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The Backroom Comics Podcast covers anything and everything related to comics, led by its hosts Kevin Malcolm and Greg Upton.

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Episode 119 - Kickin' It Old School
5/25/2011
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The Backroom team take a page from the past by doing one long segment featuring underappreciated characters, the latest news, and what they’ve been reading.
Episode 118 - FCBD 2011
5/18/2011
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The Backroom crew tackles free comic book day, first by interviewing people on the scene and then by discussing the comics they picked up.
Episode 117 - A New Justice League
5/11/2011
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The Backroom team review some comics, discuss the complexity of the DC Universe timeline, and give an update on the latest happenings from the Justice League.
Episode 116 - Comic Highs & Lows
5/4/2011
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The Backroom team give $5 worth of venting, discuss the return of anthologies, share some comic news, and take a look at The Arctic Marauder.
Episode 115 - Kevin's Choice
4/27/2011
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The Backroom team resume their discussion about the challenge of comics collecting and give some reviews for #1 issues.
Episode 114 - Comics Mishmash
4/20/2011
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The Backroom team look back on the history of Blacksad, share their webcomic of the month, preview the offerings at Free Comic Book Day, and discuss the latest crop of comic movie trailers.
Episode 113 - Comic Recommendations
4/13/2011
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The Backroom team give a retro read, review some of the comics they have been given, and discuss the latest stream of news coming out of Marvel.
Episode 112 - Back in the Groove
4/6/2011
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The Backroom team get back into their regular groove by sharing what they picked up at ECCC and discussing some of the latest comics news.
Episode 111 - ECCC 2011 Part 4
3/30/2011
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The Backroom Comics team conclude their coverage of Emerald City ComiCon by interviewing Ron Marz (Green Lantern & Witchblade), Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), Ian Boothby (The Simpsons & Futurama), and Sarah deLaine (PR & Marketing Coordinator at Image Comics).
Episode 110 - ECCC 2011 Part 3
3/23/2011
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The Backroom Comics team continue their coverage of Emerald City ComiCon by interviewing Scott Kurtz (PvP), David Willis (Short Packed & Dumbing of Age), Jeph Jacques (Questionable Content), and Danielle Corsetto (Girls With Slingshots).
Episode 109 - ECCC 2011 Part 2
3/16/2011
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The Backroom Comics team continue their coverage of Emerald City ComiCon by interviewing Darick Robertson (The New Warriors), Amy Mebberson & James Silvani (The Muppet Show & Darkwing Duck), Rob Reger (Emily the Strange), and Scott Campbell (Great Showdowns).
Episode 108 - ECCC 2011 Part 1
3/9/2011
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The Backroom Comics team begin their coverage of Emerald City ComiCon by interviewing Sergio Aragones (Groo), Thomas Hall & Daniel Bradford (Robot 13 & KING!), and Chris Roberson (Superman & I Zombie).
Episode 107 - Points of Interest
3/2/2011
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The Backroom Comics crew tackle the latest news coming from the publishing world and give their last preview of the upcoming Emerald City ComiCon.
Episode 106 - Superhero Pub Crawl
2/23/2011
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The Backroom Comics team learn about a Superhero Pub Crawl, look at the history of Humanoids, discuss life with Archie, and give their webcomic of the month.
Episode 105 - Hitting All Angles
2/16/2011
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The Backroom team travels to the Comic Stop to speak with Brian Meredith about creating comics, running comic cons, and industry news.
Episode 104 - ECCC 2011 Preview
2/10/2011
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The Backroom Comics team sits down with Jim Demonakos, the man in charge of Emerald City ComiCon, to preview the 2011 Convention.
Episode 103 - Superhero Morality
2/2/2011
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The Backroom team discuss superhero morality, review NBC's The Cape, share items on their pull lists, and give some #1 comic reviews.
Episode 102 - Everything Old Is New Again
1/26/2011
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The team discusses the new work of some comic legends and the challenges presented with a growing comic collection.
Episode 101 - Jason's Long Box
1/19/2011
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The Backroom team discusses the latest comic news, takes a look at the issue of variant covers, and browse through Jason's childhood long box.
Episode 100 - Just The Beginning
1/12/2011
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After discussing the film Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods, the team celebrates reaching the 100 episode milestone by reflecting back on their experiences on the podcast as well as some famous #100 issues.
