Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

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1932 - The CGS Best of 2023 Nominations Show Mar 21, 2024

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The Speakers of Geek give their nominations for the CGS Best Comic Books of 2023 Awards, along with the choices made by YOU, the listeners! Who will be selected in each of the sixteen categories as our favorites? Listening in will solve that question. Happy voting! (2:40:51)

1931 - Et Tu, Pants? Mar 18, 2024

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The countdown to Comic Geek Speak's 20th Anniversary begins here! What better way to start the celebrations than to announce early plans for a gathering in Reading, Pa. for March 2025! Listen in to hear how we are hoping to involve you, the listeners! And then Peter, Pants, Shane and Bryan continue the geek topics with: Broadway Geek Speak, a rousing trivia segment led by Pants based on Overstreet Price Guide comic values (it’s fun and challenging, believe us!), the Oscars, digging into recent issues of the Energon Universe (Void Rivals, Duke, Cobra Commander and Transformers), Gone by Jock, Thundercats from Dynamite, the Marvels, Neil Gaiman's Heritage art auction, reactions to the X-Men: From the Ashes title announcements and more! (2:11:56)

1930 - Catching Up with Dave Wachter Mar 07, 2024

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It's the nineteenth anniversary of CGS! And we're joined by artist extraordinaire and longtime member of the CGS Community, Dave Wachter, to discuss his latest book, Uncanny Valley. We learn how Dave first got into comics and then subsequently got back into them in the 2000s, as well as his recent run on Punisher and getting to design the new legacy version of the character, getting to draw the Planet of the Apes comic set in the new movie universe, an undying love of 80s cartoons and pop culture, some Super Show memories, and more. Plus, Superman: Meshi, Madame Web, Muddle the Murd and more! (1:52:31)

1929 - King. Art. Dawn. Trek. 52!!! Feb 28, 2024

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Pants and Peter cover various topics such as: Old Pants Speak, a Tom King signing in Baltimore, January’s Original Art Expo in Orlando, behind the scenes info on the 52 weekly comic series, recent Comic Link results, trivia from the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, Newsstand vs Direct Market covers, current reading including Gotham City Year One, Dawn of DC, and Green Arrow, as well as older titles such as From Hell, an update on Pants’ TV watching, and more! (1:37:40)

1928 - February 2024 Previews Feb 20, 2024

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Shane, Murd and Ian are here to bring you this month's Previews! Image Catalog Issue 7, DC Connect issue 45, Marvel Previews Vol 6 issue 29, and Diamond Previews issue 425 are the books this month, with comics mainly set for a April 2024 release. Highlights include the return of Disney's Hercules, a reboot for Deadpool, Brainiac returns for a Superman crossover, RoboForce is back, and bunches of other tantalizing comics. (2:36:43)

1927 - Comic Talk & Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Feb 14, 2024

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It's Comic Talk time once more! We start things off with show announcements and discuss recent news about Cadence Comic Art. Next, we review Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Echo, What If...? and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. And then, World of Toys talk, recent reads of Action Comics, Zorro: Man of the Dead, titles from the Energon Universe, DC's How To Lose Guy Gardner in 10 Days, the new Superior Spider-Man, Jeff Lemire's Cosmic Detective, Batman: Reptilian, Where the Body Was, thoughts on Insomniac's first Spider-Man game, the passing of the luminary José Delbo, Muddle the Murd, and much more! (2:45:01)

1926 - Retro Movie Review: Planet of the Apes (1968) Feb 08, 2024

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IT'S A MADHOUSE!!! We finally make a monkey out of you, as we return for another entry in our Retro Movie Review series, this time with Chris' choice, the original Planet of the Apes. This classic Rod Serling and Franklin J. Schaffner science fiction opus crafted a franchise that is still cooking 56 years later. The Speakers of Geek discuss the minutia of the film itself, the world building, Charlton Heston's impossible to match gravitas, the relationship between Zira and Cornelius, beards making you look smarter, some trivia you may not know, and so much more. I love you, Dr. Zaius! (1:53:37)

1925 - January 2024 Previews Jan 28, 2024

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It's the first Previews of 2024! Chris, Murd and Ian bring forth a doozy of a read-through of Image Catalog Issue 6, DC Connect issue 44, Marvel Previews Vol 6 issue 28, and Diamond Previews issue 424, clocking in at nearly three hours of choice selections, with books mostly set for a March 2024 release! Highlights include Biker Mice From Mars, The Last Mermaid splashes onto shore, Greg Weisman brings us The Spectacular Spider-Men, Zdarsky's Batman goes deeper into Zur-En-Arrh territory, Matzoh Man, more Bizarro, and so much more! (2:57:31)

1924 - Ultimate Colon Minus One Jan 22, 2024

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Bryan, Peter, Shane, Kevin and Adam gather to discuss: Colonoscopy Geek Speak, the defunct Warner Bros. Studio Store, Where were you when Superman died?, Golden Eagle memories, G.I.Joe 301, Low by Remender and Tocchini, Killadelphia by Barnes and Alexander, '90s X-Force comics, Happy Days 50th Anniversary trivia, an in-depth review of Ultimate Spider-Man 1 by Hickman and Checchetto, celebrating 25 years of Batman Beyond, Earth X and Batman No Man's Land, raving about Godzilla Minus One, Peter Jackson's King Kong, Zom 100 by Aso and Takata, and a quick post-outro chat with Pants! (2:08:21)

1923 - December 2023 Previews Dec 25, 2023

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One last episode before the year concludes, as Murd, Shane, Chris and Ian go through the various December Previews catalogs, with books mostly set for a February 2024 release date. This spans Image Catalog Issue 5, DC Connect issue 43, Marvel Previews Vol 6 issue 27, and Diamond Previews issue 423. Highlights include the new batch of Free Comic Book Day issues, the return of Thundercats (HOOOOOOO!), a bunch of Omnibuses that are way too heavy for Shane, a Howard Chaykin book so good they don't need to describe it, Ultimate Black Panther, Joker's origin by way of Zdarsky, and tons more where that came from! Enjoy, and see you in 2024 for more! (2:46:01)

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