Tyler and Jeff have read Onyx from Chris Ryall and Gabriel Rodriguez from IDW Publishing! Listen in as we talk about our thoughts on the epic miniseries. Spoilers!

Don’t forget to listen to the episode before this one where interview Chris Ryall, COO of IDW and the writer of this series and upcoming ROM.

Synopsis: 

Onyx tells the tale of a female metal-suited warrior who comes to Earth on a quest to either save the planet or destroy it. It’s up to a team of super-soldiers to figure out which before it’s too late, and before a much greater threat overwhelms both them and the planet itself.

WRITER: Chris Ryall. ARTIST: Gabriel Rodriguez. COVER ARTISTS: Gabriel Rodriguez, Alan Robinson, Charles Paul Wilson III, Ashley Wood, and Sal Buscema. COLORIST: Jay Fotos. LETTERER: Shawn Lee.

Via: IDW Publishing, Comicvine, Comic Book Database, Deviantart, and Twitter. 

Onyx is a four-issue miniseries collected in a single trade paperback available on IDW’s store, Comixology, or at your local comic book shop!

About IDW Publishing:  

Founded in 1999, IDW started as an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels, and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California, and has grown into a fully integrated media company that now includes IDW Games, IDW Entertainment, Top Shelf Productions, and the San Diego Comic Art Gallery. Two of the original founders, Ted Adams (CEO & Publisher) and Robbie Robbins (EVP), still actively manage the company, along with IDW’s executive team, which consists of Greg Goldstein (President & COO), Chris Ryall(CCO & Editor-in-Chief), and Matt Ruzicka (CFO), and David Ozer (President, IDW Entertainment).

IDW Publishing is regularly recognized as one of the top four comic book publishers in the US. Over 80 IDW titles have appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers list. In FY2015 alone, IDW published over 500 unique comic book titles and over 250 graphic novels.

Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE, MY LITTLE PONY, and JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS; Paramount/CBS’s Star Trek; Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Toho’s Godzilla; Twentieth Century Fox’s The X-Files; Sony’s Ghostbusters, Temple Street Productions’ Orphan Black; multiple monthly Disney titles; and many more.

Via: IDW Publishing. 

To keep up with IDW Publishing, be sure to follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Ryall’s career didn’t begin with comics, he was also hired by none other than Kevin Smith to run the entertainment website moviepoopshoot.com (now http://www.asitecalledfred.com) which was featured in the movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Ryall would come to join IDW Publishing in the summer of 2004 and ro...

Another epic weekend this Summer has the Gathering talking about horror, South Park, Superman, and Hastings! Definitely an episode you don’t want to miss!

This week Ashley, Haley, Jeff, Kevin, and moderator Tyler is spooked to talk about crap you may or may not care about! But, Hideo Kojima is back!

Question of the week: Who is your least favorite comic book character?

Other topics: South Park The Fractured But Whole, Stick of Truth, Superman, Kenan Kong, scary movies, scary video games, Silent Hill 2 premiere, Silent Hill, Exorcist, Hastings, VR, Pokemon Go, PS4, PS2, PS3, science, Superman vs. Goku, Goku, Warcraft, Conjuring, Annabelle, Paranormal Activity, hard copies, digital downloads, Clockwork Orange, Get Shorty, Total Recall, Jurassic Park, All You Need is Kill, Edge of Tomorrow, Chronicles of Narnia, Game of Thrones, Avatar the Last Airbender

Like to drink? We have a drinking game here are the rules! Don’t drink and drive!

Tyler’s Failed segues

Tyler cuts in on episodes he shouldn’t be in

Evan forgets what he was talking about

‘Green Lantern’ film mentions

‘Jurassic Park Lost World’ love

Corona threatens someone

‘Dark Knight Rises’

Eric opens a beer on mic

“I swear to god” is said

Tyler says a pun

Tim says ‘Touche’ or ‘Fair enough’

Tyler is interrupted by someone

Ashley brings up Disney

Any time Albert mentions his podcasts

Any time someone mentions JJ Abrams

Glory holes being mentioned

Someone has two picks of the week!

Kathryn calls out a ‘shameless plug’

Whenever Jeff gets too inappropriate

Whenever Evan asks ‘Can I finish?’

