Views From The Longbox Version 2.0

This week Michael welcomes his friend Elizabeth to the show to discuss feminism in comic books and comic book fandom. After Elizabeth discusses what drew her to comics (hint; Godzilla and Transformers) they get to the heart of the matter. This is definitely not a typical episode but it is thought provoking and hopefully entertaining.

Dragon*Con 2008 Part 2/ Laurell K. Hamilton. Mai Tais. Trader Vic's. Death in the Family. Yeah, that about covers it.

The traditional post-DragonCon episode is here again. A little late but it's here. This year Michael is joined by his semi-regular co-host Shag and they begin their discussion of how it all went down in 2008. This episode inlcudes the usual opening banter, followed by talk of costumes and dealers' rooms. Also Michael and Shag go over the swag they picked up this year. And remember, there is a contest going on right now, so stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear the details.

Welcome to the extra-sized episode fifty of Views From The Longbox. Michael had a lot of "anniversary issue" formats to choose from and goes with the old looking at the past before moving forward idea. Michael goes over some of his earliest comic purchases, when he became a collecter, when he became and addict and asks if it is possible for him to ever stop collecting comics. Also a smallish contest begins and Michael reads some listener mail. Listener discretion is advised and encouraged.

Welcome to Views From The Longbox's Bat Week; a six day celebration of the Dark Knight Detective. For the next six days Michael and his sometime co-host Shag discuss the cinematic versions of the Caped Crusader as well as taking one day to talk about Batman's greatest villain. In the sixth and final installment Mike and Shag review/discuss THE DARK KNIGHT, the newest cinematic take on Batman. The flick is dicussed from all angles and Mike reveals why this version of the Joker is his favorite. Part 6 of 6.

Welcome to Views From The Longbox's Bat Week; a six day celebration of the Dark Knight Detective. For the next six days Michael and his sometime co-host Shag discuss the cinematic versions of the Caped Crusader as well as taking one day to talk about Batman's greatest villain. In the fifth instlamment Mike and Shag talk about the previously mentioned Batman's greatest villain Egghead...er...the Joker. Favorite stories are discussed, Mark Hamill is discussed and the Joker is given his due, which is good because if he didn't get his due he would have killed Mike and Shag. Part 5 of 6.

Welcome to Views From The Longbox's Bat Week; a six day celebration of the Dark Knight Detective. For the next six days Michael and his sometime co-host Shag discuss the cinematic versions of the Caped Crusader as well as taking one day to talk about Batman's greatest villain. In the fourth instlamment Mike and Shag hash out BATMAN AND ROBIN and never once vomit, which was amazing all things considered. Then they move on to the greener pasutres of BATMAN BEGINS. Part 4 of 6.

Welcome to Views From The Longbox's Bat Week; a six day celebration of the Dark Knight Detective. For the next six days Michael and his sometime co-host Shag discuss the cinematic versions of the Caped Crusader as well as taking one day to talk about Batman's greatest villain. In the third installment Mike and Shag talk BATMAN RETURNS and BATMAN FOREVER, which are both kind of terrible, though RETURNS sucks worse. Penguins with rockets on their backs. That's all that needs to be said. Part 3 of 6.

Welcome to Views From The Longbox's Bat Week; a six day celebration of the Dark Knight Detective. For the next six days Michael and his sometime co-host Shag discuss the cinematic versions of the Caped Crusader as well as taking one day to talk about Batman's greatest villain. In the second installment Michael and Shag take a very long look at the 1989 Batman film. This wasn't so much a movie as it was an event and the guys take this one from all sides. The movie, the music, the merchandising. It's all here. Well, it's nearly all here. They don't actually play the movie or anything. Part 2 of 6.

Welcome to Views From The Longbox's Bat Week; a six day celebration of the Dark Knight Detective. For the next six days Michael and his sometime co-host Shag discuss the cinematic versions of the Caped Crusader as well as taking one day to talk about Batman's greatest villain. In the first installment of this "mini-series" Michael and Shag looks at the 1966 live action Batman film as well as the television series and the impact that show had on comic fans. Part 1 of 6.