ComicsViews Podcast 27: Summer 2012 Super Hero Movies
Todd Ogasawara and Emil Reyes discuss this summer’s super hero movies: The Avengers, Men in Black 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises (Batman), and Dredd (Judge Dredd).ComicsViews Podcast 26: The Avengers movie
Todd Ogasawara & Jay Stone discuss The Avengers movie in this podcast. IMPORTANT NOTE: Spoilers begin at the 15 minute mark. A spoiler warning is in the podcast.
Great recent vintage Daffy Duck cartoon. Daffy as the Green Loontern. You can also find it as an extra on the Green Lantern First Flight DVD.
ComicsViews Podcast 25: Bad movies based on comic book super heroes
Todd Ogasawara, Emil Reyes, and Jay Stone list and discuss some of the worst movies about comic book super heroes in ComicsViews Podcast 25.ComicsViews Podcast 24: Successful movies based on comic book super heroes
Todd Ogasawara, Emil Reyes, & Jay Stone discuss some of the most successful super hero movies and theorize what led to their success.
Jay Stone mentioned that Edgar Rice Burroughs A Princess of Mars, the first book of the John Carter of Mars series, is available as a free ebook in Apple’s iBooks store (ComicsViews Podcast 23). However, there are several versions of the book available there. Most of them are paid ebooks. Two are free. The free ebook with the most customer ratings is this one: A Princess of Mars.
ComicsViews Podcast 23: Pulp heroes - The Phantom, Doc Savage, Flash Gordon
The ComicsViews gang talk about some of their favorite pulp heroes in podcast 23: Jay Stone (The Phantom), Todd Ogasawara (Doc Savage), Emil Reyes (Flash Gordon).
ComicsViews Podcast 22: Remembering John Severin
Todd Ogasawara, Jay Stone, and Emil Reyes remember artist John Severin who passed away on Feb. 12, 2012. They also discuss Tokusatsu, DC Nation, and Chronicle (movie). My (Todd) apologies for the hum in the audio recording. I probably need to get a new headset to eliminate the problem.
Graphic novels finally available in a big way
I’ve been waiting for graphic novels to become widely available in ebook form since the iPad was announced in January 2010. The first graphic novel became available last summer (Planetary Omnibus). However, graphic novel collections have been few since then. I thought they would be available first through either comiXology’s apps or Amazon. But, Apple ended up winning this race by making 80 graphic novels available through the iBooks Store. Prices range from $6.99 to $24.99. Some appear slightly above the cost of buying the hardcopy while others are a few dollars less expensive. This may have a bigger impact on comiXology than books though since buying a series of comics collected in a graphic novel is less expensive than buying individual e-issues through comiXology’s Marvel iPad app.
ComicsViews Podcast 21: Non-super Super Villains - Two-Face & Jason Todd/Red Hood
Todd Ogasawara and Jay Stone discuss two of their favorite non-super super villains. Both are from The Batman’s rogue’s gallery: Two-Face and Jason Todd (the second Robin who later became the Red Hood).
