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The 1812 invasion of Russia was the beginning of the end for Napoleon. Russia's scorched earth campaign not only prevented a quick French victory, it emboldened other countries to once again take up arms. And this time, they were prepared to take on the world's greatest general. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After a coup puts Napoleon in power, he gets to work shoring up his authority and crafting his legacy. He overhauls the country's legal system, and spends years fighting wars across Europe. With decisive victories, he positions France as a world superpower — and himself as emperor of France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As a young Corsican boy, Napoleon dreamed of his island's independence from France. But by the time he reached 30 years old, with a military career inspired by the likes of Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, he was a hero of France — and one of the country's most powerful men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Now that the Hunnic King posed a clear and escalating threat, a Roman cabal plotted to end the Age of Attila forever. They failed. Attila outmaneuvered their conspiracy, then turned his attention to the Western Roman Empire. And in 451 CE, the two armies met on the Catalaunian Plains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Before he became the most powerful ruler in the world in 434 CE, Atilla the Hun was a nomadic warrior terrorizing the Eastern Roman Empire. But to take the crown and gain control, Atilla would need to spill the blood of his own brother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alexander turns his sights on defeating the Persian navy, laying siege to an island city before pursuing Persia's King of Kings across the Achaemenid Empire. His military victories are stunning, but his conquest cannot hold under the weight of his early death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Before he was Alexander the Great, conqueror of empires, he was Alexander III — son of Philip, student of Aristotle, and precocious prince who would become a king when he was barely past his teenage years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fascinating Medrashim in Parshas Tazriah/ Metzorah 1)World conquerors who were destroyed by their own children 2)How the Babylonian Queen kept the House of Dovid Hamelech Alive. 3)The danger of extreme discipline This Class is given by Rabbi Yossi Gordon for Kollel Menacham in Melbourne.
True love for God means obeying his commands, and his commands don’t weigh us down as heavy burdens. You see, every child of God overcomes the world, for our faith is the victorious power that triumphs over the world. So who are the world conquerors, defeating its power? Those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. —1 John 5:3-5 TPT
This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is??Gladstone???s School for World Conquerors, by??Mark Andrew Smith and Armand Villavert Jr. Set in a top secret school for young and aspiring super-villains (themselves predominantly the offspring of super-villains), the series follows the hijinks and adventures of a group of students. All is???as is so [???]
This week on View from the Gutters our topic work is Gladstone’s School for World Conquerors, by Mark Andrew Smith and Armand Villavert Jr. Set in a top secret school for young and aspiring super-villains (themselves predominantly the offspring of super-villains), the series follows the hijinks and adventures of a group of students. All is—as is so […]
In this episode, I’m joined by indie comics writer Rachel Pandich and anime blogger/podcaster Kate (a.k.a. Narutaki) from the Reverse Thieves to discuss Western (i.e. non-manga) comics that appeal to anime and manga fans. We also talk about New York Comic Con and Masaaki Yuasa’s Kick-Heart Kickstarter, which is about to hit its deadline TONIGHT (10/30) after reaching its goal a few days early. Show notes and links after the break. DIRECT DOWNLOAD – RSS Feed – iTunes – Send us Feedback! – More episodes (Runtime: 1 hour, 20 minutes) [0:00:00] Intro Music: “Kill Me” by Lame Drivers (licensed via Creative Commons) [0:00:17] Introductions [0:01:23] New York Comic Con. Also Rachel and Kate answer the question “What is Motorcity anyway?” [0:10:25] Promo: Dave & Joel’s Fast Karate for the Gentleman [0:11:37] The hosts start the main comics discussion [0:13:00] Tank Girl – Amazon [0:18:30] Runaways – Amazon [0:23:21] Saga – Amazon [0:34:31] The Dreamer – Amazon [0:39:02] Space: Punisher – Amazon [0:44:40] Fables – Amazon [0:54:52] Rachel Rising – Amazon [1:00:43] Persepolis – Amazon [1:06:40] Gladstone’s School for World Conquerors – Amazon [1:10:20] General tips for getting into comics (Rachel and Kate tell Evan to NEVER recommend Watchmen to new fans) [1:17:30] Masaaki Yuasa’s Kickstarter, Kick-Heart. Evan’s article about why you should support it. [1:18:55] Email us at podcast@anigamers.com! Review us on iTunes! Follow us on Twitter (@AniGamers, @VamptVo, @RachelPandich, @narutakiRT)! Check out Rachel’s comic work at RachelPandich.com and Kate’s blogging/podcasting at Reverse Thieves. [1:19:33] Outro Music: “Kill Me” by Lame Drivers [1:19:57] Syncing the audio with APPLAUSE
