Comicazi Issue No.3 (Part 2) — GIANT-SIZED!
It’s on and crackin’! PART TWO in this limited edition mini-series on buying and collecting Comics is finally here. We got a lot of feedback on (Part 1) and you’ve got a Bahlactus style guarantee this latest Comicazi issue won’t leave you disappointed!
Not only is this (Part 2) in our first ever mini-series, but this is also our first GIANT SIZED issue as well! Twice as much content and double the drama! This issue packs 57 minutes of solid Comics clue, so you may want to get your pens ready.
Also, the Comics industry is on fire with recent news from Marvel about delays on it’s hottest title in the past decade, Civil War. Bahlactus and The Bad Kids weigh in heavy on science dropped by Marvel editor Tom Brevoort in a recent interview with Newsarama and the far reaching impact on fans and retailers.
Strap in because it’s all real in our second installment on buying and collecting comics and find out who the winner of the “Bahlatcus is Hatin’!!!” Marvel Zombies box number contest. TUNE IN! Comicazi Issue No.3 (Part 2).
Bahlactus has spoken.
September 7th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
Bahlactus,
You are truly a god-like being. Actually, I heard you saying that no-one has given you feedback and just wanted to say that “here’s to you” keeping any kind of control over Michael and Aaron…they are the bad boys…
Later,
Murgs
September 7th, 2006 at 5:02 pm
errrr…bad “KIDS”…not “bad boys”…”Bad KIDS”…
Gotta lay off the Nyquil,
DM
September 7th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
Great podcast. However, when it ended, I kind of looked around the room and wondered where you guys went? I was enjoying the ‘presence.’
Not so much on the topic of the podacst conversation (although I did peek at the article with Brevoort and agree he lacks subtlety and tact), but somewhere in there I was reminded of Scott McCloud and online comics stuff….
How do the bad boys at Comicazi feel online comics impact their business? AND, have they adjusted their business model to incorporate (what I really mean is cash in on) online comics? Or, is that irrelevant?
Cheers.
September 8th, 2006 at 12:02 am
Murgs, thanks for the feedback, it’s definitely appreciated! “B”, I’ll slide your question to The Bad Kids and see what they think on the whole scenario and post back here. Thanks to you both for listening. Stay tuned!
September 8th, 2006 at 12:06 am
yeah, ditto that with the “BAD KIDS”
my excuse-
I think I have a picture in my mind of those ridiculous rear truck window stickers with the words Bad Boys under it, with a BADly drawn boy (no multiple puns intended) and so…auto-complete the phrase with ‘boys’ instead of ‘kids’….
apology accepted. right?
September 8th, 2006 at 11:55 am
ahhh the musings of the bad kids and Bahlactus, what a great thing to listen to while toiling away on paperwork on a Friday! Anyway, you guys echoed my feelings about Civil War. This truly does hurt comics as a whole, and despite the fact that fill-in’s may “suck” it is the STORY that matters. A story that has whole publishing line implications should not wrap up 3 months after it was scheduled to end. Basically I have this analogy for you, If I am late with a report for my job, or I screw up something and a person’s medication does not get to them in time for their next dose, I face consequences. Consequences that if the problem is serious enough my job could be in jeopardy. Now I am not trying to equate my job as Pharmacy Director to writing and drawing a comic book(far from it cause I could kill someone if I screw the pooch), what I am trying to bring up is that there should be consequences for unprofessional behavior/ actions. Marvel will lose nothing from this, they will make the money because the books are already ordered for the most part. Who misses out? The fans (new and old) obviously, but more importantly this screws the retailers. They miss out on revenue that was promised to them in a certain time period because of anticipation of sales of this massive crossover. This doesn’t just cover the mini series though, all the crossover books will now ship late, and that is money. Then all the shiny new series to come out of Civil War will now start at a later date as well. (For god sake, they just announced up in Toronto a new “Omega Flight” book to replace ALpha Flight, and the writer who is working away on issues of the book can’t even tell the interviewer when the book will be out because there was a plan, but now it is completely screwed.) This is all going to impact the retailers who need to make a living selling a product that is currently in a state of unreliability. Tom Breevort’s comments showed an unprofessional attitude towards retailers and fans, and If I were his boss I would have taken him to task on that. Joey Q and Tom need to remember who butters their bread. Spidey and the rest of marvels characters may be coming to a theatre near you, and that’s great, but their wouldn’t be an audience unless the comics were there first. And to get the comics to people you need retailers to sell them. (I also cannot believe that they would bring up the lateness of such books as Watchmen and Dark Knight and people forgiving them for those late books back in the day. Well guess what guys, those books did not represent a whole publishing plan for a company, and they only cost retailers on those specific issues, not a company wide crossover.) I tell you this, If Marvel was selling their books in exclusive Marvel comic stores, they would have to close up a few of them because there would be no product for them to sell. Maybe then they’d throw a fill in on the book because no business can survive without a product.
WOW THAT WAS A RANT!
Now back to normal (or what passes for normal in my case). I, like Mike enjoy me some Avengers (sorry I bought those books before you did Aaron) but what I would keep is the full run of Teen Titans, starting with the Wolfman/ Perez stuff and going to now. High quality stuff, and that run by Wolfman and Perez is the single reason I am collecting comics today. This was the first book I went out of my way to find as a kid after reading issue # 24 and Annual 1 at a bookstore, and then a week later finding my first comic book store in my hometown of Portland, Maine. It has been the only book I have consistantly bought every month it has come out, through all it’s various incarnations over the years, since that issue. Second choice would be my Avengers run, and 3rd would be my JLA run. So those books I would, and will always keep.
So those are my thoughts (long and rambling they may be), and as always you are free to disagree but all my little Munsonites will come to your house and burn it to the ground and then I will dance in the ashes.
Jeff Munson
(King of His World)
September 8th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Munson, another solid post and contribution! I’ve been interested in the Wolfman/Perez Teen Titans run but haven’t gotten down with it. Maybe after this Galactus run is completed I can take a serious look at it! I should see about adding a section to the site for Recommended Reading. Let me think on it!
September 8th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
Great show guys!
80’s Justice League: YES YES YES!!
I just got my collections of JLA/JLI completed at Chicago this summer (I think $2 was the most I spent on any single issue). Fantastic stuff, I’m only about 10 or so into reading it but I’m LOVING it. It surely kicks the crap out of the current iteration of the team IMHO.
September 9th, 2006 at 12:30 am
Andy, thanks for tuning in! What run did you get down with for JLA/JLA? (or was it all of it?) What #’s did you get? Any particular story arc in particular you were hunting for?
September 11th, 2006 at 10:24 pm
I was practically cheering when Mike was hitting his “rant” stride. I miss seeing Mike smack around the little kids on my friday afternoons.