We kick off our first COMIC-CON 2010 Morning After bonanza by getting down and dirty before friday’s festivities by recapping Chris & Caleb’s con adventures thus far, are wowed by passing costumes and creatures, and get a special visit by BOOM! Editor Bryce Carlson.
The weekend is officially on!
Music: Collective Soul – Simple
The Siege lifts as we step through the rubble and examine the final chapter of Marvel’s last gigantic event ever…for a while anyways. We also touch on the Avengers titles, the Sentry, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: SHED, DV8, THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE, and the function of death in superhero comics. Carl Jones of FREAKNIK THE MUSICAL, the BOONDOCKS TV show (and Meltcast’s own logo!) fame surprises us with a visit and gives us a look into his process. And in our closing segment we discuss this week’s big movie at the box office – Tony Stark is back in IRON MAN 2, and the demon’s out of the bottle as our opinions runneth over!
2010′s biggest movie to date has arrived! We start things off with Aaron’s take on the Kick-Ass movie, touch on FEVRE DREAM #1, WOLVERINE: INSANE IN THE BRAIN, BATMAN & ROBIN vol. 1, Grant Morrison’s JLA run, then Chris drops a bomb on us!!!! We then delve into SPIDER-MAN: O.M.I.T and look at the repercussions of ONE MORE DAY (not on Spider-Man, but on Marvel’s magic landscape) before returning guest Sam Humphries gives his full C2E2 con report.
The fire’s lit today as the gang shreds into books like NEW AVENGERS #62, FANTASTIC FOUR #576, THOR #607, BATMAN & ROBIN #9, and later discusses the news of the (last) week in which Geoff Johns, Jim Lee and others are shuffled around in the DC hierarchy. Oh, and in an unusual turn of events, Chris sings a lot in this episode. For real.
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Meltcast 41: Bruce Wayne, Steve Rogers, Alan Moore, 90′s Bat books, D&D, Avengers and a little Gaga
We’re brimming with comics goodness today as we break down the new direction of the Bat books (especially BATMAN INC.), compare and contrast the return of Bruce Wayne versus the resurrection of Steve Rogers. We also talk 90′s Bat books, AZRAEL, X-MEN: THE DARK PHOENIX SAGA, Wheden and Cassiday’s ASTONISHING X-MEN, the crew’s personal histories with the X-Men, Chris Claremont, SUPER PRO K.O. by Jarrett Williams, ULTIMATE AVENGERS 3 #1, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS #1, EMERALD WARRIORS #1, UNWRITTEN vol. 2, and THANOS IMPERATIVE #3.
Then we tackle a whole mess of Alan Moore books: ANOTHER SUBURBAN ROMANCE, THE COURTYARD & THE COURTYARD COMPANION, LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE and A SMALL KILLING, followed by a discussion of AVENGERS: CHILDREN’S CRUSADE #1, the underratedness of artist Jacen Burrows, absolute format vs. omnibus format, and Marvel Essentials.
Whew!
Music: Lady Gaga – Poker Face / The Almost – Say This Sooner
Intro: Notorious B.I.G. Who Shot Ya? (remix) + Project 86 The Butcher