Category: Indie Comic Book Noise

Phil, Kevin, and Andy gather around to talk about some… independent… comics??!!! That sounds about right. They will get there, eventually, Maybe. Trust them.

Con talk to start the show and online comic book services, humble bundles.

Comic Con streaming TV service and other streaming services.

Changes at IDW and possible changes to the industry.

The Future and our collections.

Requiem Vampire Knight Series by Olivier Ledroit and Pat Mills. French Comic but English translations put out by Heavy Metal and Panini. Serialized in Heavy Metal magazine. Also available on Comixology (up to Vol 11). Sale is over but half the series is on Comixology Unlimited (USA). I review the Panini edition Vol 1, the first two books (Resurrection and Danse Macabe).

Crystal Bone Drive by Tetsunori Tawaraya (Hollow Press)

https://hollow-press.net/

https://floatingworldcomics.com/shop/comic-books/crystal-bone-drive-by-tetsunori-tawaraya

Buying and selling on the comic market

Scary Gary by Mark Buford – Collection of strips. Vol 1 in print but also online:
https://www.gocomics.com/scarygary/2020/09/19

We have previously covered it but fun online comic Andy mentioned. In print and online:
https://www.scapulacomic.com/

Mentioned in an old episode:
https://www.indiecomicbooknoise.com/2016/03/30/indie-comic-book-noise-episode-382/

Heavy Metal and others magazines

Dylan Dog: Mater Morbi by Roberto Recchioni and Massimo Carnevale (English translation from Epicenter Comics)

http://epicentercomics.com/index.php

Megaman Fully Charged #1 by A.J. Marchisello, Marcus Rineheart, Stefano Simeone, Igor Monti, Ed Dukeshire (BOOM! Studios) and related games, cartoons, comics.

Shoutout
Super Steve
Dan Leafinsectman

Enjoy! Twitter: @indiecomicbookn

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Andrew has declared no more media adaptions talk like the Scarlet Witch said… (this isn’t Marvel Noise, this is ICBN! ICBN!) as Phil, Kevin, and Steve gather around to talk about some funny books.

Action Presidents: #3 Theodore Roosevelt! By Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey
Action Presidents: #4 John Kennedy! by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey

Pope Hats #6 by Hartley Lin (Adhouse books)

March Book One, Book Two, and Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell (IDW)

Ether Volume 1: Death of the Last Golden Blaze, Volume 2: Copper Golems and Volume 3: The Disappearance of Violet Bell by Matt Kindt and David Rubin (Dark Horse)

Kickstarter talk in general. Steve talks up Jim Rugg, Flesk.

Lady Redbeard by Justin Gray and Diego Guerra from Kickstarter (Spicy Pulp Comics)
Can buy from his store:
https://www.jvgray.com/shop

Fear Agent Libary Edition Volume 1: Re-Ignition, My War, The Last Goodbye by Rick Remender, Tony Moore, Jerome Opena, and others as it is a big book and includes Tales of the Fear Agent (Dark Horse and the floppies started at Image before going to Dark Horse)

Loose Transformers and G.I. Joe chatter (IDW)

Doctor Tomorrow #1-3, and part of #4 as well by Alejandro Arbona, Jim Towe (Valiant Comics). Phil chats up the old series and we talk a little Valiant

Shout-out
Old Guard Vol 1 TPB by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez (Image)
Stumptown The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo (But Left Her Mini)! Vol 1 TPB by Greg Rucka, Matthew Southworth (Oni Press)
Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics by Tom Scioli (Ten Speed Press)
HEK kickstarter (already funded, waiting on fulfilment)
BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt & Alessandro Vitti (Boom! Studios)

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Steve, Phil, Kevin and Andrew can’t kick the adaption talk habit. Next time no more talking about TV and movies (Let’s see if that ages well) but they do round up some similar comics they cover eventually.

