[brydeemer]

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Bry

[jaynote25]

9 years ... I am game for a 10 year time bubble party.

You asked for more feedback. I would say, more quasar ... besides that good stuff.

JP

[Marty Devine]

J Edgar Who's Hoover

Now that's wacky!

[Julian Lytle]

yes Murd is back on the scene with the professor lean!

[luckymustard]

great show murd! thanks for taking us back in time.

and bryan, you know you've made it big when your name gets an -esque tacked on at the end.

[Wood]

I just listened to the last episode and thought, "Murd is fascinating on so many levels." A lot of people talk about being unique or marching to the beat of their own drummer; yet few actually do (myself included in most things). But Adam? He is a bonafide unique person as far as I can tell. And we're all the better for it.

[bendoc55]

First off, let me say the Time Bubble has become one of my favorite parts of the CGS family. On a personal level, I want to say thanks to Adam for his involvement and time. I was trying to determine what about Adam resonates with me, and I realize that you seem not only unique but also "comfortable in your own skin". Coming from an era like I did growing up, having geeky or less than mainstream interests could be more than a little uncorfortable at times. Its great to see someone confident enough to indulge their intersts and not be weighed down by the court of public opinion. Now a question; I only heard the start of the podcast, but did I hear you say you only read 2 comics a week? I fear at that rate, you'll soon have to cut your pile in half and count the rings to figure out its age. Is that strictly a time thing, or do you invest more than the normal time in each issue? Thanks again for the efforts.

[Sandman]

Welcome to the new millennium Murd!

[Chris Murrin]

Love the time bubble!!! Oddly enough, I've recently been delving back between 9-10 years and reading back issues of books I missed. Plus, after hearing your praise, I've been reading through the Infinity saga on the Marvel DCU. Good so far. It's funny how much Silver Surfer is played as a Pariah figure, right down to facial expressions.

[Nathan P. Mahney]

Ah, the Time Bubble returns! Excellent.

Adam, I'd like to commend you on the way you've pulled off running a one-man show. It's very rare that podcasts with just one guy yakking it up can hold my interest, but yours does the trick.

As for the comics reviewed in this installment, I've only read the Maximum Security prologue. I actually enjoyed the entire event quite a bit. It should probably have just been an arc in Avengers, but it still held together as a crossover and managed to inspire some rather good tie-ins. And the set-up for it was flexible enough that it didn't fall into the Secret Invasion/Blackest Night trap of the same damn thing happening in every one.

[David D.]

Yay! Time Bubble is back. Enjoying the episode now. One of the things I appreciated right off the bat is the way you handled talking about those Judd Winick issues of Green Lantern without resorting to one of those "And all his characters are gay and have AIDS" generalizations that I get tired of, as that is actually representative of a very small amount of his characters and stories. Not that I would expect you to say something like that, but I have gotten used to hear Winick's name and just assuming that overplayed generalization is coming, so it is refreshing to hear it avoided.

One of the other things I love about your format is that, because you are reviewing old single issues, many of which have never made it into trade, I am hearing detail and background on stuff no one else is likely discussing, including some little hidden gems like those Legend of the Dark Knight issues. Keep 'em coming!

PS- And there is also something funny about Roger Stern getting a "Whatever, Roger!" for a story he wrote 9 years ago. I wonder if he somehow sensed it.

This post has been edited by David D.: 01 February 2010 - 05:27 AM

[Chris Murrin]

without resorting to one of those "And all his characters are gay and have AIDS" generalizations that I get tired of

Not to threadjack, but, people actually say that? Wow.

I always think I can no longer be surprised at the stupid things people will say. I'm always wrong about that.

[David D.]

Not to threadjack, but, people actually say that? Wow.

I always think I can no longer be surprised at the stupid things people will say. I'm always wrong about that.

Sadly, yes. I mean, I am generalizing about the generalizing, to be fair. But I hear that a lot, and I think that Winick is a writer who gets all too often painted with the single brush of a few stories that were controversial and disliked, despite a lot of other very good stories that had nothing to do with those topical issues. But, so it goes.

Continuing on with the episode, that Maximum Security thing sounds absolutely bonkers. Interesting that it was the last blast before the more grounded (in my opinion) Quesada era. That will be a transition that will be interesting to hear Adam's observations on, as that is coming up in the next year or so of his reading. And that was also right around the time I came back to reading Marvel, so I am looking forward to that nostalgia as well.

[jaynote25]

This is going to sound like a dumb question ... but Judd Winick's full time job is a comic book writer correct?

I guess since I saw him on MTV's real world and how he dreamed of being cartoonist I didn't think he make it to the big leagues ... I mean I never gotten the chance to read his books. He came to my college (that was over 10 years ago) to speech about the real world and it was packed full of students. Wonder if that gave him more opportunities.

