Kray Z Comics And Stories

Joe and Cory are delayed again so this is LAST week’s episode posting on Monday for THIS week.  How dare they have jobs and lives!  It will happen again! So, to take the edge off, they give a bunch of reviews of funny books, like

We also have:

All of this, the usual shenanigans and Much, Much More!

The comic book equivalent of the Oscars are called the Eisners, and they are given out every year at the San Diego Comic Con. They are the awards for the best comics as voted on by comic book professionals and since 1988, and in this episode, Cory!! and Joe talk about the winners of Best New Series since those awards began up until 2015!
Do they remember them? Did they buy and read them? And did those series live up to their early potential? They discuss all fo this and much, much more!!

Mark Maia is a BAFTA winning creators who has worked in video gaming, has a long running YouTube show about board games, and has tossed his name in the comics Arena with a different story about werewolves, vampires, and zombies. He sits down for an interview about the book So Called Living, his comics journey and why he has the need to create new things. From the wilds of Canada, Cory!! introduces you to Mark Maia!

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/so-calledliving/so-called-living-books-3and4
So Called Living website: https://www.socalledliving.com/
YouTube for all things boardgaming: https://www.youtube.com/c/BoardGameCoffee

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in December 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!

So, where has Joe “Kray Z” Rider been lately? ON A ROAD TRIP TO RENO! And thsi week he talks all about it as Cory reads comics. He talks about:

The Retro Review is by Cory!! and it is the comic:  Sad Sack Laugh Special 54

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in December 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!

Joe has been a busy, busy guy this summer, so we FINALLY got him to sit down for a bit to record a podcast, and we discussed:

Joe has gone nuts with buying autographed books.

Joe is heading to Reno on a Road Trip!!

Cory!! Left the house ON HIS OWN to a big used book sale.

Joe did a bunch of non-comics stuff!

Cory!! Tells a story about the first attempt at comics creators forming a union in the early 1950’s.

Joe had American Foooood at the Fair

The Retro Review is by Joe and it is the comic:  Miss America #70

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in November 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!

Nostalgia. Is it a clear way to success for a comic book or a quick fix that fades rapidly?  This week, Cory!! and Joe talk about that as well as:

Comics news potpourri

Retro Review: Chamber of Chills #2 – Marvel 70’s horror anthology comic

All of this, the usual shenanigans, and Joe does not get a shiny new dime.

Life got you down?  Needing a pick me up after a rough time of it?  We get it. Covid is back, the election is draining, and there’s only been one Marvel movie this year so far.  So, Joe and Cory!! Go over the comics they like to revisit for a warm, glow of entertainment and nostalgia.  They discuss:

They also go over:

Joe does not have a retro review, but he goes over 5 random comics from his box of comics he bought from dollar bins.

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!