Comic Talk

CGS: Episode 731 (November 17, 2009)

Voicemail, emails and some new comics have shown up in the studio. Also webcomics creator Lora Innes joins us for a quick chat. It's a lot to talk about, so let's get started. (1:08:04)

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(03:15) CLEANING HOUSE
We're overrun with voicemails and emails as well as items in our CGS Mailbag. So it's time to catch up:

(04:08) Julian Lytle on Cowboy Ninja Viking #1; MGuy1977 on Walking Dead and recommendations on series outside of DC and Marvel; Whitehead Customs on getting back into reading comics; and a recommendation from Lloyd for the Find Comic Apps.com site.

(27:03) We dig into the CGS Mailbag and talk briefly about the following arrivals: the Eternal Smile and the Color of Earth (First Second); Tezuka's Black Jack vol.8 (Vertical); Jesse Young sends us the Ex Occultus oneshot; Moyasimon vol.1: Bacteria to School (Del Rey Manga); Superheroes and Beyond by Chris Hart (Watson-Guptill); Akira vol.1 and Ghost in the Shell vol.1 (Kodansha); Legacy by Thomas E. Sniegoski (Delacorte); and Mercy Thompson: Homecoming (Del Rey/Dabel Bros).

(35:23) More feedback from Popcorn Samurai on the Spanish comic series Blacksad; Keith talks about Mike Imboden's Fist of Justice; Melville's Fist on Blackest Night; Alec B asking us to open our own comic shop; and Allen Stucker on our recent cartoon episode.

(48:58) INTERVIEW
Lora Innes, creator of the Dreamer webcomic, and the Comic Creator's Alliance are asking for donations for the National Human Trafficking Awareness Day cause on Jan.11th.