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Today we welcome veteran comic book journalist and publicity agent Rik Offenberger to explore his multifaceted career, where he started as a retailer before transitioning to writing for Comics Buyer's Guide in 1992 and pioneering Internet-based comics journalism. Rik discusses his work as interviewer and senior feature editor at Silver Bullet Comic Books (now Comics Bulletin) and his interviews for Newsarama and Comic Book Resources, before succeeding Alex Segura as Public Relations Coordinator of Archie Comics in December 2005. We explore his founding of Super Hero News in 1998 and his 2010 co-founding of First Comics News, his decade of service on the Inkwell Awards Nominating Committee, earning him their 2023 Above & Beyond Award, and his newest venture, G-Man Comics, a guild-style publisher featuring traditional superheroes in a shared universe.You can follow Rick on Facebook.Support the show___________________Check out video versions of this and other episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/dollarbinbandits!If you like this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts or wherever you found this episode. And if you really like this podcast, become a member of the Dollar Bin Boosters on Patreon: patreon.com/DollarBinBoosters.You can follow us @dollarbinbandits on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky, or @DBBandits on X. You can email us at dollarbinbandits@gmail.com.___________________Dollar Bin Bandits is the official podcast of TwoMorrows Publishing. Check out their fine publications at twomorrows.com. ___________________ Thank you to Sam Fonseca for our theme music, Sean McMillan for our graphics, and Pat McGrath for our logo.

For their latest Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo are exploring the world of Si Spurrier and Jeff Stokely's 2015 mini-series The Spire. Our location is a massive, tiered city surrounded by a desolate wasteland; our cast of characters include privileged aristocrats and the undesired “Sculpted,” hybridized from human and animal DNA; and our story is one of noir sleuthing, extreme violence, racial intolerance, and classism. The boys discuss Spurrier and Stokely's deceptively simple storytelling; the “soft edges” around their world-building; Stokely's manga-influenced art; and just how in-spire-ing it all is. Plus, a number of previous FCF selections are hitting the small screen, including Y: The Last Man, The Sandman, and most unbelievably of all, Grendel.   NEXT: what's that? It's October? Time for Gobbledyween 2021. Our annual horror-fest kicks off with a discussion of Ti West's 2009 indie phenom The House of the Devil, featuring our old pal Greg Sahadachny.     BREAKDOWN 00:00:51  -  Intro / Comics on TV banter 00:22:11  -  The Spire 01:34:42  -  Outro / Next     LINKS   Netflix Orders Grendel Series Based On Dark Horse Comic With Abubakr Ali To Star, 8 More Cast by Alexandra Del Rosario, Deadline The Sandman First Look Teaser Strange Cities, Stranger Crimes and “Glorious Weirdness”: An Interview with Simon Spurrier on The Spire by Tobias Carroll, Paste World Building: Character and Color in Stokely and Spurrier's The Spire by Alex Spencer, ComicsAlliance Not Controlling the Outcome: Si Spurrier and Jeff Stokely Talk The Spire by Keith Silva, Comics Bulletin     MUSIC “Gumshoe” by Penny & Sparrow, Finch (2019) “Fresh Tendrils” by Soundgarden, Superunknown (1994)     GOBBLEDYCARES National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/  Support AAPI communities and those affected by anti-Asian violence: https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate Support the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund: https://aapifund.org/ Support Black Lives Matter and find anti-racism resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Advocate for writers who might be owed money due to discontinuance of royalties: https://www.writersmustbepaid.org/  Help teachers and classrooms in need: https://www.donorschoose.org/ Do your part to remove the burden of medical debt for individuals, families, and veterans: https://ripmedicaldebt.org/ Register to vote: https://vote.gov/

