As you may know, A Podcast with Ross and Nick has gone bimonthly. Personally, I'm still adjusting to our new schedule and I miss our usual weekly occurrence! To slow my withdrawal and sate my appetite for ridiculous conversation, I've decided to compile a short list of some of our most popular and interesting episodes:
- Episode #22 - Personality Poetry - According to our podPress statistics, this episode has the most listens! While I find over 6,000 plays to be a slightly dubious figure, I'm sure it does have more listens than some of our other less popular episodes (*ahem* Future Garbage *ahem*). Ross and I spend most of this episode discussing superhero personalities and editing Wikipedia, not to mention crafting some haiku poetry.
- Episode #40 - The Turtlecast, pt 4 - We wrap up our original four-part Turtlecast series by talking about TMNT video games, the Turtles Artobiography, and the infamous Coming Out of Our Shells tour. We also share our first official listener feedback, and some of our most classic listeners stop by in the comments.
- Episode #55 - Guro Thrasher - Our second most popular episode of all time! Again, the stats are suspect... but similar to Episode #32, I can guarantee that this one is largely popular due to the "fan art effect" (our podcasts that link to sexy fan art images always get more visits than our other podcasts). Anyway, this episode is unique because it's actually the second take because the first try didn't properly record. Also, the guro theme of the show sparked a really interesting conversation in the comments. Featuring Justique.
- Episode #74 - Episode 6cast - Six episodes into the EXTREME challenge and we're already going crazy from the pain. We discuss a horrible Wolverine solo episode of X-Men: The Animated Series as well as Return of the Jedi. Oh, and it all starts with Ross's squeaky fridge. Featuring Justique.
- Episode #80 - Future Garbage - Originally, I was planning on putting Episode #82 in this spot, but I changed my mind because this is the infamous episode that officially broke Ross's spirit by forcing him to rewatch The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Plus, our conversation of X-Men:TAS episode 13 is really funny. Featuring Justique, Kaylie, and Kelly.
If I didn't include your favorite episodes on this list, let me know! I chose these shows based upon a few different factors: number of listens, content of the conversation, and the era during which it was recorded. Anyway, this is only "v1" because we have a ton of other good shows that I intended to spotlight again at some point.
I didn't wanna push the strip back any further, but Time Log's just not gonna be ready until tomorrow morning. SORRY!
I'm not gonna get too into detail except to say that we had a broken link in the chain and that sort of thing sets everything back when you have this many people working on a comic. If you've collaborated on something like this before, then I know you already know what I'm talking about.
But, in the meantime, it's not like there's a lack of comics out there by the Time Log team!!! You can check out:
Anyway, we'll see you fresh and early tomorrow morning with a brand new log!!!
We're a little behind this week, so instead of posting Time Log #41 I'm going to share this Time Log teaser with you:
What shocking future awaits Hitler and FutureNixon? Why is that unicorn horn levitating? What horrible atrocity is shocking the pants off of Shawn, Nick, FutureSlavePaige, and FutureShawn? And will Nick's macho gambit turn the tide of the fight? So many questions, so few answers...
NEXT: Back in 1945, will FuturePete's plan pay off???
I was honored to be a guest on this week's Yamagato Industries Business Report Team-Up #6 (long title!) podcast:
In case you don't already know, YIBR is the comics and anime podcast of TheGameHeroes.com. Hosted by Link, Mongo, and Beeslo, it's a weekly mix of current nerd news and opinions. You can connect with YIBR on their forums or on their Facebook page.
In this episode, we talk about Desperate Justice, ALF, Totall Recall #1, and tons more. If you'd rather listen to an audio-only version of the episode (with a few more awkward moments and a different opening), here ya go:
I gotta give a shout out to Colonel Panic, the artist of YIBR's title cards (kickass drawings that rep reach episode of the show). Here's the fantastic title card he did for Team-Up #6:
Thx, Panic. YOU DA MAN!!! (Panic is also the artist of the Yamagato webcomic, written by the hosts and listeners of YIBR. It's a fantastic webcomic, so check it out!)
BUT WAIT! There's more! This blog post is the perfect time to announce a special continuation of the glorious AudioShocker/YIBR crossover... June will officially be "A Month of Yamagato" on the AudioShocker Podcast!!! One-by-one, the hosts of YIBR will appear on Tuesday's podcast alongside Neal and myself. On the fourth and final Tuesday of the month, we'll wrap things up by featuring a special two-part superhero movie throwdown.
