This week we wrap up (reboot?) the Rocky franchise with 2015's "Creed". On the show is special guest Deron Bennett - an award-winning comic book letterer and artist based out of New Jersey. We sit down and discuss this refreshing reboot of the franchise. 

In the Lobby:

Deron Bennet 

AndWorld Design - www.andworlddesign.com

AndWorld Design on Twitter - https://twitter.com/andworlddesign

Deron Bennett on Comixology

https://www.comixology.com/Deron-Bennett/comics-creator/5010?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC90b3BSZXN1bHRzU2xpZGVy

Tom and Deron worked on this together:

https://www.comixology.com/Justice-League-No-Justice-2018/comics-series/115670?ref=c2VhcmNoL2RldGFpbC9kZXNrdG9wL2xpc3Qvc2VyaWVzU2VhcmNoRGV0YWlsTGlzdA

How does a comic book letterer work? - Slate.com

http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/working/2017/09/how_does_comic_book_letterer_deron_bennett_work.html

The Runaway Franchisees are:

Dom Delledera (http://youtube.com/itsallfunandgames)

Ed Jelley (http://edjelley.com)

Tom Napolitano (http://tomnapolitano.com)

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No guest spot this week but the boys enter the retirement home to face up against 2006's Rocky Balboa…in what might be the most challenging sad, bummer movie the Runaway Contenders have ever faced. Did this movie bring the hard-hitting inspirational classic that the Boyz have come to enjoy during the Rocky Franchise? Or did it make them crawl in a hole and die…?

In the Lobby:

The boys get hyped for next episode's special guest, Eisner, Harvey and Glyph Award Nominated Letterer and Creator, Deron Bennett! Listen next week to learn more about him and his thoughts on the movie Creed!

The Runaway Franchisees are:

Dom Delledera (http://youtube.com/itsallfunandgames)

Ed Jelley (http://edjelley.com)

Tom Napolitano (http://tomnapolitano.com)

Home page (https://runawayfranchise.com)

Email ([email protected])

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The Franchise Playas enter the ring to face-off with 1990's Rocky V! But this time Rocky is ringside while Tommy "The Machine" Gunn tries to replicate the knockout successes of the former entries. Check out if Ed, Dom and Tom embrace this new contender or do they feel abandoned by Rocky and start hanging out with a bunch of coconuts smoking at a street corner after being very disrespectful to Santa? You gotta listen to find out!

In the Lobby:

Leagues to Deep Blue Sea is HOTLY contested! Ed reads over a 100 leagues in this episode, but who had the single most leagues?! How many leagues is TOO deep?! Ed might metaphorically drown in these reading of Leagues to Deep Blue Sea! (Might even be literally!!!)

Also! Spooky scary emails keep coming in! And even more evidence arises to point to who may be the despicable, detestable, damnable, depraved that keeps terrorizing the podcast! Pic in the Shownotes for the indecipherable evidence.

Shownotes:

Indecipherable evidence…

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The Franchise Playas enter the ring to face-off with 1990's Rocky V! But this time Rocky is ringside while Tommy "The Machine" Gunn tries to replicate the knockout successes of the former entries. Check out if Ed, Dom and Tom embrace this new contender or do they feel abandoned by Rocky and start hanging out with a bunch of coconuts smoking at a street corner after being very disrespectful to Santa? You gotta listen to find out!

In the Lobby:

Leagues to Deep Blue Sea is HOTLY contested! Ed reads over a 100 leagues in this episode, but who had the single most leagues?! How many leagues is TOO deep?! Ed might metaphorically drown in these reading of Leagues to Deep Blue Sea! (Might even be literally!!!)

Also! Spooky scary emails keep coming in! And even more evidence arises to point to who may be the despicable, detestable, damnable, depraved that keeps terrorizing the podcast! Pic in the Shownotes for the indecipherable evidence.

Shownotes:

Indecipherable evidence…

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It's round 4 of the Rocky Franchise! Packed to the brim with robots, synthesizers, montages, music, steroids, friendship and punches! But is that winning formula the Runaway Boyz need to keep their momentum going? Found out if Ed, Dom and Tom think this is just razzmatazz or another knockout classic!

In the Lobby:

In what has really become a Runaway Segment, Ed reads this weeks Leagues to Deep Blue Sea and gosh darn this competition to the deepest leagues is getting hot! 3 contenders stepped in ring, only one get their arm raised! But to be fair the only loser is Ed's well-being…

Also, shocking evidence has been submitted that reveals the possible identity of the mysterious emailer…

Shownotes:

Friend of the podcast, Brandon McNeil, submits evidence to his links to Deep Blue Sea, with Keanu Reeves and Daniel Craig!

