CBF Quick Picks #87 : The New 52 – Week 1 Part 1

September 12, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
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CBF Quick Picks #87 : The New 52 - Week 1 Part 1 [ 38:06 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

After Justice League #1 set up the new status quo for the DCU, we finally get the first salvo of the new 52. And it was a doozy:

  • Action Comics #1 gives us Grant Morrison’s new take on the Boy Scout in pants. Nothing spectacular, but good to see it taken back to basics with Superman fighting for the common man while dealing with authorities that want no part of him.
  • Batgirl #1 sees Gail Simone take Barbara Gordon out of the chair and back into action. I already knew Simone would bring the great female characterization to Barbara based on her previous runs in Birds of Prey. I expected just as much here as well.
  • You wouldn’t have expected much out of Tony Daniel in Detective Comics #1 until those last two pages knocked your socks off.
  • Swamp Thing #1 took a newbie like me to the character and made me love it. Scott Snyder does horror right and this character fits his style just well. Yanick Paquette was no slouch either.
  • Animal Man #1 also took a newbie like me to the character and made me love it. Jeff Lemire brings his off-the-wall creepiness to this character that sets the stage for great stories. All I have to say is I’m not burying dead pets any time soon.

There’s more of week 1 to come, but I only have so much voice to spare. Tune in soon for part 2 of what’s left of the new 52 in week 1!

Music provided by Jenny Dalton – Tuesday with Zooey

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CBF Podcast 13: The Decade in Review Part Deux

December 29, 2009 by · 1 Comment
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Tim and I wrap up (no not rapping, we just talk) our decade in review starting at 2005.  We hope you had a great year (and decade) and we’re looking forward to better and more podcasts, comics, movie reviews, videos and giving you our unique (some say odd, very very odd) take on comics.

Happy New Year everyone!

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