View Full Version : Pick of the Week Podcast Episode #107: Captain Marvel #1
conorkilpatrick
11-18-2007, 10:19 PM
It's our 107th episode and we're kicking it old school!
We discuss Ron's Pick of the Week for November 16, 2007:
http://www.ifanboy.com/images/POW_111407-thumb.jpg
Captain Marvel #1
by Brian Reed & Lee Weeks
Running Time: 01:06:45
Click here for download info and show notes! (http://www.ifanboy.com/archive/weblog/books_books_boo.html)
Click here to read the Pick of the Week review! (http://www.ifanboy.com/archive/pickoftheweek/111407_captain.html)
six-gun
11-18-2007, 10:32 PM
Michael Lark is still better in my mind ;)
paper
11-18-2007, 10:54 PM
Excited to listen to the Scott Pilgrim discussion.
Josh! Snap out of it, you love Scott Pilgrim! "Too old" pfah! If you're too old for SP then what am I?
Somehow O'Malley has managed to create a multi-medium experience in one medium and it is that unique mix that adds excitement to this comic. It also has an "anything goes" vibe. I don't remember ever reading a comic that gets gags from directional arrows.
In animation, Tex Avery was the master of breaking the expectations of the medium. Try to imagine the first time an audience saw a character's eyes pop out of his head when gawking at a pretty girl or the first time someone was flattened by an anvil. This comic does a similar thing in a totally different way using constructs of anime and video games.
But almost as impressive as the craziness is the way O'Malley doesn't overdo it. Characters could be gaining and losing points throughout the book but don't. Josh pointed it out, we care about these characters.
And those color pages? I'm guess that's the reason we'll all be buying an eventual hardcover down the line.
six-gun
11-19-2007, 01:18 AM
Josh's Michael Lark is my new favorite voice ;)
six-gun
11-19-2007, 01:19 AM
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paper
11-19-2007, 01:24 AM
Listening to the Scott Pilgrim discussion now.
I feel like it's a really good representation of my generation. I know these people. Scott's 23. I'm 23.
Interesting thing though. O'Malley is 27, which is closer to the iFanboy age than my own.
paper
11-19-2007, 03:24 AM
Listening to the Captain Marvel discussion.
Question.
Is somebody trimming their finger/toenails or pruning a bonsai tree in the background? There's a clicking noise.
jaflanagan
11-19-2007, 03:37 AM
Sorry, that was me. It was actually my mouse. I only had a PDF of the issue, and I was looking through the issue.
meccaed
11-19-2007, 03:39 AM
Great, now I have to go buy the Teen Titans East Special.
paper
11-19-2007, 03:44 AM
Sorry, that was me. It was actually my mouse. I only had a PDF of the issue, and I was looking through the issue.
No worries. I'm just glad it wasn't my hard drive. :D
jimski
11-19-2007, 05:22 AM
Here's how good Captain Marvel was: I didn't realize until this podcast that it was a miniseries, and when I heard that it was I was crestfallen. If you'd told me that after "The Return," one of three comics in the last few years to go straight from hand to trashcan, and you would have been roundly mocked.
mikegraham6
11-19-2007, 05:00 PM
i've got to get on board with this Scott Pilgrim thing, i saw it at a store once, i took one look at the cover and i passed, but im hearing so many good things! plus it's set in Toronto?!?! Canada represents!
must......Force.....self.....to.......buy.......ma nga......book.......ARGH!!! this is hard
kahunablair
11-19-2007, 05:23 PM
i've got to get on board with this Scott Pilgrim thing, i saw it at a store once, i took one look at the cover and i passed, but im hearing so many good things! plus it's set in Toronto?!?! Canada represents!
must......Force.....self.....to.......buy.......ma nga......book.......ARGH!!! this is hard
I wouldn't actually consider this book Manga. Anyone else think it is? Isn't?
conorkilpatrick
11-19-2007, 05:25 PM
I wouldn't actually consider this book Manga. Anyone else think it is? Isn't?
It defies classification.
labor_days
11-19-2007, 05:44 PM
The art style in Scott Pilgrim has a little Manga vibe to it. I can imagine one seeing the big eyes/mouth character designs and thinking it was manga at first blush. But it really isn't manga by definition. No.
Terrific book, Scott Pilgrim. Loved the extended Scott Pilgrim discussion on the show.
re: the show
All around fabulous show, iFanboy. I really enjoyed this one a lot. Felt you guys were OTM on just about every book this week.
I too share the enthusiasm for Titans East, GA/BC and the Outsiders. With Green Arrow/Black Canary being the best book I read this week.
