Backroom Comics Podcast #186

The Backroom team discuss comics that never happened, reflect upon the Eisner winners, and share some comics they have been reading. This episode can be played online via the flash player below or it can be downloaded from here. It is available on iTunes and Stitcher. Show Notes -El Solitari (Mexican comics): http://bit.ly/R12sQo -Comics That [...]

Deconstructing Comics #194: Comics on the Screen: Dick Tracy and Sin City

FLASHBACK! Many comics have been adapted to movies, but few have tried to reproduce the experience of actually reading a comic. These two did: Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy, and Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s Sin City. Tim, Mulele, Paul, and newcomer Rod discuss. Also: Paul and Mulele give Miller’s The Spirit a quickie review. (Originally [...]

The Media Masochist #1

When Chris has had a hard day at work, or his girlfriend has dumped him and hooked up with that stupid drummer or his rent is late and his dog died- he likes to share his pain. He does this by subjecting himself to horrible media and then bitching about it. It doesn’t really make [...]

Two True Freaks! Classic – Episode 8

PLEASE NOTE: This episode is a rerun that originally aired September 29th, 2008. Episode 8 – Trailer Trash Talk In this classic and much more free-form show, The Freaks discuss the teasers and trailers for such then-upcoming films as Frank Miller’s “The Spirit”, “TR2N” (now retitled “TRON: Legacy”), “Terminator: Salvation” and the remake of “The [...]

Robot Sweatshop – Episode 18: The Barry Ludtnik Interview

In this special Friday edition of Robot Sweatshop, Dan gives a one-on-one interview with forgotten comics legend Barry Ludtnik. Ludtnik tells the story behind the creation of some of his better known characters, his pitch for Superman, his time with other comic greats, including Will Eisner, Stan Lee, and more. Be sure to tune back [...]

Comics on Comics Radio #1: Joshua Dysart

Comics on Comics returns with our brand new radio show! Host Sax Carr welcomes comics scribe Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier, B.P.R.D. 1947) along with Asterios Kokkinos (Cracked Magazine, NPR’s Marketplace), Steven Saunders (Secret Cross) and Blair Marnell (Wizard Magazine) for our inaugural audio podcast!   This week, our panel kicks the corpse of Frank Miller’s [...]