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What happens when a childhood dream refuses to let go? In this episode, I sit down with cartoonist and Lum and Abner historian Donnie Pitchford to explore how old-time radio, comic strips, and a love for storytelling shaped his life. Donnie shares how he grew up inspired by classic radio shows like Lum and Abner, pursued art despite setbacks, and eventually brought the beloved Pine Ridge characters back to life through a modern comic strip and audio adaptations. We talk about creativity, persistence, radio history, and why imagination still matters in a visual world. If you care about classic radio, cartooning, or staying true to your calling, I believe you will find this conversation both inspiring and practical. Highlights: 00:10 Discover how a childhood love of Lum and Abner sparked a lifelong dream of becoming a cartoonist. 08:00 Hear how college radio and classic broadcasts deepened a passion for old time radio storytelling. 14:33 Understand how years of teaching broadcast journalism built the skills that later fueled creative success. 23:17 Learn how the Lum and Abner comic strip was revived with family approval and brought to modern audiences. 30:07 Explore how two actors created an entire town through voice and imagination alone. 1:00:16 Hear the vision for keeping Lum and Abner alive for new generations through comics and audio. Top of Form Bottom of Form About the Guest: Donnie Pitchford of Texas is a graduate of Kilgore College, Art Instruction Schools, Stephen F. Austin State University and the University of Texas at Tyler. He has worked in the graphic arts industry and in education, teaching at Hawkins High School, Panola College, and Carthage High School at which he spent 25 years directing CHS-TV, where student teams earned state honors, including state championships, for 20 consecutive years. In 2010, Donnie returned to the endeavor he began at age five: being a cartoonist! The weekly “Lum and Abner" comic strip began in 2011. It is available online and in print and includes an audio production for the blind which features the talents of actors and musicians who donate their time. Donnie has created comic book stories and art for Argo Press of Austin, illustrated children's books, written scripts for the "Dick Tracy" newspaper strip, and produced the science fiction comedy strip "Tib the Rocket Frog." He has collaborated with award-winning writers and cartoonists George Wildman, Nicola Cuti, John Rose, Mike Curtis, Joe Staton, and others. In 2017, Donnie began assisting renowned sculptor Bob Harness and currently sculpts the portraits for the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame plaques. Awards include the 1978 Kilgore College "Who's Who" in Art, an Outstanding Educator Award from the East Texas Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs in 1993, the CHS "Pine Burr" Dedicatee honor in 2010, and a Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2018 from Spring Hill High School. In 2024, Donnie was inducted into the City of Carthage Main Street Arts Walk of Fame which included the placement of a bronze plaque in the sidewalk and the Key to the City. Donnie and his best friend/wife, Laura, are members of First Methodist Church Carthage, Texas. Donnie is a founding officer of the National Lum and Abner Society and a member of Texas Cartoonists, Ark-La-Tex Cartoonists, Christian Comic Arts Society, and the National Cartoonists Society. 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Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson  01:21 Well, hi everyone, and welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. I've been looking forward to this one for a while. We have Donny Pitchford as our guest today. You're probably going, who's Donnie Pitchford? Well, let me tell you. So years ago, I started collecting old radio shows. And one of the first shows that I got was a half hour episode of a show called Lum and Abner, which is about a couple of characters, if you will, in Pine Ridge, Arkansas. And I had only heard the half hour show sponsored by frigid air. But then in 1971 when ksi, out here in Los Angeles, the 50,000 watt Clear Channel station, started celebrating its 50 year history, they started broadcasting as part of what they did, 15 minute episodes of lemon Abner. And I became very riveted to listening to lemon Abner every night, and that went on for quite a while. And so I've kept up with the boys, as it were. Well, a several years ago, some people formed a new Lum and Abner society, and Donnie Pitchford is part of that. I met Donnie through radio enthusiast of Puget Sound, and yesterday, USA. And so we clearly being interested in old radio and all that, had to have Donnie come on and and talk with us. So Donnie, or whatever character you're representing today, welcome to unstoppable mindset. Donnie Pitchford  02:58 Huh? I'm glad to be here. Michael Hingson  03:00 He does that very well, doesn't he? It's a Donnie Pitchford  03:04 little tough sometimes. Well, I'm really glad to be here. Thank you. Michael Hingson  03:10 Well, I appreciate the audio parts of lemon Abner that you you all create every week, and just the whole society. It's great to keep that whole thing going it's kind of fun. We're glad that that it is. But let's, let's talk about you a little bit. Why don't you start by telling us about the early Donnie, growing up and all that. I'm assuming you were born, and so we won't worry about that. But beyond that, think so, yeah. Well, there you are. Tell us about tell us about you and growing up and all that, and we'll go from there. Donnie Pitchford  03:42 Well, I was born in East Texas and left for a little while. We lived in my family lived in Memphis, Tennessee for about seven years, and then moved back to Texas in 1970 but ever since I was a kid this I hear this from cartoonists everywhere. Most of them say I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was five years old. So that's in fact, I had to do a speech for the Texas cartoonist chapter of the National Cartoonist Society. And that was my start. I was going to say the same thing, and the President said, Whatever you do, don't do that old bit about wanting to be a cartoonist at age five. Everybody does that, so I left that part out, but that's really what I wanted to do as a kid. And I would see animated cartoons. I would read the Sunday comics in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, and then at some point, my dad would talk about radio, and my mother would talk about listening to radio. We would have the reruns of the Lone Ranger television show and things like Sky King and other programs along those lines, and my parents would all. Way say, Well, I used to listen to that on the radio, or I would hear Superman on the radio, or Amos and Andy or whatever was being rerun at that time, and that fascinated me. And I had these vague memories of hearing what I thought were television programs coming over the radio when I was about two years old. I remember gunshots. I remember, you know, like a woman crying and just these little oddball things. I was about two years old, and I kept thinking, Well, why are we picking up television programs on my mother's radio? Turns out it was the dying gasps of what we now call old time radio. And so at least I remembered that. But when I was about, I guess eight or nine we were, my dad took me to lunch at alums restaurant in Memphis, and I saw that name, and I thought, What in the world? So what kind of name is that? And my dad told me about London Abner, and he said it reminds me. It reminded him of the Andy Griffith Show or the Beverly Hillbillies. I said, I'd love to hear that. He said, Ah, you'll never hear it. He said, those were live they don't exist, but years later, I got to hear them. So yeah, but that's how I grew up wanting to be a cartoonist and coming up with my own characters and drawing all the time and writing stories and that sort of thing. Michael Hingson  06:24 So when did you move back from Memphis to Texas? Donnie Pitchford  06:28 July 2, 1970 I just happened to look that up the other day. How old were you then? I was 12 when we came back. All right, so got into, I was in junior high, and trying to, I was trying to find an audience for these comic strips I was drawing on notebook paper. And finally, you know, some of the kids got into them, and I just continued with that goal. And I just, I knew that soon as possible, you know, I was going to start drawing comics professionally. So I thought, but kept, you know, I kept trying. Michael Hingson  07:06 So you, you went on into college. What did you do in college? Donnie Pitchford  07:11 Well, more of the same. I started listening to some old time radio shows even as far back as as high school. And I was interested in that went to college, first at a college called Kill Gore College, here in East Texas, and then to Stephen F Austin State University. And I was majoring in, first commercial art, and then art education. And I thought, well, if I can't go right into comics, you know, maybe I can just teach for a while. I thought I'll do that for a couple of years. I thought it wouldn't be that long. But while I was at Stephen F Austin State University, the campus radio station, I was so pleased to find out ran old time radio shows. This was in 1980 there was a professor named Dr Joe Oliver, who had a nightly program called theater of the air. And I would hear this voice come over the radio. He would run, he Well, one of the first, the very first 15 minute lemon Abner show I ever heard was played by Dr Oliver. He played Jack Benny. He played the whistler suspense, just a variety of them that he got from a syndicated package. And I would hear this voice afterwards, come on and say, It's jazz time. I'm Joe Oliver. And I thought, Where have I heard that voice? It was, it's just a magnificent radio voice. Years later, I found out, well, I heard that voice in Memphis when I was about 10 years old on W, R, E, C, radio and television. He was working there. He lived in Memphis about the same time we did. Heard him on the campus station at Nacogdoches, Texas. Didn't meet him in person until the late 90s, and it was just an amazing collection of coincidences. And now, of course, we're good friends. Now he's now the announcer for our audio comic strip. So it's amazing how all that came about. Well, I Michael Hingson  09:16 I remember listening to sort of the last few years of oval radio. I think it was, I don't remember the date now, whether it's 57 or 50 I think it's 57 the Kingston Trio had come out with the song Tom Dooley, and one day I was listening to K and X radio in Los Angeles. We lived in Palmdale, and I heard something about a show called suspense that was going to play the story of Tom Dooley. And I went, sounds interesting, and I wanted to know more about it, so I listened. And that started a weekly tradition with me every Sunday, listening to yours truly Johnny dollar and suspense, and they had a little bit of the FBI and peace and war. Then it's went into half and that that went off and Have Gun Will Travel came on, and then at 630 was Gun Smoke. So I listened to radio for a couple of hours every week, not every Sunday night, and thoroughly enjoyed it. And so that's how I really started getting interested in it. Then after radio went off the air a few stations out in California and on the LA area started playing old radio shows somebody started doing because they got the syndicated versions of the shadow and Sherlock Holmes with Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson. And I still maintain to this day that John Gielgud is the best Sherlock Holmes. No matter what people say about Basil Rathbone and I still think Sir John Gielgud was the best Sherlock Holmes. He was very, very good. Yeah, he was and so listen to those. But you know, radio offers so much. And even with, with, with what the whole lemon Abner shows today. My only problem with the lemon Abner shows today is they don't last nearly long enough. But that's another story. Donnie Pitchford  11:11 Are you talking about the comic strip adaptation? Okay, you know how long, how much art I would have to 11:21 do every week. Michael Hingson  11:25 Oh, I know, but they're, they're fun, and, you know, we, we enjoy them, but so you So you met Joe, and as you said, He's the announcer. Now, which is, which is great, but what were you doing then when you met him? What kind of work were you doing at the time? Donnie Pitchford  11:45 Well, of course, there was a gap there of about, I guess, 15 years after college, before I met him. And what ended up happening my first teaching job was an art job, a teaching art and graphic arts at a small high school in Hawkins, Texas, and that was a disaster. Wasn't a wasn't a very good year for me. And so I left that, and I had worked in the printing industry, I went back to that, and that was all during the time that the National London Abner society was being formed. And so I printed their earliest newsletters, which came out every other month. And we started having conventions in MENA, Arkansas and in the real Pine Ridge and the my fellow ossifers As we we call ourselves, and you hear these guys every week on the lemon Abner comic strip. Sam Brown, who lives in Illinois, Tim Hollis, from Alabama. Tim is now quite a published author who would might be a good guest for you one day, sure. And just two great guys. We had a third officer early on named Rex riffle, who had to leave due to various illnesses about 1991 but we started having our conventions every year, starting in 1985 we had some great guests. We brought in everybody we could find who worked with lemon Abner or who knew lemon Abner. We had their their head writer, Roswell Rogers. We had actors, I'm sure you've heard of Clarence Hartzell. He was Ben withers, of course, on the Old Vic and Sade show. He was Uncle Fletcher. We had Willard Waterman, parley Bayer, some of their announcers, Wendell Niles. And my memory is going to start failing me, because there were so many, but we had Bob's, Watson, Louise curry, who were in their first two movies. We had Kay Lineker, who was in their third movie. The list goes on and on, but we had some amazing when did Chester lock pass away? He passed away? Well, Tuffy passed away first, 1978, 78 and Chet died in 1980 sad. Neither of them, yeah, we didn't get to media. Yeah, we didn't meet either one of them. I've met Mrs. Lock I've met all of chet's children, several grandchildren. We spoke to Mrs. Goff on the phone a time or two, and also, tuffy's got toughie's daughter didn't get to meet them in person, but we met as many of the family as we could. Michael Hingson  14:32 Still quite an accomplishment all the way around. And so you you taught. You didn't have success. You felt really much at first, but then what you taught for quite a while, though, Donnie Pitchford  14:45 didn't you? Yes, I went back to the printing industry for about a year, and in the summer of 85 about two weeks before school started, I had got a call that they needed someone to teach Broadcast Journalism at. Carthage High School, and we had a department called CHS TV. I ran that for 25 years. I taught classes. We produced a weekly television program, weekly radio program. We did all kinds of broadcasts for the school district and promotional video. And then in the last I think it was the last 10 years or so that I worked there, we started an old time radio show, and we were trying to come up with a title for it, and just as a temporary placeholder, we called it the golden age of radio. Finally, we said, well, let's just use that, and I think it's been used by other people since, but, but that was the title we came up with. I think in 19 I think it was in 93 or 9495 somewhere in there. We started out. We just ran Old Time Radio, and the students, I would have them research and introduce, like, maybe 45 minutes of songs, of music, you know, from the 30s, 40s, maybe early 50s, big band and Sinatra and Judy Garland and you name it. Then, when the classes would change, we would always start some type of radio program that was pre recorded that would fill that time, so the next class could come in and get in place and and everybody participated, and they went out live over our cable television channel, and we would just run a graphic of a radio and maybe have some announcements or listing of what we were playing. And we did that for several years, usually maybe two or three times a year. And then in I think it was 2004 or so, we had an offer from a low power FM station, which was another another county over, and we started doing a Sunday night, one hour program each week. And I think we ended up doing close to 300 of those before I left. And so we got old time radio in there, one way or the other. Michael Hingson  17:03 Well, I remember. I remember, for me, I went to UC Irvine in the fall of 1968 and by the spring the last quarter of my freshman year, I had started getting some old radio shows. So started playing shows, and then in the fall, I started doing a three hour show on Sunday night called the Radio Hall of Fame, and we did radio every night. And what I didn't know until, actually, fairly recently, was our mutual friend Walden Hughes actually listened to my show on Sunday, and so did the gas means actually, but, but we had a low power station as well, but it made it up, and so people listened to it. And I've always been proud of the fact that during the fact that during the time I ran the Radio Hall of Fame, I'd heard of this show called 60 minutes with a guy named Mike Wallace, but never got to see it. And then it was only much later that I actually ended up starting to watch 60 Minutes. Course, I always loved to say I would have loved to have met, met Mike Wallace and never got to do it, but I always said he had criminal tendencies. I mean, my gosh, what do you think he was the announcer on radio for the Green Hornet, a criminal show, right? Sky King, a lot of criminals. Clearly the guy. Anyway, I would have been fun to meet him, but, Donnie Pitchford  18:31 and his name was Myron. Myron Wallach at the time. Wallach, you're right. I think that's right. Michael Hingson  18:37 But it was, it was fun and and so I've actually got some Sky King shows and green Hornets with him. So it's, it's kind of cool, but Right? You know, I still really do believe that the value of radio is it makes you imagine more. I've seen some movies that I really like for that the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Kevin McCarthy back in 1955 I thought was such a good movie because they didn't show the plants taking over the humans. It was all left to your imagination, which was so cool, and they changed all that in the later remake of it with Leonard Nimoy, which I didn't think was nearly as good, not nearly as suspenseful. But anyway, that's just my opinion. But radio, for me was always a and continues to be a part of what I like to do. And so I've been collecting shows and and enjoying and, of course, listening to lemon Abner, So what made you decide to finally end teaching? Donnie Pitchford  19:38 Well, you know, I could only do that so long. I was getting I was getting very tired, getting kind of burned out, and I had to have a change. There's something had to change. And I was able to take a few years early and retire, and I still the whole time I had a. That it was like a haunting feeling. I, you know, I wanted to be a cartoonist. I would pray, you know, you know, Lord, is there some way can I, can I get out of this? And can I do what I really want to do? And I had some mentors that was finally able to meet people that I would write letters to as a kid, a cartoonist and comic book editor named George Wildman was one of them. He was nice enough to answer my letters when I was a kid, and I'd send him drawings, and he would encourage me, or he would send little corrections on there, you know. And another one was a gentleman named high Eisemann, who passed away recently at age 98 on his birthday, but men like this inspired me, and that it kept at me through the years. I finally met George in 1994 at a convention of the the international Popeye fan club. And I'm I'm at high the same way, and also a writer named Nicola Cuddy, who wrote some Popeye comics. I met him the same way, same event, we all became friends, and I had a good friend named Michael Ambrose of Austin, Texas, who published a magazine devoted to the Charlton Comics company. Sadly, he's deceased now, but Mike and I were talking before I retired, and finally I got out of it. And he said, now that you're out of that job, how would you like to do some art? I said, That's what I want to do. So he gave me the opportunity to do my first published work, which was a portrait of artist George Wildman. It was on the cover of a magazine called Charlton spotlight, then I did some work for Ben Omar, who is bear Manor media publisher for some books that he was doing. One was Mel Blanc biography that Noel blank wrote, did some illustrations for that. This was all happening in 2010 and after that. So I was getting it was getting rolling, doing the kind of work I really wanted to do. And there's a gentleman named Ethan nobles in Benton, Arkansas, who wanted to interview me. I'd gotten, I don't know how he I forgot how he got in touch with me. Maybe he heard me on yesterday USA could be wanted to interview me about London Abner. And so he was starting a website called first Arkansas news. And somewhere in early 2011 we were talking, and I said, you know, you want this to be an online newspaper, right? He said, Yes. I said, What about comics? He said, I hadn't thought about that. So I said, Well, you know, you're a big Lum and Abner fan. What if we could we do a Lum and Abner comic strip? He said, Well, who would Where would I get? Who would do? And I said, Me. So I drew up some proposals, I drew some model sheets, and we did about four weeks of strips, and got approval from Chester lock Jr, and he suggested there's some things he didn't like. He said, The lum looks too sinister. He looks mean. Well, he's mad. He said he's mad at Abner. This won't happen every week. He said, Okay, I don't want LOM to be I said, Well, you know, they get mad at each other. That's part of the that's the conflict and the comedy Michael Hingson  23:30 at each other. Yeah. Donnie Pitchford  23:33 So we, we ironed it all out, and we came up with a financial agreement, and had to pay royalties and one thing and another, and we started publishing online in June 2011, and about six weeks later, the MENA newspaper, the MENA star in MENA, Arkansas, which was the birthplace of Lyman, Abner, Chet Locke and Norris Goff, they picked it up, and then we had a few other newspapers pick it up. And you know, we're not, we're not worldwide, syndicated in print, but we're getting it out there. And of course, we're always online, but and the first Arkansas news went under three or four years later, and so now we have our own website, which is Lum and Abner comics.com so that's where you can find us Michael Hingson  24:24 online. So where's Pine Ridge? Donnie Pitchford  24:28 Pine Ridge is about 18 miles from Mena, Arkansas. MENA is in western Arkansas, and Pine Ridge is about 18 miles east, I believe I'm trying to picture it in my mind, but it's it's down the road, and it actually exists. It was a little community originally named for a postmaster. It was named waters, waters, Arkansas, and in 1936 the real. At cuddleston. He was a real person who owned a store there in waters, and was friends with the locks and the golfs with their parents, as well as Chet and Tuffy. But he proposed a publicity stunt and an actual change of name to name the community Pine Ridge. So that's how that happened. Michael Hingson  25:24 Now, in the original 15 minute episodes, who is the narrator? Donnie Pitchford  25:28 Well, it depends what era their first one trying to remember. Now, Gene Hamilton was an early announcer in the Ford days, which was the early 30s. We don't have anything recorded before that. Charles Lyon was one of the early announcers, possibly for for Quaker Oats. I don't have any notes on this in front of me. I'm just going on memory here. Memory at the end of a long week. Gene Hamilton was their Ford announcer. Carlton brickert announced the Horlicks malt and milk did the commercials when they 1934 to 38 or so. Lou Crosby took over when they were sponsored by General Foods, by post them, the post them commercials, and Lou stayed with them on into the Alka Seltzer era. And his daughter, the celebrity daughter, is Kathie Lee Crosby, you may remember, right, and she and her sister Linda, Lou were a couple of our guests at the National lemon Avenue society convention in 1996 I think let's see. Crosby was Gene Baker came after Crosby, and then in the 30 minute days, was Wendell Niles. Wendell Niles, yeah, in the CBS the 30 minute series and Wendell. We also had him in Mina, super nice guy when it came, when it got into the later ones, 1953 54 I don't remember that announcer's name. That's when they got into the habit of having Dick Huddleston do the opening narration, which is why we now have Sam Brown as Dick Huddleston doing that every week. Michael Hingson  27:27 So was it actually Dick Huddleston? No, it Donnie Pitchford  27:30 was North golf, tough. He always played the part of Dick Huddleston. Okay, the only, the only time that, as far as I know, the only time the real dick Huddleston was on network radio, was at that ceremony in Little Rock Arkansas, when they changed the name of the town that the real dick Huddleston spoke at that event. And we actually, we discovered a recording of that. I was just gonna ask if there's a recording of that there is. Yeah, it's on 12 inch, 78 RPM discs. Wow. And they were probably the personal discs of lock and golf, and they weren't even labeled. And I remember spinning that thing when Sam Brown and I after we found it, it was down in Houston, and we brought them a batch of discs back, and I remember spinning that thing and hearing the theme song being played, I said, this sounds like a high school band. And suddenly we both got chills because we had heard that. I don't know if it was the Little Rock High School band or something, but it's like, Can this be? Yes, it was. It was. We thought it was long lost, but it was that ceremony. Wow. So that was a great find. Michael Hingson  28:45 Well, hopefully you'll, you'll play that sometime, or love to get a copy, but, Donnie Pitchford  28:50 yeah, we've, we have we played it on yesterday, USA. Oh, okay, so it's out there. Michael Hingson  28:57 Well, that's cool. Well, yeah, I wondered if Dick Huddleston actually ever was directly involved, but, but I can, can appreciate that. As you said, Tuffy Goff was the person who played him, which was, that's still that was pretty cool. They were very talented. Go ahead, Donnie Pitchford  29:19 I was gonna say that's basically tough. He's natural speaking voice, yeah, when you hear him as Dick Huddleston, Michael Hingson  29:24 they're very talented people. They played so many characters on the show. They did and and if you really listen, you could tell, but mostly the voices sounded enough different that they really sounded like different people all the time. Donnie Pitchford  29:41 Well, the fun thing are the episodes where, and it's carefully written, but they will, they will do an episode where there may be seven or eight people in the room and they get into an argument, or they're trying to all talk at the same time, and you completely forget that it's only two guys, because they will overlap. Those voices are just so perfectly overlapped and so different, and then you stop and you listen. So wait a minute, I'm only hearing two people at a time, but the effect is tremendous, the fact that they were able to pull that off and fool the audience. Michael Hingson  30:15 I don't know whether I'd say fool, but certainly entertained. Well, yeah, but they also did have other characters come on the show. I remember, yes, Diogenes was that was a lot of fun listening to those. Oh yeah, yeah, that was Frank Graham. Frank Graham, right, right, but, but definitely a lot of fun. So you eventually left teaching. You decided you accepted jobs, starting to do cartoons. What were some of the other or what, well, what were some of the first and early characters that you cartooned, or cartoons that you created, Donnie Pitchford  30:50 just, you mean, by myself or Well, or with people, either way, I did some things that were not published, you know, just just personal characters that I came up with it would mean nothing to anybody, but a little bit later on, I did a little bit of I did a cover for a Popeye comic book. Maybe 10 years ago, I finally got a chance to work with George Wildman, who was the fellow I talked about earlier, and it was some of the last work he did, and this was with Michael Ambrose of Argo press out of Austin, Texas. And we did some early characters that had been published by Charlton Comics. They had, they had characters, they were, they were rip offs. Let's be honest. You know Harvey had Casper the Friendly Ghost. Well, Charlton had Timmy, the timid ghost. There, there was Mighty Mouse. Well, Charlton Comics had atomic mouse, so and there was an atomic rabbit. And Warner Brothers had Porky Pig. Charlton had pudgy pig, but that was some of George's earliest work in the 1950s was drawing these characters, and George was just he was a master Bigfoot cartoonist. I mean, he was outstanding. And so Mike said, let's bring those characters back. They're public domain. We can use them. So I wrote the scripts. George did the pencil art. Well, he inked the first few, but Mike had me do hand lettering, which I don't do that much. So it was that was a challenge. And my friend high Iseman taught lettering for years and years, and so I was thinking, high is going to see this? This has to be good. So I probably re lettered it three times to get it right, but we did the very last story we did was atomic rabbit and pudgy pig was a guest star, and then George's character named brother George, who was a little monk who didn't speak, who lived, lived in a monastery, and did good deeds and all that sort of thing. He was in there, and this was the last thing we did together. And George said, you know, since I've got these other projects, he said, Do you think you can, you can ink this? So that was a great honor to actually apply the inks over George's pencil work. And I also did digital color, but those were some things I worked on, and, oh, at one point we even had Lum and Abner in the Dick Tracy Sunday comic strip, and that was because of a gentleman named Mike Curtis, who was the writer who lived in Arkansas, was very familiar with Lum and Abner, and he got in touch with me and asked, this was in 2014 said, Would it be possible for me to use Lum and Abner in a Sunday cameo? So I contacted the locks. First thing they first thing Chet said was how much I said, I don't think they're going to pay us. I felt like, Cedric, we hunt, no mom, you know. And I felt like he was squire skimp at the time, yeah, but I said, it's just going to be really good publicity. So he finally went for it, and Lum and Abner had a cameo in a Sunday Dick Tracy comic strip, and about four years later, they honored me. This was Mike Curtis, the writer, and Joe Staton, the artist, who was another guy that I grew up reading from as a teenager, just a tremendous artist, asked if they could base a character on me. And I thought, what kind of murderer is he going to be? You know, it was going to be idiot face or what's his name, you know. So no, he was going to be a cartoonist, and the name was Peter pitchblende. Off, and he was, he said his job was to illustrate a comic strip about a pair of old comedians. So, I mean, who couldn't be honored by that? Yeah, so I don't remember how long that story lasted, but it was an honor. I mean, it was just great fun. And then then I had a chance to write two weeks of Dick Tracy, which was fun. I wrote the scripts for it and and then there's some other things. I was able to work with John rose, a tremendously nice guy who is the current artist on Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. We did a story, a comic book story, on Barney Google on Snuffy Smith in a magazine called Charleton spotlight, and I did the colors, digital coloring for that. So just these are just great honors to me to get to work with people like that. And Nick Cuddy, I did some inking, lettering coloring on some of his work. So just great experience, and Michael Hingson  36:02 great people, going back to atomic rabbit and pudgy pig, no one ever got in trouble with, from Warner Brothers with that, huh? Donnie Pitchford  36:09 Well, not, not on atomic rabbit, however, pudgy pig created a problem because George was doing some art, and I think somebody from Warner Brothers said he looks too much like Porky, so the editor at the time said, make one of his ears hang down, make him look a little different. But pudgy didn't last long. Pudgy was only around maybe two or three issues of the comic book, so, but yeah, that's George. Said they did have some trouble with that. Michael Hingson  36:44 Oh, people, what do you do? Yeah, well, I know you sent us a bunch of photos, and we have some of the Dick Tracy ones and others that people can go see. But what? What finally got you all to start the whole lemon Abner society. Donnie Pitchford  37:07 Oh, well, that goes back to 1983 right, and I'll go back even farther than that. I told you that my dad had mentioned lemon Abner to me as a kid. Dr Joe Oliver played a 15 minute lemon Abner show on KSA you at Stephen F Austin State University. That got me. I was already into old time radio, but it was the next summer 1981 there's a radio station, an am station in Gilmer, Texas Christian radio station that started running Lum and Abner every day. First it was 530 in the evening, and then I think they switched it to 1215 or so. And I started listening, started setting up my recorder, recording it every day. And a friend of mine named David Miller, who was also a radio show collector, lived in the Dallas area, I would send them to him, and at first he wasn't impressed, but then suddenly he got hooked. And when he got hooked, he got enthusiastic. He started making phone calls. He called Mrs. Lock chet's widow and talked to her. He spoke to a fellow who had written a number of articles, George Lily, who was an early proponent or an early promoter of lemon Abner, as far as reruns in the 1960s and it was through George Lilly that I was put in touch with Sam Brown in Dongola, Illinois, and because he had contacted Mr. Lilly as well. And before long, we were talking, heard about this guy named Tim Hollis. Sam and I met in Pine Ridge for lemon Abner day in 1982 for the first time, and hit it off like long lost friends and became very good friends. And then in 84 I believe it was Sam and Tim and Rex riffle met again, or met for the first time together, I guess in Pine Ridge. And I wasn't there that time. But somehow, in all of that confusion, it was proposed to start the national lemon Abner society, and we started publishing the Jot them down journal in the summer of 1984 Michael Hingson  39:43 and for those who don't know the Jotham down journal, because the store that lemon Abner ran was the Jotham down store anyway, right? Donnie Pitchford  39:50 Go ahead, yes. And that was Tim's title. Tim created the title The Jotham down journal, and we started publishing and started seeking information. And it started as just a simple photocopy on paper publication. It became a very slick publication. In 1990 or 91 Sam started recording cassettes, reading the journals, because we were hearing from Blind fans that said, you know, I enjoy the journal. I have to have somebody read it to me. This is before screen readers. And of course, you know this technology better than I do, but before any type of technology was available, and Sam said, Well, I'll tell you. I'll just start reading it on tape and I'll make copies. Just started very simply, and from then on, until the last issue in in 2007 Sam would record a cassette every other month, or when we went quarterly, four times a year, and he would mail those to the the blind members, who would listen to those. And sometimes they would keep them, and sometimes they would return them for Sam to recycle. But incidentally, those are all online now, Michael Hingson  41:03 yeah, I've actually looked at a few of those. Those are kind of fun. So the London Avenue society got formed, and then you started having conventions. Donnie Pitchford  41:14 Yes, yes. First convention was in 1985 and we did a lot of things with we would do recreations. We would do a lot of new scripts, where, if we had someone that we got to the point where we would have people that hadn't worked with lemon Abner. So we would have lemon Abner meet the great Gildersleeve. Actually, Willard had worked on the lumen Abner half hour show at some point. I believe les Tremain had never worked directly with them, but he was well, he was in some Horlicks malted milk commercials in the 1930s and of course, the Lone Ranger was never on the London Abner show and vice versa, until we got hold of it. So we had Fred Foy in 1999 and he agreed to be the announcer, narrator and play the part of the Lone Ranger. So we did Lum and Abner meet the Lone Ranger, which was a lot of fun. We had parley bear, so Lum and Abner met Chester of Gun Smoke. And those were just a lot of fun to do. And Tim, Tim would write some of them, I would write some of them, or we would collaborate back and forth to come up with these scripts. Did love and amner, ever meet Superman? No, we never got to that. That would have been great. Yeah, if we could have come up with somebody who had played Superman, that would have been a lot of fun. We had lemon Abner meet Kathie Lee Crosby as herself. Yeah, they met Frank brazzi One time. That must be fun. It was a lot of fun. We had some people would recreate the characters. We had the lady who had played Abner's daughter, Mary Lee Rob replay. She played that character again, 50 years later, coming back home to see, you know, to see family. Several other things, we had London Abner meet Gumby one time. Of all things, we had Dow McKinnon as a guest. And we had Kay Lineker come back and reprise one of her roles, the role she played in the London Abner movie. Bob's Watson did that as well. Some years we didn't have a script, which I regret, but we had other things going on. We had anniversaries of London Abner movies that we would play. So whatever we did, we tailored it around our guest stars, like Dick Beals, Sam Edwards, Roby Lester, gee whiz. I know I'm leaving people out. Michael Hingson  43:52 Well, that's okay, but, but certainly a lot of fun. What? Yes, what? Cartoonist really influenced you as a child? Donnie Pitchford  44:01 Oh, wow. I would say the first thing I saw that got my attention was the Flintstones on on prime time television, you know, the Hanna Barbera prime time things certainly Walt Disney, the animation that they would run, that he would show, and the behind the scenes, things that would be on the Disney show, things like almost almost anything animated as a kid, got my attention. But Walter Lance, you know, on the Woody Woodpecker show used to have, he'd have little features about how animation was done, and that that inspired me, that that just thrilled me. And I read Fred lachel's Snuffy Smith Chester Gould's Dick Tracy. Tracy, which that was a that's why the Dick Tracy connection, later was such a big deal for me. Almost anything in the Sunday comics that was big. Foot. In other words, the cartoony, exaggerated characters are called, sometimes called Bigfoot, Bigfoot cartooning, or Bigfoot characters. Those were always the things I looked for, Bugs Bunny, any of the people that worked on those some were anonymous. And years later, I started learning the names of who drew Popeye, you know, like LZ seagar, the originator, or bud sagendorf or George Wildman, and later high eysman. But people like that were my heroes. Later on, I was interested in I would read the Batman comics, or I would see Tarzan in the newspaper. I admired the work of Russ Manning. Michael Hingson  45:49 Do you know the name Tom Hatton? Yes, I do. Yeah. Yes. Tom did Popeye shows on KTLA Channel Five when I was growing up, and he was famous for, as he described it, squiggles. He would make a squiggle and he would turn it into something. And he was right on TV, which was so much fun. Donnie Pitchford  46:09 We had a guy in Memphis who did the same thing. His name was, he's known as Captain Bill, C, A, P, you know, Captain Bill. And he did very much the same thing. He'd have a child come up, I think some, in some cases, they're called drools. Is one word for them. There was a yeah, in Tim hollis's area, there was cousin Cliff Holman who did that. And would he might have a kid draw a squiggle, and then he would create something from it right there on the spot, a very similar type of thing, or a letter of the alphabet, or your initials, that sort Michael Hingson  46:43 of thing. Yeah. Tom did that for years. It was fun. Of course, I couldn't see them, but he talked enough that I knew what was going on. It's kind of fun. My brother loved them, yeah? So later on, when you got to be a teenager and beyond what cartoonist maybe influenced you more? Donnie Pitchford  47:03 Well, I would have to say George, probably because I was corresponding with him, right? Also, I would see the work of Carl Barks, who created Uncle Scrooge McDuck and the Donald Duck comics and all that. His stuff was all in reprint at that time, he was still living, but I didn't know he could be contacted. I didn't try to write to it, right? Years later, years later, I did get an autograph, which was, was very nice. But those people, a lot of people, Neil Adams, who did Batman, the guys at Charlton Comics, Steve Ditko, who was the CO creator of spider man, but he had a disagreement with Stan Lee, and went back to Charlton Comics and just turned out 1000s of pages, but his work was was inspirational. Another was Joe Staton, who was working at Charleton comics, who I got to work with on several projects later on, and I would say just all of those guys that I was reading at the time. Pat Boyette was another Charlton artist. I tend to gravitate toward the Charlton company because their artists weren't contained in a house style. They were allowed to do their own style. They didn't pay as much. But a lot of them were either older guys that said, I'm tired of this, of the DC Marvel system. I want to just, you know, have creative freedom. Charlton said, come on. And so they would work there and less stress, less money, probably one guy named Don Newton started there and became a legend in the industry at other companies. So I found all of those guys inspiring, and I felt I could learn from all of them. Michael Hingson  48:59 Well, you always wanted to be a cartoonist. Did you have any other real career goals, like, was teaching a goal that you wanted to do, or was it just cartooning it? Donnie Pitchford  49:07 Well, it was just a secondary, you know, as I said, when I started, I thought, I'll just do that for a few years. You know, I didn't know it was going to be like 27 but I we had a lot of success. We had, I had some student groups that would enter video competitions. And for 20 straight years, we placed either first, second or third in state competition with one Summit, one entry, another or another every year. And that was notable. I mean, I give the kids the credit for that. But then about five or six of those years, we had what we call state championship wins, you know, we were like the number one project in the state of Texas. So, you know, we had some great success, I think, in that so a lot of years there, I really, you know, that was a blessing to me. Was that career, you. Well, it just, it just got to be too much time for change. After a while, Michael Hingson  50:05 was art just a talent that you had, and cartoon drawing a talent you had, or, I don't remember how much you said about did you have any real special training as such? Donnie Pitchford  50:14 Well, all of my training was, I just couldn't afford to go to a specialized school. You know, at one time, the Joe Kubert School opened just about the time I graduated high school, it was in New Jersey. I just couldn't make that happen, so I went to state colleges and universities and did the best I could. I took commercial art classes, drawing classes, design classes, even ceramics, which came in very handy when I did some sculpting here in the last eight or nine years and worked as an assistant to a sculptor named Bob harness who lives here in Carthage, but I never had any actual comic strip slash comic book training, so I learned as much of that as I could from guys like George wild. And then after I started the lemon Avenue comic strip, an artist named Joe, named Jim Amish, who worked for Marvel, did a lot of work for the Archie Comics. And tremendous anchor is his. He's really a tremendous anchor, and does a lot of ink work over other artists pencils. Jim would call and say, he said, I want to give you some advice. I'm like, okay, at 3am he's still giving me advice. So I'd go around for two or three days feeling like a failure, but then I would, I would think about all the lessons, you know, that he had told me. And so I learned a lot from Jim and tremendous, tremendous guy. And I would listen to what high, sometimes high would call up and say, Why did you use that purple beg your pardon. So it was fun. I mean, those fellows would share with me, and I learned a great deal from those guys. Michael Hingson  52:11 Are you in any way passing that knowledge on to others today? Donnie Pitchford  52:16 I don't know that I am. I've had an offer or two to do some teaching. I just don't know if I'm if I'm going to get back into that or not. Yeah, I'm so at this point, focused on, quote, unquote, being a cartoonist and trying to make that, that age five dream, a reality, that I'm not sure I'm ready to do that again. And you know, I'm not, I'm not 21 anymore. Michael Hingson  52:45 I didn't know whether you were giving advice to people and just sort of informally doing it, as opposed to doing formal teaching. Donnie Pitchford  52:51 Well, informally, yes, I mean, if anybody asks, you know, I'll be glad to share whatever I can. But yeah, I'm not teaching any classes at this point. Michael Hingson  53:01 Well, you have certainly taken lemon Abner to interesting places in New Heights. One, one thing that attracted me and we talked about it before, was in 2019, lemon Abner in Oz. That was fun. Donnie Pitchford  53:17 Well, the credit for that goes to Tim Hollis. Tim wrote that as a short story years ago when he was first interested in lemon Abner. And I don't know if he ever had that published through the International oz society or not. I don't remember, but Tim later turned that into a radio script when we had a batch of guests. This was in 2001 we had, let's see Sam Edwards, Dick Beals, Roby Lester and Rhoda Williams. And each of them had done something related to Oz, either the children's records or storybook records or animation or something. They were involved somewhere in some type of Oz adaptation. So Tim turned his short story into a radio script that we performed there at the convention. So that was a lot of fun. And then he suggested, Why don't I turn that into a comic strip story? So that's what we did. But that was fun, yeah, and we used the recordings of those people because they had given us permission, you know, to use a recording however we saw fit. The only problem is we had a mistake. The fellow that was running the sound had a dead mic and didn't know it. Oh, gosh. So some of them are bit Off mic in that audio, but we did the best. I did the best I could Michael Hingson  54:40 with it's it sounded good. I certainly have no complaints. 54:45 Thank you for that. Michael Hingson  54:47 I I said no complaints at all. I think it was really fun and very creative. And it's kind of really neat to see so much creativity in terms of all the stuff that that you do. As a cartoonist, me having never seen cartoons, but I learned intellectually to appreciate the talent that goes into it. And of course, you guys do put the scripts together every week, which is a lot of fun to be able to listen to them well. Donnie Pitchford  55:17 And that's what that was, the audience I hoped that we would would tap into right there and it, it was guys like you that would would talk to me and say, What am I going to do? You know, I can't see it. So that's why the audio idea came about. And it's taken on a life of its own, really. And we've got Mark Ridgway, who has created a lot of musical cues for us that we use and Michael Hingson  55:45 who plays the organ? Donnie Pitchford  55:47 That's Mark Ridgway. It is Mark, okay, yes, yes. And it's actually digital, I'm sure. I think it's a digital keyboard, Michael Hingson  55:55 yeah, but it is. It's a, it's a really good sounding one, though. Donnie Pitchford  55:59 Yes, yes. There are a few cues that I did, which probably are the ones that don't sound so good, like if we ever need really bad music. If you remember the story we did, and I don't remember the name of it, what do we call it anyway? Lum tries to start a soap opera. Think this was about a year ago. Yeah, and Cedric is going to play, I don't remember it was an organ or a piano, and I don't remember what he played, but whatever it was, I think was Mary Had Michael Hingson  56:32 a Little Lamb, Mary's, Mary Had a Little Lamb on the piano. Sort of kind played. Donnie Pitchford  56:35 It was played very badly, well that, yes, it was on purpose. When mom plays lum tries to play the saxophone. That was me, and I hadn't played this. I used to play the sax. In fact, I played in a swing orchestra here in Carthage, Texas for about five years back in from the early 90s. And so I had this idea, and I hadn't played the horn probably since, probably in 20 years, and his. So I got it out, and I thought, you know, it's gonna sound terrible because it needs maintenance, but it doesn't matter. It's lump playing it, so I got to play really badly. Michael Hingson  57:14 It was perfect. It was perfect, Donnie Pitchford  57:16 yeah, because it had to sound bad. Michael Hingson  57:19 How do y'all create all these different plots. I remember so many, like the buzzard, you know, and, oh yeah, that was fun. And so many. How do you come up with those? Donnie Pitchford  57:28 Well, I used to get some really good ideas while mowing the yard. Don't ask me, why? Or I get ideas. I get ideas in the weirdest thing, weirdest places. Sometimes I have ideas in the shower. You know, I said, I better write this down. Sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night with an idea, but there the ideas just come to me. Yeah? The buzzard was fun. I'd had that one. Pretty creative. Yeah, the one about, the one about, let me see. Oh, there was one we did, where wasn't the buzzard? What was that other one? I called the Whisper? Yeah, there was a strange voice that was coming lum thought it was coming from his radio. And he turns his radio off, and He still hears it, and it was a villain who had somehow hypnotized everyone so that they wouldn't see him and he would use his voice only. And then there's a character I came up with, and let me see Larry Gasman played it, and I called him Larry John Walden, and he was the only guy he was blind. He was the only guy that wasn't hypnotized because he couldn't see the you know, I use the old thing about the watch in front of the eyes. I mean, he was the only guy that wasn't hypnotized, so he wasn't fooled by the whisper, and he could track him, because his hearing was so acute that he was able to find him. In fact, I think he could hear his watch ticking or something like that. So he was the hero of that piece. But, well, I just, I just think up ideas and write them down. Tim Hollis has written some of the scripts, maybe three or four for me, I've adapted some scripts that London Abner did that were never broadcast or that were never recorded. Rather, I've adapted a few, written several, and I keep saying, Well, when I completely run out of ideas, I'll just have to quit. Michael Hingson  59:32 Well, hopefully that never happens. What? What are your future plans? Donnie Pitchford  59:38 Well, right now, there's nothing major in the works other than just maintaining the strip, trying to continue it, trying to make it entertaining, and hopefully doing a little work on the website and getting it into the hands of more people. And I'd like to increase. Least newspaper coverage, if at all possible. And because this thing doesn't, you know, it's got to pay for itself somehow. So you know, I'm not getting rich by any means. But you know, I want to keep it fun. I want to keep having fun with it. Hopefully people will enjoy it. Hopefully we can reach younger readers, listeners, and hopefully lemon Abner can appeal to even younger audiences yet, so that we can keep those characters going. Michael Hingson  1:00:29 Yeah, there's so much entertainment there. I hope that happens now in the the life of Donnie Pitchford. Is there a wife and kids? Donnie Pitchford  1:00:40 Yes, there's a wife of almost 40 years. We unfortunately don't have any children. We've almost feel like we adopted several children all the years we were teaching. We we've adopted several cats along the way. And so, you know, we've had cats as pets for almost ever, since we were married. But that's she's, she's great, you know, she's, she's been my best friend and supporter all these years. And we were members of first Methodist Church here in Carthage, Texas, and doing some volunteer work there, and helping to teach Sunday school, and very involved and active in that church. Michael Hingson  1:01:19 So I have a cat, and I hear her outside, not outside the house, but outside the the office here, she wants me to go feed her, and we, we shaved her yesterday because her hair gets long and Matt's very easily. So she got shaved yesterday. So she's probably seeking a little vengeance from that too, but, but my wife and I were married 40 years. She passed away in November of 2022 so it's me and stitch the cat and Alamo the dog, and Karen is monitoring us somewhere. And as I tell everyone, I've got to continue to be a good kid, because if I'm not, I'm going to hear about it. So I got to be good. But it's a lot of fun. Well, I want to thank you for being with us today. This has been a lot of fun. I've learned a lot, but it's just been great to have another podcast talking about old radio shows. And you said again, if people want to reach out, they can go to lemon Abner comics.com if people want to talk to you about doing any kind of cartooning or anything like that. What's the best way they can do that? Donnie Pitchford  1:02:24 Well, they can go to the London Abner dot lumen, Abner comics.com website, and there's a contact a link right there at the top of the page. So yeah, they can contact me through that. Probably that's the easiest way to do it. Michael Hingson  1:02:37 Okay, well, I want to thank you again for being here, and I want to thank all y'all out there. That's how they talk in Texas, right? It's all y'all for everybody. Donnie Pitchford  1:02:46 Well, some of them do, and some of them in Arkansas do too. Well, yeah. Michael Hingson  1:02:49 And then there's some who don't, yeah, y'all means everything, and it Speaker 1  1:02:54 don't, yeah, I don't think squire skimp says it that way. Michael Hingson  1:02:58 Well, Squire, you know, whatever it takes. But I want to thank you all for being here, and please give us a five star rating wherever you're listening or watching the podcast. Donnie would appreciate it. I would appreciate it, and also give us a review. We'd love to get your reviews, so please do that. If you can think of anyone else who ought to be a guest, and I think Donnie has already suggested a few. So Donnie as well, anyone else who ought to come on the podcast, we'd love it. Appreciate you introducing us, and you know, we'll go from there. And I know at some point in the future, the Michael hingson Group Inc is going to be a sponsor, because we've started that process for lemon. Abner, yes, thank you. Thank you. So I want to, I want to thank love and Squire for that 1:03:45 years. Well, it's been my pleasure. Michael Hingson  1:03:50 Well, thank you all and again, really, seriously, Donnie, I really appreciate you being here. This has been a lot of fun. So thank you for coming. Donnie Pitchford  1:03:58 Thank you. 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En este episodio muy, pero muy especial hablamos acerca de la segunda temporada de la serie: Peacemaker. Además revisamos el box office de la semana, comentamos las noticias geekas más relevantes de la semana, hicimos un 10 en 10 de personajes de Charlton Comics, Julio nos habló del comic leído esta semana y Ticomán nos compartió un trivia de la semana. Los productores ejecutivos de este episodio son: Rubs30 Ivan de Dios Perez El Compadre Geeko Carlos Alexander Sorto Gonzalez Simon Rodriguez Perez Fernando Bilbao Zabdiel Jaramillo Guiselle Silva Benigno Mandujano Strider Spinel Rodrigo Garcia Pablo David Morales

