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Episode #153 - The Saints of Nobody

04:18 - Like its protagonist, The Nobody by Jeff Lemire ultimately lacks substance
09:38 - Minigore makes monster killing cute
14:08 - Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death is a strange romp with mad scientists and cowboy babes
32:00 - Tegan and Sara deliver a fantastic follow up to The Con with Sainthood
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Episode #152 - The Color Blue

02:55 - Fables Vol 12 - The Dark Ages sets up a new status quo with mixed results
10:41 - Story lines I'm paying attention to this NBA season
19:20 - Immortal Iron Fist #12
26:34 - Critical flaws with the NBA Mobile Pass bring down an otherwise great offering
32:22 - HEALTH bring the noise with their latest effort In Color
36:43 - Listeners chime in on Fables and the NBA
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Episode #151 - Old Wives and New Moons

03:22 - The New Moon Soundtrack - Yes, we're going there
10:16 - Immortal Iron Fist Annual #1
17:12 - Final Five: The Time Traveler's Wife
24:30 - X-Force Vol 2 - K&Y making the seemingly unenjoyable very enjoyable
32:51 - Immortal Iron Fist #11
39:48 - Listeners chime in on their most embarrassing album purchases
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Episode #150 - A Brand New Dance

02:40 - Super Shock Football is a great offering for us non-Madden folk
09:40 - Final Five: So You Think You Can Dance
17:33 - Immortal Iron Fist #9
25:17 - Paramore comes out swinging with Brand New Eyes
30:39 - Jeff Lemire addresses loneliness and hockey in Essex County Vol 1
37:16 - Immortal Iron Fist #10
43:35 - Listener Feedback: JeffR wants to know about how to learn about new bands
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Episode #149 - The Baroness of Folk

06:03 - Immortal Iron Fist #7
16:13 - Monsters of Folk don't seem so scary with their first album
21:01 - Final Five: GI Joe
27:26 - Immortal Iron Fist #8
36:27 - Odd News: Smuggling Fail
39:32 - Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 makes crabs terrifying
44:11 - Listeners chime in on favorite GI Joes
47:52 - Outro
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Episode #148 - The Betty White Hospice

04:00 - Recounting my experience on the audio/visual panel at the St. Louis Interactive Festival 2009
08:42 - Immortal Iron Fist #4
16:45 - Final Five: The Proposal
22:55 - Inside the Inside the Panel episode of Uncanny X-Cast
29:27 - Immortal Iron Fist #5
35:43 - The Antlers deal a devastating blow with Hospice
41:43 - Listeners chime in on their favorite Golden Girl
45:07 - Immortal Iron Fist #6
53:45 - Outro
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Episode - #147 - My Gun-Fu is Strong

03:16 - Immortal Iron Fist #1
13:41 - David Bazan brilliantly returns with Curse Your Branches
19:42 - Immortal Iron Fist #2
26:32 - Marge Simpson. Playboy. WHA?!
29:15 - Immortal Iron Fist #3
33:51 - MLB Playoffs Round 2
37:09 - Listeners chime in on the Marge Simpson cover
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Episode #146 - I'm on a Boat

04:08 - Jersey Gods brings an interesting juxtaposition of genres, but is the sum better than its parts?
10:54 - Yacht bring a calculated cool with See Mystery Lights
14:56 - The Aussie view of alcohol moderation
17:45 - Irredeemable by Mark Waid has me hooked
23:37 - My MLB playoff predictions
28:01 - Ever done a fast food hop?
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Episode #145 - Hot Rabbis

02:02 - Hot Mess by Cobra Starship is frustratingly neither
06:53 - Trying to cash in on Bank Of America
09:42 - Meet Rabbi Harvey, the new force in the Old West
14:25 - Podcast sampling
18:07 - Critter Crunch leaves a nice taste
21:20 - Listeners chime in on recommended podcasts
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Episode #144 - Time to Die, Champ

