As CGS heads to Episode 2000 and the 20th Anniversary, we take a look back at the best, the oddest, the silliest, and the amazing moments from you the listeners! Voicemails, emails, catchphrases, wedding proposals, convention and live gathering meet ups - this episode is for the worldwide CGS community, forum members, departed friends, fellow podcasters and more. Thank YOU for all the heartfelt memories. (1:06:33)
The CGS Honor Roll celebrates artist, creator, and Snuggie appreciator, Mike Norton! From the early days of CGS to his current work on the upcoming Krypto: the Last Dog of Krypton, we catch up with Mike to learn about his artistic journey, the move to digital art, his love of Blue Beetle and Ambush Bug, some Keith Giffen stories, Mike’s love of the medium and so much more. Mike’s contributions to the larger CGS community has been legendary and we are thankful for his time, support and friendship...
Which classic Marvel solo stories haven’t we read? Find out in this comic talk episode! We start with reflections on episode 1994’s clip show, some non-spoiler TV Talk including the upcoming Daredevil: Born Again, M.A.S.K. Toy news from the recent Toy Fair and more. We then Take the Marvel Quiz and reveal which stories we haven’t read of characters such as Thor, Spider-Man, Captain America, Hulk, Daredevil and others! (1:11:56)
Our coverage of Batman: Hush comes to a close as we discuss issues 616 through 619! Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair, Richard Starkings and company continue to twist and turn our expectations as the identity of Hush is revealed (or is it?), new Rogues enter the game, and Allies share some surprising revelations! We continue to praise the art, read listener feedback and wrap it all up with future ideas for this episode format. (1:10:12)
As CGS heads to Episode 2000, here’s a look back at the centennial episodes between 100 and 1000. Featuring clips from call in shows, live gatherings, various listener interactions, Golden Eagle’s Lem Fasnacht, celebrations in the CGS studio and so many memorable (and hilarious) moments along the way. Enjoy! (1:05:00)
The Speakers of Geek give their thoughts and reactions to the news from this year’s ComicsPro Industry Meeting! Topics include new DC/Marvel crossovers, AWA’s Ultimate Oz Universe, Krypto with art by Mike Norton, a new Batman relaunch with Fraction & Jimenez, Death of the Silver Surfer, a new Captain America relaunch with Zdarsky & Schiti, thoughts on Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, CGS Trivia for Year 17 and 18, updates for our 20th Anniversary events and so much more! (58:17)
Marvel’s big event has begun and the Speakers of Geek give their thoughts on the first issue of One World Under Doom by Ryan North, R.B. Silva, David Curiel, Travis Lanham and company. Doctor Doom has made his move and is now in control of the world! We discuss his possible motivations, the gathering of the heroes in opposition, the art, and speculate on future developments. And then we close with Pants’ recent trip to Gallifrey One. Only Doom can save you - but will he? (48:43)
It’s movie review time focusing on Captain America: Brave New World! Featuring Sam Wilson, Thunderbolt Ross, a new Falcon, Sidewinder, the Leader - is it a Captain America movie? Is it a Hulk movie? We talk about what works for us, where the movie falters, the action, the actors, how it fits into the larger MCU tapestry, as well as quick thoughts on the trailers. All this plus a new message from our good friend, Drunk Cap! (50:54)
After opening up the episode with a comicbook hypothetical question, the Speakers of Geek give center stage to you, the listeners, as we read feedback from recent episodes! Topics including digitizing older comics, Peter David’s Young Justice, Justice Society of America and Manga reading recommendations, TV and Gaming talk, CGS Year 16 trivia and much more! (1:01:48)
Previews! Comic Talk! And a lot more as we’re joined this month by Mike Atchison of Mike’s Comic Shop Roadshow podcast, one of our 20th Anniversary event sponsors! Covering comic coming attractions for the month of April 2025, our recommendations include new Resurrection Man and Fire & Ice titles, never before collected Doctor Fate stories from DC and Tower of Shadows issues from Marvel, Dynamite’s Wacky Races, a Marshall Rogers biography from TwoMorrows, Moonshine Bigfoot from Image, Darede...
