Status of the podcast - Good to go!

Hi everyone, just wanted to send out a status update on the show. Things are looking good, we have 4 episodes recorded waiting for me to edit. "Women in gaming" is scheduled for next weekend, I know a few people have been waiting for me to finally post this one( im working on it). Also we have two episodes dedicated to character creation; AD&D and A song of fire and ice, I will most likely release one of these in March and one in April. In addition to those I have a Retro Comics episode that I am editing now and I will have it posted by Sunday night.

Here is the plan for our monthly release schedule:
Animation 101 - A look at a specific animated series
Retro Comics - D and I go back in time and talk about a random comic story line
Role playing Games - This episode will be dedicated to all thing RPG
Misc. episode - Interviews, tech, movies, tv discussions
 
The plan is to still have a 2 week release schedule but dont be surprised if I throw an extra show in if I have time to set one up.

Animation 101 and Retro comics:
These two will be our monthly dedicated episodes, so the plan will be to release a new show for each every month. If time permits we will be adding the RPG episodes as well.

I want to thank everyone who has been listening to the podcast for being patient. We are new to the podcasting world and I believe we have finally found a format that works on a regular basis. We are working on streamlining the show to get more of a consistent format. If you have any suggestions or comments please feel free too contact us. All feedback is appreciated.

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Episode 9 - Looney Tunes

This week Craig an I discuss the long running history of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies!

Listen to the Show! HERE and download it on Itunes!

Batman Beyond Unlimited

In the current Batman Beyond storyline by writer Adam Beechen and artist Norm Breyfogle, Bruce Wayne is dying. And a couple former, aged Robins have joined with Terry McGinnis to save the world from a new iteration of the Joker.

Batman Beyond takes place in the future of the DCU. Based on the animated series of the same name,  focusing on a young hero named Terry McGinnis who takes on the Batman identity under the mentorship of an aged Bruce Wayne.

As most of you know I love this series, it's beautifully drawn and extremely well written and it has a unique distribution format. Well it does have a digital format for .99 and a print copy that also includes Justice League Beyond and Superman Beyond for $3.99 (24 pages). As an added bonus, writer Adam Beechen has a youtube channel where he does a commentary on each new issue, You can check out Adams youtube channel here: Wayneincorperated

Also, head over to Newsarama for an interview with Adam Beechen

G.I. JOE - IDW Solicits Feb - Apr

February 

pull box variant cover by Art Adams

Steve Kurth returns to GI JOE with a now ongoing series, I highly recommend it!

G.I. JOE #1

Fred Van Lente (w) • Steve Kurth (a) • Juan Doe, Kurth (c)
YO JOE! The truth is out: the world knows the G.I. JOE team is real. Now Duke leads his squad directly into the public eye, confronting COBRA on American soil! The best of the best just got better, as Fred Van Lente and Steve Kurth lead the charge and we roll out one new G.I. Joe title a month for the next three months!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

*Variant cover: G.I. JOE “Comics History” cover by Ryan Dunlavey and Fred Van Lente, co-creators of the Comic Book History of Comics!
Wraparound cover by Jamal Igle featuring the new team—All three new G.I. JOE launches will have one!

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #187

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)
Things have gotten dangerous for G.I. JOE in Benzheen: the countdown for the activation of a nuclear warhead has begun and a rescue mission led by LT. FALCON struggles to rescue a team of captured G.I. JOE members. Can the team make it out of the blast radius in time? As the clock ticks down in Benzheen, JINX has been sent on a secret mission by DUKE and HAWK… where old enemies resurface once more!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant cover: Variant Larry Hama sketch cover!

