Chris Giarrusso joins Nick to talk about G-Man: Cape Crisis #1, his new comic book hitting shelves on August 12, 2009. They talk about the plot of Cape Crisis miniseries, Chris G's writing process, the inspiration for G-Man and other characters, the issue structure, future issues of G-Man: Cape Crisis, and the story behind the Christmas tree tale from old school G-Man strips included in the G-Man: Learning to Fly digest. Then the guys talk about the 2009 Comic-Con International, discussing con stories and commissions. To wrap it up, Chris talks about his new project with Scholastic Books and Jake Bell, The Amazing Adventures of Nate Banks.
AND... listen for a special appearance by Neal at 1:07. He tried to call in and join the conversation, but Nick and Chris completely missed it (or ignored him). After the end theme, Neal explains what happened on his end.
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Comic book creators Skipper Martin and Tone Rodriguez join Neal and Nick to talk about Bizarre New World, Outlaw Territory, Tyrese Gibson's Mayhem!, the San Diego Comic-Con, chinos vs. pants, and tons more. Listen for shocking revelations about Skip's first time doing the nasty, Tone's most hated form of transportation, and Neal's most hated European city. Want more? We got Tone talking about the mayhem of debuting Mayhem, Skip's adventures in screenwriting, and a boon of name drops including Michael Woods, Ellen Everett, Chris Moreno, Steve Rude, and Jim Lee.
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Paul Tobin braves his third week in a row on the AudioShocker as he wraps up his chat with Nick about writing comics book for money. This clear-cut capitalist exchange leads to discussion on the topics of: scripting, ideas, Colleen Coover, Jack Kirby, Jeff Parker, Marvel Adventures, and tons more. Plus, Paul announces some upcoming projects and refuses to announce others! FUN!
Then we bring you your regularly scheduled program: Neal does not understand Lady Gaga so Justique tries to explain her appeal. Justique does not understand M.I.A. so Neal tries to explain her appeal. Meanwhile, Alan Arkin gets slammed for Sunshine Cleaning. Nick demands to know the etymology of the Stanky Leg (not the Stanky Legg!). Then Neal insists on talking about mixtapes that no one has ever heard about (no one, that is, according to Nick). This somehow leads to the revelation that MTV is going to start showing music videos again... too little too late, MTV!!!
Exactly 40 minutes of podcast fun are coming your way as we let Paul Tobin know that his Marvel Adventures Super Heroes comic books are in Target. Then Paul talks about who he writes for (hint: himself), the honor of writing for different audiences, the wide reach of books like Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, to read or not to read reviews, and pacing issues of Marvel Adventures Avengers vs. What If? Newer Fantastic Four. This is part 2 of 3 of our Paul Tobin interview series!
Then we talk movies. Neal thinks that Fast and Furious makes Paul Walker look taller and Vin Diesel look the same, he is also pumped to see Nine (produced by Tim Burton, natch), Nick and Justique saw the mediocre Monsters vs Aliens in excellent IMAX 3D, they also started watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime and they love it, and Neal thinks Big Stan is a ripoff of The Longest Yard.
Note: Paul Tobin has never endorsed, nor does he intend to endorse, nor has he... to the best of our knowledge... ever even used a golden chamber pot.
With that said, comic book creator Paul Tobin talks about his scriptwriting method, working with artists including Matteo Lolli and Jacopo Camagni and (his wife) Colleen Coover and Patrick Scherberger, editors including Nate Cosby, Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil #3, writing Spider-Man vs. writing Hulk, and Marvel Adventures Avengers and Marvel Adventures Super Heroes comics. This is part 1 of 3 of our Paul Tobin interview series!
When Paul is done, the golden chamber pot arrives. Neal has outgrown Del tha Funkee Homosapien, the 80s synth funk group D Train is the one for Nick, Justique is feeling the electronica of Glitch Mob and their side projects including Nasty Ways (makers of the Lil Wayne Lollipop remix), Nick was let down by MPLSoUND and Lotusflow3r by Prince, and Neal has weird feelings about SuChin Pak.
Barry Rabkin a.k.a. BBoy Griz of CypherStyles.com joins us for a conversation on his hip hop culture influences, The Freshest Kids, IAmHipHop.com, how he started a leading international website for street dance DVDs, raving with Paul Oakenfold, Ghost in the Shell, how Hawkeye hates Peoria, how weird the Pepper Potts Iron Man costume is with its iron boobies, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, smoking formaldehyde, Rambo, the Infinity Gauntlet and the Reality Gem, Justin Bua and graffiti art, Donora, New Balance Classic 574 sneakers, the evils of high fructose corn syrup, and tons more filthy fun.
Griz, working on his B-Boy bald spot
Cartoonist Chris Giarrusso talks about G-Man from Image Comics. He also talks about Peanuts, Art Baltazar, Mini Marvels, Team Cannon Fodder, and Star Wars.
Then Justique, Neal, and Nick talk movies, anime, TV, and comics. Neal watched Watchmen. He likey. Especially the large resting length. Justique and Nick watched Big Stan. They likey Rob Schneider. They also watched Wonder Woman. No likey. Also: SNL movies, Hannah Slutana, Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, Jigoku Shoujo a.k.a. Hell Girl, Dollhouse, Disaster Movie, Thanos Quest, Armor Wars, and more.
Chris Giarrusso talks about Mini Marvels: Secret Invasion and his work with Marvel Comics. We discuss writing one-page gags vs. continuous stories, working solo vs. working with collaborators, Hawkeye, Skrulls, Thor, and tons more. And be back next week when Chris talks about his creator owned work with Image Comics, G-Man!
Then Justique, Neal, and Nick talk about Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, Street Fighter IV, The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian, famous film names re-titled to be porn movies, Jigoku Shoujo anime a.k.a. Hell Girl, the Watchmen movie, Secret Invasion hardcover collection by Bendis and Lenil Yu, and Iron Man: Armor Wars.
Dynamo 5 #0 SPOILERS! Jay Faerber is here and we talk about Strong-Suit, Father Gideon, Tower City, War Chest, Maddie, how Scrap and Myriad get a new apartment together, and the future of the Dynamo 5 superheroes. And, as an added bonus, Dynamo 5 #20 hits stores tomorrow!
Then Justique returns to the AudioShocker podcast to celebrate our super nasty 69th anniversary by arguing with Neal about anime. Neal thinks anime is derivative, Justique thinks anime is awesome, and Nick thinks Ghost in the Shell is sweet. We also talk about Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, The Underneath, Betty Page, the historical porn collection of Franz Kafka, and too much more.
Jay Faerber talks about Dynamo 5 #19. Spoilers abound as we discuss Myriad, Scrap, Alexander Serra, Bill Rosemann, War of Kings, Mahmud A Asrar, Ron Riley, and how everything leads up to Dynamo 5 #0.
Then Nick and Neal chat about Balls Out and the future of raunchy comedy, superhero movies have replaced sci-fi action movies, Domino Harvey is lame even with Keira Knightley, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is decent but overrated. Finally, we end the show with a debate... Monty Python vs. Mel Brooks for the title of Biggest Influence on Modern Gross Out Comedy Movies.
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