SupermanSuperman's Box Office Triumph & DCU UpdatesThe DC Universe is taking shape, and it all starts with Superman. The film has officially crossed $614 million worldwide, with $353M domestic (57.5%) and $260M international (42.5%). James Gunn has called the movie's success the “biggest relief of his life” because if it hadn't worked, the future of the entire DCU slate—from Supergirl to Lanterns—would have been in jeopardy.Superman Box Office UpdateDomestic box office: $353,302,360International box office: $260,800,000Worldwide total: $614,102,360This breakdown shows how crucial U.S. audiences remain for superhero films, even as international numbers grow.Variety and Deadline Report on Superman Profit MarginSuperman has an 8-week profit margin of about $125 million.It is the seventh-highest grossing film of the year.By comparison Man of Steel's profit margin was $42.7 million.We explain why domestic is still more profitable to studios than international.Gunn Relieved by Superman SuccessJames Gunn admitted that Superman's success was critical for DC Studios:“If Superman didn't work, I'm the head of DC Studios! What am I gonna do now? We have Supergirl, Peacemaker Season 2, Lanterns, Clayface—they're all connected to this!”PeacemakerSuperman's Visit to the Peacemaker SetA behind-the-scenes photo dated July 23, 2024 sparked speculation. David Corenswet appeared on the Peacemaker set in full Superman costume while James Gunn was splitting directing duties between Superman and Peacemaker Season 2. Fans believe this signals a direct connection between the two projects, with Superman potentially playing a meaningful role in Peacemaker Season 2. We disagree somewhat.How Would Fleury See Hawkgirl?Fans asked James Gunn online what Fleury might think of Hawkgirl. His playful response:“I think he'd wonder what's wrong with her head and wouldn't really know.”Yes the Grammar Fuck Up Was IntentionalJames Gunn confirmed that the infamous “Your the best” typo was intentional, sparking fan discussion. He also joked about Harcourt's “Thirstcourt” side in her texts, keeping his trademark banter alive.ClayfaceClayface – Gotham City Map Easter EggsA leaked Gotham City Transit Authority map revealed nods to Batman lore: Arkham Asylum, Ace Chemical, the Iceberg Lounge, Blackgate Penitentiary, Gotham Knights sporting complex, Wayne-owned buildings, Kane Estate, and Kane Memorial Bridge. Fans debated similarities to real-world Manhattan maps (like Hell's Kitchen).Man of Tomorrow – Superman Sequel AnnouncedJames Gunn confirmed Man of Tomorrow hits theaters July 9, 2027, almost exactly two years after Superman. Gunn clarified:It's not titled Superman 2, just Man of Tomorrow.The film will explore Superman and Lex Luthor's relationship, with Nicholas Hoult's Luthor donning the green-and-purple Warsuit.Speculation: Possible villains may be Bizarro, Brainiac, or Zod.Gunn emphasized his collaborative writing process and ongoing rewrites.People Responding to James GunnThe Man of Tomorrow announcement drew reactions from DC stars and creators:Isabela Merced (Hawkgirl): “See You Soooon”Aaron Pierre (John Stewart): “Yes, Indeed!”

