View Full Version : Pick of the Week Podcast Episode #100: Criminal #9
jaflanagan
09-30-2007, 09:43 PM
It's our 100th episode and one of the exciting about doing a live a show is that anything can happen, including the audio running a bit hot. So please accept our apologies when you listen as the recording quality is not what we would have liked. But the show was a lot of fun and we hope that comes through.
We discuss Conor's Pick of the Week for September 28, 2007:
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Criminal #9
by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
Running Time: 01:02:08
Click here for download info and show notes! (http://www.ifanboy.com/archive/weblog/its_the_ifanboy_1.html)
Click here to read the Pick of the Week review! (http://www.ifanboy.com/archive/pickoftheweek/09262007_crimin.html)
This was a great show guys. Thanks for hosting all of us. We had a great time. I'm releasing a special edition of my own podcast tonight based on something in this excellent 100th episodes. I wish you many more.
paper
09-30-2007, 10:03 PM
Can't wait to hear the reaction to this one. It was a great time and I was proud to be a part of it.
Unbeknownst to the hosts, I had an audio recorder in my pocket for the after party with a mic running up to the carnation in my lapel. Stay tuned for Fuzzy Typewriter later tonight to find out what happened to the drifter Conor picked up on the highway the other night.
;)
paper
09-30-2007, 10:06 PM
I didn't notice it at the time, but you called my question "polarizing". Haha.
greekgoat91
09-30-2007, 11:01 PM
any word on video?
six-gun
10-01-2007, 12:18 AM
thanks for answering my question
esophagus
10-01-2007, 02:52 AM
I've got to say, for a live recording, quality didn't really suffer. There were a few times when the room got loud, where you could tell, but other than that (which is basically unavoidable in a group setting) I thought it was great, I was al ittle worried when I read Josh's comment. Aside from the audio, I loved how interactive everything seemed, and the fun environment you guys always bring to this. I look forward to many more. Quality podcasting at it's best.
labor_days
10-01-2007, 03:09 AM
Um, the audio sounds like they're inside a tin drum. A distant tin drum.
(what's that hum, a seaplane?)
six-gun
10-01-2007, 03:13 AM
the audio is fine, great work
kahunablair
10-01-2007, 03:15 AM
Um, the audio sounds like they're inside a tin drum. A distant tin drum.
(what's that hum, a seaplane?)
Labor, I love you, but you can be a picky bastard sometimes.
labor_days
10-01-2007, 03:17 AM
Ron's audio is way too hot. I can't even turn the volume up because it hurts my ears. But I can barely hear what Ron is saying.
paper
10-01-2007, 03:21 AM
Your speakers are too good, Labor. Listen to it on crappy headphones and you'll be fine. It's hot, but they acknowledged that already. New environment, so give 'em some slack. :)
ronxo
10-01-2007, 03:26 AM
Ron's audio is way too hot. I can't even turn the volume up because it hurts my ears. But I can barely hear what Ron is saying.
I edited the podcast and I totally agree with you - unfortunately what got released was the best we could do - please accept my personal apology and know that we figured out what the issue was and the next live show (hopefully) should go without a hitch...
labor_days
10-01-2007, 03:28 AM
Your speakers are too good, Labor. Listen to it on crappy headphones and you'll be fine. It's hot, but they acknowledged that already. New environment, so give 'em some slack.
But I'd like to enjoy the 100th episode fully. /sadness
I edited the podcast and I totally agree with you - unfortunately what got released was the best we could do - please accept my personal apology and know that we figured out what the issue was and the next live show (hopefully) should go without a hitch...
Well, as long as you promise.
(I am grateful for the job you dudes do. If I didn't enjoy the show so much I wouldn't bother saying anything at all.)
piscespaul
10-01-2007, 11:41 AM
Great job guys. Congrats
Thanks for reading my question, I was totally bummed I couldn't get down there. This was the conversation that prevented me.
Me- "I'm totally psyched, I'm heading down to NY to see the iFanboys in action."
Girlfriend- "When is this?"
Me- " The 28th why?"
GF- " You already agreed to pick me up at Logan airport that night"
Me- " I did? Are you sure?"
GF- "Yes I'm sure I'm coming home from France!"
Me- "Oh...Oh crap...... Did you pick up those Tin-Tin books I asked for?"
*click*
paper
10-01-2007, 11:44 AM
Tin-tin, nice!
Sorry you couldn't make it, buddy.