Kathryn says “That escalated quickly”

Every time someone forgets Haley is on the podcast

 

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The celebration and ultimate gathering for gamers and the gaming industry is upon us. This is where GamerKulture gets redefined, pursued, and reinvented. This is our E3 2016 2-hour Special (aka the holiday special).

This week, we have an ultimate cast from GamerKulture including Kuma, Wyldkard, Sbooks, TheMcPhailure, Decafzzz, DAsilvanator, and our honorable friend SqueakyBearGamer. Get their reactions to Sony’s, Microsoft’s, EA’s, Ubisoft’s, and Bethesda’s press conferences including all the announcements made this week.

Day 1 coverage (also known as Day Zero in some Kultures…) will be the focus of the first hour while hour two will include plenty from Nintendo’s second day takeover. 

Subjects mentioned:

God of War, Xbox One S, Project Scorpio, Kingdom Hearts, Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, Sun/Moon, Resident Evil, Kojima, Star Trek VR, VR, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Battlefront, Battlefield One, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo, Nintendo NX, Gears of War 4, The Last Guardian, Mass Effect Andromeda, The Division, Bioshock, Titanfall 2, Quake Champions, Doom, Bethesda, Prey, Just Dance, and more !

 

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Uh oh… The Gathering tackle geek elitists! This week we enjoy another Skype-ful episode. We talk movie or TV adaptations, being a geek in the past vs currently, and a nice DBZ rant from Sean!

Join this week cyberly with the pirates Jon, Kevin, Sean, Stephanie, moderator Tyler, and guest Marlo from Anxiety Gaming!

Question of the week: Which cartoon character would you like to be best friends with if you could?

Other topics: Kill la Kill, Dragonball Z, Cake Wars, Captain America, Hollywood vs geekdom, Dumbledore, source material, Hobbit vs Lord of the Rings, Tauriel, Smaug: movie vs book, Big Bang Theory, geek tropes, celebs in the geek closet, comic book stores pressures, frustrating games.

For more information about Anxiety Gaming check their site:

http://anxietygaming.com/

Like to drink? We have a drinking game here are the rules! Don’t drink and drive!

Tyler’s Failed segues

Tyler cuts in on episodes he shouldn’t be in

Evan forgets what he was talking about

‘Green Lantern’ film mentions

‘Jurassic Park Lost World’ love

Corona threatens someone

‘Dark Knight Rises’

Eric opens a beer on mic

“I swear to god” is said

Tyler says a pun

Tim says ‘Touche’ or ‘Fair enough’

Tyler is interrupted by someone

Ashley brings up Disney

Any time Albert mentions his podcasts

Any time someone mentions JJ Abrams

Glory holes being mentioned

Someone has two picks of the week!

Kathryn calls out a ‘shameless plug’

Whenever Jeff gets too inappropriate

Whenever Evan asks ‘Can I finish?’

Kathryn says “That escalated quickly”

Every time someone forgets Haley is on the podcast

We are on iTunes, so review us!!

Don’t forget to share us, like us, follow us, and subscribe!

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IndiComix has chosen IDW’s Onyx as its title for the month of June. In this episode Tyler and Jeff interview IDW Publishing’s Chief Creative Officer and Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall!  Onyx is a miniseries penned by Ryall with artwork contributed by Gabriel Rodriguez (Locke & Key, NOS4A2).

Synopsis: 

Onyx tells the tale of a female metal-suited warrior who comes to Earth on a quest to either save the planet or destroy it. It’s up to a team of super-soldiers to figure out which before it’s too late, and before a much greater threat overwhelms both them and the planet itself.

WRITER: Chris Ryall. ARTIST: Gabriel Rodriguez. COVER ARTISTS: Gabriel Rodriguez, Alan Robinson, Charles Paul Wilson III, Ashley Wood, and Sal Buscema. COLORIST: Jay Fotos. LETTERER: Shawn Lee.

Via: IDW Publishing, Comicvine, Comic Book Database, Deviantart, and Twitter. 

Onyx is a four-issue miniseries collected in a single trade paperback available on IDW’s store, Comixology, or at your local comic book shop!

