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En este nuevo podcast contamos con dos traders Javier Fernandez y Juan Freire para hablar del estado de la economía y la importancia de eventos geopolíticos. Hablaremos sobre el mercado del petróleo, derivados, oro tambíen sobre si el papel de los bancos centrales son necesarios o es un cartel de bancos que miran por sus propios interes. Todo esto y muchos más aquí, no os lo perdáis¡
Join us in a conversation with Director of the UC Davis Olive Center, Javier Fernandez Salvador who discusses the ethos of the International Olive Conference and why he believes Olives are an important crop for the future of humanity. Watch the rest of the IOC series to learn more about this permanent crop from a diverse group of olive oil experts, chefs, scientists and growers. Find recipes, videos and more information at https://www.plantforwardkitchen.org/olive-oil-and-the-plant-forward-kitchen
Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:10:22 - ComiXology Top 10 0:17:08 - Absolute Superman #5 (Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval) 0:29:07 - Action Comics #1084 (John RIdley and Inaki Miranda) 0:39:20 - Green Lantern Corps #2 (LGY #105) (Morgan Hampton & Jeremy Adams and Fernando Pasarin) 0:52:46 - Batman & Robin #19 (LGY #85) (Philip Kennedy Johnson and Miguel Medonca & Javier Fernandez) 1:04:52 - Aquaman #3 (Jeremy Adams and John Timms) 1:17:50 - Batman: Dark Patterns #4 (Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman) 1:34:48 - Picks of the Week patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz
Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:05:07 - ComiXology Top 10 0:09:46 - Green Lantern Corps #1 (Morgan Hampton & Jeremy Adams and Fernando Pasarin) 0:30:30 - Absolute Batman #5 (Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta) 0:47:40 - Action Comics #1083 (John RIdley and Inaki Miranda) 1:00:01 - Batman & Robin #18 (LGY #84) (Philip Kennedy Johnson and Miguel Medonca & Javier Fernandez) 1:17:30 - Aquaman #2 (Jeremy Adams and John Timms) 1:28:26 - Batman: Dark Patterns #3 (Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman) 1:41:45 - PATREON American Vampire 1976 #5 1:53:05 - Picks of the Week patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz
Welcome to the (Not So) New 52, a real-time retrospective of DC Comics' New 52 imprint! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:04:32 - Harley Quinn Valentine's Day Special #1 (Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and John Timms, Ben Caldwell, Aaron Campbell, Thony Silas) 0:20:48 - Green Lantern Corps #39 (Van Jensen and Bernard Chang) 0:29:27 - Justice League 3000 #14 (Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis and Andy Kuhn) 0:41:14 - Justice League United #9 (Jeff Lemire and Neil Edwards) 0:49:59 - Worlds' Finest #31 (Paul Levitz and Jed Dougherty) 0:57:35 - New Suicide Squad #7 (Sean Ryan and Tom Derenick, Rob Hunter) 1:04:46 - Secret Six #2 (Gail Simone and Ken Lashley) 1:14:04 - Constantine #22 (Ray Fawkes and Jeremy Haun) 1:23:48 - Klarion #5 (Ann Nocenti and Trevor McCarthy, Szymon Kudranski) 1:33:04 - Batman Eternal #45 (Snyder, Tynion, Fawkes, Higgins, Seeley and Javier Fernandez) 1:43:04 - New 52: Futures End #41 (Azzarello, Lemire, Jurgens, Giffen and Andy MacDonald, Jesus Merino) 1:50:55 - Earth 2: World's End #19 (Bennett, Johnson, Wilson and Various) 1:58:46 - Next Week's Books patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast (Use #New52) discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz Find out more at https://the-not-so-new-52.pinecast.co
Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:18:33 - ComiXology Top 10 0:24:47 - Aquaman #1 (Jeremy Adams and John Timms) 0:46:25 - Absolute Batman #4 (Scott Snyder and Gabriel Hernández Walta) 1:07:59 - Batman & Robin #17 (LGY #83) (Philip Kennedy Johnson and Carmine Di Giandomenico & Javier Fernandez) 1:33:04 - Batman: Dark Patterns #2 (Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman) 1:48:10 - PATREON American Vampire 1976 #4 2:00:03 - Picks of the Week patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast discord: https://discord.gg/8fbyCehMTy Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ Other Links: https://linktr.ee/mildfuzz
En este nuevo podcast contamos con Javier Fernandez, matemático, físico, economista, trader y aficionado a la cerveza trapista para hablar del estado de la economía actual. También comentaremos diversos temas de geopolítica y de física hasta llegar a la filosofía. No os lo perdáis.
Part of Jimmy's DC December, Phillip Kennedy Johnson is on the podcast today to talk about writing Batman and Robin beginning with issue #14 that was out on October 9th. PKJ and Javier Fernandez kick off an all new adventure for Bruce and Damian. PKJ chats with Jimmy about how he wanted to take Batman back to his role as World's Greatest Detective and showcase those abilities. Jimmy also asks about his run on Superman and how he looks back on his time writing the character. Lastly, they chat about the Boom! Studios series Crocodile Black, with a main character very different from Superman or Batman and Robin. The trade for the Crocodile Black is out February 26, 2025. Batman and Robin From the publisher Damian Wayne is the son of the Bat, grandson of the Demon, and Robin—but as he nears the age at which his father traveled the world, one question is on his mind: Who is Damian outside of the crusades his family has tasked him with fighting since birth? When he starts to look beyond his life of endless violence, a different way to help the world begins to present itself—but when an enigmatic new murderer begins reenacting traumatic crimes from Gotham's history, Batman will need Robin more than ever before! It's a whole new dynamic for the Dynamic Duo as the powerhouse team of Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Superman: Warworld Saga) and Javier Fernandez (King Spawn, Nightwing) bring you the dark and mystifying next chapter in the lives of Bruce and Damian Wayne! You are not ready for what's in store. Crocodile Black From the publisher What makes someone turn to crime–especially in a modern, pandemic-riddled dystopia? Danny, a seemingly mundane young man lost in escapism, with a spiraling lack of control over his life, witnesses something during a delivery job that will change him forever, turning things as dark as the black, crocodile skin boots that he can't take his eyes off of… In this criminal thriller perfect for fans of Kill Or Be Killed and A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance from Eisner-nominated writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Superman, Incredible Hulk) and rising star artist Somnath Pal (Brigands) give birth to an iconic new noir lead in the tradition of Elmore Leonard. PATREON We have a new Patreon, CryptidCreatorCornerpod. If you like what we do, please consider supporting us. We got two simple tiers, $1 and $3. I'll be uploading a story every Sunday about some of the crazy things I've gotten into over the years. The first one dropped last week about me relocating a drug lord's sharks. Yes, it did happen, and the alligators didn't even get in the way. Want to know more, you know what to do. Our episode sponsors COMICS OVER TIME Make sure to give a listen to our friends with Comics Over Time. Arkenforge Play TTRPG games? Make sure to check out our partner Arkenforge. They have everything you need to make your TTRPG more fun and immersive, allowing you to build, play, and export animated maps including in person fog of war capability that let's your players interact with maps as the adventure unfolds while you, the DM get the full picture. Use the discount code YETI5 to get $5 off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Professor Frenzy Show Episode 323 Sabrina The Teenage Witch Annual Spectacular (2024) #1 (One Shot) from Archie Comics | Writer(s): Ian Flynn | Artist(s): Steven Butler | $3.99 Conan The Barbarian Battle Of The Black Stone #1 from Titan Comics | Writer(s): Jim Zub | Artist(s): Jonas Scharf | $3.99 Cruel Universe #2 (EC Comics) from Oni Press | Writer(s): Chris Cantwell | Artist(s): Javier Fernandez | $4.99 Scarlett #4 from Image Comics (W) Kelly Thompson (A) Marco Ferrari, Lee Loughridge $3.99 Uncanny Valley #2 from BOOM! Studios (W) Tony Fleecs (A) Dave Wachter $4.99 Hate Revisited #3 from Fantagraphics Press (W/A) Peter Bagge $4.99 Lady Mechanika: The Devil in the Lake #1 (of 4) from Image Comics (W) Joe Benitez and M.M. Chen (A) Siya Oum $3.99 Helen Of Wyndhorn #4 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Tom King | Artist(s):Bilquis Evely | $4.99 Prodigy: Slaves of Mars #2 from Dark Horse Comics (W) Mark Millar (A) Stefano Landini $4.99 Transformers #12 from Image Comics (W) Daniel Warren Johnson (A) Jorge Corona $3.99 Red Before Black #2 from BOOM! Studios (W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Goran Sudzuka $4.99 Autumn Kingdom #1 from Oni Press | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s):Christopher Mitten | $4.99 The Blood Brothers Mother #2 from Dstlry | Writer: Brian Azzarello | Art: Edward Risso | $8.99 Shudder Magazine 2025 Spooktacular Annual from Warrant Publishing Company | Writer(s): Various | Artist(s): Various | $10.95 Flash Gordon #2 from Mad Cave Studios (W) Jeremy Adams (A/CA) Will Conrad $4.99 Flash Gordon Quarterly #1 from Mad Cave Studios (W) Dennis Culver, Louis Southard, Jordan Thomas (A) Pasquale Qualano, Nuno Plati, Russell Olson $5.99 Prairie Gods #1 from Mad Cave Studios (W/A) Shane Connery Volk $4.99 Arkham Horror The Terror At The End Of Time #2 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Andrea Mutti | $3.99 Duck And Cover #1 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Scott Snyder | Artist(s):Rafael Albuquerque | $4.99 Animal Pound #5 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Tom King | Artist(s):Peter Gross House Of Slaughter #25 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Tate Brombal | Artist(s): Antonio Fuso | $4.99 Minor Arcana #1 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Jeff Lemire | Artist(s):Jeff Lemire | $4.99 This week's comic books Ice Cream Man #41 from Image | Writer(s): W. Maxwell Prince | Artist(s):Martin Morazzo Chris O'Halloran | $3.99 The Moon Is Following Us #1 from Image | Writer(s): Daniel Warren Johnson | Artist(s): Riley Rossmo Daniel Warren Johnson | $3.99 Babs #2 from Ahoy Comics | Writer(s): Garth Ennis | Artist(s): Jacen Burrows | $3.99 Epitaphs From The Abyss #3 (EC Comics) from Oni Press | Writer(s): Chris Condon | Artist(s): Charlie Adlard | $4.99 Graveyard Club #1 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): R. L. Stine | Artist(s):Carola Borelli | $9.99 Lilith #1 from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Corin Howell | Artist(s): Corin Howell | $4.99 Also The Sensational She-Hulk V2 #7 cover dated November 1989, cover priced $1.50. This week's that guy that was in that show is Hamilton Camp Today our Frenzy Faves is a favorite Twilight Zone episode Shadow Play, Season 2 Episode 26, Original air date May 5, 1961
The Professor Frenzy Show Episode 321 Something Is Killing The Children #40 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): James TynionIV | Artist(s): Werther Dell Edera | $3.99 Saga #68 from Image | Writer(s): Brian K. Vaughan | Artist(s): Fiona Staples | $3.99 Universal Monsters Frankenstein #1 from Image | Writer(s): Michael Walsh | Artist(s): Michael Walsh Toni Marie Griffen | $4.99 Hello Darkness #2 from Boom Studios | Writer/Artist: Adam Raharjo, Frederik Hornung, Wes Craig, Robert Hack, Garth Ennis | $5.99 Cursed Library #1 Alpha from Archie Comics | Writer(s): Eliot Rahal | Artist(s): Craig Cermak | $4.99 Archie The Decision #1 from Archie Comics (W) Tom King (A) Dan Parent $3.99 Barbaric vs Deathstalker #1 (One Shot) from Vault Comics | Writer(s): Slash | Artist(s): Nathan Gooden | $5.99 Void Rivals #12 from Image Comics (W) Robert Kirkman (A) Lorenzo De Felici, Patricio Delpeche $3.99 The Last Mermaid #6 from Image Comics (W/A) Derek Kirk Kim $3.99. Rocketeer Breaks Free #2 from IDW Publishing | Writer(s): Stephen Mooney | Artist(s): Staz Johnson | $4.99 Convert #1 from Image | Writer(s): John Arcudi | Artist(s): Savannah Finley | $3.99 BRZRKR The Lost Book Of B #1 (One Shot) from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s):Keanu Reeves | Artist(s): Ron Garney | $9.99 Nouns Nountown #2 from Titan Comics | Writer(s): David Leach | Artist(s):Danny Schlitz | $4.99 This Week's Comic Books Flash Gordon #2 from Mad Cave Studios (W) Jeremy Adams (A/CA) Will Conrad $3.99 Flash Gordon Quarterly #1 from Mad Cave Studios (W) Dennis Culver, Louis Southard, Jordan Thomas (A) Pasquale Qualano, Nuno Plati, Russell Olson $5.99 Hate Revisited #3 from Fantagraphics Press (W/A) Peter Bagge Prairie Gods #1 from Mad Cave Studios (W/A) Shane Connery Volk $4.99 Scarlett #4 from Image Comics (W) Kelly Thompson (A) Marco Ferrari, Lee Loughridge $3.99 Uncanny Valley #2 from BOOM! Studios (W) Tony Fleecs (A) Dave Wachter $4.99 Arkham Horror The Terror At The End Of Time #2 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s): Andrea Mutti | $3.99 Duck And Cover #1 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Scott Snyder | Artist(s):Rafael Albuquerque | $4.99 Helen Of Wyndhorn #4 from Dark Horse | Writer(s): Tom King | Artist(s):Bilquis Evely | $4.99 Animal Pound #5 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Tom King | Artist(s):Peter Gross Autumn Kingdom #1 from Oni Press | Writer(s): Cullen Bunn | Artist(s):Christopher Mitten | $4.99 Conan The Barbarian Battle Of The Black Stone #1 from Titan Comics | Writer(s): Jim Zub | Artist(s): Jonas Scharf | $3.99 Cruel Universe #2 (EC Comics) from Oni Press | Writer(s): Chris Cantwell | Artist(s): Javier Fernandez | $4.99 House Of Slaughter #25 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Tate Brombal | Artist(s): Antonio Fuso | $4.99 Minor Arcana #1 from BOOM! Studios | Writer(s): Jeff Lemire | Artist(s):Jeff Lemire | $4.99 Sabrina The Teenage Witch Annual Spectacular (2024) #1 (One Shot) from Archie Comics | Writer(s): Ian Flynn | Artist(s): Steven Butler | $3.99 Shudder Magazine 2025 Spooktacular Annual from Warrant Publishing Company | Writer(s): Various | Artist(s): Various | $10.95 More! Chris' Comics Corner DC Comics Presents #59 cover dated July 1983; cover priced 60 cents. This week's that guy that was in that show is Charles Aidman Today our Frenzy Faves is a favorite Twilight Zone episode Odyssey of Flight 33, Season 2 Episode 18, Original air date February 24, 1961
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Wharton's Cade Massey, Eric Bradlow, and Adi Wyner speak with Javier Fernandez, Staff Data Scientist at Zealous Analytics, about the latest in motion tracking data in sports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Notes Part 1 of my conversation with choreographer, director, and producer Sandra Bezic! With her brother Val, Sandra was a four-time Canadian pairs champion and competed in the 1972 Olympics. She is most well known, however, as a choreographer and the creative force behind many skating shows and TV programs. She has choreographed for champions like Brian Boitano, Kurt Browning, Katarina Witt, Lu Chen, and Tara Lipinksi. Most recently, she made Lindsay Thorngren's short program for the 23/24 season. She was the director of Stars on Ice for many years and collaborated with David Wilson on Yuna Kim's All That Skate and Javier Fernandez's Revolution on Ice. Sandra also produced the Canadian TV program Battle of the Blades and in 2023 made the series “I Have Nothing” alongside comedian Carolyn Taylor. Sandra has a unique understanding of how to make skating appeal to general audiences, and we had a great conversation about choreography, entertainment, and the changes she'd like to see in the sport. Transcript of our conversation at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16tp4AuF159XJuNPMNxgpq82pGFxA9GOUTNMFLfJESvE/edit#heading=h.tje8hivsf0d I've made a playlist of a few of Sandra's choreographies that is accessible on our YouTube page. You can follow Sandra on Twitter and Instagram @SandraBezic . Her website is smbcreative.ca You can reach me with comments or suggestions for topics and people I should talk to, by email at fsfuturepodcast@gmail.com or on Instagram and Twitter @futurefspodcast If you appreciate the podcast, you can also support my work with the Tip Jar at https://futureoffigureskating.pinecast.co Remember to subscribe to The Future of Figure Skating on YouTube and wherever you listen to podcasts, and share it with your friends! Support The Future of Figure Skating by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/futureoffigureskating Find out more at https://futureoffigureskating.pinecast.co
Javier Fernández, presidente de la Asociación Aragonesa de Escritores. Hablamos de las 2 actividades que celebra la asociación. Hoy lunes 15 de enero celebran el ciclo "Los escritores hablan" y el viernes 26 una nueva sesión del ciclo "Poesía para perdidos"
THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! It's the end of the road for Oliver Queen. Join Aeric and Malcolm as they discuss the final chapter of GREEN ARROW REBIRTH! Oliver Queen is at the end of his rope. Thrown into crisis after crisis, he hasn't had a moment to stop and process everything that's happened to him over the past few years. And now, as he finds himself on both sides of the law, Ollie may have to cross a line to hold onto all that he's gained. From a war-torn nation to the depths of Stryker's Island and back again, this chapter of Green Arrow's spiritual rebirth may be his last as he becomes the most wanted man in America! Covers Green Arrow (2016) #39-42 & 48-50 by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Mairghread Scott, Javier Fernandez, Marcio Takara and Matthew Clark Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets
THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! This week, Aeric and Malcolm enter the court of public opinion alongside Oliver Queen in Volume 7 of GREEN ARROW REBIRTH! Now that the Ninth Circle has been defeated, Oliver Queen and company have returned to Seattle to continue their campaign against the government fat cats that seek to rule it! However, now they'll have to compete with a new vigilante on the scene: The Citizen, who has decided to be judge, jury, and executioner for the 1%! Can the Arrow family discover the identity of this masked murderer before they take justice into their own hands? And will their bonds be broken after a death in the family? Covers Green Arrow (2016) Annual #2 & 43-47 by Julie and Shawna Benson, Javier Fernandez, Carmen Carnero and German Peralta Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets
Purchase Net Gains: inside the Beautiful Game's Analytics Revolution On this episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Ryan O'Hanlon discuss: Why you need to know who Charles Reep is. Why you need to know who Luke Bornn is. Why there is a challenge for top clubs to use advanced analytics Are Real Madrid using analytics? The case that signings younger players is the right way to go Is Real Madrid mentally superior to other teams of the past 15 years? Measuring psychological differences between Real Madrid and their UCL opponents Who is Javier Fernandez? Ralf Ragnick's football philosophy And much more. Did you enjoy this podcast? Get a ton of bonus content exclusively on Patreon.com/ManagingMadrid (or YouTube membership) Managing Madrid is a hub for all Madridistas with updated news, op-eds, tactical analyses, artwork, and of course, podcasts. It also serves as a means for Real Madrid fans to connect and discuss the team. We would like your support so that we can continue to produce podcasts for you. The site is run by a small team that works tirelessly around the clock to make it into what it is today. Your contributions will allow us to continue to have a real and full-time presence in keeping this website, and its podcasts, going. Hosts this week: Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo) Ryan O'Hanlon (@Rwohan) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sacar el máximo partido a nuestros ahorros es posible, si estamos pendientes de nuestros planes de pensiones. Este es el consejo que nos dan desde Velaria Inversores. Su director, Javier Fernandez, apuesta por ir moviendo nuestros vehículos de ahorro en busca de los que más nos aporten si queremos obtener la máxima rentabilidad. Algo que puede parecer muy básico, pero que no es común en nuestro país. “En España, lo normal es que pasen 4 o 5 años y los planes sigan en el mismo lugar. Y lo que ha funcionado los últimos 5 años no tiene porque ser lo que funcione en los 5 siguientes”, ha asegurado el director de Velaria Inversores. Hacer un buen uso de nuestros ahorros es fundamental para incrementar nuestro patrimonio de cara a la jubilación. En Velaria Inversores trabajan con esta premisa porque según su director, Javier García, “hay diferencias muy importantes entre planes de pensiones que hay que saber aprovechar”. Y la clave está, nos contaba, en la gestión activa diversificada. Y nos ponía como ejemplo, en el caso de la renta variable europea, cómo el plan de AXA en esta materia, que este ejercicio está dando un 14% de rentabilidad, frente a otros, como el de Santander que está dando porcentajes mucho más bajos. VELARIA Velaria Inversores es una agencia financiera que ofrece servicios de asesoramiento financiero personalizado a particulares, familias y empresas. Su misión es orientar a sus clientes hacia las soluciones financieras que permiten proteger sus ahorros y hacer crecer el patrimonio a través de productos a su medida. Trabajan con sus clientes a través atendiendo a sus necesidades de ahorro y para comprender cuál es el tipo de perfil como inversor y teniendo en cuenta los intereses, ayudan a fijar metas realistas, y asesoran en la toma de decisiones para que el patrimonio esté siempre protegido y genere rendimientos positivos.
