Comic Book Bears Podcast

We have a little more stretching room in the Comic Book Bears Den in this episode as our brother Bryan was unable to join us for this 2012 wrap-up episode.   Billy Z and Justin talk about their fave raves of the year in this admittedly somewhat somber episode.   Somewhere along the lines Saga, The Boys, Dave Wyndorf and Monster Magnet, Dan Slott’s death threats, Legion of Super-Heroes, Jonathan Hi...

Bill Zanowitz, Justin Allen and Bryan Pittard return with another episode focused mostly on the new Marvel Now! books. We tackle the recent first issues of Fantastic Four, FF, Avengers, Captain America, Deadpool, All-New X-Men and more!  Also getting some airtime are the end of the Bendis era of Avengers, AvX: Consequences, Cyclops, Batwoman #0, Karen Berger's departure from Vertigo, Before Watchm...

Justin, Bryan and Billy Z come back atcha with a whole lotta comic (Brightest Day, Ultimate FF, JK Woodward, 80's Iron Man, Hickman's FF, Marvel Now Point One, Bendis Avengers, Jeff Lemire, Justice League Dark, Green Arrow, AVX: Consequences, Masters of the Universe, Happy, Action Comics Annual, Tony Lee and Doctor Who, Manhattan Projects, World's Finest, Earth 2, Kevin Maguire, National Comics On...

We were able to record an episode just before Justin went in for his surgery! In this ep, Billy Z discusses his experiences at NYCC.  Bryan, Justin and Bill then cover recent comics news and NYCC announcements and then the boys discuss some of their favorite licensed titles - Micronauts, Dr. Who, Jonny Quest, Charmed and The Lone Ranger are among the books based on properties outside of comics tha...

Just before Billy Z heads out to New York Comic Con, Justin, Bryan and Billy convene to discuss the wrap up of Avengers vs. X-Men, the upcoming Marvel Now titles, and the recent DC Zero issues.  But, there's more - the more being Grant Morrison's Happy, Black Kiss, IDW's KISS, Avengers, Amethyst, the Milestone characters, Wildstorm, Talon, Phantom Stranger, Wonder Woman, Cable, Rocketeer, Prophet...

Bryan Pittard from the Flame On podcast joins us once again for our post Baltimore Comic Con episode! What will you expect to hear the bear boys discuss in this episode? How about convention tales, The Comic Reader, Alan/New Mutant's Power Principle, gossip about creators, Mark Waid, Kevin Keller, original comic art, Greg Laroque, Paul Levitz, Matt Wagner, Janet Lee, Barry Kitson, cosplay, panels,...

You were probably wondering where the hell did these guys go?  Well, we are back with the first of two episodes to be released this week! (And now that summer is over, we will be coming to you on a more regular basis!)  In this episode we talk about The Power Principle, Joe Kubert's passing, Brian Wood's upcoming Star Wars book, Liefeld's New 52 talk, Marvel Now, hot books with speculators, Darkse...

Alan/New Mutant - possibly the all-time grooviest presence on the Interwebs - joins Billy Z and Justin on this long delayed new episode! The Dark Knight Rises is covered and critiqued along with lots of talk of the caped crusader's exploits past and present! Neal Adams! Jim Aparo! Alan Davis! Marshall Rogers! Matt Wagner's covers! Dark Knight Returns! DK2 (!) A Death in the Family! A Lonely Place...

It's an all-Spidey episode!  Justin and Billy Z both went to the movies to see The Amazing Spider-Man and they don't exactly agree!  After that, Marvel Team-Up, The Death of Jean DeWolff storyline, Kraven's Last Hunt, Back in Black, One More Day, The Kingpin, Flash Thompson, the Spider-Man/X-Force crossover, the 1970's live action show, Doc Ock, the original Clone War saga and many other topics ge...

Billy Z and Justin are joined once again by Bryan Pittard of the Flame On podcast to discuss Action Comics #10, LCS events around Astonishing X-Men #51, Before Watchmen: Comedian #1, anime old and new, The Night of the Owls, Prometheus, Walt Kelly's Our Gang, JMS and The Twelve, Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four/FF, The Manhattan Projects, Robot God Akamatsu, The Authority and Wildstorm among othe...

Billy Z and Justin are back to dish out a heaping pile of Earth 2 with some side helpings of James Robinson's JLA, favorite costumes, Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1, the most recent Jonah Hex series, the Rock and Roll Comics documentary, this summer's comic book movies (again), the next wave of DCnU titles, DC's sword and sorcery titles of the 70's, Ray Bradbury R.I.P., Archie's history of super-he...

Justin and Bill return to discuss Astonishing X-Men #50, Action Comics #9, Batman Incorporated #1, speculation on the new DC gay, One Million Moms (the internet group most in need of an accurate headcount), the Watchmen toaster, the threeboot Legion, Ernie Chua and Tony Dezuniga R.I.P., Flash Gordon:Zeitgeist, the current output from Dynamite Entertainment and the new listeners in Justin's home. ...

Justin and Bill go to the movies to discuss The Avengers and then talk about Free Comic Book Day.  Tangents galore in this episode include weighing in on other comic book movies, Bring It On, the Wilson Phillips reality show, illegal downloading, Young Justice: Invasion, HBO, Chris Lavoie of The Stephanie Miller Show and Jason of Star Command to name just a few!

Justin and BillyZ welcome their first guest bear with Bryan Pittard of the Flame On podcast joining in on the fun! Topics include BillyZ's trip to C2E2!  Disney Gay Days!  Ramon Perez!  Jim Henson!  Athena Voltaire!  b-one by Bobgar Ornelas!  The Stuff of Legend!  Flex Mentallo!  Grant Morrison's JLA!  Kevin Keller and Archie Comics!  Mark Waid and digital comics!  The second incarnation of the Se...

After a whole lotta DC chatter in the past episodes, our bear boys Justin and BillyZ leave their dens to make a House-of-Ideas call.  Avengers vs. X-Men#s 0 and 1 are spotlighted and then they cover their past Marvel favorites.  Stan and Jack FF, Spider-Man, Marvel Team-Up,  Micronauts, Byrne and Claremont, What If?, Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers, Daredevil: Born Again, the outback-era X-Men - all...

For their first regular episode, Justin Allen and Bill Zanowitz discuss the DCnU at the six month point!  Justice League! Batman! Action Comics! Batgirl! Aquaman! All-Star Western! Animal Man! Hawk and Dove! O.M.A.C.! Legion Lost! Will one of your favorites be one of theirs? And boy, can those gay bears talk and talk!

Welcome to the first ever Comic Book Bears episode!!! Join co-hosts Justin Allen and Bill Zanowitz as they introduce themselves, briefly cover what a bear is for the unfamiliar, discuss the story behind starting this podcast and talk about some of their favorite creators and series.