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Christmas is upon the horizon, and to end out our Daredevil December, Mari, Bryce, and Brandon sit down and discuss Issue #7 of Mark Waid's Daredevil run. This Eisner Award Winner for Best Single Issue tells the story of Matt Murdock a.k.a. Daredevil leading a group of blind kids through a snowstorm after the bus they were on crashed. Join in on the conversation and get the latest updates on the podcast by following Comic Talkers on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @comictalkers. Also, let us know what your thoughts are regarding Mark Waid's Daredevil Run. Please Like The Video. Subscribe To Our YouTube Channel. And Hit The Bell Notification So You Never Miss An Episode. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ComicTalkers You can listen to Comic Talkers on: Spotify For Podcasters - https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/comictalkers Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/comic-talkers/id1560772306 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0mLHZQajx81j0iFDqD1vGE?si=cZqBxw7yQ_WC3vr6Q1X8eA YouTube (Please Like And Subscribe) - https://www.youtube.com/@comictalkers
Comics will mend your heart. That's the energy we're taking into the new year and the thought we carried as we assembled The Stampies, our end-of-the-year award show celebrating The Best Comics of 2024 - ahem - (Part One). Over the last six years, we've turned to comics to understand ourselves and the world around us better. They've guided us through tumultuous times, and we know we'll need them even more in the coming months and years. Our award show is very much OUR award show. We have peculiar tastes, and our favorite comics reflect that. Some categories stuck around from last year's ceremony, but with this episode in particular, you'll find several new ones, also. Next week's Part Two will be stacked with the more traditional Best Original Graphic Novel, Best Limited Series, Best Ongoing, etc. For The Best Comics of 2024 (Part One), we get a little more cutesy with Best New Superhero and Best Murder Mystery, plus categories like Best First Issue and Best Single Issue. As has become tradition, we've asked our friends in journalism and podcasting to name their favorite books of the year. New to our 2024 celebrations, however, we've also asked a few retailers and comic book creators to contribute their favorite books. If you want to be spoiled about who will be guest-starring in today's podcast, scroll below. Please thank them by following their work and social media handles (and letting them know how much you enjoyed their contributions to the podcast). 2024 was another banger of a year regarding comics. Highlighting our favorites was more challenging than ever. The Stampies contain sixteen categories, with a few extra surprise categories tossed in during next week's show. That's simply not enough space to name all "the best" books from the year. So, keep your eyes trained on the Comic Book Couples Counseling website. At the very end of the year, we'll unleash our massive 50 Best Comics of 2024 list. The Best Comics of 2023 (Part One) Category Timestamps: Best Comic Book Couple - 12:14 Best Murder Mystery - 18:18 Best New Superhero - 25:54 Best Adaptation - 32:29 Best Collaboration - 40:07 Best Short Story - 47:33 Best First Issue - 56:43 Best Single Issue - 1:05:05 The Best Comics of 2023 (Part One) Guest-Stars: Erik C. Jones (Bluesky): Manager at Four Color Fantasies. Tiffany Babb (Bluesky): Poet, Essayist, and Culture Critic. Dan Gvozden (Bluesky): Co-Host of The Amazing Spider-Talk Podcast Zack Quaintance (Bluesky): Comic Book Writer, Part-time Editor at The Beat Christian Ward (Bluesky): Batman: City of Madness, Spectregraph, Two-Face, etc. Chris Piers (Bluesky): Host of ComicTropes. David Brooke (Bluesky): Owner, Writer, Host at AIPT. Troy-Jeffrey Allen (Instagram): Writer, Producer, Host, RexCo Comics Studio. Final Round of Plugs (PHEW): Support the Podcast by Joining OUR PATREON COMMUNITY Join us at the Alamo Drafthouse in Winchester, Virginia, on 1/26 at 5:00 PM for Speed Racer, co-sponsored by Four Color Fantasies. And, of course, follow Comic Book Couples Counseling on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Bluesky @CBCCPodcast, and you can follow hosts Brad Gullickson @MouthDork & Lisa Gullickson @sidewalksiren. Send us your Words of Affirmation by leaving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts. Continue your conversation with CBCC by hopping over to our website, where we have reviews, essays, and numerous interviews with comic book creators. Podcast logo by Jesse Lonergan and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.