This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi and Daphne Backman and is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Monday.Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.comEmail: thisweekinskating@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinskatingTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/thiswkinskatingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinskating-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Episode 60 Show NotesEvents Results BriefWorld Junior Synchronized Skating Championships - Results 2023 Eastern Adult Sectionals FS Championships - Results 2023 Midwestern Adult Sectionals FS Championships - Results 2023 Pacific Coast Adult Sectionals FS Championships - Results Segment - General Skating NewsTodd Sand and Jenni Meno Medical Funds (Give a Hand for Todd Sand) | March 12 Update | People Magazine | LA Times StoryThe ISU announces the winners of the Best World Ice Skating Day Awards 2022The ISU launches ReCastThe ISU's 3rd “Healthy Skater” Seminar at Junior Worlds was live streamed on March 3 from CalgaryFigure Skating in Harlem receives the International Olympic Committee's Women and Sport Trophy 2021 for the Americas.Angelique Abachkina's YouTube channel livestreamed on Sunday, March 12 her skating foundation's Diamond Charity Gala from Fribourg, Switzerland.Segment - Recent InterviewsVideo: Skating legend Kurt Browning reflects on his 30 years of ‘Stars On Ice,' Global News's Morning Show.Figure Skater Ilia Malinin Recognized By Fairfax County Board, by Emily Leayman, Patch A new Javier Fernandez documentary series, produced by Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) and Factoria Henneo called “Breaking the Ice” Japan's Sota Yamamoto eyes World podium, by Judith Dombrowski, Golden Skate The Rolling Stones of Japanese Figure Skating, by Lynn Rutherford, Unorthodox GymnasticsLife Curious Women podcast interviews Katherine Hill - Apple Podcast | Spotify Segment - Social Media UpdatesHanyu Yuzuru's 'notte stellata' show debuted in Japan | Jason Brown's photos from the show!Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez announced their free skate music for next season. Audrey Shin announced her free skate music for next season.Team USA ice dancers Vanessa Pham and Jonathan Rogers have announced the end of their partnership.Segment - Upcoming Events for the WeekMaria Olszewska Memorial, March 16-19, 2023 in Lodz, PolandCoupe du Printemps, March 17-19, 2023 in Kockelscheuer /Luxembourg | News story on Keira HilbelinkAbu Dhabi Classic Figure Skating Trophy, March 18-19, 2023 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesIDC and FSO spotlightIDC: 2023 World Junior Championships RecapFSO: 2023 World Junior Championships Recap FSO: 2023 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/this-week-in-skating-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Bonjour à toutes et tous et bienvenue dans un nouveau rendez-vous du format Front Page ! Il s'agit de votre revue d'actualité comics pour faire le tour de tout ce qu'il s'est passé au cours des dix derniers jours, puisque nous revenons trois fois par mois avec l'ami Corentin pour décortiquer cette actu bouillonnante ! Nous espérons vous intéresser à tous les sujets abordés, avec une grosse partie - comme souvent - dédiée à la pure bande dessinée, avant de s'attarder un peu sur les adaptations. Si vous ne découvrez pas l'émission aujourd'hui, vous connaissez maintenant la formule ! D'ailleurs, on en profite pour remercier nos derniers soutiens sur Tipeee et les cent et quelques personnes qui nous permettent de tenir le podcast sur le long terme. Vous pouvez contribuer également si vous appréciez notre travail, ou simplement partager nos podcasts afin de nous soutenir ! Bonne écoute et à bientôt pour le prochain podcast ! Le Programme COMICS - 02:25 Javier Fernandez, Belén Ortega et Dike Ruan se rajoutent au PFF 2023 Orphan and the Five Beasts à soutenir chez Komics Initiative, et Armorclads chez Bliss Une grande expo' Marvel à la Cité de la BD en 2024 Delirium annonce du Dredd par Al Ewing La collection petit prix Marvel Multivers annoncée chez Panini Comics Le grand retour de Lazarus en VF chez Urban, aussi Du JSA Chronicles 2000 et du Junkyard Joe par Geoff Johns en Juin… … tandis que juillet 2023 sera un mois Ram V Void Rivals, le nouveau Robert Kirkman / Lorenzo De Felici Un retour de Murder, Inc. de Bendis chez Dark Horse La jolie douille de Battle Chasers #10 DC annonce son event estival Knight Terrors Jonathan Hickman et Bryan Hitch sur Ultimate Invasion TV - 1:25:45 Un premier trailer pour l'adaptation de Essex County La série Dead Boy Detectives passe sur Netflix Les créateurs de Dark reprennent l'adaptation de Something is Killing the Children Un trailer de gameplay pour Suicide Squad : Kill the Justice League CINEMA - 1:41:15 Le nouvel Hellboy a trouvé son interprète Le film Gorillaz sur Netflix n'aura pas lieu Soutenez First Print - Podcast Comics de Référence sur Tipeee
Darrell, Russ & Hassan T are back to talk about the recent Flash film trailer before covering I Am Batman #1-6 by John Ridley, Olivier Coipel, Stephen Segovia, Ken Lashley & Nightwing 100 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Rick Leonardi, Scott McDaniel, Mikel Janin, Javier Fernandez
April 2023 Solicits Comic Reviews: DC Batman: One Bad Day - Bane by Joshua Williamson, Howard Porter, Tomeu Morey Lazarus Planet: Assault on Krypton by Nicole Maines, Skylar Patridge, Nick Filardi, CS Pascat, Scott Godlewski, Alex Guimaraes, Frank Barbiere, Sami Basri, Vicente Cifuentes, Hi-Fi, Leah Williams, Marguerite Sauvage Nightwing 100 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Scott McDaniel, Rick Leonardi, Eddy Barrows, Javier Fernandez, Mikel Janin, Karl Story, Eber Ferreira, Caio Filipe, Joe Prado, Adriano Lucas Batgirls 14 by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Jonathan Case Stargirl: The Lost Children 3 by Geoff Johns, Todd Nauck, Matt Herms Flash 791 by Jeremy Adams, Roger Cruz, Wellington Dias, Luis Guerrero Marvel Wasp 1 by Al Ewing, Kasia Nie, KJ Diaz Infinity Comics Alligator Loki 17 by Alyssa Wong, Robert Quinn, Pete Pantazis Image Immortal Sergeant 1 by Joe Kelly, J.M. Ken Niimura Dark Horse White Savior 1 by Eric Nguyen, Scott Burman, Iwan Joko Triyono Boom Dune: House Harkonnen 1 by Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Herbert, Michael Shelfer, Patricio Delpeche AfterShock Maniac of New York: Don't Call It A Comeback 1 by Elliot Kalan, Andrea Mutti Vault Barbaric: Hell to Pay 1 by Michael Moreci, Nathan Gooden, Addison Duke Ray's OGN Corner of the Week: Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse Additional Reviews: Exorsisters, Wednesday, Motherland: Fort Salem, Owl House s3.2, Fairy Tale News: Omninews, Evangeline Lilly, Second Coming s3, Meryl Streep joins Only Murders in the Building, Schmigadoon return date, Marvel announcements including new Loki and Black Panther series, ComiXology layoffs, Extreme Venomverse, McKay's Avengers team revealed, Disney releases upcoming schedule Trailers: Gotham Knights, Scream 6, Invincible s2, Mandalorian s3 Comics Countdown (17-Jan-2023): Kroma 3 by Lorenzo De Felici Barnstormers 4 by Scott Snyder, Tula Lotay, Dee Cunniffe Wasp 1 by Al Ewing, Kasia Nie, KJ Diaz Nightwing 100 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Scott McDaniel, Rick Leonardi, Eddy Barrows, Javier Fernandez, Mikel Janin, Karl Story, Eber Ferreira, Caio Filipe, Joe Prado, Adriano Lucas Batgirls 14 by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Jonathan Case Stargirl: The Lost Children 3 by Geoff Johns, Todd Nauck, Matt Herms Immortal Sergeant 1 by Joe Kelly, J.M. Ken Niimura There's Something Wrong With Patrick Todd 4 by Ed Brisson, Gavin Guidry, Chris O'Halloran Punisher 9 by Jason Aaron, Paul Azaceta, Jesus Saiz, Matt Hollingsworth TMNT: Armageddon Game 4 by Tom Waltz, Vincenzo Federici, Alex Sanchez, Matt Herms
Kris and Dave put their writing hats on and discuss comic books they'd pitch to DC and Marvel. A recurring theme? Dick Grayson! Plus, new trailer reactions for Guardians of the Galaxy and Indiana Jones, and brand-new Nerd Commendations! Nerd News New Indiana Jones 5 Trailer Released New Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Trailer Arrives Byword Big Talk Comic Book Pitches! Nerd Commendations Morning Glories by Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma Nightwing (Rebirth) by Tim Seeley, Javier Fernandez, Marcus To
Comic Reviews: DC Batman: One Bad Day – Two Face by Mariko Tamaki, Javier Fernandez, Jordie Bellaire Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special 1 by Paul Dini, Jimmy Palmiotti, Rob Williams, Sam Humphries, Cecil Castellucci, Mindy Lee, Rafael Scavone, Stephanie Phillips, Kami Garcia, Terry Dodson, Stjepan Sejic, Amanda Conner, Riley Rossmo, Guillem March, Rafael Albuquerque, Mico Suayan, Chad Hardin, Jason Badower, Rachel Dodson, Dan Hipp, Erica Henderson, John Timms, Marcelo Maiolo, Ivan Plascencia, Annette Kwok, Alex Sinclair, Tomeu Morey, Amy Mebberson Titans United: Bloodpact 1 by Cavan Scott, Lucas Meyer, Tony Avina Marvel Edge of Spider-Verse 4 by Dan Slott, Tee Franklin, David Hein, Jordan Blum, Ty Templeton, Jethro Morales, Luciano Vecchio, Michael Shelfer, Chris Sotomayor, Brian Reber, Rico Renzi, Dono Sanchez Almara X-Terminators 1 by Leah Williams, Carlos Gomez, Bryan Valenza It's Jeff by Kelly Thompson, GuriHiru Image Creepshow 1 by Chris Burnham, Adriano Lucas, Paul Dini, Stephen Langford, John McCrea, Mike Spicer Vanish 1 by Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, JP Mayer, Sonia Oback Boom Stuff of Nightmares 1 by R.L. Stine, A.L. Kaplan, Roman Titov IDW Crashing 1 by Matthew Klein, Morgan Beem, Triona Farrell Archie Chilling Adventures Presents Weirder Mysteries 1 by Frank Tieri, Joanne Starer, Ron Robbins, Juan Bobillo, Ryan Jampole, Federico Sabbatini Oni Action Journalism 1 by Eric Skillman, Miklos Felvideki, Mariane Gusmao Valiant Bloodshot Unleashed 1 by Deniz Camp, Jon Davis-Hunt OGN Mayor Good Boy Goes Hollywood by Dave Sheidt, Miranda Harmon Order of the Night Jay: The Forest Beckons by Jonathan Schnapp Ray's OGN Corner: Anne of West Philly by Ivy Noelle Weir Additional Reviews: Clerks III, Howard the Duck by Chip Z, Andor 1-3, Umbrella Academy s3, She-Hulk ep6 News: Dark Horse leaves Diamond, Rogues Gallery headed to TV, Tini Howard and Sweeney Boo taking over Harley Quinn, James Earl Jones retires from playing Vader, WB Discovery madness, Wayne Family Adventures s2 release date, next Snyder book (Book of Evil, with Jock), live action Avatar casting, Giant Days Kickstarter (and Glenn's questionable buying choices), Grendel adaptation canceled, Deadpool 3, Blade loses director Trailers: Midnight Club, Hellraiser, Strange World, Knock at the Cabin, Enola Holmes, Inside Man, Devil's Hour, Last of Us Radiant Black 18 by Kyle Higgins, Laurence Holmes, Stefano Simeone Usagi Yojimbo 31 by Stan Sakai Wynd: The Throne in the Sky 2 by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas Flash 786 by Jeremy Adams, Amancay Nahuelpan, Pete Pantazis, Jeromy Cox Nightwing 96 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Caio Filipe, Adriano Lucas Ice Cream Man 32 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo Lonesome Hunters 4 by Tyler Crook Batman: The Knight 9 by Chip Zdarsky, Carmine Di Giandomenico, Ivan Plascencia Public Domain 4 by Chip Zdarsky, Strange 6 by Jed MacKay, Lee Garbett, Javier Tartaglia
Welcome to Comics From The Multiverse, our DC comics podcast! Discussed this week: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:18 - ComiXology Top 10 0:11:14 - News 0:36:10 - Batman: One Bad Day: Two Face #1 (Mariko Tamaki and Javier Fernandez) 0:54:32 - Nightwing #96 (Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo) 1:07:55 - The Flash #786 (Jeremy Adams and Amancay Nahuelpan) 1:17:50 - Batman/Superman: World's Finest #7 (Mark Waid and Dan Mora) 1:27:49 - Batman: The Knight #9 (Chip Zdarsky and Carmine Di Giandomenico) 1:35:45 - DCeased: War of the Undead Gods #2 (Tom Taylor and Trevor Hairsine) 1:43:40 - Picks of the Week patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mildfuzztv twitter: @DCComicsPodcast Audio: https://comicsfromthemultiverse.podbean.com/ UK Merch store: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/mild-fuzz-tv/ US Merch store: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mild-fuzz-tv-us
En nuestro capítulo 127, contamos con la visita de dos Sospechosos Habituales del mundo del podcasting. Javier Fernandez @tejedor1967 de "Mahjong en 10 minutos" (y algún otro) y Rafa @rfog42 de "Leña al mono que es de goma", nos honran con su visita. Con su objetividad y franqueza por bandera, analizamos si "Apple es mágico" o no. Bajo este curioso título y con esta gran compañía vamos a analizar hasta qué punto es oro todo lo que reluce en Apple. Es la Isla además de Dinámica, mágica ? Apple parece haber hecho de su defecto una virtud, pero de inicio, parece no convencer a todos por igual. Como no podía ser de otra forma, tampoco faltamos a nuestro compromiso semanal con la noticia del mundo de la manzana. En esta ocasión, comentamos cambios en las funciones de salud de watchOS 9 e iOS 16. La anterior "Recuperación de la Frecuencia cardíaca", ahora pasa a llamarse Cardio Recovery y entra a formar parte también de la app Salud. Anteriormente solo la encontrábamos en Fitness. Esta noticia da pie a otro interesante debate sobre la validez del Apple Watch como monitor de salud y especialmente en el apartado cardíaco. Nuestros invitados no son muy partidarios y hacemos una comparativa con algún modelo de otras marcas como Samsung. Agradecer a @tejedor1967, @rfog42 y su escáner de libros, este y otros tantos buenos momentos de podcasting. Gracias!! Recordamos nuestro apoyo y participación activa en las próximas JPOD 2022, para las que se han activado nuevas formas de colaboración y esponsorizado. Toda la información en https://jpod.es Síguenos en nuestro canal de Telegram, en Twitter e Instagram. Manzanas Enfrentadas. Recuerda que este Podcast esta asociado a la red de SOSPECHOSOS HABITUALES. Suscríbete con este feed: https://feedpress.me/sospechososhabituales Entra en nuestro grupo de Telegram: https://t.me/manzanasenfrentadas Twitter de nuestro podcast @MEnfrentadas Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/manzanasenfrentadas Instagram: https://instagram.com/manzanasenfrentadas #apple #iPhone #applepodcast #pro #applewatch #plus #appleiphone #ios #smartphone #appleevent #airpods #promax #ipad #tech #shotoniphone #iphonex #mobile #macbook #macbookpro #applewatch #iphone14 #iphone14max #iphone14plus
En nuestro capítulo 127, contamos con la visita de dos Sospechosos Habituales del mundo del podcasting. Javier Fernandez @tejedor1967 de "Mahjong en 10 minutos" (y algún otro) y Rafa @rfog42 de "Leña al mono que es de goma", nos honran con su visita. Con su objetividad y franqueza por bandera, analizamos si "Apple es mágico" o no. Bajo este curioso título y con esta gran compañía vamos a analizar hasta qué punto es oro todo lo que reluce en Apple. Es la Isla además de Dinámica, mágica ? Apple parece haber hecho de su defecto una virtud, pero de inicio, parece no convencer a todos por igual. Como no podía ser de otra forma, tampoco faltamos a nuestro compromiso semanal con la noticia del mundo de la manzana. En esta ocasión, comentamos cambios en las funciones de salud de watchOS 9 e iOS 16. La anterior "Recuperación de la Frecuencia cardíaca", ahora pasa a llamarse Cardio Recovery y entra a formar parte también de la app Salud. Anteriormente solo la encontrábamos en Fitness. Esta noticia da pie a otro interesante debate sobre la validez del Apple Watch como monitor de salud y especialmente en el apartado cardíaco. Nuestros invitados no son muy partidarios y hacemos una comparativa con algún modelo de otras marcas como Samsung. Agradecer a @tejedor1967, @rfog42 y su escáner de libros, este y otros tantos buenos momentos de podcasting. Gracias!! Recordamos nuestro apoyo y participación activa en las próximas JPOD 2022, para las que se han activado nuevas formas de colaboración y esponsorizado. Toda la información en https://jpod.es Síguenos en nuestro canal de Telegram, en Twitter e Instagram. Manzanas Enfrentadas. Recuerda que este Podcast esta asociado a la red de SOSPECHOSOS HABITUALES. Suscríbete con este feed: https://feedpress.me/sospechososhabituales Entra en nuestro grupo de Telegram: https://t.me/manzanasenfrentadas Twitter de nuestro podcast @MEnfrentadas Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/manzanasenfrentadas Instagram: https://instagram.com/manzanasenfrentadas #apple #iPhone #applepodcast #pro #applewatch #plus #appleiphone #ios #smartphone #appleevent #airpods #promax #ipad #tech #shotoniphone #iphonex #mobile #macbook #macbookpro #applewatch #iphone14 #iphone14max #iphone14plus
This week we are joined by Javier Fernandez, a fellow 20 something who wanted to share his journey overcoming toxic masculinity in his Latinx family, as well as his growth in recognizing women's struggles and being an ally. He gets into his personal experiences growing up with different father figures, and we even get into the topic of Roe v Wade. I felt so enlightened hearing about his perspective growing up religious but also going through the growth we all get into during our college years. It's a dense one today so I hope you enjoy listening to Javier's journey! To connect with Javier, reach out to him on his IG @fernandezjavier Wine of the Week: "Nomadica" White Theme music by: Kevin MacLeod Great Jazz selections from Kevin MacLeod's royalty-free Creative Commons licensed website http://incompetech.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Javier Fernandez #73. 2da. Parte Final de la Entrevista. Destaca que ha Contratado a mas de 40 Zamoranos para trabajar con él y ha conformado sus negocios exitosos aprovechando la red de Zamoranos del mundo. Alias "PECA", Originario Del país de la eterna primavera, Guatemala, De la Clase “AMÉRICA 95” De ZAMORANO. Actualmente Javier es el CEO DE B-MOBILE INTERNATIONAL, una de las empresas lideres a nivel global en Celulares smartphones y telecomunicaciones de bajo costo para acceso de masas, con presencia en mas de 25 Países a nivel mundial. Javier también ha tenido posiciones de alta gerencia, pero se ha caracterizado mas por ser un Emprendedor entusiasta, con el don de ver oportunidades y materializarlas de forma efectiva. Sus amigos lo describen como un Líder apasionado y agresivo en los negocios, pero a la vez, muy noble y carismático, preocupado siempre por el progreso de todas las personas de su entorno. Un Zamorano de casta señores y todo un Orgullo Zamorano Entrevista realizada el 11 de Abril del 2022, por los colegas: 1. Andrea Palazuelos, alias Nino 96, de Bolivia. 2. Juan Carlos Vega, alias Baco 94, de Ecuador. 3. Jose Rodolfo Abascal, alias Karepa, de Guatemala. Arreglo Musical por el Colega Javier Stacey, clase 88. #Zamopodcast #AgeapInternacional #AdnZamorano #IngenierosZamoranos --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/el-zamopodcast/message
# 72 Javier Fernandez 1ra. Parte de la Entrevista. Destaca que ha Contratado a mas de 40 Zamoranos para trabajar con él y ha fundamentado sus negocios exitosos aprovechando la red de Zamoranos del mundo. Alias "PECA", Originario Del país de la eterna primavera, Guatemala, De la Clase “AMERICA 95” De ZAMORANO. Actualmente Javier es el CEO DE B-MOBILE INTERNATIONAL, una de las empresas lideres a nivel global en Celulares smartphones y telecomunicaciones de bajo costo para acceso de masas, con presencia en mas de 25 Países a nivel mundial. Javier también ha tenido posiciones de alta gerencia, pero se ha caracterizado mas por ser un Emprendedor entusiasta, con el don de ver oportunidades y materializarlas de forma efectiva. Sus amigos lo describen como un Líder apasionado y agresivo en los negocios, pero a la vez, muy noble y carismático, preocupado siempre por el progreso de todas las personas de su entorno. Un Zamorano de casta señores y todo un Orgullo Zamorano Entrevista realizada el 11 de Abril del 2022, por los colegas: 1. Andrea Palazuelos, alias Nino 96, de Bolivia. 2. Juan Carlos Vega, alias Baco 94, de Ecuador. 3. Jose Rodolfo Abascal, alias Karepa, de Guatemala. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/el-zamopodcast/message
An accident during a foiled robbery attempt leaves anyone and everyone attached to the name, "Robin," in Gotham City a fugitive from justice. As the police begin to wage war on everything Robin, the truth of why this is taking place is slowly revealed, luring everyone who has ever worn the, "R," back to Gotham to protect innocent kids who are just trying to do some good in their city. Can the Robins stop the Robin War being perpetrated by Gotham's elite? Can they deal with one another in the process? Find out in: Robin War!Zach is joined by Miles Trout of the Disc Dump and High on Horror podcasts to talk about what Gotham was like after Scott Snyder's Batman: End Game storyline!---------------------------------------------------Like tabletop gaming?Check out our Sponsor and get 10% off on your order with code: CTWL10Owl Central Games---------------------------------------------------Check out more from Miles on the Disc Dump Podcast and High on Horror Follow him on Twitter and Instagram!---------------------------------------------------Join the Patreon to help us keep the lights on, and internet connected!https://www.patreon.com/tctwlWant to try out all the sweet gigs over on Fiverr.com? Click on the link below and sign up!https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=323533&brand=fiverrcpaTune in here for every episode of the show!https://kite.link/the-comics-that-we-loveJoin our mailing list for updates and sneak peaks!https://www.tinyurl.com/tctwlpodFollow on Instagram!The Comics That We LoveFollow on Twiter!@Z_Irish_Red
To celebrate Sadie and Liz, our two book friends who have recently become parents, the four of us decided to tackle a book about parenthood. We feel like we may have failed this assignment a little bit...Books mentioned in this episode: I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins, Nightwing Vol. 1: Better Than Batman by Tim Seeley and Javier Fernandez, With Teeth by Kristen Arnett, and The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keepitfictional/message
Buenas hoy os explico los pasos que estoy realizando para obtener un mejor audio en movilidad. Canal de Youtube de Javier Fernandez: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzckA5MnqjwKZ5A2rUXW8kA Twitch de Javier Fernandez: https://www.twitch.tv/tejedor1967 Canal de Youtube de WinTablet: https://www.youtube.com/c/wintabletinfo Colaboraciones Podcast: VocesNocturas: https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/voces-nocturnas-pod/id1132982206 Mi twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/smontoy Podcast que realizo con Jordi Beltran. Cueva del Silicio Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/cuevas-del-silicio-podcast/id1526322377 Podcast que realizo con David. El duo Culé: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-duo-cule_sq_f11403808_1.html Por ultimo, si os interesa el mundo del podcasting y tenéis dudas de cómo comenzar aquí os paso el enlace del grupo de telegram de Podcasters Chat, donde podréis preguntar dudas que tengáis para comenzar vuestro proyecto de podcast: https://t.me/joinchat/DbBT1U1YKoiAmzlvM4OK-A
Welcome to a bumper edition of The Ice Skating Podcast!This episode we've got three top interviews.Spanish former Figure Skater Javier Fernandez, a bronze medalist at PyeongChang 2018, is the perfect man to preview the season ahead - and the road to Beijing 2022. He tells us what he's been up to, highlights his “ones to watch” for Olympic medals - and speaks about his pride in the continuing success of Spanish Figure Skating.Meanwhile, the Short Track Speed Skating season gets underway this week in Beijing - and we've got two perfect guides.Yang Yang of China is the most successful female Short Track racer of all time, and joins us live from Beijing to tell us about how the Chinese capital is preparing for the biggest event of all - and her admiration of Dutch racer Suzanne Schulting. Charles Hamelin of Canada meanwhile is Short Track's most experienced male skater - can he grab another Olympic medal at the grand old age of 37? We've got the inside track.The Ice Skating Podcast is the official pod of the International Skating Union, brought to you every fortnight, hosted by Nick Moore and Luke Norman.
