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Veteran comic artist: Thomas Tenney (Marvel, DC, Creepshow) needs our help! Thomas and his family are at risk of homelessness, and he’s relying on family and friends for help. A GoFundMe page has been created to help Thomas at this link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-artist-tom-tenney-and-family.
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In honor of Thomas Tenney, this week's episodes is a Short Box Classic! Let's take it back to March 2020, and revisit an interview with the celebrated comic artist: Thomas Tenney, co-creator of Marvel's Force Works. Tenney is an open book as he recalls stories from his extensive career, being mentored by the late great Gene Colan, drawing for AC/DC, working on Shudder's Creepshow, and the important lessons he's learned along the way! 

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Chris Hacker (The Oblivion Bar) joins me this week for Ep. 436 to catch up on life, podcasting, the Olympics (and what an Olympics for comic collectors would look like), and the hurdles of buying original comic art. We also look ahead to September's previews, and with Ben's help, pick three of the must-buy comics!

Watch the unedited/ extended video version of this episode on YouTube!

Want to know what it was like attending SDCC this year, and how the Eisner Awards went? Listen to part two of this episode on Patreon, and hear Chris recap the big moments from his SDCC trip. 

Ben's Top 3 Comic Books for September 2024:

• Spirit of Vengeance #1 
• Star Wars: Darth Vader #50 
• Venom Lethal Protector #1 

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Badr & Chris Hacker (The Oblivion Bar) both attended the premiere of the Frank Miller: American Genius movie, and hopped on the mics right after for a free-flowing conversation and retrospective about the film, Frank Miller's career, Dark Knight Returns, and the impact his work has had on their lives.

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To celebrate 30 yrs of Image Comics, our Patrons voted on Chicago PD's finest (and greenest) for us to deep dive. We're reviewing the first few issues of Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon series and talking about the founding fathers of Image. Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube

TOPICS: 

• 30 yrs of Image Comics - 00:13:24
• Savage Dragon comic review - 00:25:26
• Dream casting for a Savage Dragon movie - 00:50:28
• Ben's Top 3 comic picks - 00:58:56
• Mail-bag topics (Netflix's Sandman, WhatNot) - 01:08:28
• Comic giveaway: Dark Crisis Green Lantern #1 - 01:22:10
• Champions of the week - 01:23:52

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This episode is finally being unlocked from our Patreon archives!

Eisner Award-winning comic creators: David Petersen (Mouse Guard, The Wind in the Willows)  and Charles Vess (Sandman, The Books of Earthsea) chat about the intricacies of world-building, their approach to illustrating fantasy genre comics, and share their best advice for aspiring comic creators by answering questions from the audience (00:41:50).  Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube!

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Warren Evans (Bart of Darkness, Simpsons is Greater Than), joins Badr and Ed to discuss a variety of San Diego Comic-Con news and announcements. Check out the timestamps below for topics, and watch the video version of this episode on YouTube!

TOPICS: 

• Super7 Toy announcements - (00:08:15)
• Beavis and Butthead, King of the Hill revival - (00:14:39)
• Eisner Award Winners - (00:19:30)
• Jonathan Hickman returns to Marvel - (00:30:00)
• Spawn/Batman crossover -  (00:33:00)
• MCU Phase 5 & 6 - (00:39:07)
• Movie trailer reactions - (00:53:14)
• Ben's Top 3 comic picks - (01:09:32)
• Entertainment Champions of the week - (01:25:23)

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The Uncanny Omar, is the host & producer of the comic YouTube channel: Near Mint Condition, the "home of the collected editions". Omar joins the show to share some honest insight into the life of a full time YouTuber (00:23:17), talks about the most prized books in his collection (00:46:25), and explains how he uses his platform and community to work directly with publishers like Marvel (00:53:43). Watch the extended video version of this interview on YouTube!

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Joining the podcast this week is Ben O’Grady, the editor of: Tales from the Cloakroom, a multi-genre anthology by creators from Scott Snyder's inaugural comics writing class, and Travis Libin, a member of the class and the Director of Photography on the DMX documentary. Ben and Travis share the lessons they learned from Snyder's class (00:12:37), and the process of uniting 20 diverse creators for a shared vision (00:30:45), and discuss the parallels between superheros and celebrities (00:55:02)

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Badr kicks off the show with a story about meeting an eccentric comic legend this past weekend at HeroesCon, and to coincide with the new Thor movie, our Patrons selected Jason Aaron & Esad Ribic's epic Thor story: The God Butcher, for us to revisit, as we get ready for Gorr's live action MCU debut later this week

  TIMESTAMPS:

• Comic review - 00:14:05
• Where will the Thor franchise go next? - 00:47:44
• Comics coming in August to watch for - 01:01:45
• Mighty Thor miniatures giveaway - 01:18:31
• Entertainment recommendations worthy of your time - 01:19:47

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Two giants in the industry talk about their long-time friendship and memorable meetings with other creators. Both professionals also share insight into their creative process, advice for aspiring comic creators, and answer some questions from the audience (00:43:53). Check out the video version of this panel on YouTube!

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