Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #049 June 2019 So what comics did Professor Alan read during June? How many were sent in by lovely listeners? How many featured reboots of Golden-Age properties? How many were brand-new books, right off the shelves? Listen to this exciting episode #49 ... and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.  Promo: Trentus Revisits Smallville Next Episode: What comics did Professor Alan read during July, another month of his summer vacation?  Listen to the next episode, which should be available in early August. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky  You can follow the network Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan

Quarter-Bin Podcast #137 Time Warp #1, DC Press, both cover-dated October / November 1979. 8 All-New Exciting Sci-Fi Thrillers! Doomsday Tales and Other Things! This comic is from one of Professor Alan's favorite genres -- over-sized Bronze Age sci-fi! Does it live up to his expectations? How many of the 8 stories are classics? Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through the Apple Podcasts store or the RSS Feed. Promo: RaD Adventures Network Music in the episode was "Return," by Responsibly Wild., aka Patrick Boberg, @PatBoBomb  Next Episode: Star Wars: Tales from Mos Eisley, Dark Horse Comics, cover-dated 1996. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlan Source: World's Greatest Comics

Quarter-Bin Podcast #136 Queen & Country 19 & 20, Oni Press, both cover-dated October 2003. "Storm Front, parts 4 & 5," written by Greg Rucka, with art by Carla Speed McNeil. This wraps up the 5-issue storyline "Operation Storm Front," in which British MI6 agents handle the kidnapping of a British businessman in the Republic of Georgia. Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through the Apple Podcasts store or the RSS Feed. Promo: To The Batpoles! Next Episode: Time Warp #1  DC Comics, cover-dated October / November 1979. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlan Source: World's Greatest Comics

Shortbox Showcase #65 - Defining our Terms In this episode, Em and Alan are taking one of their common segments, and turning it into an entire episode! We talk about a range of topics and concepts that arise out of criticism, reviews, and fan culture. It's a throwback episode to the good ol' days of semi-academic, pseudo-intellectual pretension!!!!!!!!! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: The Council of Geeks YouTube page Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #048 May 2019 So what comics did Professor Alan read during May? How many were falling apart or cover-less? How many were purchased at a newly-discovered used bookstore? And how many featured a certain Latverian leader and his beloved Mommy? Listen to this exciting episode #48 ... and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.  Promo: Coffee & Comics Next Episode: What comics did Professor Alan read during June, the first full month of his summer vacation?  Listen to the next episode, which should be available in early July. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky  You can follow the network Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan

Quarter-Bin Podcast #135 Free Comic Book Day 2019 It's time for the official holiday of The Quarter-Bin Podcast! How did Professor Alan do at Free Comic Book Day this year? How many books did he nab -- and what did he think of them? How many stores did he end up visiting? How many of the books were worth the price? And which dear dear friend did he unintentionally ignore and insult? Listen to the episode and find out!  Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Music for this episode is from Comrades, whose music you can find at Facedown Records. Promo: Batgirl to Oracle Next Episode: Queen & Country 19 &20, Oni Press, cover-dated October & November 2003. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Shortbox Showcase #64 - Feedback and SPACE In this new episode, Alan and Em go over a bunch of wonderful listener feedback. After that, Alan talks about his recent visit to the Small Press and Alternative Comic Expo (SPACE). Just how mini are mini-comics? Did Alan find any academic colleagues who write comics on the side? And HOW MUCH did he spend on a single comic book????????? Listen to this episode ... and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: DC: OCD Link: The SPACE Con Link: Marcus V. Calvert's books on Amazon  Link: Maryanne Rose Papke Link: Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Link: Artist Suzanne Baumann Link: Writer Terry Eisele Link: The Comic Nightingale Link: Jess Ann Artz Link: Writer Neil Moherman Link: Time Trvlr Mini-Comics Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Quarter-Bin Podcast #134 Neil Gaiman's Teknophage #1 & #10, Tekno Comics, cover-dated August 1995 & March 1996. "Hideous Rex," by Rick Veitch, with art by Bryan Talbot & Angus McKie. and "The Day God Came From the Machine," by Paul Jenkins, with art by Al Davidson. This wraps up our two-episode mini-series focusing on the Tekno Comix line of books, from Big Entertainment. We talk about these two issues, and also go over a piece of feedback from a Tekno Comix editor. Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Longbox Crusade Next Episode: Free Comic Book Day 2019 (we hope) Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlan Source: In The Ballpark

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #047 April 2019 So what comics did Professor Alan read during April? How many were new DC books? How many were falling apart or coverless? And how many were purchased at a newly-discovered used bookstore? Listen to this exciting episode #47 ... and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.  Promo #1: The Overlooked Dark Knight Promo #2: Deconstructing Comics Link: Christopher Mills' Atomic Pulp Comics Link: Manuel Carmona's Truthful Comics Link: Info about Comics for Christmas Next Episode: What comics did Professor Alan read during May?  Listen to the next episode, which should be available in early June. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky  You can follow the network Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan

Quarter-Bin Podcast #133 Gene Roddenberry's Lost Universe #1, Tekno Comix, cover-dated April 1995. "O Brave New World," by Lawrence Watt-Evans, with art by Jim Callahan & Aaron McClellan. and Isaac Isamov's I-Bots #9, Tekno Comix, cover-dated February 1997."Rebirth, Chapter 3: Bot to Front," written by Cliff Biggers & Brett Brooks, with art by David Jacob Beckett, Pat Broderick, & Mark Heike. This is the first of a two-episode mini-series focusing on the Tekno Comix line of books. Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Drawn and Paneled Next Episode: Teknophage 1 & 10, Tekno Comix, cover-dated August 1995 & March 1996. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected]  "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlan Source: In The Ballpark