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Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 273 The Fantastic Read Through-Fantastic Four 21-30!
In 1961 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created a comic book called The Fantastic Four. Detailing the adventures of four friends endowed with super powers, The Fantastic Four was an immediate hit and would change the comic book landscape...
Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 272 SHAZAM!
SPOILERS! In 1939 writer Bill Parker and artist C.C. Beck created the character of Captain Marvel in the pages of Whiz Comics # 2. Created to capitalize on the success of the smash hit that was Superman, Captain Marvel would eventually come to eclipse the Man of Steel...
Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 271 The Emily Hecht Valiant Comics Interview!
Kristian is home from a wonderful trip to WonderCon! While at the convention he was finally able to get the opportunity to interview someone from one of his favorite comic publishers, Valiant Comics! Yes, it's happening people! A Valiant Comics interview! Emily Hecht...
Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 270 Us!
SPOILERS! Two years ago actor/writer/producer Jordan Peele stunned the world with his feature film directorial debut Get Out. Known mostly for his comedy, Peele created a horror masterpiece that also functioned as social commentary on the racial issues that are a part...
Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 269 The Baby Badass Returns Kickstarter!
Last year the comic Baby Badass debuted through Action Lab Danger Zone and became an indie comic cult hit almost immediately. Last week co-creator David Schrader and writer of Baby Badass began a Kickstarter to fund the second chapter in the Baby Badass saga known as...
Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 268 Captain Marvel!
SPOILERS! Carol Danvers is a character who was originally created by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan as part of the supporting cast for the original Marvel Captain Marvel back in the late 1960's. In her time in comics she would eventually become Marvel's female counterpart...
Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 267 The David Pepose Spencer and Locke Interview!
Every once in a while, a creator comes up with an idea that makes other creators green with envy and makes them think, “Why didn’t I think of that?” When David Pepose thought up the concept of taking Calvin and Hobbes and dipping it into the morally murky world of Sin...
Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 266 Alita-Battle Angel!
In 1990 Manga creator Yukito Kishiro began the publication of his epic cyberpunk adventure series, Gunnm. Known as Battle Angel Alita in its English translation, the series would become an underground favorite in the nineties among American comic fans who would be...
Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 265 The Rylend Grant Aberrant Interview!
Rylend Grant is a screenwriter who has worked with or had projects optioned by Hollywood heavy hitters such as J.J. Abrams and Ridley Scott. He's had success at getting his projects noticed and made money off of them but, much like many other successful writers in the...
Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 264 The John Morrow Stuf’ Said! Interview!
After the death of Jack Kirby in 1994 John Morrow decided to print up a small newsletter dedicated to his love of Kirby’s art. Little did Mr. Morrow know that The Jack Kirby Collector, as he had titled it, would become a publication that would change the direction of...
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