2009 July - AudioShocker

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A Podcast with Ross and Nick #7 - Henry Jean-Claude Arnold Sinbad

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on July 22, 2009

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A Podcast with Ross and Nick #7 [ 30:20 ] Play Now | Download

In INDECENT PROPOSAL part 2, Ross Campbell and Nick Marino start out discussing comic art commissions in a digital marketplace, name dropping DJ Coffman, explodingdog, Spamusement!, and more. Nick brings it back to Henry Rollins (see IP pt 1 from last week!) and the indie comic Henry and Glenn 4-Ever, which takes the guys to comic book conventions as Ross and Nick talk about fading celebrities who hang out on the con circuit. Finally, love for Van Damme before the end theme turns into love for Schwarzenegger (and Sinbad) after the end theme, leading directly into next week's Arnie lovefest that we like to call INDECENT PROPOSAL part 3!!!

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AudioShocker Podcast #89 - 3-Pete! Cracked: Rejected Dominates The Show

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on July 21, 2009

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AudioShocker Podcast #89 [ 37:25 ] Play Now | Download

Things get a little weird in PART 3 OF THE 3 PART PETE MARATHON as Nick and Pete discuss Cracked: Rejected, their new ashcan released at SPF: Pittsburgh's Small Press Festival. This bizarre conversation features reflections on the two months from 2005 when Pete and Nick pitched ideas to the editors behind the relaunch of Cracked Magazine... which eventually became Cracked.com [see these old blog posts for even more Cracked fun]. Inquiring listeners want to know: will the shameless self-promotion ever end? THE ANSWER IS NO! To round out the episode, Nick calls in live from SPF and gives his final word on the success of the first Small Press Festival in Pittsburgh.

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Chun-Li Legends Hyper Combo Wallpaper!

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on July 20, 2009

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Chun-Li chills with Gen, Fei Long, and Dan

Omar Dogan makes Chun-Li look legendary

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Chun-Li goes beyond Street Fighter Legend - she's a Marvel vs. Capcom Legend (and a straight up video game legend) too. The wallpaper you see here is a collage of UDON's covers for Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li #1-3, three excellent installments from my new favorite comic book miniseries. For you Street Fighter completists out there, this wallpaper also features Gen and Lei Fong (NOT in MvC), and Dan Hibiki (who pops up in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter).

On a personal note, this was the most difficult wallpaper making experience I've ever had for the Hyper Combo Wallpaper series. The above image you see is a miniature representation of the 1440 X 900 size, but the 1280 X 1024 and 1600 X 1200 sizes look a little different. They had tons of blank space above the image, so I slapped the Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li logo up top.

Thanks to Omar Dogan's deviantART account for these images. I've been totally blown away by his work on this comic book and his awesome covers are no exception. Be back here next Monday for a brand new Hyper Combo Wallpaper!

Beatcast #33 - Essential by Nik Furious

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on July 19, 2009

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Essential by Nik Furious [ 2:37 ] Play Now | Download

Essential, an original instrumental beat by Nik Furious. This is the fourth part of a ten part Beatcast series called Nik Furious: Then and Now. This Now recording defies typical genre classification, mixing melodic guitar riffs and thick slap bass with heavy digital drums and rich synths.

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The Top 9 Reasons to Go to Pittsburgh's Small Press Festival Expo

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on July 17, 2009

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If you live in Pittsburgh, then you should be at the Small Press Festival (SPF) Expo this weekend. It's that easy.

I'm going to be there on Saturday from 12 PM to 6 PM at the table labeled AudioShocker (and/or Nick Marino). I won't be there on Sunday but my awesome table-mate, Shawn Atkins of Workshop13.net (comic creator of Gello Apocalypse and Explorers of the Unknown), will be there holding it down and still selling my merch.

But if all that's not enough for you, here are the Top 9 reasons you should get your ass over to the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery on the Carnegie Mellon University campus this weekend for the FREE SPF Expo:

9. It may be called the Small Press Festival, but everyone knows that size doesn't matter. Unless you're talking about penises. Then size definitely matters.

8. I'll be there with my laptop and my brand new copy of Street Fighter IV, so come kick my ass in public and humiliate me before I get really good at it.

7. Be one of the first eight lucky humans on Earth to go home with a copy of Patio 1.5, the remastered and (sort of) remixed version of the classic Unlicensed Attorneys at Law track, Patio. This song is unreleased and awesome, so come snag a copy of it on the Original Recipe CD.

6. Buy a copy of Apartment 307 and revel in the ensuing insanity.

5. Get Zombie Palin! in ashcan form. Sarah is all the rage right now since she quit being an officially recognized politician to go on a fishing trip and wear goofy fishing overalls, so don't miss this printed representation of our lovable webcomic.

4. Get your copy of The Fur Bucket EP, a Frank Sanchez / Dirty Weekend split EP packed with 9 tracks of excellence. This is the first time these songs have been out as anything other than streaming files, with the exception of the few tracks that ran as Beatcasts here on the AudioShocker.

