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Holy blah-blah-blah Batman!  These podcasts sure do like to talk… and talk and talk.  Seven days of listening to as many podcasts as I could and I still had 44 more episodes left. I have one request for you podcasters: spoil everything.  Anyone smart enough to download your episode should already know they are about to get educated. Here’s what was of note after the jump. 5/1 Crank Cast‘s Mike Norton did a signing at Amazing Fantasy…

Comic book podcast, Comic Book Queers present the 2008 Queeries. Congrats to all the winners.  Keep reaching around for that rainbow.

While we were rushing to theaters to see the super cool ending of Iron Man, our ardent reviewers were diligently bringing us their recaps of this weeks comics. Avengers/Invaders #1 by James Donnelly Action Comics Annual 11 by Joe Sergi The Boys #18 by James Donnelly The Man With No Name #1 by James Donnelly Invincible Iron Man #1 by Scott Cederlund Secret Invasion #2 by Scott Cederlund And less we forget last weeks reviews… Ultimate Human #4 by James Donnelly The Order #10 by James Donnelly Glamourpuss #1 by Scott Cederlund DC Universe: 0 by Scott Cederlund

(via I Read Comics)

Jamison Sacks chased Phil Jimenez down an alley, mugged him, stole his kidney and left him for dead.  But not until after he squeezed some answers from interviews this NYCC favorite. Interview: The Phil Jimenez Perspective: So after the long weekend that was New York ComiCon ‘08, I managed to harangue artist Phil Jimenez, noted for his work on Wonder Woman and Infinite Crisis and one of the current artists on Amazing Spider-Man, into a sit down chat. After showing me some of his favorite spots in the Chelsea area of Manhattan, we sat down in a quiet spot in the Chelsea market and talked about his views on ComicCons, his current work, and his teaching.’ Every question jumped into a few more and we ended up with a great look on the industry from one man inside it.’ We ended up talking for a while and in the end, the simple questions evolved into some great outlooks, so I decided to only trim the fat and was still left with a lengthy interview! (Via Pop Syndicate)

Tired of reading about comics?  Give your eyes a rest with these sultry podcasts. Here’s tip for those interested in starting a podcast.  Record yourself talking for thirty minutes and force yourself to listen to it.  That’s what you will be putting us through. Here’s what has happened since Sunday. 4/27 Comic Geek Speak hates local comic shops with all…

If you’ve got some time and about 3.5 MB to spare, see this absolutely amazing webcomic.  If you don’t have time, make some.  Seriously. The flash website shows one single and very long graphic that rolls from one scene to the next.  You view it by dragging the long graphic across the window. Start dragging now. (Via FLOG! Entries)

Can’t wait for Wednesday?  More on that later.  Until then, IO9 talks with Geoff Johns about his perspective in comic book trends and its affect on his writing. io9 Talks To Geoff Johns About Making Superheroes Scifi [Geoff Johns Interview]: ...That’s a long conversation and extremely subjective in my opinion.  Everyone has something that speaks to them.  There’s something in Wolverine that speaks to people that I don’t entirely get.  But a lot of people don’t gravitate towards the Legion of Super-Heroes.  They don’t see the struggle that team goes through, the dynamics and characters that their fans and I connect with.  My goal when I tackle these characters is to really show, not tell, why I subscribe to the DC Universe.  Why am I fascinated by Captain Cold and the Rogues or the Justice Society?  When a reader comes up to me and says, “I never really got into Green Lantern before Rebirth or Sinestro Corps.” that’s what it’s all about to me.  Someone at the NYCC show pointed out Gary and I’s work on Action Comics and said, “When Superman said, ‘I’m for everyone.’ I finally understood Superman after all these years.”  So who was proven right?  There’s no right or wrong answer in the take on technology and scifi, there’s just the one we prefer… (Via io9) Go read Johns hype up tomorrow’s DC Universe Zero, dis Marvel (anger their fans) and kick a bee hive for sport.

Page rate, ownership and royalties? Dark horse is ruining comics! Comic characters and properties made after World War II? No, thank you. Steve on CNN: Steve was recently interviewed on CNN regarding the Universal/Dark Horse Comics deal. One piece focuses on Steve and other Dark Horse creators who have maintained ownership of their creations while working with the publisher, and the other focuses more on the developmental deal itself and it’s pros and cons. (Via SteveNiles.com News)

Marc Guggenheim’s Resurrection comic has been optioned for film.  Only three issues in and it already got Hollywood attention.  It may help that Oni Press has established movie potential in the their other comics (Whiteout, Scott Pilgrim) into movie producers hands before, and Guggenheim also establishing himself as an experienced writer for TV, comic books, and video games. Resurrection takes place after aliens leave Earth basically following the story of man-kind picking up the pieces of their destroyed home. via The Big Picture

Time to put your Hobbit puns away.  Guillermo del Toro is building is his dream team to make the Sorcerer Supreme on the silver screen. “I talked with Neil Gaiman [about writing it],” he tells Empire. “I said, that’s an interesting character because you can definitely make him more in the pulpy occult detective/magician mould and formula than was done in the Weird Tales, for example… the idea of a character that really dabbles in the occult in a way that’s not X-Filey, where the supernatural is taken for granted. That’s interesting… But I wouldn’t use the suit!” Empire Of course this is awesome news.  Nobody seems to be able to keep Doctor Strange in print for very long.  And even though seeing this movie made might happen after Hobbit’s 2012 due date, the rise in popularity by this news might just bring back Doctor Deus Ex Awesomo in his own regular series. James Sime of Isotope Comics just twitted/microblogged/tinyurled/whatever the news.  Sometimes it pays to follow total strangers on Twitter.

Kentwood - Grand Rapids, MI area-based LCS was the scene of an armed robbery and shooting yesterday.  The local news reports it was a clerk who was shot and taken to the hospital, but one of the commenters clarifies that it was actually the owner who was shot.  Gunman still at large. (hat tip Scott Cederlund) [UPDATE] Appartitions Shooting Update: From the Grand Rapids Press: KENTWOOD — Friends of a comic-book store owner shot in an apparent robbery said they can’t understand why the shop would be a target. David Pirkola is in critical but stable condition in a local hospital, said Stephen Jahner, who owns Apparitions Comics and Books with Pirkola. “People open comic stores because they love comics and are lucky if they can make a living,” Jahner said. “It’s not like we ever have a lot of cash in the store. It’s just unbelievable.” There’s some more information at the above link. (Via The Secret of the Wednesday’s Haul)

PopSyndicate brings us an account of the Wednesday comic splurge aftermath with these reviews. X-Men First Class #11 by Scott Cederlund X-Force #3 by James Donnelly Countdown to Final Crisis #1 by Joe Sergi Hulk #3 by James Donnelly Helen Killer #1 by Ken Lowery The Damned Prodigal Sons #1 by Scott Cederlund

All the cool news is happening at NYCC this year. This is what Warner Brothers comes up with when they can't put together a decent Justice League film. Nothing like a slick game-play trailer of Batman beating the snot out of sub-zero to make you forget all about the Marvel Capcom crap. I call dibs on Catwoman. She might be getting cancelled in the print world, but she's going to have the best fatality move. What's with the photo? Are they playing gay chicken? Let's sub-title this baby. "C" "At" "Cat"