G.I. JOE: Civil War Compendium

Chuck Dixon & Mike Costa (w) • Javier Saltares, Wil Rosado, Ron Adrian, Robert Atkins, Agustin Padilla, Alberto Muriel, Casey Maloney, Antonio Fuso, Chee, & Werther Dell’Edera (a) • Antonio Fuso (c)
COBRA COMMANDER is dead! Who will take over? A deadly competition within COBRA ensues and G.I. JOE is in their sites. “Cobra Civil War” spanned the G.I. JOE, SNAKE EYES, and COBRA series, and this massive volume collects all the stories in proper reading order.
TPB • FC • $49.99 • 564 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-561-5

G.I. JOE: Disavowed, Vol. 7

Brandon Jerwa (w) • Tim Seeley & Emiliano Santalucia (a) • The Sharp Bros. (c)
The conclusion of G.I. JOE: Disavowed! The final three parts of “Union of the Snake” see G.I. JOE’s new Commanding Officer take over as the decision is made to take COBRA out once and for all. In the two-part series “Dawn of the Shadows” G.I. JOE, after many losses, must find a way to fight a new enemy.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 164 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-562-2

March 

G.I. JOE #2

Fred Van Lente (w) • Steve Kurth (a) • Juan Doe, Kurth (c)
HOMEFRONT! The G.I. Joe team battles Cobra to the death on American soil! COVERL GIRL, DOC, and the newest member, HASHTAG (yes, HASHTAG) have been separated from the rest and have to fight their way through hundreds of kill-crazy COBRA sympathizers—with a teammate’s life hanging in the balance! Plus: The BARONESS has DUKE in her clutches. So why isn’t DESTRO happy about that?
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

G.I. JOE: Special Missions #1—SPOTLIGHT

Chuck Dixon (w) • Paul Gulacy (a) • Sean Chen, Gulacy (c)
A NEW BEGINNING! The legendary team of Chuck Dixon and Paul Gulacy lead the G.I. Joe team undercover and into action! The BARONESS tries to get back into COBRA’s good graces—and it’s up to SCARLETT to assemble a team to take the villainess down!
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #188

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)

The threat in Benzheen has been averted! G.I. JOE has made it out of their most dangerous mission yet. But it’s out of the fire and into the frying pan for America’s elite unit, as Jinx returns from her secret mission with some shocking information. G.I. JOE has to act fast or face the consequences in A Real American Hero #188!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero, Vol. 6

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant, Ron Frenz, & Sal Buscema (a) • Frenz & Buscema (c)

G.I. JOE’s mission at a Comic Convention comes to a close, only to reveal a new, intriguing enemy that may share a history with the Arashikage clan. Meanwhile, Darklon remains a prisoner of the Joes… until an attempt to transfer him from the Pit goes horribly awry! Plus, Zartan and COBRA COMMANDER formulate a plan that would move COBRA HQ to another coast.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-582-0

G.I. JOE: Target Snake Eyes

Chuck Dixon (w) • Will Rosado & Alex Cal (a) • Cal (c)
SNAKE EYES should have stayed dead! G.I. JOE has mobilized to hunt down their most dangerous quarry ever: one of their own. Has the silent commando gone over to the other side? Is he playing his own game? Only SNAKE EYES knows the answer.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 144 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-581-3

                                April 

G.I. JOE #3

Fred Van Lente (w) • Steve Kurth (a) • Juan Doe, Kurth (c)
CHOOSE YOUR PATH! You become DUKE, leader of the G.I. JOE team, as he begins his journey to become a Real American Hero! You make the life or death decisions! Or—is Duke just being tortured horrifically at the hands of the Baroness, and this is way of dealing with it—a never-ending branching series of “Might Have Beens?” Or… is it both?
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
G.I. JOE “Comics History” cover by Ryan Dunlavey, co-creator of the Comic Book History of Comics!

G.I. Joe: Special Missions #2

Chuck Dixon (w) • Paul Gulacy (a) • Sean Chen, Gulacy (c)
CRUSH DEPTH continues! Scarlett and her Special Missions team rush to the heart of a perfect storm to retrieve a prize of forty billion (with a B!) of COBRA funds lying in the ocean deep. The only trouble is that the Baroness is already on the scene with a cutthroat crew of her own to reclaim the booty for COBRA!
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
“Untold Tales of G.I. JOE” variant cover by Jim Rugg!

