SS #021 - Celebrate Good Times, Come On!

One year ago today, our very first Shortbox Showcase episode debuted. Yes, the other shows in the network had gone live the week before, but since this has become our flagship show, we consider 7/30/13 as our official network starting date.

After covering some feedback, and talking about how awesome our listeners are and all that, we decided to celebrate our first year with a terrific Annual issue. And since both Professor Alan and Emily LURV the Legion, this seemed like a fitting issue to cover on this momentous episode! Wedding bells, time travel, and fashion advice abounds!

Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #2, 1983. "Whatever Gods There Be," by Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen, and Dave Gibbons.

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Promo #1: Flash Pulp 
Promo #2: Parallel Lines: The Tangent Comics Podcast

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UBA #004 - Zany Haney!

Uncovering the Bronze Age #4 -- Welcome to Planet Bob

Following up on a story she covered a few months back with Michael Bradley over on the Superman & Batman podcast, Emily looks at the second story featuring the "Super Sons," Batman Jr. and Superman Jr. Of course it's an imaginary story -- it was written by Bob Haney.

Emily talks about the importance of pacing and character in a mystery story, as well as what Haney has to say about dealing with strangers and aliens. She also does some compare-and-contrast analysis with last episode's Jack Kirby epic. Her conclusions may surprise you.

World's Finest #216, "Little Town with a Big Secret," by Bob Haney, with art by Dick Dillin and Murphy Anderson, DC Comics, cover-dated March, 1973.

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The music in the episode includes Mark Snow's "UNKLE" variation on his X-Files theme song, from the X-files: I Want to Believe original soundtrack.

Promo #1: Just One of the Guys
Promo #2: X-Files Truth

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RGP #001 -- The Steinman Cast

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When we were talking with Michael Bailey a few weeks ago, for what eventually became Shortbox Showcase episode 18, Views From the Longbox episode 185, a Shortbox Showcase episode 19, a few offhand comments were made about the music of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf. And then a few more comments were made.

But when we all realized that we were all huge fans of Steinman, with and without Meat Loaf, the conversation went that direction, and the offhand comments became a legitimate conversation.

 

With a lot of editing, and lots of Steinman's music, we've managed to take that casual, unplanned, and unrehearsed conversation and tried to make a podcast episode out of it. 

Turn it up loud ... and ENJOY!

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QBP #030 - Malibu, Rune & Writing Comics in the 90s

Quarter-Bin Podcast #30 -- Interview with Paul O'Connor

NOTE: There are a few slight audio issues in the first 15 minutes of this episode, but the Skype connection cleared up quickly, and I hope the issues are not too distracting.



For the first time ever in the long and illustrious history of the Quarter-Bin Podcast, we actually talk with the scripter of one of our comics ... two of our comics, actually. Our last two comics, as a matter of fact. I had a great chat with Paul O'Connor, who wrote Rune 4 & Rune 5, the books we covered in episodes 28 & 29.


We talk about those comics, of course, but we also talk about being in the comic book industry in the wacky 1990s, and about his excellent comic book blog, The Longbox Graveyard.

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Promo: Under the Dome Radio

Link: The scripts for the issues discussed, from Paul's Longbox Graveyard site.

Next Episode: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #33, Marvel Comics,cover-dated September 1991.

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