The Jacked Kirby Podcast: Episode #2 - The First Family of Comics

Welcome to this weeks episode of the Jacked Kirby podcast. Today we are tackling a subject near and dear to any fan of Jack Kirby... THE FANTASTIC FOUR!!!! The First Family of Marvel... hell, of ALL COMICS is an interesting topic to analyze. So hosts Tommy & Mike D welcome James West and Reverend Sal into the mix to offer their unique perspective on the team and all they have meant to comics!

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Show Notes:

Guests: Mike D, Tommy Lombardozzi, Reverend Sal and James West

Episode Recap:

(Start - 5:30) Mike and Tommy introduce this weeks show and the topic of the FF!

(5:31 -  9:50) Introduction of this weeks guests James West and Reverend Sal 

(9:55 - 12:00) Reverend Sal schools the gang on reprinted issues, one of the ONLY ways to read old stories from back issues back in the 1970s.  

(12:01 - 14:45) Concepts from Challengers of the Unknown pop up in the FF, and who was responsible for that 4 on the chest of the team?

(14:46 - 19:30) The rebirth of superhero comics courtesy of the Fantastic Four.

(19:31 - 23:30) How did Jack and Stan critique society through the trials and tribulations of their characters like the FF, X-men, Black Panther. Did a revolutionary group really take their name from Kirby's creation? 

(23:30 - 26:30) How were the first few issues of the series SO Groundbreaking???? How many amazing concepts could be introduced in one book???

(26:31 - 34:45) The FF Annuals 1-6 contain more groundbreaking things than any series in the Marvel Universe! 

(34:46 - 38:20) Enter Joe Sinnott!!!!

(38:21 - 43:30) Key contributions to the Marvel Universe in the pages of the FF (Kree, Skrulls, Attlian, The heat pattern on the Human Torch, the brow on the Thing, 

(43:31 - 55:45 ) The wrap up,,,, what does it all mean to the members of the panel!

Outro Music of the Week: Hard as a Rock by AC/DC (1995)

This weeks Kirby Konnections:

70s reprints of the classic 60s stories!

FF #1 - The team in action for the first time

The Return of the Sub Mariner

Annual #2 - The true origin of Dr Doom 

Annual #3 - The Wedding of Sue and Reed Richards... and Doom plotting to ruin it!

FF #issue89 - Jack' signature heat lines of the Human Torch

The Jacked Kirby Podcast: #1 - How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love Jack Kirby!

Welcome to the PREMIERE episode of the Jacked Kirby Podcast!!!! Every week hosts Mike D and Tommy Lombardozzi will be exploring the greatness of the comic industries most prolific creator, Jack "King" Kirby! His name is synonymous with some of the biggest characters to ever grace the pages of a comic: Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The New Gods, Thor, The X-Men, Nick Fury, The Demon... the list goes on and on. And we plan to discuss ALL OF IT!!!

In this weeks premiere episode of the podcast Mike & Tommy are joined by some fellow lovers of The King as they all discuss the moment they fell in love with his work...

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Show Notes:

Guests: Mike D, Tommy Lombardozzi, Rob Martin, Reverend Sal, Al Accettura, Joey Armao and James West

Episode Recap:

(Start - 7:39) Mike and Tommy introduce the show and lay out what you can expect from the podcast.

(7:40 - 26:00) Rob Martin (our producer!!!) from CCD.NYC joins the podcast to discuss his Kirby experiences and what he hopes to hear from the podcast in the future. 

(26:00 - 35:18) Mike D & Tommy share their earliest Kirby exposures (Super Powers for Mike D, The Donatello 1 Shot which features Kirby as a character for Tommy) and talk about how they became enamored with The King.

(35:20 - 47:00) Reverand Sal takes us back to the 70s to talk about classic Marvel reprints and Kirby's monster books.

(47:00 - 59:10) Al Accettura talks about Kirby's Cosmic adventures and studying his sequential art styles back in art school personally.

(59:10 - 1:09:27) Joey Armao talks about overlooking the King for more popular 90s artists, reading teh classics in Marvel Masterworks graphic novels and The Kirbyverse from Topps Comics.

(1:09:30 - 1:20:20) James West talks about his dad bringing home 20 long boxes of comics at age 11, diving head first into EVERYTHING and ANYTHING Comics, the origin of Silver Surfer and how the younger generation views Kirby.

(1:20:21 - 1:23:23) Show wrap up

Outro Music of the Week: Shook Ones Pt 2 by Mobb Deep (1995)

Kirby Connections (Things discussed during the show)

Mike D's Pick - Mister Miracle from Kenner's Super Powers line (1986)

Tommy's pick - Donatello Micro Series (1986)

Reverand Sal's Pick - Groot From Planet X (Tales to Astionish #13)

Al's Pick - Odin by Kirby (Thor #162)

Joey's Pick - Galactus in Shorts (Fantastic Four #75)

James's Pick - The Silver Surfer (Fantastic Four #50)

The CCD Podcast: Episode #104 - The Future of Wrestling is.....Goldberg?

