Episode 1999: The Road to 2000 part 2
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Release Date: 03/12/2025
Episode 2023: News from San Diego Comic-Con 2025
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The Speakers of Geek react to news drops from this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Topics include a new DC event entitled DC KO, John Byrne’s X-Men Elsewhen to get published, the George Pérez Artist’s Edition, Star Trek TV and podcast talk, toy news from McFarlane Toys and others and so much more! (55:02)
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Episode 2022: Comic Talk
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It’s a casual comic talk episode covering a recent trip to Hershey Comic Con, digging in back issue bins and purchasing original art, listener feedback from our Discord on recent episodes, a rant on comics fandom, plans for the upcoming episode 2025 and more! (1:15:07)
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Episode 2021: Comic Talk, Previews, and Superman!
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Comic Talk! Previews! And our thoughts on the new Superman movie! We start off with updates on discount tiers for DCBS. We then give recommendations for comic coming attractions for the month of September 2025 such as IDW’s Twilight Zone, MadCave’s Racer X, collections of Assorted Crisis Events, Human Target and Batman: the Last Halloween and much more! Along the way we discuss double dipping on new collection formats, are there too many new characters being introduced, X-Men ’97 animated series and we wrap up with a review of Superman! (1:32:50)
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Episode 2020: CGS Reads: Machine Man (1984)
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In a new episode feature entitled CGS Reads, the Speakers of Geek begin their journey through Marvel Limited Series of the ‘80s starting with Machine Man by Tom DeFalco, Herb Trimpe, Barry Windsor-Smith and company. We give our thoughts and reactions, talk about the art, give some backstory, and explore the retro-future world of Marvel 2020! (38:59)
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Episode 2019: Talking 10,000 Ink Stains: A Memoir with Jeff Lemire
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Author and creator Jeff Lemire joins us for this episode to celebrate the release of 10,000 Ink Stains: A Memoir from Dark Horse. A look back at twenty-five years of making comics while reflecting on his personal life, our conversation covers topics such as developing and staying true to a unique vision, independent vs mainstream comic work, various milestones in his early career, the Black Hammer Universe, the New 52, working with Keith Giffen, accolades for his current series Minor Arcana and so much more! (1:11:30)
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Episode 2018: Off the Rack Reviews
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The Speakers of Geek return to their reading piles to discuss various current titles such as Krypto’s first appearance in Adventure Comics 210 facsimile, Namor by Aaron, Davidson, Lins and company, Fire & Ice and Justice League Unlimited, the works of Taiyo Matsumoto, early Black Label titles, the New History of the DC Universe and others. We also cover the new first issue of Captain America by Zdarsky, Schiti and company and “Birthday” from Action Comics 1087 by Waid, Patridge and company. And we manage to throw in comic talk on DC's use of legacy characters, Marvel's sliding...
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Episode 2017: Comic News
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Thoughts and reactions to current comic news! We kick things off with a few questions and concerns around comic book storage, collecting and purchasing. And then we discuss the passing of legendary Editor and Creator Jim Shooter, the conversation around the recent original art sale of a Detective Comics cover by Jock, a new creative team announcement on Transformers and more! (1:33:39)
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Episode 2016: CGS Honor Roll with Tom Martinek!
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The CGS Honor Roll celebrating the amazing guests that have contributed to the podcast over our 20 years continues with Tom Martinek, Senior Digital Artist at Industrial Light & Magic. Recorded back in March, our conversation covers Tom’s work history, how his geekdom has changed, his CGS contributions, practical vs digital effects, and so much more. We also share our reactions to the first three episodes of Daredevil: Born Again. It’s been a joy to know “Mr. Fusion” over the years and to recognize his place within the larger CGS Community! (1:37:39)
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Episode 2015: Off the Rack: Current Events
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Imperial! Batman Hush 2! Marvel Knights: the World to Come! “We Are Yesterday” - the Justice League Unlimited/World’s Finest Crossover! The Speakers of Geek tackle current issues of the big DC and Marvel events and stories running through the summer. (1:07:52)
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Episode 2014: Comic Talk: Previews Edition for August
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Comic talk, reviews and Previews! We get a health update from Shane. Pants recounts his trip to 3 Rivers Comicon. Thoughts and reactions to the G.I.Joe Silent Missions oneshots, Young Avengers by Heinberg and Cheung, Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games by Fred Van Lente and Tom Fowler, and other titles. And then a bevy of comic coming attractions for August including Hero Squared, the 25th Anniversary of Powers, Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths, X-Men of Apocalypse, and more! (1:23:21)
info_outlineEpisode 2000 is almost here! But first, we wrap up our look back at all of the other centennial episodes, this time focusing on 1100 through 1900. These anniversary clips feature discussions on publisher reboots of the time, interviews, movie reviews, Uncle Sal appearances and other special CGS moments and celebrations! (58:38)