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Alan's Eyes & Ears #019 - Movie Countdown III In this new episode 19 of this podcast, Alan begins by covering a bit of feedback from prior episodes, and then counts down the most recent 20 movies that he has watched. Among the films that are discussed in this episode are: all 5 original Planet of the Apes films, The Flash, Lucy, Madame Web, Glass Onion, and the most recent entries in 2 separate action film franchises. Listen to this episode ... and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Is It Jaws? Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

DOOMSPEAK #54 The Harrowing of Doom, a prose novel by David Annandale, copyright date 2020.What happens when Professor Alan covers a very rare piece of Doom's publication history -- a book containing ONLY WORDS!!!!That's right, NO PICTURES (other than that pretty cool cover) Without the help of comic book art, how does Doom build a supernatural science machine capable of peeling back the gates of Hell? And how will his people feel about a usurper's attempt to seize the throne?Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Terminator Now Next Time: Doom 2099 34 & 35. Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlanSource: A gift from our good buddy, Dr Anj.

Quarter-Bin Podcast #212Life with Archie #100, Archie Comics, cover-dated August 1970.What happens when Clinton Robinson joins the Professor to talk about an issue of Life with Archie completely themed around the subject of auto racing? Do they cross the finish line in style? Do they run out of gas? Does the episode completely spin out and crash? Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: To the Batpoles!Link: Clinton's Coffee & Comics showNext Episode: Alter Ego #1, First Comics, cover-dated May 1986.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlanSource: Half Price BooksMusic: Island Breeze by Surf House Productions   https://

Alan's Eyes & Ears #018 - Anatomy of a Collection, pt 3 In this third episode of this podcast mini-series, Alan continues his attempt to talk about EVERY comic in his collection. Picking up where he left off last time, he talks about Cloak & Dagger, Dazzler, Daredevil, Crisis, Convergence ... and more!What shameful elements of his comic book life does the Professor reveal? What important role does alphabetizing have in determining the content for his episode? And just how much does the Professor love Convergence? Listen to this episode ... and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Pop Culture Affidavit Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Quarter-Bin Podcast #211Dark Spaces: Wildfire #1, IDW, cover-dated July 2022. "Wildfire Part One: The Trap," by Scott Snyder & Hayden Sherman. What happens when Professor Alan starts reading a trade about firefighters, and realizes that he really wants to cover the episode on the Quarter-Bin Podcast? And just how did he acquire this trade paperback anyway? Listen to the episode and find out!  Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: The Bat-PodNext Episode:Not sure. It's the Summer, so just chill out, OK?Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlanSource: Free at Heroes ConLove Rain by Thomas Gresen | https://soundcloud.com/thomasgresenMusic promot

Alan's Eyes & Ears #017 - Heroes Con 2024In this 17th episode of the podcast, Alan is joined (in part) by Em and by Darrin Sutherland to discuss their experiences at the recent Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina.They talk panels, merchandise, food, friends, and free comics! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo:Who's Editing?Link: Intrusive ThoughtsLink: The New FuturistsLink: Artist Ryan BestLink: Artist Charles Stewart IIISend e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Quarter-Bin Podcast #210Jonny Quest Special #1, Comico, cover-dated September 1988 "Three Trapped Tigers," by Arthur Byron Cover, with art by Richard Howell and Jim Mooney.What happens when  Listen to the episode and find out!  Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Best Issue EverLink: Darrin's (and Ruth's) RaD Adventures NetworkNext Episode:Not sure. It's the Summer, so just chill out, OK?Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlanSource: World's Greatest ComicsMusic: Winter Days by FSM Team, which I assume are the Free Stock Music in-house creators.Music provided by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC

Alan's Eyes & Ears #016 - The Great DisasterIn this 16th episode of Eyes & Ears, Professor Alan covers some feedback before launching into coverage of The Great Disaster, as presented in the Showcase volume of the same name, featuring the Atomic Knights. This is the first of a new sub-series Calm, Cool, & Collected, in which Alan covers trade paperbacks, collections and graphic novels from his bookshelves.Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Comics for Fun & Profit Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Shortbox Reflections #01 Super-Hero Prose (SS #23, from September 2014) Professor Alan and Em convene to reflect on a nearly 10-year-old episode, discussing the state of super-hero prose novels today, before replaying the episode from 2014 where they talked about the same topic. In the replay portion, they talk about non-comic books that feature superheroes. It's book report time, as the topic for this conversation is "super-hero prose." They talk about novelizations and adaptations, novels featuring DC & Marvel characters, novels featuring original characters, short stories, and even some fan-fiction. Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly  Here is a partial list of the stories and novels we mentioned, which you should purchase through Em's bookstore, The Book Loft. Playing for Keeps, by Mur Lafferty Sable, by Mike Grell Shadow Legion: New Roads to Hell, by Thomas Deja,, reviewed by Professor Alan here. Leaper, by Geoffrey

Quarter-Bin Podcast #209Carson of Venus: The Eye of Amtor #1, American Mythology, cover-dated 2020. "The Eye of Amtor, Part One," by Mike Wolfer, with art by Lorenzo Carratu.and"Pellucidar: Dark of the Sun, Part One" by  Christopher Paul Carey, with art by Mike Wolfer.What happens when Mike Atchison joins the Professor to talk about some stories from the Edger Rice Burroughs world? Listen to the episode and find out!  Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: The Law of Equivalent ExchangeLink: Mike's Comic Book Roadshow podcastNext Episode: Maybe Jonny Quest Special #1, Comico, cover-dated September 1988, but then again, maybe not. Seriously, it's the Summer, so don't hold me to that, OK?Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYo

Quarter-Bin Podcast #208From Beyond the Unknown #18, DC Comics, cover-dated August - September 1972."Hitch-hiker of Space," by Ed Herron & Howard Sherman. and"The Man in the Mystery Mask!" by Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino, & Bernard Sachs.and"Who Saved the Earth?" by Gardner Fox & Sid Greene. What happens when Jeremiah Jones-Goldstein joins the Professor to talk some classic Silver Age DC sci-fi stories?Listen to the episode and find out!  Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Earth Destruction DirectiveLink: Jeremiah's comic book blogNext Episode: Jonny Quest Special #1, Comico, cover-dated September 1988.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorA

Alan's Eyes & Ears #015 - Mystery writer Paul Ryan O'ConnorIn this fifteenth episode, Alan talks to former comic book writer and newly-published mystery writer, Paul Ryan O'Connor. What inspired him to move into this genre? How many stories of his have been published? And was his first sale REALLY nominated for an award?Listen to the episode ... and FIND OUT!!!Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: The Checkered Past Link: Paul's author websiteLink: Paul's Quarter-Bin Podcast appearanceSend e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Quarter-Bin Podcast #207Jack Hunter #1, Blackthorne Studios, cover-dated July 1987.The untitled story was written by Bruce Jones, with art by Dell Barras.What happens when a member of the Relatively Geeky Round Table joins the Professor to discuss an obscure spy story from the heart of the 80s independent boom?Listen to the episode and find out!  Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: JSA in the 90sLink: Joe's podcast 21st Century BoysNext Episode: From Beyond the Unknown #18, DC Comics, cover-dated August - September 1972.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlanSource: Half-Price BooksLast Gladiator by Makai Symphony | http://makai-symphony.comMusic promot

DOOMSPEAK Doom #1, Marvel Comics, cover-dated July 2024. "Days of Doom" by Sanford Greene & Jonathan Hickman.What happens when Doom takes over New Comics Wednesday?  And what happens when a veteran comics artist takes over the plotting and scripting chores on Doctor Doom's Last Story? Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Deconstructing Comics Next Time: Probably the prose novel The Harrowing of Doom, by David Annandale. Or maybe Doom 2099 34 & 35, cover-dated October & November 1995. We'll see. Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlan

Quarter-Bin Podcast #206 Free Comic Book Day 2024 It's time to celebrate the official holiday of The Quarter-Bin Podcast!  How did Professor Alan do at Free Comic Book Day this year? How many books did he nab -- and what did he think of them? How many stores did he end up visiting? And what "bonus" free issues will he also cover? Listen to the episode and find out!  Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly Next Episode: Jack Hunter #1, Blackthorne Publishing, cover-dated July 1987.Link: World's Greatest ComicsLink: Krazzy Comics Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Music for this episode is the song Unknown Energy by Dox | https://soundcloud.com/dox-free-musicMusic promoted by

Alan's Eyes & Ears #014 - Anatomy of a Collection, pt 2 In this second episode of this podcast mini-series, Alan continues his attempt to talk about EVERY comic in his collection. Picking up where he left off last time, he talks about Batman and related comics, Blitzkrieg, Camelot 3000, Blackhawk, the legendary Captain Canuck ... and more!What embarrassing bits about his comic book life does the Professor reveal? Is there a significant difference between which comics end up on the bookshelf versus the boxes in the basement? Just how inconsistent is he about books related to Batman. And just WHO is the actual world's greatest detective? Listen to this episode ... and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Comics for Fun & Profit Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through&

Quarter-Bin Podcast #205Kong of the Planet of the Apes #1, Boom! Studios, cover-dated November 2017.The untitled story was written by Ryan Ferrier, with art by Carlos Magno.What happens when Professor Alan celebrates J L Ape-ril 2024 by covering a crossover of two ape-tastic properties? Just how bananas does this issue get?Listen to the episode and find out!  Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: The Bat-Pod Next Episode: Free Comic Book Day 2024! Check out these other podcasts that are participating in 2024's JL Ape-Ril:The Outcasters, Resurrections, Dial F for Flanger, The Bat-Pod. Coffee & Comics, The Fanholes, Once Upon a Geek, Campus Comics Cast, & Married with Content.  Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can

 Alan's Eyes & Ears #013 - Betty Cooper, Girl DetectiveIn this 13th episode of Eyes & Ears, Professor Alan covers feedback before launching into n analysis of 2 stories featuring "Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther." In addition to discussing the two stories, the Professor analyzes them as "girl detective" stories, using a rubric for the genre developed by Lake Erie College's Jennifer Swartz-Levine.Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: JL Ape-ril Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Quarter-Bin Podcast #204Ms. Tree #9,  Eclipse Comics, cover-dated August 1984.The untitled story was written by Max (Allan) Collins, with art by Terry Beatty.What happens when Professor Alan investigates a mysterious death at a mountain resort that may be related to a 30-year-old crime? Listen to the episode and find out!  Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: The Huntress PodcastNext Episode: Kong of the Planet of the Apes #1, Boom! Studios, cover-dated November 2017.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlanSource: Akron ComiConMusic in the episode: Escape Velocity by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckleyMusic promoted by https://www.fre

Alan's Eyes & Ears #012 - DC's Greatest Super-Heroines MomentsIn this 12th episode of the podcast, Alan is joined by 3 more wonderful guests (Doctor Anj, the Lady Laurel, and Sir Luke) to discuss sections of the 2018 hardcover book, DC Comics Super Heroines: 100 Greatest Moments, edited by Robert Greenberger. This episode is the second of a two-part series. Characters covered in this episode are Supergirl, the Birds of Prey, & Hawkgirl / Hawkwoman.Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Finding Fantasy ReadsLink #1: Dr Anj's Supergirl-focused blogLink #2: Laurel's Birds of Prey podcastLink #3: Luke's Earth Destruction Destruction podcastSend e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.Source: My good buddy Shagg Music in the episode:Wild Strawberry