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“Never had it, never will! Ah Ah Ah! “ This week on the Crankcast…  mostly a catch-up after not talking for a bit, but we also mention the new OKGO videos, the weird situation with Diamond, C2E2 2025, and some other odds and ends.   Mail us here. Week 1021 – Time: 94min. – File […]

“I remember us sitting around talking about this 20 years ago… “ This week on the Crankcast…  we’re so cold, we talk a bit about Diamond filing chap11 bankruptcy and the fallout from that, the O.C. as a time-capsule, being sick over the holiday, stray dogs, Val Kilmer, and some other meanderings.   Mail us […]

“…all whacked off of Scooby Snacks…” This week on the Crankcast…  crank get his first Apple product, Mike does jury duty, we complain about shipping companies, talk about DAWs, and try to figure out how to make our 20th year somehow special.   Mail us here. Week 1001 – Time: 60min. – File Size: 27.5mb

“Asylum was trying extra hard…” This week on the Crankcast…  Mike’s been a wanderin’ to Walmarts in Arkansas and places in Canada, crank’s been in a work black hole, we talk about cons, Z Nation, Lovecraft Country, and whatnot.   Mail us here. Week 995 – Time: 68min. – File Size: 31.2mb

“Is Kyle MacLachlan really the mayor?” This week on the Crankcast…  it’s super rambly as we try to catch up with each other after not speaking for a month. At one point crank bores Mike to tears with the process talk of how he had to build some custom tails. Real enthralling stuff here, folks. […]

“It’s definitely not X-Men, got it?” This week on the Crankcast…  it’s super rambly as we try to catch up with each other after not speaking for a month. At one point crank bores Mike to tears with the process talk of how he had to build some custom tails. Real enthralling stuff here, folks. […]

“The bees are having sex in the bird’s mouth…” This week on the Crankcast…  crank and Mike aren’t at San Diego, crank quietly mentions Chris Makepeace Dayweek, Mike brings up an old movie crank hasn’t seen, Sean speaks up here and there, and there’s email!   Mail us here. Week 981 – Time: 70min. – […]

“He wrote In The Ghetto and A Little Less Conversation for Elvis…” This week on the Crankcast…  crank’s getting used to a new computer that he finally moved to after having built it in January, Mike had a bad music day, he also hates words, and there’s banter ‘n’ general chinwaggin’ in this joint…   […]

“It was a thoughtful movie…” This week on the Crankcast…  crank’s read Hex (1985), Mike hasn’t, there’s some talk about Poor Things and the director’s choice in lenses, Mike was stuck at home because of an asymptomatic Covid infection and was bored, crank’s brain wasn’t working because of the heat, general palaver…   Mail us […]

“It’s Jonah Hex in the future…” This week on the Crankcast…  we both have sore feet, Mike got snuggles with puggles at the Pugfest in Kentucky, we decide to read the scifi Jonah Hex comic from the 80s, then maybe we don’t, but we do? A bit of shop talk and wrapups on Night Man, […]

“Horse Killin’ USA is my favorite Marilyn Monroe movie…” This week on the Crankcast…  Mike was at MotorCity Comicon over the weekend, and then it was his berfday, crank rewatches the Night Man TV show and realizes it wasn’t very good, and we chitchat about other odds and ends…   Mail us here. Week 972 […]

“Oh it’s hideous…” This week on the Crankcast…  Mike takes his life into his own hands, tells us a bit about C2E2 and FCBD, he’ll be at the Detroit Motor Con and PugFest, figuring out how to sell your art when it’s digital, crank spends too much time trying to remember things about the Lost […]

“Oops, you’re a furry…” This week on the Crankcast…  Mike busts his face up, crank remembers Zoobilee Zoo while talking about PBS, Mike has cons and tells us the whens and wheres, crank truly rambles about… musicians and artists and their talents or something? Email!   Mail us here. Week 968 – Time: 62min. – […]

“It’s Howard the Duck weird…” This week on the Crankcast…  Emmons gives us a rundown on the insecurity of open source, Mike’s on his way to Hotlanta, Barbie, Barbie, Barbie, and crank drags the show out too long talking about Wrestlemania 40…   Mail us here. Week 965 – Time: 62min. – File Size: 28.4mb

“It’s a western…” This week on the Crankcast…  Mike’s nearly wrapped his new Battlepug work, we talk about the old and new Roadhouse movies (spoilery), crank can’t get away from Sylar, but did listen to new music based on write-in recs, and we’re trying to tighten up the show.   Mail us here. Week 964 […]

” I don’t know how bees work…” This week on the Crankcast…  Crank has a Prog Rock nightmare, Mike’s making more Battlepug, crank gets confused about planking, cat talk, HEROES revisited, other things have been watched, plus emails and a music reccomendation…   Mail us here. Week 962 – Time: 73min. – File Size: 33.5mb

It can’t rain all the time… This week on the Crankcast…  it was a slow week at the crankhaus, Mike’s car is racking up the bills, crank talks some current events because he can’t think of anything interesting that’s happened to him in the past week, Mike has a moment of self-awareness while trying to […]

