Perfect Bound Comic Book Podcast

Today on the show, we welcome back the Stumble Bound crew at the top of the show to talk about toys. Cole first introduces us to Wayne D. Barlowe’s Power Lords toy line from Revell that unfortunately drowned in the cartoon-riddled toyscape of the 1980s.

Next, Chris tells us all about the Transformers: War For Cybertron toy line from Hasbro and the cool thing you can do with a blacklight and the box art.

The discussion weaves in and out of toy collection, speculation, nostalgia, and storage. If you’re a toy collector, then you can definitely sympathize with the turmoil we go through as toy aficionados.

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Today on Book Report, Chris reviews Sara from TKO Studios.

Nicole reviews Goddess Mode #1 from Vertigo.

And finally, Cole reviews The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion from Dark Horse.

Today, the gang talk about a number of things before getting down to business, including wrapping up their New Year’s Eve, the new Mystery Science Theater 3000, and the new Perfect Bound Podcast website – so check it out at perfectboundpodcast.com.

The first order of business today is discussing the new publisher TKO Studios, and how they plan to “shake things up.”

And secondly, it’s the return of the Stumble Bound crew, where Chris, Ben and Cole have a free-floating discussion fueled by pizza and beer. Among many other things, they talk about superhero movie fatigue, how they talk trash about both Marvel and DC, and Ben’s foray into the Schumacher Batman movies FOR SCIENCE!

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Today on a special show, we go back and revisit excerpts from some of our favorite interviews from our first two years of production.

Melissa Slaughter and Rachel Tyrell from the Fangirl Gathering talk to us about what Doctor Who means to them.

Georgia Ball and Heather Nuhfer relay stories about Brony conventions and how that community has been unfairly maligned in pop culture.

And finally Larry Reid, David Natale, and Aunt Mimi talk about unseen early Robert Crumb artwork that was on exhibit in the Fantagraphics Book Store in late 2016.

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Today, the gang reconvene for a fresh start to 2019 and talk about:

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

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Today on Book Report, Cole reviews The Omega Men: The End Is Here from DC.

Chris reviews Yugi Ishikawa’s Wonderland from Seven Seas.

And finally, Nicole reviews Fantastic Four #5 from Marvel.

Based on our discussion recently on the creators of Husband and Husband getting a project pulled because of plagiarism, we talk about swiping in the comics industry. What’s the difference between swiping, plagiarism, archetypes, homage, tributes, parody, pastiche, etc…? Tune in as we dive in to these terms to try to figure it all out and discuss instances of the famous and not-so-famous artists swiping artwork for their comics.

Then we talk about our favorite titles from this year and talk about all of the quality comics that were released in 2018.

https://ia601507.us.archive.org/21/items/PerfectBoundEp203/PerfectBound_Ep203.mp3

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Today on Book Report, Nicole reviews Exorsisters from Image.

Chris reviews Transformers: The Lost Light and Transformers: Optimus Prime from IDW.

And finally, Cole reviews The Wrong Earth from Ahoy Comics.

Today on a very special Best of show, we revisit our favorite Book Reports from 2018. Sit back, relax, and listen to some of the books you should, or shouldn’t have, read this past year.

https://ia601503.us.archive.org/31/items/PerfectBoundEp202/PerfectBound_Ep202.mp3

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First off, Cole reviews Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology

Nicole reviews The Tea Dragon Society from Oni Press.

Cole reviews the final artwork of Bernie Wrightson in Frankenstein: Alive Alive! from IDW.

Chris reviews Aliens: Dust to Dust from Dark Horse.

Nicole reviews My Boyfriend is a Bear from Oni Press.

Cole reviews The Prisoner from Titan Comics.

Chris reviews Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu from Udon.

Nicole reviews Petite: The Ogre Gods, Book 1 from Lion Forge.

And finally, Chris reviews Bebop and Rocksteady Hit the Road from IDW.

Today on the show, the gang revisit some stories from newsdays past, including:

• DC reveals DC #1000 plans

https://ia601505.us.archive.org/28/items/PerfectBoundEp201/PerfectBound_Ep201.mp3

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Today on Book Report, Cole reviews Alien3: The Unproduced Screenplay from Dark Horse.

Chris reviews Anne Frank’s Diary from Pantheon Books.

And finally Nicole reviews Sean Murphy’s Off Road from IDW.

Today on the show, we finally get together and talk about the passing of Stan Lee. What was his true impact? Did he deserve his notoriety? How soon post-mortem can you speak ill of the dead? Take a listen as we dive into the legacy of the godfather of Marvel Comics and try to balance the positive impact he had on comic book’s pop culture relevance with his ruthless self-marketing at the expense of other creators.

https://ia601507.us.archive.org/19/items/PerfectBoundEp200/PerfectBound_Ep200.mp3

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Today on Book Report, Cole reviews Infidel from Image.

Nicole reviews Open Earth from Limerence Press

And finally, Chris reviews Pandora’s Legacy from kaBoom!

Today is a special “Best Of” episode, where we revisit some of our favorite Quiz Time segments from our second year, so sit back, relax, and enjoy some trivia questions from the past.

https://ia601508.us.archive.org/28/items/PerfectBoundEp199/PerfectBound_Ep199.mp3

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Today on this cyber Monday, the gang talk about the upcoming Alfred Pennyworth prequel series, and how we feel it’s quite unnecessary. We also talk about other instances of unnecessary spinoffs – be they TV show, movies, or comics – and whether they were successful or not.

https://ia601506.us.archive.org/29/items/PerfectBoundEp198/PerfectBound_Ep198.mp3

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Today on Book Report, Chris reviews San Hannibal: The City of Love and Fear from POP! Goes the Icon.

Nicole reviews Petite: The Ogre Gods, Book 1 from Lion Forge.

And finally, Cole reviews Swamp Thing Halloween Horror and Cursed Comics Cavalcade from DC.