3. Catch a sneak peak of my upcoming comic book release, Time Log! It's written by Culturology's Pete and I, penciled by Shawn, and inked by yours truly. If you get out to SPF, then you'll see me inking it at the expo when there's some downtime.

2. Pick up a copy of Cracked: Rejected, an SPF-exclusive 20 page zine by myself and Pete that details our failed pitches to Cracked Magazine (now Cracked.com). If you don't pick this up, you're going to be really confused when you listen to next week's AudioShocker Podcast #89.

1. Yeah, it's the Pittsburgh Small Press Festival, but everyone knows that big things come in small packages... unless you're talking about penises, of course. Then small things are REALLY small and big things are REALLY big. But this is a Small Press Festival - not a penis - so it's gonna be all good.

More: The Top 9 Ways the Economic Recession Has Affected the AudioShocker

Why the Top 9? Because 10 is too many and 9 is better. 3 X 3 = Awesome. Now that’s what I call math.

Super Haters #4 - Better with Time

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on July 16, 2009

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Seriously Ladies, Stop Dressing Like Princess Jasmine!

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on July 15, 2009

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While getting my Carmen Sandiego on these past two weeks, I noticed a fashion trend that seems to be gaining an alarming amount of traction: harem pants. Not familiar? Perhaps you remember 'Hammer' or 'Parachute' pants? Yeah, now you remember. Here's a shot from AA just to jazz up your morning.

seriously people?

Of course, late to fashion as I am, AA has been selling these diaper-pants for a few months now. Ok Fine, but I have only recently seen them out and about. But they are out in force: Naxos, Santorini, Athens, Barcelona, and Paris. Imagine squads of saggy butted chicks rolling around in these, all talking about their new Prada bags, going out for drinks later, and strapping on some gladiator sandals to boot. Sometimes the fabric is so thin that I can actually tell when offender is farting! (it totally billows out a bit) And the colors. Usually pink, white, or black. Occasionally blue, and they fall anywhere from knee to ankle.

Please, I implore you blogosphere, what is the appeal of these pants? How is this sexy? I was under the impression that the world universally hated these, burned all the patterns, and refused to ever make more (like candy corn). Is it the extra room in the back? Are those without junk in the trunk trying to make some sort of statement? Are ladies digging the ability to channel their inner Hammer/Vanilla Ice extempore? I just don't get it.

Gross. Gross. Gross. None of you are Princess Jasmine, and even if you were - would you really be wearing garbage like this? Seriously ladies, lay off the harem pants.

A Podcast with Ross and Nick #6 - Dreaming of Syndicated Blood

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on July 15, 2009

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A Podcast with Ross and Nick #6 [ 34:50 ] Play Now | Download

The INDECENT PROPOSAL story arc begins here!!! It's part 1, and Ross Campbell and Nick Marino use TalkShoe for the first time as they chat about the pre-con rush for San Diego, the X-Men comic book line, Jubilee's cup size, Marvel's Ultimate line, a dream Ross had about sharing an office with Joe Quesada and Henry Rollins, a continuity-free line at Marvel Comics, superheroes as food and the Fantastic Four as elementals, backissues, Milestone Media, and an offer of original art from Ross for someone who shows up at SDCC with at least half of the Blood Syndicate series.

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AudioShocker Podcast #88 - Part 2: Pete Podcast of Future Past

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on July 14, 2009

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AudioShocker Podcast #88 [ 43:20 ] Play Now | Download

While Culturology is on vacation, Pete podcasts... which brings us to PART 2 OF THE 3 PART PETE MARATHON!!! Pete perused some comics last week and so we discuss the Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past, Stagger Lee, Mp3.com and Weedlands College Radio, MC Hammer on the TODAY Show, I Die at Midnight, a Mobius strip made out of Orbit gum, Northwest Passage, G-Man: Learning to Fly by Chris Giarrusso, all ages, Zombie Palin, Pittsburgh's Small Press Festival, Paris Hilton's My New BFF, Iron Man backissues, two calls from the AudioShocker Comment Line, Kung Fu Panda, Seth Rogen is overexposed, Katherine Heigl is the new Meg Ryan, The Spirit, and more legit shit.

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Strange Tales Marvel Orgy Hyper Combo Wallpaper!

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on July 13, 2009

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Paul Pope loves him some sweet Marvel orgy

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Oh, how I love a good orgy! Don't we all though? Apparently Paul Pope agrees because he drew this orgy-themed image for September's Strange Tales #1. But the real fun of this image isn't the orgy. No sir, it's determining which of these characters can be seen in the Marvel vs. Capcom video games!

I spy with my little eye the following MvC fighters:

Dr. Doom
Sentinel
Iron Man
Hulk
Wolverine
Spider-Man
Colossus

Thanks to Comic Box for this image. I'm there every month when they post the best hi-res comic book solicitations on the Internet. Be back here next Monday for a brand new Hyper Combo Wallpaper!