03:14 - Ramp Champ rolls a gutter ball
08:26 - Comic Book Tattoo finally gets its review, albeit mixed
19:06 - Don't chase that man, officer!
22:26 - The Dodos say Time to Die, I say a solid effort
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Episode #143 - Shanghai Nightmares

02:54 - Can Matt Fraction overturn my Iron Man apathy with Invincible Iron Man?
09:13 - Final Five with Transformers 2 or "How much longer is this movie?"
15:14 - I Come To Shanghai comes with hype and promise, but is that a good thing?
20:41 - What could possibly go wrong at a place called Lapland?
23:09 - Final Five with (500) Days of Summer or "Apparently I like Regina Spektor"
27:07 - Listeners chime in on Transformers 2 and (500) Days of Summer
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For the guys over at The Uncanny X-Cast, I made a quick drop for a Name Game segment. Completely stolen from one of my favorite podcasts, ESPN's Fantasy Focus Baseball/Football, it's a segment where listeners submit a group of names from which the hosts choose their picks. (ex: out of this group, who would you keep in a keeper league, or who would you pick to play this week) Completely irrelevant to their show, but I made it for fun, nonetheless from bits from their last episode.

And by the way, that is actually Peter David. (Thanks to an interview call-in to Mr. Shaw on the forums.)

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Episode #142 - Going Away to War

02:25 - Spider-Woman: Agent of SWORD has me loving motion comics, or is that just the pheromones?
09:13 - Odd News: All Thumbs
11:54 - The Fiery Furnaces quirk their way to a win with I'm Going Away
16:35 - Odd News: When I Grow Up
18:43 - Fables builds to its epic conclusion in War and Pieces
24:05 - Listeners chime in on what they wanted to be when they grew up
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Episode #141 - Shepherds and Jumpers

03:13 - Wilco (the Review)
08:13 - Jersey Gods is the unexpected Book of the Month for September
10:07 - Fantasy football draft recording pt 1
12:56 - Karuki bounces up and down on its review
17:17 - Fantasy football draft recording pt 2
20:46 - Fantasy football draft recording pt 3
22:09 - Whale Wars Season 2 proves to be a surprise find on Animal Planet
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Episode #140 - Discovering Beirut

04:49 - Beirut tosses in an entertaining mix of Mexican and electronic flavoring on March of the Zapotec/Holland
08:46 - Chiming in on The Hangover
14:16 - Thor Volume 1 has me hooked
20:56 - Rapid Fire Randomness has me describing my dancing skills
26:23 - So You Think You Can Dance wraps up Season 4
36:42 - Discovery doesn't quite add up to more than the sum of its parts
37:11 - Listeners chime in on their favorite supergroup bands
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Episode #139 - I Got Noms

03:30 - Must Eat Birds delivers frustration in a wacky package
07:45 - Are you ready to rock...and stay sanitized?
10:42 - I Got Next delivers a look at the Street Fighter scene
14:31 - Smokers gone wild
17:32 - Rapid Fire Randomness delivers a look into my comic buying habits
24:43 - Bitte Orca is a strange pop gem from the Dirty Projectors
29:06 - No magic was used in this review of Phonogram #4
35:52 - Listeners chime in on Street Fighter and King of Kong
40:02 - The Crabtree holdout
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Episode #138 - Frightening Creeps

02:23 - Death By Chocolate Redux doesn't get any stranger...oh wait, it does
07:29 - Jarvis Cocker kicks in the swagger with Further Complications
11:59 - Odd News: Naked plowing
14:08 - Odd News: Things not to do while drunk
16:04 - Thor commands thee to purchase the August BOM, verily!
17:28 - The Creeps! is some monster zapping fun
24:20 - White Rabbits bring the drums with It's Frightening
27:15 - Action Comics #879 seems less super
31:25 - Listeners chime in on what gives them the creeps
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Episode #137 - Birmingham Justice