In the latest episode of Public Power Now, Javier Fernandez, the new President and CEO of OPPD, details how the public power utility effectively responded to a recent historic storm, as well as outlines his goals and priorities.
Hey everyone this episode is all about my good friend Javier Fernandez. He is a professional fighter and is a San Antonio native as well. I had such a fun conversation with this brawler, and we talked about his story and his path to becoming the professional fighter he is today. This guy is so humble, so well composed and just overall a great guy, but when he gets into the square he is a whole different person. I hope you all enjoy!
July 2021 Solicitations Comic Reviews: Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point 1 by Donald Mustard, Christos Gage, Reilly Brown, Nelson DeCastro, John Kalisz Superman: Red and Blue 2 by Steven Seagle, Chuck Brown, Stephanie Phillips, Dan Panosian, Jason Howard, Denys Cowan, Duncan Rouleau, Marley Zarcone, John Stanisci, Chris Sotomayor Mighty Valkyries 1 by Jason Aaron, Torunn Gronbekk, Mattia De Iulis, Erica D'Urso, Marcio Menyz Way of X 1 by Simon Spurrier, Jonathan Hickman, Bob Quinn, Javier Tartaglia Women of Marvel 1 by Sophie Campbell, Mariko Tamaki, Natasha Alterici, Anne Toole, Nadia Shammas, Elsa Sjunneson, Zoraida Cordova, Eleonora Carlini, June Brigman, Joanna Estep, Kei Zama, Marika Cresta, Naomi Franquiz, Skylar Patridge, Maria Frohlich, Nina Vakueva, Peach Momoko, Roy Richardson, Rachelle Rosenberg, Ruth Redmond, Rachael Stott, Brittany Peer, Irma Kniivila, Triona Farrell Carnage: Black, White and Blood 2 by Donny Cates, Chip Zdarsky, Ram V, Kyle Hotz, Javier Fernandez, Marco Checchetto, Rachelle Rosenberg, Juan Fernandez Old Guard: Tales Through Time 1 by Greg Rucka, Andrew Wheeler, Leandro Fernandez, Jacopo Camagni, Daniele Miwa Many Deaths of Laila Starr 1 by Ram V, Filipe Andrade, Ines Amaro Girls of Dimension 13 1 by Graham Nolan, Bret Blevins, Gregory Wright Godzilla: Monsters and Protectors 1 by Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening The Rise by George C. Romero, Diego Yapur Unfinished Business OGN by Paul Levitz, Simon Fraser, Cary Caldwell Guerilla Green OGN by Cookie Kalkair, Ophelie Damble 99 Cent Theatre: Sci-Fi Revue 2020 by Rob Pilkington, Val Halvorson, Kayla Kinoo, J.J. Lopez, Dave Law, Kit Mills, Steve Canon The OUTsider 1 by Marko Stojanovic, Vassilis Gogtzilas Evolution Utero 1 by David Whalen Nuclear Power 1 by Erica Harrell, Desiree Proctor, Lynne Yoshii Additional Reviews: Mortal Kombat, Doctor Aphra Omnibus, Falcon/Winter Soldier finale News: Disney launches new line of graphic novels starting with Parent Trap, Last Annihilation event, Olivia Colman joining the MCU, Spider-Verse 2 directors, new Bunn book from Vault, Emilia Clarke joins Secret Invasion, Alex Ross and NFTs, Harrow County returns, Red Sonja Black White and Red, Knuckles and Tails in Sonic 2, Pixar casting a young transgender actor for upcoming movie, Round Robin tourney update, How I Met Your Father, Emilia Clarke co-writing new series at Image with Marguerite Bennett, Sony signs long-term deal with Disney+, Dark Horse gets Masters of the Universe license, Russell Crowe playing Zeus, Captain America 4 with Sam Wilson Trailers: Shang-Chi Comics Countdown: Ultramega 2 by James Harren, Dave Stewart Usagi Yojimbo 19 by Stan Sakai, Hi-Fi Snow Angels 3 by Jeff Lemire, Jock Friday 3 by Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin, Muntsa Vicente Radiant Black 3 by Kyle Higgins, Marcello Costa Stray Dogs 3 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner HaHa 4 by W. Maxwell Prince, Patrick Horvath Way of X 1 by Simon Spurrier, Jonathan Hickman, Bob Quinn, Javier Tartaglia Nightwing 79 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas SWORD 4 by Al Ewing, Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia
Javier Fernandez is a Physio Realigning and Biomagnetic Specialist with concentrated training in Craniosacral Therapy and pathological diseases. He works with some of the UFC's top fighters including Stipe Miocic, T.J. Dillashaw and Juan Archuleta. You can check out his work below. His instagram is @fernandezphysio.https://fernandezphysio.com/
Do you want to learn from one of the Best Body Workers on the Planet?Today is your chance. Javier Fernandez went to the 2016 Olympics as the massage therapist for the US Wrestling Team. In that same year, he opened the Balance Healing Center which focuses on the Mind, Body & Soul connection. In 2018, he became a biomagnetism therapist, and continued to study biogenetics, physics, and nutrition until becoming a physio realigning specialist. He is fascinated with everything that has to do with improving the body. For the last few years he has worked with the very best fighters in the UFC and Bellator... he believes that the body is capable of healing from anything with the proper command & technique.Listen to this episode today to hear:[04:04] What does living a limitless life mean to Javier[05:11] How did Javier become a healer[14:05] What is the root of pain[34:37] Biomagnetism[55:27] The last 8 months of Javier's life[01: 32:46] Are we reacting or creating
Do you want to learn from one of the Best Body Workers on the Planet?Today is your chance. Javier Fernandez went to the 2016 Olympics as the massage therapist for the US Wrestling Team. In that same year, he opened the Balance Healing Center which focuses on the Mind, Body & Soul connection. In 2018, he became a biomagnetism therapist, and continued to study biogenetics, physics, and nutrition until becoming a physio realigning specialist. He is fascinated with everything that has to do with improving the body. For the last few years he has worked with the very best fighters in the UFC and Bellator... he believes that the body is capable of healing from anything with the proper command & technique.Listen to this episode today to hear:[04:04] What does living a limitless life mean to Javier[05:11] How did Javier become a healer[14:05] What is the root of pain[34:37] Biomagnetism[55:27] The last 8 months of Javier's life[01: 32:46] Are we reacting or creating
El Ayuntamiento acaba de presentar los estudios sociourbanísticos de Arana y Judimendi. Esa radiografía social y urbanística permitirá poder optar a ser declarados área degradada y mejorar su acceso a ayudas a la rehabilitación. Hablamos con Javi Barbero y Angel Madina de Judimendikoak, y con Peio Salazar y Javier Fernandez de Betoño de Aranako.
Javier Fernandez is a Sacramento-based creative. Raised in the small farm town of Galt CA, he had a love for movies at a young age, it wasn’t until he was in high school he started looking at cinema as a career option. After graduating high school Javier attended film school for 2 years then dropped out to focus on film as a career. He currently works as the head of video at WKND digital, a creative marketing agency in Sacramento CA. Connect with Javier and his work: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isthat_javi/ Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/javiervideo Website: http://javiervideo.com/ If you want to connect with us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullcircleshow/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5s1V7qNaLx-ojxOMrQO7bw --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefullcircleshow/support
Entrevista con Javier Fernandez Baglietto, la interna del UCR
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On this week's Stack podcast, we've got reviews for: BRZRKR #1 Boom! Studios Written by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt Illustrated by Ron Garney Stray Dogs #1 Image Comics Written by Tony Fleecs Art by Trish Forstner The Amazing Spider-Man #60 Marvel Written by Nick Spencer Pencils by Mark Bagley Two Moons #1 Image Comics Written by John Arcudi Art by Valerie Giangiordano Future State: House of El #1 DC Comics Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Scott Godlewski Future State: Aquaman #2 DC Comics Written by Brandon Thomas Art by Daniel Sampere Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 DC Comics Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Riley Rossmo Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #2 DC Comics Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Pugh Future State: Suicide Squad #2 DC Comics Written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams Art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin Future State: Dark Detective #4 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson Art by Dan Mora, Giannis Milonogiannis Future State: Batman/Superman #2 DC Comics Written by Gene Luen Yang Art by Scott McDaniel, Ben Oliver & Steven Segovia The Department of Truth #6 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Elsa Charretier Faith #1 BOOM! Studios Written by Jeremy Lambert Illustrated by Eleonora Carlini X-Men #18 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Mahmud Asrar Something is Killing the Children #15 BOOM! Studios Written by James Tynion IV Art by Werther Dell'edera Nailbiter Returns #10 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Mike Henderson Firefly #26 BOOM! Studios Written by Greg Pak Art by Pius Bak Crossover #4 Image Comics Written by Donny Cates Art by Geoff Shaw Skulldigger: Skeleton Boy #6 Dark Horse Comics Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Tonci Zonjic Ice Cream Man #23 Image Comics Written by W. Maxwell Prince Art by Martín Morazzo Crimson Flower #2 Dark Horse Comics Written by Matt Kindt Art by Matt Lesniewski Post Americana #3 Image Comics Story and Art by Steve Skroce You Look Like Death #6 Dark Horse Comics Written by Gerard Way Art by Shaun Simon The Scumbag #5 Image Comics Written by Rick Remender Art by Wes Craig Rain Like Hammers #2 Image Comics Written and art by Brandon Graham SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript Alex: What's up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin: I'm Justin. Pete: I'm Pete. Alex: And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week, or do we? Or do we? Justin: Way to create some intrigue. That's right. Alex: Because the first book that we're going to talk about is a book that doesn't come out until next week, but we're going to do a spoiler-free review of it. It is- Justin: A preview review. Alex: Preview review. It is Berserker #1 from BOOM! Studios, written by none other than Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt, illustrated by Ron Garney. Pete: Oh, no wonder. Justin: I've been following Keanu Reeves's comic book work for a long time, and it's great to see just a brand-new book with his name on it. Alex: Yeah. It was great. Pete: That was driving me fucking crazy. I did not notice that he wrote this. Alex: Wait. Really? Pete: That's hilarious. Yeah. I was like- Alex: You were like “Oh, it looks like Keanu Reeves in this book?” Pete: … “Why does the guy look so much like fucking Keanu Reeves?” Oh, that's hilarious. Alex: Well, I mean, I got to say, I mean, who knows how much he was sitting down at his typewriter being like “Scene one. Berserker. Open on me”? But a lot of times, I feel like there are these insert-style comics that just don't work. They're star vehicles. They're trying to set up a movie, and they just … They're not comics. They're pitch sheets, and that's pretty much it. That's not what this is at all. Not only do you have Ron Garney's phenomenal art throughout- Pete: Yeah. Justin: I love Ron Garney, and I feel like he hasn't been doing enough stuff lately. So it's great to see his work here. Alex: So that's great, but also you got Matt Kindt, who knows his way around an intrigue storyline, a sci-fi storyline. Again, we're going to skirt spoilers but not get into any here. But even though the main character is clearly Keanu Reeves, this is a really interesting sci-fi story. It's a great action story. A lot of times, they just step back and let Ron Garney do his thing. I was very surprised and very impressed by this book. Justin: Yeah. It's one of those books that when you're reading the first bit of it, it's like “I see what this is,” and then by the end you're like “I was completely wrong. It's totally different, and I am excited by where it landed.” Alex: Pete? Pete: Yeah. I mean, I've been reminded numerous times not to give away anything, but man, that ending. Am I right? Oh, shit. No, but yeah. The art and action is phenomenal. This is definitely in my wheelhouse, less dialogue, more action. Come on. Alex: It's really good stuff. I mean, this is already a huge selling comic book. I think they sold 600,000 copies, making it the best-selling original property comic book in like five years or a decade or something like that. I'm forgetting what the exact stat is. Pete: Wait. It hasn't come out yet. What are you even talking about? Alex: Well, the way comics book work, Pete, is that people pre-order them through their comic book shops in order to guarantee that they're going to be there. So that's what they've been doing. So they sold that many copies to comic book shops. So obviously, big deal. People are really excited. The thing that I think is not a happy accident, but happy surprise about it, is that they're going to get what they paid for. They're going to get a good, very cool comic book. So I'm excited for everybody to check it out when it hits stands next week. Justin: Exactly. Next week. If you love The Lake House, you're going to love Berserker. Alex: I'm sending that directly to BOOM! Studios. That's their pull quote. Justin: Two great Keanu [crosstalk 00:03:36]. Pete: I don't know if I've seen that, but okay. Justin: It's not a spoiler when I say the mail is in the mailbox with this comic. Alex: Hold on. Hold on. Let me try this. Pete: Oh, my god. Alex: If you love Always Be My Maybe, check out Berserker #1 from BOOM! Studios. Pete: Wow. Wow. Justin: The comic book club bump is coming for Berserker right now. Alex: Has he done any other movies, Keanu Reeves? Justin: Keanu Reeves? I can't think of any. Pete: A ton. A ton of movies. Justin: Well, there was Bill and Ted's Excellent Lake House. Pete: Right. Alex: Bill and Ted's Excellent Always Be My Maybe. Justin: Yep. There's that. I think that's the whole thing. Alex: I think that's it. Anyway, this book is great. Definitely pick it up if you haven't, or pre-order it if you haven't already. Next up, here's a book that's actually out this week, Stray Dogs #1 from Image Comics, written by Tony Fleecs, art by Trish Forstner. So this is about, as you can tell from the title, it's not like stray … I honestly thought, because it was an Image book and it was called Stray Dogs, and it's like “What's up? We're a bunch of criminals called the Stray Dogs.” No. It's literally stray dogs. There's still a crime element. There's still a mystery element, but I was surprised about this. I'm curious to hear what Pete thought in particular. Justin: Yes. Pete: All right. So first- Justin: Because he's a cat guy. He's a cat guy. So- Pete: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. But I saw that cover, and I was like “Oh, this is going to fucking break my heart,” and it did. It's got some feels in this thing, and I was really impressed with the story. I thought maybe it was just going to be cute dogs, which would have been fine, but yeah. I thought it really ended well. It sets up this whole arc. I'm impressed with this, and I can't wait for more. I'm really on board here. Justin: This book also surprised me, and I did … The last third of it is so good. They assemble like an Avengers: Endgame level group of mid-period Disney dogs here. This is like your Fox and the Hounds, your 101 Dalmatians, your Lady and the Tramps. They're all here, and I don't think we want to spoil it, maybe, but I think there's going to be some bad dogs in here. There's going to be some good girls and some bad dogs. Pete: Oh, my god. Love it. Alex: Yeah. Good stuff. Again, a nice surprise. Let's move on with our next book, and I'm going to tell you what it is, and then I'm going to give you a little peek behind the curtain here. Okay? So our next book, before the shouting begins, is The Amazing Spider-Man #60. Pete: Oh, fuck you. Justin: Oh, no. Alex: Hold up. Written by Nick Spencer, pencils by Mark Bagley. Now, we've been talking a lot about Amazing Spider-Man, the Last Remains storyline, this whole thing about Kindred, this villain that turns out to be Harry Osborn, who's been [inaudible 00:06:18] Spider-Man in the background. Pete: But- Alex: Hold on. Let me just finish what I'm saying, and then I'm going to allow you to shout, Pete. But I think we kind of agreed that it sort of started to fizzle at a certain point. They're dragging out the Kindred reveal for too long. I've still been reading it. I've been reading each issue because I like Spider-Man and I enjoy reading it, but I haven't felt like … We don't need to talk about the same story [inaudible 00:06:43] again and again. So before I set down the stack for this week with the choices of issues, particularly Marvel, I was like “Well, let me just read and see what happens in Spider-Man,” because the cover of this is Mary Jane and Peter surrounded by the centipedes from Kindred, and I read this book, and I was like “Oh, we got to talk about this.” Justin: Yes. Alex: We have to talk about this, because I want to hear Pete shout. Go ahead, Pete. Pete: Okay. So first off, to kind of peek behind the curtain a little bit, Zalben has been pushing the envelope for how many fucking comics we talk about, and he sends out this ridiculous list that we have to read all these comics. Alex: Nobody is forcing you to do that. Pete: Hey. I love reading comics, but I got a full-time job. We got other stuff going on, and he keeps pushing the number. He said “Oh, we'll cap it at 20.” Alex: I never said that. Pete: Hasn't been capped at 20 in a long time. Alex: I never said that. Pete: So then he gives us this giant fucking list, and then goes “Oh, two more,” and guess what one of the fucking two is. Amazing Spider-Man, and I was like “You motherfucker. Always pushing.” Justin: This is not the shout I expected to hear, just FYI. Alex: Not at all. Justin: Imagine tiny- Alex: [crosstalk 00:07:50]. Justin: Imagine- Pete: I was saying that “Oh, there has to be a reason he pushed this,” like “Oh, just these two Marvel. No big deal. We're just going to just do two Marvel because we got so many other comics,” and I knew. I knew Spider-Man had to be a fucking doozy. Otherwise, he wouldn't have fucking pushed it through, and yeah, and here we go again. Here we fucking go again. You want to open a fucking wound and fucking relive some nightmares? Well, guess what. We got fucking Mephisto, and it's going to fucking relive some god damn nightmares. Justin: Here's the thing though, Pete. First off, let me say, imagine little Pete LePage, Petey, as we call him- Pete: No. Justin: … dreaming of his future as an adult, and your biggest complaint right now is that your friend is making you read too many comics? Little Petey LePage would drive his little big wheel right into a brick wall if he heard that. Alex: “You're telling me this is my job?” I mean, well, let's not go that far. Justin: Well, not technically a job, but it's like- Pete: You get paid to do a job, asshole. All right? Alex: That's what I'm saying. Pete: We're not … Yeah. So I do have a job where I work and get paid, and then we go this out of the love of our hearts, and then one person keeps fucking pushing the envelope by overloading us. Justin: I love comics. I would read more. Give me more. Alex: I agree, and to clarify, we said we would cap it at 50 to 75 books a week, tops. Justin: Let's talk about this Spider-Man book, because let me see- Alex: No. I don't think so. Can you also give us a peek behind the curtain, Justin? Justin: Yeah. Pete: Yeah. Give us a peek behind the curtain, Justin. Justin: Sorry. The only curtain I'm behind is a shower curtain, and it's sheer. It's invisible. I'm nude in front of you all, all the time. I'm [crosstalk 00:09:33]. Pete: Gross. Justin: Just a little imagery to preface this review. So this book though, Pete … It's got Peter and Mary Jane being as close as they've been in a decade. Pete: Yeah, and then it does the classic bullshit where Peter leaves and then Mary Jane's got some weird shit going on with the villain. Justin: Well, here's the thing. To your point, Alex, I actually didn't really like a lot of the lead up to the reveals here. I feel like Nick Spencer used to have a really good Spider-Man and a really good Peter Parker. It felt like it was back to the very core of the character, struggling to get by, has a bunch of roommates that he shouldn't be hanging out with, messing up all the time, and now it's like it's so sentimental. It's this sort of sanctimonious Peter Parker that we see a lot over the course of the years, but it's not the fun Peter Parker, and it's too melodramatic for me, and then by the end of it, I was excited about the reveal at the end of the book and even the stuff that Pete's talking about with the villain. At least that's interesting, because this Peter Parker's not a person I'm loving right now. Alex: Well, and that's the point of the book, right? I think they're taking a really long time to get around to it, but what is nice about this issue is it feels like one of those classic Ultimate Spider-Man issues that Brian Michael Bendis would do, where it's just a conversation, and in this case, it's Peter talking to Mary Jane. She's trying to help him through the stuff he's going through, and he says exactly what you're talking about, where he's like “Why is my life like this? Why am I still in this place that I'm in? What is going on here?” and by the end … Spoiler, but we've already spoiled it. The revelation is it's probably Mephisto all over again fucking with Peter Parker's life. Probably, there's no way around. If they don't loop back to One More Day at this point, I don't know what he's doing in this storyline, but that's fascinating to me, what direction they're going in. It's nerveracking, but it's fascinating. Pete: Yeah. Well, I'm not fascinated, but I did really like the part of MJ talking about this exercise that helps you kind of work through shit, and I thought that was very cool to have a superhero kind of do a therapy exercise and be like “Hey. Therapy's okay. It's okay to talk about your feelings in a safe space and get it out and see what it feels like to say these things out loud.” I thought that was very powerful and very cool, but then you got to fucking ruin it with Mephisto shit, and it's like, either we're moving on and that bullshit happened and somehow we have to live with it and move forward, or you better fucking undo that bullshit and then we can get back to our lives. Fucking make a choice, man, because I'm sick of this shit. Alex: All right. Well, let's move on to Two Moons #1 from Image Comics, written by John Arcudi, art by Valerio Giangiordano. This is set in the Civil War following a soldier who starts seeing some demons or something. We're not 100 percent sure what's going on, but the art in here is terrifying and scary. Pete: He sees the monster from Critters is what it looks like. Alex: But it's just somebody's head, to be clear. Justin: Yeah. He's got a critter on his head. Pete: Yeah. It's a critter head. Alex: Classic critter head. Yeah. Yeah. Justin: You guys both sort of felt like you were saying something that you shouldn't be saying, for a second. Alex: I mean, in my family, when I grew up, we were never supposed to say critter head. Justin: Yeah. Say it three times, and then you have yourself a critter head. I like this book as well. This was a good sort of scary story in a time we don't see very much, especially from this perspective. Pete: Yeah. I mean, the art's really unbelievable. This is a very interesting story. It's also the take about the nurse getting upset about the fact that when you run out of ammunition, they'll use whatever scraps of metals they can, and then kind of her reaction is very interesting and very intense. So I think this is a really kind of interesting, original idea set in a shitty time period. Alex: Sure. There you go. Couldn't disagree with that. Let's move on to our Future State block, as we've been doing all the past couple of weeks, talking about everything that's come out from Future State. I'll list the books, and then we'll talk about some of our highlights. We've got House of El #1, Aquaman #2, Legion of Superheroes #2, Superman vs. Imperious Lex #2, Suicide Squad #2, Dark Detective #4, and Batman/Superman #2, and to give you a little peek behind the curtain here, it's interesting that Pete was complaining about too many titles being in our stack, because at least the past two weeks we've talked about the Future State block, Pete has read extra titles from DC and then talked about them on the show. Justin: Yeah, and dropped them in. Alex: There you go. So Pete, any extra titles you want to talk about here? Pete: No. No, but if we would like to peek behind the curtain, I think you're a piece of shit. Alex: All right. That's fine. Justin: Again, here's me, nude behind a very crystal-clear sheer curtain. Alex: Pete, what jumped out at