The Fellowship of the Geeks Podcast

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Episode 74 - Doctor Who Roundtable - Week of 8/9/17 0

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Aug 6, 2017

The Fellowship is pleased to present our roundtable discussion about Doctor Who. We welcome Carl Goad, friend of the show and former host of the SciFiFX podcast, to help us break down the show, discuss the new additions to the show, and speculate on what could happen down the road. Many chuckles and fond memories were had along the way. And as always, our picks of the week.

What we're up to this week:

I killed my trade pile (never done that before) - Lazarus, Nailbiter, Weird Detective and plenty of others

The Curse Words Van Tour - book signing with Charles Soule & Ryan Browne

Psych at midnight - Les is sleep deprived as a result :-)

Real-life vigilante crimefighters (it ties together, listen and you'll see :-)

Comic strips - the website is gocomics.com; they have most if not all of them

Dead By Daylight - new DLC with a new, very cool killer

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Enjoy our roundtable discussion of the state of Doctor Who :-)

And check out Carl's work on the SciFiFX podcast

Picks for the week of 8/9:

Ghost Money #1 (Lion Forge)

Justice League of America #12 (DC)

The Wicked + The Divine #30 (Image)

The Shadow #1 (Dynamite)

Mister Miracle #1 (DC)

Youngblood #4 (Image)

Honorable Mention: Alexander Hamilton (Ten Speed Press)

Honorable Mention: Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos (DC)

Honorable Mention: Clue #3 (IDW)

Shoutouts:

Condolences to the family & friends of June Foray, who passed away this week

Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music

#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other

You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)

Question of the Week: what's your opinion on the new Doctor? Or who's your favorite Doctor? Let us know on social media! And we'd like to do another Q&A show in the near future, so please send us your questions :-)

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Episode 73 - Well Before the Planet Exploded - Week of 8/2/17 0

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Jul 30, 2017

The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion about the news that came out of this year's San Diego Comic Con. It's the premier event of the year in the geek world, and this year was just as busy as ever, with comics, TV, movies and anything else you can think of. And as always, our picks of the week.

What we're up to this week:

Deadlands game - general consensus is that the setting is cool, but the system is excessively complicated (sorry, Deadlands creators)

Comic series One-Hit Wonder (Image) - cool crime comic from 2015

Also Marvelman Family's Finest (Marvel) - a different take on supers

Last Girl Standing (2015 movie) - good premise, weak execution, but overall pretty good little horror flick (sparking a small tangent)

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Lots of news bites ripped from the headlines of San Diego Comic Con!

And our episode where Thomas chose Dr Doom as worthy of his own title was episode 15, if you'd like to check it out

Picks for the week of 8/2:

Green Hornet '66 Meets The Spirit #2 (Dynamite)

Hadrian's Wall #8 (Image)

Ever After #12 (DC)

Batman #28 (DC)

Sheena #0 (Dynamite)

Elsewhere #1 (Image)

Honorable Mention: New Gods special (DC)

Honorable Mention: Star Trek: Waypoint #6 (IDW)

Honorable Mention: Cinegeek hardcover (IDW)

Honorable Mention: Star Wars: The Rise of a Hero (Disney Lucasfilm Press)

Shoutouts:

Condolences to the family & friends of "Fabulous" Flo Steinberg, who passed away this week

Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music

#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other

You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)

Question of the Week: what news from SDCC excited you most? Let us know on social media! And we'd like to do another Q&A show in the near future, so please send us your questions :-)

To find us, go to:

Email us at email@thefellowshipofthegeeks.net

Episode 72 - Oh My God, The Cows - Week of 7/26/17 0

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Jul 23, 2017

The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion about comic strips. We talk about several of our favorites from childhood, some of which are still around today (though not necessarily in a daily newspaper). And as always, our picks of the week.

