issues, but our impressions of the whole run, characters, and creators. We also ponder which is better: a late, but quality book, or a filler issue. Also, the evils of an incorrect solicitation. And if that wasn't enough, we also talk about some newish Marvel titles that we've read, specifically, Daredevil, Moon Knight, Alpha Flight, and Punisher. So buckle up, hang tight, and enjoy this super-sized episode (2:25:45)! Please send your comments to [email protected]. Please rate and review the show on iTunes. Thanks for listening!

After a bit of a break (apologies to my subscribers for that), we're back to talk about some (now old) news from Fan Expo and some of the final DC titles before the new 52 starts. Specifically this episode (1:00:20) we discuss Batman & Robin #26 and Batgirl #24. We spend so much time discussing Fan Expo news and those two titles that I decided to split up the conversation into multiple parts (which is why I say we'll take a break and then the episode ends), so look for part 2 very soon! Remember that you can send me feedback about what you've listened to, suggest topics, and ask me or Travis questions about anything comic related. To do that, you can send email to [email protected] or, if you're on Twitter, message @longboxreview. It would be great to hear from you! Thanks for listening!

For Episode 6 (1:26:55), Oddfellow and I talk about a great many things, despite the fact that we tried to talk about one thing in particular, but when you're having a great conversation sometimes you just go with the flow. :) Some things we discuss: The expanded Justice League line-up Event books More DC Relaunch reactions, especially regarding Justice League Dark and Deadman Retailer reaction to DC's Relaunch DC's advertizing strategy Movie talk: Green Lantern and a little about X-Men: First Class (ok, me trying to convince Oddfellow he should go see it) Finally, I wanted to thank my daughter, Brittany, for creating the theme that opens the show. Thanks for listening!

As soon as the news broke last week regarding the DC Comics relaunch, Mr. Oddfellow and I wanted to get together and talk about it. Much has happened since last Tuesday's announcement, but we do talk about our reactions to the news, what we think of the initial 11 titles announced, plus the additional Green Lantern titles that had been announced at the time of recording, and some other stuff along the way as well. So, I give you Episode 5, my longest recording thus far (1:56:52). I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it. Please send your comments to [email protected]. Please rate and review the show on iTunes. Thanks for listening!

Wow. So much for my assertion that I was gonna do more of these podcasts on a more regular basis (as you may recall from the last episode back in January). Well, no use crying over lost decibals . . . or something . . . . Regardless, I hope you enjoy this conversation I had with my dear friend and fellow comic connoisseur, Travis, aka Oddfellow on his comic review site (Update: watch Oddfellow's YouTube videos here). In this episode we talk about The Ages of Comics (what defines some of them, and just what age was it that we started collecting comics) The 90s (aka the Dark Age of Comics) Digital Comics (pros and cons; sharing/stealing) We also discuss the answers to the following questions: Travis's favorite comic(s) His favorite character(s) And which comic character we would want to date (for the 12-year-old in us) As I say at the end of the episode (which clocks in at 55:02), I had tons of fun talking with Travis about comics. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

It's my longest audiocast yet (at 42:51)! Listening back on the episode (man, I do hate to listen to myself, but whatchagonnado?) I realize all of the things I didn't say, like how much I thought the color artist (Barbara Ciardo) had just as much to do with the success of the book as the two main creators. Also, I need to better describe the visuals I'm talking about (and to be careful of my pronoun usage, among, uh, other things). But enough with the self deprecation, for it is time to humbly offer you Longbox Review podcast Episode 3: A review of Superman: Earth One.

For this episode, I review Brave and the Bold #35. Thanks for listening!

Doing the audio review of Brave and the Bold #34 was so much fun, I decided to do another. This time, however, I not only review one comic, I review three! On deck is Batman #700, Superman #700, and Wonder Woman #600. Be amazed at how I call these issues "milestones" and "anniversaries" interchangeably! Be astonished at how I mispronounce George Pérez's last name multiple times even though I know better! Regardless of my vocal foibles, I hope you enjoy this episode.

This is something I've been wanting to try for a long time now, and I present it to you now with Episode 0 wherein I talk about the Brave & the Bold #34. Why that comic? Because it was the first one on the review stack. Plus, I thought it would be fun to talk about it. Warning: may contain spoilers and a not so radio friendly voice. :) The episode clocks in at 10:10. I hope you enjoy this, and please let me know what you think of this little experiment! Thanks.