Comic Book Pitt

Episode 357: A Conversation With Jessica Peña

July 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 16 mins

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Pittsburgh artist Jessica Peña joins Cait, Dan, Link, and Shawn to have frank discussion about current affairs in the comic book industry, what we're reading, what we're watching, and whether sawed off shotguns are better than regular shotguns...

Episode 356: Dark Nights: Death Metal #1

June 26th, 2020  |  1 hr 14 mins

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This week we talk about Jared’s comic collection, Michael Keaton coming back as Batman, watching the Watchmen, and...Storage Wars? Comics discussed includes Dark Knights: Death Metal #1, Suicide Squad #5, and The Futurists #1 

Episode 355: Adventureman #1

June 19th, 2020  |  1 hr 24 mins

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Dan, Link, and Shawn go deep on some current issues, but also manage to talk about the upcoming “Negan Lives” comic, Free Comic Book Summer, and the Watchmen series airing free on HBO. There's barely enough time to talk about comics, but they manage to discuss Adventureman #1, Agents of Atlas Vol 2, and The Green Monk.

Episode 354: Jimmy Olsen #10

June 11th, 2020  |  1 hr 25 mins

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This week, Cait, Dan, Jared, and Link discuss DC Comics cutting ties with Diamond Comics, Bendis wrapping up his Superman run, and character recasting on The CW. Comics discussed includes Jimmy Olsen, Blackbird, Far Sector, Green Lantern, Avengers, DCeased: Unkillables, and DCeased: Hope at World’s End.

Episode 353: Quarantine Entertainment, Part 10: What's On?

May 30th, 2020  |  1 hr 12 mins

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Dan, Scott, and Shawn talk a lot of media in this episode, discussing the recently announced Justice League: The Snyder Cut, season 6 of The Flash, the premiere of Stargirl, the final season of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, and more...

Episode 352: Quarantine Entertainment, Part 9

May 20th, 2020  |  1 hr 29 mins

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Welcome to the ninth episode of Comic Book Pitt done in quarantine! In this episode, Cait, Dan, Jared, and Link talk about surprising news from The CW's Arrowverse and other TV-related topics. Jared finally saw Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and naturally has thoughts.

Comics discussed in this episode include Flashpoint, The Black Cat, Sex Criminals, Amethyst, Spider-Woman, The Old Guard, and Sweet Tooth.

Episode 351: Quarantine Entertainment

May 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 28 mins

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Dan, Scott, and Shawn's current quarantine viewing and reading includes...Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey, the G.I. Joe animated series, Fantastic Four: Grimm Noir, Spider-Man Noir, Batman Universe, Batman: Last Knight on Earth, Flash by Mark Waid, Harleen, and Star Wars

Episode 350: Talking with Kendra Boileau, Publisher of Graphic Mundi

May 6th, 2020  |  39 mins 46 secs

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Dan and Link have a great conversation with Kendra Boileau, publisher of Graphic Mundi, the new comics imprint from Penn State University Press. The first announced project is an important and timely anthology of Covid-19 stories. Kendra gives an in depth look at how Graphic Mundi started, where they want the imprint to go, and how they're going to get there.

If you're interested in more information about Graphic Mundi or how you can contribute to this project, you can contact Kendra at [email protected].

Episode 349: DC Digital First

April 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 17 mins

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Cait, Dan, Jared, and Link gather in isolation to talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, DC Digital First Superman: Man of Tomorrow, DC Digital First Batman: Gotham Nights, Shadowalker, Dark Shadows, Bad Weekend, and Agents of Atlas: War of the Realms.

Episode 348: What We're Missing...

April 19th, 2020  |  1 hr 9 mins

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Dan, Scott, and Shawn commiserate over great comics they just started reading that are currently delayed, they talk about what TV shows and movies they're going to try to catch up on while they're all in isolation, and also discuss what comics they're reading now...like the Jack Kirby Mister Miracle TPB, the DC/Hanna-Barbera crossovers, the recent Future Imperfect mini-series, various Star Wars titles, and Batman: Gotham by Gaslight.