Witness the team at Afronerd as they use their conservative (and sometimes independent) microscopes to analyze this week's topics de jour: Academy Award winning actor, Matt Damon had some choice words for President Obama (check the video, above) which leads to a larger question of whether the love affair between the President and Hollywood is over; continuing last week's discourse regarding several high profile and racially charged events (the firing of a Christian Dior designer, the absence of Black models for NYC's Fashion Week, the lack of diversity of last week's Oscars); former Arkansas Governor and Fox News commentator, Mike Huckabee made several disapproving statements aimed at actress Natalie Portman pertaining to her out of wedlock pregnancy and lastly, Dburt and The Captain discuss the controversy centered around Brigham Young University basketball player suspended for having consensual relations with his girlfriend

Join Dburt and Captain Kirk as they discuss the following issues: we left Libya on the table this past Sunday, so we will pick up it up at the top of the broadcast-Will Colonel Gaddafi step down before anymore civilians are slaughtered? How much US and international intervention can be expected?; it appears that we must speak about the unavoidable.....Charlie Sheen. Are the media taking advantage of the actor or vice versa? ; Dburt rants about the erecting of yet another Black Church (as opposed to a conventional business) in a neighboring NYC town; another murder-death-kill story centered around a young woman of color's demise over a $20 debt; only in post racial America-("Blackouts" during the Oscars & NYC's Fashion Week, a designer professes his love for Hitler and a White college scholarship)....what does it all mean?

Join the Comic Shoppe team at the designated time (7pm) and location (thecomicshoppe.com or afronerdradio.com) as they shed light on the following pulp flavored issues: a rebroadcast of our '09 interview with the late great Dwayne McDuffie; the team's expectations for the upcoming Dynamite helmed Kirby: Genesis series; with expectations running feverishly high for The Dark Knight Rises-is it possible that the film might be able to break the "threequel" curse?; taking a page from the above Ifanboy clip, the team will ruminate on the importance of "shippiness" or romance in graphic novels; speculation (or is it concern?) on the cost of the 2012 Avengers film and lastly, our recommendations for comic book must reads.

Join Captain Kirk and Dburt as they bring their customary wit and sharpness to decipher the following weekly data: hip hop artist, Kanye West recent twitter remarks concerning abortion and high finance; picking up last week's forgotten topic pertaining to the Wall Street Journal article on adult male immaturity; Does the debut of the IBM supercomputer dubbed "Watson" on TV's Jeopardy mark the beginning of a Skynet dystopic future?; Atlanta area children get a dose of unwanted Adult subject matter at a recent Universoul Circus event; a parent willing to offer their body parts in a Craigslist ad in order to pay off student loans-fact or fiction and lastly, the latest news on the Libyan revolution

Team Afronerd will have their phasers locked on "stun" as they discuss the following issues: a few topics that were "left on the table" from Sunday's show-internet star, Keenan Cahill's struggles, Oak Bluffs' Black Historical legacy and Super Bowl commercial controversies..finally; a recent article posits whether the term "Uncle Tom" still has meaning in today's society; the checkered history as to why so many African Americans bear "Washington" as a surname; a WSJ article questions whether American men are suffering from a form of extended adolescence and lastly, it appears that President Obama's former chief of staff, Rahm Emmanuel has won the Chicago mayoral race (but you saw that coming, didn't you?)

Check out tomorrow's Comic Shoppe broadcast, when the team discuss the following pulp flavored goodies: a more in depth discourse on expectations for the Captain America film. Will a version of Ken Baker's Truth graphic novel (a send up of the Tuskegee experiment-there was a Black Capt. America before Steve Rogers) make it to the silver screen?; will the current direction of the Hulk mythos remain? How long will there be multiple Hulks in the Marvel Universe?; a brief discourse on Independent/alternative comics from Joe Benitez' Lady Mechanika to Dynamite's Warlord of Mars series, courtesy of Aspen Comics; Dburt review (and addiction) to the new Marvel vs Capcom 3 video game-predictions for downloadable content and whatever happened to the DC vs Capcom talk wayback in '06; Kevin Costner's name has been added to Zack Snyder's Man of Steel film and if time permits, our favorite graphic novel reads from the previous week(s)

It's time (as always) to battle lower tier sentiment and sensibilities on Afronerd Radio, this Sunday at 7pm eastern. But before the battle begins, Dburt and Captain Kirk have their tricorders ready to analyze the following maladies: it appears that the NY media have been locked on a tragic story involving a college bound, prep school scholar from Harlem and her allegiance to a street gang (Jaquan has something to do with this......literally); Wisconsin is under the spotlight with labor unions fighting for survival and why the protests look a lot like Egypt; a commendation goes to a Chicago charter school's 100% Black male student college matriculation rate; a continuation of last week's topics (Oak Bluffs, Super Bowl commercial controversies) and a brief nod to the struggles of internet sensation, Keenan Cahill....whew!

Join Dburt and Captain Kirk as the following issues are analyzed: CBS journalist Lara Logan is brutally attacked/sexually assaulted in Egypt shortly after the resignation of President Mubarak; a madman's knife wielding rampage in NYC leaving three people dead and others injured; a synopsis of this year's Grammy Awards including Justin Beiber fans cyber attacking noted jazz musician Esperanza Spalding for her Best New Artist win; Janet Jackson's new memoir, Piers Morgan interview and her recent revelations; more thoughts on two controversial Super Bowl commercials and lastly, if time permits more musings on encounters with the "lower tier."

In the immortal words of the legendary hip hop artist, Rakim..."It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you." Well we're back and in full effect! Join Max, Dburt, Daryll B and designated hitter, Captain Kirk for a new and exciting (Afronerd Radio Presents) Comic Shoppe broadcast. The Comic Shoppe team will be discussing the following: the recent Super Bowl trailers for Thor and Captain America as well as the internet release of X-Men: First Class; after months of speculation, denials and wrangling, Smallville fans will see the return of Lex Luther aka Michael Rosenbaum for the season finale; thoughts on the upcoming release of the Allstar Superman animated DVD; our thoughts on the end of the Guitar Hero franchise, the release of Marvel vs Capcom and the gameplay of DC Universe Online (incl. a new trailer entitled Fractured Future, below) and lastly, our favorite comic book reads from the previous weeks.

Stop by Afronerd Radio this evening as Dburt and Capt. Kirk discuss the following topics: the connection between the horrific Queens molestation case and a 9 year old receiving a vulgar and sexually explicit text message; the gossip blog, Media Takeout's "contribution" to Black History month; Dburt's first experience with the Opie and Anthony show; the Craigslist congressman, Christopher Lee and the woman of color that reported his antics and lastly, Rush Limbaugh's weekly and unabated rant about Black women and a certain Pepsi Super Bowl commercial.