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From host Alec Berry:  It’s time to reflect. This episode is a calm one (sorry, Chemical Box listeners) as I discuss what I am doing with the medium, how it has affected me and where I plan to go. Also, I take a look at an Original Graphic Novel and a movie.

Music featured is by Dead Kennedys.

Tags: children of men, podcasting, teenage wasteland, the nobody, vertigo comics

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Host Derek Coward talks about his preferred style of comic book podcasting, the so called controversy surrounding the iFanboy podcast and why he will never appear on a roundtable comic book podcast again.

Tags: 11 O'Clock Comics, Geek Brunch, ifanboy, podcasting

I want to reach a good mix of blogging and podcasting because there are times when I am unable to podcast (like at work) but I have a bunch of good ideas. I am always jotting down notes but there are a lot of times when my “notes” get very involved and could be blog postings.

On the flip side, there are blog posts that I start writing and it occurs to me that I could just as easily talk about them and in doing so I could also touch on a bunch of other related topics. Plus, I consider myself to be a podcaster first and I feel as though I should save all of the good stuff for the show.

So I was wondering if this would be cheating, I write a blog post and instead of just referring to it, I also read it on the show. It would pretty much be like reading from a script, which I have gotten a lot better at and in some instances, I don’t think that anybody can tell that I am reading from pre-prepared content, but all of the people who regularly visit the site might feel as though they are getting cheated.

Let me know what you think.

Tags: blogging, podcasting

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Host Derek Coward goes old school with a rather subdued episode where he talks about his plans for his Podcast column in the Comics Now magazine, gives a review of Ape Entertainment’s Return To Point Pleasant OGN and gives his thoughts on Marvel’s Secret Invasion miniseries event.

Tags: ape entertainment, armageddon 2001, comics now, inferno, podcasting, return to point pleasant, secret invasion, seven soldiers, tru calling

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Host Derek Coward explains why being disenfranchisement and disappointment is not the same as hate. To make his point, he mentions Batman, Superman, Captain Marvel, Prime, dating a female bodybuilder, Batman: Prodigal, Az-bats, Batman: RIP, dead Steve Rogers, dead Superman, blonde Wonder Woman, black Iron Man, gray Hulk, puzzle pieces, taking the audience for granted, podcast recipes, scripted material and stilted dialog versus satisfying spontaneity, referencing the hidden past, real competition, what are you buying this week, expanding pull lists, Andrew Kreisberg and Helen Killer, a sixty percent failure rate, Invasion, Animal Man, Doom Patrol and why lean does not mean sickly.

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Tags: andrew kreisberg, animal man, az-bats, azrael, batman, batman prodigal, batman rip, captain marvel, Doom Patrol, female bodybuilding, helen killer, hulk, invasion, iron man, podcasting, prime, steve rogers, superman, wonder woman

I’ve reached the point where I don’t know if I would prefer to make a regular podcast or do regular blog posts. Right now, I don’t do much of either on a regular basis and that has always been a private source of embarrassment to me.

Podcasting is a lot easier simply because it is just talking to friends. Writing is a touch more difficult because you never know who is reading your stuff and a lot of the subtle nuances that can be conveyed in speech is lost.

However, once the recording is done there is a lot more to do before you have a podcast (the listen-thru, the conversion to the proper bitrate and format, completing the ID3 tags, uploading the file, updating the RSS feed, creating show notes and updating the website, verifying that the file transferred completely, checking for any RSS errors and making sure that all of the pertinent information is in the episode notification.) Writing a blog post just requires that you double check your spelling and hit Publish.

Then there is the whole reaching different audiences problem. There are people who listen to the podcast who never go to the website and there are website visitors who will read blog postings but never check out the podcast itself. I need to figure out how to get a bit of convergence there, but I’m not holding out much hope.

Oh well, I figure something out. I always do.

Tags: blogging, podcasting

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I started out talking about why I had to quit buying comic books and I end up giving a State of The Podcast Address.

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First off, I don’t believe that podcasting is failing anymore than I believe that an elephant is shaped like a wall, spear, snake, tree, fan or rope. However, I’ll play along. IF podcasting is failing, I think that it has a lot to do with the fact that a lot of the early supporters wanted it to tear apart the current media system of TV, radio and newspapers. However, those industries already have their own problems and any further losses that they incurred would not necessarily be gains for podcasting.

But I think the biggest reason for the current seemingly stagnant state of podcasting is something a little more basic. A lot of podcasters that I come across can fall into one (if not both) of two camps: Tech people or comic book people. In fact, the one podcasting genre that doesn’t seem to be slowing down is the comic book genre.

I think this is where the problem lies. Tech people are trained to consume their interests very quickly and thoroughly before moving on almost as quickly and thoroughly. There is always something else to learn about in the industry and while there is a sense of nostalgia at times, we have to move on to the next big thing. Everything seems to have a disposable feeling to it, even social media revolutions.

On the flip side, comic book people have been trained to stay on the unending weekly cycle. It might seem as though we might be more disposable with our media consumption, but actually we are a lot more apt to see something through because sometimes it takes a long long time to get answers to some questions. The peculiar mixture of constant consumption and patience has kept the comic book industry humming along for ten years or so past the time when it should have died.

So the answer to the question "is podcasting failing?" is No. It will be different in a few years (months?) than it is now, but it will still be there. I think that once all of the Gold Rush seeking carpetbaggers have left the scene, then we will be left with two podospheres, one populated by repurposed Big Media programs and the other populated by people still waiting for the revolution. And comic book people.

Tags: podcasting

The absolute BEST thing about podcasts is that they are completely voluntary.  If you listen to them, it is because you choose to do so.  If you create them, it is because you choose to do so.  In terms of both creation and consumption, you are not at the mercy of others.  I don’t know about you, but I think that is a cool place to be. 

I guess that’s why I don’t understand when people say that there are too many comic book podcasts.  You don’t have to listen to them all.  Just listen to the ones that are relevant to you.  Saying there are too many podcasts is like saying there are too many sandwiches at Subway’s.  Nobody says you have to listen or that you even have to sample them.  And above all, no one is saying you have to complain about them.

For the record, I don’t think there are enough podcasts of any kind, including comic book ones.  Everyone has something to say and while no one is saying people have to listen, it is sort of sad that people are saying that some people shouldn’t have that option just because they didn’t start earlier.

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In lieu of a regular episode, I threw something together while driving to work this morning. Sorry about the sound quality.

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