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 [...]

Comic Book Pitt #57 – ‘Twas The Week Before Christmas

Listen to this episode Duke’s computer was confiscated during a raid by the federal government, so until his new one is operational, we recorded this episode using two tin cans and a string, aka, TalkShoe. In this pre-holiday episode, Duke and Dang talk about the Cowboys & Aliens film coming out in 2011 and review [...]

Comic Book Pitt #56 – Year Three Begins!

Listen to this episode It’s hard to believe, but this month marks the second anniversary for the Comic Book Pitt podcast. As we look ahead to Year Three, we can still remember the very first episode we recorded; it took us two hours to figure out how to record a one hour show and then [...]

Comic Book Pitt Special #12 – A Chat with Cat

Listen to this episode. We are proud to present a talk with Cat Taber, the voice of Padme Amidala in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Special thanks to Clone Wars director Dave Filoni and Josh Kushins in Lucasfilms public relations! Our theme music is by Nik Furious. Comic Book Pitt can be found on iTunes, [...]

Comic Book Pitt #54 – The Missing Link

Listen to this episode We have another guest host in the Pitt this week. One of our long-time listeners, Link from the Yamagato Industries Business Report podcast, stops by to let us know that he’ll be returning from the dead very soon. In this episode, we recap PIX (where Dang’s new comic, Space Base One, [...]

Comic Book Pitt #53 – 5 Licks

Listen to this episode Our good friend and mega-fan, Dicky Walters, stopped by for some comic book talk. LOCAL NEWS: The first Pittsburgh Indy Comics Expo is happening October 16-17. Find more details at http://www.pixcomics.org/ Check out Explorers of the Unknown from local creators Shawn Atkins and Seth Fronzoli. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Starting with this episode, [...]

Comic Book Pitt #52: “Who the #$@! is Reggie?”

Listen to this episode It doesn’t happen often, but occasionally we have a guest on CBP. This week we were fortunate enough to have our friend and fellow podcaster, Nick Marino, on the show. Be warned, this episode has some explicit language and goes a little longer than usual, clocking in at slightly over an [...]

Comic Book Pitt #51 – Goodbye Summer!

Listen to this episode Let’s face it, summer is pretty much over, but there are still shows to go to and comic books to talk about. In this episode we hear about Star Wars Celebration V and Baltimore Comicon from the Duke. After that Dang and Duke talk about Star Wars: Legacy #50, Morning Glories [...]

Comic Book Pitt #50 – The Big Five-Oh!

Listen to this episode We finally did it, we reached 50 episodes! In this milestone episode, Dang & Duke talk about news coming out of San Diego Comic Con and talk about a LOT of comics, in fact there are too many to name here. Speaking of SDCC, we announce the winner of our “Tell [...]

Comic Book Pitt #49 – The Heroic Age!

Listen to this episode. That’s right True Believers, it’s an all-Heroic Age episode. Be warned, we talk in detail about Avengers #1, Avengers Prime #1, Secret Avengers #1, Avengers Academy #1, Young Allies #1, Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1, and Thunderbolts #144. Hey! We’re having a contest! You can win this book: Details are at the [...]