Podcast Title

The Ages of Comics

CGS: Episode 75 (November 10, 2005)

Special guest Jarret Green joins us for this episode. Are comic stores arranged in the best way possible? Why segregate by company? Why not alphabetical? How about by genre? What do you think? We also take a good look at the comic book ages. What are they? When did they start and end? Can't we all just get along? (1:34:24)


(02:27) Sponsor
Pixel Strips.

(05:20) Off the Rack
A brief overview of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R.Agents Companion from TwoMorrows Publishing.

(08:03) Special Guest
Jarret Green of Cape Gerado Missouri, CGS Listener and winner of the Name Our Letters Page Contest, joins us for the entire episode. We find out how he started reading comics, how he returned to comics reading, and his top writers and artists.

(13:52) Quarters in the Jar
Listener emails from Kirk Groenveld; Eric G. in San Diego; and Jim Kane in Pittsburgh, PA.

(21:43) Shop Talk
An email from Brian Miller of Hi-Fi Design kicks off a discussion about how to stock comicbook shelves: by genre? alphabetical? by publishers?

(35:25) Comics Talk
The Ages of Comics! With the help of Comics Buyers Guide #1608, the Speakers of Geek take a look at the necessary elements that define the Golden and Silver Ages while trying to nail down the elusive Bronze Age.
(36:46) Golden Age
(45:27) Silver Age
(58:47) Bronze Age

(1:13:19) Stump the Rios
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(1:22:42) Voice Mail
A listener recommends Marvel Team-Up #14.

Websites Mentioned
Venger comic by Timothy Baskin