We have been doing these podcasts for awhile, but every once and again a certain topic brings us back to our teen age years for a sec and clouds our judgement completely. A few weeks back Goldberg defeated Brock Lesner and all of the sudden we were 12 all over again... Joe Armao and Steve Resk join Rob Martin in the CCD Nerd Cave to discuss the future of Wrestling and what we can expect in the next few months! 

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The CCD Podcast: Episode #79 - Marvel's Jessica Jones Full Season Review AKA "The Meanest, Toughest Sexiest Show EVER MADE!!!"

When Marvel decided to partner up with Netflix to produce original content I immediately was intrigued by the characters they were choosing to go with. They planned on Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist for individual series... and then culminating in a Defenders movie. This is ambitious. I mean, almost everyone knows who the Hulk or Captain America is. But these guys? After Daredevil the list is relegated to really know obscure comic characters. But the inclusion of Jones was an eye brow raiser for me. I had loved the Brian Michael Bendis run in the early 2000s and the idea of a super powered private eye who doesn't want anyone to know she is "special" appeals to me. So I waited with patience... but all of that patience went out the window when Daredevil came out and I saw just how AMAZING it could be! So we made it our mission to watch ALL 13 EPISODES and have a special podcast reviewing the whole series! Join Jedi Rob, the lovely and talented Mrs. Alicia Gomes, Mike D, and for the first time young master James West (comic aficionado and  former Marvel employee) into The CCD Nerd Cave to talk all thing Jessica Jones!   Please subscribe, download, listen, and SHARE with your friends and fam alike! Make Mine MARVEL!  





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This Was So Dope... The CCD Podcast Live At St. Mark's Comics Via Their Twitter Feed!!!

So apparently the gang from St. Mark's Comics was live tweeting our appearance at the store in which we kicked of NY Super Week by doing a live episode of the CCD Podcast. It was a great experience, and boy we had a lot of fun! It was really fantastic, and Mitch & the lovely ladies of St. Marks did a great job capturing the experience and live tweeting it. So check out the embedded tweets after the jump... hopefully you can enjoy it through pictures as much as we did!!!



From start to finish via the St. Mark's Comics Twitter Feed:

Thanks,everybody,for helping get the word out about the @CCDBlog LIVE event TONITE! Just one of our NINE #NewYorkSuperWeek events!
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 3, 2014

We're setting up our first #superweek event--starting in just 15 minutes! Welcome @CCD_blog !!
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 3, 2014

It's the final countdown 🎶 pic.twitter.com/kJJYN2x2zH
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 3, 2014

And we're live! @CCD_blog podcast broadcasting live from St Marks Comics! #superweek #NewYorkSuperWeek pic.twitter.com/wNIqpIp59r
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Time in or stop by! We have #superweek events all week! #NewYorkSuperWeek @NYSuperWeek @NY_Comic_Con
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Talking about our #NewYorkSuperWeek events with owner Mitch. Tune in and stop by to see what's up!!
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Discussing comics with the awesome guys of @CCD_blog 👍👍 pic.twitter.com/VylXm3LBl0
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

We're discussing ghosts of Comic Cons past live on the @CCD_blog podcast #NewYorkSuperWeek #superweek @NY_Comic_Con @NYSuperWeek 👻
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Liefeld, New 52, Civil War and more... Tune in to the @CCD_blog podcast or better yet stop by and see it recorded LIVE! #NewYorkSuperWeek
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Talking #Marvel movies #Avengers #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy #CaptainAmerica what's your favorite? #NewYorkSuperWeek
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Our owner is about to wrap up his interview on the @CCD_blog podcast. Who's next? #NewYorkSuperWeek #superweek
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Talking to longtime customer Gary Esposito about his history w/ the store! #NewYorkSuperWeek pic.twitter.com/XpOFiBJGlu
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Talking #Batman on the podcast. #theLongHalloween #Hush #ArkhamAsylum what's your favorite? Let us know! #NewYorkSuperWeek
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Our wall of #Marvel and #DC and #Vertigo trades is the perfect backdrop for the @CCD_blog live podcast. @NYSuperWeek pic.twitter.com/UClFQTnoXe
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Come, gentle tweeters, and celebrate #NewYorkSuperWeek with us! We kicked off tonight and we have TONS of stuff coming up! @NYSuperWeek
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

These guys like #Batman a lot. We don't blame em. @CCD_blog tune in to the ongoing podcast or stop by and join the conversation!
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Guests on guests on guests...come join us for our #NewYorkSuperWeek kickoff and maybe take a look at that new Thor you heard about... ;)
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Business as usual... #NewYorkSuperWeek pic.twitter.com/UJTOWDvaGq
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Discussing new #Thor with @CCD_blog what do you think about #ladythor ???? We think she's #worthy of a read!
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Have you checked out the #GoddessOfThunder yet? We have the new #Thor number one in stock!
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Are #comicbooks a soap opera? The comparison may have just been made... #NewYorkSuperWeek
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Loving having the @CCD_blog guys here :) we love having you here too--stop by and check out our #NewYorkSuperWeek !! pic.twitter.com/MM8Q7scakH
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Straight from the owners mouth: if you like #Gotham check out #BatmanYearOne !! Have you read it? Have you watched the show? Thoughts????
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

