This week we cram over 10hrs of traditional Meltcast content into a tight 90 minutes! For an appetizer we briefly touch what we’ve been reading: CRIMINAL: THE SINNERS, JAM!: TALES FROM THE WORLD OF ROLLER DERBY, DAREDEVIL #507, SPIDER-MAN: SHED, and pirate action galore with THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE #3.
Then, as DC launches their opening salvo into the war of digital supremacy, we discuss their five-pronged digital attack, outflanking Marvel on day-and-date distribution, digital royalties, something called the retailer affiliate program, and the ascendancy of comiXology as the new Diamond. On the flip side, we dissect the news of the first national comics chain as entertainment retailer Hastings makes a bold move into selling comics. Is this the re-invigoration of brick and mortar? A new king of the Direct Market? Or just another comic book dilettante on the block?
As if all that weren’t enough, we saved the best for last: our final segment is the long-anticipated arrival of Mr. Joshua Hale Fialkov, writer of ELK’S RUN, CYBLADE, THE CLEANERS and the now-on-shelves TUMOR! He brings us a treat in the form of creator Tony Fleecs and we delve into the joys of procreation, Fraggle porn (huh?), comics’ Library Binding subculture, the history of LA and much, much more.
How did we fit it all in, you ask? It was either Dr. Doom’s time platform or a timer on Chris’s iPhone. We’ll let you decide.
Music: 2Pac – “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted,” “Changes,” and “When Thugs Cry”
Meltcast 034: Josh Fialkov, Tony Fleecs, DC Digital, Hastings, Criminal, Jam!, Return of Bruce Wayne
This week we cram over 10hrs of traditional Meltcast content into a tight 90 minutes! For an appetizer we briefly touch what we’ve been reading: CRIMINAL: THE SINNERS, JAM!: TALES FROM THE WORLD OF ROLLER DERBY, DAREDEVIL #507, SPIDER-MAN: SHED, and pirate action galore with THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE #3.
Then, as DC launches their opening salvo into the war of digital supremacy, we discuss their five-pronged digital attack, outflanking Marvel on day-and-date distribution, digital royalties, something called the retailer affiliate program, and the ascendancy of comiXology as the new Diamond. On the flip side, we dissect the news of the first national comics chain as entertainment retailer Hastings makes a bold move into selling comics. Is this the re-invigoration of brick and mortar? A new king of the Direct Market? Or just another comic book dilettante on the block?
As if all that weren’t enough, we saved the best for last: our final segment is the long-anticipated arrival of Mr. Joshua Hale Fialkov, writer of ELK’S RUN, CYBLADE, THE CLEANERS and the now-on-shelves TUMOR! He brings us a treat in the form of creator Tony Fleecs and we delve into the joys of procreation, Fraggle porn (huh?), comics’ Library Binding subculture, the history of LA and much, much more.
How did we fit it all in, you ask? It was either Dr. Doom’s time platform or a timer on Chris’s iPhone. We’ll let you decide.
Music: 2Pac – “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted,” “Changes,” and “When Thugs Cry”