Barack Obama, John McCain, and X-Men – Comic Book Speed Round for 10/13/08

Posted by: Alex Zalben on October 14, 2008 at 7:48 am

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TheQuestion October 14th, 2008

How come this video isn’t showing up in your iTunes feed linked on the right hand sidebar?

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Raul October 14th, 2008

What was the big reveal in Invincible Iron Man? Guess I missed that one.

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DangerKeith October 15th, 2008

Hey guys, love the show.
The unserious take on comics in a world of over-serious comic reviewers is a very welcome change.

I don’t know if you guys read the comments, but if you do — take this as a constructive criticism from a fan (I’m not a hater) — when you do reviews you should say more about the comic, the story etc, the style of the art & not just say “the art is great, the writing is great” … especially when it’s about indie or lesser known titles, some info on what the book is about might make people (me) more likely to pick it up.

Keep up the good work & keep drinkin’ beer!

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Alex October 15th, 2008

@DangerKeith -
Thanks for writing, Keith! And yes, we do read the comments :) we do try to say more, in general, just not in the Speed Round… Check out some of the other shows!

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Alex October 15th, 2008

@Raul -
Wasn’t really one at all? Not sure what you heard, but it was a solid issue, with a solid execution.

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Alex October 15th, 2008

@TheQuestion -
We post the videos, for the most part, on YouTube, and that’s it. It just takes more time to post in iTunes, and then link on the website, etc. The audio podcast is in the iTunes feed, though.

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jrrd979 October 17th, 2008

Best speed round of all time! Well… so far right? Hilarious, literally ran it back 3-4 times listening to Pete’s diatribe of Emma Frost. Wish I could come and support CBC at the PIT, unfortunately too many miles are in between. Just curious, are vintage comic reviews coming? Getting into comics pretty late, and as a newbie, I really like getting recommendations for seriously good books from back in the day (indie or otherwise).

Thanks for rockin’ in all the right ways, guys!

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Mr52 January 22nd, 2009

I am wondering which version if any of the barack obama comics will gain the value over time?

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Andrew Yu-Jen Wang March 5th, 2009

Speaking of Barack Obama:

Barack Obama is a racial-minority individual, and he inevitably does not endorse hate crimes committed by George W. Bush.

George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).

George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.

And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.

Many people know what Bush did.

And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.

Bush was absolute evil.

Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.

Bush is a psychological prisoner.

Bush has a lot to worry about.

Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.

In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.

Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993

“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
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I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.



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