#94 - We Come From IKEA

Comic book (aka "flurggis") conversation dominates this episode and we tried our first "lightning round" of comic reviews. We have to work on the "lightning" part, but we talked about Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #9, Fantastic Four #606, Prophet #25, Mind The Gap #1, Youngblood #71, and Night of 1000 Wolves #1.

Comic Book Pitt theme music is by Nik Furious. You can find more of Nik's music at NikFurious.com. 

Comic Book Pitt t-shirts are now available! Get one for yourself or that special nerd in your life.

Comic Book Pitt can be found on iTunes, on Facebook, and on Twitter. If you really like CBP, let us know by leaving a review on iTunes.

Questions? Suggestions for comics or topics of discussion? Email us at comicbookpitt@gmail.com or call our voice mail line at (412)450-0CBP (0227).

Thanks for listening!

#93 - Fast and Loose

Like the title says, we play it fast and loose in this episode, but that's what you've come to expect from the hard livin', hard drinkin' and hard hittin' hosts of CBP. Since the audio from the last episode was a little wonky, there's a little bit of Free Comic Book Day recap and then we dive in and talk comics, both free books and the books we happily pay for week after week. Some of the books we discuss include Earth 2 #1, Fantastic Four #605, The Spider #1 and XO Manowar #1.

Also, friend of CBP, writer Garrett Free is sponsoring a Kickstarter campaign for his independent comic, Arcadian Knights. If you're looking for a cool indie comic to support, check it out.

Comic Book Pitt theme music is by Nik Furious. You can find more of Nik's music at NikFurious.com. 

Comic Book Pitt t-shirts are now available! Get one for yourself or that special nerd in your life.

Comic Book Pitt can be found on iTunes, on Facebook, and on Twitter. If you really like CBP, let us know by leaving a review on iTunes.

Questions? Suggestions for comics or topics of discussion? Email us at comicbookpitt@gmail.com or call our voice mail line at (412)450-0CBP (0227).

Thanks for listening!

Free Comic Book Day 2012!

(FYI, approximately the first 4 minutes and 30 seconds of this recording sounds odd, but the rest of it sounds pretty good.)

For FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2012, CBP was invited to spend the afternoon at New Dimension Comics at Century III Mall. We scored a bunch of free comics, took advantage of the nice back issue sale, scarfed down a slice of pizza or two and generally enjoyed the festivities. Aside from all the free and fun activities that were available, our friends and local comics creators, Shawn Atkins, Jared Catherine and Nick Marino stopped by to hang out and give us a hard time.

Thanks again to Elizabeth Bashur of Little House, Big Art for taking care of us and thanks to the staff of New Dimension Comics for hosting us and for having a great event.

CBP AudioBoo #29 - The Avengers

Dan caught a midnight screening of Marvel's The Avengers last night. Listen to his thoughts immediately following the movie. WARNING: There is an unabashed amount of fanboy praise in a short amount of time.

"Because I'm Drawn That Way!" - Ed Piskor Talks Comics

(This was recorded with an iPhone, so please forgive the low audio quality.) 

Sponsored by The Creative Writing Program at Carnegie Mellon University, cartoonist Ed Piskor gave a presentation about his career and a wide array of topics ranging from comics, art, juggling between commercial and personal work, the importance of word of mouth, and creating your own opportunities.

Ed's work caught the eye of underground comics legend Harvey Pekar, of American Splendor fame. Forging a working relationship for 5 years, the two collaborated on many comic strips and two graphic novels, Macedonia and The Beats.

Ed has produced his own self-published, self-distributed, comics called Wizzywig, about the history of computer hackers, high tech, and the cultural implications thereof. Those comics have been retooled into a graphic novel collection coming out this summer from Top Shelf Productions.

Currently he's producing Hip Hop Family Tree, a comprehensive history of Hip Hop music in comic form, detailing all of the key relationships, events, and landmarks required to turn a niche, Bronx scene into a global phenomenon in such a short period of time. You can read new chapters every Tuesday.

#92 - The Wrath of Con!

Photo by Colton McBryer

We recently had the opportunity to attend our hometown show, Pittsburgh Comicon, one of us as an exhibitor and one of us as an attendee/fanboy. We talk about highlights of the show including Stan Lee, dollar comics, cosplay, fan art and small press comics.

Some comics we talked about in this episode are America's Got Powers #1, Batman #8, Thief of Thieves #1-3.

Don't forget about Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 5th! CBP will be at New Dimension Comics in Century III Mall at 1:00pm. We'll be podcasting live so stop in, say hi and maybe be on the show.

Comic Book Pitt theme music is by Nik Furious. You can find more of Nik's music at NikFurious.com. Comic Book Pitt t-shirts are now available! Get one for yourself or that special nerd in your life. Comic Book Pitt can be found on iTunes, on Facebook, and on Twitter.

Email us at comicbookpitt@gmail.com or call our voice mail line at (412)450-0CBP (0227).

Thanks for listening!

CBP AudioBoo #28 - Red Angel

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It's a new AudioBoo!  

What the Flux Comics presents Red Angel, a new full color, steampunk, sci-fi comic by author Erin Pyne and artist Russ Leach. Model/actress Amy Vitale is the inspiration for Victoria Angel, the captain of the steam airship Red Angel. In this 4-issue series, we follow the crew of the Red Angel as they defend New Britain after the Machine Wars of the late 19th century.

You can download issues of Red Angel at Drive Thru Comics, on your Nook, Kindle Fire or on your iPhone/iPad or order print copies at What The Flux Comics.