Episode 992- Jason Interviews James Aquilone - MONSTROUS: THE KAIJU ISSUEcomic magazine is celebrating Godzilla's 70th anniversary with kaiju comics, short stories, artwork, and articles.  MONSTROUS: THE KAIJU ISSUE features a stacked line-up including:“The Colossus From the Crater,” a brand-new sci-fi short story set on a remote moon and featuring a giant alien mummy, penned by novelist Greg Cox, who wrote the official prose adaptation of Godzilla (2014), soon to be reprinted in a new omnibus edition.An all-new Konga vs. Gorgo comic, featuring the creatures from the cult 1960s American International Pictures movies and Charlton Comics, written by James Aquilone and illustrated by Dave Swartz (Confederate Monster)Two iconic covers — a Konga vs. Gorgo cover by Larry Tuason (Knightingail: The Legend Begins) and a MegaSquatch cover by EV Cantada and colorist Zac Atkinson. Just like these creatures themselves, this new magazine will be enlarged to a full-size 8.5-x-11-inch format. It was previously digest size, so this is certainly an upgrade. Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and writer James Aquilone, who heads up Monstrous Books, had this to say about it:“When I decided to do a Kaiju issue of Monstrous Magazine I couldn't pass up the opportunity to do a Kaiju-size magazine, so we're going from 5.5 x 8.5 to 8.5 x 11 inches. And that's just the beginning. We're resizing the  Monstrous Magazine back issues, too, and now, for a limited time, they will be available in the new collectible, oversized Kaiju format.”Back It: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manbomb/kaiju?ref=3chte9Theme Songs by Drew: Pages of Terror & Dubstep Kaiju RemixLike & Subscribe on Youtube www.youtube.com/@comicsforfunandprofit5331Patreon https://www.patreon.com/comicsfunprofit Merch https://comicsfunprofit.threadless.comYour Support Keeps Our Show Going On Our Way to a Thousand EpisodesDonate Here https://bit.ly/36s7YeLAll the C4FaP links you could ever need  https://beacons.ai/comicsfunprofit Listen To the Episode Here: https://comcsforfunandprofit.podomatic.com/

