View Full Version : Pick of the Week Podcast Episode #181 - Invincible #61
conorkilpatrick
04-26-2009, 10:43 PM
Running Time: 00:55:08
April 26, 2009 - It's the first heatwave of 2009 and if you're a longtime listener, you know what that means - the iFanboys start to lose their minds. Especially Josh.
http://www.ifanboy.com/comics/image_comics/invincible/61/cover-medium.jpg
Invincible #61
by Robert Kirkman & Ryan Ottley
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April 26, 2009 - It's the first heatwave of 2009 and if you're a longtime listener, you know what that means - the iFanboys start to lose their minds.
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It also means a BBQ video show is not long off. Start hoarding your meat!
conorkilpatrick
04-27-2009, 04:15 AM
It also means a BBQ video show is not long off. Start hoarding your meat!
Not necessarily. Ron moved to California, so we no longer have the "BBQ set".
Curse You, Richaaaaaarrrds!
thenextchampion
04-27-2009, 04:30 AM
Start hoarding your meat!
and that is their new slogan once they turn into a porno site :)
drakedangerz
04-27-2009, 06:55 AM
Not necessarily. Ron moved to California, so we no longer have the "BBQ set".
Hows about you guys huddled over a George Foreman Grill? That has "hilarious" written all over it.
I didn't enjoy Kick-Ass #6 too much. Was fun, but I had better reads this week.
Also, the Skrull Kill Krew made in appearance in Avengers: Initiative during their Secret Invasion tie-in issues. They were quite entertaining in that series, but I'm hesitant to give this new mini-series a shot
miyamotofreak
04-27-2009, 08:27 AM
Oh, I love the BBQ shows!
comicbookchris
04-27-2009, 06:41 PM
Hey Josh, did you like the Thor storyline that came before JMS' run, the Michael Avon Oeming run which delt with the "final" Ragnarok (was also a tie-in to Avengers Dissasembled)? From listening to your views on Thor on this episode, this run seems to be right up your alley, since its strictly about the god side of things, and was the last of those types of stories before JMS took the reins of Thor.
amircat
04-27-2009, 06:52 PM
Running Time: 00:55:08
April 26, 2009 - It's the first heatwave of 2009 and if you're a longtime listener, you know what that means - the iFanboys start to lose their minds. Especially Josh.
http://www.ifanboy.com/comics/image_comics/invincible/61/cover-medium.jpg
Invincible #61
by Robert Kirkman & Ryan Ottley
I picked up this issue. It's my first experience with Invincible. I liked it and am looking forward to the next issue.
jaflanagan
04-27-2009, 09:08 PM
Hey Josh, did you like the Thor storyline that came before JMS' run, the Michael Avon Oeming run which delt with the "final" Ragnarok (was also a tie-in to Avengers Dissasembled)? From listening to your views on Thor on this episode, this run seems to be right up your alley, since its strictly about the god side of things, and was the last of those types of stories before JMS took the reins of Thor.
No. I don't think Oeming is a very good writer, so I tend not to buy his work. Honestly, I haven't liked a Thor book in a while. Probably the Jurgens/JRJR run from when marvel started getting its shit back together in the late 90's.
comicbookchris
04-28-2009, 01:34 AM
No. I don't think Oeming is a very good writer, so I tend not to buy his work. Honestly, I haven't liked a Thor book in a while. Probably the Jurgens/JRJR run from when marvel started getting its shit back together in the late 90's.
I'm guessing that this was post-Action Battle Armor Thor? haha
jaflanagan
04-28-2009, 03:09 AM
Probably, since I didn't read that. It was pretty standard Thor, around the same time as Waid on Cap, Busiek on Avengers and Iron Man, etc. It was a really good time for Marvel, but it just lasted a little while.
labor_days
04-28-2009, 03:57 AM
Love the variant cover of Thor 601. The one with Thor listening to an iPod.
http://img30.picoodle.com/img/img30/2/4/27/labor_days/f_Untitledm_d216a45.png
jimski
04-28-2009, 04:24 AM
I'd forgotten, but even I have a Thor run I like. That period when he decided mortals could not take care of Midgard on their own, so he just parked Asgard over NYC and took over the world. That explored a lot of issues that tickled my fancy at the time.
thenextchampion
04-28-2009, 05:29 AM
Love the variant cover of Thor 601. The one with Thor listening to an iPod.
http://img30.picoodle.com/img/img30/2/4/27/labor_days/f_Untitledm_d216a45.png
Oh good lord.....
labor_days
04-28-2009, 03:37 PM
Oh, its fun.