you? What did you like this week? Pete: All right. Well, I liked a lot of things, but the one book I didn't want to like, but then the sappy ending kind of got me in the feels, was the House of El #1. Sometimes we get in the house of stuff. I don't know. Justin: Yeah. You don't like houses. Pete: Yeah. I don't like houses. I don't like the kind of historical Superman shit where everybody is talking about their logos and all the weird shit. It doesn't get me excited, but I was really impressed with this book because I read it like “Harumph. I don't want to like you,” and then it won me over. I would say one of my favorites was Batman/Superman- Justin: Here. Wait. Can we talk about that real quick? Pete: Sure. Sure. Justin: Sorry. Sorry, but I loved this book. I know I feel like I've been on a Phillip Kennedy Johnson love fest, but man, this is another great book by him that is just a hundred percent fun. It's mixing a lot of the stuff he does in The Last God with a Superman-focused version of the Legion, and it reads like just a great Legion book with all these different version of Superman kin that are out there trying to just save the world and maintain their household and mix in with these sort of light fantasy elements. It's just a great book. Alex: Pete, what about you? You were about to call out Dark Detective, I believe. Pete: Well, I have been enjoying that, and yes, I did love Dark Detective #4. Very intense. I love this no more shadows, like “Oh, shit. What does that mean?” Also, great backup story. I thought this was a very intense, cool Batman book. I'm very excited to see where this goes. Anybody else want to jump in on this one? Alex: Yeah. Sure. Was that not the one you were going to call out? I thought that's what you started saying. Pete: No. It was Batman/Superman #2. Alex: Oh, okay. Sorry to put you on the spot there, but I do really like the backup. We talked about this last time, this Joshua Williamson and Giannis Milonogiannis, and they're doing basically Red Hood, but Akira, and it's super fun. I had a blast reading that. But you want to talk about Future State Batman/Superman #2? Justin: Real quick. Alex: Oh, yeah. Justin: It's very funny seeing the Red Hood hood on him, where it just goes right to the … It's just such a weird looking thing, but this has been one of the best version of Bruce Wayne that I feel like we've seen in Batman comics in a long time, this Dark Detective series. Pete: Yeah. Yeah. It's really cool. But Batman/Superman #2, really unbelievable action. I really am loving the kind of mystery and the kind of who-done-it with this team up. I love it when Batman and Superman get along, but I also like it when they fight, and I feel like this was a really cool, great kind of fight between Superman and Batman, and I thought this was really cool. Alex: Yeah. It's a good book as well. For me, man, it's tough. Again, a very good week for books from Future State. All of this stuff has been really good. It's a little bit of a tie. There's one that eked it out a little bit more. Future State Superman vs. Imperious Lex #2 is kind of my number two here, written by Mark Russell, art by Steve Pugh. Super fun. Great Lois Lane in this book. As usual, just hilarious and pointed satire from Mark Russell. So really enjoyed that book, but the one for me that killed it was Aquaman #2. Justin: A hundred percent. That was mine. Pete: Yeah. That's what I was going to … Yeah. Alex: Everybody was leading up to that, written by Brandon Thomas, art by Daniel Sampere. Again, like I said with the first issue, I am not an Aquaman fan. I don't usually like an Aquaman story. This is god damn amazing, and if you didn't tune in to the first book, the first issue of the book, it was all about this confluence of oceans from the universe that former Aqualad, now Aquaman, and Aqualass, who by the end of the book, spoiler, is Aquawoman, have gotten trapped in. They get separated. Aquaman is imprisoned most of the last book and then finally finds out that Aqualass is alive at the end, and then we loop back and find out what happened with her. The action is so big. Everything that happens is so emotional and creative. I was blown away. Justin: I agree. This book was so good. Of all the books in Future State that I would want to replace the main title going forward, it's this. I want to see these characters going forward and seeing where they go next, because it's so good. Pete: The let go moment was so nice. Justin: Yeah. Pete: Yeah. I mean, I don't know how cool a water leg would be, but man, they really sold it in this book. Alex: It's a fish leg. It's not a water leg. It's a fish leg. Pete: Oh, okay. My bad. Justin: I mean, a fish leg would be much worse, because that shit … You've only got like two days max on that things. Pete: Before it starts smelling? Alex: Yeah. Justin: Yeah. Alex: Don't microwave it. Not in the office. That's all I'm saying. Justin: Oh, definitely. Alex: That would be gross. Justin: [crosstalk 00:19:49] case of scallop- Alex: All right. Let's move on and talk about some other books. Justin: One last thing I want to shout out. Alex: Oh, yeah. Please. Justin: We didn't talk about Legion of Superheroes #2. Want to shout out Riley Rossmo's art on this. I'd love to see a Legion book with Riley drawing it. Alex: Absolutely. Moving on, one of your favorites, Justin, The Department of Truth #6 from Image Comics, written by James Tynion IV, art by Elsa Charretier. Justin: Oh, what an accent. Alex: This is a switch up of artists for the book- Pete: Yeah. I was going to say. Alex: … and also a switch up of time periods, as we jump back in time and find out the origins of The Department of Truth. This is a awesome issue that continues, personally, to remind me of a vintage Vertigo book, where it'd be like five issues, take a break, show us some times passed thing, and then go forward with the ongoing story. So good. Justin: So good. This book is doing just such a great job of fleshing out the world of the series sort of slowly and really easing into it, and this book does a great job of sort of bringing into focus in the sort of micro with the flashback story. It's sort of a double flashback. We flashback to right after the Kennedy assassination, and then flashback to Doubting Thomas and sort of the origin of rewriting the world with a new truth, and this book is one of my favorites on the stand right now. If this were a religion, I would believe in it. Alex: Wow. Pete: Oh, shit. Wow. Justin: I'm not a religious guy, but this is the closest. I'm like “I could buy this. I could buy this fully across the board.” Pete: Wow. That is crazy. I think it's really impressive that this book can look so different from kind of book to book and still feel like a part of the same story. It's really impressive what they're pulling off here creatively, artistically. They're taking some big swings at some big ideas, and they are killing it. It's really impressive. Yeah. The paneling, the art, the way this story flows. This is a really, really impressive book that is tripping me the fuck out. Alex: This employs a technique that I usually hate in storytelling, but it completely works here, where they have a story in a story in a story. In this book, Lee Harvey Oswald, who in our current time is the head of The Department of Truth goes to his first day there, finds out the origin, so you have one … I think this is the reason it works is the art style changes with each level of the story, where it goes back in time, he's reading the origin of the story of The Department of Truth, and then one of the characters in the story starts telling the story to the other character, and then the art style changes again. It's just these multiple layers that feel very purposeful versus the usual accidental employment of that technique. Fantastic book. Definitely pick it up. Alex: Let's move on and talk about Faith #1 from BOOM! Studios, written by Jeremy Lambert, illustrated by Eleonora Carlini. This is a weird book that I was no expecting- Justin: This is a weird book. Alex: … that follows Faith as she's trapped in a movie theater, and there's some Watchers watching her, strange stuff going on. What'd you guys think of this one? Pete: Yeah. It's fantastic art. It was a little confusing because we kind of had this shadowy figure behind the main character. So I was having a hard time follow what's happening, because I was so worried about her present, in-the-movie-theater self. So it was hard to kind of let go of that and follow the story, but yeah. This is interesting. Unbelievable art. Some great action. I'm not quite sure what's happening though. Justin: Yeah. I mean, I agree. Really expressive art, I thought was … There were so many good little horror moments, and Faith's reactions throughout are great. I don't know much about Faith in the background. I don't have faith. Alex: You got to have faith. Justin: Yeah. That's the thing. Pete: The faith, the faith, the faith. Justin: But I believe in the comic book we just talked about before this one. So yeah. I didn't know much about the character, but it was a good read. Alex: Yeah. Moving on, X-Men #18 from Marvel, written by Johnathan Hickman, art by Mahmud Asrar. Give you a little peek behind the curtain. I felt like Pete would be pretty mad about Amazing Spider-Man. This one involves Laura, Wolverine, which Pete likes a lot. So I thought this would be kind of like a gimme, like balance the scales a little bit. So this is as three of the X-Men characters wander into a weird future place, as they usually do in this run of X-Men. What'd you think about this one? Justin: The Vault. Pete: Well, I'm curious about something. So why is she called Wolverine now? You know what I mean? I know Wolverine died for a little bit, and I know she was X-23, and that's cool, but then when they were referring to her as Wolverine, I was like “Why? What's-“ Justin: Well, because Wolverine doesn't … He's on the moon popping something else besides claws. So he's not really … Pete: You don't have to be an asshole when I ask a question. You could just answer it. Justin: I mean, I think there's some truth to that. Alex: There's more than on person named Pete. Justin: Wow. Pete: Yeah. Yeah. Justin: That's true. Pete: Got that, and there's also more than one person named Pete LePage, but what's your fucking point? Alex: My point is, when I search for Pete LePage, the other one comes up. Pete: Okay. So it's okay that she's called Wolverine is what you're saying? Alex: Yeah. It's fine. It's not a problem. Justin: I like it. I like her as a character. I like her as the Wolverine. I think Logan can just be Logan now, and he can go do all of his Logan stuff. Pete: That's cool. I just didn't know. I was like “Maybe I missed something,” like the passing of the Wolverine mantle or whatever. I love X-23. I have no problem with her being Wolverine. I was just like “Oh, they're straight just calling her Wolverine now.” Justin: Well, I think they're both called Wolverine. I think it's just like they're both Wolverines. There's no reason to differentiate. Pete: Then I was like “Is Wolverine a title of the fucking muscle when you going on …” I don't know. I was just wondering if maybe I'd missed something that you guys knew about, but usually, as usual, I ask you something and you just make fun of me. So all right. Alex: Oh, Pete. Justin: I'm not making fun of you. We're explaining an important plot point in the X-Men universe right now that Wolverine fucks in the moon. Pete: Cool. Cool. Alex: It did stand out to me too, to be totally- Justin: The gravity's only one-sixth. So he's floating a little bit. You know what I'm talking about? Alex: To be totally fair, it stood out to me too as son as they called her Wolverine, and then I was like “All right. They're calling her Wolverine,” and I kind of moved on from there rather than sticking with it. This is a good story. It's crazy that they introduce this whole villain team to eliminate them in one issue, but that's classic Johnathan Hickman at this point. Justin: Well, these guys have been around. The Vault was introduced a while ago. In fact, I feel like Hickman is oddly … He keeps sort of edging on the Vault. He's like “Look. The Vault. Watch out for them,” and then in this issue, they go in there and wreck shit. So it's weird what's happening here. I thought this issue was great. This issue reads like an annual standalone issue where they're just like “Let's have a fun mission,” and it's a great tactical mission. I love Darwin and Synch. Great. It's all so smartly done, but I think, in general, I'm like “What's the next move here with the X-Men?” and there are no clues. It's hard to read the tea leaves. Alex: No. It's definitely the sort of thing that I think we're going to look back at it in 15 to 30 years when Johnathan Hickman is done with this run and be like “Okay.” Pete: Yeah. “Oh.” Alex: “I get it it.” Pete: “I see now.” Yeah. Yeah, but- Justin: “Oh, The Vault.” Pete: The art's amazing, and the kind of thinking-man Sentinel thing was really awesome to kind of see as well. Yeah. I think it was really cool to kind of like “Oh, we're going to send you on this mission. You guys sweep the Vault,” and you're like “Okay. No big deal. How long will that take?” and then they realize a Vault is a whole fucking city. Pretty cool kind of “How are we going to do this?” moment. I don't know how any of this makes sense, but I thought it was a cool issue. Alex: I agree. I'm glad to hear that too, Pete, because you've been very down on the X-Men. Let's move on and talk about another James Tynion book, Something is Killing the Children #15 from BOOM! Studios, written by James Tynion IV, art by Werther Dell'Edera. Justin, I'm curious to hear from you because this is the end of the story that they've been telling for 15 issues at this point. They wrap things up. They leave things open for the next story, but that's kind of where we are, and you've been very back and forth about it. So how do you feel about this as a whole? Justin: James Tynion's a great storyteller, but I guess I still have the same feeling where I'm like “Oh, that was the whole story.” I thought there was going to be, I guess, more of a crescendo in here. I like all of the storytelling. The art in this book is fantastic. The eating of gummy worms has never been so gross. Pete: Oh, man. Yeah. Alex: Maybe you want some gummy worms, I'll tell you what. Pete: Yeah. You're so creepy, dude. Justin: Yeah, but you see regular worms, you're like “Yum, yum, gummy.” Alex: Put those in my mouth. Give me some of those sweet dirt dudes. That's what I call them. Justin: But yeah. That's my- Pete: I don't know. This felt like a ending that wasn't an ending. It felt like an ending that's like there is a bigger story to tell here- Justin: For sure. Pete: … and hopefully they will get to tell it, because this is a really great world. I've loved every single issue of this. Art's unbelievable. Love the character designs, and this cool … I feel like this is what our life is going to be like eventually. Since we're all going to be wearing masks, it's going to be just down to what does your mask say, and that's your gang affiliation or your kind of tribe, if you will. So I feel like this is a book of the future before we even know it. Alex: It's surprising to me because a lot of this specific issue was them talking about houses, which you've already got on record as not liking in this very podcast. Justin: Yeah. This guy hates houses. You want to see the apartment of El, the condo of El. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Nailbiter Returns #10 from Image Comics, written by Joshua Williamson, art by Mike Henderson, another surprising ending for a series here as we wrap up Nailbiter returning with some big revelations for the series. How'd you feel about this one? Pete: I loved it. I thought this was a cool kind of end but also tease to the to-be-continued thing at the end. That was pretty neat, but I mean, you guys have kids. So you tell me. When you guys sit around the fire to tell stories, do their faces go blank like that? Is that a normal thing that happens? Justin: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Pete: Oh, man. That's got to be tough. Alex: Every parent knows that. When you're about to have the kid in the hospital, they talk you through the birthing process. They also talk you through the fact that, hey, when you sit around a fire, kids are going to have no faces. Pete: Oh, wow. Well, I'm glad that you had the heads up on that, because as somebody who didn't know that, that was pretty scary. Justin: Well, that's because they're listening so hard, and so the rest of their features just fade away because the ears are really the focus. It's just using your resources. Alex: This book was fun. I had a blast reading it. It's definitely a big action movie versus the overall dark mystery that the first one was. Super fun, and I'm glad that they kept it to 10 issues and pretty much done, kept the story really focused. I had a good time. Pete: Yeah. Justin: I agree, and it really got into some dream logic dreaminess that I really appreciated throughout this whole series and in this issue as well. Pete: Also, it's great for people who collect eyeballs, you know? Alex: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Justin: Yes, which I think we all do, and great nail biting. We got some biting of nails. Alex: Good stuff. Pete: Finally got some nail biting in this one. Yeah. Alex: Next up, Firefly #26 from BOOM! Studios, written by Greg Pak, art by Pius Bak. The last issue we called a fresh new start for Firefly. It was taking us after Serenity, the movie, moving us forward here. The cliffhanger at the end of the last issue was it looked like Wash was alive. Here, spoiler, not exactly. There's a good twist on it. I loved the twist with Wash, actually, and I think this is a great … Without spoiling exactly what happens, this is a great way of pushing the story forward, and it feels like a tried-and-true sci-fi idea that's going to pay really good dividends with the characters. I think it's neat. Justin: It's so- Pete: I'm going to go out … Oh, go ahead. Justin: You go. Pete: I was just going to say I'm going to out on a limb and just say Greg Pak is a fucking phenomenal writer. He makes great choices. I've just not yet read something from him and not been impressed by it. Even though we knew what kind of happened, the whole thing needed to be explained to us. I was really impressed. I thought this was a fun book. Amazing art. Really cool. Justin: How is it on that limb, Pete? Because I feel like you've been out on the Pak limb for years. Pete: Yeah. Yeah. It's just me out here. Loving the Pak. Justin: I think your parents conceived you out on the Pak limb, and you've just been birthed there. Your parents heard about the facelessness around the fire, out on the limb, and now here you are, still living on the limb. Pete: Nothing like limb living. Justin: Limb living. I think it's so smart that they did a long story in the past. It was great. Greg Pak really understands the characters and really put them out there, and then to jump forward in time where we get to sort of collect them again is super fun. Well done. Alex: Yeah. I agree. Next up, Crossover #4 from Image Comics, written by Donny Cates, art by Geoff Shaw. In this issue, we're picking up with our adventurers who met Madman, the character, from Mike Allred and Laura Allred, last issue. He is going to help them get inside the dome that has covered Denver, I believe, if I remember correctly, and locked in a bunch of comics characters. We again get a bunch of cameos and fun stuff in this issue. We also get some shout outs to Donny Cates and, I believe, Geoff Shaw's own work as well. This is great. This is a blast to read, and even Donny Cates self inserting himself here is super fun. Justin: I mean, it's great to see Madman in action. That guy can yo. Alex: Yeah. Yo, yo. Pete, you got to be happy. There is a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in this issue. Pete: Oh, yeah. You got to love that. I also impressed with the art here, because it has the kind of dot, kind of old-timey kind of comic book style, which is really interesting with Madman, with kind of more vibrant characters as well. It's just really cool to see them all standing in a room. So I'm glad we got that moment. The kind of torture shit freaked me out a little bit, but man, really great story. Fun stuff. Alex: Good stuff. Next up, Skulldigger Skeleton Boy #6 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Jeff Lemire, art by Tonci Zonjic. We've been talking about a lot of the Black Hammer books. We kind of missed this one in terms of reviewing. So I figured it was worth catching up with the last issue here. I'll tell you what. I … This is all me … forgot about Tonci Zonjic. Amazing artist. Justin: Yeah. Great art. Alex: I was so happy to read this again. I was like “Oh, my god. I'm sorry I forgot you. You're so good.” Pete: Yeah. Justin: Yeah. It's so dynamic. It almost has a little Darwyn Cooke to it, but a little bit of just great, I don't know, Greg Capullo style action. Really good, and the story was great. I feel like the Black Hammer universe is just prime time right now. Pete: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I agree. The panels, the layout, the way the action flows. Really, really fun and impressive, but also some really touching moments, like the look on the kid's face. They just keep just showing the kid's face, so different in each panel in the way that it's just kind of colored. Really impressive, the way they can kind of show emotion through this still panel here. Yeah. I was just really kind of moved by this. I thought it was a really solid issue. Justin: The last page, which is almost like an epilogue to the book, just a standalone splash page, was so emotional and great. Pete: Yeah. Alex: We're not really talking about the plot here, because we didn't read the previous five. This is the last issue, but the fact that they can get across enough of the emotion and story in one issue that is the last one to people who have not read the previous five is very impressive. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Next up, let's talk about it, Ice Cream Man #23- Pete: Oh, here we go. Alex: … from Image Comics, written by W. Maxwell Prince, art by Martín Morazzo. I know Pete is scared of this one. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Yeah? Pete: Yeah. Alex: So another standalone issue of Ice Cream Man, as a lot of them are, mind you, but in this one, it's text pages interspersed with splash pages of essentially our main character, the Ice Cream Man, going on a talk show with a bunch of animals, until a snake bites the shit out of the talk show host's face. The thing that is so terrifying about this is the text pages takes place after it. So you're reading the story of the horrific things that happen to him, and you're like “Oh, we're going to see this. We're going to see this at some point. It's coming. It's coming. It's coming-“ Pete: I was like “Don't show me. Don't. You wrote about-“ Alex: “… It's coming. It's going to happen,” and the entire issue, and finally they pulled the lid off, and it's great. Another incredible one-shot issue of Ice Cream Man. Not enough good things to say about this book. Justin: I feel like W. Maxwell Prince is just sitting at home tactically trying to break down how to engineer scares in the paper and the printed medium. It's wild that he is able to continue to find new ways to stress us the fuck out. Pete: That's what's so impressive about this is each comic is so different but has that same tension, and they've done so many different creative ways to scare the shit out of us, and you think “All right. Well, how's this going to stack up? It can't be as great as the last issue.” It continues to deliver. Unbelievable, and I don't know. It seems like shots fired at Jimmy Fallon in these, but this is a crazy book that made me read, and I don't want to read, and it's still so well done I read and didn't hate it. Alex: It's good stuff. Moving on to Crimson Flower #2 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Matt Kindt, art by Matt Lesniewski. Pete, you seem to like this book. Pete: Oh, my god. Alex: This is about a bounty hunter, I guess, who is going crazy, something like that? Pete: Well, yeah. It's about a lot of things, but it's mainly about this person trying to get revenge, trying to find out who killed their father, I believe is what she's freaking out about, and just the fact of she's just driving angry, just chomping pills and half seeing reality, half seeing this tripped-out evil shit is really crazy but also very impressive what goes down, and then the whole fact of she's not going to do well but keeps kind of playing this trickery and then kind of reveals, throughout, she's telling a story within the story … I was just really impressed with this. Very creative. Very fun. Amazing art. Just really fun story. Justin: Yeah. I really liked this as well. It feels like fairy tale stories. She's like a Little Red Riding Hood but who grew up to become an- Pete: A badass. Justin: … assassin out for revenge, who crosses over with some other dudes who are sort of giants, maybe, but also just shit-head other assassins. It's really fun. Pete: What's awesome is it starts off and it kind of reminds me a little bit of Locke & Key, the paneling and just the different kind of character designs, but then just kind of goes off into its own completely different thing, and yeah. I just think it really worked on a lot of levels. Alex: Next- Justin: That art's sort of reminiscent of … Sorry … of Black Hole. Alex: Oh, yeah. I can see that. Justin: In a good way. Alex: Next up, Post Americana #3 from Image Comics, story and art by Steve Steve Skroce. As we've been talking about with the last couple of issues of this book, this is a satirical, post-apocalyptic tale about a guy who's kind of trying to save the world but mostly messing it up. Continues to be gross and funny in exactly the right way. I'm enjoying this book. I'm having a fun time reading it. How about you guys? Justin: I agree. The art, I feel like, really took a step up in this issue. We get a lot of close-ups on the characters, and it really … I think the earlier issues were a little wild, and it's like cannibals fucking around. So it was a little loose. Everything really tightens up in this issue. We get a lot of back story, and I think the art mirrors that in a way that I thought was just very smart. Pete: Yeah. I agree. I think the art is great. There's amazing action, and the story does tighten up, and things start to kind of make more sense, and we're able to kind of follow things a little bit easier, which is great, but the classic … When somebody comes to visit unannounced, you almost kill them. So you really got to be careful when you go to somebody's house, guys. Justin: Yeah. By the way, Pete, we're coming to your house at 4:04. So put your ax down when we stop by. Pete: Yeah. You might want to text me, because I just want to not accidentally ax you. Justin: Ax-identally. Alex: Ax-identally. Thanks for [crosstalk 00:42:27] audio podcast. Justin: It'll work in court. Pete: Yeah. No problem. Alex: You Look Like Death- Justin: Joke heard and acknowledged. Alex: You Look Like Death #6 from Dark Horse Comics, written by Garard Way- Pete: You look like death. Alex: … art by Shaun Simon. This is a tale from the Umbrella Academy. We are wrapping it up of Klaus's time in Hollywood. It wraps back to the beginning. You had to love this, Pete, another mention of relish, your favorite topping. Pete: Well, I don't know about that, but I do love the characters in this. Klaus is one of our favorites. So it's just very kind of interesting to kind of see it in this kind of art style, and I'm just so used to the show. It's almost weird to read the comic, but yeah. This is a really cool story, really fucked up. Spiders scare the fuck out of me. So this is kind of a nightmare, but yeah. This is just great Umbrella Academy fun. Justin: I love relish. I love- Pete: Really? Justin: Yeah. Relish is one of my favs. Pete: Have to have it on a hot dog? Or what's up? Justin: A hundo percent. Pete: Really? Justin: Yeah. I'm a mustard- Pete: Get that shit away from my dog, bro. Justin: Mustard, relish. I'll do sweet. I'll do dill. Pete: Oh, wow. Justin: If you pickle anything, JT's there. If you want me to pop by, pickle something, and this book is fun too. Alex: Yes. It's like the pickles of comic books. Moving on to the The Scumbag #5 from Image Comics, written by Rick Remender, art by Wes Craig. Get the old … Oh, my god … Deadly Class team back together again for this issue, so a switch up of the artist, but we're still following the same old Scumbag as maybe he finally grows a little bit of a heart this issue. This is super fun. I really liked seeing Wes Craig's take on this book in particular. I enjoyed that quite a bit. Yeah. This book is a blast. It's fun to read. Justin: It's very fun. The characters, our main characters … I love watching their relationship between the Scumbag, his handler, and the sex android who drives them around and refuses to have sex with him no matter how many times he asks. It's all very fun stuff in that sort of reverent Remender tone. Pete: Yeah. I think what's nice is I was getting a little tired of Scumbag being a scumbag. So it's nice to see the Scumbag evolve a little bit so we can have somebody to root for in this, but man, Remender, dude. Holy shit. You think you're like “Okay. I know what this is about.” Nah. He loves the twists and turns. He loves to keep you guessing, and then when you're not ready, he'll break your heart if you're not careful, but man, guys, don't listen to magical Christmas trees that smile way too much. All right? Alex: Very fun bit though. Justin: Good advice. Alex: Last but not least, Rain Like Hammers #2 from Image Comics, written and art by Brandon Graham. I'll tell you what. I was very surprised to find out this was an anthology with this issue. That's not what I was expecting. Justin: Well, I feel like a lot of Brandon Graham's stuff are loose anthologies where there's some connection, there's a lot of tonal overlap and everything. I definitely like sort of the rules of the world are the same. Man, I love this book. Of any issue this week, this was the most just transporting book that I read. It's so funny. It's beautifully drawn. It's so interesting. There's just a ton of ideas at play here all the time. Great, great book. Can't recommend this highly enough. Alex: That's it. If you can't recommend us highly enough, then hey, support us on patreon.com/comicbookclub. Also, we do a live show every Tuesday night at 7:00 PM to Crowdcast and YouTube. iTunes, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, or the app of your choice to subscribe and listen to the show. @comicbooklive on Twitter. Comicbooklive.com for this podcast and many more. 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Comic Reviews: Future State: Aquaman 1 by Brandon Thomas, Daniel Sampere, Adriano Lucas Future State: Batman/Superman 1 by Gene Luen Yang, Ben Oliver, Arif Prianto Future State: Dark Detective 2 by Joshua Williamson, Giannis Milonogiannis, Jordie Bellaire Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Riley Rossmo, Ivan Plascencia Future State: Suicide Squad 1 by Robbie Thompson, Javier Fernandez, Alex Sinclair, Jeremy Adams, Fernando Pasarin, Oclair Albert, Jeromy Cox Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex 1 by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, Romulo Fajardo Jr. Batman: Black and White 2 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Sophie Campbell, Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Bechko, Dustin Weaver, David Aja Eighth Immortal 1 by Jake Murray, Alice Li Barnes, Letter Squids Warcorns: Combat Unicorns For Hire 1 by Garret Gunn, Kit Wallis Wax 1 by Diane Huffman, Claudia Cangini Ferryman 1 by Daniel Bell Stray 1 by Eric Gay, Andy Poole Riverdale Presents: Southside Serpents 1 by David Barnett, Richard Ortiz Additional Reviews: Gigantic by Remender and Nguyen, Game of Thrones, Two Weeks to Live, What We Do in the Shadows, WandaVision News: Heroes Reborn, Potter shows to HBO Max, Bendis no longer DC exclusive, Kong and Tomb Raider animes from Legendary on Netflix, Spider-Ham graphic novel, Sandman casting, Molly Ostertag's Witchboy to Netflix as animated musical, Batman and Robin and Howard graphic novel, Titans TV casting, some new film Comics Countdown: Colonel Weird: Cosmagog 4 by Jeff Lemire, Tyler Crook Something is Killing the Children 14 by James Tynion IV, Wether Dell'Edera, Miquel Muerto Batman: Black and White 2 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Sophie Campbell, Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Bechko, Dustin Weaver, David Aja Daredevil 26 by Chip Zdarsky, Marcho Checchetto, Mike Hawthorne, Adriano Di Benedetto, Marcio Menyz Department of Truth 5 by James Tynion, Martin Simmonds We Only Find Them When They're Dead 5 by Al Ewing, Simone Di Meo, Mariasara Miotti Strange Adventures 8 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads, Doc Shaner Other History of the DC Universe 2 by John Ridley, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Andrea Cucchi, Jose Villarrubia Nailbiter Returns 9 by Joshua Williamson, Mike Henderson, Adam Guzowski Future State: Dark Detective 2 by Mariko Tamaki, Dan Mora, Jordie Bellaire, Joshua Williamson, Giannis Milonogiannis
On this week's comic book review podcast: Riverdale Presents South Side Serpents #1 Archie Comics Story by David Barnett Art by Richard Ortiz Captain Marvel #25 Marvel Written by Kelly Thompson Art by Lee Garbett The Department of Truth #5 Image Comics Written by James Tynion IV Art by Martin Simmonds Firefly #25 BOOM! Studios Written by Greg Pak Art by Pius Bak Future State: Suicide Squad #1 DC Comics Written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams Art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1 DC Comics Written by Mark Russell Art by Steve Pugh Future State: Dark Detective #2 DC Comics Written by Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson Art by Dan Mora, Giannis Milonogiannis Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 DC Comics Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Riley Rossmo Future State: Aquaman #1 DC Comics Written by Brandon Thomas Art by Daniel Sampere Future State: Batman/Superman #1 DC Comics Written by Gene Luen Yang Art by Ben Oliver Post Americana #2 Image Comics Written and art by Dave Skroce Daredevil #26 Marvel Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Marco Chechetto & Mike Hawthorne Monstress #31 Image Comics Written by Marjorie Liu Art by Nana Takeda The Other History of the DC Universe #2 DC Comics Written by John Ridley Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli Nailbiter Returns #9 Image Comics Written by Joshua Williamson Art by Mike Henderson X-Men #17 Marvel Written by Jonathan Hickman Art by Brett Booth Spawn #314 Image Comics Written by Todd McFarlane Art by Carlo Barberi The Last God #12 DC Comics Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson Art by Riccardo Federici Something is Killing the Children #14 BOOM! Studios Written by James Tynion IV Art by Werther Dell'edera Strange Adventures #8 DC Comics Written by Tom King Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner An Unkindness of Ravens #5 BOOM! Studios Written by Dan Panosian Art by Marianna Ignazzi Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #4 Dark Horse Comics Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Tyler Crook SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Episode Transcript: As Alex: What is up everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin: I'm Justin. Pete: I'm Pete. Alex: And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of comics that have come out this week, kicking it off with Riverdale Presents: South Side Serpents from Archie Comics, story by David Barnett, art by Richard Ortiz. This is part of a slate of comics that Archie has started releasing that aren't exactly in continuity with the shows, but they include the characters the way they appear on the show. They're kind of like halfway between the monthly comics and the shows themselves. This with a Madam Satan one-shot spinning off and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina that we talked about. This one of course is spinning off of Riverdale [crosstalk 00:00:46]. Pete: I wish I would've known that before I read it, because I read it and I was like, “Holy shit, everything's going to change.” Alex: Yeah. Well, no, it's out of continuity. Pete: They killed some people in this comic. Alex: They straight up killed some people. I got to tell you, I mean, to start there, I was surprised how hardcore this was. Justin: Me too. This book went hard from beginning to end and I will say, “I like this.” To me, I mean Archie Comics for a decade has been taking big swings with a lot of their choices, a lot of their … especially their one shots like this and they're limited series. But with this like putting it in between Riverdale featuring Toni Topaz here which was great. And then having both Hot Dog show up drawn like Hot Dog from the Double Digest. As well as a murder happening involving Hot Dog, I was like, “Okay, we're going for it here.” Alex: So the plot of this book if you haven't picked it up is that Jughead is tasked by FP to go rejuvenate the serpents, FP can see that they're getting older. He wants them to go out, get some young blood in there. Things go very, very wrong. The thing that I think this book did so well is the serpents are way too friendly on the TV show. They're supposed to be the most hardcore biker gang, but they was like, “We're hardcore, we're fucking helping out with community service. And now we're going to assist the police department. Look how hardcore we are.” Here they're an actual biker gag, and they're treated like an actual biker gang. And it works really well to the devastating end of the book. Pete: Yeah. Justin: Yeah, I agree. It was also nice to take you back to this time in Riverdale, we're all Riverdale fans, and to sort of position us sort of earlier, this was like season two Riverdale it felt like, was really fun as well. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Good stuff. Definitely check. Oh, go ahead. Justin: Wait, Pete's going to weigh in. Pete: I really liked this. I loved all the action, it moves really well. It feels like Riverdale, but it has its own kind of flavor, which is cool for the comic. And I thought the art was great and the storytelling was really impressive how well this moved. I had a great time. Justin: A lot of biker gangs have a crown that the head of the gang wears. Alex: This is true, like the hell's angels. Justin: Yeah, fairy famously, and some anarchy. Alex: [inaudible 00:03:17] biker gang that we can name which is, what is that, Justin? Justin: That biker game, there's the wheels, the wheelies. Pete: The Wheelers. Justin: The wheelers, that's it. Alex: Yes. Captain Marvel number 25 from Marvel written by Kelly Thompson, art by Lee Garbett. This is a title that we haven't talked about too much, but as it is hitting an anniversary issue, we do like Kelly Thompson in particular here on the show, I figured it was worth talking about. Captain Marvel is trapped in a post-apocalyptic future where the son of Namor and Amara has lead ways everything, using captain Marvel for his evil plan. As usual with Kelly Thompson book, I thought this is a lot of fun. I had a blast reading this. What about you guys? Pete: Yeah. I mean, as parents, you have to feel that if your son or daughter stabs a stuffed animal dolphin, you better address that early. Otherwise that's really going to get out of hand and lead you [crosstalk 00:04:14]. Justin: Well, the question is, at least in my household is it during stabbing practice or is it [inaudible 00:04:19]. Pete: Oh, oh, oh. Justin: Because if it's during stabbing practice it's good. Pete: It's fine. Alex: I'll tell you what, quarantine school has been weird. Justin: Yeah, they're doing a lot of real post-apocalyptic lessons are going around. Obviously Pete you're not a parent, but there is a lot of zombie preparation- Alex: Smart. Justin: … how to, like early cannibalism stuff. Pete: Is it like machete upkeep and stuff like that? Alex: [crosstalk 00:04:44] and the teacher on the Zoom was saying, “Okay first graders, are you distilling your pee properly so you can drink it?” Pete: Oh my God. That's so creepy. Justin: That's why it's really important to potty train them, so you don't lose that precious pee. Alex: What'd you think about this book, Pete? Pete: I loved it. Oh, that was gross. Justin: Precious Pete. Pete: Oh man, I don't want it. Yeah, I really liked this, a lot of over the top action, which I enjoyed. Fun kind of Namor a story, classic tale of raising somebody who is going to murder their father. It was just classic fun stuff. You guys have to be worried about that, getting murdered by your own kids. That's got to be something that waves on you. Alex: You keep throwing this back on us. Pete: I mean, that's something that you got to be worried a little bit about as a parent that you're raising the person who's going to kill you. Alex: I'm much more worried about you killing me Pete than I have my kids at this point. Justin: 100%. Pete: Oh well, that's smart. Justin: That's the real threat, keeps us up nights. Alex: Speaking of things that are … Oh, go ahead. Pete: But I love that art. I love the action. This is some great, yeah, the Thor was just fantastic and this is really fun. Justin: Yeah, Bridget. It's funny reading this alongside Future State over on the DC side of things, because it feels very much like a Future State book in the Marvel Universe. And it's fun, I like books that take us into alternate futures where shits fucked up. Alex: Well, let's go to an alternate present where shit is fucked up in The Department of Truth number five from Image Comics written by James Tynion IV, art by Martin Simmonds. This is a big one for anybody who's reading the series. It's about a department that is tasked with taking care of conspiracy theories here. Our main character is finding out a bunch more about the other side, Black Hat, and what's going on with them. Maybe this doesn't change everything, but it certainly comes close to it. How'd you feel about this issue? Justin: I've not been shy to say I love this series. I think this series is just so present, it's feels so real. It's about how if enough people believe in conspiracy theories, they become real. And like what truth is, it is something I think we as a nation, as a world grapple with literally every day. And so this book does such a good job between the art and the story of really just getting inside my brain. Pete: Yeah, this is really kind of crazy cool. The conspiracy stuff is one thing, but just the art and the storytelling, unlike how this all kind of unfolds for the main character that we're following here is tripped out in all the right ways. It's just really great kind of like conspiracy story telling that kind of feeds into fears and kind of deep thoughts in all the right ways. I think this is a really creative book that is really doing an amazing job. Alex: I feel like we've said this here on the show before, but it struck me with this issue in particular, this feels like a lost Vertigo book down to the art and the writing and everything, and it's awesome. Firefly … Oh, go ahead. Justin: I was going to say just an excellent Vertigo book. Alex: Yeah. A lost Vertigo book that should have stayed lost was what I was saying. Pete: Whoa. Alex: Should've stayed in Karen Berger's drawer. Pete: Oh, come on, what? You mean drawer? Alex: Come on. Pete: You saying drawer? Alex: Yeah, I was trying to say that. Pete: Okay. Alex: Firefly number 25 from BOOM! Studios written by Greg Pak- Pete: Greg Pak. Alex: … art by Pius Bak. We talked about the special, the end of The Blue Sun Rising, just being an awesome Firefly story. Here after all of this prequel stuff, we're moving beyond serenity. We're showing what happens years later. There's a big twists here. I thought this is great. As much as I like the stuff that went before, I'm very excited about this direction for the book. It tells a good story. If you have watched all the Firefly and Serenity, you can jump in right here, you don't have to read anything previous. And that is very exciting. Justin: Yeah. For Greg Pal to tell a great story that really nails all the characters, but it also feels like it's expanding the universe as a prequel, and then to jump into sort of where the story is continuing from any fan, whatever they've taken in for this show and movie is great, such a smart move, I love that he's guiding this ship. Pete: I wanted to read something, speaking of fans, a fan of our show reached out to me and was just wondering, we had Fred Van Lente on a bunch, but they're asking me when the fuck Greg Pak is going to be on, so I wanted to kind of turn that over to Alex and just be like, “Hey, when the fuck is Greg Pak going to be on the show so we can talk to him.” Justin: Let me throw this out to you Pete, are you the fan that reached out to you? Pete: No. Justin: Sounds a lot like you. Alex: We'll try to have him back on scene, we always love having him of the show. Thanks for writing in, Pete. Let's move over to our Future State block. Here's the issues that came out of Future State this week. Future State Suicide Squad number one, Future State Superman Versus Imperious Lex number one, Future State Dark Detective number two, Legion of Superheroes number one, Aquaman number one, Batman and Superman number one. Now, as we've been doing in the past couple of weeks, instead of talking about absolutely everything, I want to call out what our favorites were, and I'll turn to you Justin first. What was your favorite or favorites from these Future State titles this week? Justin: Once again, I liked a lot of these books. I feel like they'd been really crushing it, but my favorites were, let me throw it to Superman versus Imperious Lex. Alex: Oh, that's what I figured. I say that's what I figured because that was also my favorite. And that's a book, it's written by Mark Russell, who's one of our favorites here on the show, art by Steve Pugh. And it shows a Future State, a future society where Lex has taken over a planet, Superman and Lois come head to head with it. Ridiculous parodied, a lot of fun at the same time, Justin. Justin: And I do think Mark Russell has done such a good job. He's so good at bringing real issues into his comic book work, famously first on the Flintstones book that he did. And then a bunch of other things that he's done. And this to really weave big interesting ideas about how people, populaces are controlled by their leaders and economics, how economics drives people into a far Future Superman United Planets, Lex Luther story, I think was great. There's a bunch of humor here as well. It's just a book of ideas and I love that. Alex: Pete, what about you? What jumped out at you this week? Pete: I liked Future State Dark Detectives number two. I really liked this kind of like a gritty future Batman. And I also really liked the second story with a Rose, guessing Slade's daughter. But just- Alex: That's an in continuity character by the way. That's not just a Future State character. Pete: Oh, okay. Alex: Just for clarification. Pete: Thank you. Alex: But just to mention before you get too far into it, written by Mariko Tamaki and Joshua Williamson, art by Dan Mora, who you love from Once & Future, and Giannis Milonogiannis. And the first story is about Bruce Wayne after he's been “shot and killed” coming back and try to figure out what he is now. The second one is a Red Hood story, which is basically straight up Akira in a very fun way. Justin, what'd you think about this one? Justin: I like both of these stories. The Bruce Wayne story at the front of this is so good. The art, the Dan Mora art is excellent, and really I would love to see this as just an ongoing series of Bruce Wayne in a future where he has been killed, figuring out what he's going to do next and finding his way back is great. And then the backup story really felt a lot like Nightwing [inaudible 00:13:02] relationship, but put on with Red Hood and Rose, which I thought was a cool sort of mapping, and with the Akira stuff you're talking about as well. Alex: The one that I was completely surprised that I loved was Future State Aquaman number one, written by Brandon Thomas, art by Daniel Sampere. I don't usually like Aquaman stories at all, but this one is showing Aqualad all grown up training the daughter of Aquaman and Mera. They accidentally ended up in this conjoining of seas, I think it's called the conjunction or something like that, that travels across different planets. They get trapped, they get separated, Aqualad's been in prison for years. And finally, spoiler, but he gets some hope that the girl he's been in charge with maybe still alive somewhere. This was bad-ass, like we were talking about, this is something that I'm like, “I want to read this book.” And this is such a strong concept right here. I want to see where this goes. I want to see them go through all these seas, go through all these worlds, try to find each other. That's very exciting. And the art from Daniel Sampere- Pete: Oh my God. Alex: … is awesome as well, but fantastic. My jaw dropped, I was so surprised, I like this so much. Pete: Yeah. And I really liked the Black Manta stuff as well. It was like the right amount of beautiful tripped out colors for all these different kinds of worlds and stuff. I was really impressed by it. Justin: I also want to throw it out to the Suicide Squad Future State book. This was really great as well. Really surprising, well-written dark take, featuring a ton of characters that I didn't expect to really see together and just really smart observations of these characters. Pete: The second story, Black Adam really looks like The Rock, it's like holy shit, all right guys, we get it. Alex: Yeah, that was a weird one for me. But just to mention the writing team of that, written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams, art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin. And