Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

The envelopes, please! The time has come to reveal the winners of the CGS Best of 2015 Awards, chosen by YOU, the listeners, to represent last year's heights of achievement in mainstream comics! And after the last name has been announced, stick around for the after-party... in Comic Talk form! (1:00:08)

The Geeks turn up their collars and head down to the cold, hard streets of Reviewsville in this Off the Racks episode, featuring Marvel's Power Man and Iron Fist #1, Dynamite's Shaft: Imitation of Life #1, and Image's Snowfall #1. Plus bonus reviews! (1:20:55)

Settle in and enjoy the peaceful Geeky feeling of a Comic Talk episode--you know it won't let you down! Pants gets the ball rolling with tales of his recent travels, from the better comic shops of L.A. to the high halls of Gallifrey One and the London Super Comic Convention! Then we've got tangents on original artwork and CGC grading, and reactions to Agent Carter and the final Captain America: Ci...

Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of PREVIEWS! We go through the March catalog for items shipping starting in May--with the awesomeness-amplifying assistance of our special guests, Adam Withers and Comfort Love! (2:57:04)

By listener demand, the Geeks cross the threshold into supernatural horror, mystery, and adventure as they dare to review the first six-issue arc of Locke & Key, by acclaimed horrorsmith Joe Hill and master illustrator Gabriel Rodriguez. Eavesdrop with us on the trials and tribulations of the three Locke children, who take refuge in Keyhouse, their family's ancestral home, after the murder of...

At last! It's that magical time of the year again, when the Geeks take time to reflect on the high points of a year in comics, and invite their listeners to help determine which of the series, creators, and events that defined that year deserve to be proclaimed... 'The Best'! The candidates for 'Best of 2015,' ours and yours, are revealed here, with final voting to follow! But first, we warm up th...

Off the Racks is back on track! The Geeks are proud to present three timely reviews of comics whose content varies from the mythological (The Legend of Wonder Woman #1 from DC) to the demonological (Avatar's Code Pru #1) to the scatological (Spider-Man/Deadpool #1 from Marvel). But be warned: with fresher reviews come fresher SPOILERS! (1:12:35)

Previews is a many-splendoured thing! We go through the February catalog for items shipping starting in April. (1:39:59)

One more slightly out-of-date Off the Racks to go before we return our attention to the present! This time, our riotous Rack-onteurs Chris and Murd revisit three July releases that raise such tantalizing questions as: Why will the United States invade Canada in the early 22nd Century? How did Lantern Corps power-rings end up in Federation space, aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise? And if Will Eisner's T...

Get the lead out, soldier, and deploy with the Geeks to 1982 for an in-depth look at the beginnings of one of the most successful licensed comic series of all time: Marvel Comics' original G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero! Join a task force of veteran Joe fans (and civilian ride-along Murd) as they debrief the first ten issues of that generation-defining series--loaded with high-tech ordnance, authe...

Now with 100% more PANTS! Everyone's favorite loud-laughin' Letterman-lover has survived another busy Christmas season, and he's got a lot on his mind! With occasional interjections from the other Geeks, Pants takes this episode to run down his bullet-list of backlogged banter on some of his favorite topics, from Doctor Who to original art, plus convention stories, quickie reviews of recent comics...

Beat those winter blues with this month's new Previews! We go through the January catalog for items shipping starting in March. Includes a first look at the Free Comic Book Day 2016 giveaways! (2:03:26)

Since Star Wars 'episodes' always come in threes, here's our third one this month, in which we finally share our thoughts, observations, speculations, trepidations, and general euphoria concerning the record-smashing, generation-defining, runaway space-fantasy hit of the decade, Star Wars: The Force Awakens! 'Nuff Said! (2:01:57)

A long time ago in a comics industry far, far away, the biggest comics publisher in the galaxy was saved from financial ruin by an unlikely hero: a scrappy little series based on a surprise blockbuster film called STAR WARS. Now, as Star Wars mania seizes the world anew, one-man Jedi holocron Chris Eberle and the other CGS Geeks revisit that series, the first Star Wars comics ever produced. Thrill...

The long-awaited conclusion to Dickens' immortal 'Ghost Story of Christmas,' as read by Murd. God Bless Us, Every One! (14:15)

As the Force awakens across the nation, the Geeks submit their favorite scenes from the first six films in the (once again ongoing!!) Star Wars saga. Strap yourself into the cockpit of your X-Wing (or TIE Fighter) and feel 1.75 hours of reminiscence about Jedi knights, droids, princesses, smugglers, alien creatures, Imperial officers, etc. flowing through you! This episode is strong with the nosta...

We continue to play Off the Racks catch-up in this episode, as we offer our thoughts on a trio of not-quite-new releases: the imp-ishly satirical misadventure of Bat-Mite #1, the outer-space political intrigue of The Omega Men #1 (both from DC), and the racially-charged, super-powered period drama of Strange Fruit #1 (from BOOM! Studios). (1:25:21)

Although it's been said many times, many ways: It's Previews! We go through the December catalog for items shipping starting in February. Plus, during the intermission, we talk for a bit with our old friend J.K. Woodward and new friend Chris Kipiniak about their monster of a digital comic, Behemoth! (1:59:20)

A little TV talk (Supergirl, Jessica Jones), a little comic talk (Paper Girls, Secret Wars), a couple glasses of wine: what better way to put a cap on the long Thanksgiving weekend? Gobble-Gobble, Geek-speakers! (1:09:43)

Three years into the legendary 1980s run of The New Teen Titans, creators Marv Wolfman and George Perez brought forth upon the DC Universe a story arc that forever altered the unwritten rules and expectations governing superhero team storytelling. That arc was 'The Judas Contract,' and in this episode of CGS we take stock of the multitude of major milestones it contained for DC's second-generation...

Count your blessings and read your Previews! We go through the November catalog for items shipping starting in January. (1:21:17)

Time for an Off the Racks comeback! After a mere six months (and a few technical difficulties--thanks in advance for your patience!), Chris and Murd finally get around to reviewing Lantern City #1 from BOOM! Studios, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency #1 from IDW, and Wonder Woman '77 Special #1 from DC, plus a bunch of other things they've read lately. There's even a few minutes of Logan's R...

Annuals are a time-honored comics tradition, providing a kind of king-size fun and excitement that can come but once a year (if that often!). In this Top 5 episode, we wax nostalgic about some of our favorite stories to be presented in the annual format. But first, a CGS preview of a coming attraction: we discuss the third trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens! (1:49:36)

Trick or Treat, smell our feet, here's this month's Previews! We go through the October catalog for items shipping starting in December. (1:57:18)

Chris and Murd take it to the streets in this triple-strength pseudo-Spotlight championing three of the Marvel Universe's finest fighters: Luke Cage, Power Man; Iron Fist, the Living Weapon; and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu! Who are they? Where do they come from? And what should you know about them before they (or two of them, at least) burst onto your view-screen in the coming year? Quit asking q...