The Podcast of Oa: A Green Lantern Podcast

After last episodes interview with Ethan Van Sciver The Podcast of Oa gets caught up with all of the August Green Lantern titles as co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey run through all the latest issues in the Green Lantern family of comics. Both hosts agreed that many of the issues felt like a little rushed as the creative teams needed to wrap up any current storylines before taking part in DC...

Episode 71 of The Podcast of Oa was recorded live at the Twin Tiers Comic-Con in Elmira, New York on August 17th.  Co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey moderated a panel with the artist on Green Lantern: Rebirth , Ethan Van Sciver.  Myron and Bill discuss the story's impact on the resurgence of the Green Lantern mythos ten years ago.  Van Sciver shares some insight on role H.E.A.T. played in br...

Red Sky at Night, Atrocitus' Delight Podcast of Oa co-hosts, Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey, are back for episode 70 with more discussion about the most recent issues of the Green Lantern family of comics.  Myron and Bill both enjoy the character work in Sinestro #4 while the two had different experiences with Green Lantern: New Guardians #33.  The second and third installments of the Atrocities a...

Episode 69 of The Podcast of Oa is all about Green Lantern: Uprising as co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey talk about the ending of the latest event in the Green Lantern comics universe.  Both hosts give each other a high five for calling the surprise twist to the story early on while talking about Green Lantern numbers 32 and 33 and Green Lantern Corps 32 and 33.     Listener feedback contin...

Episode 68 of the Podcast of Oa has co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey discussing their upcoming appearance at the Twin Tiers Comic-Con and the announcement that none other than Green Lantern artist Ethan Van Sciver will be the Guest of Honor and will be the topic of a Podcast of Oa Episode that will be recorded live at the show which runs on August 16-17 in Elmira, New York.   After discussi...

In episode 67 of The Podcast of Oa co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey discuss the start of the latest Green Lantern story arc, Uprising . Along with parts 1 and 2 of Uprising that took place in Green Lantern #31 and Green Lantern Corps #31, conversation turns to the thirty first issues of Green Lantern: New Guardians and Red Lanterns as well as the second issue of Cullen Bunn's Sinestro serie...

In episode 66 of  The Podcast of Oa  co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey cover a lot of ground, discussing the debut of Sinestro's standalone title in addition to four more books in the Green Lantern family, including the  Green Lantern: New Guardians  Annual #2 which begs the question, "Are you Team Kyle or Team Hal?" Clearly the hosts are on different pages when it comes to the Kyle/Carol re...

  Episode 65 of the Podcast of Oa is a double length discussion covering the most recent issues of the four main Green Lantern comics.  Co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey are joined by Ed Grause from the website DC Infinite to talk about the new fan driven DC Comics website and the special partnership between the site and The Podcast of Oa. Myron and Bill responds to emails from listeners whi...

Co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey are joined by two guests for this very special episode as we look back on Green Lantern: The Animated Series .  Series producers Giancarlo Volpe and Jim Krieg are reunited for episode 64 of The Podcast of Oa and share some memories about the show and let us know what they've been doing since the show went off air about a year ago. Giancarlo Volpe, Jim Krieg...

In episode 63 of The Podcast of Oa co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey discuss the most recent issues taking place in the Green Lantern corner of the DC Universe. The return of Von Daggle and the ensuing battle between John Stewart's Green Lantern squad and the Durlan conjures images of '80's action films (in a good way!) and sparks Bill to praise the creators for continuing to spotlight the n...

In episode 62 of The Podcast of Oa co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey talk about the decision to recruit the "bad guys" to help the Green Lanterns face off against the Durlans, including some characters that are familiar to long time readers.  While Myron tries to keep from losing his voice he continues to sing the praises of the Red Lanterns book and shares some commentary about the state of...

Co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey start out episode 61 of  The Podcast of Oa  talking about how they celebrated Green Lantern Day.  The recent release of  Justice League: War  have the two talking about the potential for a Justice League movie and Green Lantern's portrayal, with Myron chiming in to say the animated feature underscores why he feels  Hal Jordan should be the Green Lantern  in...

In Episode 60 of The Podcast of Oa co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey share some recent Green Lantern news before diving headlong into their first episode of 2014.  The two discuss Green Lantern: New Guardians #25 and 26 as well as Red Lanterns #25 and 26.  We share a listener email as well as bring back the Kilowog challenge.  Closing out the show the pair discuss the general direction of Gr...