The Speakers of Geek dig into their reading piles to discuss various current comics as well as the first issues of Ultimate Wolverine, Magik, Doctor Doom & Rocket Raccoon, New Champions and Sam Wilson Captain America. We also give updates on the 20th Anniversary live event, wrap our heads around CGS episodes math, rave over Rorschach by King & Fornes, rant over Marvel’s current output, give quick thoughts on the Fantastic Four: First Steps teaser and much more! (1:26:18)
The Speakers of Geek give their thoughts on the surprisingly entertaining Star Wars: Skeleton Crew! From the production values to the characters to 1980s nostalgia, we cover the entire eight episode series as well as quick ideas on how this could connect to the larger Dave Filoni/Mandalorian tapestry. (37:37)
It’s a multi-topic Comic Talk episode with dips into TV as well! The Speakers of Geek give their thoughts on Barry Windsor-Smith’s Monsters, Metamorpho by Ewing and Lieber, Dan Slott on the newly announced Superman Unlimited title, the recent passing of Art Nichols, the second Original Art Expo, Star Blazers season one observations, the DC Comics Style Guide, Bronze Age trivia based on Overstreet, the delay between TV seasons and so much more! (1:12:21)
In anticipation of the upcoming One World Under Doom event, the Speakers of Geek go back to 1987 to discuss Marvel Graphic Novel 27: Emperor Doom by David Michelinie, Bob Hall and company! Thanks to the Purple Man, the entire world is under Doctor Doom’s rule! Can Wonder Man and the West Coast Avengers free humanity? And how could this tale inform the upcoming Marvel event? Listen in! (47:35)
CGS 20th Anniversary live event info! Listen in for all the details for the live event celebration on Saturday March 29th, to be held at the Goggle Works in Reading, Pa! And if you have any questions, feel free to email at [email protected]! We hope you can attend! (32:19)
In celebration of the amazing guests that have been a huge part of our 20 years of podcasting, we kick off the first of our CGS Honor Roll episodes with our friend and Uncle-in-comics, the always generous Sal Abbinanti! The topics are plentiful as we listen to - and laugh along with - stories of family life, navigating the current state of the comics industry, an Alex Ross Exhibit at the Dunn Museum later this year, plenty of original art and football talk, memories of Jamie D and so much more! ...
Superman vs Batman! Harley Quinn! The Joker! Tommy Elliot dead? Our reading and discussion of Batman: Hush continues with issues 612 through 615. Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair and company keep the blockbuster story moving, adding new twists to the overall mystery while bringing in even more Rogues and Allies. We also give a bit of historical context from old Wizard magazines of the time. Can you solve it before we do? (1:02:10)
It’s a new Previews for a New Year! Covering comic coming attractions for March 2025, we give our recommendations for books from DC, Marvel, Image, Boom, Dynamite, Clover Press and others. And there’s plenty of Comic Talk along the way as well as we cover Diamond Distributors filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, speculate on the future of small and indie publishers, give quick reactions to Justice League vs Godzilla vs Kong and Marvel’s Star Wars line of books, chat about the CGS Studio getting an ...
Happy New Year! It’s 2025 and we’re celebrating with topics and plans centered on the upcoming year! We kick things off with Comic Book Resolutions, conventions we hope to attend, and new podcast ideas and teases! We then take a look back to 2024 with CGS Best Of! And throughout our chat, we throw in comic talk such as the best Legion of Super-Heroes starting points, Danger Street, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Mark Gruenwald’s Quasar, and more! (1:21:37)
The Speakers of Geek go All In and read the first issues and jumping on points for most of DC’s new initiative. From Batman 153, Superman 19 and Wonder Woman 14 to the first issues of JSA, Black Lightning and Question: All Along the Watchtower and more, we discuss our favorite issues, which ones work well for new readers, and which titles we’ll continue to read. (1:00:01)
Previews! Comic coming attractions for the month of February 2025! And joining us for our conversation is Lin Workman of the Drawing Funny Podcast! Helping to sponsor the 20th Anniversary event, we catch up with Lin and all of his convention travels before jumping into our recommendations. This month’s offerings: Free Comic Book Day listings, the Herculoids, the Loose End by Dave Dwonch, Mansect, Marvel’s One World Under Doom event, the TMNT Sourcebook and so much more from Valiant, Mad Cave, Pa...
