It's our not-so-special Harvey Awards nominees episode, sprinkled with segueways on Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's All Star Superman, Scott McDaniel, the Trinity villains, Pia Guerra on Dr. Who, the depressing fall from grace of Vertigo's Exterminators, Batman R.I.P., McDuffie's Justice League, the Denys Cowan Appreciation Society, the permanence of Dan Didio, sales figures, new reader accessibility, much Fables and Mark Buckingham love, the Duckmen (Carl Barks, Don Rosa, and William Van Horn), and much more! Bonus! KY Comic Guy returns to the Hotline! Google Smogun.

Steel sharpens steel! This time around, we talk up Josh Cotter's Skyscrapers of the Midwest from Adhouse Books, the impact of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Chuck Dixon saga, Young X-Men #1 and #2, Dave Sim's Judenhass, Caliber and Hercules from Radical, Seven Soldiers of Victory, the Secret Wars II omnibus, the Wildstorm relaunch, Virgin Comics' Project: Kalki #1 and Jenna Jameson's Shadow Hunter, the greatness of Doug Mahnke, Grant Morrison Vs. Alan Moore, Batman R.I.P., Fables #73, the power of editors, Southern Knights, and much more! Plus, the Hotline is on fire with messages from Equinox, Andy Jewett, and KY Comic Guy! Vootie!

Scattershot ramblings on Transhuman, Dark Horse's Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus, 1985 #1, Action Comics #865, the first volume of the Noble Causes Archives from Image, Iron Fist, Umbrella Academy, Final Crisis #1, Trinity #1, Haunt of Horror: Lovecraft and Richard Corben, Ultimate Origins #1, the anthology format, Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1, and much more! Plus, Carlos Cordova and a time traveler call the Hotline!

Final Crisis is here...but the 11 O'Clock Crew don't talk about it this episode! Instead, we banter on about Marvel Comics Presents #8 and #9, Humberto Ramos on Runaways, Ivan Brandon, the hopless existence of Daredevil, house styles and drawing for the original art market, Steve Gerber and Countdown to Mystery, manga, Paul Cornell, Doctor Who Classics from IDW, the magnificence of Jim Cheung, Image Comics' Pretty Baby Machine, Howard the Duck, Spitfire as a vampire, Taschen Books' Men's Adventure Magazines in Postwar America, Leonard Kirk, the 11 O'Clock Drink of the Week, and much more! Bonus! A hint is dropped concerning the identity of the Banner Artist of the Week and Equinox and The Big Largeness call the Hotline!

It's all hands on deck as we discuss Vertigo's new House of Mystery, Jim Butcher's Dresden Files #2, Gene Colan, fill-in artists, silliness (or lack thereof) within Marvel's Secret Invasion, '76, Millar and Hitch's Fantastic Four, Jay Faerber's Gemini and Noble Causes, the Horus Heresy, Crawlspace: XXXombies, the Larsenverse, Invincible and Atom Eve, beer, and much more!

The gang's all here! Our long-lost fourth member, Jason Wood, finally drags his ass into the studio to talk about Crawlspace: XXXombies, Vertigo Comics, Invincible Iron Man #1, David Lapham and Young Liars, Batman R.I.P., Walking Dead, Kieron Dwyer, Jeff Parker and X-Men First Class, Creepy and Eerie, Olivia D'abo (YUM!), Wolverine and the Amazing Immortal Man and Other Tales, Iron Fist, Matt Fraction, Mighty Avengers #13, publishing trends, and much more! Plus, Mario Muscar and evaD (Backwards Dave) call the 11 O'C Hotline!

B, Neseman, and Price discuss Avengers/Invaders #1, Secret Invasion #2, David Lapham and Young Liars, Carl Barks and Uncle Scrooge #375, IDW's Locke and Key, Don Rosa, timeless characters, generous comics fans, Matt Kramer and The Shade's Journal, cloning Dave Wyndorf, fandom, Apple Computers, and much more!