Episode 99.5 - The History of Reverse Flash
1/5/2011
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The team discusses the relationship between comics and Hollywood, and give a brief history of the Reverse Flash.
Episode 99 - Obsessed With Marvel
12/29/2010
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The Backroom Comics team answers some trivia about Marvel, review some #1's issues, and discuss the latest media news.
Episode 98 - Looking Forward And Back
12/22/2010
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The Backroom crew tackle the December 2010 comic preview guide and look back at the year in comic based movies and TV.
Episode 97 - Chew On This
12/15/2010
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The team breaks down the latest news, interviews John Layman, and picks their webcomic of the month.
Episode 96 - A Special Offer
12/8/2010
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The team discusses some comics news, tell you why you should be reading Supreme, and Kevin receives a special invitation.
Episode 95 - Snowpocalypse 2010
12/1/2010
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An episode cut short by a snow storm in Seattle, the team gives introductory advice for the DC Universe and give some nerd book recommendations.
Episode 94 - Conan The Historian
11/24/2010
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An in depth history of Conan, an overview of King City, and the team share what they are thankful for in honor of Thanksgiving.
Episode 93 - A Star Is Born
11/17/2010
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The team looks back at the history of Starman, dissect some of the latest comics news, give an overview of comic based toys, and share some of the items on their pull lists.
Episode 92 - The Next Big Thing
11/10/2010
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A discussion about why they aren't reading certain comics, a look through the November previews catalog, and the team tackles some #1's.
Episode 91 - News For Nerds
11/3/2010
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The team discusses the latest media news from the world of comics, pick the webcomic of the month and share some books for nerds.
Episode 90 - The Least Scary Villains
10/27/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew give some comic reading suggestions, take a look at The Walking Dead in advance of the TV show's premiere, and discuss the least scary villains.
Episode 89 - The High Cost Of Comics
10/20/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew discuss the news coming out of New York Comic Con, the price drop for DC & Marvel comics, and share what they have been reading lately.
Episode 88 - The Ex Machina Special
10/13/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew looks back at Ex Machina, from creator Brian K. Vaughan, following the completion of the series.
Episode 87 - Jet City Comic Show 2010 Part 2
10/10/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew heads to the first annual Jet City Comic Show, and in this episode they interview Jay Faerber, Shane White, Joshua Ortega, and James Taylor.
Episode 86 - Jet City Comic Show 2010 Part 1
10/6/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew heads to the first annual Jet City Comic Show, and in this episode they interview Brandon Jerwa, Drew Pocza, Agnes Garbowska, and Brian Churilla.
Episode 85 - Fall 2010 Preview
9/29/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew look through the comic preview guide to see what is coming out in the near future, and discuss the complicated history of Batman Beyond.
Episode 84 - Getting To Know You
9/22/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew discuss the trouble at the Harvey Awards, share some good comics to start with in the Marvel Universe, and look back on the history of Farscape.
Episode 83 - PAX Prime 2010
9/15/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew descends on PAX, during which they speak with Marvel, The Amazing Society, Nintendo, Activision, Wizards of the Coast, and Mayfair Games.
Read Along: Sandman Part 6.5
9/13/2010
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Read Along with Greg and Kevin as they continue their in depth analysis of the entire Sandman series. In this episode read along as they conclude the fifth volume, A Game Of You.
Episode 82 - Worth The Price
9/8/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew discusses the new Darkwing Duck comic series, considers the cost of hardcover books, and reflect on Y: The Last Man.
Episode 81 - How We Read Comics
9/1/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew analyze everything related to reading comics: how they read them, what they have been reading, and discuss the review process.
Read Along: Sandman Part 6
8/27/2010
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Read Along with Greg and Kevin as they continue their in depth analysis of the entire Sandman series. In this episode read along as they start the fifth volume, A Game Of You.
Episode 80 - Come Together
8/25/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew continue their look back on the complex history of the X-Men, preview Jet City Comic Show and Emerald City ComiCon, and check in on Ladies Night at Comics Dungeon.
Epiosde 79 - With A Twist Of Lime
8/18/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew interviews Jessica Levey from the web comic Raincloud With A Bar Tab, discuss the complicated history of the X-Men, and review the Harvey Award nominees.
Episode 78 - Origin of an Idea
8/11/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew interview Benjamin Nason, writer on The Serpent Whispered, and give an update on what they have been reading lately.
