GAR! Podcast Episode 69: DC Comics and Glenn’s Birthday

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The photo above is Jack Kirby, not Glenn Walker. While it is Glenn’s birthday, and he is a year older, he’s not THAT old.
Happy Birthday, Glenn!


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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

re-wired / Verizon / birthdays / Christmas at CVS / Glenn’s birthday resolutions / Twitter and promotion / Jack Kirby / Kirby at Marvel in the 1970s / Kirby at DC in the 1970s / Byrne and Kirby on FF / Fantastic Four #51 / the Spider-Woman controversy / naked superheroes / anatomy and sexiness / internet lets us down again / Kirby’s women / Ray and the New 52 / Red Hood and Teen Titans / Aquaman / New 52 Justice Leagues / Glenn vs. Shazam / Black Adam / Mary Marvel / The Flash / Savage Hawkman / wading through the New 52 / Glenn’s take on the Blackhawks / Queen and Country / The Last Policeman / what it takes to get Ray on a cruise / closing /

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French Fry Diary

Glenn on “Doctor Who”

Fantastic Four #51

The Spider-Woman cover controversy

GAR! on the Teen Titans #1 cover

Interview with Mark Poulton on Savage Hawkman

Mark Poulton on GAR!

Glenn reviews Grayson #1

“The Last Policeman” by Ben H. Winters

Ben H. Winters

Nomorobo

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 66: Captain America and Cappuccino Potato Chips

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

Little Shanty / Dairy Queen / Guardians of the Galaxy / continuity baggage / wives and movies / how to grill hot dogs / plumping problems / mystery meat / kosher vs. bacon / Cappuccino potato chips / chip flavors and secrets / how to make ice cream / peanut butter vs. jelly / Larry’s South Philly Retro Dog / iTunes subscriptions / Ray’s horror news story / donate to your local SPCA / the ebola podcast / Rick Remender’s Captain America / Dr. Mindbubble / Red Skull / the Punisher on film / 12 Rounds / Hourman / Thrillbent news / the Alan Moore game / Sleepwalker / Shadowman by Barry Reese / giving back / Better in the Dark / Grantland / Ray sings / Jalen and Jacoby’s Hip Hop Group Bracket / closing / name Cokes / Batman 75 at Biff Bam Pop! /

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Links:

Little Shanty

Dairy Queen at French Fry Diary

Dunkin’ Donuts on GAR!

Glenn’s spoiler-free review of Guardians of the Galaxy

Glenn’s spoiler-filled review of Guardians of the Galaxy

The Make Mine Magic Podcast on Guardians of the Galaxy

Adam WarRock

Lay’s Cappuccino Potato Chips at French Fry Diary

Robin Renee

Cool Dog Cafe

Vote for Larry’s South Philly Retro Dog

The GAR! Podcast on iTunes

Ray’s horror news story (not work or kid safe)

SPCA

The Make Mine Magic Podcast on Figment

Thrillbent

Dennis Knight’s Cross

Barry Reese

The Shadow Fan’s Podcast

Shadowman: The Red Sash by Barry Reese

Better in the Dark Podcast

The B.S. Report

Grantland

Grantland podcasts

Jalen and Jacoby’s Hip Hop Group Bracket

Batman 75 at Biff Bam Pop!

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Chris R. Notarile’s Hourman

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 63: Potato Chips and the New Female Thor

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

intro / Thor on The View / Thor vs. Archie / Archie vs. Archie / Dan DeCarlo / The View / Chris Hemsworth / more of The View / timing / Batgirl / comics vs. film / San Diego Comic-Con / Stan Lee / Lay’s Do Us A Flavor / the flavor finalists / breaking them down / Oh Yoko! / the predicted un-researched winner / meat chips / Denny’s Atari videogames / Arkanoid / Huff Post on the Lay’s chips / Doritos Jacked / more female Thor / Wolverine interlude / Luther / Chelsea Cain / Better Call Saul / Marvel Star Wars / Gil Kane and Aliens / Grayson / Winter’s Bone again /

Links:

The new female Thor

Also on “The View”

Lay’s Do Us A Flavor Contest

Do Us A Flavor at French Fry Diary

Sexy Feet Flavored Potato Chips

Last year’s Do Us A Flavor contenders at French Fry Diary

Oh Yoko! at French Fry Diary

Hot dog chips at French Fry Diary

Denny’s Atari games

The Huffington Post on the Lay’s chips

Deptford woman’s connection to the Lay’s promotion

Cinnamon Pringles at French Fry Diary

The Doritos mystery flavors

The new female Thor at IGN

Glenn’s mini-review of Grayson #1

“Better Call Saul!”

Grayson at Biff Bam Pop!

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

 

GAR Podcast Episode 62: Grilling, Dating, Reading and Writing

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

Chick-fil-A / one near you / grilling / divorce / the opposite / get meat / grocery stores / occupational hazards / brush with death / speed dating / the Rob Kelly dating litmus test / Tinder tales / Orange Is the New Black / Winter’s Bone / I’ll Be Here All Week / Words in My Head / Godland / Joe Casey / Jose Ladronn / Arby’s / special orders / World Cup Soccer / picking Ray’s team / Japanese Doctor Who / Fire Rick Remender? / Bendis! / early closing / Batman 75 at Biff Bam Pop! / Alan Brennert and Batgirl / grilled fries recipe /

Links:

Chick-fil-A at French Fry Diary

Tommy’s Coal Fired Pizza & Bar

Whole Foods Marlton NJ

Rob Kelly

Ace Kilroy

The Aquaman Shrine

Hey Kids, Comics!

Tinder on Reddit

“Winter’s Bone” by Daniel Woodrell

Glenn hated Winter’s Bone the movie

Robin Renee

The Ward and Al Show

Glenn’s review of “I’ll Be Here All Week”

“I’ll Be Here All Week” by Ward Anderson

Words in My Head

Joe Casey’s Man of Action

Jose Ladronn

Arby’s at French Fry Diary

The Netherlands vs. Argentina

Japanese Doctor Who

#FireRickRemender

Great news for Ian Rogers

Alan Brennert and Batgirl

Memorial Day Grilled Fries

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Doctor Who Anime

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 61: Special Guest Gigio Longo of Adam 12

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

who’s who intro / Skype / Adam 12 / future plans / ComicsFix / ComiXology / Amazon / IndyPlanet / the Netflix argument / Star Wars / James Bond in space / Natalie Portman / Glenn’s weekly Alan Moore dig / more Natalie / Kat Dennings / Thor in 3D / The LEGO Movie / Will Ferrell / Doctor Who / new Who vs. old Who / television on two levels / regenerations / The Doctors / Torchwood / Gone in 60 Seconds / Netflix Max / finding an artist / what we’re reading / East of West / Steranko Shadow / dark and stormy night / Arthur and Katy Perry / Read On… Romance / comic book Philadelphia / closing /

Links:

G. boTiC Productions

Adam 12

Buy Adam 12

Adam 12 on Amazon

Camden Comic Con episode featuring Gigio Longo

Camden Comic Con

Gigio Longo on Twitter

ComicsFix

IndyPlanet

Read On… Romance

“Natalie’s Rap” by The Lonely Island (soooo not safe for work, kids, pets, etc., very very offensive language)

Glenn’s “Doctor Who” reviews at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s “Doctor Who” reviews at Welcome to Hell

Glenn remembers Karl Heitmueller’s Beat Comics

G. boTiC Productions on Instagram

Adam 12 on Facebook

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

“Everything Is Awesome” by Tegan and Sara with The Lonely Island

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 55: Crazy Women, Crazy Men, Crazy Comics Creators

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

quick intro / back on the mountain / the rules / Sinead O’Connor / new nominees / Anne Heche and Ellen Degeneres / Helena Bonham Carter / reshuffling the list / Courtney Love / Sarah Palin / Lindsey Lohan again / Crazy Men Mount Rushmore / is crazy hot? / Nicholas Cage / Billy Bob and Angelina / Howard Hughes / narrowing it down / George Clooney / Justin Bieber / Eminem / Batman V. Superman / last minute entry / David Goyer bites the hand that feeds / She-Hulk / Martian Manhunter / Jamal Igle / John Byrne’ She-Hulk / service industry rules / Mark Waid / Thrillbent / Glenn takes The Toughest Superman Quiz Ever / Avengers quiz / it’s Bendis, who cares? / closing /

Links:

The GAR! Podcast: Crazy Chick Rushmore

Blake M. Petit on Batman V. Superman

David Goyer on She-Hulk

Scriptnotes Podcast

Stan Lee on David Goyer on She-Hulk

Jamal Igle

Action Lab

Mark Waid’s Twitter

Thrillbent

Take Mark Waid’s Toughest Superman Quiz Ever

The Entertainment Weekly Avengers Quiz

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

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GAR! Podcast Episode 54: Crazy Chick Mount Rushmore

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

an hour? / wrestling is never over / good month for Daniel Bryan / breakneck sport / Kingdom Rush / Godzilla 2014 / spoilers / Agents of SHIELD / Original Sin / the Black Widow / Identity Crisis / super smart Ant-Man / drummers / Ringo Starr / Keith Moon / Bono / Frank Sinatra / U2 / Motley Crue / Bon Jovi / Cher / crazy chick Mount Rushmore / Lindsey Lohan / Britney Spears / Miley Cyrus / Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac / Carmen Electra / Jenny McCarthy / Sinead O’Connor / Wendy O. Williams / The Tomorrow Show / Sean Young / Ray first / closing /

Links:

The Nerd Signal

Glenn’s spoiler-filled Godzilla review at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s SHIELD season finale review

Glenn’s SHIELD reviews of the entire season

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos (so much fun Ray had to add snarky commentary)

“Magical Mystery Tour” by the Beatles: (Ringo is awesome here)

“Love, Reign O’er Me” by The Who (best drum riff at the end of a song by Keith Moon):

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” by Frank Sinatra and Bono (sadly, we can’t embed it)

Bono bugging us (oh God, those hats, that ponytail…I’m not so sure we didn’t commit a crime by posting this)

Motley Crue doing “Helter Skelter” (much better than Bono bugging us)

Wendy O. Williams on “The Tomorrow Show” (NSFW) (but they BLOW UP A CAR ON LIVE TV)

GAR! Podcast Episode 51: Camden Comic Con, part 3

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Thanks to all our new listeners who have joined our audience lately! Don’t forget to say hi through Twitter or the show comments.