Where did you go? This week on the Crankcast…  well, that was a bit of a hiatus. We’re back, I guess and crank and Mike try to catch up on what’s been going on with each other, some current events, freelance work life stuff, and email!   Mail us here. Week 959 – Time: 105min. […]

“Freedom of speech!” This week on the Crankcast…  Not free as in beer. We talk about truth in advertising, super hero movies, sleep stress, and some other stuff. There’s an email!   Mail us here. Week 949 – Time: 63min. – File Size: 28.9mb

“…a musky lawn?” This week on the Crankcast…  crank aches from being vaccinated, Mike messes with mics, Sean boops in with a news update, Mike gets weird with his anatomy gripes, and there’s a nice email. BoopBoopBop!   Mail us here. Week 945 – Time: 75min. – File Size: 34.4mb

“…that over-the-top painty art…” This week on the Crankcast…  crank(allegedly) puts a snake down a drain and the others can’t figure out why he wouldn’t put a snake in a better place, Mike’s (allegedly) become an armchair detective, Emmons (allegedly) loves Mrs. Davis, Andrew (allegedly) loves fantasy art, and we dive into the history of […]

“What story are you telling?” This week on the Crankcast…  I guess we’re not on a schedule anymore? Tevs. Mike learns modes, crank sees Suicde Squads, contrast and compare XTC and Oingo Boingo, so much laundry–so little time at the desk…   Mail us here. Week 940 – Time: 70min. – File Size: 32.1mb

“It has a glowing red fin and catches things on fire…” This week on the Crankcast…  crank grows increasingly anti-social, but we catch up a bit on family stuff, movies watched, and ancient data transfer methods. And email!   Mail us here. Week 938 – Time: 84min. – File Size: 38.5mb

“HAWWWWWK!” “That’s a different movie…” This week on the Crankcast…  crank caught up on some DC movies and reveals he knows practically nothing about DC, Mike rearranges his office, we kibbitz on Rifftrax and other odds and ends…   Mail us here. Week 935 – Time: 90min. – File Size: 41.3mb

“Good for hearing to you… GO FOR BREAK!” This week on the Crankcast…  Roger Whittaker, lots of RUSH, bad movies, new things found in the noveleization of the movie THE THING, Alan Dean Fostering the shit out of something, and cutting back on our music expenses are all things we talked about this week.   […]

“That’s so old…” This week on the Crankcast…  wow, super rambly episode full of website problem troubleshooting and talking about 20 years ago in music. Mike was checked out then so it’s mostly crank talking about it. And crabgrass. CRABGRASS MAN!   Mail us here. Week 931 – Time: 68min. – File Size: 31.2mb

“I liked it so I bought it…” This week on the Crankcast…  Happy 15th Chris Makepeace dayweek! Our schedule has gotten really bad, but we’re back this week catching up. Mike talks about going to Jackson for a signing for the Rock Gods of Jackson, Tennesee book out now from Dark Horse, his trip to […]

“Yeah, those are real expensive…” This week on the Crankcast…  Mike did a signing at a librarian convention with Rafer Roberts, crank tries to figure out what to do with boxes and boxes of single issue comp comics clogging up his library room, we talk about getting rid of guitars and maybe buying a Vox […]

“I don’t think that was a hit…” This week on the Crankcast…  ROCK GODS OF JACKSON, TENNESEE is in the direct market stores now! (July 4 for other distros), Mike’s going to do a signing down in Jackson, TB for it! We talk a bit about guitar chords, an Elvis song, the Housemartins’ Happy Hour, […]

“Who decided short shorts were unacceptable for men?” “I think they’re coming back…” This week on the Crankcast…  we’re running late again, but at least we’re in the same week. Mike got Swayzeed, crank talks about working on a newer Cintiq, Mike’s odds of winning in a fight with crank’s dad are uncertain, there’s other […]

“Born to be alive!” This week on the Crankcast…  Mike’s working on music and other stuff, crank wonders why he stops liking things, nostalgia is looking to the past because of dissatisfaction with the present, lots of semantics, and we ponder who was the first pop culture generation. And emails!   Mail us here. Week […]

“I can see why people turn you into coats…” This week on the Crankcast…  Mike remembers FCBD and had to judge a costume contest, he spent the day relaxing and petting bunnies for his berfday, crank babbles about Nagel facts he didn’t know, Sword Art Online, and reading old comics. And there’s an email!   […]

“Oh, you were just talking about current events…” This week on the Crankcast…  this one’s a quickie! Mike’s in Memphis for FCBD ata library. Oh yeah, John Ostrander is there, too! Crank’s got a love/hate relationship with his bass and has been reading old-skool dystopian books. Then Mike leaves for dinner. The end.   Mail […]

“Battlepug! What a concept!” This week on the Crankcast… Mike’s back from Belgium and Switzerland. He had a good time and enjoyed the con. Crank got around to watching the 2022 season of MST3K and enjoyed seeing Mike’s work on screen. Crank’s been drumming and read a whole lotta Terry Brooks books and he and Josh […]

