Wait, What? Ep. 25: The Power To Let Power Go

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on January 31, 2011

Categories: Podcasts

Why, yes, I did yoink this image from Chris Haley’s totally awesome Kanye + Comics tumblr, why do you ask? As I think I mentioned last week, this conversation was recorded before Wake, What? and so some of the things alluded to there will now totally make sense if you listen to this here.  Graeme and I discuss the (at the time super-recent) casting decisions for The Dark Knight Rises, the Thor relaunch, Batman, Inc. #2, and the backmatter discussion between Fraction and O’Malley in the latest Casanova.  We run a little long–okay, more than a little long–but we hope you think it’ll be worth it. Unless I’ve screwed up my own RSS feed yet again, you should be able…  Read More…

Arriving 2/2/11

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on

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You ARE all going to buy Abhay’s DC debut this week, yes? SUPERMAN 80 PAGE GIANT 2011 #1. Buy two! I’m allllmost done with the BookScan column, and then next week I have the annual ComicsPRO meeting in Dallas, but after that (and maybe a bit before) I’ll be back to regular posting. This week’s comics, under the jump!

Wake, What? The Ultra-Topical Line-Jumping Edition

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on January 27, 2011

Categories: Podcasts

Although I’m really looking forward to posting my conversation with Graeme from last week, we thought it best to just jump the line by an episode and post what we talked about just yesterday since it concerns in no small part news that will seem absurdly ancient a week from now. (In fact, I saw a post on Twitter today and went, “Hmm, people are still talking about that? Huh.”) So, yeah.  Why make you wait?  Plus, if you listen carefully, you’ll hear us mention a topic from last week that will hopefully get you psyched to hear that episode….next week!  Or something.  Man, I hate scheduling: it’s like god-damned time travel…. It *is* on iTunes (though you may have…  Read More…

Wait, What? Ep. 24: Candyman, Candyman, Candyman!

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on January 25, 2011

Categories: Podcasts

Yup, Episode 24 is here and it’s a “1er,” as Graeme calls a done-in-one (I’m sure other people do as well, but it was news to me). Since I’m a little behind there will probably be two of these this week (in part because I think the one after this is an exceptionally strong little entry into our catalog), but after that it should be one solid chunk–sometimes an hour, sometimes a little more–making your weekly dose of Scottish Guy & Laughing Guy that much more digestible. Anyhoo.  Right here, right now, you can listen to S.G. & L.G. discuss Bagley, Spidey, Sammy, Benjy and more: Wait, What? Ep. 24.1: Candyman, Candyman, Candyman! It’s also available on Itunes (sooner or…  Read More…

Arriving 1/26/2011

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on January 24, 2011

Categories: Shipping Lists

What a strange week: the death of both WIZARD and the Comics Code. What could possibly make that a trifecta, I wonder? Meanwhile, I’m waist-deep in sorting the BookScan numbers (I’m dreaming in Excel, yes) — guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue! This week’s shipping list (and something else!) behind the jump:

Tilting #199: ETEWAF

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on January 21, 2011

Categories: Retailing/Industry

This month’s Tilting discusses Patton Oswalt’s “ETEWAF” theory — http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=30428 — I think I flesh out some of his points. Give it a read and let me know what you think! -B

Wait, What? Ep. 23.2: A Weird Prejudice Against Fantasy

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on January 20, 2011

Categories: Podcasts

Here is the grand conclusion to Episode 23–in which Graeme and I talk about the changes to Superman: Grounded, The Walking Dead (not as deliberate a comparison and contrast as putting those two side-by-side might seem), Fables, and Wolverine: The Best There Is.  Also, there’s a Kill Your Boyfriend reference in there, praise for Joe Kelly, an opportunity to make money by selling Grit, etc. Itunes isn’t quite as speedy with updating our RSS feed as it used to be but it’s either there or it’s coming.  And, of course, you are cordially invited to listen to it here: Wait, What? Ep. 23.2: A Weird Prejudice Against Fantasy If all goes well, we will have two–maybe even three–episodes as I…  Read More…

Wait, What? Ep. 23.1: Keep It Like A Secret

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on January 17, 2011

Categories: Podcasts

Apart from being a super-smart writer, Adam Knave also has a way with the promo material. Thanks, Adam! As for us,  I got a little behind so there may be one or more of these coming your way this week before we (hopefully) settle in with our new leaner, lighter on the ears (and time commitment) approach. Until then, however, you have Graeme and I from the first week of this year, shooting the shiz in extravagant fashion, and discussing Steel, Final Crisis, Grant Morrison’s Invisibles, Garth Ennis’ The Boys, Jeff Parker and Gabriel Hardman’s Hulk, and, of course, Brad Meltzer’s Decoded. You can find it on Itunes or, of course, you can listen to it right here, if that’s…  Read More…

Arriving 1/19/2011

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on

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Looking a smidge more like a normal week…. (under the cut!)