02:28 - Grizzly Bear and Veckatimest deliver a solid album of harmonies, but fail to meet the hype set
08:11 - Kelly & Kelly sitting in a tree
10:38 - Hell comes to Birmingham in volume 2 of Captain Britain & MI:13, just not to the one in Alabama
15:19 - One time I went to Nike Camp and dunked on Lebron
18:55 - Wavves feels like a whole lot of noise and nothing else
23:55 - Just a Man #1 delivers a cold tale of Western justice
27:44 - Elf Frank Castle starts to freak out a bit in Punisher #7
34:19 - Batman and Robin #2 continue to deliver a great dynamic duo
38:50 - The forum chimes in on albums they didn't seem to love like everyone else did
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Episode #136 - Hulks and Hombres

02:25 - Hudson Phillips & Brandon Earnhart give us Sequential Shorts
06:07 - A crash course in Peter David with Incredible Hulk: Ground Zero
12:50 - After the hype has died down, Secret Warriors #5 delivers the goods
19:58 - Finally listening to the Eels with Hombre Loco
24:43 - Listeners chime in on 90s comics
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Necrophilia, suicide, animal killing.
What else would you want from a kick-off to Blackest Night?

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Episode #135 - Avenging Mozart

02:16 - Like its team members, Dark Avengers can't always hide its flaws behind a pretty mask
08:20 - Listeners chime in on their favorite Avenger titles currently
12:24 - Blown away by Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
16:38 - New Avengers redeems itself after a stagnant start
21:02 - Rapid Fire Randomness - Or why I'm a wuss
27:00 - More listener feedback on the status of Avenger titles
31:21 - Body paint safety?
34:01 - Dan Slott has possibly steadied the Mighty Avengers ship and I'm sticking on board
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Episode #134 - Up With Passion

02:22 - June BOM Red Hulk punches itself to a surprising review
10:33 - The importance of swan counting
13:37 - Passion Pit delivers a helium-filled summertime album with Manners
17:19 - I didn't think I could talk this much about Detective Comics #854, but I sure did
22:58 - Up. 2 snaps and a balloon-filled house going around the world!
29:38 - The forum chimes in on their Pixar film rankings. Lack of Monsters Inc. love to my disappointment.
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Episode #133 - Privately Mad

02:36 - It's been years since I last listened to Green Day. Would 21st Century Breakdown make for a good reunion?
08:09 - Considering a lucrative career in tortoise smuggling?
11:15 - Rapid fire questions from the audience
17:05 - Private Eye stumbles in trying to be too many things to the viewer
22:23 - Madman Volume 2 continues to explore the craft of comic books
28:36 - The audience chimes in about foreign films
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Episode #132 - Peggles and Pilgrims

03:10 - Bat For Lashes brings the quirk and class
07:32 - Top Chef Masters serves us a decent imitation of the original
13:53 - Busting your pegs with a discussion of Peggle for the iPod
19:13 - Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5 earns a score of the same number
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Episode #131 - Mystics and Mutants

02:35 - The ups and downs and flip flops that was 90210 Season One
07:27 - Uncanny X-Men #510 is a mixed bag of excitement
13:35 - Outer South by Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band fills the trifecta of failed expectations
18:10 - Green Lantern #41 - You didn't need that hand, did you?
22:11 - Thunderbolts #132 - Diggle talks me back from the ledge
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Episode #130 - Gleeful Pop

02:59 - I love this game!
08:21 - Glee doesn't quite live up to its name
13:51 - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Lovely music for a not so lovely name
17:36 - Hulk smash puny Book of the Month Selections at www.instocktrades.com!
19:38 - Popgun Volume 3 makes me reconsider my stance on anthologies
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Episode #129 - Seventeen and Lost

02:31 - Cursive delivers an uneven mix with Mama I'm Swollen
06:03 - 17 Again. Yes, I saw it
10:36 - Continuing the odd topic trend....the Jon and Kate Plus 8 Premiere
16:45 - Bite me
19:27 - Lost Season 5 hooked me more than Sawyer's sweet talkin
25:50 - Gobo wins the first ever No Kwok prize!
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Episode #128 - Fantasies for the Casanova

