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A Podcast with Ross and Nick #120 - Quite An Adventure

A Podcast with Ross and Nick

Kelly Thompson wants to know -- what do creators owe fans?

Does Ross Campbell owe you anything? Probably not. (photo shamelessly lifted from Tom Spurgeon's 2011 TCAF coverage)

Special guest Kelly (writer of She Has No Head, podcaster of 3 Chicks Review Comics, and blogger-er of 1979 Semi-Finalist) makes her triumphant return to lay down an ethical smackdown, discussing fan entitlement and creator responsibility.

Tell us what you think that creators owe their fans! Leave us a message by calling our automated comment line at 412-567-7606, and then we'll play what you say on our next show.

PLUS: Boogers, podcasting talk, Paris Hilton, Ross likes Hunger Games, Neal, superheroes in thongs, Galaxy Quest ringtones, and Tim Allen.

AND AT THE END: A talent throwdown!!! Kelly and Ross believe in talent... but Nick says he sorta doesn't. IS HE (and by he, I mean me) FULL OF SHIT???

P.S. If you dug our main topic on this show, check out Sequential Underground #30 - What Do Creators Deserve? for the flipside of today's conversation.

AFI 100 Years 100 Movies Podcast #19 - West by Northwest

AFI Movies Podcast

ANNOUNCEMENT: Tuesday's regular weekly series -- the AudioShocker Podcast -- is going bi-monthly (as in once every two weeks). That means the the AFI 100 Movies Podcast now has a new day and schedule -- alternating every other Tuesday with the AudioShocker Podcast!

41. West Side Story (1961)

Conrad and Nick both agree -- despite the goofiness of the music numbers and some weirdness with the casting, this is a well-made movie that deserves its place on the AFI 100 Years 100 Movies List.

40. North by Northwest (1959)

Conrad was a little bit bored by this classic Hitchcock thriller. He's pretty sure that he prefers the unofficial 90s teen remake, If Looks Could Kill.

NEXT: Doctor Zhivago and Double Indemnity.

HyperComboCast Bonus Stage #3 - The King of Fighters... the movie!

HyperComboCast Podcast

Kenny dares to go where no HyperComboCast has gone before!

He kicks it solo to deliver an AUDIO COMMENTARY TRACK for 2010's The King of Fighters movie!

Watch along with Kenny by streaming TKoF on Netflix, or if you really love the AudioShocker, you can buy it from Amazon through our associate's link.

Thrill to the intense fights! Be awed by the heart-wrenching drama! Watch Maggie Q get her butt whooped by Ray Park!

Now that's what I call cinema.

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Super Haters Destruct-O-Cast #2 - Co-Writing

Super Haters Destruct-O-Cast

Welcome back to the Destruct-O-Cast, a new weekly podcast devoted exclusively to the Super Haters webcomic! In this episode, Justique joins Nick (that's me!) to discuss the co-writing process.

We kick things off with some listener questions from Dana Spallinger (a.k.a. lunch bag artist supreme) and Shawn Atkins (a.k.a. comics storyteller gordita).

To leave us feedback of your own, tweet @super_haters, write on the Super Haters Facebook wall, or call our automated comment line at 412-567-7606 and we'll play your message on the show.

After that, Justique and Nick dive into the details of their co-writing relationship. Who's better with plots? Who's better with new ideas for characters? Who's better with character voices? Listen and find out!!!

NEXT: If he can get his Skype up and running, our guest will be Andrew Kilian. If not, we'll have a surprise guest on the show!

Winners of the AudioShocker Trivia Challenge from NYCC 2011

As you may remember, the AudioShocker was in the Podcast Arena at the 2011 New York Comic Con. Neal and I hung out at our booth, sold lots of self-published comics, and I even got to see the announcement of Ross's new Glory relaunch.

For me, one of the highlights of the show was meeting tons of awesome comic book fans. At our table, we hosted an AudioShocker Trivia Challenge where attendees could answer questions and win some kickass comics.

I started off by awarding sets of comics to fans who answered three questions correctly. But by Saturday afternoon, I ran out of sets! However, people still wanted to take the Trivia Challenge... so I started giving out my own self-published comics.

Now, for your viewing enjoyment, here are our illustrious winners:

To the best of my memory, here's what I gave away (from top to bottom):

  • Mutant X #1-17
  • A chunk of Aquaman and Adventure Comics (19 consecutive issues, including the Death of a Prince storyline)
  • Chaos War #1-5 miniseries
  • John Byrne's full run on West Coast Avengers
  • Whilce Portacio's arc on X-Factor where they send baby Cable into the future
  • A year of electric blue Superman (54 issues... some signed by Ron Frenz)
  • WildCATs #1-13 (the Lobdell relaunch)
  • A big hunk of Kyle Baker's Plastic Man
  • The original WildCATs #1-4
  • Christopher Priest's run on Steel
  • The New Time Log (2 of 3)
  • Zombie Palin (3rd edition)
  • I forgot to take a picture, but I also gave away the full original run of Xombi.