JP

[spider-neil]

great episode murd. sorry you didn't enjoy the spider-man issue. does your time bubble encompass ultimate spider-man?

[David D.]

This is going to sound like a dumb question ... but Judd Winick's full time job is a comic book writer correct?

I guess since I saw him on MTV's real world and how he dreamed of being cartoonist I didn't think he make it to the big leagues ... I mean I never gotten the chance to read his books. He came to my college (that was over 10 years ago) to speech about the real world and it was packed full of students. Wonder if that gave him more opportunities.

JP

I would say that he is a full time writer/producer-- he writes comics, but he also has created and written some animated properties for TV as well. And I would imagine that his being on The Real World help get his graphic novel Pedro and Me more attention, and maybe that helped get it published or read, I'm not sure, but I would guess that was a help to him at the beginning. But, considering how far gone The Real World is in the pop consciousness, I think it is safe to say that, for many years now, what has got him his writing jobs is the strength of his work.

[spider-neil]

murd, what type of wackiness do you enjoy? I get the impression you like silver age zany action but when does zaniness become plain silly for you?

[deankotz]

Keep 'em coming, Murd! It's so much fun slipping into these past issues and listening to your thoughts. As someone who doesn't follow current comics, I find your show almost timeless. I love that you just review the issues as the come along and don't cherry-pick through the pile for "interesting" reviews. Please record more as soon as you can.

[Bizarro-Me #1]

Greetings from the World of Yesterday!!

Thanks for the comments, guys; your words make me strong! Lemme hit some of you back.

JAYP: I'd love to give you more Quasar, but sadly, late 2000 didn't give me much Quasar content to work with! I'll do what I can, though.

Eddie/Deadpool: Thanks for the Jenny Q. link; you handled my on-air request perfectly! Now let any spoilage I suffer be on my own head. I wouldn't say I hate the expression "Easter egg," but I do think it gets severely overused, and applied to too wide a range of different things. It's become something of a catchall. Perhaps it's my professional appreciation for literal Easter eggs that causes me to bristle when people play fast and loose with the term! Speaking of phraseology, that's a great saying your Aunt Mary uses. I'm totally stealing it! I'm willing to believe that the ensuing Spidey storyline was much better than the Revenge of the Green Goblin mini, but still, given what a weak-ass lead-in the latter was, you gotta wonder how many people did as I did and passed on the storyline based on the poor quality of the prologue.

Wood: Well, thank you, I'll just continue to let the ol' unique flag fly. By-the-by, what did you think of the Maximum Security event, if you read it? When I said that people who peruse the Appendix pages of OHOTMU (vol. 1) would enjoy the Dangerous Planet one-shot, it was you I had in mind....

bendoc: I'm afraid that two comics a week is still my avg. rate of consumption, even with the busy Christmas season behind me! Still many other demands on my time--plus, as you guessed, I do take my time with each comic, since I try to read for assimilation as well as enjoyment. Hence, I don't just read--I ruminate.

Chris M.: Surfer ≈ Pariah, eh? Never occurred to me before, but it makes sense. They are both passive personalities, caught up in the machinations of higher beings, unwilling parties to acts of genocide, and more given to introspection and soliloquy than action. The difference, of course, is that when and if the Surfer chooses to kick ass, he usually can!

David D.: Pleased not to have fallen into the seductively easy pattern of Winick-bashing (if I'm going to criticize the guy, I'm certainly not going to pick on him for using gay characters), and to provide you commentary on untraded diamonds-in-the-rough! Thanks for your always-thoughtful input and kind praise, David, it's much appreciated. And don't worry, I'll continue to bring you (very) late-breaking updates on the early years of the Quesada regime!

spider-neil: Well, I'm caught up to the time when the Ultimate line was launched, but I can't say I've ever bought an Ultimate Marvel comic. I may get into that subject on the next episode. And yes, I do value zaniness! I guess the only point at which I get tired of it is when I get the sense that it's masking laziness, indifference, and/or ineptitude on the part of the writer. There's a fine line between "zany" and "stilted and random," and when that line is crossed, I get impatient.

Dean K.: Hate to burst your bubble (no pun intended--please believe me!), but while it's true that I read all of my comics in the order they slide off the pile and I don't root ahead in search of "interesting" reviews, I also don't mention every single comic I read on the Time Bubble. Once I've read a certain quantity of comics, I confess I do "cherry-pick" that stack for things that I think you guys would want to hear about, and that won't overlap too much with other issues that I've already discussed in prior episodes. Glad you're enjoying the show and I will try to record more soon.


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