In this episode of Bros, Foes, & Heroes, Zach and Mike break down Peacemaker's first appearance in Charlton Comics, his bizarre “Peace Palace,” his stockpile of weapons he was never supposed to use, and his showdown with the evil Emil Bork (yes, Bork). Along the way, we cover how DC later reimagined him in the '80s, why Alan Moore almost turned him into the Comedian in Watchmen, and how he evolved into the helmet-wearing anti-hero we know today. Subscribe for more deep dives into comic book history. #Peacemaker #DCComics #CharltonComics #ComicBookHistory #BrosFoesHeroes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this 2006 conversation, legendary writer and editor Denny O'Neil joins Word Balloon to revisit his groundbreaking 1980s run on The Question, a series that helped redefine the character for a new generation. Originally created by Steve Ditko for Charlton Comics, Vic Sage found new life under O'Neil's pen—philosophical, gritty, and deeply human.We also explore Denny's novel Helltown, which digs into Vic Sage's origin story in a bold new way. Longtime fans will notice some departures from past continuity, but the spirit—and sharp commentary—are pure O'Neil.Plus: Denny shares stories from his early days in comics, working under editors like Julie Schwartz and Stan Lee, and yes, there's some great Batman talk too—no surprise from the man who helped shape the Dark Knight for over three decades. A must-listen for fans of classic comics, noir storytelling, and one of the true legends of the mediu

Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Bob Hall part 2, from his early days as a comic reader, his University education in Theatre, his turned in first work for Charlton Comics, studying at the John Buscema Comic Art School, getting into Marvel under editor Archie Goodwin, then under new editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, the Yellowjacket Wasp story, Squadron Supreme with Mark Gruenwald, co-creating West Coast Avengers, Emperor Doom, Valiant Comics, Future Comics, his Joker graphic series for DC, and his modern theatre work.  Edited & Produced by Alex Grand.  #Avengers #SquadronSupreme #Valiant #Marvel© 2021 Comic Book HistoriansSupport the show

Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Bob Hall, from his early days as a comic reader, his University education in Theatre, his turned in first work for Charlton Comics, studying at the John Buscema Comic Art School, getting into Marvel under editor Archie Goodwin, then under new editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, the Yellowjacket Wasp story, Squadron Supreme with Mark Gruenwald, co-creating West Coast Avengers, Emperor Doom, Valiant Comics, Future Comics, his Joker graphic series for DC, and his modern theatre work.  Edited & Produced by Alex Grand.  #Avengers #SquadronSupreme #Valiant #Marvel© 2021 Comic Book HistoriansSupport the show

Here at Back Issue Banter, we try to come up with answers as to why we love classic comics, but this time we're examining The Question.We're taking a look at DC Comics' 1987 revival of The Question and to help us unravel this, we brought on a guest.  Brian Linnen (Permanent Record Podcast) chose this month's topic, so it's only fitting that he chatted with us about this enigmatic character created by Steve Ditko, who originally appeared as one of the Charlton Comics heroes...or anti-heroes.The Question is a different type of comic -- no long underwear types here -- and it was great fun dissecting and talking about this.Hosted by Chris Karam and Brad Page.Check out Brian Linnen's Permanent Record Podcast: https://www.permanentrecordpodcast.com/

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkHTY1eNYHr9JoTndx_m6kA/join New T-shirts & more are now available! http://tee.pub/lic/BAMG It's a packed one, as John & Richard discuss the impact of card grading company PSA entering the comic book slabbing arena. John provides his review of the X-Men relaunch, then they hit the Viewer Mailbag with more fanzine memories, comic book slab alternatives & more. The Old Fart Rule takes us back to 1984 and the dying gasps of Charlton Comics. Finally, our Underrated Books of the Week include the intro of Gen 13 and a forgotten pioneering African-American Archie-style comic! Bronze and Modern Gods is the channel dedicated to the Bronze, Copper and Modern Ages of comics and comic book collecting! Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BronzeAndModernGods Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bronzeandmoderngods #comics #comicbooks #comiccollecting --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bronzeandmoderngods/support

What happens when a star explodes? The Earth gets a hero! We look at the early years of E-Man this week, as well as review Rifters #1 from Image Comics, Scarlett #1 from Skybound Entertainment, and Soul Taker #1 from Mad Cave Studios! http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/MSP1009B.mp3 Direct Download Subscribe via Apple Podcasts RSS Feed Subscribe to the Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed! Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed RSS Feed Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN RIFTERS #1 Writer: Brian Posehn and Joe Trohman Artist: Chris Johnson Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 12, 2024 Please, Saran-Wrap your ass, because you're about to projectile-shit yourself right into the wild world of RIFTERS, where Time Cop collides with Law & Order, filtered through the Stupid McSmartsalot-Einstein lens of Mr. Show. Fenton and Geller are a couple of part-time Wisenheimers, full-time vice time-cops who suck at rule-following but excel at busting time-travel crimes. Unfortunately, their daily grind involves tedious police work—like chasing down douchebag influencers hellbent on live-streaming illegal transtemporal trips to 1920s Chicago to steal primo bootleg hooch. However, in a twist of fate, our heroes find themselves thrust into the heart of an inter-time serial homicide mystery, but not before things change, forcing our pair into the crosshairs of potentially lethal consequences. The stakes are high, time is of the essence, and Fenton and Geller are about to discover that playing with the time-stream isn't all flappers and jazz hands. Get ready for a high-octane, double-illegal adventure where the only sure thing is that RIFTERS is rewriting the rulebook on time-travel tales! [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3RkH2o6 MATTHEW SCARLETT #1 Writer: Kelly Thompson Artist: Marco Ferrari Publisher: Image Comics/Skybound Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: June 5, 2024 The next chapter of Codename: G.I. Joe begins here! Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara is about to take on the most dangerous black ops mission of her career: infiltrating the mysterious rising power in Japan known as Clan Arashikage. Her one lead is her former partner-Jinx-turned Arashikage enforcer. Now, Scarlett must use her very particular set of skills to survive undercover... and discover a shocking weapon that could change the balance of power on Earth. [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3VnWyAO RODRIGO SOUL TAKER #1 Writer: Tom Sniegoski Artist: Valeria Burzo Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: July 03, 2024 Amarantha is the last of her race, an ancient species that has lived among us for millennia, feeding on the life energies of humanity. Now enjoying a peaceful existence in a retirement community, she continues to consume just enough to survive. But Amarantha has made enemies throughout her long life and an ancient foe thought long defeated has returned and is out for blood, while a newer threat seeks to capture her for their own nefarious purposes! Now Amarantha must do everything in her power to vanquish her enemies and protect the life she has made for herself. [rating: 3/5] DISCUSSION E-Man E-Man is a comic-book character, a superhero created by writer Nicola Cuti and artist Joe Staton for the American company Charlton Comics in 1973. Although the character's original series was short-lived, the lightly humorous hero has become a cult classic occasionally revived by different independent comics publishers. The character was originally owned by Charlton but was eventually transferred to its creators. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! [su_signoff]

What happens when a star explodes? The Earth gets a hero! We look at the early years of E-Man this week, as well as review Rifters #1 from Image Comics, Scarlett #1 from Skybound Entertainment, and Soul Taker #1 from Mad Cave Studios! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN RIFTERS #1 Writer: Brian Posehn and Joe Trohman Artist: Chris Johnson Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 12, 2024 Please, Saran-Wrap your ass, because you're about to projectile-shit yourself right into the wild world of RIFTERS, where Time Cop collides with Law & Order, filtered through the Stupid McSmartsalot-Einstein lens of Mr. Show. Fenton and Geller are a couple of part-time Wisenheimers, full-time vice time-cops who suck at rule-following but excel at busting time-travel crimes. Unfortunately, their daily grind involves tedious police work—like chasing down douchebag influencers hellbent on live-streaming illegal transtemporal trips to 1920s Chicago to steal primo bootleg hooch. However, in a twist of fate, our heroes find themselves thrust into the heart of an inter-time serial homicide mystery, but not before things change, forcing our pair into the crosshairs of potentially lethal consequences. The stakes are high, time is of the essence, and Fenton and Geller are about to discover that playing with the time-stream isn't all flappers and jazz hands. Get ready for a high-octane, double-illegal adventure where the only sure thing is that RIFTERS is rewriting the rulebook on time-travel tales! [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3RkH2o6 MATTHEW SCARLETT #1 Writer: Kelly Thompson Artist: Marco Ferrari Publisher: Image Comics/Skybound Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: June 5, 2024 The next chapter of Codename: G.I. Joe begins here! Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara is about to take on the most dangerous black ops mission of her career: infiltrating the mysterious rising power in Japan known as Clan Arashikage. Her one lead is her former partner-Jinx-turned Arashikage enforcer. Now, Scarlett must use her very particular set of skills to survive undercover... and discover a shocking weapon that could change the balance of power on Earth. [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3VnWyAO RODRIGO SOUL TAKER #1 Writer: Tom Sniegoski Artist: Valeria Burzo Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: July 03, 2024 Amarantha is the last of her race, an ancient species that has lived among us for millennia, feeding on the life energies of humanity. Now enjoying a peaceful existence in a retirement community, she continues to consume just enough to survive. But Amarantha has made enemies throughout her long life and an ancient foe thought long defeated has returned and is out for blood, while a newer threat seeks to capture her for their own nefarious purposes! Now Amarantha must do everything in her power to vanquish her enemies and protect the life she has made for herself. [rating: 3/5] DISCUSSION E-Man E-Man is a comic-book character, a superhero created by writer Nicola Cuti and artist Joe Staton for the American company Charlton Comics in 1973. Although the character's original series was short-lived, the lightly humorous hero has become a cult classic occasionally revived by different independent comics publishers. The character was originally owned by Charlton but was eventually transferred to its creators. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

What happens when a star explodes? The Earth gets a hero! We look at the early years of E-Man this week, as well as review Rifters #1 from Image Comics, Scarlett #1 from Skybound Entertainment, and Soul Taker #1 from Mad Cave Studios! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN RIFTERS #1 Writer: Brian Posehn and Joe Trohman Artist: Chris Johnson Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 12, 2024 Please, Saran-Wrap your ass, because you're about to projectile-shit yourself right into the wild world of RIFTERS, where Time Cop collides with Law & Order, filtered through the Stupid McSmartsalot-Einstein lens of Mr. Show. Fenton and Geller are a couple of part-time Wisenheimers, full-time vice time-cops who suck at rule-following but excel at busting time-travel crimes. Unfortunately, their daily grind involves tedious police work—like chasing down douchebag influencers hellbent on live-streaming illegal transtemporal trips to 1920s Chicago to steal primo bootleg hooch. However, in a twist of fate, our heroes find themselves thrust into the heart of an inter-time serial homicide mystery, but not before things change, forcing our pair into the crosshairs of potentially lethal consequences. The stakes are high, time is of the essence, and Fenton and Geller are about to discover that playing with the time-stream isn't all flappers and jazz hands. Get ready for a high-octane, double-illegal adventure where the only sure thing is that RIFTERS is rewriting the rulebook on time-travel tales! [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3RkH2o6 MATTHEW SCARLETT #1 Writer: Kelly Thompson Artist: Marco Ferrari Publisher: Image Comics/Skybound Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: June 5, 2024 The next chapter of Codename: G.I. Joe begins here! Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara is about to take on the most dangerous black ops mission of her career: infiltrating the mysterious rising power in Japan known as Clan Arashikage. Her one lead is her former partner-Jinx-turned Arashikage enforcer. Now, Scarlett must use her very particular set of skills to survive undercover... and discover a shocking weapon that could change the balance of power on Earth. [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3VnWyAO RODRIGO SOUL TAKER #1 Writer: Tom Sniegoski Artist: Valeria Burzo Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: July 03, 2024 Amarantha is the last of her race, an ancient species that has lived among us for millennia, feeding on the life energies of humanity. Now enjoying a peaceful existence in a retirement community, she continues to consume just enough to survive. But Amarantha has made enemies throughout her long life and an ancient foe thought long defeated has returned and is out for blood, while a newer threat seeks to capture her for their own nefarious purposes! Now Amarantha must do everything in her power to vanquish her enemies and protect the life she has made for herself. [rating: 3/5] DISCUSSION E-Man E-Man is a comic-book character, a superhero created by writer Nicola Cuti and artist Joe Staton for the American company Charlton Comics in 1973. Although the character's original series was short-lived, the lightly humorous hero has become a cult classic occasionally revived by different independent comics publishers. The character was originally owned by Charlton but was eventually transferred to its creators. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

It is an honor and privilege to welcome author and illustrator Rick Stasi to The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast.  Rick and I first met at the first Planet Comicon Kansas City in 1999 at the defunct Overland Park International Trade Center, and every time I attend the convention, his booth is one of my first stops. He has credits with DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Charlton Comics, and NOW Comics (The Twilight Zone). Rick also worked on projects for Disney, Warner Bros. (Looney Toons and Tiny Toons), and Lucasfilm (Star Wars).  Not only is Rick a prolific creator, but he is also a dedicated educator. For over 20 years, he has been sharing his knowledge and passion for comics, sequential art, and storyboarding as an instructor with the Shawnee Mission School District, the Westport School of Art, and the Kansas City Art Institute.Currently, he provides individual instruction and career counseling, demonstrating his commitment to nurturing the next generation of artists. In addition, Rick has excelled in the corporate world, serving as a creative director, graphic designer, and marketer.  Outside of the comic world, Rick has explored various creative avenues. He authored Funny You Should Ask: Musings and Verse for Better Or…Poetry, Essays, and Lyrics, a collection that showcases his diverse writing skills. He also released an audio collection: Talking to Myself (To You!), a 60-plus track double album that demonstrates his versatility as a performer. Rick has taken his spoken word selections to live events and even to the airwaves of KKFI 90.FM Kansas City Community Radio.  His talents extend to voice acting, with his most notable role being the narrator for Wounded Warriors, a B2B veterans film focusing on mental health. On this episode of The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Rick Stasi spoke about working at DC Comics, Warner Bros, and Disney. He also previewed his final book, Letters From the Exodus: The Definitive Anthology of Poetry, Musings, Songs and Scripts. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jake-s-take-with-jacob-elyachar--4112003/support.

  Did you know that comic books were invented in Connecticut? Well, sort of. There are lots of precedents for printing texts with images. But the origin of mass market comic book printing is 1930s Waterbury, where Eastern Color printing began by re-publishing comic strips from newspapers in magazine form. Eventually they partnered with Dell publishing to print the first original content American comic books. But today's episode takes us a ways down Route 8 from Waterbury to Derby. From the 1940s to 1991, Derby was the home of Charlton Comics, unique for being a one-stop shop that included writers, artists, publishing, and distribution under one roof. The story of Charlton is colorful in more than one way. In this episode, Natalie Belanger of the Connecticut Museum talks to Jon B. Cooke, author of The Charlton Companion. Learn about the seedy origins of the company, its often lackadaisical approach to quality control, and why there was nothing else like it in American comics. Learn more about the Nutmeg state's connection to the comic industry by visiting the Connecticut Museum's exhibition, Connecticut's Bookshelf now on display at the museum in Hartford. Jon B. Cooke's book, The Charlton Companion, is available in digital form online at twomorrows.com    ------------------------------------------------ Subscribe to get your copy of Connecticut Explored magazine delivered to your mailbox or your inbox-subscribe at ctexplored.org.  You won't want to miss our Summer issue with new places to go and lots of day trip ideas!   This episode of Grating the Nutmeg was produced by Natalie Belanger and engineered by Patrick O'Sullivan at https://www.highwattagemedia.com/   Join us in two weeks for our next episode of Grating the Nutmeg, the podcast of Connecticut history. Help us produce the podcast by donating to non-profit Connecticut Explored at https://ctexplored.networkforgood.com/projects/179036-support-ct-history-podcast-grating-the-nutmeg   Photo Credit: My Secret Life, Charlton Publications, Vol. 1, No. 25, Sept. 1958. Connecticut Museum Collection.    

