Where there's fire, there's smoke and undoubtedly crew at The Comic Shoppe discussing all things pulp, pop, sci-fio and everything in between.  Stop by Tuesday at 7pm eastern to hear Captain Kirk, Dburt and Daryll B wax on the following topics:  Rise of The Planet of The Apes takes in 54 miilion at the box office and wins over naysayers and critics to boot!; more problems (how many Robins can a Batman mentor in the DCnu) with encroaching 52 book reboot for DC; more talk of a DC vs Marvel video game when a head honcho at Capcom says it would be HIS dream project (as well as every other gamer); Cat Woman and Superman live action pics reach the net; more fallout over a Spiderman of color-Newsarama.com's piece on race and superheroes and lastly, our favorite/suggested graphic novel reads from the previous week.

Hey Folks!  It's that time...AGAIN!  Check out Afronerd Radio tonight at 7pm eastern.  The "brain" food being served on the menu this evening is: the U.S. financial rating has been downgraded to a AA rating for the first time in history; the block is hot in Philly-miscreants shoot upon innocents on a public bus; (a leftover from a previous show)-Precious author, "Sapphire" has a new book entitled, The Kid and it's lower tier exploitation at its best (or is that its worst);  Dburt reviews Rise of the Planet of The Apes and by extension how works of fiction grow closer to reality than we'd like to believe and folks in DC ask-Does gentrification always have to be perceived as a bad word? Oh and another leftover from last week-Howard Stern Show's Robin Quivers had problems with the historical plausibility of Captain America: First Avenger. Stop by and join in on the discourse!

Join Captain Kirk and Dburt on this Wednesday's Mid Week in Review broadcast as they wax about the following issues: Dburt posits that lower tier life (especially if it ends up in injury, incarceration or death) sometimes appears to look like a Rube Goldberg machine (check above video)....i.e. horrific ghetto tales that are incredibly convoluted but somehow end up with innocents paying the price; President Obama signs the debt ceiling deal while Colorado GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn apologizes by indirectly connecting President Obama to a "tar baby"; a Chicago news station is under fire for distorting the words of a 4 year old boy in order to portray him as a criminal in the making; discussing the merits-yay or nay of a blog entitled, Stuff Black People Don't Like; The Stern Show's Robin Quivers writes a piece for The Huffington Post about Captain America: The First Avenger and it's adherence to political correctness at the cost of historical accuracy and lastly, remaining with the comic book theme, Marvel Comics decides to make the new Ultimate-verse Spider-man, a person of color.

Keeping it simple and to the point!  Join Dburt, Daryll & Capt, Kirk Tuesday at 7pm as they discuss the follwoing pop culture infused topics: a recent GQ magazine article highlighted the existence of real life costume vigilantes; picking up last week's forgotten topic concerning non fantasy TV shows (i.e. USA's Suits, Royal Pains, etc) having protagonists that have a skill or "super power"; thoughts about this past weekend's Cowboys and Aliens release and expectations for the Planet of The Apes reboot (Rise of The Planet of the Apes); Dburt might be a convert to DC's current Flashpoint event storyline and our favorite graphic novel suggested reads ferom the previous week.

Once AGAIN...Dburt returns for "dolo" (Capt. Kirk returns Tues & Wed) another episode of Afronerd Radio!  Stop by as he waxes on the following:  HBCU bully victim speaks out on coonery on Black college campuses; soul/jazz legend, Gene McDaniels passes at 76; Dburt discusses (finally) what it took for President Obama to be....well the president (aka the Jackie Robinson syndrome); an Arkansas student sues to be valedictorian of her classes instead of sharing the honor with a White student as well as other weekly stories that come up in his musings....

Afronerd with the emphasis on "featuring Captain Kirk" remains steadfast for tomorrow's Mid Week in Review broadcast airing at 7pm eastern, courtesy of Afronerdradio.com.  Stop by and listen to our musings on the following current event related issues:  out of deference to Captain Kirk, we will revisit a few topics that were discussed on Sunday's show (White female rapper, V-nasty's comfortable use of the N-word, Black men live longer/healthier in prison, $16 dollar TX home purchase) to hear The "Capitan" give his viewpoint; President Obama's speech concerning America potentially losing its AAA credit rating over the debt ceiling; reluctance of some to label the Norwegian massacre a Christian right wing extremist act; Dburt's "President Obama as Jackie Robinson" analysis and lastly Bill O'Reilly vs Chris Brown.

Let's just jump into it, shall we? Stop by The Comic Shoppe tomorrow at 7pm as Daryll B, Captain Kirk and Dburt analyze the following pop culture phenomena: our analysis of this past Friday's release of Captain America: The First Avenger-did it live up to the hype?; a discussion of metas on television-have you noticed that a number of TV programs (and movies) that are not conventional fantasy shows have become reliant on certain characters possessing a type of talent or "super power" (case in point-USA's lawyer themed show, Suits); San Diego hosted its 41st annual Comic Con International event with 130K plus in attendance; Capcom does it again, a few months after the release of Marvel vs Capcom 3, an Ultimate version is slated for release the fourth quarter of this year; Freddy Kreuger is coming to Mortal Kombat next week; in the wake of the independent comic book initiative, Womanthology, an all-female comics anthology with an all-star lineup of female creators, receiving substantial funding in 24 hours...the question remains-can a similar Black themed anthology be far behind? and lastly, our favorite graphic novel reading suggestions from the previous week.

Welcome folks and our apologies for the past preempted broadcasts but we are back live tonight at 7pm!  Dburt goes for "dolo" tonight and the Captain will return Tuesday and Wednesday.  The topics at hand:  legendary UK songstress, Amy Winehouse and equally legendary boxing promotor, Butch Lewis have both passed from the land of the living; more thoughts on what it takes to be the nation's 1st Black POTUS; alleged rapper V-Nasty proclaims her right to use the n-word as a White female; Bill O'reilly vs Chris Brown; more on the ghetocentric name debate from Dburt; a new report denotes that Black live healthier lives in prison and a man who bought a home in Texas for $16 has his neighbors fuming.  Stop by and join the discourse!

Join Dburt and Captain Kirk tonight at 7pm as they utilize their conservative (and sometimes independent) microscopes to bring analysis to the following topics: more horror-a young Brooklyn Hasidic boy who had been missing since Monday was found dead with a suspect in custody. Dburt recounts another story of a young woman of color who disappeared under similar circumstances minus the extensive manhunt or media attention; boxer extraordinaire, Floyd "Money" Mayweather burns money (literally) in a club in a down economy (with a government debt ceiling that has yet to be negotiated); the questionable actions of a recalcitrant father with a criminal past (video, above) might have led to the death of his 17 year old son; our thoughts on the Atlanta school system cheating scandal; the ghost of Lorena Bobbitt looms large with another spousal maiming story accept there's no chance for a microsurgery miracle in this case and lastly as an African-American man heads up a "Whites-Only" scholarship fund.....only in America.

Keeping it simple and succinct! Join The Comic Shoppe team-Capt. Kirk, Daryll B. and Dburt as they discuss the following pop/pulp culture issues: speculation on who might don the Spider tights in the Ultimate universe....perhaps a man of color?; filmmaker, Spike Lee has 2 BIG surprises-Do The Right Thing 2..sort of and helming the American version of Old Boy; addressing last week's topic of our most personal desiraable comic book/fantasy collectibles; Marvel's Iron Fist may be the next big thing; predictions for Marvel's Reborn series and lastly our favorite comic book reads from the previous week.