real quick, before wrap up, here are the other ones, Future State Legion of Superheroes number one written by Brian Michael Bendis, gorgeous art as always by Riley Rossmo. And then there's also Batman Superman number one, which is interesting one. Pete: That's the one I wanted to talk about. Alex: Written by Gene Luen Yang and art by Ben Oliver. Because this actually isn't very Future State. This is, if Future State is 10, 15, 20, whatever years down the road, this is five years down the road with our Batman and Superman right before things go wrong, which is a fascinating tack to take, Pete, take it away. Pete: Yeah, I really thought this was, first off the banter back and forth between Superman and Batman was amazing. I also really liked this kind of false face thing. And then Superman realizing why masks are good was really cool. And I really liked this toad character that was introduced. Yeah, I was really impressed with this. Might not have been that far in the future, but man, this was a really cool book. I really liked it. And I'm trying to think, I also read the Batman: White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn, number four. And that was- Alex: Pete. Justin: Totally [inaudible 00:16:24]. Pete: I'm just putting it out there, we're doing a quick review thing here. Alex: No, no, no, but it's not Future State. Pete: Well, it is DC. Alex: You keep doing this. I send you a list of comics and you are like, I read these five other comics. Pete: Yeah. Alex: I just think that the story is really- Justin: I just love comics. Alex: Great. Pete, when we get to it, I read Amazing Spider-Man as well, so I just want to talk about that. Pete: Great. I'm just wanting to say real quick though, the Harley Quinn thing at first, the White Knight Presents, I didn't, but now it's really going well and I'm really impressed with it. And I thought it was a really great story and it's worth checking out. Justin: Really grabbing the mic. Alex: How was Usagi Yojimbo, Pete? Pete: I look forward to checking that out. Alex: Wow. Justin: Wow, shame. Alex: What a hater. Post Americana, oh. Justin: Hold up. One last thing about Future State. I think that DC should do this, pick a month every year, do this. It introduces so many interesting ideas. They could reflect whatever the ongoing stories are in the main titles in their Future State titles, introduce a bunch of new artists and writers into this world. Pete: I think that's what they're going to do. Justin: I don't think they're going to do that, but I wish they did. Pete: I think they are. Alex: That's a great idea. I mean it's clearly like it was originally there to give everybody space on the schedule and everything, at least in terms of the writers and artists, but this is great. I'm so happy with all of these books. Pete: I also wanted to say in the Future State Legion one, the amazing last page, that was a really fun issue. Alex: Sure. Justin: Yes. Alex: Post Americana number two from Image Comics written and art by Dave Skroce. This is a wild book, we talked about the first issue of this taking place in post-apocalyptic world. When we left off, our main characters have been captured by cannibals who wear human skin. That's where this issue picks up. Pete, you got to love that, picks up right where it left off basically. Pete: Huge fan. Alex: This book is fucked up at exactly the right way. It's like Crossed, but not as dark I guess, with a little bit more of a mission to it. Justin: I don't know. It feels a lot just like Crossed. I don't know where you're seeing the less darkness. There's less like coming on bullets before you shoot them at people. Alex: Sure, that's fair. Pete: I would say- Alex: But the main lady has no limbs, but she calls her robot limbs and then kicks the ass of the cannibals, so that's pretty fun. Pete: It's like Iron Man. I would say this is like a really dark version of Wall-E a little bit, like a real fucked up Wall-E. Justin: Oh, Wall-E, interesting. I don't get that. Alex: Well, there's a male character and there's a female character like Eva. Justin: Oh, interesting. None of them are robots. And there's a lot of other people there and many of them cannibals, which if I remember Wall-E correctly it's very light on cannibalism. Am I wrong there? Pete: Yeah, it is. Alex: Did you watch the director's cut? Pete: Yeah. Alex: It's on Disney plus. Pete: I was just talking about the people who are on vacation, looking at the news and kind of taking it all in. And that kind of little bit was very Wall-E. Justin: Oh, I see. Yes. I mean, to be fair, that is reminiscent of Wall-E. That was one panel. Pete: Still reminded me of Wall-E dickhead. Justin: You said this book is like a fucked up wall-E, and that is taking one panel and being like, this is … If I heard that description, I was like, “Oh, okay, fucked up Wall-E. I love Wall-E, I wish he was more fucked up. Let me read it.” And I was like, “What's that dude Pete talking about?” Pete: Because there's one panel that really reminds you of Wall-E. Justin: Okay, it's hard to argue with you. Alex: It's a fictional story like Wall-E. Pete: Yeah. Justin: My life's a lot like Wall-E in that I occasionally watch a silent film. Alex: This book is insanely over the top odd purpose, but I'm enjoying it two issues in- Pete: I am too. Alex: … and I'm excited to see where it goes. Let's move on to talk about Daredevil number 26 from Marvel written by Chip Zdarsky, art by Marco Checchetto and Meek Hawthorne, Mike Hawthorne. Excuse me, I don't know why it's spelled Meek, like the character for the Guardians of Galaxy, not Guardians of Galaxy, [inaudible 00:20:39], and World War Hulk. Justin: Yeah, we can just cut this part out of there. Pete: World War Hulk is right. Alex: Mike Hawthorne, this is taking Daredevil who was in prison, mixing it up with King in Black. It is, Ted's fucked up with an amazing last paddle. I'll tell you what, I am vehemently against venomizing everything in the Marvel Universe, yet I love this, and I'm not 100% sure why. Justin: Well, I think it's just really well handled. There's a sort of kid and parent venomization here that is legit scary. I love the Electra taking over from Daredevils in prison. I love Electra being the Daredevil on the street. That's such a fun story. To see them all having to handle the King in Black stuff is wild. And I loved that it didn't take over, all the characters get to shine still. And this last bit where we … spoiler, but Daredevil gets venomized and you get to be in his head. Pete: You love that. Justin: I loved it. I thought it was so smart. Pete: Yeah, I was really … There's a lot in this comic which is great. A lot of very interesting ideas in this comic, the whole prison scene, and where Daredevil's getting kind of lectured and talking about the difference between white and black. He can just take off the mask and be somebody else, really powerful stuff, really cool. It's very interesting to see Kingpin. I am not tired of this idea of Kingpin being a public figure. And we know him as this evil person and he's like, it's just very … I love this idea and I'm not sick of it. And I hope it continues around Daredevil. Alex: One thing that I really loved was getting to see the moment when the mayor of New York finds out that venom symbiotes have attacked the city. I feel like that's something that you'd never really get to see at all in a comic book crossover, because it's always focusing on The Avengers, focusing on the superheroes. You never get to see the government, except later on when captain America is like, “Can you send out the national guard?” And they're like, “Yeah, absolutely.” You never get to see that moment they're like, “Oh, aliens attacking again. You got to get out of here.” Justin: It's funny too because I feel like I've heard mayor de Blasio talk a lot about them, the venomization of New York. Alex: Oh yeah, he always talks about that. Pete: I'm sick. Justin: I mean, to be fair, he's often jumping to conclusions. Alex: Right. Well, you remember when those venom symbiotes attacked New York, he was like, “Alternate side of the street park [inaudible 00:23:18].” It's very niche content. Pete: Yeah, it is. Justin: It is very New York focused content. Alex: Great comic though. Let's move on and talk about Monstress number 31 from Image Comics written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda. Now we had talked about Monstress: Talk Stories, the two-part book that came out before this, after not talking about Monstress for a very long period of time. I thought those were awesome, so I thought it was worth checking out this book, the main book and seeing how it's going. I still love the art in this. This is such a weird wild world that is fascinating to jump in with, the mythology is so different and interesting to read. But what did you guys think about it? Justin: Yeah, I agree with you. This is very much to me, and I haven't read a lot of this book, but it's very much to me like all of the cut scenes from Final Fantasy game just sort of put together. And I love that, so I thought this was a fun read. Pete: The art is really impressive in this book and it's really a lot of fun, the different monsters and stuff and the different kind of animal people that we kind of see in this is very cool and worth checking out alone. But you guys, this has to be a dream of yours. Just sit down and have a father, daughter conversation as you sit on a pile of skulls and just kind of have a father daughter talk or a father son talk, that's got to be something that you guys look forward to as parents. Justin: Hmm, didn't go where I thought it was. Yeah, sure. I mean, after stabbing practice obviously we do sit on skulls after. Pete: Obviously after, yeah. Alex: Exactly. Let's move on and talk about The Other History of the DC Universe number two from DC Comics, written by John Ridley, art by Giuseppe Camuncoli, where the first issue of this book focused on black lightning, here we're jumping over to the Teen Titans and looking to two characters there. I got to tell you, I mean, this issue was phenomenal as the first issue is phenomenal. Justin: It's so good. Alex: It's fascinating personally reading this for me because I am much more familiar with what happened with black lightning. And there's much more touchstones in that book than here, because I never read Teen Titans growing up. I had no idea what was going on there, the continuity. This is definitely, I understand this feels like the decades, but none of these stories, other than Titans Hunt which we talked about at a live show a couple of months ago, and some of the Deathstroke stuff, none of it really feels familiar with me. But at the same time I love this story and I love the idea of taking two characters who were in Teen Titans showing their diverse opinions, their diverse ideas, views of what was going on throughout the history of the DC Universe. This is such a cool project. It's very exciting. Justin: It's just so smart the way it takes two characters and really weaves their stories together with observations that … A lot of the things that happen in this from the original comics are ridiculous. But to then weave them into one story with actual commentary of what a real person would think, I think it just works so well, on top of that weaving in like real-world events and the perspective of these two African-American characters in a world where, which they talk about a lot where everyone else is white essentially, it's just really well done. This is necessary reading I think right there. Pete: Yeah. I didn't know how much I wanted this until it happened, just to have that kind of commentary on the stuff that we know from the years of reading comics is just so rich and great and such a cool idea. Art's amazing. I'm really impressed with the writing and storytelling. It's a must pick up. Alex: Great stuff. Let's move on and talk about Nailbiter Returns number nine from Image Comics written by Joshua Williamson, art by Mike Henderson, not Meek Henderson or anything like that. Justin: No, that would be [crosstalk 00:27:24]. Alex: That was so much fun. Justin: Well, I guess we'll have to cut this out too. Alex: Yes. In this book we're finally getting a lot of answers about what has been going on in Buckaroo with the butchers. We get the [inaudible 00:27:38] back on the villain of this series. Another just great issue, like the theology that they keep fleshing out here is so impressive and so much fun. Justin: And we finally get the eyeball licking that I think we've all been asking. Pete: Oh, man. Alex: Absolutely. I've been begging for it. I've been writing them every week. Where is it? Where is it? Where is it? Pete: Yeah. You guys are big eyeball lickers, this is right up your alley. This book has started at such a crazy place. And I think every issue like, oh, okay, now I understand. But it keeps getting more and more insane in such a great way. It heightens and makes things even better than you thought. I've been really impressed with the kind of unraveling of the stories, if you will. And man, this is so intense and gross and over the top in all the right ways, the arts fantastic. And man, eyeballs are gross. Justin: Yeah. But I agree and the amount of sort of dream logic that's been used in this book, I was really surprised by, but it's been great and it really keeps you guessing throughout. Alex: Next one, I'm very excited and I mean this earnestly to find out what Pete thought about this book, X-Men number 17 from Marvel Comics, written by Jonathan Hickman, art by Brett Booth. In this issue the X-Men in classic uniforms, X factor uniforms journey to Shi'ar space and have a classic nineties style fight to save [inaudible 00:29:18]. Pete. Justin: Save Xandra. Alex: Oh yes. Justin: This generation's [inaudible 00:29:24]. Alex: Yeah, sorry. Pete, if there is any issue of X-Men, it had to be this issue, right? Pete: Sure. I mean, it was very kind of like, it was a little nineties art that was a little bit like, holy crap, when does this take place in the timeline? But man, yeah, it was enjoyable. I mean the phone call was a little ridiculous. And there was still something that I was supposed to read that didn't in the middle of it. Alex: Oh my God, that was so much fun. [crosstalk 00:30:00] Bobby. Justin: It was very fun. Pete: I'll never know. Alex: Chilling out having a hilarious time. So funny. Pete: I mean, it's nineties excellent fun is what it is and all the right ways. And so that part is very cool. Justin: This to me was such a wild read. Coming off of X of Swords and everything that's been going on in the X-Men books, to read this sort of love letter to the Chris Claremont era of X-Men, drawn by Brett Booth with all this really goofy shit going on between Sunspot and Cannonball. Throughout the whole issue I was like this, it just feels like Jonathan Hickman is like, I'm going to do whatever the fuck I want. And this is what I want to do right now as a palette cleanser after X of Swords, and here it is. Alex: It's great. I could not believe where they had that splash page of Jean Gray and psych labs in the X-Force uniforms storm in her classic uniform, just walking out and like posing in [inaudible 00:31:03] field style. That's great. Justin: There's this panel on page nine or something with storms in the front and then behind you got like Cyclops and Jean just flirting in the background. I was just like, this is so … And I love seeing that. Alex: Me too. Justin: I was like, it's such a flashback. Alex: And the other thing that we get a tease of here is there's going to be an actual vote online to choose the new member of the X-Men, which is so fun. I just love the fact that they're having fun. Pete: You think that's fun? Alex: What? Pete: You think that's fun? Justin: I do think it's fun. Here, let's list the options here, and then let's hear who everybody thinks. We've got Banshee. Pete: Can we talk about the … in the middle of this giant epic fight, she calls home for help. And we got to listen to this douchebag talk about a fire sale and how he's making money off of it. Do you guys know what a fire sale is? Do you know what … I mean, this is like, it's very … Alex: It's for Sunspot. Justin: Yeah. Alex: That's what he does. Justin: Yeah. It was fun. It was weird and fun. That's what the point of it was. Pete: Cool. Alex: What is your problem with the X-Men vote, Pete? Is it that you have to use a computer, which you don't know how to use yet? Pete: Yeah, that's exactly it. Justin: Let me throw it down. Let me list the X-Men, Banshee, Polaris, Forge, Boom Boom, Tempo, hugely famous Tempo, Cannonball, Sunspot, Strong Guy, Mero, Armor. Pete: Armor. Justin: Who's your pick? Alex: I do like Armor. Pete: I go Armor. Alex: Wait, who is on it then? Who is already on the team? Because I don't know the list, obviously seen Cyclops, Jean Gray, Storm. Justin: Yeah, I mean, I don't know either. I think it's sort of up in the air maybe or maybe it's decided. Alex: Who's the first batch again? Justin: Banshee, Polaris, Forge, Boom Boom, Tempo. Alex: Ooh, I want to see if Storm is on the team. I want to see Forge on this team. Because I want to see that old nineties tension between them. That'd be fun. Justin: Yeah, they had a lot of tension. Alex: Yeah. Justin: I'm definitely going for Strong Guy. Pete: Really? Alex: Love it. Justin: I love Strong Guy. Alex: All right. Pete: No Boom Boom. Justin: Fun character. Funny character. A lot of pathos underneath his his powers, great, great character. Alex: I got to assume Wolverine is the other one, right? It's Wolverine and Storm, Cyclops, Jean Gray and whoever the fifth one is. Justin: It's a bunch of X-Men. I don't know. We don't know. Remember every other X-Men book has been like, look, a bunch of random experts. Alex: It's true. All right. Let's throw it out to Pete the page here with a [inaudible 00:33:49], Spawn number 314 from Image Comics, written by Todd McFarlane, art by Carlo Barberi. In this issue Spawn meets a larger Spawn. Pete: Yeah. And is immediately confused why this larger spawn would be attacking him. He's like, “Hey, wait, we look similar, we should be on the same size, giant spawn.” Alex: What I love about this giant spawn, having not read many issues of Spawn before this, is it is entirely possible this large spawn was introduced prior or this large spawn was just introduced this issue. But either way is fine. Justin: Let me just throw out there, he fights a larger spawn, is captured, and then that larger spawn is like, “It's time to meet my master, who is the large and even larger spawn.” Pete: And even larger spawn, because [crosstalk 00:34:39], well, you can't get larger in that spawn. And by the way our spawn is so small in comparison to the large spawn and then even larger one. But what's fun- Alex: Here's my question, why do they keep calling each other spawn? Because that's like their designation, right? It would be like, if we kept calling each other a human or something like that. Justin: Yes. Alex: It's weird. Pete: Well, human. Justin: It is weird. Yeah, they should have a short hand, because they're all in the spawn business together. Pete: I really liked this twist at the end where it's like, oh man, you giant spawns are going to get taken down by even smaller spawn. What a twist. Alex: Remember that he's not a spawn, I think he's sharp night guy. Pete: He's night spawn, that's [crosstalk 00:35:24]. Alex: Oh, he's night spawn, was that medieval spawn? Pete: It's medieval spawn. I don't know if it's medieval. It looks like a night spawn. Justin: I think, and it wasn't introduced in issue six or something crazy, way back in the day. Pete: What, medieval spawn? Justin: Yeah. Pete: That was- Alex: Before we move on here- Pete: No, no, that was a crossover event where medieval spawn was its own comic series for a little, dark ages spawn. Justin: Yeah, that's right. I'm starting to think this Todd McFarlane guy is trying to sell some action figures. Pete: Well, he is, he makes a lot of them, and it's smart. Because if I was a kid I would want all the spawns, but the dark ages spawn is where [crosstalk 00:36:01]. Alex: But as an adult you know better. Justin: As an adult you put away childish things. Pete: That's right. Justin: And you'd have no interest in having any of these action figures. Alex: Pete, before we move on, I just want to ask, did you like this comic book? Pete: Yeah, what's not to like? Alex: Your voice was very high. Justin: Wow, really high-pitched answer there, Pete. And let's just, for the listener, Pete, is sitting on a pile of spawn action figures as if they were skulls. Pete: Yes. Alex: The Last God number 12 from DC Comics written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, art by Riccardo Federici. This is wrapping up the first maybe arc of this book. But it definitely wraps up the story that we have here as our friends to try to take down The Last God, I guess. Pete: Yeah. Alex: Big revelations here, some big deaths. What'd you think? How'd you think about this story as a whole over the course of 12 issues? Pete: Epic. I really love the storytelling, and [inaudible 00:36:58] is like we see them in action, but as the issues go on, we get little bits and pieces of their backstory, I think done so well, while telling a bigger story. The action and the lead-up of the ending of this was just really well done. And I wasn't the biggest fan of songs or whatever, but it really kind of fit. I loved all the back matter and the maps and stuff. This was just a fantastic epic story that I think really 12 issues of just gold. Justin: It's really beautifully drawn. The story's great. And the fact that it ends with this just great song where we see all the characters, it feels just like a montage at the end of a epic trilogy. I want to see this as a TV series more than I want to see The Lord of the Rings series that's in development at Amazon. Pete: Wow. Alex: Couldn't agree more. Let's move on and talk about Something Is Killing the Children number 14 from BOOM! Studios, art by James Tynion IV, art by Werther Dell'Edera. Here we're getting our hero finally fighting back against the monsters who are the ones killing the children. Justin, I know you've been, frustrated is probably too strong a word, but you've definitely felt like this title needs to get somewhere. Did you feel like it got there with this issue? Justin: Yes, it does feel like this is the issue that's sort of moving into what this arc is about. When so many of the issues in this arc were very much like we got to fight this stuff, we got to get out there and do this. And we were getting little tidbits. Let me start over, this arc felt like it was going to be this huge backstory arc, really getting us to the next phase. And then it didn't do that. And then this feels like it does it. Alex: What about you, Pete? How'd you feel about this issue? Pete: I disagree a little bit with Justin. I think this continues to be amazing. I didn't think- Alex: It's very good. The art is very good. The fight sequences are awesome in this book. Pete: Yeah. I've just been impressed with it from start to finish, but I think that we do kind of get to see the main girl kind of views her kind of veteran's styles to kind of work her kind of magic a little bit. I'm glad we got to finally see that. And I love the whole bit about her working out some anger issues, oh, that just spoke to me in ways that you can't believe. But I want to get one of those mass to walk around with the light that she has. I think that'd be really cool. But yeah, I can't say enough great things about this book. This is really glorious. Alex: It's good staff. Moving on to Strange Adventures number eight from DC Comics written by Tom King, art by Mitch Gerads and Evan Doc Shaner. In this issue the Pykkts finally attack earth. The whole Justice League is on the offensive, Adam Strange of course is caught in the middle. And in the backstory, finding out more about what's gotten with Adam Strange, and it is starting to feel like maybe he's the bad guy here. What do you guys think about what's going on? Justin: I mean there's … Go ahead. You go. Pete: Yeah, so I've been a little frustrated with this up until this issue, because I felt like we haven't really had enough information to really kind of piece together what's going on. In this we get a lot of information which is great and much needed. The very crazy cool touching stuff with the daughter here. Yeah, I felt like this finally started to click for me and I was like, “Oh my God. Okay. Now I'm understanding things a little bit more and I want to go back and read it from the beginning.” Justin: I mean, this book is so good. It's such a stressful read, like a lot of Tom King stuff. The tension in this book, it's just palpable throughout. And we have Adam Strange in the last couple of issues. We found out that he's been tortured basically for a million lifetimes, just absolutely brutalized. And in this issue, it just rephrases him. He's gone through so much trauma. He's like a fully broken person. And Doc Shaner's art like, he still has these perfectly clear blue eyes, but you just see the pain that he's in and how he is just