Are all the answers our heroes need found at a repurposed pig farm full of decaying bodies??? Rich contemplates his potentially Lord of the Rings-ian journey to San Diego. Danielle is considering a return to a world she left behind.
Eisner Award Nominee John Allison does not introduce himself nor is he introduced as this episode's sit-in special guest substitute co-host on the Coffee & Cider Jazz Band. What if Rich were a priest, literally dripping in gold? He could be a Dracula! Have you a Death Wish? Come on down to my restaurant! Calm down, dear.
Coffee & Cider (but Hold the Coffee) LIVE from STAPLE 2016! Rich takes a show off so that we can present the "Webcomics" panel from STAPLE 2016 in full, with Very Special Guests Spike Trotman, Dave Mercier, Matt Melvin, and our very own Danielle "Cider" Corsetto! Additional panels from STAPLE 2016 will appear in the Artist Edition feed.
Do you ever worry what'll happen if EVERYONE at yoga farts? Danielle and Rich discuss The Golden Ratio, academic standards they never knew to have before they started teaching, and the magic of re-gifting technology.
Rich begins backing up 16 years of website and Danielle reveals the secrets of "MultiTime".We finally discover Rich's superpower. No, the other one. No, not that one either.
Danielle becomes Max Headroom and Rich has finally gotten weather that resembles actual winter. Of course he has nothing better to do than get Danielle hooked on "The Peach"just like all the cool, happening youths.
Rich and Danielle have a solution for Twitter, and it involves money. They discuss illustrious careers in teaching as well as bad comics contracts that effectively involve no money. "Powerball" means everyone may now design one consensual mini golf hole!
Sexy Heroic Single Dad Randy Milholland redefines “reason for the season” with Danielle and Rich on what becomes a Very Special Holiday Special you had no idea anyone would want, but realize you now cannot live without. [[NOTE: Randy is not in any actual nor legal sense a “dad” and your read on his heroism may vary, but his pure sexual energy is undeniable.]]
Danielle is selling a physical good called Original Art. Rich has mastered the ancient mercantile art of Laying Down Clear Tape. Our heroes finally answer a burning question: which Super Mario Bros. cartridge do you trust with your banking records?
Danielle and Rich catch up on the last two months they did no podcasting, but mostly and almost exclusively talk about how, thanks to first-hand use, Rich thinks the iPad Pro is going to destroy the Wacom tentacle monster for many cartoonists.
Ghostbusters II was, in fact, a movie. What organized crime is best executed by employing a child in a fedora? Tune in to find out, and also to hear our first mid-show Bathroom Break!
Good News: Danielle has finally returned from her month away from sweet, sustaining internet access. Bad News: She and Rich start talking about cannibalism standards early on, so you may need to ascertain whether you're the eating or eaten type.
Sigh in relief: Danielle yet survives in the Canadian Wilds. Will she be able to find "Boy Wonder" Ryan North without the help of Technology? Will Rich tear this mother down when the final loads of return shipping from SDCC arrive, truly marking The Start of Christmas?
Our Intrepid Cider Scout Danielle continues her Internetless Canadian Adventure and Survivor-Refugee Rich drifts back onto the shore of civilization in the filthy wake of San Diego Comic-Con. Above: the empty husk of a (former) pay phone bank. Part 2 of Cider in Exile 2015
Coming to you not-live and via Direct Distance Dialing involving zero computers and instead actual phones...it's Coffee & Cider's San Diego Comic-Con Not-So-Special! How has Danielle survived off the internet grid? Did Rich make it to San Diego, or did he get whacked? Voices from the recent past will tell you!
On the precipice of our most dramatic phase of the show yet, wherein Danielle will literally be phoning it in but probably working ten times as hard as Rich in doing so, we contemplate the brink of living internet-free (Danielle) versus internet-rich (Rich, aka "Internet Rich").
Danielle finalizes plans for her voyage into the frying frozen north, and Rich successfully convinces himself to definitely probably absolutely not be 100% against maybe driving a van through the Cursed Lands of The South, preaching (some of) the Gospel of Jabba the Hutt. How much does a case of Fancy Slave Leia Toys No One Wants go for these days?
Danielle won an award and a newspaper...or was it a newspaper comics syndicate. Wait...did she get dressed up to win a Reuben sandwich? She and Rich discuss Old Guard, New Guard, New New Guard, and finally the New Old Guard in comics. Kindly get off their respective lawns, please and thanks!
Rich continues planning the prevention of Danielle's off-grid death, and Danielle opens the Pandora's Box that is Ham Radio. Would Rich just "come back" if he shut everything off for a month? Do we want to find out? #KILLALLMEN
Danielle "preps" for her tech-free voyage, and Rich teaches her some of the Dark Magicks of Amtrakmancing. That and the importance of Sex Vans and weapons.
Rich has been excavating treasures in his warehouse and Danielle prepares to boldly go back in time (in the near future, when she goes to Canada)! Will Rich survive expired Pseudoephedrine? Will Danielle find a radio-only Walkman?
Rich has been living one song on loop for a long, long time now. It's a great song. The kind you don't mind for hanging around...the kind you thank for being a friend. Be a friend, throw in your Brain Jerky, and join the Nosepickers Society to plan your Post-Modern Retirement.
Danielle has recovered from Con Crud, Rich has a massive pork bone, and one of our heroes might be on the way to becoming The Next Cathy?!
Danielle finished Girls With Slingshots and is now a full-time gardener! Rich is pursuing a new career in the ceramic arts! EVERYTHING IS CHANGING!
Danielle and Rich discuss the finer points of yoga, "douchesnacks", and destroying a piece of human history. Come for the male prostitute humor. Stay to slather it with butter.
Danielle reveals amazing non-spoilers regarding the lovely "little murder palace" that plays a key role in the last days of Girls With Slingshots. Rich, ever with the train analogies, is completely "off the rails", poor guy. Next week, Danielle is the guest on the second episode of Come As You Are, a brand-new show about sex hosted by Emily Nagoski. It's "the kink show" that Rich refers to in this episode of Coffee & Cider.
Healed from illness as if by magic, Danielle is worried about Rich. Is "Stevens the Third Mansion" haunted??? Find out (or don't) whether either of them or their comics have "big idea" backstories! ALSO: in life, why would you not choose to play as Peach if you could?
Danielle and Rich examine the realities and myths of sleep and rest, along with Rich's propensity for hitting his head. SPOILER WARNING: Do not attempt "sleep" while in the process of "driving".
Danielle is building a desk. Did Rich make it to Disney World? Did he even leave the confines of his office? Tune in to find out! Also: have your keys on you at ALL TIMES.
Rich contemplates and plans an Amtrak Birthday Adventure. Danielle reveals her magic travel smarts regarding aero-travel and shamelessly offers free advertising to Marvel's Ryan North's Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, which has a warm place in her boudoir. This reminds Rich of the tragic tale of his beloved wallet photo of Ryan North... Join us now for A Very Special Coffee & Cider.