Again, great show.
odds-bodkins
11-19-2007, 06:49 PM
Been looking for a reason to pick up SP and this episode cinched it. I grabbed vol. 1 over lunch and look forward to devouring it this evening.
dave-accampo
11-19-2007, 11:51 PM
Lovin' the love for Scott Pilgrim. Still don't understand the hate for WWH, but oh well. And put me down as another who digs Green Arrow/Black Canary. It's sort of a light/fun read. Sadly, it looks like it's gonna be depressing soon enough, though...
Honestly? I think the real Michael Lark needs to start talking like the Ladies' Man after this...I mean, I've never met him and I have no idea WHAT he sounds like, but... c'mon!
Good episode, as always. Oh, and I liked the intro interruption to advertise the Gerard Way podcast. That was nice.
six-gun
11-20-2007, 12:55 AM
Micheal Lark sound like Botticelli, DaVinci, Durer and Michaelangelo rolled into one.
thomas-katers
11-20-2007, 03:01 PM
On the topic of cool nicknames....I have a college friend who's nickname is A-bomb. He has a tattoo of a cartoon bomb on his arm as well.
He is pretty sweet.
paper
11-20-2007, 03:31 PM
Pilgrim's very similar to oldschool comedic manga. If anyone is feeling particularly adventurous, try Ranma 1/2 or the more modern FLCL. I dare you.
superfriend82
11-20-2007, 05:45 PM
Nice show guys! I saw Scott pilgrim in a free comic day thing or something and thoght it was realy good now that you guys have talk adout it i'll have to get.
jgg0610
11-20-2007, 06:20 PM
Enjoyed the show. Glad to hear that Josh was less than enthusiastic about the pick. Now I can avoid picking up yet another title.
It defies classification.
Bryan Lee O'Malley was on Fanboy Radio and even he refused to classify it or attempt to distill it into a Hollywood pitch. He wasn't sure he could anyway.
ronxo
11-20-2007, 10:58 PM
Bryan Lee O'Malley was on Fanboy Radio and even he refused to classify it or attempt to distill it into a Hollywood pitch. He wasn't sure he could anyway.
Well he was able to at least once, huh?
http://imdb.com/title/tt0446029/
jimski
11-20-2007, 11:25 PM
And by the way, could Brandon Lee O'Malley in that interview have conformed to your expectations any more? He sounds like he could be a character in his own book.
paper
11-20-2007, 11:40 PM
Edgar Wright? Arrrrrrrgggg!!!!!
I am literally the only human being disappointed by this news.
kahunablair
11-21-2007, 12:06 AM
Edgar Wright? Arrrrrrrgggg!!!!!
I am literally the only human being disappointed by this news.
Yes, I believe you are, sir.
Who else would you like to see Direct it?
Well he was able to at least once, huh?
http://imdb.com/title/tt0446029/
I'm guessing he didn't write that considering the description conflicts with the events of issue #4.;)
paper
11-21-2007, 12:54 AM
Yes, I believe you are, sir.
Who else would you like to see Direct it?
I've been thinking about that but haven't come up with anything yet.
re Edgar Wright:
Shaun of the Dead was good. He's also working on the Ant-Man movie. That's just what America needs right?
six-gun
11-21-2007, 04:02 AM
Hot Fuzz was awesome too
kahunablair
11-21-2007, 04:27 AM
re Edgar Wright:
Shaun of the Dead was good. He's also working on the Ant-Man movie. That's just what America needs right?
Amazingly, I think it's more of the fact that we DON'T need it. I think it will be a good satirical, but NOT SCARY MOVIE-ESQUE, take on Superhero movies.
six-gun
11-21-2007, 04:43 AM
Amazingly, I think it's more of the fact that we DON'T need it. I think it will be a good satirical, but NOT SCARY MOVIE-ESQUE, take on Superhero movies.
i think it will be awesome
hank41
11-24-2007, 03:42 AM
I think Edgar Wright is a great choice because he is great because he is very good at making you feel really deep drama and tension while making you laugh histerically 2 minutes later. Just like in Scott Pilgrim
hank41
11-24-2007, 03:43 AM
I just wanted to put a thought your heads:
Michael Bay's Scott Pilgrim
kahunablair
11-24-2007, 04:31 AM
Nah, I've got a better one.
Uwe Boll's Scott Pilgrim.
hank41
11-24-2007, 04:38 AM
Nah, I've got a better one.
Uwe Boll's Scott Pilgrim.
I literally laughed out loud. lol doesn't do it justice. I got to watch the movie (if you can call it that) BloodRayne II at the 24 comic podcast and it hurt to look at the screen
kahunablair
11-24-2007, 04:41 AM
I can't believe you guys actually watched that. It was the only part of the published shows I missed, but I just couldn't drag my butt to the store and rent that!
hank41
11-24-2007, 04:44 AM
I don't suggest listening to it without the movie and I STRONGLY don't suggest you watch the movie.