not capable of being a hero. And that adds so much dread to the scenes with his daughter. And then meanwhile, you have Mr. Terrific and Batman trying to sort through with great sequences of Mr. Terrific answering trivia questions from one of his fears. I'm so excited to see where this is going. Alex: I am starting to feel despite what I said at the beginning, that this is more about perspectives on war and how nobody is right. That there isn't really a villain. I know I said maybe Adam Strange was the villain, but I think he committed atrocities, the Pykkts committed atrocities. That's what happens in war. We know that Tom King has been in wars. He was in the CIA. He knows how this works. And I think that's what he's writing about here is that from the perspective of your side, of course you're right, but that doesn't mean that you're right for the perspective of the other side. And I think that's what he's playing with here. Justin: There are no heroes. Alex: Exactly. Justin: It's very hard to have a hero when you're in a war where both sides are fighting to kill and fighting for their lives. And I think that's what we're going to get next issue. Alex: Yeah. Next up, An Unkindness of Ravens number five from Boom! Studios written by Dan Panosian, art by Marianna Ignazzi. This is the end of the first arc, first book, whatever you want to call it, of this title. We've had our main characters try to figure out what's going on in this weird small town here, spoiler, but she finds out her mother is alive. She had a twin sister who had some power maybe, but it turns out actually she didn't. It turns out she might have the power. She might be the one that is supposed to complete this coven of witches or whatever is going on here. We were big fans of this from when they started. How did you feel about how it wrapped up? Justin: I liked this so much. I think it's set up a good mystery. I really, the art is so approachable, it makes you really feel like you're right alongside the main characters. And this last couple of pages reveal is just so sweet. And it does such a good job, especially with the art of being very like Archie or comic books Sabrina. But having more mature themes and more sort of deeper storytelling than those original comics. Alex: Pete, what about you? Justin: I really like this, this continues to be a fantastic book. I've been really impressed with kind of how we're finding out the information as this story is going. And this whole thing about this kind of coven of witches called the ravens. And it's just very cool. And I really liked this kind of mother daughter interaction. I feel like it's very kind of like old timey versus now times. This kind of like, there's a bigger picture and then … But somebody just so caught up in their own shit, they can't kind of see the bigger things going on. I was really impressed with that. The art is glorious. I'm really into it and I'm excited to see how this kind of unfolds what choice she makes moving forward, what team she's going to choose. Alex: Good stuff. Last but not least, Colonel Weird: Cosmagog number four from Dark Horse Comics, excuse me, written by Jeff Lemire, art by Tyler Crook. This is also wrapping up this title exploring one of the members of Black Hammer. There's a big emotional catharsis that happens here as he moves forward in his history. I thought this title was awesome. Just Tyler Crooks art is phenomenal. Justin: So good. Alex: The writing is great. We've talked about this before. I've said this before, but it's like Slaughterhouse-Five in space. Good stuff. Justin: Centered on an Adam Strange type of character. I mean, we've talked a lot about eyeballs in this episode The Stack. Pete: Yeah, sure have. Justin: And in this comic like- Pete: Eyeball heavy stack. Justin: Yeah, eyeball heavy. I've been just licking these eyeballs, lapping them up. And this, you just see so much pain in the different versions of Colonel Weird throughout time, throughout this book. And it's just so good. It's such a well done story. Pete: I think the cover says so much. It's like The Little Prince and Outer Space, but sad. Alex: That cover is so good. Go ahead, Pete. Pete: Yeah, it's really unbelievable. I feel like I want to read it all again because it ended and I was like, “Wait, what?” I wasn't sure how great the ending is until I want to go back and read it all again. But it was really cool, very creative and the art's unbelievable. Alex: And that is it for The Stack. If you'd like to support our show, patreon.com/comicbookclub. 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This episode is straight fire. We started with 5 time gold medalist Nathan Chen with a bit of a disappointing weekend, but our socks were knocked right off by Jason Brown and his breathtaking Sinnerman program. We cried to Mitchell Friess's 'Dear Evan Hansen' program, talked about how suitable the Vincent program is for Vincent Zhou, and really got chaotic with Javier Fernandez in Boots and our favorite flat audience member, Nathan Chamster. We're just sayin' - you'll have to listen to find out!Timestamps:(00:00) - Intro(01:20) - News & World Team Selections(03:08) - Mitchell Friess(06:52) - Alexei Krasnozhon(11:37) - Dinh Tran(17:14) - Camden Pulkinen(23:44) - Tomoki Hiwatashi(29:10) - Jimmy Ma(35:50) - Maxim Naumov(39:15) - Yaroslav Paniot(44:21) - Jason Brown(50:47) - Vincent Zhou(55:27) - Nathan Chen (01:01:53) - Kiss & Cry: Book Recommendation(01:03:02) - Outro ------------------------------------------------Follow our figure skating podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutzgetdownpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lutzgetdownpod And to work with us please contact lutzgetdownpod@gmail.com Logo design by @dezisartvibes on Instagramxx Joce & Clauds
August 2014An interview with Brian Orser. This Canadian phenomenon was the Men's Canadian Champion from 1981 to 1988, was the 1987 World Champion, and the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist. He performed brilliantly in two Olympics in a row, which is especially impressive. He was also the first person to land three triple axels in one competition. Orser is now a coach of top skaters (including Yuna Kim, Yuzuru Hanyu, and Javier Fernandez to name a few), and the creator of the recent Peak Performance Skating App. Orser talks about his trading of quads with Jozef Sabovcik, his philosophy as a coach, and why those one-piece outfits from the 1980s were a bad idea. 1 hour, 6 minutes, 23 seconds.
February 2014An interview with the legendary Dick Button. What hasn't he done? He's practically the father of our sport (if Jackson Haines were Grandfather). The two-time Olympic Gold medalist invented many of the jumps and spins we see today, and he invented figure skating commentary. He's a skater, producer, commentator, actor, truth-seeker, hall-of-famer, stirrer-upper, and figure skating's biggest fan. This first episode focuses on his new book Push Dick's Button, a fantastic book that is a really wonderful conversation on skating. 55 minutes, 50 seconds. [display_podcast] AM: Allison ManleyDB: Dick Button AM: Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Manleywoman Skatecast. I'm your host, Allison Manley, and this is Episode 73, an interview with Dick Button. That's right! You heard it, here it is! Any longtime fan of my podcast knows I have been chasing this interview for years. Years! And it only took writing a poem, some polite stalking, a pinch of begging, and quite a bit of persistence and tenacity — and let's face it, it doesn't hurt that he was trying to spread the word about his new book. All I know is that I'm thrilled to have been finally able to interview him. So, in case you don't know his many accomplishments, I'm going to list them off first. Here is the general overview of what Dick Button has done for this sport. He was the first skater to have won the men's novice, junior and senior titles in three consecutive years. He was the first skater to land a double axel. He was the first skater to land a triple jump, which was a triple loop, and the first male skater to perform a camel spin. And he was the inventor of the flying camel spin, also known as the Button camel. He's the only American to win the European title. He's the first American world champion, the first American to win the Olympic title in figure skating, the first and only American back-to-back champion. He is the first and only American skater to simultaneously hold all of the following titles: national, North American, European, World and Olympic. That's five. He's the youngest man to win the Olympic title in figure skating, at age 18, and it shocks me still that this record stands today. He is the winner of the Sullivan Award. In the 1960s he began doing television commentary, and has been gracing our television sets for decades since. He was inducted into the World Skating Hall of Fame in 1976, which was the initial class. He won an Emmy Award in 1981 for outstanding sports personality/analyst. He was a producer of skating shows including The Superstars, which was the first of the reality shows. He starred in movies and on television, and on the stage. The autobiography he wrote in 1955 is a fount of knowledge, and is incredibly well written. I highly recommend that you all find a copy and give it a read. And, of course, he is the author very recently of Push Dick's Button, a fantastic book that is a really wonderful conversation on skating. Dick and I decided to do this interview in two parts. The first will be focused on his book and all the ideas within. The second part will focus more on his career and life in skating, and will follow at a later date to be determined. Anyone who knows my podcast knows that I've been dying to capture his voice on tape for the fans. So, ladies and gentlemen, may I present — Dick Button. ----- AM: All right, Dick Button, are you ready? DB: I am. AM: So, thank you so much for your book. It's wonderful. I have to ask, why did you write it at this time? DB: And my question to you is, what do you mean by “at this time”? Are you saying that I'm a very old poop [laughs] and therefore don't have any understanding of what the hell is going on in today's world? Or are you asking it because it's been a long time since I have written? I wrote a book in 1952 or 1954, when I was a very young person, and then I did one other paperback kind of book a couple of years later. I don't understand the question “at this time”? I mean, that does that mean? Am I missing something? AM: I guess it is curious that it has been such a long time. I do actually have the book from the 1950s, and I think it's interesting that the book that you chose to release now, rather than being a biography or an autobiography, is such a conversational book. So I suspect that you felt the need to have this conversation, so that's why I'm asking. Is skating frustrating you to the point where you felt like you had to tell these opinions? DB: I'll tell you what it really is. Number one, it was in the past exceedingly difficult for me to write. The advent of the computer and the lectures that I give on gardening introduced me to an entire new way to write. If you write on your computer, you can erase things, you can change things, you can move things around, and you don't have to rewrite painfully every single word. So the system and the ability to write was exceedingly pleasant. Then I also have a very good friend who had gotten me a major contract ten years ago, that was with Simon and Schuster, and I had a great opportunity to write a very good book at a very high-priced contract. And that was at the same time that I had gone skating on New Year's Eve, and fell and fractured my skull, and got concussions and lost the hearing in my left ear. And I also had a co-writer with me, and it didn't work. We just didn't work out. In other words, it was too much. I couldn't handle it at that time. It took me about two or three years to really get my act together and to recoup from that fall. So the important thing was, this same lady, who is a great friend of mine and who got me that contract, her name is Pat Eisemann-Logan — I finally said to her, Pat, what can I do for you? And she said, I'll tell you what you can do. I would like it if you would come and sit on the couch next to me and tell me what the heck is going on with what we are watching. So I sat down one day and I just wrote out a couple of things, a few chapters, and she said, yeah, that's terrific. And I love it because, number one, it doesn't have to be The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire of Skating. It is a simple conversation. Conversations are meant to be interrupted, to have answers, to have somebody kvetch about it. Conversations can range from any subject to any subject, and that's why I like the idea of this. I did not want to do a history of skating, which others have done before this, and I did not wish to do a biography. I think there's far too much more of great interest around the world of skating. I wanted to do what subjects came up to my mind, what it is to watch for at the Olympics, and most of the questions you've asked me about this are all in that book. So it was a very pleasant experience for me, I enjoyed it no end, and I'm happy to have done it and done it the way I did. Although I will tell you that there are three books that you write and three skating programs that you skate and three pictures that you paint. They are, number one, the book you plan, number two, the book you do, and number three, the book you wish you'd done [laughs]. So if you can put up with that, you're a good gal. AM: It does seem to have worked out that this is the book you wish you had done. You seem very pleased with it. DB: Oh, yes, but there's a lot of things that I . . . listen, if I had started with all the things I made notes of, I would have had six more volumes [laughs]. I don't think so. AM: Well, I do love the fact that even though it's not biographical, that you have a lot of sprinklings of your history in there. I mean, I think that's a great addition to the opinion pieces that are in there, because there's definitely opinions in there as well. DB: Well, it's a conversation. It covers whatever's on your mind. The one chapter that many people have criticized, they say, we know what jumps are, you don't have to put a chapter in there saying the different jumps. But my doctor said to me, "Dick, my daughter skates and we all really like watching the skating, but I can't tell one jump from another, how can I do that?" And it annoyed him. So I put in this brief explanation, if you don't know what a jump is, there's three or four or five or six pages of it, and if you already know which jumps are which — skip over it! This is not the end of the world book. This is not the end of the world subject. It is a conversational piece. And I hope like the devil that people can figure out that they can learn something from it. Because I enjoyed very much doing it. AM: Well, great. And I do want to ask you some questions about it, obviously without giving away too much, because people should buy it and read it, of course [laughs]. DB: [laughs] Well, we don't have long enough on this conversation, so go ahead and spring your questions. AM: Well, one of the things you are concerned about is losing the theatrical part of skating. And I wonder, from a competitive standpoint, how you think it can be preserved. There are a lot of people trying to preserve it outside of competition, but in the competitive arena, what are your thoughts on that? DB: Let me also start out by saying that competition, the Olympic Games which we're about to start into in another day or two — they get the most audience. Figure skating and dancing, they're kissing cousins, and figure skaters have the opportunity to become instantly famous and household names. Dancers don't have that. So if a figure skater has that opportunity, and the Olympic competition is there, it's marvelous that they take part and do it. However, figure skating is a complete sport. It's a sport that has music, choreography, costuming, performance level, story level — it has so many different aspects that are intimately intertwined with each other. Figure skating is theatre, and I don't care who tells me that it's not. The head of the ISU, the head of the Olympic Committee, and a lot of guys get all honked about it and say it's not a sport. Well, don't watch it! If you think it's not a sport, don't watch it, and I couldn't care less. However, the point is very simply that it is all of these things. It is theatre, it always has been theatre, and it will always continue to be theatre. And that is the very reason that makes it so popular at the Olympic Games. Now the reason I'm saying this is, there's an old saying that Oleg Protopopov used to tell me all the time, and that was, “Deek! Deek! You cannot have artistry without technique. But neither can you have technique without artistry”. The old votes, the old judging system had two marks. They were for technical merit and for artistic impression. The new marks, in essence, if you really want to see what the icing on top of the cake is, the subterfuge of it all, is they have all the marks that you get on your point system first, and then they have the component scores. Have you ever read the component scores? AM: I have. DB: Then you know that they mix together choreography, step sequences, footwork, et cetera, et cetera, and they have something like 27 or 28 different criteria to figure and allot to a skater's program within about two seconds. That's almost an impossible thing. And also, you will never know what it's about because it's secret. All I'm saying is that yes, there are many other organizations — there's Disney on Ice and Stars on Ice and individual singles skating here and there, and there's ensemble skating with the Ice Theatre of New York, and there's synchronized skating, and there's all kind of things. But it's the theatrical performance level that mesmerizes us. I mean, why did we look at Katarina Witt? Not only was she sensational looking, but she had personality and pizzazz. Let me ask you a question. Why is Evgeni Plushenko such a hot subject? I'll tell you why. Because he has personality. He's a great jumper, not a great spinner. But he has personality. He has pizzazz. And you can't take your eyes off him, watching what he's going to do. He will bamboozle you with his wrist movements . . . AM: He'll make you think he's skating with those wrist movements [laughs]. DB: Of course, I've seen him do that half a dozen times. He stops and does a bunch of fancy wrist movements around his belt line, and that's supposed to be great theatrical skating or something. Let me tell you something. Who is it that you want to watch at this Olympic Games? Who is it they are looking forward to watching? AM: Jeremy Abbott and Jason Brown. DB: You mean you want to see the competition between them. AM: The competition between them, but I think both are so wonderful. They bring something so different. DB: Absolutely right. And so do half a dozen of these skaters. I think what you really want to see also is Davis and White and how they impact the show. And who do we remember out of the past? Come on, you remember the stars that had pizzazz, that had presence, that grabbed you. There's a whole chapter in my book there about entrances and exits, and it's all about the difference between an Irina Slutskaya entering the skating arena — the first thing she does is skate over to her coach, takes a swig of water, high fives her coach, and adjusts the pants on her dress. And the next thing she does is blow her nose. Now, come on, is that theatre? That's not a humdinger of an entrance. The point is that, how does Katarina Witt do it? She doesn't lose for one moment the presence, the theatre aspect of it. And the gal we remember most of those two has gotta be Katarina Witt. And that's why there's a chapter in the book called "Where Are You When We Need You, Katarina Witt?" And . . . what else can I tell you? [laughs] This is my favorite rant. AM: You're passionate and I love it. I love every minute of it. DB: Well, come on, you know, it's a fun activity. It's a very complicated activity. It has so many elements to it that you simply cannot avoid any one of them. And the level of performance is one of those characteristics. AM: Yes. Well, you are a vocal critic of the judging system, but I am curious because you have said that there are parts of it that you think are worth preserving. What parts would that be? DB: Well, for example, I think you should always have a markdown if you fall. Right now what we are seeing is — how many people fell in the last [2014] National Championship, both men and women, in the different parts. How many people fall down? AM: Not a lot this year, actually. DB: Well, Ashley Wagner, she did. But you're being rewarded if you do a quadruple jump and you fall down but you're rotated almost enough to complete the thing in the air. This is all part of Ottavio Cinquanta's desire to — if he had his way, he would not have any judges there at all, and it would all be based on points and timing. I would like the fact that there would be no reward at all for a fall. And a deduction if you fall down. I write about this in my book, there was a communiqué from the ISU explaining what falls were. You don't know what a fall is, I don't know what a fall is, certainly. But this rule came out and then three months later, there was — I mean, the question was, what part of the body was the fall on, was it on your bottom, was it on your core, and if you were on your fanny, were you on one buttock or another buttock or were you on both buttocks [laughs]. And then along came three months later this explanation, this clarification, and then changes to the rule that explained what a fall was [laughs]. So you have to read all that to understand the sense of the nit-picking. Now listen, let me tell you something else, and I write about this in the book . I challenge you to count — take one of the ladies anywhere, not necessarily Ashley Wagner, but start with a young lady and start counting the number of times when they're doing step sequences and all of those wonderful things, where they raise either one or the other or both arms over the level of their shoulders. And if you start counting, my bet is that you will get to 20 very, very quickly, and then you can stop. They're like flailing windmills. That's exactly the point. That does not augur well, in my book. First of all, there's just gotta be less talk about it. Why do you have to have something that is exactly two minutes with so many seconds on either end of it? That isn't the way. You should have one program that is your technical program, and one program that is your creative or other program, but neither one should be acceptable or be able to be marked well unless it has the qualities of the other one. One should be of technical merit and one should be of — the old judging captions, artistic impression, they are in a sense that way now, they're just called something different, it's technical marks and the program components. AM: So I wonder, you do outline at the end of the book your wishes and suggestions for better scoring, and they do include that the two programs should be different and that there shouldn't be a time limit. DB: Put it this way, there should be a time limit, but a generous one. I mean, during the World Professional Championships, we recorded the length of time of every skater, and only once did somebody ever go over, I think, maybe four and a half or five minutes. So if you have three and a half minutes or four minutes, a generous thing — what difference does it make? Why do you just have to limit yourself? This is just the one program, not the technical program, the artistic impression program. AM: Well, I'm curious, what do the powers that be think about your ideas? Have you gotten any feedback? DB: No, I don't have feedback, because they . . . Ottavio Cinquanta does not want any subjective judging there. Remember, he is a speed skater, and all he can see — number one, he has two goals to his agenda. And once you understand a man's agenda, you will understand what he will do. His agenda is to have, number one, to never have another scandal like we had in Salt Lake at the pairs skating competition. And number two, he's all for eliminating anything subjective about the sport. He would like it to be like speed skating. You get over the line first, you've won. Now that is not figure skating. And besides he's said it too many times, and he's the one who put the new rules system in. My chapters go into all of that and show the chicanery that was involved with it. And now because he [laughs] made a contractual offer and placed every officer in their position for an additional period of time, he will now remain as head of the ISU until the year 2016. It's a chapter in the book as well. AM: You have always been an advocate for great spinning. You've talked about Dorothy Hamill, Lucinda Ruh, Ronnie Robertson, so I have to wonder, that in the new judging system, it has to be nice that at least you see the spins getting rewarded