Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

It's been a long time coming and now we sit down to discuss the first four issues of Robert Kirkman's Invincible. And who knew it would cause this much of a division in the Speakers of Geek? Find out who liked it and who didn't in this Book of the Month Club episode! (52:57)

The Amazing Amazon turns 70 this year, so we're kicking off a series of spotlights featuring the various ages of Wonder Woman. William Moulton Marston's character and her origins are just as interesting as the creator himself. From invisible jets to Cheetahs, listen in to hear a fascinating part of comics history. (1:10:16)

Introducing! returns as we discuss and compare the first appearances of Black Panther (Fantastic Four 52), Black Lightning (Black Lightning 1) and Bring the Thunder (Bring the Thunder 1). (1:18:07)

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Marvel's Modern Age, Bruce Rosenberger joins us for this first spotlight looking at Marvel in the '60s and the appearances of the Fantastic Four, Hulk, Spider-Man, Avengers, X-Men, Daredevil, Doctor Strange and so many more. (1:13:38)

We plunge into voicemails and emails giving us a chance to talk about Chaos War, Secret Warriors, comics that make us cry, Mike Allred, getting back into comics for lapsed readers, a Book of the Month Club update, the return of Drunk Cap and more! (1:16:19)

Mighty Mike Norton returns to fill us in on his newest endeavor, Battlepug! the webcomic! It's dog meets Conan from the artist on the current Young Justice comic. We also learn of his return to the character of Gravity in the Fear Itself Youth in Revolt mini-series and more! (46:33)

We've talked about Top 5 Couples in the past, now it's time to talk about Top 5 Rivals! Hero vs Villain. Hero vs Hero. Team vs Team. Villain vs Villain. Brother vs brother. Just what are the great rivalries in comic books? (1:28:23)

It's a mixture of comic and tv talk as we dig into Hulk, Richard Stark's Parker the Hunter, Archaia's Cyclops, Borders closings, All Star Superman animated movie, No Ordinary Family and more. (52:13)

Three creators, three great projects! Hoang Nguyen discusses the upcoming Carbon Grey series (Image); cartoonist Mike White chats about Amity Blamity vol.1 (SLG); and Harold Jennett's Geek Syndicate the Comic podstrip is heading to print! (1:14:28)

With the help of Cory Lewellen, co-editor of Gothamknightsonline.com, we spend the entire episode discussing all the various titles in the Bat-Universe. From Batman to Red Robin, Gotham City Sirens to Detective Comics, it's a status quo look at everything Batman! (1:15:05)

It's that time again to dig into the monthly Previews as we look at those comics and trades and merchandise shipping in April. Dark Horse, DC, Marvel, Image, Drawn & Quarterly, Ape, Oni - lots of good stuff this month! (1:20:47)

In this followup to last week's Comic Talk episode, we discuss the listeners' reactions to the question of What is the Role of the Comic Book Publisher? What did they agree with, what did they disagree with and what other suggestions did they have? (1:21:12)

This time around we take a look at issues 13 thru 18 as well as Justice League Generation Lost, Birds of Prey, events happening in recent Green Lantern titles, speculate on the identity of the Champion of Earth, the ending and more! (1:02:36)

Convention Director, Jim Demonakos, joins us once again as we prepare for our first stop on the 2011 CGS Convention Tour: Emerald City Comicon in Seattle! We hear about the new guests, the move to a three day weekend, preparing a show for the fans and more. (1:04:06)

Fallen Heroes author, and Geek Syndicate co-host, Barry Nugent joins us for the upcoming release of the Fallen Heroes comic book adaptation; we then talk with Geek Savant David Dwonch about his Back in the Day oneshot from Action Lab. (1:06:04)

The listeners have voted and it's time to announce the winners in our CGS Best Of 2010 Awards! It's a mix of surprises, runaway and repeat winners followed up by a discussion on a few titles we want to see in 2011! (1:14:07)

In this Comic Talk episode, we continue our discussion of the various roles and responsibilities in the buyer - retailer - creator - publisher chain. This time we focus on the Comic Book Publisher. We then follow it up with discussions on the new Superman casting, seller's remorse, Age of X and more. (1:30:46)

A new artist! An old Top Cow team favorite! The second act of Artifacts brings in Whilce Portacio and Cyber-Force! But which side are they on as the search for Hope and the 13th Artifact bearer continues! (29:14)

Book of the Month Club returns for 2011 and first up is Marvel's Squadron Supreme! In what could be considered Mark Gruenwald's magnum opus, heroes take on the government and each other in order to save the world! Does it hold up after its initial release 26 years later? Find out! (1:02:41)

It was a week of news and high profile comic books! Wizard Magazine goes through some major changes, independent comic creators call for action, we discuss Fantastic Four 587, give away the last round of Super Show Early Bird Ticket prizes and more! (1:37:03)