So thx again to the YIBR crew, and prepare yourself for a serious Yamagato overdose next month!
On the whole, CallGraph is a great program. It's free, it's efficient, and it helps me record over a hundred podcasts a year. But every so once and awhile, it drops the ball.
Like last night, for example (and this time and this time and this time). Ross and I recorded a nearly flawless episode, sandwiched in between a lot of other good conversation. And, uhhhhhh, I hate to say it... but it's gone. Well, not so much gone as it just never recorded Ross and barely recorded me.
I'm waiting to hear back from Ross to see if he wants to record something quick today to take the place of what was supposed to be A Podcast with Ross and Nick #101. So the show might still happen this week. Or not.
But whatever it is, it won't be the solidness that was last night's intended #101 conversation.
BLAH BlbhBLAl bHA LBHAHAAAA NICK SMELLS
Today would be the day for a new episode of Sequential Underground, but the stars didn't align last week and so we're skipping today. WHY? Because we've been working on comics, damn it!!!
We'll be back next Monday with a brand new episode. But until then, why not check out some of our comics?
NOTE: Some of these links go to Drunk Duck, and at this point in time, they're having some sort of issue with their image files. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.
Dan Greenwald*
Shawn Atkins
Shawn Atkins and Seth Fronzoli
Shawn Atkins and Nick Marino
Nick Marino
Dan's also been working on Super Haters because he's the next Super Haters Guest Week creator!!! His alternate-reality Guest Week story begins next Monday.
I'm just too damn busy getting ready for this weekend's SPACE.
BUT there is this:
And that's the main reason there's no new Time Log this week -- because I was putting together a super-secret special mini comic for the Columbus small press show, as well as prepping digital content for the AudioShocker Comics Archives v1 comic cards.
So sorry for the lack of Log, but I'll be back on schedule next week. Oh, and BTW, speaking of next week, if you're in Pittsburgh, I'll be giving a talk in the teen/comics section of Oakland's Carnegie Library at 6:30 PM on Monday March 21st. Be there, be square, or be both!!!
Sooooo... today was supposed to be the day for the latest episode of Sequential Underground. But we had some technical difficulties.
In fact, we've been in the same situation before at the AudioShocker -- specifically, with The AudioShocker Podcast #146 and A Podcast with Ross and Nick #55.
See, I use a free program called Call Graph to record our Skype conversations. And it's a great little program, especially considering the cost ($0!!!). But every once in a while, it only records my half of the conversation and doesn't pick up everybody else.
Normally, I'd catch this problem after the show. But I forgot to check the audio file from last week's Sequential Underground recording session until I was ready to edit it this morning... and that's when I discovered that the recording was incomplete.
We're planning to record again this Thursday, and since Pete's abandoned Culturology to focus on his studies in the field of actual Urology, I'll probably be posting the next episode of Sequential Underground this upcoming Friday.
See you then!
I hate to say it, but for the first time in a LOOOONG time we're going to take a couple weeks off here at the AudioShocker.
Neal is traveling in India and Australia, and that's gonna put the AudioShocker Podcast on hold until we find a good time to hook up over Skype.
As for A Podcast with Ross and Nick (and Justique and Kelly and Kaylie), we'll be taking this week off (if not next week too). Ross is busy, and Justique and I are spending time with family. That all goes without saying that Kelly has handed in her official AudioShocker resignation because she's a busy lady making lots of moves!
Sequential Underground will probably be a week late as well... while I can't speak for Dan or Shawn, I know my upcoming week will make it tough to record. So I think it's best to put this show on pause until things get back to normal.
And -- even though I really don't want to do it -- Time Log will take a week off too. Pete requested a skip week... and as editor I'm inclined to say "NO!" to any request like that. But I think it's only fair to give him another week to finish up the latest scripts if I'm letting the podcasts take the week off.
Truth be told, we've only missed a couple of weeks since we launched the AudioShocker back in September 2007. In fact, I think each major podcast has only missed one week a piece -- that's pretty damn good if you ask me!!!
Anyway, you can safely expect the next week or so to be pretty quiet here at the AudioShocker. I'll even skip Project Basement next Sunday just to keep things consistent ;)
So to all the people that listen to our shows and read our comics and comment on our posts: THANK YOU. We'll back soon, making podcasts and webcomics better than ever in 2011!!!
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