DAMN! That's a lot of comics :)

Sequential Underground #33 - Two Paths

Sequential Underground

An AudioShocker first! On this week's Sequential Underground, you get to choose your own adventure!!! We've got two podcasts... and two distinctly different paths for you to travel down...

Sequential Underground #33a - To Sketch Or Not To Sketch?
Mega artist Dave Wachter (from The Guns of Shadow Valley and That Hellbound Train) joins Shawn Atkins and Nick Marino for a sedate discussion about sketching at comic book conventions.

Sequential Underground #33b - Not Comics
Dave, Shawn, and Nick discuss almost everything except for comics in this stream of consciousness conversation about life, love, and uhhh... other stuff. NSFW.

Which path will you travel down? Will you choose the refined discourse of #33a... or the confessional spontaneity of #33b? The choice is yours.

Photos by the stupendous Seth Fronzoli.

[Note: We received some awesome feedback regarding our previous episode with Tom Scioli, #32 - The Superhero Virus. I forgot to read that feedback this week. SORRY! I promise I'll read it on #34.]

AudioShocker Podcast #212 - Neal vs. Nick

AudioShocker Podcast

It's the ultimate battle you've all been waiting for... the supreme throwdown of all beef supremes... it's...

These AudioShocker co-founders and podcast co-hosts can't agree on anything in this episode covering important topics such as Beyonce's birthing process, British actors on TV vs. British actors in film, and Fletch vs. Fletch Lives...

Finally, after their massive battle of the brains, Neal and Nick put out a wild offer to listeners -- if you think you can do better, then DO IT. We want you to take the AudioShocker Podcast "I Can Do It Better" Challenge.

What's that, you ask? WELL I'LL TELL YOU: we'll let you and a friend host the AudioShocker Podcast for one full month. If, after that month, you've been able to produce weekly episodes better than us, we'll let you continue to host Tuesday's AudioShocker Podcast for three weeks out of every month... for eternity! For more info, email nick@audioshocker.com.

But if you're too chicken to do that and you just wanna leave us feedback, call our automated comment line at 412-567-7606 and we'll play your message on the show.

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HyperComboCast #26 - A Word From Kenny Riot

HyperComboCast Podcast

Kenny. Goes. Solo.

In this intimate podcast message, Dr. Riot shares the games he's looking forward to in 2012, a few solid fighting games tips, and some of the great things you can expect from the HyperComboCast in the coming months.

To leave us feedback for future episodes of the HyperComboCast, hit up our email HyperComboCast@Gmail.com OR call our automated comment line at 412-567-7606 and we'll play your message on the show.

Super Haters Destruct-O-Cast #1 - Genesis

Super Haters Destruct-O-Cast

Welcome to the debut of the Destruct-O-Cast, a new weekly podcast devoted exclusively to the Super Haters*! Nick (that's me!) dives into feedback from Facebook and Twitter, answering questions and dropping shoutouts.

Dan Greenwald asks about Nick's character creation process for the Haters, while Byron Winton wants to know what's up with Destruct-O-Tron's new political stance in the current Republican Motherhood story arc.

To leave us feedback of your own, tweet @super_haters, write on the Super Haters Facebook wall, or call our automated comment line at 412-567-7606 and we'll play your message on the show.

After the end theme, Nick sends out special thanks to the godfathers of the Super Haters, Neal Shyam and Seth Fronzoli. And here's a link to more about the band that partially inspired Destruct-O-Tron's name, Disasternauts (on the show, I call them Destructonauts... whoops!!!).

NEXT: Super Haters co-writer Justique joins in to discuss the creative process and answer more of your questions.

*In case you don't already know, Super Haters is a Mon-Fri superhero satire webcomic starring Destruct-O-Tron and Mind's Eye.

A Podcast with Ross and Nick #119 - The Ernestcast

A Podcast with Ross and Nick

Featuring the triumphant return of Kaylie McDougal! She joins Ross Campbell and Nick Marino (a.k.a. me) to discuss... ERNEST P. WORRELL!

We watched Ernest Goes to Camp, Ernest Goes to Jail, Ernest Scared Stupid, and some... uhhhhh... other stuff:

Then it's time for a comics intermission!!!

We share some project updates, including the status of Ross' Leonardo one-shot for IDW's TMNT line, Kaylie's Dinogeddon webcomic, and a possible Kaylie guest week on Nick's Super Haters comic.

We also have a call-in from a past Super Haters guest artist, Andrew Kilian, who shares some thoughts about #118, an olde tyme Super Haters radio show, and a few other awesome things. To leave us feedback of your own, call our automated comment line at 412-567-7606 and we'll play your message on the show.

AND... speaking of #118, both Andrew and Brandon Williams shared their work spaces with us:

Then it's back to Ernest!

Including sexy Jim Varney and a preview of our upcoming Princecast (happening in a month or two).

NEXT EPISODE: Kelly Thompson returns to the podcast!