Episode 77 - Backroom Comics vs. The World
8/4/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew review the new film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (spoiler free), give some recommendation on new comic series to check out, and take a look through the August 2010 comics preview guide.
Episode 76 - Something For Everyone
7/28/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew is joined by Scott from Arcane Comics for a discussion about upcoming comic films, Dani Nelson shares her comic reading history, and Chris gives some retro #1's to check out.
Episode 75 - Gender in Comics
7/21/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew follow up on a previous discussion of gender politics in comics, preview San Diego Comic Con, and debate Death's future in the DC Universe.
Episode 74 - The New Era
7/14/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew tackle the latest comic news including Wonder Womans new costume and the new Spider-Man, share some original comic artwork, and tells you why you should be reading Scott Pilgrim.
Episode 73 - In The Year 1989
7/7/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew takes a look back at the world of comics in 1989, discusses the relaunch of Futurama, embraces Hex-amania, and gets an exclusive interview with K. Malcolm.
Episode 72 - Digital Censorship
6/30/2010
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The Backroom Podcast crew tackle the issue of digital censorship in response to recent moves by Apple, and then they share what comics they've been reading lately.
Episode 71 - Revisiting Swamp Thing
6/23/2010
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The Backroom Comics Podcast crew talks about the past and future of Swamp Thing, RPG's based on comics, and give reviews for some new comic series.
Episode 70 - Father's Day Special
6/16/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew dedicates an entire episode to fathers: first they talk to Brian Meredith about working on a comic with his daughter, next James Callan discusses how he introduced his daughter to comics, and finally Ed Peterson tells about sharing his love of the comics world with his son.
Episode 69 - Looking to the Future
6/9/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew travel to The Comic Shop to join Brian Meredith for a look back on Emerald City ComiCon and forward to Jet City Comic Show, give advice on some new comic series, discuss web comics news, and debate DC's recent price increase.
Episode 68 - The Adventure Continues
6/7/2010
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The Backroom Podcast crew continue their journey across Eastern Washington; this time they stop in the Tri-Cities to discuss what they picked up at Spokane ComiCon and give a Retro Read.
Episode 67 - Spokane ComiCon 2010
6/2/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew heads to Spokane ComiCon. They talk to the founder of the convention Nathan O'Brien, interview to Dustin Weaver from SHIELD, discuss Legos with John Layman from Chew, and much more.
Episode 66 - The Celebration
5/26/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew celebrates the sixth anniversary of Arcane comics by introducing new team member Chris Walker, revisiting Rotten with Mark Rahner, and by having Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth interview each other about Stumptown.
Episode 65 - Women in Comics
5/19/2010
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The Backroom Comics crew tackle the issue of the portrayal of women in mainstream comics, and then introduce a new writer for the Backroom Podcast website, Chris Hogue.
Episode 64 - FCBD 2010
5/13/2010
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The Backroom Comics Podcast crew tackles free comic book day, first by interviewing people on the scene and then by reviewing the comics they picked up.
Episode 63 - Spicing Things Up
5/5/2010
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Kevin and Jason discuss the latest happenings in the comic world, Kevin and Greg share some retro reads worth checking out, and Pete explains to Greg why he should read The Boys.
Episode 62 - Bad Start For The Brightest Day
4/28/2010
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Pete and Greg share the latest comics news happenings, Kevin and Jason discuss the start of Brightest Day, and Kevin and Pete introduce Whedon's World.
Episode 61 - Welcome to the Dungeon
4/21/2010
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The Backrooms crew travels to the Comics Dungeon to talk with the owner, Scott Tomlin, and after that discusses the latest comics news.
Episode 60 - Pete-apalooza
4/14/2010
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The Backroom crew celebrates Pete's birthday by talking about comic schwag, the latest round of comics news, and concludes with a new segment called Retro Read.
Episode 59 - Same Old Same Old
4/7/2010
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Finally, things get back to normal after the Emerald City ComiCon coverage: Greg and Pete discuss digital comics, and Kevin and Jason discuss the latest happenings in comic news.
Emerald City ComiCon 2010 Part 5
4/5/2010
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The final part of our Emerald City ComiCon series: Greg interviews Alan J. Porter from Cars, Pete interviews John Layman from Chew, and Greg interviews Terry Moore from Strangers in Paradise.
Emerald City ComiCon 2010 Part 4
4/2/2010
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Part four of our Emerald City ComiCon series: Greg interviews Pia Guerra from Y: The Last Man and Mike Allred from Madman.
