Perfect Bound Comic Book Podcast

This fine evening, the gang gather around the mics inside Comics Dungeon and, based on an article from polygon.com, talk about Superheroes who kill. Is it okay now? Superman and Batman had a code to not kill, but it seems that these days they’re okay with hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent bystander deaths during epic battles. Justified or not, can you call a character a “superhero” if they kill.

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Today on Book Report, Cole reviews Black AF: Widows and Orphans and Black AF: Devil’s Dye from Black Mask.

Chris reviews The Ogre Gods: Half Blood from Lion Forge.

And finally, Nicole reviews Mariko Tamaki’s Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me from First Second.

Today on a lovely spring evening, the gang gather ’round the microphones and discuss the news of the day, including:

• The Olympia Comics Festival is this Saturday, June 15th

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Today on Book Report, Chris and Cole team-up on Batman: Last Knight on Earth from DC.

And finally Nicole reviews Go For It, Nakamura! and Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart both from Seven Seas.

Today on a Brand. New. Show! The gang gather round the good ol’ comics table and talk about a few noteworthy items from the news of the week including:

• Warren Ellis relaunches Wildcats

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Today on Book Report, Chris reviews Benjamin Dewey’s The Complete Collection of Tragedy Series from St. Martin’s Griffin.

Cole reviews Guy Colwell’s Doll from Fantagraphics.

And finally, Nicole reviews Takuto Kashiki’s Hakumei & Mikochi from Yen Press.

Today on the show, we wrap up Free Comic Book Day, and talk about the latest news in the comics world, including:

• Jonathan Hickman tries to fix X-Men by turning it off and turning it back on

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Today on Book Report, Nicole reviews Excellence #1 from Image and Skybound.

Chris reviews The War of the Realms: Strikeforce: The Land of Giants #1 from Marvel.

And finally, Cole reviews Dr. Sheena Howard’s Encyclopedia of Black Comics from Fulcrum Publishing and Black Comix Returns from Lion Forge (be sure to stay tuned for the next episode of The Panel Jumper).

Today we welcome a very special guest – prolific comic artist and creator of the Trekker series – Ron Randall. Ron joins us via Skype to regale us with tales from his time as an artist during the early days at Dark Horse, why Trekker contains a strong female protagonist, working at Helioscope Studios, the reason he put Trekker online for free, and his upcoming Kickstarter.

For more information on Ron’s upcoming Trekker Kickstarter, which launches May 28th, 2019, check out trekkerkickstarter.com. And of course you can read all previous Trekker comics at trekkercomic.com.

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Today on the show, the gang tackle a smattering of comics-related stories, including:

• Star Wars movies will take a break after Episode IX

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Today on Book Report, Nicole reviews Dragon Quest Monsters Plus from Seven Seas.

Chris reviews Thunderbolt Mobile Suit Gundam Book 2 from VIZ Media

And finally, Cole reviews Matt Sheean & Malachi Ward’s Ancestor from Image.

Today at the top of the show, Cole relays a story regarding the recently deceased Peter Mayhew. Once we get down to talking about comic book news, we discuss:

• What’s up at Comics Dungeon / Corner Comics these days?

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Today on Book Report, Cole reviews Fearscape from Vault Comics.

Chris reviews Pilu of the Woods from Oni Press.

And finally, Nicole reviews Marvel Rising #1 from Marvel.

Today on a special episode, we hang out with Chris and Scott from Comics Dungeon during new comic Wednesday to talk about what it’s like to own and run a comic book store in Seattle.

We learn why Scott bought Comics Dungeon, how long Chris has worked in comics retail, the changes in the industry in the last 25 years, the process to order comics for the store from myriad publishers and distributors, the problem with comic speculators, how the store deals with overstock comics, why they carry vintage comics, the grant process for educators to fill their classrooms with comics, and Free Comic Book Day.

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And don’t forget to visit Comics Dungeon and Corner Comics on Saturday, May 4th, 2019 for Free Comic Book day.

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Today is a special Flintstones episode. Yes, it’s a collection of all the times we had an issue of Mark Russell and Steve Pugh’s The Flintstones during book report.

It’s also an interesting emotional arc for our very own Cole Hornaday as we hear his initial intrigue with the title during Nicole’s first book report on issue number 1, Cole subsequently falling in love with the comic as he reviews issues #4 and #6, and finally his devastation as the series abruptly comes to a close with issue #12.

So here is every time we’ve reviewed The Flintstones.

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Today on an ever increasingly rare current episode, the gang gather together once more to pontificate wildly about comic-based stories coming out of C2E2 2019 such as:

• Marvel announces new “Death’s Head” series from Tini Howard and Kei Zama

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Today on Book Report, Chris reviews Little Bird from Image.

Nicole reviews Liz Suburbia’s Egg Cream #1 from Czap Books and Silver Sprocket.

And finally, Cole review’s Grant Morrison’s Green Lantern #1-4 from DC.