Again I say, onward to April and the NY con!
piscespaul
10-01-2007, 11:48 AM
Amen paper...
oh and ps she is a sweety - three hardcover french tin-tin books!
paper
10-01-2007, 01:03 PM
I'm gonna be a nerd. Which Tin-tin stories? Are these like the American hardcovers, with three stories in each volume?
piscespaul
10-01-2007, 01:27 PM
Single volume hardvovers- I'm at work so I can't recall two, but one of them is Tin-Tin in the Congo. She got it because they are going to ban it soon in France. Later I'll post the other two for you.
kahunablair
10-01-2007, 02:19 PM
The infamous Congo edition huh? Very nice.
luthor
10-01-2007, 02:57 PM
Great show guys.
Ron you aren't the only one loving Savage Dragon. I think it's one of the best superhero comics published ever. The first 100 issues are incredible.
bigyanks
10-01-2007, 03:14 PM
can i say great episode with listening to it yet, oh wait i was there. Sorry about the mets Ron but i told you so.
hey hey hey
some things just aren't funny
labor_days
10-01-2007, 04:35 PM
Single volume hardvovers- I'm at work so I can't recall two, but one of them is Tin-Tin in the Congo. She got it because they are going to ban it soon in France. Later I'll post the other two for you.
Wow. That is sweet!
My mom brought me a bunch of Tin-tin books once when I was a kid. They blew my mind. Wish I had held on to them.
kahunablair
10-01-2007, 04:37 PM
Wow. That is sweet!
My mom brought me a bunch of Tin-tin books once when I was a kid. They blew my mind. Wish I had held on to them.
Really? That would have been a pretty cool keepsake.
hey hey hey
some things just aren't funny
Sure they are Fred, sure they are.
jgg0610
10-01-2007, 04:56 PM
Enjoyed the show, guys. Hate that I couldn't be there but the commute would have killed me. Looking forward to the video version as well.
labor_days
10-01-2007, 04:58 PM
Really? That would have been a pretty cool keepsake. Yeah. If I remember correctly she bought them from a used bookstore while in Spain. A couple of them were the digest sized books and few were the magazine-style books. Some were in Spanish.
Sadly, lost to the ether when my mom moved out of our old house.
mikegraham6
10-01-2007, 05:34 PM
great show guys, it was awesome to hear contributions from the ifanboy forum nation. Thanks for answering my questions. sorry if i overwhelmed you guys, i basically sent in anything i could think of just to see what would spark discussion.
I look forward to the next big iFanboy event, and hopefully i'll be able to make it out for the next one.
Here's to 100 more! congrats!
acomicbookgirl
10-01-2007, 08:20 PM
I took the slip case off my captain america omnibus.. Grant it, smart me forgot to take it out of my bag when going shopping on saturday.. Absolutes on the other hand.. I don't know..
esophagus
10-02-2007, 12:44 AM
So, iFanboy. I have a story to tell. Last year my grandpa was inducted into the auctioneers hall of fame, after an extremely lengthy career. At the end of this ceremony they held, of all things, an auction. An array of useless things were sold, but the open bar and giddy atmosphere kept people bidding. One item up for grabs was $50 worth of advertising in the Fort Qu'Appele newspaper. My mother, my aunt, and I, bid recklessly against eachother, until eventually giving up at around $100. I won. I have never before heard of or read this paper, no have I heard of or been to the town it is named for. What was I to do with this space? Well, recently I found out.
What did I do you ask? If you pick up a copy of the Fort Quappele news in the next few weeks you will see an ad reading "Congratulations to Ron, Josh, and Conor on 100 Fantastic Episodes of iFanboy". Seriously guys. Congrats. Hopefully they send me a complimentary copy (It's from a different province all together).
Edit: The thread din't get updated on the front, guh, I'm really hating forum problems. Hopefully this gets noticed anyways.
conorkilpatrick
10-02-2007, 01:17 AM
Wow.
That's incredible. Thanks, my man!
kahunablair
10-02-2007, 01:22 AM
That is awesome Eso!
Nicely played sir, nicely played!
esophagus
10-02-2007, 01:26 AM
Wow.
That's incredible. Thanks, my man!I really had nothing to do with it, and this seemed really fitting. I was half way through designing a whole logo and image for the ad, but apparently a quarter page ad for $50 in Fort Quappel is black and white, and text only. Anyways, yeah. YOur welcome, and thank you.
paper
10-02-2007, 01:59 AM
That's awesome, man. Very cool.
If anybody's wondering, I used my certificate to buy a Snoopy wristband and the first volumes of Alan Moore's Top Ten and Tom Strong. I wandered the aisles desperately trying to remember what books I've been looking to get. Then I saw these two and realized both Josh and Tom Katers had recommended them recently.