Empress #1-7 by Mark Millar and Stuart Immonen

Savage Dragon #248-250 by Erik Larsen (Image)

Hedra by Jesse Lonergan (Image)

Andy Recommends:

San Diego Comic Con panels were posted on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/ComicCon/videos

You may want to look at the panel description and people on the panels here if the list of videos is too much:
https://www.comic-con.org/cciathome/2020/programming-schedule

If you like G.I. Joe, a bunch of YouTubers, Podcasters, and other creative types are posting themed content related to G.I. Joe enemy Cobra. New content every day in August. Schedule here:
https://hcc788.com/

It is organized by YouTuber Hooded Cobra Commander 788 who has fun videos on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/HoodedCobraC788/videos

If you like art work, comic books check out the store of artist Ryan Dunlavey.
https://www.ryandunlavey.com/shop

Andy already owns comics, commissions and OA but the prices were so good he bought more. Check it Out!

Powers Vol 2 #1 from Vol.8 (Legends) by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming

Nancy In Hell The Hell Gates by Jose Luis Vidal and Pauli Junquera (Amigo)

Vampire State Building by Ange, Patrick Renault and Charlie Adlard

Comics by Boulet available on the internet, but Kevin has some paper copies

http://english.bouletcorp.com/2009/04/24/war-of-the-worlds/ http://english.bouletcorp.com/2012/02/01/darkness/

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Phil, Kevin and Andy are here as your guides through this barren wasteland of hot summer heat as we do more adaption talk. We need to read more comics in 2020

Phil finished watching Season 1 of The Boys on Amazon Prime. Did he like it? Phil is also reading the comic. Adaption discussion. Moves to discuss other current adaptions.

Criminal Macabre: Two Red Eyes by Steve Niles, Kyle Hotz, Michelle Madsen (Dark Horse)

Adventureman #1 by Matt Fraction, Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson, Clayton Cowles (Image) A comic with cats in it. We have a side bar on a forbidden topic. Can you spot it?

Project X Thump-N-Guts by Kevin Eastman and Simon Bisley (Kitchen Sink) Published in 1993 but Phil bought it off of the Heavy Metal website.

Kids comics and kids and comics

IP license moves and licensed comics

Shout-out
Super Steve
Dylan Dog Italian Comic Book
Savage Dragon (more coming soon)

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Those disembodied voices (Phil, Steve, Kevin and Andy) coming from your favourite chosen listening apparatus are back. Andrew makes some bold statements about the show’s schedule (that aged well) and eventually we talk about actual funny books.

Black hammer talk. We can’t escape it.

Canadian comics, Image comics and distractions

Zaroff GN by Francois Miville-Desches and Sylvain Runberg (Europe Comics) from Comixology.
http://www.europecomics.com/album/zaroff/

C is for Cthulhu: The Lovecraft Alphabet Book by Jason Ciaramella and Greg Murphy (Comixtribe)

Our childhood indie books

Phantom Force #1 by Jack Kirby/Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, Mark Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Scott Williams, Jerry Ordway, and even more (Image from 1993). Go back in time to IndieComicBook Noise Episode 394 from February 2017 to hear Super Steve talk about it: https://www.indiecomicbooknoise.com/2017/02/10/indie-comic-book-noise-episode-394/

The Death Defying Devil #1 by Gail Simone and Walter Geovani (Dynamite)

Time Share OGN by Patrick Keller and Dan McDade (Oni Press)

Major Bummer Super Slacktacular GN by John Arcudi, Doug Mahnke, Tom Nguyen, Carla Feeny, Katrina Mae Hao (Dark Horse)

Kevin watches cartoons (anime) [isn’t that cartoons?!] One Piece Manga vs Anime

Ghost Tree OGN by Bobby Curnow, Simon Gane and Ian Herring (IDW)

Adventures of Super Hero Girl GN by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse) based on web comic.
http://www.adventuresofsuperherogirl.com/

Adapting comics

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Phil convinces Steve, Kevin and Andy to do a themed episode again so no proper show notes as we just riff on titles for the most part. Listen to the show for comics that we find funny. We don’t list them all. Tweet at the show if you are unhappy with this.

