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Host Anthony Desiato and guest Bill Maio dig into the 2022-2023 limited series SUPERMAN: SPACE AGE by Mark Russell & Mike Allred.Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer. Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato. The spinoff podcast DIGGING FOR JUSTICE: A DC FAN JOURNEY is available at all reward levels.Join the conversation by becoming part of the Flat Squirrel Podcast Network Facebook Group, and follow DFK on Instagram (@diggingforkryptonitepod) and Twitter (@diggingforkrpod). Visit FlatSquirrelProductions.com for more film and podcast projects. Visit BCW Supplies and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.
Host Anthony Desiato and guest Bill Maio dig into comic book creator Frank Miller's interpretation of Superman across his Dark Knight Universe, with a specific focus on SUPERMAN: YEAR ONE (drawn by John Romita Jr.) and DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE (co-written by Brian Azzarello and drawn by Andy Kubert). This is a sequel to Anthony and Bill's recent "Superman as goverment stooge" episode, which considered Superman in the context of DARK KNIGHT RETURNS and DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN. BONUS: Includes a special 15-minute preview of the DIGGING FOR JUSTICE: A DC FAN JOURNEY, Anthony's Patreon-exclusive podcast, featuring a discussion of the 1989 BATMAN film with Fat Moose Comics owner Shawn Hendricks. Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer. Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at https://www.patreon.com/anthonydesiato (Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato). The spinoff podcast DIGGING FOR JUSTICE: A DC FAN JOURNEY is available at all reward levels. Join the conversation by becoming part of the https://www.facebook.com/groups/flatsquirrelpodcastnetwork (Flat Squirrel Podcast Network Facebook Group), and follow DFK on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/diggingforkryptonitepod (@diggingforkryptonitepod)) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/diggingforkrpod (@diggingforkrpod)). Visit https://www.flatsquirrelproductions.com/ (FlatSquirrelProductions.com) for more film and podcast projects. Visit https://www.bcwsupplies.com/?acc=flatsquirrel (BCW Supplie)s and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.
Host Anthony Desiato digs into Frank Miller's DARK KNIGHT RETURNS & DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN and Darwyn Cooke's DC: THE NEW FRONTIER with guest Bill Maio, examining how each creator handles Superman's role as a government stooge. Digging for Kryptonite is a Flat Squirrel Production. Key art by Gregg Schigiel and theme music by Basic Printer. Support the show and receive exclusive podcast content at https://www.patreon.com/anthonydesiato (Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato). The spinoff podcast DIGGING FOR JUSTICE: A DC FAN JOURNEY is available at all reward levels. Join the conversation by becoming part of the https://www.facebook.com/groups/flatsquirrelpodcastnetwork (Flat Squirrel Podcast Network Facebook Group), and follow DFK on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/diggingforkryptonitepod (@diggingforkryptonitepod)) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/diggingforkrpod (@diggingforkrpod)). Visit https://www.flatsquirrelproductions.com/ (FlatSquirrelProductions.com) for more film and podcast projects. Visit https://www.bcwsupplies.com/?acc=flatsquirrel (BCW Supplie)s and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies.
Host Anthony Desiato proudly presents SCALING THE BATCAVE, a Digging for Kryptonite special shining a spotlight on Batman. Anthony and guest Bill Maio dig into the "Long Halloween" saga by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, including BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, BATMAN: DARK VICTORY, CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME, and the 2021 LONG HALLOWEEN SPECIAL just published by DC Comics. Visit Patreon.com/AnthonyDesiato to support the show and get exclusive bonus episodes. Available now: a bonus episode in which Anthony and Bill discuss the recent Long Halloween animated adaptations! OFFER: Visit BCW Supplies (https://www.bcwsupplies.com/?acc=flatsquirrel) and use promo code FSP to save 10% on your next order of comics supplies! It helps supports the show, too. Thanks! Support this podcast
Host Anthony Desiato celebrates Halloween once more with Alternate Realities legend Dr. Bill Maio in the finale of "The LongAR Halloween." My Comic Shop History will return in 2022. In the meantime, be sure to listen to Digging for Kryptonite: A Superman Fan Journey, available on all major podcast platforms. Support this podcast
Host Anthony Desiato discusses Richard Stark's PARKER adaptations by Darwyn Cooke with guest Bill Maio. Support this podcast
Host Anthony Desiato celebrates Halloween with Alternate Realities legend Dr. Bill Maio in Part I of "The LongAR Halloween." Support this podcast
Host Anthony Desiato reaches the end of the road--for now--as this era of My Comic Shop History draws to a close. Together with Alternate Realities legends Bill Maio, Rich Roney, and Steve Oto, Anthony reveals long-held secrets, ponders a rebirth, and looks to the future. Finale.
Auld acquaintances are not forgotten in this special New Year's episode, as host Anthony Desiato and guests Steve Oto and Bill Maio welcome home the wayward son of Alternate Realities, Nick Robison, after a five-year absence.
Host Anthony Desiato catches up with the old comic shop gang in a series of conversations: In "Rich Roney Revealed?", Anthony and Tom Darby get Rich to play along and finally peel back some of the layers of mystery surrounding Alternate Realities' elder statesman. Then, in "O'Dwahconomics 2017," Anthony recounts the secret origin of the podcast with Brian O'Dea and Doug Doescher. The episode also features interstitial chats with Bill Maio, including the previously untold "Rabbi Collection" story, some Jeff Hwang speculation, and a lost chapter of AR's ownership history.
Host Anthony Desiato reunites with his Season 1 Finale guests, Steve Oto and Bill Maio, to discuss the aftermath of Alternate Realities' closing and to answer the question, "Whatever happened to the man behind the counter?"
Host Anthony Desiato welcomes Steve Oto back to the show, along with Alternate Realities legend Bill Maio, to bid "The Store" a bittersweet farewell in the emotional finale of My Comic Shop History.