“Murder Monkey is insulting… she’s an APE!” This week on the Crankcast… Mike’s getting ready to jet off to Belgium, but doesn’t know what he’ll take with him, crank forgot there was a C2E2 this weekend, Sean Dove tries to track down ibfo on the murdermonkey from Phenomenon, Mike adds Felicity to the no-talk list, and […]

“No, make it really gross…” This week on the Crankcast… crank isn’t sleeping normally, Mike just wants to go to bed, frustrating work week, COVID recovery, movie and TV talk, SHAZAM!, the band called ASH, is High Pressure Gardening a silly band or a happymusic/dark lyrics band, lettering a vertical format comic, saying format way too […]

OOONTZ OOONTZ OOONTZ This week on the Crankcast… Mike finally caught Covid19, so he can be forgiven for shutting down crank’s Dawson’s Creek talk (also Smallville). We do catch up on other odds and ends including 1992 TV show The Heights, Monkees biopic and documentary (do you say bye-oh-pic or bye-ah-pic?), sad Patrick Stewart, and modern […]

“Must I hammer it in?” This week on the Crankcast… I swear these long breaks aren’t becoming a habit. Mike and crank catch up with each other, Mike gives the Vet’s report on his cat, there’s some John Wayne talk, some other movie talk, and crank dreams of Mike being haunted from movies by Wings Hauser. […]

“Ami Dolenz is adorable…” This week on the Crankcast… after another work-overload induced absence we return to… talk about about random stuff, of course. The 50,000 year return of a green comet whose last visit coincided with the explosion in tool using and the arts for humanity, a Cannon film directed by Albert Pyun (crank never […]

Heading into the year of the rabbit. Lepus! Nooooo! This week on the Crankcast… the last show of the year. We barely made it! We talkl about the holiday, technique vs style, the fault making the art, and what’s for us to do in 2023. Hope you have a nifty New Year’s!   Mail us […]

killing it! This week on the Crankcast… a dazed and confused crank tries to talk while Mike plays his guitar. There is something like a conversation here, but I’m not sure? We did get some email though, so that’s good. We wish you all have a happy holiday, take care!   Mail us here. Week […]

“…unless you wanted a stick figure… “ This week on the Crankcast… post-Tday talk, lotsa talk about AI generated stuff, Dove gets salty, crank should read more comics, Mike manages to complete a mountain of work in a minimal time frame, crank hasn’t, we’re tired. Also, email and TV talk from that!   Mail us […]

“I’ve got three words for ya: HOT DOG WATER!” This week on the Crankcast… we’re formally introduced to the quiet studio-mate Andrew, Mike’s back from England–surly as ever–after having started a pug-brawl, crank gets a new (to him) Wacom, the train is constantly loud, we introduce Drone Crank, and there’s a Stankaroni update. Wee!   […]

“My dad turned 72 today!” This week on the Crankcast… we’re back after a slightly extended leave… just in time for Mike to go to England for a week! We catch up a bit and talk about Wacom tablets, comic book inkers, not seeing any magic being done in the Good Witch, and ABC Family […]

“Wanna join my Ska band? We’re called Skarred For Life…” This week on the Crankcast… crank realizes that a song he thought was by one band was really by another… 28 years later, then talks about Nihilism getting a bad rap, Mike hates crank, but enjoys Schlock/Ink-tober, and then there’s a bunch of other random […]

“I don’t know why it’s called TOONS when there’s only one…” This week on the Crankcast… Mike announces his schedule for Schlocktober/Inktober, we talk about a bunch of movies, Mike’s trip to the Memphis con and beyond, and a good burger joint he went to that only exists in Arkansas. And email!   Mail us […]

“‘The Celery Stalks At Midnight’… that’s funny…” This week on the Crankcast… Skype throws a wrench in crank’s operation, Mike’s anti-pedal, crank watched the first five Killjoy movies and talks about them a lot, Mike’s going to be at a con in Memphis this weekend, and email!   Mail us here. Week 885 – Time: […]

“I’ve never seen one of these movies…” This week on the Crankcast… we wonder has there been a story more recreated than The Most Dangerous Game? crank belatedly finds out he was nominated for a Ringo. Some movie talk. Some book talk. Some Ohio music talk stemming from the book talk. Emails! Thanks for asking […]

“This show is not known for its not-dumbness…” This week on the Crankcast… crank is still recovering from Hellmonth, Mike’s busy too and doubts crank is professional, crank’s reading the Sword of Truth series and is curious about it veering into Objectivist territory, the Amityville franchise has made a gazillion movies in just the last […]

“I look like Grizzly Adams with a bandana…” This week on the Crankcast… after a two-week break we’re back but not exactly refreshed. Mike had a visit to the ER and crank is exhausted and possibly mentally broken. Crank does most of the talking, mainly about movies and TV watched and Kristin Kreuk, while Mike […]

“G14?” “I said g4.” “G4? Bingo!” “I can’t deal with him…” This week on the Crankcast… short show because Mike’s not ready for the con, and crank has done nothing but work and watch bad VHS rips. He starts getting pretty annoying by the end. You probably should skip this.   Mail us here. Week […]