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With all of the hubbub that the so-called Kirkman Manifesto has started in the comic blogo-podo-forumso-sphere, I found this YouTube clip of Ralph Bakshi (originally found on Kyle Baker’s blog) to be even funnier than I otherwise would have thought:

Now he is talking about animation, but he might as well have been talking about creating comic books or almost any other modern creative endeavor.

Now I haven’t watched all of the original Kirkman video, but I have read the accompanying text piece. I have heard that Kirkman has backpedaled a little in some subsequent interviews, but I also haven’t heard or read them. I hope not because there was a lot of good stuff in what he said (or I should say, from what I read of what he said.)

One last thing, Bakshi rules.

Tags: kirkman manifesto, ralph bakshi, robert kirkman

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I received this email a few days ago from Carlos Weiser:

“Just wanted to let you know that my story made the Top 10 in the Comic Book Challenge!!!
Now I’m on phase 3 of the competition where they are going to determine the Top 3 by online voting.
I’d really appreciate it if you could mention it again in your podcast. The voting is going to go at http://www.comicbookchallenge.com for two weeks and people can vote as many times as they want. That means I’ll probably have that web page open in my computer for the next 2 weeks and I’ll be voting like crazy every two minutes. I don’t like the voting system but for some reason they decided to make it that way. Well, I have to go now and shamelessly self promote myself all over the web to get as many votes as possible.”

So if you are so inclined, please help Carlos out and vote for him at http://www.comicbookchallenge.com. I just hope it is not too late.

In this episode, Eric can’t seem to remember what episode number we are on and Mike gets excited about The Unknown Soldier. Also, Mike and Eric go over the DC Comics found in the August 2008 issue of Previews. After that, it’s full SPOILER reviews of Trinity 8 through 10.

Trinity 8 - 46:10 to 59:45
Trinity 9 - 59:46 to 1:15:45
Trinity 10 - 1:15:46 to 1:37:00

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I have been debating this for a long time and even though I have preached against it in the past, I have decided to get Stephen into reading comic books. He is almost five years old and I honestly think that I could have started him last year, but I can’t dwell on the past.

He is a smart kid with good comprehension skills and a very strong vocabulary for his age.

Now I just need to figure out what to start him with. Should I go with the stuff from the Johnny DC line or should I make him into another Scott Cederlund and just throw him into the deep end of the pool and pull out some of my old comics. Hmmm.

OK, the whole Disqus commenting experiment for comicbooknoise.com has ended before it even began. I couldn’t get the plugin to work and since the existing comments matter more to me than ones not yet created, I turned it off. Hopefully they can get the bugs worked out because I think they could have something special, but right now their Wordpress plugin is not ready.

We’re joined by Rich, known as Bluemeanie on the forum, and his wife Iz, known as Mrs. Meanie, for controversial opinions of Alex Ross art and rock bands that need oxygen, as well as trying to solve the mystery of what exactly a modesty pouch is. Plus, you get to witness the shy couple blossom into seasoned Brunchers as the show progresses. Every time someone mentions Comic Racks Podcast, an angel gets it’s wings.

Featuring the song "Tears of Terror" by CCA, as found on the Podsafe Music Network.

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Tags: alex ross, comic racks, Geek Brunch, heath holland, mike myers, modesty pouch, podcast

Our host is running on autopilot, so thankfully Pat, Backwards Dave, Steve, and Adam pitch in with New Releases, Bring ‘em Back, Tales From the Comics Bunker, and Marvel Unbound respectively! And we hear from bridegroom Carlos! Not once, but twice!!

Comics mentioned include Amazing Spider-Man, Secret Invasion: Thor, Secret Invasion: X-Men, Secret Invasion: Inhumans, Punisher, X-Men Origins: Jean Grey, Astonishing X-Men, and GeNext.

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Marvel Adventures Hulk Vol 3 Strongest One There Is TP Digest $7.99
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Product Updates:

• The cover for Astonishing X-Men #26 (MD) (JUN082385D, $2.99) will differ from what was originally solicited.
• Hulk Chronicles: World War Hulk #2 (JUN082344D, $4.99; FOC 07/24/08) will contain World War Hulk #1 and Incredible Hulk #107, not World War Hulk #1 and World War Hulk: Front Line #1.
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• The Moon Knight Premiere HC Vol. 03: God & Country (MAY082359D), solicited as being 144 pages at a price of $19.99, will be 184 pages at a price of $24.99.
• Secret Invasion #5 McNiven Variant SI (JUN082347D) has been cancelled.
• Secret Invasion #5 Yu Variant SI (JUN082348D, $3.99; FOC 07/24/08), solicited as having a 1:50 ratio, will now carry a 1:20 ratio.
• Secret Invasion #5 McNiven Sketch Variant SI (JUN082349D, $3.99; FOC 07/24/08) will have a sketch cover by Leinil Francis Yu, not Steve McNiven, and will remain 1:75.
• Spider-Man TP One More Day (Reg./Dm Eds.: JUN082429-30D, $19.99 ea.) will be 136 pages, not 200 pages.

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I am going to give Disqus a try for commenting on Comic Book Noise and if it works properly, I will roll it out to the other sites that I have control over. Unfortunately at this very moment, the existing comments are not showing up. They will return if I disable the Wordpress plugin. I will let it try to do its business overnight, but if the comments aren’t back in the morning then I will disable the plugin and we can keep the current comment system.

No Bruce this week, but we call in Heath Holland from the Geek Brunch podcast to pinch-hit with a preview of Atomic Robo: The Dogs of War 1 from Red 5 Comics. Then Angie and I start talking about:
San Diego
Mary Jane
Recipe of the day?
Obligatory Fuzzy Typewriter mention
Foodie blogs vs Comic Book blogs
TMZ for comics
Garbage causes Alzheimer’s?
People who Angie met
Klum or McDonald
The worst part about Angie’s new job
Angie’s first pull list
No Grab Bag for Angie
What Derek Got
Angie’s DCBS stuff
What Is The New York Four? (SPOILERS)
What Is The Water Baby? (SPOILERS)
“Is it called homosexuality when it is two girls?”
Jamie McElvie’s Wonder Woman
Apple Technical Support
The Secret Origins of Angie’s laptop
“Who says I don’t like Grant Morrison?”
Missing Trades
How Angie Got Her Job
Imagecomics.com
The Boy Who Made Silence from the publisher’s site
www.perhapanauts.com
Liquidating rude artists
Chocolate Truffles with dark chocolate powder.

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