Devour a Georgian dinner with Dan Parent as we discuss why we both loved the legendary Ramona Fradon, how a Charlton Comics pamphlet gave him the tools to take his art more seriously, what he learned working at the start of his career with the great Dan DeCarlo, the character fans demand he draw the most during his convention appearances, the Archie artist who tormented him during his early days, how to respect legacy characters while still keeping them fresh, whose blood got added to the ink of which comics, how hopeful artists can do now what he did then, and much more.

Prepare for an exclusive journey into the origins of Watchmen on "Moving Panels" as hosts Laramy Wells, Blake Fowler, and Chad Smith kick off our March Madness with a deep dive into the genesis of this groundbreaking graphic novel. Join us as we unravel the intriguing backstory of how Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons found their way into the world of comics and explore the fascinating connections between Watchmen and the iconic characters of Charlton Comics. With insightful analysis and passionate discussion, we'll trace the evolution of Watchmen from its humble beginnings to its status as a literary masterpiece. So, join us for a riveting exploration of comic book history on "Moving Panels"!

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Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkHTY1eNYHr9JoTndx_m6kA/join New T-shirts & more are now available! http://tee.pub/lic/BAMG John & Richard dive into the Viewer Mailbag to remember the first big Marvel Comics crossover event, more chat about THE MARVELS, and new topic ideas from our viewers. Our Hot Book of the Week features an Epic Comics deep cut and the Old Fart Rule looks at the final years of Charlton Comics. Finally, our Underrated Books of the Week feature Nick Fury vs. Hitler and a new beginning for the Doom Patrol! Bronze and Modern Gods is the channel dedicated to the Bronze, Copper and Modern Ages of comics and comic book collecting! Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BronzeAndModernGods Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bronzeandmoderngods #comics #comicbooks #comiccollecting --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bronzeandmoderngods/support

Try Whakoom free for iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1203325014 or for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whakoom.app New T-shirts & more are now available! http://tee.pub/lic/BAMG NOTE: Apologies for the intermittent video and audio issues, but this is a much more listenable version of our Day One live streams.John & Richard are joined by viewer David all the way from Melbourne, Australia to talk about Pence variants and we see some amazing foreign keys! Plus, they're joined by  @charlton6674  to talk about, you guessed it, Charlton Comics! Bronze and Modern Gods is the channel dedicated to the Bronze, Copper and Modern Ages of comics and comic book collecting! Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BronzeAndModernGods Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bronzeandmoderngods #comics #comicbooks #comiccollecting --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bronzeandmoderngods/support

Os ofrecemos un pódcast tipo píldora para que podáis conocer a vista de pájaro todas las versiones y los diferentes orígenes del personaje Blue Beetle, desde su origen en 1939 en Charlton Comics con Dan Garrett, pasando por su compra por parte de DC Comics con Ted Kord y llegando a la versión que veremos en cines de Jaime Reyes. ❇️ Si quieres saber más de El Sótano de Planet os dejamos todos los enlaces de interés: 🔷 WEB: https://elsotanodelplanet.com 🔷 PÓDCAST IVOOX: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-podcast-el-sotano-del-planet-podcast-superman_sq_f173777_1.html 🔷 TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/elsotanodelplanet 🔷 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVezUEZeVU2pDJvQ0NFM6CQ 🔷 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/elsotanodelplanet/ 🔷 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ElSotanoDelPlanet 🔷 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/SotanoPlanet 🔷 DISCORD: https://discord.gg/qtarkDZpyB (Si no funciona la invitación, solicitadlo por redes sociales y os ofreceremos la nueva invitación activa) 🔷 E-MAIL: ElSotanoDelPlanet@gmail.com 🔷 PÓDCAST ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/podcast-el-s%C3%B3tano-del-planet-podcast-superman/id1041625748 🔷 PÓDCAST SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1nlF54BDI8dsIxo6Az51zK?si=5XQJoWR1Rq6kN-FMo9RN2g 🔷 PÓDCAST ANTIGUOS: https://go.ivoox.com/sq/1136166

Watchmen conta a saga de um homem nudista fluorescente quando encontra o maior playboy da história. E mais: Faça o que tu queres, há de ser tudo do Livro da Lei! Tudo sobre a principal edita de quadrinhos durante a Eras de Ouro e Prata. E seria o Popeye o primeiro super boy lixo da história? Esse filme foi uma sugestão do @treinadorleorodrigues, nosso Aleatórier #7 Filme de hoje: Watchmen (2005) Ficha técnica deste episódio Participação: @andreavila1979 @ricardobunnyman @shiromatic @sirtomzera Edição, decoupage e consultoria técnica: Randi Maldonado (@grimoriopodcast) Sonoplastia: André Ávila   Quer sugerir um filme e se tornar um Aleatórier? Clique aqui e mande a sua Sessão Aleatória! Clique aqui e saiba mais sobre o Sessão Aleatória. Quer falar conosco? Mande um email para sessaoaleatoriapodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @sessaolaeatoria

Repasamos al detalle la aclamada etapa de finales de los años ochenta de Dennis O´Neil y Denys Cowan. Una obra donde reinventan al personaje creado originalmente en Charlton Comics que terminó en manos de DC, pero que mantiene toda la esencia de su entorno. Además un material, recientemente polémico debido a las decisiones editoriales de ECC y su publicación, pero que finalmente nos ha llegado a las librerías y que considerábamos necesario poner en valor.

CAPÍTULO #330… Esta semana nos trasladamos a Hub City para hablar de Question, la aclamada y recientemente polémica etapa de Dennis O´Neil y Denys Cowan de uno de los justicieros más noir de todo DC Comics. Además os traeremos nuestro repaso semanal por la actualidad del medio, como el último tráiler de Flash, nuevas series o los próximos avances editoriales de Astiberri, ECC y Nuevo Nueve. Y como suele ser habitual, también nos pasaremos por las estanterías para ofreceros las mejores reseñas de novedades. Hablaremos de lanzamientos como el Hombre Hormiga de Al Ewing, el spin-off de La Casa Slaughter, el último trabajo de la antología Un Mal Día con Dos Caras y mucho más.Gracias por estar al otro lado agentes ¡Nos oímos! NOTICIAS [00:06:19] Wytches tendrá su propia serie para Amazon Tráiler de Flash El universo de Caballero Blanco continúa expandiéndose con una nueva serie Novedades Astiberri Marzo La serie de Hiedra Venenosa se convierte en regular Novedades Nuevo Nueve Marzo Novedades ECC Mayo Batman: The Brave and the Bold es la nueva antología de DC NOVEDADES Y RELECTURAS [00:57:07] Hombre Hormiga: Siempre Hombre Hormiga Bermuda Lobezno Marvel Gold El Gran vacío Patos Batman un mal día: Dos Caras La Cosa del pantano: Devenir La Casa Slaughter Harley Quinn: La serie Animada La Balada del Norte Boomers Alvar Mayor Dream Team Level E ANÁLISIS: THE QUESTION [03:27:14] Repasamos al detalle la aclamada etapa de finales de los años ochenta de Dennis O´Neil y Denys Cowan. Una obra donde reinventan al personaje creado originalmente en Charlton Comics que terminó en manos de DC, pero que mantiene toda la esencia de su entorno. Además un material, recientemente polémico debido a las decisiones editoriales de ECC y su publicación, pero que finalmente nos ha llegado a las librerías y que considerábamos necesario poner en valor. CORREO DEL AGENTE [05:30:56] Leemos todos vuestros mensajes dejados en las redes y nuestra sección de la voz de los Agentes de Hydra, ¡Habla pueblo Habla! ¡Muchas gracias por escucharnos y todo vuestro apoyo y participación! 🎤 Nuestro PODCAST ya está en el CANAL SECUNDARIO ¡Inflate a contenido comiquero aquí! https://www.youtube.com/@tomosygrapaspodcast Tomos y grapas es un medio de comunicación transmedia, disfruta de nuestros contenidos también en nuestra web, YouTube y redes sociales. VISITA TAMBIÉN NUESTRA LIBRERÍA En la Calle Alcalá 211 o nuestra TIENDA ONLINE con el mejor servicio y atención 👉👉 tiendatomosygrapas.com

This week we talk all about Charlton Comics and the stories of the characters that began with the publisher! We also have special guest David Watkins joining us    Intro Music by Aaron Barry Find more great podcasts like this on Brain Freeze To ask questions for the next episode, or to continue the conversation online visit us here: On Twitter On Facebook  On Instagram On our Website Or check out our new store for merch And our Patreon!

On today's show, we have a returning guest who has written two new books since we last spoke. One is a biography on artist John Severin and a history of Charlton Comics with the Charlton Companion. Here he is, Jon B. Cooke. (yeah yeah I know, I know, I accidentally said Jon C. Cooke during the episode…). Plus, the usual news from Fun Ideas Productions.

For the ninth episode of WHO'S THAT?, Shag and guest Paul Kien (from BATMAN FAMILY REUNION) take a look at DC's darling of darkness, NIGHTSHADE! We discuss Nightshade's WHO'S WHO entries, her origins, solo strips in Captain Atom #87-88 from Charlton Comics, plus her time with Shadowpact! Finally we debate Nightshade's various costumes over the years! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our website: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/WWWT09 Images from this episode: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/WWWT09gallery E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Subscribe to the WHO'S WHO PODCAST: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/whos-who-the-definitive-podcast-of-the-dc-universe/id1087335211 Subscribe via other podcatchers: http://feeds.feedburner.com/whos-who Also available on Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, Stitcher and Google Podcasts This episode brought to you by InStockTrades. This week's selections: SUICIDE SQUAD TP VOL 07 THE DRAGONS HOARD: https://www.instocktrades.com/products/sep170426/suicide-squad-tp-vol-07-the-dragons-hoard DITKO SHRUGGED UNCOMPROMISING LIFE OF THE ARTIST: https://www.instocktrades.com/products/jun201163/ditko-shrugged-uncompromising-life-of-the-artist-(res) This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening! Who's Next? 

Look-In January 16-23, 1988 This week Ken welcomes comedian and co-host of the Cheap Show Podcast, Paul Gannon. Ken and Paul discuss how they first met, the Geek Night Out live show, having strange interests, the history of television in the UK, how Paul loved board games, Party Til You Puke, Radio Times, TV Times, The Jr. TV Times, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, regional UK programming, Thames TV, LWT, Angelica TV, the phenomenon of UK Annuals, US Comic Book annuals, Alan Moore, NOW Comics, Ralph Snart, The Ghostbusters, Star Comics, Charlton Comics, Marvel UK, Cannon and Ball, Worzel Gummidge, Michael Crawford, Some Mothers Do Ave Em, Man About the House, exporting comedy, UK Movies based on UK Sitcoms, Stella Street, On the Buses, Sapphire and Steel, Street Hawk, Wuzzles, Disney TV animation, No. 72, Tiswas, SMTV, loving Cat Deeley, aHa, Bros, Five Star, skinheads, breaking sausage news, Whetabix, stealing the Gillete logo, The Trap Door, Jonathan Ross, hating Mick Hucknall, Masters of the Universe, Airwolf, quizzes, The A-Team, Argos, Service Merchandise, the strangeness of UK TV schedules, Ghost Busters Jeans, Roger Ramjet, bookleg Garfield, writing letters to complain about Scooby Doo, and strange drawings of Miriam d'abo.

Sup all you Fannies out there in the world? Today we have a real treat for ya'll! A whole episode about Al Fago's Atomic Rabbit!!! This is a listener request and you too can ask for the Family to talk about any comic book character. Just write to us at allinthecomicbook@gmail.com

TERRIFICON Mitch is at a diner with world famous writer PAUL KUPPERBERG! Join the two, over a hot dog and open-faced Turkey sandwich as they chat away about Charlton Comics, Steve Ditko, Toy Comics, Lee & Kirby and even a bit about Peacemaker & Vigilante and how they appear in James Gunn's smash hit show on HBOMax. It's a fun chat over lunch and you are there through the miracle of podcasting! Listen in wont you?  #peacemaker #comics #charlton #podcast #comicon #nealadams

Peacemaker was introduced in 1966 as just another rich guy with fancy tech. But today he is a popular character with a hit series. James Gunn and John Cena have brought new life to a forgettable character with some interesting origins and a comedic, but tragic portrayal. We look at Peacemaker's history and how he has evolved. And we have news, including some DC movies which feel like they may never come out. Jay and Josh cherish peace with all their heart and don't care how many men they have to kill to get it on Superhero Suite.

Hora de ponerse la escupidera plateada en la cabeza y bailar un poco de hair metal. Luego de su papel en The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker acaba de protagonizar la primera temporada de su propia serie, de la mano nuevamente de James Gunn. Mael, Eze, y MaGnUs se juntan para reseñar este producto de autor con humor, violencia, y drama. Ademas, Orígenes Secretos, repasando la historia de publicación del personaje originalmente creado para Charlton Comics. Con música de Bon Jovi (interpretando a John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band), Wig Wam, y Judas Priest. Próximo programa: The Batman.