About IDW Publishing:  

Founded in 1999, IDW started as an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels, and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California, and has grown into a fully integrated media company that now includes IDW Games, IDW Entertainment, Top Shelf Productions, and the San Diego Comic Art Gallery. Two of the original founders, Ted Adams (CEO & Publisher) and Robbie Robbins (EVP), still actively manage the company, along with IDW’s executive team, which consists of Greg Goldstein (President & COO), Chris Ryall(CCO & Editor-in-Chief), and Matt Ruzicka (CFO), and David Ozer (President, IDW Entertainment).

IDW Publishing is regularly recognized as one of the top four comic book publishers in the US. Over 80 IDW titles have appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers list. In FY2015 alone, IDW published over 500 unique comic book titles and over 250 graphic novels.

Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro’s TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE, MY LITTLE PONY, and JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS; Paramount/CBS’s Star Trek; Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Toho’s Godzilla; Twentieth Century Fox’s The X-Files; Sony’s Ghostbusters, Temple Street Productions’ Orphan Black; multiple monthly Disney titles; and many more.

Via: IDW Publishing. 

To keep up with IDW Publishing, be sure to follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Ryall’s career didn’t begin with comics, he was also hired by none other than Kevin Smith to run the entertainment website moviepoopshoot.com (now http://www.asitecalledfred.com) which was featured in the movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Ryall would come to join IDW Publishing in the summer of 2004 and rose up in the ...

The Gathering goes to the outside realm on this episode! We record at Good Food in downtown Anaheim, CA and talk movie reshoots, multiplayer games, movies that disappoint us, and Peter Dinklage!

Join Albert, Haley, Jeff, Tim, and moderator Tyler on this mediocre outdoors adventure!

Question of the week: What movie disappointed you the most when you watched it for the first time?

Oher topics: Avatar the Last Airbender, Michael Bay, Tim Burton, Hail Hydra, Pop Comics, Darkwing Duck, Overwatch, MMO, Rogue One, multiplayer games, Marvel, IDW, DC, Point Break, Choo Choo Rocket, Dreamcast, GTA V, Goldeneye, WoW, Mass Effect, Everquest, Halo, Rugar, Tom Clancy, Han Solo prequel, Suicide Squad, Mad Max, Creed, TMNT, X-Men, Grey’s Anatomy, Brad Garrett, JUlianne Moore, Channing Tatum, Oscar Isaacs, Dwane Johnson, Station Agent, Peter Dinklage, Chris Ryall, Nicolas Cage, Tiptoes, Hold the Door

Like to drink? We have a drinking game here are the rules! Don’t drink and drive!

Tyler’s Failed segues

Tyler cuts in on episodes he shouldn’t be in

Evan forgets what he was talking about

‘Green Lantern’ film mentions

‘Jurassic Park Lost World’ love

Corona threatens someone

‘Dark Knight Rises’

Eric opens a beer on mic

“I swear to god” is said

Tyler says a pun

Tim says ‘Touche’ or ‘Fair enough’

Tyler is interrupted by someone

Ashley brings up Disney

Any time Albert mentions his podcasts

Any time someone mentions JJ Abrams

Glory holes being mentioned

Someone has two picks of the week!

Kathryn calls out a ‘shameless plug’

Whenever Jeff gets too inappropriate

Whenever Evan asks ‘Can I finish?’

Kathryn says “That escalated quickly”

Every time someone forgets Haley is on the podcast

We are on iTunes, so review us!!

Don’t forget to share us, like us, follow us, and subscribe!

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Overwatch! Overwatch! Overwatch!

This week, join DA, Kuma and Sbook as they discuss everything Overwatch! They name off their favorite heroes to least favorite hero to play against, explain the evolution from Project: Titan, and showcase the lore/roles/balance/marketing/all the things about this gloriously fun FPS role-based 6v6 multiplayer game brought to by Blizzard Entertainment!

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Subjects mentioned:

Overwatch, World Of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Battlefront, Call of Duty, Hearthstone, Starcraft, Battleborn, Destiny, Dark Souls, Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age, Team Fortress 2, Warcraft, The Lost Vikings, and Project Titan!

 

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You’re on Facebook, right? Well like our page and tune in to us streaming The Gathering every week! Pre-Show starts at 6PM and the episode will start shortly after. Don’t miss extra banter, topics, editing, Tyler freaking out, and more!

From dating your favorite fictional character, to experiencing the theater shows we love, to music concerts (including Queen!) History and wish fulfillment is everywhere on this episode!