I told Josh what I was buying, and he replied "He usually hates all that I love."
I will never live Goodfellas down. I almost always agree with Josh on the show.
esophagus
10-02-2007, 02:02 AM
That's awesome, man. Very cool.
If anybody's wondering, I used my certificate to buy a Snoopy wristband and the first volumes of Alan Moore's Top Ten and Tom Strong. I wandered the aisles desperately trying to remember what books I've been looking to get. Then I saw these two and realized both Josh and Tom Katers had recommended them recently.
I told Josh what I was buying, and he replied "He usually hates all that I love."
I will never live Goodfellas down. I almost always agree with Josh on the show.I saw the snoopy wristband, very nice. I really want to read Tom Strong. I've heard it's a whole other side to Alan Moore.
paper
10-02-2007, 02:04 AM
I get the sense that it's the side I'd go for. My favorite Alan Moore book so far is LoEG.
labor_days
10-02-2007, 02:25 AM
My favorite Alan Moore book so far is LoEG.
Then Tom Strong is for you. LoEG is my least favorite work of Moore's. But I love Tom Strong.
paper
10-02-2007, 02:27 AM
There's logic in there somewhere. Haha.
I should clarify. I don't dislike his other stuff in the least. But LoEG hits all the right notes for me. I love Victorian adventure and steam punk. It appeals to the same part of me that cherishes the nostalgic flair of Geoff Johns.
labor_days
10-02-2007, 04:24 AM
Yeah, but it's all relative when I say least favorite. Because I think League is 'effin brilliant.
Tom Strong is very pulp and not at all too serious about itself. I think you would enjoy that.
melike
10-02-2007, 06:02 AM
Great show! congrats to the guys and nice to see Josh's accents make an appearance again - now do an Australian one! (no American can get it right..)
six-gun
10-02-2007, 02:53 PM
Yeah, but it's all relative when I say least favorite. Because I think League is 'effin brilliant.
Tom Strong is very pulp and not at all too serious about itself. I think you would enjoy that.
Ed Brubaker wrote a couple of issues of Tom Strong, they were really good
horatio616
10-04-2007, 12:24 AM
I have this little postulate I'm working on called "Conor Likes Every DCU Book. I mean EVERY SINGLE DCU Book." Hopefully I can get it published!
paper
10-04-2007, 03:00 AM
They're usually all quite good.
jaflanagan
10-04-2007, 04:47 AM
I have this little postulate I'm working on called "Conor Likes Every DCU Book. I mean EVERY SINGLE DCU Book." Hopefully I can get it published!
That was apropos of nothing, and simply not true. I bet he doesn't even buy a majority of the line. And he certainly didn't like JLA for a year, or most of the Superman books.
Let us out of the boxes man!
six-gun
10-04-2007, 01:46 PM
That was apropos of nothing, and simply not true. I bet he doesn't even buy a majority of the line. And he certainly didn't like JLA for a year, or most of the Superman books.
Let us out of the boxes man!
this from the guy who only reads Vertigo books about magic? ;)
jaflanagan
10-04-2007, 01:59 PM
this from the guy who only reads Vertigo books about magic? ;)
Well, that one's absolutely true isn't it?
six-gun
10-04-2007, 02:04 PM
Well, that one's absolutely true isn't it?
pretty much, and you all hate DC, or is it Marvel this week?
jaflanagan
10-04-2007, 03:02 PM
It's superheroes. I hate superheroes.
At least that's what I've been told.
horatio616
10-04-2007, 03:08 PM
That was apropos of nothing, and simply not true. I bet he doesn't even buy a majority of the line. And he certainly didn't like JLA for a year, or most of the Superman books.
Let us out of the boxes man!
I'm just jealous of his enthusiasm. It was just kind of funny how Conor LOVED the new JLA and Teen Titans and you and Ron were like "meh." Conor is REALLY loving the DCU right now. I only wish I could muster up that much enthusiasm for anything the Big Two were putting out in terms of superhero comics. I thought JLA and Teen Titans were "meh" as well. I need to rediscover my joy!
jaflanagan
10-04-2007, 03:12 PM
I can certainly relate to that. I wish I could get excited more. I have found that going back and re-reading something you loved often reminds you how much fun it used to be. Especially if you don't remember much of the details. It's almost like reading it again for the first time.
horatio616
10-04-2007, 03:52 PM
I can certainly relate to that. I wish I could get excited more. I have found that going back and re-reading something you loved often reminds you how much fun it used to be. Especially if you don't remember much of the details. It's almost like reading it again for the first time.