even if you don't always love the positions. DB: Well, I find that the multiple levels — you know, everything that you look at, there's a grade of execution, there's a level of difficulty. If you add more moves and turns into your spin, you get more points. But nobody gets points for blurred spinning. Nobody gets points for the things that used to make the audience stand on their feet and cheer. Spinning is just as important as jumping, and it's one of the two major technical elements in skating, the other being jumping and then of course there's spinning. And when you see somebody moving from position to position and changing their edges, all that sort of thing, you're not looking at the spin. At least have one spin that reflects the total true quality of a fast, delayed, long lived spin, where everything counters on the centering and everything counters on the blurring of it and on the finishing of it. Look, I don't have to have everything that I like, it's what other people like too, but I will tell you, there's very little to cheer for when you get a 243.8 personal best score. That doesn't give the average person an understanding of what the heck the score is all about, except that somebody else can get 283.9. And I trust that was more than the first number I gave [laughs]. AM: Well, I've actually always wanted that. I've always wanted there to be at least one spin that was skaters' choice, if you will, that they could do just for choreographic effect. Just like they've finally done with the step sequences, where you can just do one that you don't have to do without so many turns and flailing and windmilling, but it's one that just works with the music. DB: Well, there's very little — you can't really create things that are unusual or unexpected or different and expect to get anywhere under the current judging system. AM: Well, you have of course mentioned before that the ISU needs to be split, that skating shouldn't be run by a speed skater any longer. It's going to be a while, of course, since Ottavio wrote his own contract . . . DB: Well, of course he did, and nobody stood up to him. Nobody was able to stand up to him because he has cultivated so many federations which are all speed skating federations which get their money from figure skating. So what do they care? Why would they care what the rules for figure skating are, any more than a figure skater would care less whether the speed skating race is another 50 meters or not? That's up to the speed skaters to understand that. And the very fact that they — did you know that there are over 80 federations in the world of skating? AM: I didn't know there were that many. DB: Over 80, and most of them all — the majority either are speed skating or joint speed skating and figure skating. And they get money from figure skating, the ISU pays them money from figure skating. And the end result is that of course they're going to do what he wants. AM: Do you think there's anyone out there right now who can challenge him, who can be the next great leader, to separate the two? DB: I think probably everybody is scared beyond belief. You see, the impact of the Olympic Games is always the most publicized event, but I can guarantee you, even the world championships which are taking place after the Olympic Games, they're not going to be on live. They're going to be in about two weeks in a summary program on NBC. Now maybe there's some obscure cable system or Ice Network that will show them, but you have to buy that cable system. I'm sure there will be recordings of it. But [laughs] here's a world championship that will be coming up a month later than the Olympic Games. Wouldn't you think it should deserve — and it used to always be very much of a highlight. Now it's sloughed off and it's shown a week or two weeks later after the world championship is over. I don't like that. AM: I don't either. All right, well, let's move on from the judging and talk about which skaters for you right now are really exciting. You've mentioned Davis and White. DB: Well, look, let me tell you something. My book covers a point about to wilt or not to wilt. When you have somebody who simply does not wilt, that in itself is exciting. And many a time, those people that can rise to the occasion, and suddenly pull together a program that is phenomenal — it's what you want to see. I mean, I found myself rising out of my seat when Jason Brown performed, because he in a sense broke the rules. It will be very interesting to see how he fares in this international competition, when he has competition from not only Jeremy Abbott but from Chan, Plushenko, Denis Ten, Javier Fernandez, and the Japanese skaters. It'll be very interesting to see how he compares in that to them. Remember, the national championship is one where it's a single country. And there aren't countries that are vying to improve their lot because that's the way they get money from the ISU. It's a different situation. I hope like the devil that he does brilliantly. I find him a fascinating skater and I was entranced by the choreography. And the choreography was done by Rohene Ward. I remember talking to him a couple of years ago, saying, you are going to keep on skating, aren't you? And he said, no, I'm not. And I felt that was a great loss. I'm very happy now to see him back in force as a choreographer. AM: Yes. And I'm happy to see someone, that he has a student that can interpret that choreography so well. Because, you know, Rohene was a very unusual talent, and oddly enough Jason has a lot of the same qualities, with his extreme flexibility and his showmanship. DB: Wait a minute. Are you telling me that that flexibility can't be gained by other people? They can, if they would understand what that is and follow that. AM: No, but I think Rohene was very unusual for a male skater to be able to use it to choreographic effect. DB: Why as a male skater? AM: Well, because most men, if they could do the splits like that, they certainly wouldn't lower themselves on the ice and pull themselves back up and do a lot of — Johnny Weir could lift his leg all the way up before a lutz, too, just like Jason and Rohene can, but it is unusual. DB: Well, that's because they don't follow that either. If you look at the number of skaters among the ladies that – well, look, there's a totally developable way. Guys can learn. You see it in gymnastics, for heaven's sake, If they do it, why can't figure skaters? Look, this is called the development of the — right now, I can guarantee you there's very, very little of the component score voting for some of the stuff that Jason Brown did. He was marvelous in the fact that he did not open his program with the single most difficult jump that he could. I'm really fascinated to see how the international version of this will work out, the international competition coming up in the Olympic Games. AM: So you did mention that he is a bit of a rule breaker in that sense, and you have said in your book that rules are made to be broken. And you did use Torvill and Dean as a perfect example of that, of course, from 1984. Is there a rule that you see right now that you wish someone would break, or push a little more? DB: Yeah. If you look at the rules of the component scores, you will see that, number one, they include skating skills, transitions/linking footwork and movement, performance and execution, choreography, and composition. Now what is the difference between choreography and composition, and transitional and linking footwork and movement, et cetera? I mean, aren't these the same things? AM: To me they are. To me it's semantics. DB: That's right. And isn't it better to have a skater develop that through their own intelligence rather than having to control those step sequences through it? And the linking movement and the linking footwork? And the transitions and the linking movement? [laughs].There was a wonderful English lady who would always comment on English television, and she had a very high voice, and when it came out, linking movements, we were all happily amused [laughs]. AM: Well, that's a good challenge for the next person listening to this, to try to push those boundaries a little bit per Dick Button's request. All right. So, you have a chapter on music choices, and there are a lot of choices as you know that are constantly overused and that we are all tired of hearing about. So is there a piece of music that you have never gotten tired of hearing, that you feel is underutilized? DB: Look, these pieces of music are time-honored pieces of music. So if you look at, for example, Swan Lake, I still will go, when I go to the theatre in the winter time, I still will go to New York City and see Swan Lake. I mean, it doesn't stop any more than certain songs that you get tired of. It is the way they're developed, and I do a whole thing in this book on the development of music by the skater, and whether they understand what the music is saying. And when you pick a piece of music like Carmen or Swan Lake, it comes with over a hundred years — one comes with much more than a hundred years and one comes from close to a hundred years — of very fine history and development and interpretation. Are you telling me that because six skaters do it within a two-year period of time that you're tired of it? I find it's that the skater hasn't developed it. We're always seeing different interpretations of dance, and if you get tired of Swan Lake being done, then try to bring a great quality into it that makes it sing. Swan Lake is wonderful for skating because it has long sweeping movements. It is not Irish clog dancing or step dancing. AM: Well, I think if you're going to pick, and this is my opinion, but I think if you're going to pick one of the commonly used pieces, you better make it good and different and that's what I think — Samantha Cesario, I don't know if you saw her program, when she did it this year at Nationals I thought it was fantastic. And I am not a fan of using Carmen because I think that after Debi Thomas and Katarina Witt had the battle of the Carmens, you'd better leave Carmen pretty dead. You know? [laughs] DB: But one of the things is, you have to understand what the music is. I write about this in the book, and I talk about Mao Asada who is a lovely skater and a very nice person. But she had all the white feathers and all the music, et cetera, but there was no understanding of the movement of a swan in that. There was no understanding of the history of Swan Lake. I mean, you can't have a program that has been performed for more than one hundred years now, nearly one and a half centuries, in great companies with great choreography and great sweeping music, and not understand what that performance level is. You must understand the music, you must be able to — and there are different interpretations of the music, different orchestrations, there are many times different ones. Whatever the piece of music it is that you choose, you can find sometimes more than one interpretation, and unfortunately we don't hear about that on the commentary, I don't think. AM: Is there a piece of music you would like to hear more? DB: Look, that's like saying is there a great skater that I'd like to see more of. Always! Always. I like great skating. That's all I'm saying, I like the best. And I want to be — it's theatre, it's athletic ability, it's competition, it's technical demands, it's music, it's choreography, it's costuming, it's the whole kit and caboodle. And I guarantee you, do you think they're going to cut out — I wouldn't be at all surprised, if Ottavio Cinquanta had his way, that he would make everybody wear the same costume for the team competition. AM: They were talking about that. One of the articles this week was talking about putting all the athletes in Nike outfits [laughs]. DB: Yeah, yeah, yeah, remind me of one event I don't want to see if that's the case [laughs]. Oh, gawd. If you have a great product, don't mess with it. Skating was a great product. Now we've messed with it so completely and for so long that it's very disheartening. Remember, you're not a member of the rules committee if you're not making rules. If you're a rule maker, you have to be making rules or otherwise you're not a rule maker. AM: [laughs] They got a little over-zealous. All right. Your commentary is epic. People still talk about it, they miss hearing you, your catchphrases have inspired a drinking game and compilations on YouTube. And you have gotten some heat for your comments such as “refrigerator break”. DB: I'd like to address that. What the heck, would it have been better if I had said, it will give you an opportunity to make a toilet break? I don't think so. A refrigerator break — you know, I think I got over 1100 letters from people saying that I had only said that, I wouldn't have said that if this, that, and the other thing. And I wrote each one of them back and I said, look, Angela Nikodinov was a very talented skater, but she was skating against Michelle Kwan, and there is no problem coming in second behind Michelle Kwan, but she was coming in fifth, fourth, second, third, fourth, that sort of thing, floating around. But what she allowed you to do was to lose your sense of concentration on her. That's where performance level comes in. She was a gorgeous, lovely skater, with wonderful technique and very, very beautiful on the ice. But she allowed you to lose your sense of concentration. She allowed you to switch off and take a refrigerator break. And after I answered that, I never heard anything more about it. AM: But she did listen to you, though. Because she came back amazing the next year. She made you pay attention. DB: [laughs] Well, that's my gold medal. My gold medal is when I hear, when I make a criticism of somebody and then I see later that they have either improved it or changed it. One of the things I always said about Evgeni Plushenko was, way back in 2002, I said, he's a wonderful jumper but he's a lousy spinner. And the next year, or two years, I was at a championship, and he said, how are my spins? Are they better? So he was listening, and he made it good. And his spins were better. And that's a great compliment to me, when somebody does that. AM: So how many skaters would you say have come up to you and talked to you about your comments about their performance? DB: Well, I had a lot of skaters say, can you point it out to me. One of them was Jason Dungjen and his partner, Kyoko Ina. Kyoko Ina had exquisite posture and stretch and arching of the back, and Jason was like a nice all-American skater without that same stretch. So when they did a pair move, hers was extended beautifully and his was not parallel to it. As soon as I pointed that out to him, he understood exactly what I was talking about, and I think they worked hard on it. So that was a great honor to me. That is my gold medal, my reward, when a skater will do that. And look, you really only criticize, I say this in the book, you really only criticize a skater if they're talented. If they're not talented, it doesn't spark comment. AM: Would you say the refrigerator break comment was the largest reaction you've gotten over the years from fans, or was there another one? DB: It was one of them. Another one of them was when I commented one time about, I think it was crossing the street in New York, and everybody said, oh, you wouldn't have said that if the skater that I was referring to wasn't black. And come on, I encourage my kids to cross the street, I say, stop and look in both directions, otherwise you'll get run over and then you'll look like a pancake on that road. It's about an awareness of your surroundings, and you've got to be aware of the surrounding effect in an arena. How many times do you see — go back and look at programs. That's why some day I would like to see a great media museum of skating. Because if you go back and you look at these performances and you consider them, then you will never forget that. And it will apply itself, it will be another basis for another understanding of what it is that you're doing. Every position you take on the ice should be thought out. You cannot just do these positions where you see the skater come out and they take their position and the free leg toe is pointed behind and to the side of the skating leg — you know, the kind of position you take where one foot is flat on the ice and the other is on a point behind you. Look at the number of times you see, what is the position of that foot? Is it turned under, or is it not in an elegant position? If you want to see proper position, look at Oleg and Ludmila Protopopov, and John Curry, and Janet Lynn, and Peggy Fleming. And Dorothy Hamill, who became an infinitely better skater after she had won the Olympics. I was a better skater after I had finally learned, long after I had retired, and learned from — there's a whole chapter in this, it's called "Open Your Eyes, Dummy." And it was my opening my eyes which led me finally to understand what the heck skating was all about. AM: Well, I would love it if we finally had a media museum with all those performances. DB: There is the museum in Colorado Springs, but it doesn't have any money. US Figure Skating is not really going to support it because they want to support skating today. But sometimes the education, the media education is imperative. AM: Yes. Well, I am hopeful that one day will come to fruition, that there will be a central place where all that is housed, and it's not just Youtube [laughs]. So, all right, your book, I sort of felt like as I was reading it, and this is sort of getting heavy here, I really felt that it was a metaphor for living a balanced and fulfilling life. It talks about centering yourself, breaking the rules, having a solid foundation, fighting the good fight, not wilting under pressure, and having a whole lot of fun. Do you view skating that way? DB: Yep. You know, skating is no different than gardening, than painting, than anything else. You know, I hope you'll come some day and see my garden lecture [laughs]. Then you can do a conversation on that for a different sport. But all of these things intertwine. Why do you dress the way you do? Why do you speak the way you do? Why do you live in a house, if you have the opportunity to live in a house, why do you choose the style of house you do? All of these are inherent in skating, and they are inherent in everything else. It is called not only what the eye beholds, it's what the eye registers. One of my pet peeves is watching skaters take position in the center of the ice, when they skate down and they're on one foot, and the other knee is bent. Time after time, you look at that particular entrance move on one foot, and it's not a beautiful move, but yet there is every skater doing it. What is that move, what is that position supposed to be? If you ask the skater, what are you trying to express by that, are you expressing a welcoming moment to the crowd? You don't have to be on one foot to do that. Take a look at it yourself, and I urge all your listeners to take a look at that, and take a look at the number of times an arm flings above the shoulder. And question each and every one. Peggy Fleming, always, I would see her in front of a mirror at a rink, constantly checking out the way she finished a turn or a pirouette, or made a turn, and how the dress worked with it. She was constantly looking at that. And you will find that she does not make a move even today without knowing exactly what that position is, whether she's on skates or not. Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov, and I talk about this in the book, I went up to Lake Placid where they were getting a lifetime achievement award, and of course the Lake Placid club or whoever it was didn't have any money for publicizing it, and it was an almost empty arena. However, the Protopopovs skated in it as if they were skating for the King and Queen of England. And Oleg took an opening position with Ludmila, and you take one look — without them moving one inch, they took a position, and I said, that's it, that's their whole performance right there in that position. They were stunningly beautiful in that position. And they're well into their 70s, and there was the story, right there. My problem is, I can't look at skating — that's one of the sickening things with having watched it for so long, is that I've seen extraordinary performances, Belita Jepson-Turner, Noffke and Schubach, pairs skaters who were champions of the US in the 40s, the movement, their parallelism of their moves was extraordinary. They couldn't do throw axels and they couldn't know what triple side-by-side jumps were and so forth, but their pair skating quality was without compare. I mean, it was just extraordinary. All I'm asking the skaters to do, and everybody else to do, is to look at it, and say, why are we doing this? Each step, what is it supposed to do, and is it? Does it interpret the music and does it interpret — John Curry, we did a thing with Ice Theatre of New York, Dance on Camera, at Lincoln Centre over the weekend, and it was all about, it was a great deal of comment and production in the John Curry film of what he was teaching skaters and the way he was making them look at film. Slavka Kohout used to do that. She would take all her dancers in to see the ballet, or any other production that had dance movement in it. It wasn't about seeing it, it was about registering it. And that's the important thing. If there's only one thing I hope for in this book, with a little bit of tomfoolery that you don't get stuck into something serious, and, number two, that it opens your eyes. AM: I love that. All right, I just have one more question for you, then, since we are just days away from the Olympics. I am curious what you think about the new team event. DB: Oh, I don't really think much about it at all one way or the other. I think if they want to do it, that's fine. It gives a secondary skater a secondary choice, and it gives somebody who may not win a medal another chance to win a medal, and I'm fine with that. I don't have any great problem with it. You know, God bless them, what they're doing is trying to get another set of television exposure, and that produces money and blah blah blah. The one thing, though, that I did understand was that when the rules were not quite set in Budapest, at the European championships, the newspaper people were asking Ottavio Cinquanta what was the rule about such and such, and he said he didn't know. He said, you have to ask the Russians about that. Well, hello! Are the Russians the ones that are controlling the sport? I mean, the Russians are a hell of a good skaters, and very efficient, and they've got a wonderful team going, but are they the arbiters of our sport? That's my complaint. “I am a speed skater, I know nothing about figure skating.” AM: I know, it's incredible. Well, I agree with you that it's wonderful that there's another opportunity for skaters to get medals, because there's just been the one chance all these decades. But I also don't think that it was done for any reason other than ratings and money. I'm cynical enough for that. But I'm glad to see the skaters get another opportunity. DB: Right. But you've also got to remember that that's why figures are no longer with us. They didn't bring in any money, nobody watched them, they took a lot of time, they were expensive, and they didn't add anything to the income. So this is another one that adds to the income, and it really doesn't change anything. I'm sure they'll all do their same programs that they will do again. They're not going to create a new program now. They might for another year. AM: Maybe for the next round. But we'll see. To be determined [laughs]. Well, I am going to take you up on your offer and invite myself to one of your garden lectures someday. DB: [laughs]. All right. I just finished one at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and one at the Botanic Garden in Arizona, and I've done several in the New York area, in the New York and Connecticut area, and maybe there'll be one in the early spring or so in a nearby city to New York. So I'll let you know. AM: Please! And as we've discussed I'm hoping to come out and see you in a couple of weeks, and do another interview more about you. DB: Good. AM: And I hope that you'll let me come up and take a look at your fantastic art collection of skating art. DB: Oh, you're more than welcome. AM: I would love it. DB: You're more than welcome. You have a good one, my dear, and keep the faith. AM: You too. Enjoy the next couple of weeks of good television. DB: Thank you, ma'am. AM: And there it is. I have finally had my dream of interviewing Dick Button. I can now die happy. I think. Although, as you heard, he did want to have another conversation later. So we will plan to do that. And until next time —May you be a pioneer with whatever you choose to do. May you be as opinionated and passionate about your life's work as Dick Button is about his life's work. And as he says in his new book Push Dick's Button, on page 46, and yes, I'm paraphrasing just a little bit: don't skate to Carmen. Bye-bye!
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