Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

In this the 'Year of the Avengers', we realized we've never done a Top 5 Avengers list before. Longtime listener Mario Muscar helps us remedy that as he joins us for this episode. (1:15:57)

Fred Chao joins us to talk about his Kickstarter project for his book 'Alison And Her Rainy Day Robot' as well as revisiting 'Johnny Hiro'. Plus we coax Fred into performing a Star Wars rap for us. (50:53)

'Marvel Comics: The Untold Story' is 'An unvarnished, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes account of one of the most dominant pop cultural forces in contemporary America.' Marvel history buff Chris Eberle from Wild Pig Comics joins us to talk about the book with the author Sean Howe (50:17)

There was a lot of news coming out of New York Comic Con as well as after the con was over. We discuss IDW's announcements, Cartoon Network pulling DC Nation off the air, Scott Snyder and Jim Lee on a new Superman title, the SHIELD TV series pilot and more. (55:15)

Time for a change of pace from comic talk to TV talk. Shane and Pants discuss the series premiere of 'Arrow' and the third season premiere of 'The Walking Dead'. Spoilers! (1:00:35)

The latest New York Comic Con has come and gone and CGS was there. Listen to some reports from the floor as well as interviews with Simone Bianchi, Ron Marz and more (1:03:29)

Once again it's time for Previews! We go over the October catalog for items shipping mostly in December. (1:00:06)

Our Marvel choice for this month's off the rack was delayed so Jamie and Shane discuss Avengers vs. X-men #12 instead. We then talk about Sword of Sorcery #0 from DC and Stumptown Volume 2 from Oni Press and briefly go over some of the other DC zero issues. (1:06:10)

After a health update from Jamie D we jump into some listener feedback. Topics include the Dredd movie, where to start with Dr. Who, what to name your newborn child and more. (1:06:08)

Julian Lytle returns to the show as we test drive Skype for the first time. Julian tells us all about the recent MorrisonCon and gives us his theory on Avengers vs X-Men. It's been said before, but the man is plantanas! (1:46:46)

It's the final issue of the Avengers vs X-Men series. How did it end and what are it's repercussions for the Marvel Universe? We give our thought on the issue and take some phone calls from our listeners to hear what they think. (1:22:05)

Pants flies solo in this episode about - you guessed it - Conventions! First up is some talk about the recent Hershey Comic Con, then some New York Comic Con talk and then finally some more information about our own upcoming convention - The CGS Super Show 2013. (28:08)

Cosplayer and costume maker Amber Love joins us in studio for this wide open top 5 episode on costumes. (1:05:59)

Amber Love joins us in studio to talk about the upcoming Super Hero event at the Comic Fusion store in Flemington, NJ on October 6th and 7th. We also touch on the settlement of the Robert Kirkman/Tony Moore lawsuit, movie news on Wolverine and Dredd 3D and more. (1:08:18)

SPOILERS! We go over the penultimate issue of Avengers vs. X-Men in this episode. Who makes the 'ultimate sacrifice' and what do we think will happen in issue 12? (52:12)

Time for another round of Off the Rack reviews. In this episode we discuss Phantom Lady #1 from DC, Hawkeye #1 from Marvel and Archer & Armstrong #1 from Valiant. (1:05:29)

CGS was in Kenilworth, NJ this past weekend for the grand reopening sale at Wild Pig Comics. Hear about what we bought, what raffles we won and the future for the store. We also discuss the changes made with Tim Drake being Robin and throw in an announcement or two regarding CGS in 2013. (1:06:12)

Yes it's Previews time once again. We go through the September Previews for items shipping beginning in November. (1:06:19)

We're big fans of Fables here at CGS so it was great to get to talk to writer Bill Willingham. We discuss his childhood reading habits, his desire to be Tarzan and of course Fables. He's also spearheading a convention next year - Fabletown and Beyond. (1:23:29)

Pants discusses the recent Baltimore Comic Con with in studio guest author Tom King. We talk about Tom's experience as a first time exhibitor at the convention, his book 'A Once Crowded Sky', the Marvel panel that Pants appeared on and more. Wait...Pants was on a Marvel Panel? This I gotta hear. (1:04:34)

Time for another clip show of previously unaired material. There's some studio chatter from before and after episodes, recordings made for the CGS website but never used, content edited out of episodes, comic talk, tomfoolery and even some singing! (56:04)

It's been one year since DC relaunched their entire universe. What worked? What didn't work? What are some of our favorite books? In this episode we take a look back and give our thoughts on the last year of DC Comics. (1:29:50)

First up is some TV talk on the season premiere of Dr. Who and the pilot for SHIELD and then comic talk. We discuss Justice League 12, Batman Incorporated 3, Green Lantern Annual 1 and more. (1:10:35)

Batman: The Animated Series premiered on September 5th, 1992 almost twenty years ago so we thought it was a good time for a Spotlight episode. We discuss our favorite episodes, the voice actors, the toys, the movies and more. (1:10:06)

After some follow up on previous episodes we jump into discussions on Rob Liefeld's tweets, Superman and Wonder Woman as a couple, the new Justice League of America book, Wolverine's latest update to his story and more. (1:16:36)