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Meltcast 027: FCBD, Wilson, King of Flies, 20th Century Boys

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May 062010

Half the crew is under the weather but we’re hanging tough — fresh off his Free Comic Book Day Fraggle Rock Mega-Signing, Sam “The Hammer” Humphries fills in for Caleb and the bombs start dropping. ALMIGHTY’s Ed Laroche joins our roundtable discussion of Dan Clowes’ WILSON (and Chris’ comparison of it to INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #25), and shares his thoughts on Mezzo & Pirus’ KING OF FLIES and Naoki Urasawa’s 20th CENTURY BOYS. We also touch on BATMAN AND ROBIN, SIEGE Battlefield Tie-Ins, UNKNOWN SOLDIER #19, and Aaron raves about the new volume of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN.
Oh, and Chris praises Mark Millar (must be a full moon)!

Free Comic Book Day @MeltdownComics: Red Fraggle, Signing, Free Comics, The Grilled Cheese Truck, Sale and much more

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Apr 302010

Free Comic Book Day @MeltdownComics: Red Fraggle, Signing, Free Comics, The Grilled Cheese Truck, Sale and much more. This Saturday May, 1st store opens at 10am.

What could be better than free comics, grilled cheese, and a real live FRAGGLE??

JOIN US TO CELEBRATE FREE COMIC BOOK DAY AT MELTDOWN COMICS WITH SAM HUMPHRIES, JEREMY LOVE, AND RED FRAGGLE!

The one and only RED FRAGGLE will be emerging from her home down in Fraggle Rock to make a live appearance at Meltdown! Red and world-reknown puppeteer Karen Prell will be on hand to hang out, take pictures, and sing Fraggle Classics with fans.

SAM HUMPHRIES and JEREMY LOVE, writer and artist (respectively) of an all-new Fraggle Rock Story in Archaia’s Mouse Guard/Fraggle Rock Free Comic Book Day flip book will be on hand to sign copies of the book for fans!

Free Comic Book Day is an annual event where participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE to anyone who comes into their stores.

Get your hands on the FREE Mouse Guard/Fraggle Rock book, as well as other free comic books spotlighting the best and the brightest comic books in the industry

If that wasn’t enough, LA’s own GRILLED CHEESE TRUCK will be on hand to delight all comers with their tasty fare including the world famous After School Special.

Thanks to The Jim Henson Company, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Archaia Entertainment and Meltdown Comics for supporting this event.

Meltcast 026 April 28th, 2010

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Apr 292010

DISCLAIMER: Due to an unfortunate technical issue with our microphones, this episode does not have our normal quality of sound. But it does have a ton of great and interesting discussion which makes it worth sharing anyway. So pardon our dust and enjoy!

Sam Humphries returns and this time he brings Archaia marketing director Mel Caylo, newly-minted Archaia editor-in-chief Stephen Christy and a camera crew with him. They give us the 411 on this weekend’s Free Comic Book Day FRAGGLE ROCK signing starring Sam, artist Jeremy Love and Red Fraggle herself, then we delve into Archaia’s story and marketing philosophies, the role of love in the production of comic books, Archaia’s new Black Label imprint, the impending release of the TUMOR HC and much much more! They also let us know they’re looking to hire a couple LA-based assistants and give us a couple new “phrases that pay,” so polish up those resumes and keep those ears peeled!

COMICS REVIEW: Free Comic Book Day 2010 At Meltdown Comics!

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Apr 272010

Comics on Comics producers Sax Carr and Emel Bonty team up with Meltdown Comics for the first reviews of this year’s Free Comic Book Day titles, including Iron Man/Thor, Mouse Guard, Superman, The Simpsons and Archie before Emel and Sax get into a heated debate over the Green Hornet!
Don’t miss Free Comic Book Day this Saturday, May 1st at Meltdown Comics, which is located at 7522 Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, CA. Store opens at 10AM!

via: Comics on Comics website

Meltcast 23.5 April 7th, 2010 Worldwide Exclusive! FCBD (Saturday, May 1st!) FRAGGLE ROCK at Meltdown Comics

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Apr 082010

This week you get twice the episodes for the same price! In Part 2, Sam “The Hammer” Humphries returns, giving us a worldwide exclusive on his Free Comic Book Day (Saturday, May 1st!) FRAGGLE ROCK story, how to meet Red Fraggle herself in person and his contribution to the upcoming CBGB anthology from BOOM! Town. Also, as always, we discuss recent books of note, including S.H.I.E.L.D by Jonathan Hickman and Dustin Weaver, Jason Aaron and company’s GHOST RIDER run, a return to BLACKEST NIGHT #8 and, for the faithful…The Untold Origin of The Meltcast!