In episode 59 of The Podcast of Oa co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey return from a brief hiatus to talk about the Green Lantern universe in the wake of the revelations of Lights Out. The two discuss Green Lantern #25 and 26 and Hal Jordan's new direction for the Green Lantern Corp - ridding the universe of the rest of the emotional spectrum. John Stewart's Zero Year origins leave both fans w...

With the Lights Out event concluded co-hosts Myron Rumsey and Bill Giancoli sit down to talk about the storyline and the ramifications it has on the Green Lantern universe in episode 58 of the Podcast of Oa. Bill and Myron share their opinions on whether or not the story lived up to the hype and how each of the Earth Lanterns were affected by Relic's mission to destroy the corps of the emotional s...

Co-hosts Myron Rumsey and Bill Giancoli are joined by Green Lantern Corps writer Van Jensen in the wake of the release of the mythology shattering Green Lantern Corps #24 . Van talks about the challenges of writing a series with a cast of thousands and adding new elements to the rich Green Lantern mythology. We chat about Van's career path from magazine editor to Pinocchio Vampire Slayer to DC Com...

In this "mini" episode of The Podcast of Oa co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey discuss the rest of the Green Lantern Villain's Month issues. The two talk about how the books affect the ongoing story telling in the Green Lantern corner of the DC Universe and whether or not it's too soon for the return of Black Hand. The Mongul issue marks the return of the original Mongul while the Sinestro is...

Co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey talk about the demise of the Blue Lantern Corps, the rise of Relic and Guy Gardner's precarious situation in episode 55 of The Podcast of Oa. The two talk about their recent appearance at Hero Bot Con and an upcoming show appearance in November. We also mention how you can score a Podcast of Oa t-shirt by supporting the show. The Podcast of Oa is the officia...

Co-hosts Myron Rumsey and Bill Giancoli are joined by Green Lantern writer Robert Venditti hot on the heels of the recently released Villains' Month issue which gave us the history of Relic. Robert answers talks about his approach to writing Hal Jordan, how he views the future that Geoff Johns laid out in Green Lantern #20, Hal's relationship with Carol Ferris and more. The Podcast of Oa is the of...

Join co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey with episode 53 of The Podcast of Oa with news and commentary about the Green Lantern universe. This episode features conversation about the recently announced John Stewart Zero Year story and the news from Geoff Johns about the major villains behind Forever Evil . Bill and Myron also discuss the three latest releases of comics in the Green Lantern fami...

Co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey are back with episode 52 of the Podcast of Oa with news and commentary about the Green Lantern universe. Bill continues to trumpet the potential for a Kyle Rayner/Carol Ferris relationship as Relic makes his presence felt in Green Lantern: New Guardians #22. Myron reports out on Green Lantern news announced at this year's San Diego Comic-Con and provides som...

Episode 51 of The Podcast of Oa continues the conversation about the new era of Green Lantern comics with co-hosts Bill Giancoli and Myron Rumsey. Relic enters the picture in Green Lantern: New Guardians #21 and the hosts have differing stances on the possibility of a romance between Kyle Rayner and Carol Ferris. Red Lanterns #21 is also a topic of discussion and listener feedback stimulates more...

Join Co-hosts Myron Rumsey and Bill Giancoli for the fiftieth episode of The Podcast of Oa. This episode we talk about the end of one era and the start of another for the Green Lantern universe with the epiologue of the Wrath of the First Lantern storyling and the debuts of both Green Lantern Corps and Green Lantern under their new creative teams. The recent release of Man of Steel is a major topi...

On Podcast of Oa Episode 49 Co-hosts Myron Rumsey and Bill Giancoli talk about Green Lantern #20, the issue that effectively wraps up Geoff Johns' historic run that has come to define a whole new era in Green Lantern's long and storied history. Myron and Bill share their favorite moments from the conclusion to the Wrath of the First Lantern story arc and how it sets the stage for the new creative...

Co-host Bill Giancoli returns to the Podcast of Oa for our 48th episode. Myron Rumsey discusses recent events in the Green Lantern universe such as the recent SMGO.TV pledge drive and comments that Geoff Johns has made about big announcements coming regarding DC characters in film and television in July at the San Diego Comicon. We talk about the 19th issues of both Green Lantern: New Guardians an...