In anticipation of next year's sequel, the Speakers of Geek tackle one of Batman’s greatest stories: "Hush" by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Alex Sinclair and company. In this first of three parts, starting with Batman issues 608 thru 611, we offer up our personal history with the adventure, give our general thoughts, and discuss the overall mystery and use of Batman’s supporting cast and rogues gallery. Along the way we praise the amazing art, read listener comments and discover that this...
It’s a post-Thanksgiving conversation which means a focus on Black Friday comic sales including Pants finally going digital! We kick off into a large discussion on both the DC and Marvel comic apps, their strengths and weakness, and their libraries of current and older issues. Other topics include: back issue sales at Golden Eagle and Alchemist’s Cove, managing your pullbox, the Rocketfellers from Ghost Machine, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, more Arcane series talk, Richard McGuire’s Here, CGS Year ...
The Speakers of Geek revisit the concept of Team-Up books by discussing the Brave and the Bold 50 (the Green Arrow and Manhunter from Mars), and the first issues of Marvel Team-Up (Spider-Man and the Human Torch), Marvel Two-In-One (the Thing and the Man-Thing), and DC Comics Presents (Superman and the Flash). We also talk about our history with the titles, the over-the-top dialogue and scenes, our favorite team-ups, significant issues, and more. (52:41)
It’s the annual Thanksgiving Comic Talk episode covering a number of topics including a recent trip to the Manheim Comic Con, the Arcane animated series, more thoughts on Deadpool & Wolverine, an Off the Rack review segment on the new Absolute DC titles (including a few listener comments), purchasing multiple copies of a single issue, quick thoughts on the DC All In issues of Wonder Woman, some Silver Age trivia based on the Overstreet Price Guide, Star: Trek Lower Decks issue 1 and more! (1...
Our monthly Previews episode hits comic coming attractions for the New Year with recommendations on titles shipping mostly in January 2025! To help us this episode, we are joined by Tricia and DJ of Made By Tricia pet toys and gifts, one of the many sponsors for our 20th Anniversary event. We spend time learning about their business, holiday items for the listeners, as well as their own geek history. And then DJ continues with the Speakers of Geek to suggest and discuss comics by James Tynion IV...
Deadpool & Wolverine Movie Review! Now that the Shawn Levy directed superhero buddy farce is available on Disney+, we give our thoughts, reactions and high praise on everything from the actors, the jokes, the cameos, the fights, the jokes, Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, the surprises, and even more jokes. We also speculate on what’s next for Wolverine, Hugh Jackman, and the MCU Multiverse. Let’s f#&%ing go! (1:00:09)
It’s a current Marvel Comics Off the Rack reviews episode! The Speakers of Geek are joined by special 20th Anniversary sponsor guest, color artist Charlie Kirchoff, to catch up and talk about current projects. And then we give our Buy/Borrow/Pants recommendations for the first issues of Exceptional X-Men, Dazzler, Wolverine, Iron Man and Moon Knight: Fist of Khonshu. We also give quick thoughts on Hyde Street, Zdarsky’s Batman, a few Energon Universe titles, classic Generation X and recent back ...
Thoughts and reactions to the news, announcements, and surprises from this year’s New York Comic Con. Bryan and Pants talk about their experience, walking the floor, and meeting creators and listeners. And then we cover various news stories including Loeb & Lee on Batman: Hush 2, Rise of Emperor Doom, the return of DC Vertigo, the launch of Ignition Press, new titles such as Aquaman, Absolute Martian Manhunter, Daredevil Cold Day in Hell and more. We then wrap things up with CGS Trivia for Y...
Previews! We round out the year of comic coming attractions for books shipping mostly in December 2024! To help us with recommendations we are joined by Martheus Wade of the Toshigawa Universe, one of the many sponsors for our 20th Anniversary event. We talk about the new Ready 2 Spar: Fighting Femme Fatales GN being solicited this month as well as the Wade Family’s upcoming convention appearances. And then we dive into the Previews catalogs to suggest titles such as Mr. Mega Man, the Pedestrian...