The last time I was pleasantly surprised by a comic was when I read The Umbrella Academy. I think you'd like that, Josh. It seems much more up your alley than Ron's.
One of the problems with waiting for the trade is that you lose that week-to-week excitement and then you start thinking you can live without comics! I've got Scalped, Criminal, American Virgin, Walking Dead, and a Fables trade waiting for me to read so I should have no trouble getting back into the flow.
I really wish JLA and X-Men were doing something more exciting with their books right now because those two are ones that have the potential to get me going again. I really enjoyed the Jemas era of Marvel because they were really trying new things, even though, more often than not, it didn't work. Now, Marvel is so event-driven that I find their books impenetrable, except for Cap, Daredevil, and Astonishing. I will be getting Iron Fist in trade, too. I think DC is better book-for-book, but they cross-over way too much for my tastes too.
I'm such a whiner!
six-gun
10-04-2007, 06:36 PM
I can certainly relate to that. I wish I could get excited more. I have found that going back and re-reading something you loved often reminds you how much fun it used to be. Especially if you don't remember much of the details. It's almost like reading it again for the first time.
That happened to me with fight scenes, they wee boring me so I re-read some of the best fights in DKR and I found myself enjoying them a lot once more
esophagus
10-04-2007, 06:41 PM
Solution to everyones problems? Drop shit. I made an online pull list the other day and realized the big two were almsot completely missing with an exception of a few minis, Detective Comics, and Jonah Hex. I didn't realize how boring everything had gotten lately. So many bigs have lost their flare in favor of trying to tie every book together. Events are just non-stop.
six-gun
10-04-2007, 07:04 PM
I'm really thinking about dropping a lot of stuff, like Action Comics, I shouldn't have bought that yesterday.
horatio616
10-04-2007, 07:07 PM
Solution to everyones problems? Drop shit. I made an online pull list the other day and realized the big two were almsot completely missing with an exception of a few minis, Detective Comics, and Jonah Hex. I didn't realize how boring everything had gotten lately. So many bigs have lost their flare in favor of trying to tie every book together. Events are just non-stop.
I think I probably have 5 titles on my pull list. This frees up more money for trades, but when you're not buying comics every week, you tend to lose enthusiasm. It's a risky gambit!
mikegraham6
10-05-2007, 09:05 PM
They're usually all quite good.
i don't think this is true, i've read a lot of crap... from both companies
paper
10-05-2007, 10:43 PM
I hardly remember posting that. I think I meant to say "Whenever Conor's spoken highly of those DC books, they're good ones." I get defensive about this topic because I get the sense that DC is looked at as a fetishist label, a collection of nostalgia heavy books with tired old icons. Somehow lesser than Marvel overall because it is not so concerned with realism. No one complains about a POW being a Marvel book unless a.) it's an X title, or b.) it's just not the book that they would choose. But never simply because it's a Marvel book. And I think that people do complain sometimes when the pick has a DC logo. Sometimes.
I hardly remember posting that. I think I meant to say "Whenever Conor's spoken highly of those DC books, they're good ones." I get defensive about this topic because I get the sense that DC is looked at as a fetishist label, a collection of nostalgia heavy books with tired old icons. Somehow lesser than Marvel overall because it is not so concerned with realism. No one complains about a POW being a Marvel book unless a.) it's an X title, or b.) it's just not the book that they would choose. But never simply because it's a Marvel book. And I think that people do complain sometimes when the pick has a DC logo. Sometimes.
Hmm I wonder about that, if that's so it's too bad.
It seems week after week I'm picking up significantly more DC books than Marvel, whether that's just shipping delays or quality issues, I don't know.
I should probably try Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk though, the new She-Hulk team intrigues. I don't know why I'm all of a sudden interested in Ms. Marvel, but Frank Cho might have something to do with it.
labor_days
10-05-2007, 11:41 PM
I get defensive about this topic because I get the sense that DC is looked at as a fetishist label, a collection of nostalgia heavy books with tired old icons. Somehow lesser than Marvel overall because it is not so concerned with realism.Hmm. yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head.
In having conversations around the shoppe there does seem to be the preception that DC is the line for nostalgic comic fans. Which I obviously take issue with being somewhat against nostalgia for the sake of nostalgia.
I love the iconic, timeless and the mythic elements of the DCU. I don't have any particular attachement to some illusionary golden era of comics as that aforementioned line of thinking posits.