This installment of the Podwits’ Side Cast find Dion and J. Blake on location at New York City’s famous Manganaro’s Hero Boy on the Westside for a lunch break while they attend this year’s 4th Annual Comic Book Marketplace Convention. The boys discuss collecting original comic book and cartoon art, the allure of small conventions as opposed to the clusterfunk known […]
Posts Tagged ‘Comic Con’
Side-Cast: Epic Battles: Comic Conventions Over Heroes
Posted: 5th March 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Cartoons, Celebrities, Comic Books, Podcast, Side-Casts, UncategorizedTags: Al Roker, Alex Ross, Animaniacs, Batman, Bill Melendez, Bob Kane, Bob Singer, Bruce Lee, Bugs Bunny, Chubby Checker, Chuck Berry, Chuck Jones, Comic Art, Comic Con, Comicbook Market place, Dick Van Dyke, Don Knotts, Dr. Suess, Fangoria, Frank Frazetta, George Perez, Herb Trimpe, Hero Boy, Jerry Reed, Jim Steranko, Joe Sinnott, John Byrne, John Romita Sr, Ken Bald, Laurel and Hardy, Mama Cass, Manganaro's Hero Boy, Mark Millar, Mark Texeira, Meadowlark Lemon, Neil Adams, Roddy Pipper, Scatman Crothers, Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo Movies, Scott Baio, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Snoopy, Spiderman, Stan Lee, Superman, The Green Hornet, The Harlem Globetrotters, The Peanuts, The Punisher, The Shadow, The Three Stooges, Wolverine
Protecting the Earth from various No-goodniks and Skullduggery
Posted: 22nd February 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Beer, Cartoons, Comic Books, Ernest Borgnine, News, Podcast, Science FictionTags: A Christmas Story, Batman 66, Bejing Love Story, Borgnine Night, Brian Michael Bendis, Clint Eastwood, Comic Books, Comic Con, D.C. Comics, Ernest Borgnine, Guardians of the Galaxy, Justified, Marvel, New York Comic Book Market Plac, Saving Mr. Banks, Smallville, Special Edition NYC, Superman, Valentine's Day, Warner Bros., What's so Funny ABout Truth Justice and the American Way?, Wonder Woman
The boys are at it again! Dion’s on about Clint Eastwood being a real life hero and scorned Valentine’s Day lovers from China, J’s back from space and talking shop about Superman, and Brian is loving Marvel’s new Guardians of the Galaxy and voicing his contempt for the ineptitude of DC Comics. Plus an update on the 22nd Annual Borgnine Night at […]
Hairy Palm
Posted: 27th July 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Andrew Garfield, Batman, Comic Con, Joss Whedon, Justice League, Karen Gillan, Matt Smith, Orphan Black, Smallville, Squadron Supreme, Superman, Tatiana Maslany, Tom Hiddleston
Brian and J are not back from San Diego Comic-Con… mainly ’cause they didn’t go in the first place. But of course that won’t stop them from discussing it! Why do Doctor Who stars keep shaving their heads? Will the Superman/Batman movie suck? How good is Orphan Black, really? (Spoiler alert: Effing awesome.) And just what the heck is […]
Side-Casts: The Decline of the Horror Convention, Part II, Vol. II: Fulci Lives!
Posted: 8th May 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-CastsTags: Billy Drago, Chiller Theater, City of the Living Dead, Clint Eastwood, Comic Con, Dario Argento, Demonia, Fangoria, Gates of Hell, George Takei, Goblin, Horror, Horror Convention, House by the Cemetery, Jeffery Combs, John Saxon, Kill Bill, Lifeforce, Lucio Fulci, New Goblin, New York Ripper, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Steam Punk, Susperia, The Beyond, Tobe Hooper, Tom Savini, VHS
In the 3rd and final installment of this special edition of the new Podwits podcast, The Side-Cast, Dion and contributor J. Blake wrap up their discussion of the sad decline of the popular Horror Conventions from what they once were, and focus in on Italian Horror director Lucio Fulci‘s famous career and the impact it has […]