Matt Macfarland shared so many amazing books and artists! We teach for the same organization, P.S. Arts, and had met a few times at PD, but it was nice to hear more about his background and his work. I love how he weaves stories together combining truth and fiction. His “teaching chronicles” are hilariously accurate to the life of an art teacher. I especially liked hearing how Matt uses books in his teaching to help discuss weighty topics. He talked about the power of stories to change minds and to empower those who tell them. Matt is a contemporary artist, cartoonist, and teacher whose ongoing graphic narrative Dark Pants follows a mysterious pair of pants through Los Angeles as they impact the lives of whomever wears them. MacFarland has also compiled his 15+ years of teaching experience into a self-published comic, The Teaching Chronicles Volume 1 and 2. His book series, My Troubles with Crumb (parts 1 and 2), documents his conflicted feelings toward his one-time artistic hero, underground cartoonist R. Crumb. Matt's current project, 4 Seasons of Gary, collects several four-panel comic strips about his father into a makeshift memoir that documents their loving but sometimes complicated relationship. His work has been written up in The Los Angeles Times, Comics Bulletin, Comics Grinder, Artillery, and X-tra Online. His artwork has been featured at such venues as 356 Mission Road, the Vincent Price Museum, Armory Center for the Arts, and Torrance Museum of Art, and his comics have been published in a variety of Comic anthologies, including Sliced Quarterly and Milk & Honey Comics. He received his MFA from Otis College of Art and Design in 2003 and currently serves as co-director of Elephant, an artist-run space in Glassell Park. Blog post with images and links www.mattiemac.com @macfarlandart on Instagram MacFarlandArt on Patreon Dahlia Lithwick's article: "What Ruth Bader Ginsburg Would Want America to Do Now" . . . Follow: @teachingartistpodcast @pottsart Support this podcast. Subscribe, leave a review, or see more ways to support here. We also offer opportunities for artists! . . . --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teachingartistpodcast/support

It took Brás de Oliva Domingos so long to find out, and he found out. What, if anything, he found out is the central question of Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá’s 2010 Vertigo series Daytripper, subject of our final Four-Color Flashback for 2019. You see, Brás writes obituaries for a São Paulo newspaper--and at the end of most chapters in this book, he dies. Twin writers/artists Moon and Bá pave the way for an existential journey along the many turning points of a life, from the imperceptible to the unmistakable. Paul and Arlo discuss Daytripper’s hint of magical realism; the coherent, airtight structure that grounds the book’s absurdity; how the series’ hopeful attitude brushes up against horrific tragedy; Moon and Bá’s distinctive (though not so distinctive we know who is penciling and/or inking what!) art style, accentuated by master colorist Dave Stewart; and more.   Next: on the Gobbledygeek season 10 finale, Christmas gets twisted with John McPhail’s 2018 horror-comedy-musical Anna and the Apocalypse. THE BREAKDOWN Total Run Time: 01:32:47 00:00:42  - Intro 00:06:30  - Main Topic 01:26:40  - Outro / Next THE MUSIC “Day Tripper” by Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66, Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 (1966) “Circle of Life” by Carmen Twillie & Lebo M, The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1994) THE LINKS “'Daytripper' Explores The Quiet Moments That Shape A Man's Life. And His Death(s)” by Glen Weldon, NPR “Daytripper (Review)” by Chris Mautner, The Comics Journal “INTERVIEW: Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá Part 2: A Daytripper Retrospective” by Alexander Lu, Comics Bulletin  

This week Jason is joined by Comics Journal writer and reviewer Keith Silva to discuss the complicated legacy of Dave Sim, the controversial aueturist creator of Cerebus. Sim is generally acknowledged as one of the finest cartoonists of his era but the subject of his alleged misogyny continues to haunt his legacy. Jason and Keith discuss that legacy and attempt to help find Sim's place in the pantheon. Jason and Keith wrote about Sim before in 2013. That article is available on Comics Bulletin. Show notes at comicscavalcade.tumblr.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/classiccomics/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/classiccomics/support

WEEK IN GEEK: Having missed last week's Week in Geek, Andrew and D. Bethel decide to...skip it again so they can spend as much time with–– THE STATE OF THE DCEUNION: Returning to the show is the resident DC expert, Taylor Katcher, to talk about 2017 in DC––movies, tv, and comics. RELATED EPISODES: Episode 110 - A Taylor [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes: Taylor's first appearance on the show to talk about the "Flashpoint" crossover of the DC/CW series. Guestcast 1 - How Does Dan Do It?: Taylor's stint as guest host where he and Andrew talk card games and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Episode 135 - Pure Chaos: Taylor shows up again to talk about Alien: Covenant. Episode 137 - Atomic Karate: Where D., Andrew, and friend-of-the-show Mary Traverse gush about Wonder Woman. Episode 149 - We Are Not Here: Where Andrew discussed the "Crisis on Earth X" DC/CW crossover and D. talks about Justice League. WORKS CITED: Magnett, Chase. "The Case Against Doomsday Clock: Part One: History." Comics Bulletin. 21 Nov. 2017. INFO: Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode. Join our Facebook page E-mail: Andrew - andrew@forallintents.net, D. Bethel - dbethel@forallintents.net Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Subscribe to and review the show on the iTunes store. For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap. FEATURED MUSIC: -"Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)* -"District Four" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)* *Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

