Comic Book Pitt #84 – No Comic for Old Men

Once again, DC Comics made an announcement that darn near cracked the internet in half. New mini-series’ are coming out based on the characters from Watchmen, written and drawn by some of the best talent the industry has to offer. Naturally, the Alan Moore and the fans had something to say about that. And so [...]

Comic Book Pitt #83 – Let’s Get Rob!

IT’S A BOLD NEW DIRECTION! IT ALL STARTS HERE! EVERYTHING CHANGES! THE ALL NEW, ALL DIFFERENT COMIC BOOK PITT! Okay, well maybe we’re exaggerating a little with those cliched comic book sayings. It’s still Dan and the Duke, but it’s a brand new year and we have a lot to talk about. We’ve been gone [...]

Comic Book Pitt #81 – Grinding Gears

It truly is the season of Festivus, as both Dan and the Duke air some grievances. Duke takes umbrage with Marvel’s current polybagging of the Ultimate titles while Dan realizes that going back and rereading The Walking Dead from the beginning isn’t as easy as he thought. Of course there is some comic talk, as [...]

Comic Book Pitt #80 – Three Year Anniversary

Three years ago last week we put the first episode of CBP online. That first episode was hilarious, it took us twice as long to figure out how to record, edit and upload the episode than the actual length of the episode itself. In this 80th episode Duke gives his two cents on The Walking [...]

#79 – Walking Dead Mid-Season Wrap Up!

MANY, MANY SPOILERS AND EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AHEAD! Okay, you’ve been warned, but just in case you didn’t get the hint, if you haven’t watched episode 7 of The Walking Dead, you may not want to listen to this show. Dan, Jazzy Jeff and guests Link (from Yamagato Industries Business Report) and his wife Caitlyn talk [...]

Comic Book Pitt #72 – 52 Pick-Up

This is it, the beginning of the new era for DC Comics: The New 52. Unless you’ve been living under a rock all summer, you know that this is one of the biggest events to rock the comics landscape in many years. Dang and Duke are on the front line to talk about some of [...]

Baltimore Comicon 2011: Interview with Kelly Yates from IDW’s Doctor Who

Our good friends over at Sorgatron Media attended the Baltimore Comic Con 2011 and had the pleasure of talking with Kelly Yates, illustrator for the Doctor Who comic from IDW. They talk about how he got into comics, how the comics handle canon, and what characters he would like to tackle. Big thanks to Sorgatron [...]

Comic Book Pitt #71 – Weekend Update

Dan and Scott each had pretty memorable weekends and both were related to comics. After swapping stories, there is actual conversation about some recent comics, including Ultimate Fallout #6, Red Wing #1 & 2, Batgirl #24, Fear Itself #5, Thunderbolts #162 and Avengers #16. UPCOMING EVENTS: WHAT? 2nd Annual Comic Book Swap! WHEN? Sunday, September [...]

Comic Book Pitt #70 – Mixed Bag

Dan and Jeff talk about the new Blade Runner movie news, the comic book movies filming concurrently in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, cool t-shirts from Rusty Bridge, and the relationship between comic books, professional wrestling and soap operas. Oh and there’s a review of Detective Comics #881 and Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics. UPCOMING EVENTS: [...]

Comic Book Pitt #69 – Nerd Centipede

After a brief and disturbing conversation about The Human Centipede, Dan, Jeff and Scott talk about the pop culture carnival known as Steel City Con and recap the past weekend. Also, the guys get new nicknames as the winner of the Nickname Contest is announced. Tune in to find out who it is. UPCOMING EVENTS: [...]

Comic Book Pitt #68 – Marvelized!

There is a lot of summer movie conversation and a heavy concentration of Marvel titles are discussed. NEW CONTEST! Our new host needs a nickname, but to make things more fun, we all want new nicknames. The twist is, they have to be in the style of the old Marvel Bullpen as perfected by Stan [...]

Comic Book Pitt #67 – The New Guy

WHO IS NERDY ENOUGH TO JOIN OUR RANKS? One man took up the challenge to become the first new member of Comic Book Pitt since it’s inception. One of our first listeners and good friend, Jeff Moreci, is our new co-host and he’ll be alternating weeks with the Duke. In this episode, Jeff and Dang [...]

Comic Book Pitt #66 – Get Your Kicks…

Get your kicks with Episode 66! In this long overdue review episode, we talk about Alpha Flight #1 (of 8), Avengers The Children’s Crusade #6, Batman Incorporated #7, Echo #30, Fear Itself #4, Halcyon #5, Robert Bloch’s That Hellbound Train #1, Rocketeer Adventures #2, Super Dinosaur #2, and Ultimate Spider-Man #160. Upcoming Events: Steel City [...]

Comic Book Pitt #65 – Current Events

The past couple of weeks has been ablaze with comic book news and events. Dang & Duke are joined by Nick Marino, host of the Audioshocker family of podcasts and creator of the Super Haters webcomic, to talk about some of the bigger current events in this review-free episode. Comic Book Pitt theme music is [...]

Comic Book Pitt #64 – Rat Fink

The Comic Book Pitt is graced with the presence of long-time listener and friend, Jeff Moreci. Jazzy Jeff, Dang and Duke talk about a little of everything, including the Thor movie, Brightest Day #24, Justice League Generation Lost #24, R.E.B.E.L.S. #28, American Vampire #15, DeadBeat, The Rocketeer Adventures #1, Alpha Flight # 0.1, Red Spike [...]

Comic Book Pitt #63 – Oh Sh!t

This is a slightly longer episode of CBP in which we recap the Pittsburgh Comicon and talk about Blue Estate #1, G.I. Joe Cobra Civil War #0, Ninjabitch #3, NonPlayer #1, Ultimate Captain America #4, Wingman #1, and X-Factor #218. Also, Duke came up with a new segment called “The Oh Sh!t Moment”. This week’s [...]

Comic Book Pitt #62: Worst. Watcher. Ever.

News: It’s an exciting time to be a comic book fan in Pittsburgh. Duke and Dang discuss the news about The Dark Knight Rises, Locke & Key and Alex Ross all coming to the Steel City. Comics discussed in this episode: Captain America #616, Detective Comics #875, Fear Itself #1, FF #1, Godzilla: Kingdom of [...]

Comic Book Pitt #61 – Little Gamma Unit

Not only is the Duke back, but we have a new guest host, the inimitable Seth Fronzoli, aka The Fronz, aka Mini-Seth! (Apologies for the sound quality; there were some technical issues on Seth’s end which is why he sounds low and we did our best to even out the audio.) There are some reviews, [...]

Comic Book Pitt #60 – Damn Dirty Humans!

*This episode has some explicit language*  Duke is on special assignment this week, so Dang is joined by guest co-hosts Dicky Walters and Dr. Zaius. In this sixtieth episode they discuss the the untimely passing of Dwayne McDuffie and review Iron Man 2.0 #1, Lost At Sea, Jennifer Blood #1, Brightest Day #20, Thunderbolts #153, [...]

Comic Book Pitt Special #14 – Mike Deodato, Jr.

Listen to this episode. Veteran artist Mike Deodato, Jr. appeared at Pittsburgh Comics on Wednesday, courtesy of Glass House Graphics. Mike signed comics, drew some quick sketches for fans and gave a few minutes of his time to talk to Dang. Comic Book Pitt theme music is by Nik Furious. You can find more of [...]