14 February 2007 · Podcast
G’Day World #201 – Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Comics
Brian Shearer is the co-host of TPN’s latest podcast “Comic Review Weekly” and he’s a real life “comic book guy”. You can check out his work (with his partner Marty Blevins) at Gravyboy.com. Gravyboy is the story of a superhero who, instead of being given the power to control gravity, is, due to something of a clerical error, given the power to control gravy. Funny, huh?
Anyway, I dragged Brian kicking and screaming onto G’Day World to chat about comics. We tackle issues such as:
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I love the idea of a comic book 101 series. I subscribed to the Comic Review Weekly Podcast when you announced it but I haven’t listened to any of the shows right the way though because I don’t really get what’s going on.
The comic book world is far to bewildering to someone who was brought up in the complete absence of comics so a 101 series could really bridge that gap.
I had a massive binge on comic books for many years, culminating in me reviewing on a few of the bigger comic sites out there… sort of glad that part of my life is over now, it can get VERY intoxicating and take a lot of your time. It really is a hobbyyou can lose yourself in.