Quarter-Bin Podcast #98 Free Comic Book Day 2017 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? 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 Blood & Ink Records. Promo #1: Earth Destruction Directive Promo #2: Warlord Worlds Next Episode: Doom 2099 #14 & 15, Marvel Comics, cover-dated February & March 1994. 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.

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #023 April 2017 So what comics did Professor Alan read during April? How many were Rebirth books? How many were for the upcoming epic epic epic Quarter-Bin #100? How many featured the (original) World's Greatest Detective? How many were based on the works of one of the greatest literary minds in history? Listen to this exciting episode #23... 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: I'm the Gun Next Episode: What comics did Professor Alan read during May? Listen in early June and find out! 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 #97 Fables 73, 74, & 75, DC Comics / Vertigo, cover-dated July, August, & September 2008. "The Voyage of the Sky Treader," "A Very One-Sided War" & "The Fire Ship," all by Bill Willingham, with art by Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha & Andrew Pepoy. This is it! After 72 issues, Fabletown takes the battle to the Adversary. Even with all of their modern tactics and weapons, can they finally free the Homelands from the Emperor's grip? Listen to the episode 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: Wonder Woman: Warrior for Peace Next Episode: FREE COIMC BOOK DAY 2017!  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: Half Price Books

Quarter-Bin Podcast #96 100 Bullets #11, DC Comics / Vertigo, cover-dated June 2000. "Heartbreak, Sunny Side Up," by Brian Azzarello, with art by Eduardo Risso. A mother meets a mysterious stranger, and from him, learns the fate of her missing daughter. He offers her an opportunity to set it straight, in a manner of speaking. What will she do? Listen to the episode ... 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: Deconstructing Comics Next Episode: Fables 73, 74 & 75, The Vertigo line of DC Comics, cover-dated July, August, & September 2008. 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: Half-Price Books 

Shortbox Showcase #51 - The Global View After going over a good amount of listener feedback, Emily & Professor Alan talk to Tim Young from Deconstructing Comics, who has lived in Tokyo for more than 25 years. They talk about the comics scene in Japan, how dominant manga is in Japan, and the problems with storing paper comics in a small apartment. This is the second part of a Shortbox Showcase / Deconstructing Comics crossover. Earlier in the week, Em & Alan appeared on episode 542 of Deconstructing Comics, where they talked with Tim about the first volume of the 2015 volume of Power Man / Iron Fist. Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Waiting for Doom 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 #022 March 2017 So what comics did Professor Alan read during March? How many were Rebirth books? How many were for the upcoming epic epic epic Quarter-Bin #100? How many were Manga-inspired takes on magical girls? Listen to this exciting episode #22... 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: Comics with Normies Next Episode: What comics did Professor Alan read during April? Listen in early May and find out! 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

Uncovering the Bronze Age #10 -- When Snowbirds Fall! Not a hoax! Not a dream! Not an imaginary podcast! This time around, Em talks about a truly classic comic book story. These stories tackle the twin scourges of drugs and bad mentoring. What gets abused more in this storyline: heroin, or Roy Harper? Listen to the episode .. and find out! Green Lantern / Green Arrow #85 & 86, "Snowbirds Don't Fly" and "They Say It'll Kill Me ... But They Won't Way When," by Denny O'Neil, with art by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano, DC Comics, cover-dated Aug/Sep and Oct/Nov, 1971. Click on the player below to listen to the episode Right-click to download episode directly Promo #1: Two True Freaks Promo #2: The LanternCast Music used in the episode in by Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Dead Artist Syndrome ... and someone else. Send e-mail feedback to [email protected] You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Professor Alan could not get a new episode out this week. And since the earliest episodes have dropped off the iTunes feed, it seemed like a good idea to re-post an old classic episode! Here it is ... Uncovering the Bronze Age #1! ----------------------------------------- Em makes her first foray into the Bronze Age of Comics with Superman 233: Superman Breaks Loose and the Kryptonite Nevermore Arc. Denny O'Neil? Team Swanderson? SCIENCE?! Awesome. We would love to have your feedback on this episode! Send e-mail to [email protected] 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. "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek.

Quarter-Bin Podcast #95 Sandman 47, 48, & 49, DC Comics / Vertigo, cover-dated March, April & May 1993. "Brief Lives: Parts 7, 8, & 9," by Neil Gaiman, with art by Jill Thompson, Vince Locke & Dick Giordano. Dream and his kid sister Delirium are on a road trip to find their brother Destruction, who abandoned his responsibilities three centuries ago. Will they find him, and if so, at what cost? Will they be able to convince him to rejoin the Endless family and take up his duties again? Are these comics as good as the hype would have us believe? Listen to the episode 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: To The Batpoles! Next Episode: 100 Bullets #11, The Vertigo line of DC Comics, cover-dated January 2000.  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

Quarter-Bin Podcast #94 Madame Xanadu #1, DC Comics / Vertigo, cover-dated August 2008. "Chapter the First," by Matt Wagner, with art by Amy Reeder Hadley. When a woman who can see the future sees calamity, can she do anything to change that fate? Can her powerful lover the Wizard do anything? How about the eerie Stranger who shows up unannounced? Can anyone change the coming disaster? Listen to the episode 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: Punch Like a Girl Next Episode: Sandman 47 - 49, DC Comics / Vertigo, cover-dated March, April & May 1993. 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: Half-Price Books