02:51 - Metric brings the fun with Fantasies
06:40 - Cuteness might have influenced my purchase of Twitterena
10:24 - Casanova by Matt Fraction is...quite Fraction-ey
16:52 - Boldy going where every other podcast has gone before - a Star Trek review!
21:41 - Forum responses to Star Trek
26:19 - Because no one demanded it...discussion of the American Idol finale
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Episode #127: Locavores and Heroes

00:00 - Podcast update
06:29 - Lost Kisses and Worms get a little too serious for me
11:17 - War Child Presents Heroes surprises with another legit compilation
16:38 - I can't stop gushing about All-Star Superman Volume 2
21:45 - Locavores unite!
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Episode #126 - The Brits and the Baroness

03:11 - Checking out the buzz on Captain Britain and MI:13
11:26 - Pick up May's Book of the Month, Popgun Volume 3 (Image) at instocktrades.com
13:10 - G.I. Joe Resolute is possibly the best G.I. Joe movie to come out this year
18:02 - Checking out iPod apps for sports
22:08 - We have new forums!
24:05 - Dan Deacon's Bromst is all about the build-up
28:38 - Who'd win? G.I. Joe or Captain Britain and MI:13?
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Episode #125 - Flights for Clooneys and Conchords

02:02 - Social awkwardness with Mr. George Clooney
05:22 - Dark Was the Night is for a great cause and is surprisingly solid too!
14:27 - Finally reading American Born Chinese by Gene Yang
20:44 - Gum and math
24:55 - Opinions of Flight of the Conchords Season 2 seem out of tune
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Episode #124 - The Hazards of Madman

04:54 - Texting donations?
07:04 - An existential romp through Madman Volume 1 by Mike Allred
12:13 - Madman #14 sheds some light on the new single-issue format
16:35 - Frank's back with the new Punisher revamp
21:10 - The Hazards of Love from The Decemberists is about what now?
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Episode #123 - Easter Eggs for Karen O

02:31 - It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs - wait, they don't love you like I love you.
06:53 - The return of odd news for all my spear fishing listeners
10:06 - The Escapists by BKV easily is one of the best books I've reviewed for the show
15:20 - Colin and chips, anyone?
17:13 - Pocket God and Aurora Feint: Arena Daemons are included in our iPod app update, as well as, listener suggestions
28:58 - Why my wife thinks Karen O is weird
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Episode #122 - Vampires or Cylons?

02:04 - Talking about 30 Days of Night. Is it 2002 again?
07:32 - M. Ward proudly representing the upper Northwest with Hold Time
11:39 - Top 5 things from the last Battlestar Galactica episode
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Episode #121 - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating In Space
A review of No Line on the Horizon by U2
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Episode #120 - Who Didn't Watch the Watchmen?

03:39 - Morrissey's latest album, Years of Refusal, is great except for the creepy baby
08:33 - Since I didn't watch Watchmen, here's a review of Dave Gibbon's The Originals
14:24 - Y: The Last Man Volume 7 - Why is it called Paper Dolls?
21:02 - More iPhone love with the 3.0 update
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Episode #119: You Stole My Baby Name!

02:54 - Embracing digital books with the new Kindle iPod app
07:46 - American Idol is changing things up...again
12:10 - Emmy the Great packs a pretty punch with First Love
16:51 - The Other Side by Jason Aaron / Cameron Stewart captures much about the Vietnam War, including the stuff we'd want to forget
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Episode #118 - Taste the Power of My Philanthropy!

A review of X-Force Vol 1 - Angels and Demons written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, drawn by Clayton Crain, and published by Marvel Comics
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Episode #117 - Electronic Dancing Shoes

01:26 - Playing around with the new TV.com iPod app
5:00 - Create your own meaning with Fox Bunny Funny from Andy Hartzell (Top Shelf)
10:05 - This is Top Chef, not Top Podcast!
17:47 - Franz Ferdinand return with a proper sequel with Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
22:30 - Camelot 3000 is chock full of Bolland art goodness
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Episode #116 - Pop Variations

A review of Grand by Matt & Kim (Fader)
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Episode #115: Even Jack Bauer can't save a subpar album

