Tag Archives: Free Comic Book Day

05.08.11
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Episode 220: Free Comic Book Day 2011

Free Comic Book DayIt’s Free Comic Book Day 2011, and the boys are back at BSI Comics! Blake, Kenny and Mike chat with our old friends Vernon Smith, Kurt Amaker of Immortal 60 and Monty and the Mongoose of Flying Zombies fame. PLUS: Your old buddy Chase is back with his inimitable brand of freewheeling movie and pop culture commentary. In the picks, Chase gives a shout out to Captain America: The Captain, Blake was into Avengers Academy #13 and Kenny dug DC Comics Presents: Son of Superman #1. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com!

Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

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05.01.11
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Episode 219: Thor and Free Comics

The boys are back this week to talk about the big movie coming to theaters this Friday. The guys discuss the coming Thor motion picture, the character’s history, and favorite runs with the Mighty Avenger. Then, it’s time for our annual Free Comic Book Day preview, where we run down all of the books available at a shop near you next Saturday! In the picks, Mike liked Captain America: The Captain Saga, Blake is down with Super Dinosaur #1, and Kenny digs Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #8. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com!

Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

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05.09.10
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Episode 169: Free Comic Book Day 2010

It’s time once again for Geek Christmas, Free Comic Book Day! The Showcase boys, including Blake, Mike, and first-time panelist Daniel, sat in at BSI Comics in Metaire, where they talked to novelist Lewis Aleman, the world’s smallest Clone Trooper, and chatted about the beginning of War of the Supermen, the upcoming Iron Man 2, the recently-released Kick-Ass, and discussed just what they hope to see Free Comic Book Day become in the future. Thanks again to BSI Comics for being our host now for four years running!

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05.03.09
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Episode 117: Free Comic Book Day 2009

Free Comic Book DayGeek Christmas comes once again, as the Showcase boys go to Free Comic Book Day 2009! The guys camped out at BSI Comics in Metairie, Louisiana for the day, talking to the fans, handing out free comics, and generally having a blast! In this episode, the guys manage to find time to talk about Blackest Night #0 and this week’s Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #4, they go through a few more of this year’s free samplings, and host the first-ever live Ask Chase Anything Challenge! Listen as fans of all ages try to summon a question Chase can’t answer, hear the one question that succeeded, and witness the beginning of Chase’s potential intellectual property lawsuit when a bad joke goes horribly awry! And if that wasn’t enough, the guys find time to talk to Kurt Amacker, writer of the new Seraphemera Books horror comic Dead Souls! How good is Dead Souls? It’s Alan Moore-approved!

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04.30.09
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Episode 116.9: Free Comic Book Day 2009 Preview

Free Comic Book DayWith only a few days left until Free Comic Book Day 2009, the Showcase Boys give you a rundown of all the books that will be available this year! What will be the must-haves? What will be the sleeper hits? And how many of you will come out to BSI Comics in Metairie, Louisiana to join the guys as they record their third annual on-location FCBD episode? Plus, the guys take a challenge that we extend to you as well: find at least ONE comic you’ve never read before and give it a try! All in this special bonus episode!

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05.08.08
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Episode 67.5: Free Comic Book Day 2008 Part Two

Free Comic Book DayIt’s part two of our Free Comic Book Day coverage! Chase and Blake return to the floor at BSI Comics where they talk to Marcus DiGesu and Anthony Figaro, the creators behind Lightning Age Studios‘ upcoming Justice City Chronicles graphic novel and the Leonidas: Rise of the King miniseries. After chatting with the customers and making their picks of the week (including DC Universe #0 from BSI’s Jason, Wolverine: First Class #2 from Chase and Action Comics #864 from Blake), we talk with Doug Raymond and Monty from Welcome to Border City. Kathleen Ledet and Jen Suran tell us about their documentary film Weeding By Example, and Robby Musso — artist of multiple IDW TransFormers comics and Speed Racer: Chronicles of the Racer, sits down for a long-awaited interview. Oh — and because it’s us, we go out talking about Lost.

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05.04.08
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Episode 67: Free Comic Book Day 2008 Part One

Free Comic Book DayBlake and Chase spent this year’s Free Comic Book Day hanging out with the staff, guests and customers of BSI Comics, and with the microphone rolling all day they got so much good stuff that they can’t pack it all into one episode! So in part one of our two-part Free Comic Book Day special, the guys chat with the customers and staff about the free books on the table, recent books like DC Universe #0, and the movie that’s on everyone‘s mind, the smash hit Iron Man. Then, the guys talk to members of the 501st Stormtrooper Legion and with Vernon Smith, creator of the all-ages graphic novel series The Adventures of Dexter Breakfast.

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05.02.08
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Episode 66.9: Free Comic Book Day 2008 Preview

Free Comic Book DaySaturday, May 3, is Free Comic Book Day 2008, and in this mini-episode — for the second year in a row — the Showcase boys give you a rundown of all the goodies that may be available in your local shop — after Chase explains why he doesn’t like FCBD and Blake explains why it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. (Remember Sliced Bread #42, when ol’ Yeasty fought the diabolical Dr. Mold? Ahem. Anyway…) If you’re in the New Orleans area, visit the guys at BSI Comics at noon! If you’re not, go to www.FreeComicBookDay.com to find the participating comic shop nearest you!

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05.06.07
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Episode 17: Free Comic Book Day 2007

Free Comic Book DayThe sixth annual Free Comic Book Day has come and gone, friends, but the memories remain. Although Chase couldn’t make it today, guest host Mike Bellamy joined Blake at BSI Comics for a special on-location episode to talk with the staff and customers of their local comic shop about FCBD, getting kids into comics, why Blake can’t tell a Storm Trooper from a Snowtrooper, and everything to do with comics and movies.

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04.29.07
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Episode 16: Spider-Man Meets Venom

Amazing Spider-Man 316With Spider-Man 3 hitting movie theaters next week, it’s time for another movie-themed episode of 2 in 1 Showcase… but the guys talked about Spidey back in episode three! So this week, they’re turning their attention to Spider-Man’s greatest conflicts with one of his movie sparring partners, the slythering symbiotic villain called Venom.

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