Misunderstanding Comics by Mike Rosen and Tim Heiderich

Tales to Suffice by Kenny Keil (available on Comixology)

Rambo 3.5 by Jim Rugg

2 of Phil’s top 5 books of all time (Hyperbole or not? You decide):
I Luv Halloween (3 volumes) by Keith Giffen and Benjamin Roman (Tokyo Pop)
Norman (translated from French) by Stan Silas (Titan) (From Indie ep 407 July 2018)
Other Phil Books:
Precarious Woman Executive Miss Black General by Jin (Seven Seas)
Looking for Group comic which is in print but also online link to online comic
https://www.lfg.co/

Die Kitty Die series by Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz (Chapterhouse Books)

Tales of the Buddha (before He Got Enlightened) by Alan Grant

Zeke Deadwood by Thomas Boatwright and Ryan Rubio (Comixology has booth issues for 99 cents each)

Comic Strips we used to read in the newspaper. We list many of them. Too many to repeat here.

Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragonés, Mark Evanier and Stan Sakai (various Publishers)
Sergio Aragonés Funnies by Sergio Aragonés (Bongo Comics)

Fortune and Glory by Brian Michael Bendis (Oni Press)

“Clerks” comic book by Kevin Smith based on his movie with a slew of killer artists from Oni. A selection of books for the late 90s.

Meanwhile by Jason Shiga Choose your own adventure comic

Quick the Clockwork Knight #1. Choose your own Adventure Comic by Thane Benson
http://thanebenson.com/catalog/digital-downloads-0

Halo and Sprocket by Kerry Callen (SLG)

Archer and Armstrong series by multiple creators (Valiant)

Incredible Change-Bots Vol 1 and 2 from Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf)

Booyah! by Loran (Sloth Comics)

False episode ending?!

Shoutout
Gilbert Shelton
Mad Magazine/Cracked Magazine
Destroyer Duck
Asterix
Webcomic XKCD and the author’s books

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Pulled right back into that ICBN timeline are Steve, Kevin, Phil, and Andrew as secrets abound.

20 Years to Midnight by Al Ewing, Henry Flint, Chris Blythe, and Annie Parkhouse (Free online excerpt from the 2010 Judge Dredd Megazine #302 from publisher Rebellion)

Link to free comics: https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/FREE004

The Original Artist Edition of Alien: Illustrated Story by Walt Simonson and Archie Goodwin. Published by Titan reprinting the 1979 Alien Graphic Novel from Heavy Metal in glorious full size.

Comixology Publisher Polite Strangers from Jason McNamara. Kickstarter projects that have gone digital. Different titles from him.

Nocturnal Commissions with Greg Hinkle and Sucker Vol 1 and 2 with Tony Talbert, John Heebink, Paul Little, and Peter Secosh.

Jack Staff by Paul Grist Collected editions. (Multiple publishers including Image)

Savage Dragon & Superman and Erik Larsen and the Birth of Image.

Hot comics to invest in, news stand variants, special covers, graded comics, single page purchases, real world event books, first appearances, media tie-in (cartoon).

Valiant and Image cross-over?

Shout Outs
Power Records
June Brigman (artist)
Garfield cartoon
I Kill Giants comic (Joe Kelly and J.M. Ken Nimura) and movie
Dorohedoro (Anime on Netflix)

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The house is full with Steve, Kevin, Phil and Andy on the scene and ready to talk some comics in this Post-Episode 450 but Pre-Episode 500 tale of madness.

Is Vertigo indie or not? What about Epic? Icon? (Sounds like this might be a Controversy)

Minky Woodcock: The Girl who Handcuffed Houdini HC by Cynthia Von Buhler (Titan Comics/Hardcase Crime Imprint)

At the Mountains of Madness, A Graphic Novel by I.N.J. Culbard adapting H.P. Lovecraft (Self Made Hero)

Friday by Ed Brubaker, Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente (Panel Syndicate)

Magnus Robot Fighter vs. Predator by Barry Windsor Smith, Jim Shooter and John Ostrander (Dark Horse) and asks about various Indie crossovers (Savage Dragon, TMNT, Hellboy, Madman, Marshal Law, Dreadstar, etc).