00:24 - Now 100% germ-free!
05:26 - Sidescrollers by Matthew Loux nicely tides you over if you haven't already gotten Scott Pilgrim fever
10:07 - 24 Season 7 rekindles the magic and I'm in love again
16:49 - Fiction Family and their first album isn't bad, but....
21:34 - Y: The Last Man Volume 6 - Ninjas, pirates, monkeys, oh my!
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Episode #114: The End Always Involves Vampires

A Look Back At Final Crisis #7
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00:29 - Louis reveals the magic behind the curtain!
02:54 - It's a Silber Media trio review!
07:55 - Aurora Feint II fills a casual game sized hole in my heart
12:47 - Animal Collective brings an unexpected surprise to me with Merriweather Post Pavillion
16:27 - Finger cutting is not the solution to our economic crisis
18:53 - Left 4 Dead wins my Best Videogame of 2008 award.  Just protect me from the Witch
23:29 - Y:The Last Man - Ring of Truth gets the series back on track with some monkey poop action
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Kwok Talk - Episode #112

00:28 - Man, it's cold.
02:36 - Cry Yourself to Sleep by Jeremy Tinder is an adult book, but not in a nekkid way
05:32 - Let's put the blinders on for a review of Folie a Deux by Fall Out Boy
09:45 - Lost is coming back on Wednesday! Let's continue the celebration with a look back to Seasons 3 & 4
16:11 - Super Human Resources from Ape Entertainment is some good white-collared fun!
18:12 - Marnie Stern's This is It... has the most absurd album title and cover art ever. Thankfully that's my only complaint with the album.
21:53 - My top 6 videogames of the year. Am I a casual gamer?
33:18 - Oh man, this episode is long and it's still cold.
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Episode #111

00:27 - Welcome back from break to our first episode of 2009!
04:01 - Day and Age by The Killers wasn't really a return to Hot Fuss or anything else that impressed me
06:58 - Reflections on Seasons 1 & 2 of Lost before the new season begins
12:10 - The December BOM, Liberty Meadows - Volume 1 - Eden by Frank Cho makes me flip-flop in opinion yet again
17:42 - Camelot 3000 (Barr/Boland) is our January BOM, get it at 47% off at instocktrades.com!
18:37 - In Ghost Colours by Cut Copy is everything I could have wanted from that Killers album and a whole lot more
22:42 - My top 5 favorite comic moments of 2008 brings up some forgotten moments from earlier in the year, and a surprising #1
30:56 - What I learned from Girl Talk
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Here's an extra stuffed holiday episode for you packed full of goodies! We look that 808s and Heartbreak by Kanye West and A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night by Love Is All; you may have only heard of one of them, but there's only one of them that you should care about in the end. Geoff Johns / Richard Donner / Andy Kubert bust in with the Last Son hardcover and knock our Kryptonian socks off, but can BKV do the same with Y: The Last Man volumes 3 & 4? Lastly, we jot some notes on the Heroes fall finale and preview for the spring arc.
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Kwok Talk - Episode #109

Get your dancing shoes on as we hit the clubs to review Phonogram Volume 1: Rue Britannia and the first issue of Volume 2: Singles Club - Pull Shapes.  Make sure you keep you feet moving as we then move on to Skeletal Lamping by Of Montreal, which has some lofty expectations from this reviewer. The episode is capped off with a look at the Comixology iPhone/iPod app now available.
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Interview with Kieron Gillen by Daniel Emmons
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Sue Richards loves Apple Bottom jeans.

We're back after Thanksgiving break and have an episode stuffed with reviews for our return. Continuing with our music overload episodes, we find a lot of promise with Keane and their third album, Spiraling, and a worthy follow-up album by Jack's Mannequin with The Glass Passenger. Being the first week in December, it's time to discuss November's BOM, Savage Dragon Archive Volume 1, as well as announce December's BOM, Liberty Meadows Volume 1, which is 47% off at instocktrades.com. This episode also kicks off our first in a series looking at Y:The Last Man. Oh yeah, there's even some NHL talk with a brief comment about the Sean Avery situation.
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