For years Thor was too stuffy w/ that faux-opera bullshit. People forget how light hearted and silly those early Thor comics are.
Thor is still a modern day superhero. The idea of Thor grasping an iPod makes me chuckle. What can I say?
My problem with that ipod pic is the earbuds don't go into his ears.
labor_days
04-28-2009, 03:56 PM
The wings are covering his ears.
But the buds are clearly going into the wings and not through them into his ears.
paper
04-28-2009, 04:29 PM
It'd also probably make a better cover for the next issue, given that he hasn't really made it out into civilization yet.
thenextchampion
04-28-2009, 04:59 PM
Oh, its fun.
For years Thor was too stuffy w/ that faux-opera bullshit. People forget how light hearted and silly those early Thor comics are.
Thor is still a modern day superhero. The idea of Thor grasping an iPod makes me chuckle. What can I say?
Oh I hear ya....it definitely feels like JMS is going to make Thor a little bit of campy or more fun moments. But they are on a fine line of either being funny or lame as hell.
labor_days
04-28-2009, 05:06 PM
Best Thor cover.
http://img30.picoodle.com/img/img30/2/4/28/labor_days/f_31112m_df50c51.jpg
This is fucking comics.
comicbookchris
04-28-2009, 05:52 PM
Oh yeah? I'll up the ante:
http://www.postimage.org/gx2cE7LJ.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gx2cE7LJ)
Chicks love godly
labor_days
04-28-2009, 06:37 PM
Nothing beats institutional racism in comics.
oh_caroline
04-28-2009, 06:42 PM
I'd forgotten, but even I have a Thor run I like. That period when he decided mortals could not take care of Midgard on their own, so he just parked Asgard over NYC and took over the world. That explored a lot of issues that tickled my fancy at the time.
Oh, that sounds nifty. Any idea of the creator/era?
labor_days
04-28-2009, 06:50 PM
I believe Thor went to the U.N. in that "saga" and made ridiculous demands.
comicbookchris
04-28-2009, 07:14 PM
Oh, that sounds nifty. Any idea of the creator/era?
That was the run right before Michael Avon Oeming's Avengers Disasemmbled tie-in. The book at the time was called Mighty Thor and I'm not sure what were the exact issue numbers, but they were before 80. I think Jurgens wrote those issues of the run
thenextchampion
04-28-2009, 11:45 PM
Oh yeah? I'll up the ante:
http://www.postimage.org/gx2cE7LJ.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=gx2cE7LJ)
Chicks love godly
That's a tough one to beat.....and I dont think I can beat this. But this cover makes me laugh:
http://www.immortalthor.net/thor-226.jpg
Thor #226
Apparently Galactus had shrunk considerably in the 70's. :)
thenextchampion
04-29-2009, 02:02 AM
Found some other 'great' covers of Thor. You can tell the quality of this title dipped once it hit the 400 range.
Thor #366 (Everybody's 'favorite' frog; also, I love how wimpy Loki looks in this)
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/thor/366-1.jpg
Thor #435 (Unless I have hearing problems....I am pretty sure Josh said this was his favorite Thor cover in the mini. No way I am wrong, right Josh? :) )
http://www.universalheros.com/e-baybooks/thor-435-signed.jpg
bizreal1015
04-30-2009, 03:32 AM
Found some other 'great' covers of Thor. You can tell the quality of this title dipped once it hit the 400 range.
Thor #366 (Everybody's 'favorite' frog; also, I love how wimpy Loki looks in this)
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/thor/366-1.jpg
Thor #435 (Unless I have hearing problems....I am pretty sure Josh said this was his favorite Thor cover in the mini. No way I am wrong, right Josh? :) )
http://www.universalheros.com/e-baybooks/thor-435-signed.jpg
And I just cried a little inside
comicbookchris
04-30-2009, 03:58 AM
Found some other 'great' covers of Thor. You can tell the quality of this title dipped once it hit the 400 range.
Thor #366 (Everybody's 'favorite' frog; also, I love how wimpy Loki looks in this)
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/thor/366-1.jpg
What do I call him? I call him the star of Marvel's new upcoming Pet Avengers series. Sigh.