What we're up to this week:

Movie Sign with the Mads - a cool movie podcast starring Dr. Forrester (Trace Beaulieu) and TV's Frank (Frank Conniff) of MST3K fame

The Blair Witch (2016) - overall an okay movie, but nothing surprising (a little too close to the original)

And we tangent off into other horror movies (a bit)

[Les is out on vacation this week. -m]

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The strips we listed as our favorites:

Garfield

[Note: the kitten Garfield hated was Nermal, not Nergal. Nergal is the Mesopotamian god of death. An easy mistake ;-) -m]

Peanuts

Calvin & Hobbes

Bizarro

The Far Side

Family Circus

Foxtrot

Life in Hell

Pearls Before Swine

Dilbert

Picks for the week of 7/26:

Postal #21 (Image/Top Cow)

Underdog #2 (American Mythology)

Robotech #1 (Titan)

Shirtless Bear Fighter #2 (Image)

Honorable Mention: Atomic Robo Presents: Real Science Adventures Volume 1 (IDW)

Honorable Mention: Your Pal Archie #1 (Archie)

Honorable Mention: The Red Ten #10 (ComixTribe)

Shoutouts:

Condolences to the family and friends of horror legend George A. Romero, who passed away this week at age 77

Also, condolences to the family and friends of actor Martin Landau, who passed away this week at age 89

Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music

#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other

You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)

Question of the Week: what's your favorite comic strip? Let us know on social media! And we'd like to do another Q&A show in the near future, so please send us your questions :-)

To find us, go to:

Email us at email@thefellowshipofthegeeks.net

Episode 71 - Plan B - Week of 7/19/17 0

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Jul 16, 2017

The Fellowship regrets to inform you that, due to technical difficulties in our recording this week, we are not able to release a full-size, normal episode. But worry not, as one of our number has jumped on mic to explain what happened and fill in at least some of our usual features for your enjoyment, including our picks of the week.

What we're up to this week:

Technical problems which rendered our recording unlistenable (not sure that's a word, but there we are)

Check out our sponsor page! Head to the website and click on the banners for Things From Another World and Make Mine Indie! (Click through the TFAW banner on our site and we get a cut. And check out tons of great indie comics in the MMIndie catalog. And thank you!)

Picks for the week of 7/19:

Die Kitty Die: Hollywood or Bust Summer Special #1 (Chapterhouse)

Batman '66 Meets the Legion of Super Heroes one-shot (DC)

Spencer & Locke #4 (Action Lab Danger Zone) - just got news that this has been optioned for the big screen, so congrats to the creators :-)

Bettie Page #1 (Dynamite)

Daredevil #24 (Marvel)

Darkness Visible #6 (IDW)

Honorable Mention: Amelia Cole Omnibus (IDW)

Honorable Mention: Supergirl: The Silver Age Volume 1 (DC)

Honorable Mention: James Bond 007: Kill Chain #1 (Dynamite)

Shoutouts:

Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music

#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other

You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)

Question of the Week: what's the first comic you remember reading? Let us know on social media! And we'd like to do another Q&A show in the near future, so please send us your questions :-)

To find us, go to:

Email us at email@thefellowshipofthegeeks.net

Episode 70 - And That's How Thor Should Sound - Week of 7/12/17 0

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Jul 9, 2017

The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion about the possibility and feasibility of a "shared universe" (a la Marvel's Cinematic Universe) for the James Bond 007 franchise. We speculate on how it might work, who could be involved, and where we could get characters to pull it off. And as always, our picks of the week.

What we're up to this week:

Plague Doktor - new graphic novel from Fifth Dimension Comics; available now through Kickstarter (and check out my review on our website)

"Les, go clean your room." - hosting a holiday get-together

Thomas' Big Bag o' Nothing® - not much happening

Check out our sponsor page! Head to the website and click on the banners for Things From Another World and Make Mine Indie! (Click through the TFAW banner on our site and we get a cut. And check out tons of great indie comics in the MMIndie catalog. And thank you!)

Happy birthday to both Peter Simeti and Les' lovely bride - both July 4th babies :-)

Here's the link to an article about the tweet that sparked this topic

Picks for the week of 7/12:

Mage: The Hero Denied #0 (Image)

Groo: Play of the Gods #1 (Dark Horse)

Dread Gods #1 (IDW) [Note: writer is Ron Marz - bit of a lip slip there.]