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Another round for the Runaway Boyz with 1982's Rocky III. The boyz felt like champions after watching the last Rocky while their reign of pleasant watching continue as Rocky takes on the likes of Thunderlips! Or will Clubber Lang bring ruin to this rising franchise! Get in the ring with Dom, Ed and Tom to find out!

In the lobby:

Ed receives a video from a terrifying presents in the Runaway Franchise mailbox. Here's the Leagues to Deep Blue Sea from their mysterious admirer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJZXj5VCWKY

The Runaway Franchisees are:

Dom Delledera (http://youtube.com/itsallfunandgames)

Ed Jelley (http://edjelley.com)

Tom Napolitano (http://tomnapolitano.com)

Home page (https://runawayfranchise.com)

Email ([email protected])

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This week the Box-away Boys watched Rocky II from 1979. Did this movie get Dom, Ed and Tom pumped to beat up the air or some fools, or did they slip into a coma for this cultural classic? Come listen to them eat lightning and crap their pants…I think that's how the line goes? Hey editor? Can I get a retake on that?

In the Lobby:

Ed reads the Leagues to Deep Blue Sea! Find out if someone broke the record for going the deepest!

Also, a Leagues to Deep Blue Sea graphic sent in by Rick Matthews! Also, a mysterious emailer continues to send cryptic emails…WHAT DO THEY MEAN?!

The Runaway Franchisees are:

Dom Delledera (http://youtube.com/itsallfunandgames)

Ed Jelley (http://edjelley.com)

Tom Napolitano (http://tomnapolitano.com)

Home page (https://runawayfranchise.com)

Email ([email protected])

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BA DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNN DUH DA DUN DUN DUNNN BAH BAH BA BAH BA BA BAHHHH BAHHHH DAHHHHHHHH. In this episode we start the iconic "Rocky" series featuring Sylvester "SLYDAWG" Stallone. For Ed, this movie is weird as hell because he's never seen it. Listen in to hear our breakdown of this classic sports drama (really?). Quit hangin' around like a spider, and get downloadin' ya coconuts on the corner.

Show notes:

Fight Choreography (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fdDOytKpU)

Butkus The Dog (https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/news/a14026/sylvester-stallones-dog-butkus-helped-launch-the-actor-to-stardom/)

Stallone's Shitty Pen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1D6xAo8N0I)

In the lobby:

WE. WILL. READ. ANY. EMAIL. YOU. SEND.

Hit us up with your Rocky leagues to Deep Blue Sea ([email protected])

The Runaway Franchisees are:

Dom Delledera (http://youtube.com/itsallfunandgames)

Ed Jelley (http://edjelley.com)

Tom Napolitano (http://tomnapolitano.com)

Home page (https://runawayfranchise.com)

Email ([email protected])

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This week, Ed is lost in his kitchen…so Dom and Tom didn't want to step in the ring with Rocky Franchise just yet so they gave 2013-2015's Hannibal television show a watch! Dom went in expecting to hate anything Anthony Hopkins wasn't in and Tom messes up what work Mads Mikkelsen has done…Find out where the television show lands in their rankings of the Hannibal Franchise!

In the Lobby:

Tom reluctantly fills in Ed's role of reading any emails, this week's being exceptionally chilling!

Shownotes:

Hulu's Hannibal vignette,

Tom's Critters illustration mentioned during the lobby.

The Runaway Franchisees are:

Dom Delledera (http://youtube.com/itsallfunandgames)

Ed Jelley (http://edjelley.com)

Tom Napolitano (http://tomnapolitano.com)

Home page (https://runawayfranchise.com)

Email ([email protected])

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The boyz, in this mental torture podcast, were forced to watch 2007's Hannibal Rising. This week Ed attacks movie theater recliner seats, Tom blasts generous Google users and being unable to rent this horrifically terrible movie, and Dom is the only one that absorbed anything that happened in this movie. Do yourself a favor if you never seen this movie…just listen to this podcast…don't watch this movie…

In the Lobby:

Ed, as contractually obligated, reads a possible Nigerian scam from possibly Nigeria and also reads an impressive Leagues to Deep Blue Sea, but does it knock J from the top of the deepest Leagues Hall of Fame?

The Runaway Franchisees are:

Dom Delledera (http://youtube.com/itsallfunandgames)

Ed Jelley (http://edjelley.com)

Tom Napolitano (http://tomnapolitano.com)

Home page (https://runawayfranchise.com)

Email ([email protected])

Subscribe on iTunes

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