In this episode:
We chat about a whole bunch of comics and comic-related news as we are joined by Fred Atkins, from our friendly local comic shop and writer of Spitfires. We talk about our experiences at Oz Comic Con, exciting new titles from Image Expo, news from San Diego Comic Con and the Eisner Awards! Also, Evan tells us about For As Long As It Rains, Fred talks about some video games (Bloodborne, Shadow of Mordor) and comics (Gotham Academy, Moon Knight, Outcast, Copperhead, Birthright) he’s been reading, and Aaron gushes about Supreme: Blue Rose.
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Episode 96 – Comics and Cons with Fred Atkins
Music: Theme for Harold (var. 2) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
Links for the things we talked about:
Spitfires on Facebook, @FAcomics on Twitter and on the old blog
Spaceship Handlebars featured in our previous episode on party games
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Outcast (which is going to be on TV)
Supreme: The Story of the Year
Prophet (compare the latest run to the original incarnation of the character here)
Ver. Ka MSN-04 Sazabi & RX-93 Nu Gundam
Rocky Hammer’s Drawings of Pokemon
Peter Serafinowicz was the voice of Darth Maul
Tavern Fame (we spoke to designers Dylan Shearer and Aaron Sparke on the podcast here)
Quarries of Scred and Seas of Scred
Image Expo 2015 announcements (Black Magick, Snot Girl, Invincible Reboot?, Sunset Park, Slave Punk)
Check out the Tales From India Humble Bundle, including Avatarex and Chakra the Invincible
There will be a new Legend of Korra comic book series
Toy releases from San Diego Comic Con
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Comics
Mitch was having fun at San Diego Comic Con (we previously chatted with Mitch on the podcast here)
The brand new Archie from Mark Waid and Fiona Staples
Action Points! 