Thanks so much @CCD_blog for helping kick off our #NewYorkSuperWeek events! Watch this space for more live coverage! pic.twitter.com/tUTLdHcwoQ
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

And that's about it for tonight's live coverage...tomorrow, same bat time, same bat channel, for more #NewYorkSuperWeek coverage!!
— St. Mark's Comics (@StMarksComicsNY) October 4, 2014

The CCD Podcast: Episode #23 - CCD's Favorite Anthology Horror Movies or 'A Bunch Of Short Horror Stories Are Way Better Than Just One... No?'

Here at CCD we are a bit horror crazy, especially when we get to the month of October. October can be a bit crazy here... we got our All Horror Week coming up from October 24th - 31st, and we have a ton of posts headed your way in the next couple of weeks. But now we got ourselves a PODCAST... so you know we gonna be talkin' Horror Movies baby! Jedi Rob & Mike D sit down and crack open one of their favorite topics thus far: CCD's Favorite Horror Anthology Movies!!! The results are fantastic, spanning over 50 years. So make sure you click the link and head on over to ITunes. Once you are there, please do me a favor and Subscribe, Download, Listen and SHARE the podcast on your favorite SOCIAL MEDIA website. Enjoy a little anthology horror art after the jump as well:



Enjoy these Horror Anthology inspired art pieces courtesy of Deviant Art:

Creepshow by Grant Go Boom

Trick R Treat by MalevolentNate 

VHS Vampire by Meghan Murphy

Black Sabbath by Luke-Kage

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The CCD Podcast: Episode #22 - 'The Best Movie Year Ever... 1989' or How The FUCK Did All These Movies Get Made In The Same Year???

1989... To paraphrase ole Blue Eyes, boy that was a very good year. Especially when we are talking movies. We got blockbusters... we got sequels. We got classics... we had throw away gems. We had iconic characters... and SUPER iconic characters. Yup, 1989 may very well be the best movie year EVER!!! Need proof?  Why not tune in to hear what Mike D, Jedi Rob, and the grump JB have to say about movies like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman, Back To The Future II, Lethal Weapon II, Ghostbusters 2, Dead Poets Society, Honey I Shrunk The Kids and much, much more... Get in there BABY!!! Please head over to the ITunes page so that you can SUBSCRIBE, DOWNLOAD, LISTEN and SHARE the podcast on your favorite social media platform. You down with CCD??? Yeah, you know me....

In honor of the movies of 1989, here are some movie interpretation art pieces courtesy of Deviant Art:

Via PeteMag

Via Axel Medellin

Via Trevor Grove

Via xxDelorean99xx

Via Gavcam

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The CCD Podcast: Episode 19.5 - Ghostbusters Review or "The 30th Anniversary Of The Greatest Movie Of Our Generation Is Upon Us!!!"

Ghostbusters.... wow, what really needs to be said about this classic movie? Nothing I can think of saying could even begin to do it justice. On the eve of it's 30th Anniversary and re-release for a short time in theaters, we here at the CCD Podcast decided to throw down a quick .5 episode singing the praises of one the best movies ever made. For 80's babies, like us, it is the pinnacle. So please allow Jedi Rob, Mike D and the lovely Alicia Gomes to  gush a bit about one of the greatest comedies of ALL TIME!!!


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The CCD Podcast: Episode #19 - The Best Simpsons Episodes Ever or 'You Don't Like The Simpsons? Well.... Eat My Shorts & Go Do The Bartman, Man...'

The Simpsons are a culture touchstone for most people who watched any TV in the last quarter century. For us 80s babies it was the hugest phenomenon of our youth... A prime time cartoon that was embraced by EVERYONE, old... young.... it didn't matter. Everyone was rocking Bartman shirts and chanting 'Eat My Shorts' and many of the other hundreds of quotes that Simpsons fans throw out at each other to this day. FXX is in the middle of an epic marathon that is showing all 500+ episodes in a row, in sequential order. So we at the CCD Podcast felt it was time to pay our respects, and the team we assembled to do it are some of the biggest Simpsons fans around. Jedi Rob is joined by Big Steve & Joey Esq as they take a trip down memory lane into Springfield. Enjoy some awesome Simpsons art courtesy of Deviant Art after the jump, and then listen to the podcast. Please do us a favor and head over to Itunes... then Subscribe, Download, Listen and SHAREEEEEEEE on your favorite Social Media platform!!!!!!!

 Enjoy the art:

Pat Hennings

Hikaru Tajima

The Blue Fairy

The Maxlord

ADN-z

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