Mutant World/Son of Mutant World HC by Jan Strnad and Richard Corben (Anomaly Publications)

The Hero Comics #30 by Ditko and Snyder (SD Publishing Co)

The Displaced, vol.1 by Rick Troula (Chaos Factory Comics via ComiXology Submit)

Shoutouts

Walmart Comics
Steve Rude Sketchbook Kickstarter
Andy was remembering when Boom acquired Archaia because he gets confused.
Ditko is Amazing by Steve Ditko, Stan Lee (Marvel)

Follow-up Reading:
If you like old time magic, try reading this book, book, Hiding the Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer (Da Capo Press). We have more fun books if you just tweet at us. Look at us, talking about books with just words.

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It’s a double size, giant sized, king sized, super sized, treasury sized 450th extravaganza! Fireworks! Balloons! Confetti!

Archie #450 by Stan Goldberg, Henry Scarpelli, Mike Pellowski and others (Archie Publications)
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #450 but not able to find credits (Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone)
Walt Disney’s Duck Album #450 but not able to find credits (Dell)
2000 A.D. Prog #450 by Alan Grant, Carlos Ezquerra, Pat Mills, David Pugh, Garry Leach, T.B. Grover (pen name of John Wagner), Steve Dillon, Alan Davis (IPC/Fleetway)
Weekly Shonen Jump #450 with various creators

Phil’s questions for Kevin and Andy which include Valiant and their Nintendo titles and 80’s comic book publishers.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Authorized Training Manual #3 – this is the Donatello Bo staff comic Andy talked about.

Concrete by Paul Chadwick first appearance is Dark Horse Presents #1 (July, 1986) so maybe Phil dropped the ball on this.

Kevin’s 24 hour comic! Hopefully he will post it. Written, drawn, lettered by Him! (Unknown the name of his publishing company).

24 hour comic discussion. http://scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/24hr/

Underground TBP by Jeff Parker and Steve Lieber (Image)

Steven Grant on Twitter noting free digital books on amazon. Check the X-omnibus on Amazon!

War of the Independents discussion

I Before E #1-2 by Sam Kieth, Ty Templeton, and John Holland (Fantagraphics)

Armature #1-2 by Steve Oliff (Olyoptics)

The Graveyard Book single volume graphic novel adaptation by by Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell, Kevin Nowlan, Tony Harris, Scott Hampton, Jill Thompson, Stephen Scott and Galen Showman (HarperCollins)

The Freak Brothers ‘toon: Kentucky Fried Freaks and a bit of the background on the characters by Gilbert Shelton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB20_GvGXxY

RIP Richard Sala. Check out his work.

Shoutouts
Valiant
Heavy Metal
The Regular Show

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The gang is here (but who is missing?) for the next one and last one before the Ultimate episode (yet to be decided). Or should that be penultimate?!

Kevin Eastman’s Totally Twisted Tales by Kevin Eastman and Simon Bisley (Clover Press)

Pirates: A Treasure of Comics to Plunder, Arrr! Collection of stories from Will Eisner, Wally Wood, Frank Frazetta, Reed Crandall, Graham Ingels, Carl Burgos, Howard Pyle and more. (Yoe Books and Clover Press)

Miss Fury Sensational Sundays: 1941-1944 by Tarpe Mills with Trina Robbins as Editor (IDW). I call the character “Black Fury” instead of Miss Fury. Bad Andy.

The Few and Cursed #1-5 by Felipe Cagno and Fabiano Neves (Timberwolf Entertainment). Originally was a Kickstarter.

How do you store and/or catalog your digital comics? How do you collect digital comics? PDF or no? Scanned copies of print issues?

How To Talk To Girls At Parties by Neil Gaiman, Gabriel Bá, and Fábio Moon (Dark Horse)

Unnamed comic that Kevin vaguely recalled. (Can you guess which one it is?)

Shoutouts
Phil
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History by Hope Nicholson (Quirk Books)
321 Fast Comics (Vol 1 & 2) (Kickstarter)
Humble Bundles
Bob Bretall
Panel Syndicate
Marvel Unlimited

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