2-in-1 Showcase episode #103<\/a> features Blake and Chase chatting about the king of the seven seas, DC’s Aquaman! The boys talk about the character’s various eras, best stories, how they’d fix him up and make him viable again, and why he gets less respect than Rodney Dangerfield. Then, getting a bit more serious, the guys discuss the new Diamond Distribution policy and why it may spell death for smaller comics.<\/p>\n Over at the\u00a0Spider-Man Crawl Space, they recently finished up a three-episode\u00a0tribute to the\u00a0comic book artist Sal Buscema.\u00a0Sal just celebrated his 40th year at Marvel Comics. He also holds the record for the longest penciling stint on any Marvel comic. He drew 104 issues straight of the Spectacular Spider-Man title.\u00a0 This is a great run of podcasts.\u00a0 Even if you aren’t a Spider-Man junkie, these are good times.<\/p>\n Podcast #55<\/a> – To honor Sal for this accomplishment, the Crawl Space invited a few of his friends along. On the first part\u00a0they have Stan Lee, Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, Roy Thomas and Danny Fingeroth. If you’ve ever wanted to hear Stan Lee curse, this is your podcast!\u00a0<\/p>\n Podcast #56<\/a> –\u00a0The Crawl Space continues their interview of legendary Spider-Man artist Sal Buscema. He’s joined by writer Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz as they answer questions live from people around the world. They talk about artistic tips, spider-clones and Spider-Girl!<\/p>\n Podcast #57<\/a> – The conversation with artist Sal Buscema wraps-up. In this last half hour they answer written message board questions. Some of the questions range from Sal’s thoughts on Amazing Spider-Girl getting canceled, funny experiences at comic book conventions, and why the Hulk is his favorite character to draw.<\/p>\n Technical Difficulties Episode #4 is now available.\u00a0 In this one, Jon, Ed, Todd & Terry discuss recent news, hard drives, virtual machines, and smartphones.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Unique Geek Issue\u00a0#81<\/a> features a review of 2008. The year blew by and it is time to look back at what they thought was the best this rollercoaster of a year had to offer. The cast for this issue is Michael Bailey, Ron, D, Jon, and special in-studio guest Serv.<\/p>\n Chuck vs. the Podcast episode 14 <\/a>features part 1 of their writers series, featuring Phil Klemmer, who also wrote for Veronica Mars. They also discuss the 3D return of Chuck (which hadn’t aired yet when they recorded this).\u00a0 As always, there is news, spoilers, and more.\u00a0 If you like Chuck, you’ve got to listen to these podcasts.<\/p>\n Happy listening!<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nTECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nYou know I couldn’t give you a list of podcast recommendations without plugging one that I appeared on…<\/p>\nVIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Views from the Longbox Episode #71<\/a> features Michael and I conclude our look at what is coming down the pike from the Big Two this year. In this episode we tackle Marvel Comics in 2009. Topics range from Secret Invasion<\/i> to Dark Reign<\/i> to War of Kings<\/i> to the supposed 70th Anniversary of Marvel, and surprisingly we stick to the subject at hand.
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