Recorded on July 16, 2012. Episode 190: Gladstone’s School for World Conquerors Music by Sepultura, Black Wolf Fight and Neil Diamond Check out Jason’s site, Eric’s site, Ok, PANIC!, The View Masters, and The Savage FINcast. Email Eric or Jason. Time – 73:36 min. / File Size – 36mb Subscribe via RSS Subscribe via iTunes
Battling illness and an accidental insecticide outbreak, the hosts gather in the Bowels of New Jersey™ to discuss their week in comics. Setlist goes something like this: news, comic chatter, book club, and letters! Special thanks to YOU for our iTunes reviews and/or ratings so far; they help spread the word about the show. Topics included, but were not limited to: The Infinite has ended forever Liefeld takes over more DC books Earth 2, Static Shock, and turds Tokenism Comics chatter. (11.45) Daredevil, Amazing Spider-Man, Avenging Spider-Man, and Planetary: Night on Earth Lighting Round™. (25.25) Fables, Uncanny X-Force, Last of the Greats, and Amazing Spider-Man Gladstone's School for World Conquerors. (27.40) Your letters! (42.30) Transmetro epilogue, and a Crisis event book? This show was sponsored by the fine folks over at The Comic Book Shop in Wilmington, Delaware. Are you a digital comics person? They've got you covered with their Digital Strorefront! Tumblr | Twttr | Facebook
For the third installment of what Tom and Chris like to call The New Adventures of Waiting for the Trade, the duo dives into Gladstone's School for World Conquerors, Uncanny X-Force: The Dark Angel Saga, Book One, and Leviathan. Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
For the third installment of what Tom and Chris like to call The New Adventures of Waiting for the Trade, the duo dives into Gladstone's School for World Conquerors, Uncanny X-Force: The Dark Angel Saga, Book One, and Leviathan. Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
For the third installment of what Tom and Chris like to call The New Adventures of Waiting for the Trade, the duo dives into Gladstone's School for World Conquerors, Uncanny X-Force: The Dark Angel Saga, Book One, and Leviathan. Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
For the third installment of what Tom and Chris like to call The New Adventures of Waiting for the Trade, the duo dives into Gladstone's School for World Conquerors, Uncanny X-Force: The Dark Angel Saga, Book One, and Leviathan. Make sure to visit the Earth-2.net store: http://store.earth-2.net
Much doom and gloom and all-around depressing stuff the first hour as we wade hip-deep into The Walking Dead volume 14 from Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard (NOTE: If you want to skip ahead, you'll be fine if you jump to the 47:20 minute mark!), after which we elevate with elaboration on Falling Skies, Will Pfeifer and Jill Thompson's excellent Finals under the Vertigo Resurrected banner, Baltimore: The Plague Ships by Mignola and Ben Stenbeck from Dark Horse, the I...Vampire! serial by J. M. DeMatteis and Tom Sutton from the pages of House of Mystery, Wolverine and Jubilee, Rogue's X-marks, Deathmate, Joe Casey's Butcher Baker #3 and Marijuanaman from Image and Infantry under the DDP Aftermath imprint, 28 Days Later, Jeff Lemire's Sweet Tooth volume three, Avengers Academy Giant-Size, Aspen's Executive Assistant Iris Volume 1 from David Whol and Eduardo Francisco, Hickman's Red Wing, Scarlet, Gladstone's School for World Conquerors by Mark Andrew Smith and Image, and a whole mess more!
Reviews: Gladstones School for World Conquerors #1, Moon Knight #1, Richie Rich #1, Thor movie Jimmy brings us a recap of TCAF in the land of Toronto Canada. He's joined with guest host Tory Woollcott. News highlights include record sales on Dark Knight Returns, Marvel brings back Ultimate line, politician talks smack about Neil Gaiman and Dark Horse brings free digital comic. Tons of TCAF interviews: Angela Melick, Philippa Rice, Dustin Harbin, Adam Cadwell, Kayla Marie Hillier and Faith Erin Hicks.
This is your first chance to hear official Acme opinions about THOR, recorded just moments after the midnight showing let out in the wee hours of Friday, May 6th! And on the eve of the eve of the eve of Free Comic Book Day 2011, Jermaine, Stephen, Frank, Adam and Michael find solace in sitting down to discuss the changes for the Ultimate Universe announced earlier this week and the impact of Gladstone's School for World Conquerors and Fear Itself on the shelf!
April 28,2011 - Mark Andrew Smith lives and teaches English in Taiwain, but over the past few years he's amassed a number of credits and accolades in the comics industry. He co-created the Eisner Award winning Popgun anthology series and developed a number of creator-owned works through Image Comics. 2011 sees the debut of a new all-ages ongoing called Gladstone's School for World Conquerors as well as a second volume of his celebrated New Brighton Archaeological Society. Mark talks to us about the perils and pitfalls of producing all-ages work and discusses both failures and successes in crowdsourcing through Kickstarter. How do you make such fundraising websites work for you, and what does it all mean for the industry? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices