GAR! Podcast Episode 77: Pulp AdventureCon 2014

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

soft spoken intro / live from Pulp AdventureCon / better than last year / the guy from Paradox Comics / Godzilla on Zone Fighter / AWA wrestling / WWF vs. WWE / bootleg / Stingray and The Equalizer / Beatles movies / Sgt. Pepper 1978 / Staying Alive / the art of haggling / the Sunday equation / Mt. Laurel Library / All-Star Comics #3 / digital comics / the still mythical David Lisa / Robert Kirkman and The Walking Dead / long comics runs / Redheaded Fangirl / pulp / The Spider / the candy bowl / best and worst candy bars / worst Halloween treats / Ray’s birthday present / evil taffy / Halloweens past / chilled chocolate / tricked treats / Halloween hangover / wheeling and dealing / costumes and creeps / closing /

Links:

Pulp AdventureCon

Paradox Comics

“Stingray”

“The Equalizer”

Mt. Laurel Library

“The Walking Dead” at Biff Bam Pop!

Redhead Fangirl

Cherry Hill Public Library

The Spider

Candy Bars, Ranked Competantly

Cyn’s No-Talent Hack

Cyn’s website

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Pinterest

The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 64: Batman and Sexology (Married At First Sight)

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

sugary intro / Batman and Hot Dog Days / Batman 75 at Biff Bam Pop! / Bob Kane / Stan Lee / Ray’s favorite Batman stories / Glenn’s favorite Batman stories / the least favorite / Batman and Robin / The Dark Knight Strikes Again / New 52 continuity / FXX / Metastasis / Married at First Sight / what is a sexologist? / Doug and Jamie / online dating / Vaughn and Monet / Jason and Cortney / the details / B.O.R.N. to Style / GAR makeover / Big Brother / behind the scenes / Glenn’s response to negative feedback / fun fluff / Batman 75 at Biff Bam Pop! / interview with David Alpay / closing /

Links:

Batman Day

Hot Dog Day

“Bill the Boy Wonder” by Marc Tyler Nobleman

75 Greatest Batman Stories at Comic Book Resources

Batman: “Night of the Stalker”

Glenn’s review of The Dark Knight Strikes Again

“Metastasis”

“Married at First Sight”

Dr. Joseph Cilona on Twitter

Dr. Logan Levkoff

“B.O.R.N. to Style”

Justin.tv

Misbehavior on “Big Brother”

Crazy Chima on “Big Brother”

Chima’s side

JP Fallavollita at Biff Bam Pop!

Interview with David Alpay of “The Lottery”

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

“Married at First Sight” trailer

 

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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 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 44: Hell’s Cutthroat Kitchen of Comics

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

intro and premise / next week’s guest / South Park videogame / Ray’s iPads / Woot! / Hell’s Cutthroat Kitchen / Haunt / 300, no, not that one / Fantastic Four #1 / Alicia Masters and bad FF / The Thing / FF fashion / This Is 40 / Mr. Peabody and Sherman / inorganic Spider-Man / Mike Weiringo / Forever and ever Evil / the Nightwing thing / Legion Five Years Later / new reader friendly / Fantastic Four #200 / Marvel Unlimited / the bad comic shops / comics prices / Camden Comic Con / plugs / Rustler Steakhouse / happy ending /

Links:

The All Things Fun! Podcast

The All Things Fun! New Comics Vidcast

All Things Fun!

Woot!

Glenn talks Haunt on the All Things Fun! Podcast

Glenn’s Fantastic Four #1 review

Marvel Unlimited

Camden Comic Con on Facebook

Camden Comic Con on Tumblr

Camden Comic Con on Twitter

Glenn’s review of Stan Lee’s Mighty 7

Biff Bam Pop!

The GAR! Podcast at Biff Bam Pop!

French Fry Diary

Rustler Steakhouse at French Fry Diary

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Mr. Peabody & Sherman trailer

 

GAR! Podcast Episode 40: OK, It’s All Comics and Wrestling

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

stolen intro / WWE Network / history of wrestling / Bruno Sammartino / Lucha Libre / The Golden Girls / Mae Young / women’s wrestling / marketing wrestling / CM Punk / meta-reality / Triple H / Daniel Bryan and the Royal Rumble / Indiana Jones and Ghost / Chozen and Archer / The Super Bowl / Prince on “New Girl” / halftime show / just football / the commercials / Ultimates vs, Galactus / rebooting the Fantastic Four, twice / Doctor Doom / Doom 2099 / Kang the Conqueror / villain color and design / She-Hulk / plugs and outro /

Links:

WWE Network

Strong Bad

Chris Rock on O.J. Simpson (NSFW)

“Murder, Sex” by Chozen (NSFW)

Bill Burr Podcast

Glenn’s Favorite Reboots

Glenn reviews the start of Cataclysm

Glenn on Kang the Conqueror

Make Mine Magic Podcast

Audacious Eleven

Robin Renee

February Faves at Biff Bam Pop!

Ace Kilroy

ComiXology

Furious on Facebook

Furious on Twitter

Bryan J.L. Glass

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

The Dudley Boyz vs Mae Young and other women

Bruno Mars Halftime Show

Jaguar Super Bowl Commercial

Radio Shack Super Bowl Commercial

Dannon Oikos Super Bowl Commercial

GAR! Podcast Episode 39: Special Guest Bryan J. L. Glass

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast has a special guest- Furious writer BRYAN J.L. GLASS!

Ray joins the conversation late due to traffic. Bryan’s a fantastic guest. Bryan was a fantastic guest, and he’s welcome back any time.

Go buy Furious today! Available at your local comics store or at Dark Horse Digital- see link for app information.

Ray-less / Bryan J.L. Glass / Mice Templar / All Things Fun! / Furious / the concept / reality / Victor Santos / collaboration / comic book car chase / more Victor / Polar / origins of Furious / Daredevil Born Again / deconstruction / breaking it down / the media / redemption / what Furious is really about / Ray-some / obligatory “Breaking Bad” reference / zombies on meth / Electra Woman and Dyna Girl / Micronauts / Bryan’s space opera / another Avengers moment / Thor: First Thunder / Thor as Superman / “the hammer is my big stack” / Ray from the past / Bryan’s signing tour / closing /

Links:

Bryan J.L. Glass’ website

Bryan J.L. Glass on Twitter

Furious on Twitter

Furious on Facebook

Perfidia on Twitter

The All Things Fun! New Comics Vidcast

Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Presents #31 preview

Furious #1 preview

Victor Santos on Blogger

Victor Santos on Twitter

Filthy Rich

Polar

Furious at Newsarama

Dark Horse Comics app

Thor: First Thunder

All Things Fun!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl opening

“Brand New Day” by Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible

And since we talked about Community this week, how can we ignore this fabulous shot from Allison Brie and Gillian Jacobs?
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GAR! Podcast Episode 38: Cough Cough Yes Yes

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THOR! Big hammer, dude.

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

flu thru the phone / The Make Mine Magic Podcast / cocaine / Justin Bieber lays an egg / Batman ’66 on DVD / Bat-music / WWE Network / JLA at Target / Doomed / the saga of Daniel Bryan / the hot shot / New Avengers / great Avengers moments / in the Avengers Tower / Superior Spider-Man / the Ant-Man controversy / television apps / Spawn / pronunciations /

Links:

The Make Mine Magic Podcast

Justin Bieber lays an egg

“Batman” ’66 coming to DVD

WWE Network

JLA at Target

Doomed

Daniel Bryan on Raw

All of Glenn’s Infinity reviews can be found here at Biff Bam Pop! in reverse chronological order

Thor surrenders

Michael Douglas in Ant-Man

Garrett Morris as Ant-Man

In Defense of Hank Pym

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

The GAR! Podcast on Facebook

Videos:

“Bear drive car!”

Doomed

Daniel Bryan vs. the Wyatt family

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