Category: Books

Nocturne Travel Agency Podcast – Episode #1: Richard Lee Byers

In the debut episode, Thomas sits down with Richard Lee Byers to talk about his newest book The Impostor #2: The Blood Machine! Go inside the creative process of Byers as he tells the story of Matt Brown, a normal man trapped in a world of superpowered heroes and villains, of mutants, sentient robots, and [...]

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The Email Exchange: The Walking Dead Theory

What began as an innocent few lines to the friend who got me to start watching The Walking Dead turned into a massive email fest about what will happen in tonight’s season finale. Her name has been changed to Lady Friend just in case she didn’t want her government out there. Email gold is what [...]

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The Chemical Box – Episode 21: Collapse

Alec and Joey return from the brink of disaster to chat about Change #1 by Ales Kot and Morgan Jeske, Marvel Now!, Avengers #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena, Captain America #1 by Rick Remender and John Romita Jr., Cable and X-Force #1 by Dennis Hopeless and Salvador Larrocca, Amazing Spider-Man #698 by Dan [...]

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The Chemical Box – Episode 20: Disconsolate (Guest: Tim Callahan)

In this extra long episode, Tim Callahan (Tor, CBR) returns to the show to discuss such topics as the state of mainstream comics (DC New 52, Marvel Now!, etc.), Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman’s seminal work in mainstream comics, further thoughts on Rob Liefeld’s exit from DC Comics, Hawkeye #1-2 by Matt Fraction and David [...]

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MC Myopia: Hip-Hop Branding: A Preview

Myopia = The problem of “thinking too small.” Several months ago I began writing an article for TricycleOffense.com about marketing for the underground hip-hop artist. What resulted was a 9 page monstrosity which I’ve since decided to make into a full-blown writing endeavor. What follows is a short preview of that project in which I [...]

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Better In The Dark – Episode #139: Tom and Derrick vs. The Chinese Sherlock, the Drunk Guru, the Action Troika, the Sin-Eater, and the CGI-ed Lizard

It’s time for another Review Episode, where the Guys Outta Brooklyn take a look at a quintet of movies that range from the brand-extending Bourne Legacy to the brand expanding Expendables 2 and the brand imitating Hong Kong curio The Bullet Vanishes. Plus Tom’s Tales Of Working the Licensed Fiction Mines, Derrick’s research for a [...]

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Sentinels: When Strikes The Warlord

Have you ever had a book you weren’t sure you would like, but then once you started reading it, you couldn’t put it down? That’s what happened with the first volume of Van Allen Plexico’s Sentinels series. I’ve known this author’s name for a very long time, had it come up many times in the [...]

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