"Tuffy" returns to the show to help Mikes DELL & EL review the comic book that (mostly) inspired the TV show! Paul Kupperberg, Tod Smith and Pablo Marcos revive an old Charlton Comics character for the post-Crisis DC Universe. www.ComicBookSyndicate.com

You want to listen to this one folks as Jason Furie and Adam Roth are in complete disagreement here. Jason loves Peacemaker (Season 1) embracing all the gore, juvenile comedy, and action while Adam could barely get through what he considers just one bad joke repeated over and over throughout the 8 episode run. This series is unfiltered James Gunn and is getting rave reviews across the board. Except for Adam. Adam no like.Visit Website | Join Newsletter | Support | Facebook | Instagram

One of my marathon conversations with the great Dennis O'Neil from 2018 . An epic discussion with the acclaimed writer of Batman, and so much more. We talk about his early days at Charlton Comics, why did he leave DC for Marvel in the 80s and why did he return to DC in the 90s? We talk about the Knightfall event, the story choices Dc wouldn't allow him to do and a lot more.From his first days at DC, to the Hard Traveling Heroes run of Green Lantern/Green Arrow, and the social justice agenda , The master writer shares many stories from the silver bronze and platinum ages

A search for a new host leads to a frozen tundra filled with enormous snow beasts, masked luchadores, heavily bearded hosses, and the men that have adorable schoolyard crushes on them. On Episode 494 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined by podcasting luchador El Goro from the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast to discuss The Show, the first feature film written by comic book legend Alan Moore! We also discuss controlling your narrative, weird goths, the best cinematic Hitlers, and the legendary body of work of Alan Moore. So grab your slingshot, stay away from men with crescent moon beards, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: El Goro, Coffin Corner, Saturday Night Fever, Cabaret, Talk Without Rhythm, similarities between Staying Alive and Rambo, Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Grease, Les Miserable, popping claws, Logan, Gladiator, Ipswitch, Woodbridge, Cambridge, UK, Alan Moore, sexual misadventures, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Alan Moore's eternal wizard battle with Grant Morrison, Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, layered storytelling, From Hell, Swamp Thing, Vertigo, John Constantine, Preacher, Tom Strong, Killing Joke, The Show, ABC Comics, what is reality?, what is narrative?, Dennis the Menace, slingshot, David Lynch, massive preaches of PHI, what is a web search?, Bing, internal/external monologue, Matches Malone, poetry is magic, springtime for hitler, The Producers, Terry Gilliam, Grave Before Shave, beard talk, Darrell D'Silva, Guy Ritchie, Snatch, Alien 3, Tom Burke, Only God Forgives, Furiosa, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ambulance, Michael Bay, Gareth Evans, Havoc, Tom Hardy, Undying Love, Deathstroke, Speed Racer, Alita: Battle Angel, chocolate Lex Luther, Charlton Comics, Sebastian Stan, Romania, Robert Pattinson, Ghostbusters Afterlife, The Sandlot, Street Smart, The Book of Eli, Cobra Kai, Karate Kid 3, Terry Silver, Hillary Swank, Stone Cold Jane Austin, Saint Maud, Titane, The Green Knight, Psycho Goreman, Last Night in Soho, The Empty Man, Fucli Talks, Nobody, RZA, Many Saints of Newark, Dinner in America, Pig, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Suicide Squad, Evangelion, Godzilla vs Kong, Dune, The Book of Boba Fett, Trick or Treat Radio Love Line, the definition of chuffed, and Alan Moore's tears.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio)

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée give peace a chance with 1988's Peacemaker no. 4! After purchasing the character from the defunct Charlton Comics, DC published this adventure to help slide him into continuity like sliding John Cena's skull into a chrome bedpan. And what an 80s adventure it is! Christopher Smith, aka Peacemaker, is dedicated to eradicating the threat posed by the nefarious and culturally unacceptable Dr. Tzin Tzin, who hopes to cause chaos at the Berlin Summit! Luckily, Smith has an ace up his sleeve: The hallucinated ghost of his Nazi father is mentally abusing him from beyond the grave, granting him all the bloodlust necessary to defend global freedom! You know, none of this would've been possible if a certain 80s president/conservative godhead hadn't set in motion the closure of certain mental health facilities that could've helped certain toilet-headed crimefighters repair their fractured minds. So make sure to thank the Gipper for your freedom tonight, kids!

Episode #408! Cool Stuff episode! First up, Scott shows off the new slip-cased hardcover Grass of Parnassus by Kathryn and Stuart Immonen. The complete former web comic is now fully collected and is AdHouse Books final offering. Back in the early 2000s, the Wachowski siblings founded Burleyman Entertainment. Their breakout comic was Geof Darrow's Shoalin Cowboy. However that imprint also included the comic Doc Frankenstein drawn by Steve Skroce. Now all 6 issues are collected with 60+ pages of new material all in a deluxe over-sized hardcover from Burleyman. Scott talks about the British television series The Night Manager based on the 1993 novel by John le Carre. DL has two space themed books to showcase. Steve Ditko Space Wars from Vanguard Publishing reprints more than 20 comics from Ditko's days at Charlton Comics. Space Usagi by Stan Sakai tells the tale of a descendant of Miyamoto Usagi set in a future that continues aspects of Feudal Japan. Give it a listen! 

Long-time comic book writer and editor Paul Kupperberg joins Tommy & Mike D. to discuss his career, ‘50s DC, the importance of Superman, Vince Colletta, Charlton Comics, early Marvel criticisms, “Jack Vs Stan”, Kirby's Super Powers' pencils, Weekly World News, Brooklyn, marble notebooks, and so much more! Check out Paul's websites; www.paulkupperberg.com (where you can buy his books), and www.crazy8press.com (where you can buy his friend's books!) He's also on Instagram; @paulkupperberg For all things Jacked Kirby, including links to listen and our social media pages, visit our FlowPage; www.flow.page/jackedkirby And of course, visit our sponsor for all your comic book buying and selling needs! www.ninepanel.com IG; @ninepanel

This episode is the first Double Shot where we take a look at two Golden Age characters that may not have enough material to warrant a single episode. Today, we explore Quality Comics' Madam Fatal and Fox Features' Blue Beetle. And you thought he was a DC or Charlton Comics character…. You can follow the show @ComicsLloyd on Twitter or send an email to ClassicComicsMBL@gmail.com. You can find me on Twitter @MattB_Lloyd and at www.dccomicsnews.com where I write reviews and edit news stories. You can also check out my chapter in “Politics in Gotham: The Batman Universe and Political Thought.” https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Gotham-Universe-Political-Thought/dp/3030057755 Madame Fatal Madame Fatal at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Fatal Crack Comics #1 at the Digital Comics Museum https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=154 The Shade at Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Shade-James-Robinson/dp/1401237827/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OT41J9W3AYWP&dchild=1&keywords=the+shade+james+robinson&qid=1624725773&sprefix=the+shade+james%2Caps%2C228&sr=8-1 The Golden Age Blue Beetle Golden Age Blue Beetle at Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Beetle_(Dan_Garrett) Mystery Men Comics #1 at the Digital Comics Museum https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=33252 Blue Beetle Newspaper Strips at the Digital Comics Museum https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=26164 Charles Nicholas at Lambiek Comiclopedia https://www.lambiek.net/artists/n/nicholas_charles2.htm Blue Beetle Radio Show Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWjjxnITG8I --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast/support

Pedro and Aidan are taking a deep dive into the classic comic book story by Alan Moore, Watchmen. Watchmen, created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins, was published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987, and collected in a single volume edition in 1987. Watchmen originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics. As Moore's proposed story would have left many of the characters unusable for future stories, managing editor Dick Giordano convinced Moore to create original characters instead. Take a listen as Pedro and Aidan break down books 4-6 of Alan Moore's Watchmen! As always, become a patron of the show today and get on an episode with us! visit www.patreon.com/comicmisfits to find out more info! Make sure to rate us on Apple Podcasts, and get in on the conversation! As always, don't forget to follow us on all your favorite social media platform: www.facebook.com/comicmisfits www.instagram.com/comicmisfits www.twitter.com/comicmisfits --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/comicmisfits/support

The DC Universe. It can be a complicated and sometimes convoluted place. There are hundreds of characters, both heroes and villains, all with rich origins and histories. But after eighty years of stories, the DC Universe doesn't have the easiest continuity to understand. Join in as My Big Fat Pull List tries “Understanding DC Comics: Part 1 – Crisis of Continuity! (originally released 11/06/2019) — New Fun Comics #1 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/New_Fun_Comics_Vol_1_1 — Slam Bradley https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Slam_Bradley — Action Comics #1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Comics_1 — Detective Comics #27 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Detective_Comics_Vol_1_27 — All Star Comics #8 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/All-Star_Comics_Vol_1_8 — Showcase Comics #4 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Showcase_Vol_1_4 — Green Lantern Vol 2 #2 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Green_Lantern_Vol_2_2 — Wonder Woman #59 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Wonder_Woman_Vol_1_59 — Charlton Comics https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Charlton_Comics — Justice League Of America #21 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Justice_League_of_America_Vol_1_21 — Justice League Of America #22 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Justice_League_of_America_Vol_1_22 — Justice League Of America #29 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Justice_League_of_America_Vol_1_29 — New Teen Titans #21 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/New_Teen_Titans_Vol_1_21 — DC Comics Presents #78 https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/DC_Comics_Presents_Vol_1_78 — The Anti-Monitor https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Anti-Monitor_(Antimatter_Universe) — Crisis On Infinite Earths https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths

Time Codes: 00:00:32 - Introduction 00:03:07 - Listener correspondence! 00:09:07 - The Unknown Anti-War Comics 00:53:57 - Love and Rockets IV#6 01:29:53 - LaGuardia #1 & #2 01:55:39 - Wrap up 01:57:53 - Contact us On this episode, Sterg and Derek discuss three recent titles that run the gamut from sci-fi to political to slice-of-life (or what the Two Guys prefer to call  verite dessinée). They begin with the latest collection from Craig Yoe, The Unknown Anti-War Comics(IDW Publications/Yoe Books). This is a volume devoted to classic Charlton Comics stories from the 1950s and 1960s -- most probably written by Joe Gill -- that have a peaceful message to deliver. One of the highlights of this collection is the art of Steve Ditko. After that, the guys jump into the latest issue of Love and Rockets (Fantagraphics Books). Both Derek and Sterg highlight what they particularly like about this specific issue, but they also speculate on the current career trajectories of Gilbert and Jaime and even on what they see as some of the "excesses" of each brother. Finally, the guys wrap up with a discussion of the first two issues of Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford's LaGuardia(Dark Horse Comics/Berger Books). In fact, this is an appropriate title to bookend the episode, along with Charlton anti-war stories. Both Sterg and Derek are intrigued by the premise of this limited series, but at the same time they feel that there's something missing from the first two issues, which is half of the four-issue run. Is the narrative too decompressed? Lacking enough exposition? Regardless, both guys want to read on and see where Okorafor and Tana end with their timely story.  

Hoy hablaremos de superhéroes olvidados, como algunos de la Charlton Comics. Hablamos de Captain Atom, Blue Beetle y Nightshade entre otros. Es interesante destacar que los personajes de Watchmen están inspirados en algunos de estos héroes.

Today we're looking at Charlton Comics. Founded in 1945 and publishing comics well into the 1980s they were an enormously successful publisher (and distributor!) who were responsible for launching the careers of some of the GOATs!

Today's comic book of the day contains the heroic story of Lt. JG John F. Kennedy and PT 109. We're going back to 1963 and the height of Camelot!