Join Haley, Aelynn, Paul, our special guest Russell (Facebook.com/BrussellSproutsCosplay), and moderator Evan this week as they talk their love for the theater, Paul tells a joke, and that teaser for Walt Disney Studios’s upcoming live action film Beauty and the Beast.

Question of the week: What fictional character would you want to go on a date with (your date will correspond with the character’s normal activities or crime fighting)?

Other topics: Charlie Weasley, Harry Potter, Frodo, Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, She-Hulk, Pink Ranger, Power Rangers, Marvel, Cat-Woman, DC, Beauty and the Beast, Trailer, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Broadway, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Live Aid, Queen, Concerts, Daft Punk, Tron Legacy, 42nd Street, Jersey Boys, Book of Mormon, Ian McKellan, Idina Manzel, Robert Downey Jr, Nathan Lane, Lion King, John Malkovich, Julie Andrews, Glass Menagerie, Rip Torn, Meryl Streep, Al Pachino, James Earls Jones, King Lear, Kenneth Branagh, Abyss, Method Acting, James Cameron, Avatar, San Diego Comic Con International, Nathan Filiion, Castle, Cancellations, Time Travel, CW, Supergirl, Netflix, Marvel Studios, Batman V Supeman Dawn of Justice, The Flash, Arrow, Preacher, Game of Thrones, Chicago, Avenue Q, Overwatch, One Piece.

More information on the WB/DCEU shake up: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batman-v-superman-fallout-warner-895174

Like to drink? We have a drinking game here are the rules! Don’t drink and drive!

Tyler’s Failed segues

Tyler cuts in on episodes he shouldn’t be in

Evan forgets what he was talking about

‘Green Lantern’ film mentions

‘Jurassic Park Lost World’ love

Corona threatens someone

‘Dark Knight Rises’

Eric opens a beer on mic

“I swear to god” is said

Tyler says a pun

Tim says ‘Touche’ or ‘Fair enough’

Tyler is interrupted by someone

Ashley brings up Disney

Any time Albert mentions his podcasts

Any time someone mentions JJ Abrams

Glory holes being mentioned

Someone has two picks of the week!

Kathryn calls out a ‘shameless plug’

Whenever Jeff gets too inappropriate

Whenever Evan asks ‘Can I finish?’

Kathryn says “That escalated quickly”

Every time someone forgets Haley is on the podcast

 

We are on iTunes, so review us!!

Don’t forget to share us, like us, follow us, and subscribe!

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On the last episode we interviewed Christine Hipp and Joie Brown, now we sit down and discuss the anthology. 15 stories in this amazing, independent book and the conversation of Jeff and Tyler are found on this week’s episode!

Anthology Info:

The Ladybug Anthology features 15 comic book and short stories by members of the Los Angeles Women’s Comic Creators League (aka The Lady Bugs), a group dedicated to creating a safe space for women who love comics to create, make friends, and HAVE FUN! Stories range from scifi hijinks to test day jitters in elementary school!!

For more info on the league, like their Facebook page here!

The ‘LadyBug Anthology’ can be bought on ladybugcomics.com and is being published through the fine people at The Comic Bug!

For the digital copy, click here! For a physical copy, click here!

To check out Joie Brown’s awesome webcomics, such as Clucked and Everstar on her site:

www.heyjoiecomics.com

Links to her Facebook and social media are on her site!

To find Chrsitine’s hilarious new webcomic Bounty Hunter Space Besties on her website:

www.bountyhunterspacebesties.com

Support her on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/chipp

Links to her Facebook and social media are on her site!

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Intro music by Bensound. FInd out more here:

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Please support your local comic book stores!

Do you like Watchmen? New Teen Titans? Dark Horse’s Star Wars comics?  We interview Barbara Randall Kesel who edited these staple comics and much more!

Jeff interviews Barbara at the Manhattan Beach Comic Bug, during the release of the Ladybug Anthology.  We had the pleasure of speaking with her, getting insight and gaining knowledge of the comic industry.  She discusses how she began editing, moved from publisher to publisher, and what the conditions used to be like vs. how they are now.  It was a great pleasure to speak with Barbara and we hope you enjoy this episode!

For more information, check out Barbara’s Wikipedia page or her website.

Follow her on Twitter @barbarakesel or on Facebook.

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Intro music by Bensound. Find out more here:

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