Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

The Walking Dead returned to TV this past Sunday and was immediately followed by the premiere of a new show called Comic Book Men. In this episode we discuss AMC's two hour block of comic book related programing. (1:00:58)

It's Previews time again! We go over the February Previews for books shipping beginning in April. (1:22:20)

It's been almost a year since the last World of Toys and with Toy Fair less than a week away we thought it was time for a reunion show. We discuss some of what we saw at Toy Fair last year, what Lego sets Shane bought recently, upcoming movie toys and see what toys are listed in the latest Previews. (52:13)

Some interesting news came out last week - DC officially announced 'Before Watchmen', the top ten selling books in January were all DC books, a new Avengers trailer debuted during the Super Bowl and on set pictures were released from the upcoming Judge Dredd movie. All this and Battlepug too! (1:22:10)

Ron Marz returns to the show to discuss his recent work for Top Cow (Artifacts, Magdalena and Witchblade), DC (Voodoo) and his creator owned title at Image Comics (Shinku). Other topics of conversation include comic conventions and (gasp!) some sports talk about the NY Giants and NY Mets (1:23:11)

The Cartoon Network show 'Adventure Time' gets its own ongoing comic book from Boom Studios this month and we have the writer Ryan North on to tell us all about it. We also have a brief conversation with Mr. Phil from the Indie Spinner Rack Podcast with cameos from Danielle Corsetto and Bill Ellis. (1:18:32)

TV and movie talk take up the bulk of the discussion in this episode. The X-Men First Class sequel, The Big Bang Theory, Green Arrow TV Pilot and Ghost Rider 2 are some of the topics brought up along with Walt Simonson's upcoming DC OGN 'The Judas Coin' and the solicts for upcoming DC collected editions. (58:53)

One of our listeners lamented that 'done in one' stories often get overlooked in today's 'multi-part saga of the month' comic landscape. He suggested a Top 5 Episode of our favorite single issue stories and we were only too happy to oblige. The Geeks have some GREAT issues on their lists. Spoilers! (1:53:19)

Max Lord's origin story is finally revealed! Is he man or machine! Listen along and find out. (1:04:19)

After we hear from Chris Eberle about the upcoming Super Wild Pig Show, we discuss the new DC logo, John Rozum and Static Shock, Batman #5 and Murd reviews Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. (1:12:50)

The invasion continues and so does our discussion.  Only three issues remain.  How will it end? (1:09:58)

It's time again for more mind-bending discussion.  Final Crisis continues and so does our analysis. (1:14:17)

In time for the recently released Modern Masters vol.17, we talk with artist Lee Weeks! Life long friend Tom Field and Eric Nolen-Weathington of TwoMorrows Publishing put together a fantastic book and we discuss as much as we can. (1:31:49)

You never know what you are going to get with voicemail, and this episode keeps us on our toes. (1:06:28)

And now the second half of our nominations for the Best of 2011. In this episode we cover Best Writer, Artist, Writer/Artist, Inker, Color Artist, Letterer, Editor, Cover Artist, Breakout Talent, Comic Project in Another Medium, Most Important News, Most Anticipated for 2012 and Best Revamp. (1:14:02)

It's time to reveal the nominations for the Best of 2011. Here in part one we have New Hero, New Villain, New Comic, Limited Series, Single Issue or Oneshot, Cliffhanger, Storyline, Sleeper/Surprise, Ongoing, Reprint, Original Graphic Novel and Publication About Comics. (1:37:42)

Today it's a bunch of guys talking about a bunch of comics they read.  Can you dig it? (1:28:06)

DC Comics recently announced they are cancelling six titles that were part of their relaunch back in September and replacing them with six new ones. We go over both the coming and going books. (59:20)

We open the phone lines to our listeners to find out what they're looking forward to this year. With The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, and even Ghost Rider 2 getting some mentions, it should be another good year for comic book movies. (1:28:24)

Just a quick announcement giving everyone the details for the big Episode 500 live recording on Sunday night August 24th, 8pm until 10pm eastern time. Come join the fun! (1:42)

The third issue of the magazine ships this week, so we figured it was a good time to discuss it at length.  Get all the skinny on our third issue. (1:21:30)

Newly-announced Clone Wars artists Tom Hodges and Katie Cook join us for a crazy, ramble-filled episode. (1:49:48)

Top Cow's Artifacts series promised big changes in their universe. Did it deliver? We go over issues 12 and 13 of Artifacts as well as the first "Rebirth" issue - Witchblade #151. Spoilers! (1:12:48)

It's Previews time yet again! We go through the January Previews for items shipping starting in March. There are also some important announcements in this episode. (1:12:57)

We're back! Happy New Year! In between some announcements and wacky stories, there is some comic talk in this episode. Honest! (1:00:44)