Emerald City ComiCon 2010 Part 3
3/31/2010
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Part three of our Emerald City ComiCon series: Kevin interviews Tim Sale from Challengers of the Unknown and Greg interviews Jill Thompson from Beasts of Burden.
Emerald City ComiCon 2010 Part 2
3/27/2010
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Part two of our Emerald City ComiCon series: Pete interviews Greg Rucka from Stumptown, Kevin interviews JH Williams III from Detective Comics, Jason interviews Danielle Corsetto from Girls With Slingshots, and Pete interviews the 501st Legion.
Emerald City ComiCon 2010 Part 1
3/24/2010
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Part one of our Emerald City ComiCon series: Kevin interviews Mark Waid of Boom! Studios, Greg interviews Rick Remender of Fear Agent, and Jason interviews Ben McCool and Ben Templesmith of Choker.
Episode 53 - Reaching Another Milestone
3/17/2010
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Pete and Jason share what they have been reading lately, and Greg and Kevin discuss the latest offerings from Milestone.
Episode 52 - The Origin Story
3/10/2010
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In celebration of the one year anniversary the crew interviews Kevin's mom, discusses gender in comics, and show off some of their favorite comic related toys.
Episode 51 - Everything But The Kitchen Sink
3/3/2010
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Greg and Pete discuss the latest wave of comic movie news, Pete and Jason consider the ramifications of the recent shakeup at DC, Greg gives his latest gripe and we share some of our plans for Emerald City ComiCon.
Episode 50 - Eating Ramen Noodles
2/24/2010
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Kevin and Jason discuss the controversy surrounding Captain America 602, and Scott from Arcane joins Kevin for a discussion about the upcoming events Brightest Day and Age of Heroes.
Episode 49 - The Final Countdown
2/17/2010
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Kevin, Greg, Pete, and Jason head to Comic Stop to talk with the co-owner Jim Demonakos, organizer of Emerald City ComiCon, as the countdown to the convention begins. After that the other co-owner of Comic Stop, Brian Meredith, chats with Greg about his thoughts on the state of the comic retailers.
Episode 48 - Team of Heroes
2/10/2010
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Pete interviews Alexander Harris, author of Team of Heroes. Kevin and Greg discuss some of their favorite comic relationships in honor of Valentine's Day.
Read Along: Sandman Part 5
2/8/2010
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Read Along with Greg and Kevin as they continue their in depth analysis of the entire Sandman series. In this episode read along as they conclude the fourth volume Season of Mists before moving through Thermidor, August, and Three Septembers and a January.
Episode 47 - A Trip To Stumptown
2/3/2010
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Kevin and Greg discuss comics news, and then Kevin and Pete interview Matthew Southworth, the artist from Stumptown.
Episode 46 - One For The Underdogs
1/27/2010
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Kevin and Pete discuss some of their favorite underrated characters, Greg and Kevin talk about the Showcase line of books from DC, and Pete and Greg shae what they have been reading lately.
Episode 45 - A Look Into The Crystal Ball
1/21/2010
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Kevin and Jason finish up their analysis of the Onion AV Club's best of the decade. After that Greg, Pete, and Jason looking to the future of comics.
Episode 44 - The Shipping News
1/13/2010
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Kevin and Greg are joined by Scott from Arcane Comics to talk about the recent troubles of Marvel and Diamond. The conversation then turns to what they have been reading lately.
Episode 43 - Playing Catch Up
1/6/2010
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Greg has recovered from his cold and joins Kevin in some classic Backroom Comics Podcast segments as they discuss what they've been reading and the latest comic news.
Episode 42 - The Best of the Decade?
12/31/2009
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Kevin is joined by Pete and Jason for a review of the Onion AV Club's list of the best comics of the decade. They then move on to tackle the topic of religion in comics.
Episode 41 - All About Pete
12/23/2009
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Kevin is joined by Pete Greenberg, for a discuss about what initially got him interested in comics, why he stopped reading them, and finally what has brought him back.
Episode 40 - The Backroom Holiday Guide
12/16/2009
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Kevin and Greg share some gift ideas for those who are getting ready for the holidays. Then they move on to cover some of the latest comic news.
Episode 39 - The Great Debate
12/10/2009
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Kevin and Greg get into an intense debate with Scott from Arcane Comics about censorship vs. child protection in comics following a recent case in Kentucky.

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