Mighty Mouse #2 (Dynamite)

Kill or Be Killed #10 (Image)

Immortal #1 (Keenspot)

Honorable Mention: The Howling: Revenge of the Werewolf Queen #1 (Space Goat)

Honorable Mention: Black Cloud #4 (Image)

Honorable Mention: Planetary collection (DC)

Shoutouts:

Condolences to the family and friends of Joan Lee, who passed away this week at age 93

Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music

#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other

You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)

Question of the Week: who's your vote for the next Bond? Let us know on social media! And we'd like to do another Q&A show in the near future, so please send us your questions :-)

To find us, go to:

Email us at email@thefellowshipofthegeeks.net

Episode 69 - Processed For Your Entertainment - Week of 7/5/17 0

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Jul 2, 2017

The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of patriotism in comics in this day and age. We ponder how patriotic American characters might be viewed internationally, and how nostalgia can affect the reading of comics (with some possibly strong opinions coming out). And as always, our picks of the week.

What we're up to this week:

Monty Python Speaks - a serious (well, serious for them) "biography" of the Monty Python phenomenon, and a good, informative read [published in 1999]

Les' Big Bag o' Nothing® - which unfolds into an arena football league championship game that he "forgot" about :-)

Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes collection

Also MST3K streaming on Twitch (on the Shout Factory page) and on the new Comet network

And congrats to the Texas Revolution on their championship :-)

Check out our sponsor page! Head to the website and click on the banners for Things From Another World and Make Mine Indie! (Click through the TFAW banner on our site and we get a cut. And check out tons of great indie comics in the MMIndie catalog. And thank you!)

Happy Independence Day for all of our listeners in the US :-)

[Note: we do use Captain America as our example a lot, so we should thank Marvel for giving us the prime example for this week's topic. It is not our intent to disparage them in any way; they just happen to provide us some great examples.]

Picks for the week of 7/5:

Bloodshot's Day Off #1 (Valiant)

Green Hornet '66 Meets The Spirit #1 (Dynamite)

Time & Vine #1 (IDW)

Ash Vs The Army of Darkness #1 (Dynamite)

After Eden #1 (Red 5)

Sisters of Sorrow #1 (BOOM!)

Honorable Mention: Zombie Tramp Origins #1 (Action Lab Danger Zone)

Honorable Mention: Unholy Grail #1 (Aftershock)

Honorable Mention: Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Artist's Edition collection (IDW)

Shoutouts:

Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music

#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other

You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)

Question of the Week: which "changed" character is your favorite? Let us know on social media! And we'd like to do another Q&A show in the near future, so please send us your questions :-)

To find us, go to:

Email us at email@thefellowshipofthegeeks.net

Episode 68 - Maybe For Episode 100 - Week of 6/28/17 0

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Jun 25, 2017

The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion on how we read comics. We're looking at it in terms of physical spaces and rituals/habits surrounding our favorite pastime. And no promises, but we might just wander off topic a bit. And as always, our picks of the week.

What we're up to this week:

Mikey's Big Bag o' Nothing® - kind of under the weather this week

Out at the racetrack (Texas Motor Speedway) having a blast playing with actual race cars

The Towering Inferno - doesn't age well, especially in terms of storytelling

The Complete Jim Starlin Warlock trade - fun to check out the beginnings of Marvel's space opera stories

Check out our sponsor page! Head to the website and click on the banners for Things From Another World and Make Mine Indie! (Click through the TFAW banner on our site and we get a cut. And check out tons of great indie comics in the MMIndie catalog. And thank you!)