This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

quick intro / Camden’s Comics / The Bolt / Camden / passion / encouragement / local landmarks / teaching with comics / changing ethnic mix / Robert Repici / Birds of Prey / Arrow / Smallville and the monomyth / why Arrow rocks / Mike Missanelli / listeners / comics and bootlegging / the ages of comics / grim and gritty / Marvel vs. DC / Bronze Age vs. Dark Age / what age are we in now? / Dan DiDio / the corporate age / comics-based videogames / the amalgamated age / Michael Pagdon / people skills / Target and pregnancy / beards / closing and thank-yous /

Very special thanks go out for this episode to Miranda Powell, Bill Haas, Donnie Treadwell, Jennifer Walker, Frank Kamina Castle, Ryan Brady, Hong Nguyen, Robert Repici, Michael Pagdon, Rutgers University, and the Camden Comic Con.

Links:

Camden’s Comics

Camden’s Comics on Facebook

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

Glenn’s reviews of “Birds of Prey”

Glenn’s “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” reviews at Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s “Arrow” reviews

The Myth of the American Superhero

Men of Tomorrow by Gerald Jones

Glenn’s review of Captain America The First Avenger

The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke

Glenn on Fear Itself at Biff Bam Pop!

Michael Pagdon’s website

Michael Pagdon’s blog

Michael Pagdon on Tumblr

Pagdon Illustration on Instagram

South Jersey Writers’ Group

Collingswood Book Festival

Camden Comic Con on Facebook

Camden Comic Con on Tumblr

Camden Comic Con on Twitter

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 50: Camden Comic Con, part 2

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Wow- we made 50 episodes! Thanks to all our faithful listeners for listening all this time. 

This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

speak down / costume contest / momentary static and feedback / creative community / this show rocks / Knuckle Puck Time / Furious and Frank / Gigio Longo / Adam 12 / dark and light / G. boTiC Productions / Toscana and French fries / digital comics / Philip K. Dick / Guardian Devil and the Hero’s Journey / Holy Terror and Dark Knight / 300 / Captain America The Winter Soldier / the Falcon / Iron Man / does Cap kill? / Mark Poulton / A Cat Named Haiku / haiku and cats / teaching with comics / Koni Waves / demographics / wrestling / WWE Network / Pronto Comics / Phrases to Pages / always an open bar / the Pronto line / Dennis Knight’s Cross / the learning process / ProntoCast / what’s next / “One Star” Bar / Nap Boy and more coming soon / live strippers and spaceships / thank yous /

Very special thanks for this episode go out to Miranda Powell, Bill Haas, Donnie Treadwell, Jennifer Walker, Frank Kamina Castle, Gigio Longo, Mark Poulton, David Rondinelli, Dennis Knight, and Knuckle Puck Time.

Links:

Knuckle Puck Time

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

Bryan J.L. Glass

G. boTiC Productions

Adam 12

Buy Adam 12

Toscana in Cherry Hill NJ

French Fry Diary

Glenn’s review of Captain America The Winter Soldier

Adam 12 on Amazon

Mark Poulton on Twitter

A Cat Named Haiku on Amazon

WWE Network

Mark Poulton on Facebook

Mark Poulton at Storenvy

Pronto Comics

Cross

South Jersey Writers

ProntoCast

Free Comic Book Day

“One Star” Bar

Camden Comic Con on Facebook

Camden Comic Con on Tumblr

Camden Comic Con on Twitter

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Adam 12

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 43: Slave Princess Leia on American Idol

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

intro and premise / Bruce Springsteen / American Idol / Harry Connick, Jr. / crazy auditions / Slave Princess Leia / back to Bruce / Born in the USA / cover songs / Prince cover songs / Battle Royale / Hulk Hogan / WWE Network / perils of pay-per-view / Comcast / Jake the Snake Roberts / Galveston / comics free / Furious and Vandroid / The Barkeep / Ultimate Cataclysm by Bendis / The Walking Dead / Camden Comic Con /

Links:

“Barbie Girl” by Aqua

“Darlington County” by Bruce Springsteen

Ben Harr on IMDb

Ben Harr on American Idol

“Born in the USA” by the Stanley Clarke Band

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Favorite Cover Songs at Biff Bam Pop!

“Livin’ for the City” by The Dirtbombs

Robin Renee

“Alison” by Robin Renee

“Hotel California” by the Gipsy Kings

“Billie Jean” by Los Picadientes DeCaborca

WWE Network

El Rey Network

Bridgegate

Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto

The Barkeep by William Lashner

Marie Gilbert reviews “The Walking Dead” at Biff Bam Pop!

Camden Comic Con on Facebook

Camden Comic Con on Tumblr

Camden Comic Con on Twitter

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

“Badlands” by Bruce Springsteen, live in 1978

The 20 Worst “American Idol” auditions of all time

“Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen, 2000