Wait, What? Ep. 22.2: Greetings From the Fuuuuuuture!

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on January 14, 2011

Categories: Podcasts

Yes, after some delay, we are back with the conclusion of Ep. 22.2. We hope this has given you a chance to catch up and that you will enjoy our many fine podcasts to come. The above image *does* get discussed in today’s episode, by the way, and I’d like to give a shout-out to Brian Cronin at the always-awesome Comics Should Be Good for doing the heavy lifting on this one. Maybe 2011 is the year where Jeff actually posts relevant images for the podcast posts?  Hey, it could happen, right? Anyway, for a podcast from the far-flung future of 2012, we covered a lot of old school ground (and most of it very Marvelish as well):  Arcade, Doc…  Read More…

Look, Up In The Sky: Graeme On The First Post-JMS Superman

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on January 13, 2011

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From the very first page, you can tell that someone new is handling SUPERMAN #707. After more than half a year of a passive, dickish Man of Steel walking across America and coming across either standoffish and dick-like or curiously naive, the first page of the issue has Superman doing three “super” things – Stopping a bank robbery (with bullets bouncing off his chest!), saving a girl’s life (by stopping a train! With his bare hands!) and grabbing a falling helicopter. It’s as if new writer Chris Roberson thought, “People might need a reminder why Superman is awesome.”

Arriving 1/12/2011

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on January 10, 2011

Categories: Shipping Lists

Quick note on my activities: you’ll notice I’ve been pretty quiet the last few weeks. Chalk it up to End of Year stuff (busy retail throughout December, January is getting going to year-end accounting, and so on). I’ll be doing review posts again “soon”, but it might be another week or so. FYI. Another small shipping week makes New Stuff in January look not all so good. But there’s a few swell books, yes…

Wait, What? Extra!: The Accidental Text Edition

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on January 5, 2011

Categories: Podcasts

Okay, so here’s what happened. Jeff and I were emailing each other about recording a new Wait, What? tomorrow (Still to come this week on this very site: Ep. 22.2), and what started as our talking about what we should talk about ended up becoming… well, I guess it’s the first all-text episode of Wait, What?. So, sing the theme tune for yourself and we’ll dive right in mid-conversation…

Thor Vs. Thor! Graeme Compares DeFalco/Frenz To Fraction/Ferry

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on January 4, 2011

Categories: Reviews

Let’s start 2011 off with a controversial statement: Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz’s THE MIGHTY THOR is great. No, wait, that’s not controversial enough. How about this? Comparing it to the current Matt Fraction/Pascal Ferry run only points out the latter’s flaws all the more clearly.

Wait, What? Ep. 22.1: In With The Old, Out With The New

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on

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Good morning, happy 2011 to you, and welcome to our first podcast episode of the year! In it, Graeme and I talk upcoming releases from Marvel, the weird world of porn comics, and the weirder world of Patton Oswalt Wired articles. I’ll keep this short so you can get right to it (though I suppose if you want to cue up your web browser for our last remaining thirty mins. or so where we look at Birdland, Gilbert Hernandez, and the livejournal of Brandon Graham, you can hunt the web with us in real time!). For some reason, Itunes hasn’t loaded the update to our feed yet though it should be forthcoming shortly (I…hope?), but for now, you are more…  Read More…

CE 2010: Comics

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on January 3, 2011

Categories: Retailing/Industry

Last one! Again, under the cut…

CE 2010: Books

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on

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Here’s a look at the top selling “Books” for Comix Experience in 2010, under the cut…

CE 2010: The Overview

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on

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Hey, it’s a New Year, which means it is time to look back at performance. I’ll place it under the Jump for those who Just Don’t Care…

Arriving 1/5/2010

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Categories: Shipping Lists

The New Year starts off with a….

NEW YEAR; SAME JACKASS: ABHAY, COMIC BOOKS, RUCKUS, WOO-HAH!

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Posted by: Abhay Khosla on January 1, 2011

Categories: Reviews

Real quick: I couldn’t figure out how to register to post a thank you note on the Comics Journal site, so a quick thanks to Dirk Deppey. Many is the morning that I started my day, stumbling out of bed and heading straight to read my “news” from off the Journalista blog Mr. Deppey wrote for many years.  It was a lot of mornings thinking, “Why can’t you just eat breakfast like a normal boy? Why is this how you choose to spend your first waking moments? Why can’t you ever just be a normal boy? Why?? Just put on some underwear already, at least.” So… thanks  for that (?) and best wishes in the future to him. This one…  Read More…