VinceB, Chris Neseman, and David Price talk about Secret Invasion, Wolverine, Fear Agent, White Picket Fences, Queen & Country, Barry Allen, Geoff Johns, Final Crisis, Witchblade, Mike Norton, DC Universe #0, John Byrne, Pat Loika, Skrulls, Jesus, Jewish people, and a whole lot more!

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Bullpen Bulletins: The End featuring VinceB and David Price, Brian Salazar, Dan C, Thomas Steven Katers, KY Comic Guy, Chris Neseman, Skottie Young, Dallan, and Chris Chavez. Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.

David hightails it to Wizard World Chicago, leaving Vince to plumb the depths of the Diamond Previews catalog for August (for books shipping in October). Subtitle this episode "VinceB's love letter to Image comics!" Super7! Stormwatch PHD! First Born! Doktor Sleepless and Harlan Ellison's Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktocman (read in its entirety!). Bonus! The Buzz Line is ablaze with no less than SIX messages from our fantastic forumites! Hunter S. Thompson! Fight Club! JFK! Anal-probing UFO abductions! Fan reaction to the Millar/Hitch Fantastic Four announcement and the Michael Golden brouhaha!

BBP friends and forumites, Chris (Equinox) Chavez and Ryan (Hulksmash) King, help us peruse the Marvel Previews catalog #47 (for books shipping in September, 2007). Bonus! Lenny Bruce! Bill Hicks! Matango, the Fungus of TERROR! Ultraman Moebius! David's Mystery Movie! The wisdom of Spicoli! More!

Derek (Comicbooknoise) Coward, Mike (KYComicguy) Sims, and Ryan (Hulksmash) King join us for our look at the Marvel mega-event of the Summer: WORLD WAR HULK (including insight on Planet Hulk, Incredible Hulk #106 and #107, and She-Hulk #18)! Extra! Savage Dragon Archives Vol. 2! Sinestro Corps Special! The Lightning Saga! Captain America! Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1! Plus, a boatload of Buzz Line messages!

After we wrap-up our post-Civil War report card with Jefferson Workman and Dave Wachter, Around Comics' head honcho, Chris Neseman, steps in to help us read some listener email, pick our dream artists for the Ultimate Man-Thing, take an in-depth look at Avengers: The Initiative #1-3, and peel back the layers on Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp's Black Summer #0. 100% pure, break-free comics discussion! [During the last twenty or so minutes of recording, we experienced some technical glitches which unfortunately could not be completely removed. Sorry for the less than pristine sound in the home stretch.]

The fantastic talent responsible for the stunning visuals in Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight, Green Lantern, and Wolverine, Young Gun Simone Bianchi talks to Miguel about working for Marvel and DC, Grant Morrison, teases us about his upcoming projects, and much more! Bonus! Scar Tissue's Dynamic Dave Wachter and Jocular Jefferson Workman join us for a post-Civil War Marvel Report Card! Extra! Boob Scotch! Inframan! Lost Highway! Violent vomiting! Free energy! Bleeding eardrums! New directions! All this and so much more absolutely no one asked for in the long-awaited 28th episode of Bullpen Bulletins!

This time around, embellisher extraordinaire Chad "Thunderheadjones" Hunt and Around Comics' Brian "Sal" Salazar weigh in on misleading solicitations, their current top five graphic novels/collected editions, Alex Maleev Vs. Greg Land, Skottie Young's recent transformation, Lost Girls, giant purple dicks, and much more! The icing on the cake, Miguel catches up with Fred Van Lente (Marvel Adventures Iron Man, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four, Super-Villain Team Up: Modok's 11, Action Philosophers, and other great books) and corners legend-in-the-making Andrea DiVito (Annihilation)! Bonus! The Buzz Line is on fire with calls from Darrel, Marty Devoid, Equinox, Mark Millar, and three -- count 'em, THREE -- impressions from the bombastic Braxton! Extra! Goofus and Galactus! Lucha Libre! Santo! The Floppy Song (in English and German)! Andy Warhol! William S. Burroughs! Cannibalism! Vootie!

