Comic Playground

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Comic Playground is becoming 'The Frank Caliendo Cast Is Nerding Out' and will become an offshoot of the Frank Caliendo Cast where the Comic Playground Crew joins the Caliendo Cast to discuss 'Nerding Out' topics. FUTURE posts will be posted at www.thefrankcaliendocast.com where you can download and subscribe.

SO THEN, in this FIRST episode of The Frank Caliendo Cast Is Nerding Out, The Caliendo Cast of Frank & John Holmberg share some final opinions on The Joker and how it seems to be resonating with audiences. Then The Comic Playground Crew of Brian Augustyn, Zack Colman, Adonnis Blake & Donny Ivory join the fray to discuss their favorite 'Jokers', Zack Colman gives a superb TED Talk-style dissertation on Pokemon Go, and Brian Augustyn teaches a 101 course on The Flash.

Frank is joined this week by Bryan Augustyn, Corban Ford, and Adonnis Blake to discuss their thoughts and expectations for the upcoming DC release of 'The Joker', starring Joaquin Phoenix following the studio's release of the "final" film trailer, and Corban announces news of a rumored Black Batman casting.

This week scheduling snafus meant that Corban was the only cast member available so he enlisted some help and is joined by our buddies, Jon Mendte & Mr Mauer, from our sister podcast The Fireside Crew (www.welcometofireside.com @FiresideCrew) for a breakdown of the D23 Expo.

The guys discuss what it was like in the 60's for an 11 year old Brian Augustyn to see his beloved characters hit the big screen for the first time, the prevailing feeling about those characters at the time, and how the process has evolved across the decades to the high budget productions of today MCU & DCU.

The guys welcome the return of the listener/subscriber mailbag and answer questions submitted on social media as well as a return of the infamous Mark V.

Comics & Movies Referenced:

MCU - Marvel Cinematic Universe, D.C. Universe, Batman Dark Night Returns, Batman Hush, Jim Lee (artist, writer), Watchmen, Tom King (writer), Image Comics - Outcast, Walking Dead, Walking Dead Comic Book, Rick Grimes, Comic Book Grading, Marvel Civil War, Mark Millar, Steve McNiven, Silver Surfer, Batman: The New 52, Nightwing, Batwoman, House of X, Powers of X, Maximum Carnage, Stan Lee, Todd McFarlane, Flash Gordon, Rise of the Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four, Venom, Ghost Rider, X-Men Origins Wolverine, Ang Lee Hulk Movie

The guys welcome in famed comic book writer/editor Brian Augustyn as part of the team for a discussion of his career, the new Amazon Prime series 'The Boys' and dream super hero roles for actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson

The CP gang is joined by the inimitable Mr. Maurer from The Fireside Crew (www.welcometofireside.com) for a deep discussion on the DC Cinematic Universe and its past, present and future projects.

The guys are joined once again by David Morrison of Cretaceous Designs (@epicofrheno) for a discussion of all things seen & heard from SDCC, Ken informs us of a new Scott Snyder Project, Corban's excited for new DC Infinite Earths content coming to the CW and Donny is looking forward to Marvel's upcoming Shang-Chi project!

The guys get into a SPOILER-filled discussion of Marvel's Spiderman: Far From Home.

The guys get back in gear with a discussion on the impact of Mad magazine as DC announced the end of NEW publications. Then they do a deep-ish character dive on the character of the Joker before finally getting into a spoiler-free review of Spider Man: Far From Home!