The Runners spend some time between creators with the 1988 Eisner-winning Best Single Issue, Gumby's Summer Fun Special #1 (Bob Burden and Art Adams), and its companion piece Gumby's Winter Fun #1 (Steve Purcell and Art Adams) in this one-off interlude special! Topics of discussion include the origin of Gumby's name, the appeal of absurdist humour, and the Runners' Uncle Rob's forays into claymation filmmaking. Covering Gumby's Summer Fun Special #1, Gumby's Winter Fun Special #1 We talk at you - talk back at us! Tweet at us @gottherunspod or email us at gottherunspod@gmail.com
This week: Part 1 of Discussion about 2021's Eisner Nominees, and covering new comics this week: "Karmen" #5, "Mamo" #1, "Ordinary Gods" #1, and "Wynd" #8. On this week's Comics Syllabus, we start with “Polybagged,” (video episode here) covering some new comics in shops this week (July 7, 2021), talking about: "Karmen" #5 by Guillem March (Image), “Mamo" #1 by Sas Milledge (Boom!), “Ordinary Gods” #1 by Kyle Higgins and Felipe Watanabe (Image), and “Wynd” #8 by James Tynion IV (Boom!) with mentions of other titles. [CORRECTION: In my review of “Ordinary Gods” #1, I mistakenly attributed the backup prose story at the end, “Flip of a Coin,” to the comic's writer, Kyle Higgins. In fact, the backup story was written by Jana Tropper. Apologies for the misattribution!] Then, we talk through about half the list of Eisner Nominations for 2021 (video episode here), including Best Continuing Series, Best Limited Series, Best New Series, Best Single Issue, Best Short Story, Best Writer, and Best Writer/Artist. For video segments, subscribe/follow the Comics Syllabus on Apple Podcasts or video-friendly podcast apps like Pocket Casts. You can try this RSS feed including video or watch the segments here at our podcast host Castos. For audio-only episodes, you can find us on Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, your favorite podcast app, or use this weekly audio-only RSS feed. Connect with us at the Comics Syllabus Facebook or TwoPlai on Twitter or Instagram. Let's keep reading!
In this episode, Phillip and Eric continue their 2021 Eisner Awards breakdown with the nominees for Best Single Issue! Plus, Eric takes a bold stance on a hot button social issue that might finally get him canceled! The nominees: The Burning Hotels, by Thomas Lampion (Birdcage Bottom Books) Hedra, by Jesse Lonergan (Image) The Other History of the DC Universe #1, by John Ridley and Giuseppe Camuncoli (DC) Sports Is Hell, by Ben Passmore (Koyama Press) Stanley's Ghost: A Halloween Adventure, by Jeff Balke, Paul Storrie, and Dave Alvarez (Storm Kids) Reach us by email at theomnibuscomicspodcast@gmail.com. Music by rodneyretro. https://traktrain.com/rodneyretro
Welcome back to part two of our round up of everything that was bad, good or great in 2018! We've already traversed 8 categories (which you can find on our part one podcast); it's now time for Part Two - 9. Best Single Issue of 2018 10. Best Indie Title of 2018 11. Best Marvel Title of 2018 12. Best DC Title of 2018 13. Best Comics Publisher for 2018 14. Best Miniseries of 2018 As ever, I hope you guys enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it! Part Three will be coming in the next day or two to round off our complete guide to 2018!
The crew breaks down Best Cover Artist, Please Stop Doing This, Best Single Issue, and Biggest Flop of 2019!
Welcome back to part two of our round up of everything that was bad, good or great in 2018! We've already traversed 8 categories (which you can find on our part one podcast); it's now time for Part Two - 9. Best Single Issue of 2018 10. Best Indie Title of 2018 11. Best Marvel Title of 2018 12. Best DC Title of 2018 13. Best Comics Publisher for 2018 14. Best Miniseries of 2018 As ever, I hope you guys enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it! Part Three will be coming in the next day or two to round off our complete guide to 2018!
Not too early to wax nostalgic for 2014 yet, is it? Enjoy our reflection of the best from that year! "It's that time! That time when Justin, Bryan and Billy Z offer up their picks for the best of 2014! Join them as they run down their picks for favorite ongoing, favorite mini-series, favorite writer, favorite artist, favorite single issue, favorite cover, favorite mini-series and their favorite comic related media of the past year! What do they pick for their tops of 2014? Multiversity? Big Hero 6? Saga? Storm? Cyclops? Afterlife with Archie? Ramon Perez? Aaron Kuder? Jonathan Hickman? Charles Soule? Some of these get the nods - some of these don't - you'll just have to listen in to find out which ones. There is also a talk about DC cancellations, Convergence, the NFL playoffs, Broadway theatre, comics that made them cry, Lootcrate and other tangents and topics! (Explicit warning - once again there are few cases of potty mouth - but you should have heard what they cut out!) Intro - "Where You Get Love" - Matthew Sweet 1:30 - Best Comic Related Media of 2014 (and Lootcrate) 14:30 - Best Comic Book Cover of 2014 20:06 - Best Artist of 2014 26:00 - Best Writer of 2014 33:38 - Best Single Issue of 2014 (and comic that made us cry and Mutiversity: Thunderworld Adventures) 47:40 - Best Ongoing of 2014 1:05:10 - Justice League United and the Legion/Convergence/DC titles cancelled/Fantastic Four: 1234/Capote in Kansas 1:16:45 - The Woofs of the Week Outro - "54/40" - Dead Moon
It’s our 2016 Eisner Pre-Show Spectacular! As we gear up for the awards, we take a look at three past winners of the “Best Single Issue” award. Astro City #4 from 1996, Tom Strong #1 from 2000, and Hawkeye #11 from 2014. We also read one of this year’s nominees, Silver Surfer #11, and we would have read them all but indie comics can be hard to find sometimes! We talk about all four of these very different stories and decide if they were indeed worthy of the coveted Eisner award. And we don’t agree!