Recorded live from Munden's Bar, Cynosure! Tempting pan-dimensional disaster, Fiendish Fables' wacky Dave Wachter and Pat Loika and Chris Maze from the R-Cast join us to discuss the price of comic books, The Initiative #1, the mindbending world of message boards, derogatory comics designations, and much more! Plus, Allen Ginsberg remembered! Jefferson and the Big Largeness call the Buzz Line! Dinty Moore beef stew! More!

It's our Silver Anniversary Special highlighting the Emerald City Comic Con! Man on the scene, Pat Loika, checks in with interviews of Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley, Phil Hester, Ande Parks, and Brian Reed! If that wasn't enough, we also take a look at the April Marvel Previews catalog #44 (for books shipping in June, 2007), aided by Around Comics' Tom "straight edge" Katers and Jefferson "the" Workman! Bonus! Jeff Parker calls the Buzz Line! Extra! The longest and most annoying intro to date featuring Vrillon of the Ashtar Galactic Command!

Dan C (Papercut) and Chris Chavez (Equinox) drop by to talk about the Marvel Trading Card Game for the Sony PSP, the price of comic books, the dangers of trade paperbacks, Marvel books deserving wider recognition, Civil War: The Confession, Mighty Avengers, experimentation, and much more! It's the podcast about everything and nothing at all!

Gallifreyan transplant Paul Cornell drops by to chat about his Marvel Max miniseries, Wisdom, his work on the legendary, long-running BBC television series Doctor Who (Jelly baby, anyone?), Fortean subjects, and much more! After Mr. Cornell warps out via TARDIS, we finally come to terms with our experiences at this year's New York Comic Con, assisted by the one and only Dave Wachter of Scar Tissue! Over the course of the three-day event, we managed to corner great writer of stuff, Peter David, Mr. Web of Spider-Man, himself, Alex Saviuk, and good ol' Frazier Irving from Silent War! Also appearing: Chris, Sal, and Tom from Around Comics! Doombot! Domino Blue! Rick Gordon from the Pop Cult Online! Many Miguels! Matt S. from Comic Timing and That's What She Said! Pat Loika, the Awesome Sauce! Joseph the 4th from Australia! Dave Wachter delivers a stunning, tear-soaked rendition of Captain America is Dead by listener John Osborne! Listener email! Captain America #25! All this and the usual dose of potty humor and pop-culture craziness that can (thankfully) only be found in one place: the Bullpen!

Frazier Irving, the incomparable illustrator behind the stunning visuals for Seven Soldiers: Klarion, the Witch Boy, Iron Man: The Inevitable, and Marvel's current hard-hitting Silent War miniseries, stops by to offer us a mindbending glimpse into his creative process. In the second half, Scott Cederlund of Wednesday's Haul joins us in a disussion on Civil War #7 and the miniseries as a whole. Plus, Jack King Kirby, bad acting from Roger Corman's seldom-seen Fantastic Four film, a special appearance by Around Comics' Chris Neseman and Brian Salazar, and more!

Shout at the devil! Novelist Alexander Irvine drops by to discuss his Marvel Max series, Hellstorm: Son of Satan, his upcoming Ultimates prose novel, his book The Narrows, and much more! The light at the end of our long, hard road out of Hell, Braxton Harrison helps us take an in-depth look at Wolverine #50! All this, plus listener reaction to Civil War #7, Galactus and the Watcher, pop culture curiosities, and a whole lot more!

This episode, we chew the four-color fat with Fred Van Lente, writer of Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four, Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's Eleven, Action Philosophers!, and more! After the dust settles, we take a look at a few recently-published Marvel gems, including BLADE #5, the MS. MARVEL SPECIAL, FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #16, and IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY #1! All this, plus the usual off-kilter pop culture insanity!

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World War Hulk, Bullpen Bulletins style! Spoiler warning: this dramatization includes events from Greg Pak's Planet Hulk up to issue 102.

