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This week is a special week as I am joined by listener and friend Jeff Sandquist. Jeff usually writes an e-mail to share his thoughts, but this week I thought I would give him the option of the microphone. What is discussed? Everything Jeff is reading: books from IDW, Avatar and other assorted publishers. Plus, a little conversation on Jeff’s career as a comic book fan, and a quick tangent on the Avatar movie.

Check it out; Jeff is a voice to like.

Some Books Featured
Absolution
Black Summer
The Crossed
Chronicles of Wormwood
G.I. Joe: Cobra
No Hero
Supergod

Music featured is by The Ataris.

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Tags: Absolution, black summer, Christos Gage, Chronicles of Wormwood, Crossed, G.I. Joe, garth ennis, idw, Jeff Sandquist, no hero, Supergod, transformers, warren ellis

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Host Derek Coward takes a look at the ten best ongoing series, ten best miniseries, three series that are gone too soon and the top five one-shots.

A challenge is also made in the form of a new contest.

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Related Links:
Atomic Robo
Avengers: The Initiative
Black Summer
Countdown Presents Lord Havok And The Extremists
Criminal
DC/WS Dreamwar
Fantastic Four: Isla De La Muerte
Grendel: Behold The Devil
Helen Killer
Jamie Delano’s Narcopolis
Kill All Parents
Locke And Key
Madame Xanadu
Neozoic
Noble Causes
Perhapanauts
Proof
Skaar: Son Of Hulk
Speak Of The Devil
Suburban Glamour
The CBLDF Presents Liberty Comics
The Order
The Sword
The Vinyl Underground
Thor: Ages Of Thunder
Thor: Reign Of Blood
True Story Swear To God

Tags: atomic robo, avengers: the initiative, black summer, countdown presents lord havok and the extremists, criminal, dc/ws dreamwar, fantastic four: isla de la muerte, grendel behold the devil, helen killer, jamie delano's narcopolis, kill all parents, locke and key, madame xanadu, neozoic, noble causes, perhapanauts, proof, skaar son of hulk, speak of the devil, suburban glamour, the cbldf presents liberty comics, the order, the sword, the vinyl underground, thor: ages of thunder, thor: reign of blood, true story swear to god

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I am joined by Damian Smith and Brian Matus from the Kryptographik podcast for the last episode in our look at Avatar Press’s Black Summer by Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp.

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Tags: avatar press, black summer, brian matus, damian smith, juan jose ryp, kryptographik, warren ellis

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I am joined by Damian Smith and Brian Matus from Kryptographik as we discuss issue 6 of the Avatar Press miniseries Black Summer, created by Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp. We also talk about Dilbert, Sarah Palin, mandatory voting and I play a random song by Nine Inch Nails for no good reason.

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Related Links:
Avatar’s Black Summer Flickr channel
Avatar Press
Kryptographik
Damian Smith (Twitter – Friendfeed)
Brian Matus (Twitter- Friendfeed)
Nine Inch Nails
Derek’s FriendFeed

Tags: avatar press, black summer, brian matus, damian smith, dilbert, juan jose ryp, kryptographik, mandatory voting, nine inch nails, sarah palin, warren ellis

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I am joined by Damian Smith and Brian Matus from Kryptographik as we discuss issues 4 and 5 of the Avatar Press miniseries Black Summer, created by Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp. We also talk about name pronunciation, coloring, jabbering while fighting, the Resident Evil movies, adaptation worthiness, child violence, ad placement, the physics of superspeed in relation to stationary objects, classes taken in high school, overseas perception of The US Constitution and the Illuminati.

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Related Links:
Avatar’s Black Summer Flickr channel
Avatar Press
Armageddon Chronicles
Kryptographik
Damian Smith (Twitter – Friendfeed)
Brian Matus (Twitter- Friendfeed)

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Tags: armageddon chronicles, avatar press, black summer, brian matus, carlos weiser, comic book challenge, damian smith, illuminati, juan jose ryp, kryptographik, physics, resident evil, US Constitution, warren ellis

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I am once again joined by Damian and Brian from Kryptographik in taking a look at Black Summer issues 2 and 3, created by Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp, published by Avatar Press. We also talk about collecting multiple covers, separating cinematic storytelling from movie pitch comics, realistic body types in comics and why big breasted women aren’t necessarily unbelievable.

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Related Links:
Armageddon Chronicles
Awesomed By Comics hosted by Evie and AARON
Kryptographik
Damian Smith (Twitter – Friendfeed)
Brian Matus (Twitter- Friendfeed)
Comic Timing
Raging Bullets
CinemaFromage

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Tags: armageddon chronicles, avatar press, awesomed by comics, big breasts, black summer, body types, brian matus, cinema fromage, comic timing, damian smith, juan jose ryp, kryptographik, movie pitch, multiple covers, no hero, ragin bullets, realism, storytelling, variant covers, warren ellis

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Did anybody else read this miniseries from Avatar Press? I did and I talk about it on the latest episode of Comic Book Noise with Brian Matus and Damian Smith from the Kryptographik podcast. At least we tried to talk about the series. After 90 minutes we only covered the first two issues. But in the meantime, we touched upon politics, the legalization of narcotics and the correlation with raising children, the mechanics of language, global economies, religious imagery in scenes of mayhem and of course puppies and children.

Actually the part about puppies and children was left on the cutting room floor but the rest is there.

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Related Links:
Kryptographik
Welcome To Heavenside
Avatar Press
Warren Ellis
Juan Jose Ryp on Flickr

Tags: avatar press, black summer, brian matus, child rearing, children, damian smith, global economies, juan jose ryp, kryptographik, linguistics, narcotics, politics, puppies, religious imagery, warren ellis, welcome to heavenside

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I talk about where I have been, where I am now and where I am going. Oh and the name I couldn’t remember was Trenchcoat Mafia.

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Tags: anniversary issues, black summer, blood syndicate, brian matus, brian michael bendis, countdown to final crisis, damian smith, darkseid, deathwish, detroit comics, final crisis, gaming, gerry conway, gilbert hernandez, hardware, heroes, icon, immortal iron fist, inferno, invincible iron man, jaime hernandez, justice league of america, kobalt, local comic shops, long hot summer, love and rockets, matt fraction, mighty avengers, milestone comics, my name is holocaust, new avengers, podcast x, quantum and woody, reign in blood, san diego comicon, shadown cabinet, silver age, sports cards, statis, superman, teen titans, The Readerfeed, the twelve, THOOM, thor, tim terrell, tom katers, uncanny x-men, war is hell: the first flight of the phantom eagle, worlds collide, X-Infernus, xombi

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TOP – Black Summer 3
BOP – Atomic Robo 1
ROW – Criminal 9

The ROW had a lot of competition this week. I talk about them in a little more detail.

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Tags: atomic robo, black summer, crime society, criminal, cyborg superman, ed brubaker, living with the dead, simon dark, steve niles, warren ellis