This past week the first issue of Marvel's Secret Empire was released bringing together a year of build up revolving around Captain America actually being an agent of Hydra. On this episode of Graphic Policy Radio, we discuss the history of Captain America, the connection between Hydra and Nazism and what this comic storyline all means in the age of Trump. Joining hosts Elana and Brett are Steven Attewell and J. A. Micheline. Steven Attewell wrote that article everyone quotes about Captain America being a New Deal Democrat and can tell you which specific New Deal jobs program Steve Rogers worked for before he joined Project Rebirth. Attewell also pens the "People's History of the Marvel Universe" column for Graphic Policy. He teaches public policy at CUNY’s Murphy Institute for Labor Studies. He is the founder of Race for the Iron Throne. J. A. Micheline is a writer and critic who often writes about comics, particularly from a race and gender perspective. She is an Editor at Comics Bulletin. She has also contributed to VICE, The Guardian, and The AVClub. Tweet us your thoughts and questions @graphicpolicy.

Mark and Aaron are joined by Keith Silva to look at the Coen Brothers' debut to cap of #Noirvember. The film cannot be viewed without the exploring the context of the Coen library and their successful career to follow, but it stands alone as a debut film that sets the stage for their style. We focus quite a bit on the noir aspect, how they were going for a specific aesthetic that shows their film heritage. We evaluate why this film works, how these neophytes meticulously crafted a slow burning art film at the height of the 1980s mainstream blockbusters. About the film: Joel and Ethan Coen's career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner releases a torrent of violence with one murderous thought. Actor M. Emmet Walsh looms over the proceedings as a slippery private eye with a yellow suit, a cowboy hat, and no moral compass, and Frances McDormand's cunning debut performance set her on the road to stardom. The tight scripting and inventive style that have marked the Coens' work for decades are all here in their first film, in which cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld abandons black-and-white chiaroscuro for neon signs and jukebox colors that combine with Carter Burwell's haunting score to lurid and thrilling effect. Blending elements from pulp fiction and low-budget horror flicks, Blood Simple reinvented the film noir for a new generation, marking the arrival of a filmmaking ensemble that would transform the American independent cinema scene. Episode Links & Notes Special Guest: Keith Silva from Interested in Sophisticated Fun, Comics Bulletin, and Psycho Drive-In. You can find him on Twitter. 1:50 – Welcome Keith Silva 4:50 – Blood Simple CCU10: House, The Shining Blood Simple – Criterion Blood Simple – IMDB Criterion Essay: Down Here, You're On Your Own Episode Credits Mark Hurne: Twitter | Letterboxd Aaron West: Twitter | Blog | Letterboxd Criterion Close-Up: Facebook | Twitter | Email Next time on the podcast: French 1930s, Part Two

Comics Bulletin & Alex Ross on the Cusp of J'onn J'onzz's 61st Anniversary On October 8, 2014, the website Comics Bulletin published a discussion between Bryan Stroud and the famous painter of Marvels and Kingdom Come in the article Alex Ross Talks About the Martian Manhunter on the Cusp of J'onn J'onzz's 60th Anniversary. Nearly two years later, with the Alien Atlas' next birthday imminent and with the help of an online text-to-audio program, Diabolu Frank joins their conversation... We enjoy dialogue on the red planet, so here are our non-telepathic contact options: Tweet host Diabolu Frank directly, or probe @rolledspine as a group. Email Diabolu If the main Idol-Head of Diabolu blog isn't your thing, try the umbrella Rolled Spine Podcasts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/diabolu-frank/message

In Trekker Talk Episode 10 we discuss a different powerful and independent heroine drawn by Ron Randall. That is Supergirl from the Way of the World story arc from DC Comics. We also feature your comments in Trekker Transmissions. Plus we announce the winner of the contest from the previous episode and share details on how you can enter for the next chance to win a Trekker print signed by Ron Randall.    Anj’s Supergirl Comic Box Comentary blog: http://comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com/     Supergirl #32 Review by Ray Tate at Comics Bulletin: http://comicsbulletin.com/reviews/121821490262212.htm    Dr. G Nerdologist’s Pulp 2 Pixel site:  http://pulp2pixel.blogspot.com/    Jeff Messer’s Geek Brain Popcast: http://jeffdouglasmesser.vpweb.com/geek-brain-popcast    Valiant Effort site: https://vepodcast.wordpress.com/    Promo #1: Pulp 2 Pixel  Promo #2: Superman Forever    Website: http://www.trekkertalk.com/  E-mail: TrekkerTalk@gmail.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trekkertalk  Twitter: https://twitter.com/trekkertalk  iTunes: http://apple.co/1IHsiqH  Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1HbUsVl  TuneIn: http://bit.ly/1HphCuw  Podbean: http://trekkertalk.podbean.com/    Thank you for listening and please consider leaving a review to help promote the show! 