As noted, if anyone from Frito-Lay can hook us up with a sponsorship or "review samples" we'd be happy to oblige :-)

Picks for the week of 6/28:

Beautiful Canvas #1 (Black Mask)

Star Trek The Next Generation: Mirror Broken #2 (IDW)

Black Magick #6 (Image)

Scrimshaw #1 (Alterna)

Buffy The High School Years: Parental Parasite GN (Dark Horse)

No Angel #4 (Black Mask)

Honorable Mention: Dark Knight: A True Batman Story (Vertigo)

Honorable Mention: Fantastic Four Epic Collection: The Master Plan of Doctor Doom (Marvel)

Honorable Mention: Kull Eternal #1

Shoutouts:

Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music

#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other

You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)

Question of the Week: what's your routine when you read your comics? Let us know on social media! And we'd like to do another Q&A show in the near future, so please send us your questions :-)

To find us, go to:

Email us at email@thefellowshipofthegeeks.net

Episode 67 - Tribute to Adam West - Week of 6/21/17 0

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Jun 18, 2017

The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion on the career and the impact of Adam West to the geek community. For an actor who was essentially typecast, he managed to have a very long and diverse career, both embracing Batman and creating other memorable characters along the way. And as always, our picks of the week.

What we're up to this week:

I Am Your Father - documentary about Dave Prowse and his uncomfortable relationship with Star Wars (a good if sad watch)

Why Horror? - Showtime documentary about the phenomenon of horror media (an interesting look at horror)

RPGs on Facebook groups - the modern version of message boards and/or play by mail (with a quick mention of Roll20)

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We wish to offer our condolences to the friends and family of Mr. West for their loss, as well as his fans everywhere. Thank you, sir, for the entertainment you worked so hard to provide for us.

Picks for the week of 6/21:

The Chair #1 (Alterna)

The Deep #6 (BOOM!)

The Strange Case of the Disappearing Man #1 (Dark Horse)

Batman #25 (DC)

Plastic #3 (Image)

Crosswind #1 (Image)

Honorable Mention: Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes volume 1 (DC)

Honorable Mention: Lady Killer 2 #5 (Dark Horse)

Honorable Mention: Top 100 Comic Book Movies trade (IDW)

Shoutouts:

Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music

#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other

You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)

Question of the Week: favorite Adam West moment/experience? Let us know on social media! And we'd like to do another Q&A show in the near future, so please send us your questions :-)

To find us, go to:

Email us at email@thefellowshipofthegeeks.net

Episode 66 - Wow, The Bus Comes Early - Week of 6/14/17 0

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Jun 11, 2017

The Fellowship is pleased to present our quarterly look at crowdfunding. A ton of cool comics and other things come out on Kickstarter all the time, and we like to showcase a little of it. It's a fun way to get access to new creators as well as established ones. And as always, our picks of the week.

What we're up to this week:

I actually finished a non-comic book - Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn

Appendectomy - no really, Les was getting out of surgery as we were starting to record last week

Vacation! - dug out and read Fantastic Four: In Search of Galactus (Marvel)

And hints that FF may be returning to the fold?

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Check out our Kickstarter picks:

Ghost Island #2

House of Fear

Witches Trine: Rebirth

Sentries

Bloodworth #3

Deathface Rocket Crew

Angelica Rains

The Hive Comics in Odessa, TX

Black Suit of Death #2

Comichaus - an indie comics app

Illustrated Classics from Beehive Books

Ditko's Mr. A

Picks for the week of 6/14:

Green Valley #9 (Image)

Jimmy's Bastards #1 (Aftershock)

Legion of Super Heroes/Bugs Bunny Special (DC)

Shadows on the Grave #5 (Dark Horse)

Normandy Gold #1 (Titan)

Kid Sherlock #1 (Action Lab)

Honorable Mention: Winnebago Graveyard #1 (Image)

Honorable Mention: The Michael Moorcock Library Vol. 5 - The Vanishing Tower (Titan)

Honorable Mention: Kill the Minotaur #1 (Image)

Also, Overground Comics has been picked up by American Mythology - this is a very good thing

Shoutouts:

Manny the Martyr - thanks for letting us use your music

#PodernFamily - an awesome group of indie podcasters supporting each other

You, dear listeners! Thanks for listening, and if you haven't yet, subscribe so you won't miss next week's exciting episode :-)

Question of the Week: where else (other than Kickstarter, TFAW, Amazon, etc.) do you go to get cool stuff? Let us know on social media! And we'd like to do another Q&A show in the near future, so please send us your questions :-)

To find us, go to:

Email us at email@thefellowshipofthegeeks.net