Starling Tribune - Season 4.5 Special Edition – Legends Of Tomorrow Left Behind (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast)   The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network   Episode:            “Left Behind” [Season 1 Episode 9] Air Date:           March 31st, 2016 Transcript:         http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=557&t=26346 IMDB:               http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4899930/?ref_=ttep_ep9   Director:           John F. Showalter 27 Directing Credits going back to 2005, lots of CW and genre cred                         http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795288/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr1                         LoT: 1x Legends of Tomorrow (Director) 3x Flash | 1x Arrow | 4x The 100 | 1x Supergirl | 16x Supernatural | 1x Constantine | 1x Forever| … Mentalist, Revolution, Sleepy Hollow, Nikita, Alphas … lots more                         Writers:             Beth Schwartz A name we've heard pretty recently http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2584087/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5                         LoT: 2x writer (Left Behind & Fail Safe) | 2x Consulting Producer (Pilot pt. 1 & 2) Arrow: 18x writer | 23x Exec. story editor | 2x Story by | 23x Co-producer                         Grainne Godfree Writing credits pretty much focused on the CW - I'd consider part of the genre writers pool. Lots of work on the Flash http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3113826/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr6                         Lot: 2x writer (Left Behind & Failsafe) | 2x Consulting Producer (Pilot pt. 1 & 2) Flash: 23x Exec. story editor | 8x Story Editor | 5x Writer | 1x Story by   Weekly Ratings     Rating: Episode 9 - 1.97 (March 10th, 2016) Down from the prior week of 2.01 and the first time it dipped below 2… Back after a 2-week Hiatus Arrow: March 30 - Beacon of Hope (Ep 4.17) - 2.34 (Episode w/ Bree Lawson, Queen Bee) The Flash:  March 29 - “Flash Back” (Ep 2.17) - 3.39 (Episode where Barry goes back to confront Eobard Thawne & Time Wraiths are introduced) Supergirl: March 28 - “World's Finest” Crossover Episode - 7.17 (up from 6.0 the week before) Episode # Episode Title Episode Air Date Rating 1 Pilot, Part 1 21-Jan-16 3.21 2 Pilot, Part 2 28-Jan-16 2.89 3 Blood Ties 4-Feb-16 2.32 4 White Knights 7-Feb-16 2.39 5 Fail-Safe 18-Feb-16 2.25 6 Star City 2046 25-Feb-16 2.47 7 Marooned 3-Mar-16 2.28 8 Night of the Hawk 10-Mar-16 2.01 9 Left Behind 31-Mar-16 1.97 10 Progeny 7-Apr-16 1.88 11 The Magnificent Eight 12-Apr-16 1.98 12 Last Refuge 21-Apr-16 1.78 13 Leviathan 28-Apr-16 1.86 14 River of Time 5-May-16 1.63 15 Destiny 12-May-16 1.89 16 Legendary 19-May-16 1.85   What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name “Left Behind” (Chris start us off) No hidden message again Now it plays into Mick left behind, Sara potentially left at the League… Also left behind who they were via timedrift Recurring theme of leaving things behind Leaving behind who you were Conflicted behind who you were made (Kronos, Canary) and Who you really are Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts (SP first then Neil) Gun battle on the bridge of the WaveRider Assassins in Nanda Parbat Training by Sara Storming Nanda Parbat Sara v. Kendra Kronos Battle Royale in Nanda Parbat Time Travel: Share your thoughts (Neil then Chris) Freefall through time Linguistic disorientation (Stein) and can't hear (Jax) More of 1958 - time transponder Timedrift Loses sense of former identity Explains a lot about 1958 - lost ability to Hulk Out Rip Hunter Demands trial by combat Opportunity to reform Mr. Rory Miracles abound 2147 or die trying You will see that miracles abound on this old time ship” Vandal Savage Not in this one The Atom - Ray Palmer Trapped in 1958 Leave Harmony Falls for Hub City Creates a beacon for the team to find them 2 years later is teaching at Teaches Bill's Gates father Wants to destroy the time beacon Split second from proposing Captured In Nanda Parbat -- cannot believe he is back White Canary - Sara Lance Trapped in 1958 Hotwires a car. Leave Harmony Falls for Hub City Misses Netflix Thinks their friends are dead - different perspective as assassin Leaves Hub City Back at the League Of Assassins in Nanda Parbat Captured In Nanda Parbat Fights Kendra in trial by combat (she was served bad coffee) Similar issue personally in Nanda Parbat to Rory with the Time Masters Hawkgirl - Kendra Saunders Trapped in 1958 League Of Assassins Trumps Eagle Scouts Leave Harmony Falls for Hub City She made more than $10,000 as a Barista Wants to go back to not dating Ray Palmer Captured In Nanda Parbat Lost ability to Hawk-out Fights Sara in trial by combat Hawks-out in fight Moves into Ray's room on the WaveRider Captain Cold - Leonard Snart Kidnapped by Chronos Freezes own hand off to escape Heatwave - Mick Rory Strangling rats to survive and lost his mind Firestorm - Professor Martin Stein Captured In Nanda Parbat Firestorm - Jefferson Jackson Captured In Nanda Parbat It's a long story pal Waverider/Gideon Unplugged - non functional Gives Snart back a regenerated hand Chronos Kidnapped Snart IS MICK RORY!!! HEATWAVE!!!! Attacks Nanda Parbat The team captures him Is thrown in the glass brig on the WaveRider Ra's Al Ghul Talia intro Meditation helped Sara overcome her blood lust - also Ollie-like brainwashing? Let's everyone go to kill Chronos Non-phased with future Releases Sara - powerful scene Your daughter yet to be born - I'm pretty sure you'll call her Nyssa EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS:   Season 1 Episode 9 “Left Behind” (Date: 31 Mar 2016) Article:http://comicbook.com/2016/03/31/dcs-legends-of-tomorrow-things-you-might-have-missed-in-left-beh/ Left Behind: Also the title of an Arrow Episode, also written by Marc Guggenheim Ra's al Ghul: Matt Nable returns in the role he OWNED in Arrow. Talia al Ghul: We got a lot of Nyssa, but this is the first DC TV appearance of Talia Ray looks like Clark Kent: Glasses, buttoned down suit... The Game of Life: Oops or from the waverider? Stuck in ‘58, game created in ‘60 Hub City: Hub City, where the team found itself in 1958 and Ray ended up setting up a life with Kendra, is in the comics the home of The Question and other DC superheroes imported from Charlton Comics. Nanda Parbat Another Reference to the Vanishing Point. Shadow Record: Document with the League's roster is similar to the League of Shadows That threat Mick makes to Snart -- that he's going to start in the far future and travel back in time over and over again forcing Snart to watch him murder Snart's sister each day -- is something similar to what happened in The Kingdom, Mark Waid's follow-up to Kingdom Come, in which the villain Gog did that to Superman. Hawking-out: Similar to Hulking Out? Ray's comment about being “back Here”: He was in the same cell in Arrow, but in the future General cool comment about the ties to Sara Lance and Canary in Arrow   ARROW NEWS:   Arrow Returning to Street-level Crime  (Date: 27 July 2016) * Stephen Amell said: (Director) "Bam Bam gets it and gets the theme of the show, and it feels like it's a street-level crime-fighting show and it's about saving Star City and cleaning it up, which is what the show is.  I think the best version of the show is when we focus on that."   * Wendy Mericle added: "We're going back to season 1. We're going to have really badass monsters.  We're going back to the crime and the city. When we come back to the city, ...there is a lot of street crime and the mobsters have really taken over the city Link:http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/arrow/arrow-returning-to-street-crime-and-mobsters-in-season-5-a143879 Amell on “Olicity” and a New Team v. the Old Team in Season 5  (Date: 27 July 2016) "Oliver's most important relationship in the entire show is his relationship with Star City, and his objective to make it better than what it was and fulfill what his father asked him to do.  So Oliver and Felicity are very much team members at this point. She thinks that there should be a new team at the moment, and Oliver would like the old team to return. Link:http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/arrow/stephen-amell-on-what-the-future-holds-for-olicity-in-arrow-season-5-a143875 Video: SDCC: Arrival of the Ragman!!  (Date: 24 July 2016) * The character, played by "Blindspot" alum Joe Dinicol, will debut in the second episode as Rory Regan who, fresh from a personal tragedy, hopes to discover answers in Star City. * First previewed in the Season 5 SDCC Sizzle Reel Link:http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/sdcc-cw-shares-first-ragmans-arrow-arrival Video:https://youtu.be/LxG7JR4-nCM Katie Cassidy gets a contract to star across all CW shows  (Date: 23 July 2016) * struck a deal with The CW that makes her a series regular across all of the network's superhero shows. * During the "Arrow" SDCC panel, EP Wendy Mericle announced Cassidy will add "The Flash" and "Legends of Tomorrow" to her resume, following John Barrowman and Wentworth Miller. Link:http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/arrows-katie-cassidy-strikes-deal-to-appear-across-all-of-cws-dctv-shows SDCC: We are definitely getting Mr. Terrific in costume (Date: 26 July 2016) Funny enough, he's actually already worn a jacket on the show with "Fairplay" on it, but "nobody noticed it." Link:http://comicbook.com/2016/07/26/echo-kellum-says-youll-definitely-see-mr-terrific-costume-this-s/ Video: https://youtu.be/bO2ogdwaqcc   GENERAL DC TV NEWS   Supergirl: Marc Guggenheim shares details on the Crossover (Date: 28 July 2016) Stopping short of calling it a full-on Supergirl crossover, Guggenheim confirmed the Girl of Steel will be stopping by all three of CW's other DC shows. "It's an external threat from outside the shows that will involve Supergirl coming over to "The Flash," then "Arrow" then "Legends of Tomorrow." Link:http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/supergirl-common-thread-flash-arrow-legends-tomorrow-crossover Supergirl: New Superman costume unveiled and compared (Date: 28 Jul 2016) *The design aesthetics are very different. Cavill's suit is more "alien skin". Hoechlin's suit is more of a suit * Hoechlin's costume opts for the red "utility belt" design, pulled from the New 52 Comic book reboot of Superman (more on that later). Cavill's costume famously skipped over having a pronounced belt or red underwear * The logos on the costume are very different: Cavill's Kryptonian "hope" insignia was made with the same "alien" aesthetic as the rest of his costume, while Hoechlin's insignia is much more of the classic Dan Jurgens design. * The cape clasps are very different: Cavill's, again, runs seamlessly into his shoulders, like a hair extension, while Hoechlin clearly has clasps to hold his cape in place. Cavill's cape is a CGI creation; Hoechlin's is clearly leather (or some sort of similar material). Link:http://comicbook.com/2016/07/28/tyler-hoechlins-tv-superman-costume-compared-with-henry-cavills-/ Flash: Grant Gustin wants Joss Whedon to guest direct Flash (Date: 27 July 2016) * Season two saw fan favorite director Kevin Smith take over for an episode. * "Yeah actually," said Gustin, "I met Joss Whedon last night. Yeah, that'd be really cool. He was a really nice guy and he loves the show. He's seen every episode of the show." Link:http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/grant-gustin-wants-joss-whedon-direct-flash Flash: SDCC Season 3 Trailer… Flashpoint!  (Date: xx July 2016) Flashpoint Trailer is full of Wibbly Wobbly “Barry-screwed-with-the-timeline” goodness Link:http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/watch-the-flash-season-3-introduces-alternate-flashpoint-reality-in-sdcc-teaser Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LGQRbPERaU Vixen: Season Two Trailer drops at SDCC  (Date: 24 July 2016) *Starring Megalyn EK, "Vixen" will return to CW Seed for a second season in the fall. * The clip, debuting at SDCC, features appearances by the Flash and Firestorm, as the three heroes team to take down the Weather Wizard. Link:http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/sdcc-vixen-season-2-clip-features-flash-firestorm-more Video:https://youtu.be/xUzAi9Ry1AE Other: Colton Hayes to appear on Fox's Scream Queens  (Date: 22 July 2016) * “Arrow” alum Colton Haynes will guest star in the upcoming second season of the Fox horror-comedy “Scream Queens.” * The setting of the Ryan Murphy series will shift from fictional Wallace University to a hospital owned by Jamie Lee Curtis' Cathy Munsch and the Chanels (once again played by Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd and Abigail Breslin). John Stamos and Taylor Lautner will play doctors. Link:http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2016/07/22/sdcc-arrows-colton-haynes-heads-to-scream-queens/ FEEDBACK   TWITTER   Neil ‏@Neilisntwitty  Jul 21 On @StarlingTribune tonite @TheChrisFerrell said the monsters on @TheCW_Legends Night of the Hawk were #Vawks Agree?   100%#Vawks Forever dude!! 000%#Vawks? No way!   ********************************   Cajun Shaun ‏@Cajun_Shaun  Jul 23 @StarlingTribune this looks better than Batman V. Superman!   https://youtu.be/gglkYMGRYlE   ******************************** Cajun Shaun ‏@Cajun_Shaun  Jul 26 @StarlingTribune https://t.co/uVikcKO0qD   ********************************   Roxxi ‏@whoiamthisisme  Jul 27 Having just fallen in love with @TheCW_Legends Its time to catch up with LoT eps @StarlingTribune (although I still miss @VoicesODefiance!)   ********************************   Cajun Shaun ‏@Cajun_Shaun  19h19 hours ago @StarlingTribune https://t.co/eErnFq2E1u   ********************************   Cajun Shaun ‏@Cajun_Shaun  17h17 hours ago @StarlingTribune ‘Justice League Dark' Trailer: Matt Ryan Returns as Constantine for DC’s Animated Movie https://t.co/MwrB2wdMoQ   NEXT EPISODE   Promo for Next Week: Legends Of Tomorrow - “Progeny” Article: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/legends_of_tomorrow/new-extended-promo-for-legends-of-tomorrow-season-1-a132892 Video: https://youtu.be/4JcIO-geh4g   Episode:            “Progeny” [Season 1 Episode 10] Air Date:           Thursday, April 7th, 2016 Summary:         The team is divided over killing a 14-year-old boy who will grow to be a powerful ally for Savage. Director:           David Geddes Writers: Phil Klemmer & Marc Guggenheim IMDB:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4932662/?ref_=tt_ep_nx   If you missed us live catch us next time and chime in yourself! Plus you won't miss out on our live post-show conversations.   Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at gonnageek.com/live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283.   Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com.   You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. 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Our fourth episode is all to do with the love triangle between Archie, Betty and Veronica, and in particular, how it all culminated in the Life of Archie series that led to Archie's very death. All to do? Not quite! We also have a nice helping of Romance Comics Theatre for you as well, from a vintage 60s Charlton Comics source! Listen to Episode 4 below (the usual filthy filthy language warnings apply), or subscribe to The Lonely Hearts Romance Comics Podcast on iTunes! Relevant images and further credits at: Lonely Hearts ep.4 Supplemental This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK! Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK. And thanks for leaving a comment, Lonely Hearts!

Steve Ditko created him for Charlton Comics, but writer Denny O'Neil re-defined THE QUESTION. It was a ground breaking 1980's series remebered fondly by the industry's top writers today.In this march 2006 conversation, Denny talks about the character , and his new novel, HELLTOWN , which gives the backstory of Vic Sage's path which resulted in his adopting THE QUESTION identity.Die hard Question fans will notice changes to the story as originally depicted in the Charlton and DC comic books, but O'Neil Fans won't be disapointed in the cameos and tone of the novel.We also discuss Denny's start in the comic book field and his influences learning from editors like Julie Schwartz and Stan Lee.You might hear some Batman talk in their too, given O'Neil's 30 plus years writing and editing the character.