In Trekker Talk Episode 10 we discuss a different powerful and independent heroine drawn by Ron Randall. That is Supergirl from the Way of the World story arc from DC Comics. We also feature your comments in Trekker Transmissions. Plus we announce the winner of the contest from the previous episode and share details on how you can enter for the next chance to win a Trekker print signed by Ron Randall.    Anj's Supergirl Comic Box Comentary blog: http://comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com/     Supergirl #32 Review by Ray Tate at Comics Bulletin: http://comicsbulletin.com/reviews/121821490262212.htm    Dr. G Nerdologist's Pulp 2 Pixel site:  http://pulp2pixel.blogspot.com/    Jeff Messer's Geek Brain Popcast: http://jeffdouglasmesser.vpweb.com/geek-brain-popcast    Valiant Effort site: https://vepodcast.wordpress.com/    Promo #1: Pulp 2 Pixel  Promo #2: Superman Forever    Website: http://www.trekkertalk.com/  E-mail: TrekkerTalk@gmail.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trekkertalk  Twitter: https://twitter.com/trekkertalk  iTunes: http://apple.co/1IHsiqH  Stitcher: http://bit.ly/1HbUsVl  TuneIn: http://bit.ly/1HphCuw  Podbean: http://trekkertalk.podbean.com/    Thank you for listening and please consider leaving a review to help promote the show! 

Marx is a member of the International Academy of Web Television. He has also written on various entertainment news websites: Scifi Pulse, Comics Bulletin, Rabid Doll, and Airlock Alpha (formerly called Syfy Portal before selling the rights to the name to the SciFi Channel/SyFy Channel). He currently writes a column on ScifiPulse called "The IndieNet and Beyond," which covers web series and other entertainment on the Internet. He also produces and co-hosts the popular online radio show called GenreTainment. In October his book "Television on the Wild Wild Web: And How to Blaze Your Own Trail" will be released by Michael Wiese Productions.

  After watching three seasons of 'The Batman' quite recently, and wanting to watch a Halloween-esque movie, I decided to do a commentary of 'The Batman vs. Dracula,' a Shipperific movie with frights galore.  I am joined for this special by Comics Bulletin reviewer, Chris Kiser.  

This week kicks off a two part conversation with Editor-In-Chief of Comics Bulletin and writer/editor of the upcoming FLASH COMPANION from TwoMorrows Publishing Keith Dallas. Keith was Michael's editor back when he wrote reviews for Silver Bullet Comic Books and was nice enough to come on the show. Part 1 has Keith and Michael discussing Keith's collecting history, including a litter digression into Star Wars. Then you get to hear a preview of sorts of the FLASH COMPANION and some of Mark Waid's thoughts on the Bart Allen Flash series before they get into a kind of haphazard discussion of the Flash and his history.

This week kicks off a two part conversation with Editor-In-Chief of Comics Bulletin and writer/editor of the upcoming FLASH COMPANION from TwoMorrows Publishing Keith Dallas. Keith was Michael's editor back when he wrote reviews for Silver Bullet Comic Books and was nice enough to come on the show. Part 1 has Keith and Michael discussing Keith's collecting history, including a litter digression into Star Wars. Then you get to hear a preview of sorts of the FLASH COMPANION and some of Mark Waid's thoughts on the Bart Allen Flash series before they get into a kind of haphazard discussion of the Flash and his history.

This week kicks off a two part conversation with Editor-In-Chief of Comics Bulletin and writer/editor of the upcoming FLASH COMPANION from TwoMorrows Publishing Keith Dallas. Keith was Michael's editor back when he wrote reviews for Silver Bullet Comic Books and was nice enough to come on the show. Part 1 has Keith and Michael discussing Keith's collecting history, including a litter digression into Star Wars. Then you get to hear a preview of sorts of the FLASH COMPANION and some of Mark Waid's thoughts on the Bart Allen Flash series before they get into a kind of haphazard discussion of the Flash and his history.

This week kicks off a two part conversation with Editor-In-Chief of Comics Bulletin and writer/editor of the upcoming FLASH COMPANION from TwoMorrows Publishing Keith Dallas. Keith was Michael's editor back when he wrote reviews for Silver Bullet Comic Books and was nice enough to come on the show. Part 1 has Keith and Michael discussing Keith's collecting history, including a litter digression into Star Wars. Then you get to hear a preview of sorts of the FLASH COMPANION and some of Mark Waid's thoughts on the Bart Allen Flash series before they get into a kind of haphazard discussion of the Flash and his history.