After a somewhat lengthy discussion of Civil War: The Return, we jump headfirst into our double-headed Dabel Brothers spectacular: in the first hour, we talk with Jake Black, the writer behind the Marvel/Dabel Brothers adaptation of Orson Scott Card's Wyrms and, in the second half, we travel to Portugal to touch base with Miguel Montenegro, illustrator for Orson Scott Card's Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker!

A Bullpen Bulletins Special Edition featuring fandom's fearsome reply to Civil War: The Return (among other things)!

In the first hour, we butt heads on The Irredeemable Ant-Man #3, David praises Peter David, Scot Eaton, and company's work on Friendly Neighboorhood Spider-Man #15, and VinceB launches a long assessment of the second volume of the Essential Defenders! The Pop Cult Online's Rick Gordon and Kevin Moyer from Comic Geek Speak drop by in our second half to help us find books for new readers not familiar with the mighty Marvel Universe! Bonus! The Collected Comics Library's Chris Marshall drops some science for new readers! Scott Cederlund of Wednesday's Haul gets desperate in the wake of Civil War: The Return! Around Comics' Tom Katers! The Big Largeness! Francis E. Dec, Esq.! All this and the usual pop culture weirdness that is Bullpen Bulletins!

We're back! VinceB and David Price kick off the new year with an old school episode! No guest hosts! No interviews! Just the Bullpen Bulletins duo yammering at length about their favorite comics company! Listen in awe while we tell the story behind our brief hiatus, discuss a slew of recently-published Marvel gems, butt heads on the merits (or lack thereof) of Fantastic Four #541,  help a listener choose which Civil War trade paperbacks to buy, and read a few listener emails! Bonus! Witness a very, very long intro! Scream with laughter as Dean and Jerry swear like sailors! More Dada poetry (I think)! All this and a whole lot more in the triumphant return of the Bullpen Bulletins podcast! Praise BOB!

Jefferson Workman, Chris Equinox Chavez, and Scott Cederlund from Wednesday's Haul drop by to help us through the second half of the Marvel Previews catalog number 40 (for books shipping in February 2007)! Plus, Frank Zappa warns on the dangers of Speed and reads a few paragraphs from William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch! Bonus! Chad and Mr. Zombie! Dada poetry! Bigfoot! A cocky stage hypnotist! Bryon Gysin on junk, baby! Leeloo! Yoko Ono! A holiday song in German! Loud Boy! A demonic possession! More!

Dial R Studio's Pat Loika, Chris Eaton aka The Big Largeness, Jefferson Workman, and BlondMichelle join us as we plunge into the Marvel Previews catalog for items shipping in February, 2007! Also, Kevin Smith, Joe Quesada, and Stan Lee drop by in the form of audio snippets (graciously provided by attendee, Pat Loika) from the Marvel: Then and Now event! All this, and the usual Buzz Line silliness!

Jefferson Workman joins us in our Marvel Spotlight discussion on Bruce Jones and John Romita Jr's Return of the Monster! Also, the Buzz Line erupts with calls from Dallan, Darrel, Max Headroom, Scar Tissue's Dave Wachter, and Chad and Mr. Zombie! Bullpen Bulletins 13 is our funniest episode to date - a laugh riot from start to finish!

The first Bullpen Bulletins Team-Up! In the first half of this episode, we're joined by Derek Coward from Comic Book Noise and the Deliberate Noise network to talk about Infinite Crisis, Civil War, the Registration Act, and Captain America's role in the battle! In the second half of the show, Derek throws down with Michael Myers from Rocky Mountain Comic Book Noise, Comic Timing's Ian Levenstein, and the home team for an energized discussion on Amazing Spider-Man #536! All this, plus the usual Buzz Line and pop culture insanity!

Bullet Points' Tommy Lee Edwards stops by to talk about art, his past, present, and future work, factors influencing his decision to go exclusive with Marvel, Star Wars, and much more! Also, Doombot joins in on our discussion of Civil War #5! All this, plus the usual shorts, Buzz Line messages, and just plain weirdness you can only find here!

It's Marvel Previews time, again! This time around, we're joined by Around Comics' Chris Neseman, Dan C (Papercut), Chris Chavez (Equinox), Jay Scarsi, and Miguel Rodrigues (Organic Matter) help us on our trip through Marvel Previews #39 (November for books shipping in January, 2007). Also, Marty Devoid delivers his first Top of the Pot report! Bonus! The Buzz Line is screamin' with calls from Doombot, Denise from Birds of Geek, Comic Timing's Ian Levenstein, Jay Scarsi, a quartet from the bombastic Braxton, Just Another Fan Boy's Steeven, and the Governator, himself, Detective John Kimble!

Marvel Fabulous Firsts! Around Comics' Brian Salazar joins us for our dissection of five recently-released Marvel first issues: Doctor Strange: The Oath, Criminal, Ultimate Power, The Irredeemable Ant-Man, and Ghost Rider! Special last-minute appearance by Tom Katers! Bonus! The Buzz Line explodes with calls! Extra! Witness the stunning return of X-51!

Pat Loika and Miguel Rodrigues join us in our discussion of Marvel current events, specifically the leaked Marvel Original Art Policy memo and Tamora Pierce's reaction to the Sue Storm letter as written by Mark Millar in Civil War #4! Also, we dip into Willie Lumpkin's Mailbag for some listener emails!

Amazingly-talented Pat Loika joins us for the second of our Halloween specials, adding commentary to our examination of the Marvel Zombies miniseries, the Comics Code of Authority, Dr. Frederic Wertham and Seduction of the Innocent, the Marvel Monster Group and the black-and-white magazines Monsters Unleashed, Dracula Lives!, Vampire Tales, and Tales of the Zombie, and the recently-published Essential Tales of the Zombie and Essential Marvel Horror! Bonus! Werewolf by Night!

In our first of two Halloween specials, we embark on a three-hour Skype roundtable discussion on revered and reviled Marvel Universe deaths and resurrections, featuring Around Comics' Chris Neseman, newlywed Matt Darth Kramer, Mike from Portugal, Jay Scarsi, and Dan C AKA Papercut! Special appearance by Tom Straight Edge Katers! Also, Ratenef and Elvis Parsley call the Buzz line! We discuss our addiction to Marvel Legends action figures! David and I rejoyce in the wonder that is The Beyond! And if that wasn't enough, we're plagued by a horde of flesh-eating zombies! Ooooh, scary!

It's that time again! Join us as we plow through the Marvel Previews catalog for items shipping in December. Also, Weitall, Mike from Portugal, and Christopher Walken call the Buzz Line! Bonus! Scattered throughout the episode, you'll hear the infamous Wizard World Chicago brouhaha that led to the creation of Bullpen Bulletins, featuring Tom Katers from Around Comics, Scar Tissue's Dave Wachter, Dan C aka Papercut, the That's What She Said Podcast's Matt S., and assorted comics creators and conventioneers!

It's the Bullpen Bulletins Bargain Bin! In this episode, we each rescued four comics from the dank depths of the cheapie bins and talk about what we found! Also, VinceB offers up an addendum to the episodes on Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men! Plus, a pair of cute little girls tell us how stupid comics are. Whatever.

This episode, we take a look at Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men issues 7 ro 12. Plus, the Bullpen Buzz line is ringin' off the hook!

In our first Marvel Spotlight episode, we take a closer look at the first twelve issues of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men!

It's the scintillating second part of our perusal of the pulse-pounding Marvel Previews catalog for November! Plus, we dip into Willie Lumpkin's mailbag for a couple of cranky comments from our listeners!

In this multi-part episode, we begin our trek through the Marvel Previews catalog for books shipping in November, interrupted at irregular intervals by my favorite muck-monster, the magnificent MAN-THING!

It's here!  An audio experience like none other.  Thrill! ...to Vince and David's early days as fans of Marvel.  Shriek! ...in terror as some "friends" drop by for some audio comments. Be amazed! ...at how entertaining these two can be.

Join us for a walk down memory lane and for some fun word association in this, the first and best episode of Bullpen Bulletins.  The podcast that is a celebration of all things Marvel.

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