G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files #1—SPOTLIGHT

Mike Costa (w) • Antonio Fuso (a) • Michael Lark, Fuso (c)
A SNAKE IN THEIR MIDST! Her name is CHAMELEON—and she used to be a COBRA agent. Now she’s made her way into the G.I. JOE team—the honest way. But even with the best of intentions, does she have what it takes to fight on the side of the angels? FLINT thinks she does, and he’s willing to gamble the lives of this teammates on her… Unfortunately, with the Crimson Twin called TOMAX pulling the strings, no bet is a sure thing.
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
“CobraGraphic” variant cover by Tom Whalen!
wraparound variant cover by Jamal Igle, featuring the new team—All three new G.I. JOE launches will have one!

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #189

Larry Hama (w) • S L Gallant (a & c)

G.I. JOE takes to the high seas to stop the BLACK MAJOR from eliminating the hostages aboard an oil survey ship. Can SCARLETT, STALKER, TORPEDO, GUNG-HO and BEACH HEAD storm the ship and get the hostages to safety? G.I. JOE is in for choppy waters in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #189!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
*Variant Covers:
Larry Hama variant sketch cover!

G.I JOE: The Complete Collection, Vol. 2

Larry Hama & Steven Grant (w) • Mike Vosburg, Geof Isherwood, Larry Hama, Russ Heath, & Frank Springer (a) • N/A (c)
G.I. JOE: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION presents the full run of original A REAL AMERICAN HERO stories, placed into proper reading order with subsequent series, like Special Missions. Volume 2 contains issues #13–25 along with extras such as character file cards and an introduction by Mark W. Bellomo that sheds light on the creation of the series.
HC • FC • $49.99 • 312 pages • 7” x 11” • ISBN 978-1-61377-619-3

G.I. JOE: TALES FROM THE COBRA WARS—

SPOTLIGHT

Max Brooks, Chuck Dixon, Matt Forbeck, Jon McGoran, Jonathan Maberry, John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow, Duane Swierczynski, Dennis Tafoya (w) • Gabriele Dell’Otto (c)
GI JOE: Tales from the Cobra Wars is an action-packed collection of all-original prose stories. Flint, Scarlett, Destro, the Baroness―they’re all here as the ongoing war between GI JOE and COBRA is depicted from every angle. This trade paperback presents eight novella-length tales, penned by today’s leading crime and thriller writers, such as Jonathan Maberry, Duane Swierczynski, Chuck Dixon, and Dennis Tafoya. Cobra Wars is edited by Max Brooks, who also supplies a new story, and features new illustrations for each story.
TPB • BW • $8.99 • 320 Pages • 4” x 7” • ISBN: 978-1-61377-664-3

G.I. JOE: Cobra: Oktober Guard

Mike Costa (w) • Antonio Fuso & Werther Dell’Edera (a) • Antonio Fuso (c)
Who is the OKTOBER GUARD? The deadliest group of elite killers and assassins ever faced by G.I. JOE or COBRA! But with the main G.I. JOE force focused on tracking down SNAKE EYES, it’s all up to FLINT and the covert G.I. JOE squad to step in—and take them down!
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-618-6

G.I. JOE/Transformers, Vol. 3

Tim Seeley (w) • Joe Ng, James Raiz, Alex Milne, & Andrew Wildman (a) • Brendan Cahill (c)
The G.I. JOE vs The Transformers saga continues as the AUTOBOTS return to earth and with the help of G.I. JOE plan on destroying all Cybertronian technology. But Serpentor has other objectives.
TPB • FC • $24.99 • 208 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-620-9

Episode 8 Steve Kurth

On this episode of The Geeks Menagerie, comic book artist Steve Kurth joins us to talk about his work on the new relaunch of G.I. Joe over at IDW.


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