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Alan's Eyes & Ears 004: The Spider-Man in Pop Culture Conference, Bowling Green State University, September 2023. In this new episode, Alan talks about his experiences at the recent Spidey-Con at Bowling Green State University. And he talks about Mrs. Quarter-Bin's experiences, too. He then talks to Dr. Chuck Coletta from BG's Pop Culture Studies Department, who was one of the organizers of the conference. They talk about the Pop Culture Department, as well as Professor Coletta's classes. Lastly, the audio from a version of Professor Alan's presentation on inflation and comic books is included. Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Prairie Justice podcastLink: Dr. Coletta's Pop Culture Twitter AccountLink: The Pop Culture Studies Dept at BGSU Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com   The above video SHOULD show the slides of the presentation, along with the audio of Professor Alan's presentation.

DOOMPEAK (formerly Relatively Geeky Presents) #050 Astonishing Tales #4 & #5, Marvel Comics, cover-dated February & April 1971. "The Invaders!" by Larry Lieber, with art by Wally Wood.and"A Land Enslaved!" by Larry Lieber, with art by George Tuska. What happens when Doom faces one of Marvel's biggest Big Bads? Will he allow his land to be taken over? Or will he end his vacation early, return to Latveria, and emerge victorious? And what candy-themed advertisement does the Professor spend altogether too much time analyzing? Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Palace of Glittering DelightsNext Time: Doom 2099 32 & 33, cover-dated August & September 1995. Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the ne

Alan's Eyes & Ears #003 - Sir Manuel Carmona In this third episode of this new podcast endeavor, Alan talks to comics creator Manuel Carmona, a long-time good friend of the network. This episode covers the current Kickstarter campaing for The Avandrus Theory #2, an issue which includes Manuel's art. We also discuss the non-profit effort Comics for Christmas, which Manuel and his wife have operated since 2011.Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Up From the Ashes podcast Link #1: The Avandrus Theory #2 kickstarter campaignLink #2: Manuel's art siteLink #3: Comics for ChristmasLink #4: Manuel's YouTube podcasts  Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Quarter-Bin Podcast #197 Mandrake the Magician 1 & 2, King Features / Dynamite, cover-dated 2015.   .Both of these untitled issues are written by Roger Langridge, with art by Jeremy Treece. What happens when Professor Alan takes on a character that pre-dates Superman? Does the magician show his age, or can he still carry a title with panache?Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Link: The Phantom Trail Promo: Finding Fantasy ReadsNext Episode: Black Orchid Book 1, DC Comics, cover-dated Holiday 1988.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlanSource: Half-Price Books

Alan's Eyes & Ears #002 - Anatomy of a Collection, pt 1 In this second episode of this new podcast endeavor, Alan talks about EVERY comic in his collection. After he defines "collection," and to be honest, that part of the conversation is a bit embarrassing got the poor professor.And he actually only talks about the comics up to and including Batgirl & the Birds of Prey, but this mini-series of episodes will EVENTUALLY cover EVERY comic in his collection.   This episode covers comics filed between 3-D Zone and Batgirl & the Birds of Prey. Titles discussed include (but are not limited to) Baker Street, Alter Ego, Ambush Bug ,& The Adventures of Mr. Crypt & Baron Rat. How embarrassing is this discussion to the professor?  Listen to this episode ... and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: To The Batpoles! Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network

Alan's Eyes & Ears #001 - Movie Talk In this new episode of this new podcast endeavor, Alan talks about his influences, whose ideas he stole in preparing this new show.After that, he talks about the first 20 movies he watched during 2023, counting them down to #1! How many of his favorite movies were produced before he was born? How much does he talk about Nic cage? And how many times does he use the word "charming?" Listen to this episode ... and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Days of High Adventure Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #099 (FINAL EPISODE)August 2023So what comics did Professor Alan read last month? How many featured the strangest cosmic entities and ideas ever, as part of #JackKirbyMonth? And what SHOCKING SECRETS does Alan reveal about the REAL REASONS behind ending the show?Listen to the episode and FIND OUT!Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Back to the BinsNext Episode: THERE WILL NOT BE ONE. Stay tuned to the network for our regular shows, as well as the brand-new Alan's Eyes & Ears, coming in September 2023.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com"Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan

Quarter-Bin Podcast #196 Marvel Triple Action 35, Marvel Comics, cover-dated May 1977."Color Him ... The Red Guardian!" by Roy Thomas, with art by John Buscema and George Bell. What happens when Professor Alan takes on an issue of a reprint title? Was the story worth re-printing? If so, was it worth a quarter?Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Action Film Face-OffNext Episode: Mandrake the Magician 1 & 2, Dynamite Comics / King Features, cover-dated 2015.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlanSource: World's Greatest Comics

DOOMPEAK DOOM 2099 #30 & 31, Marvel Comics, cover-dated June & July 1995. "American Way" and "American Dream," both written by Warren Ellis. The art in issue 30 was by Pat Broderick and John Nyberg, and in issue 31 by David Klein. What happens when Doom institutes his slightly, possibly, more-or-less dictatorial view on the nation he rules, the USA? And how do aliens fit in to all of this?  Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Who's Editing? Next Time: probably Astonishing Tales 4 & 5 (only the Doom parts, obviously) Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlan

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #098July 2023So what comics did Professor Alan read last month? How many featured gunfighters, sheriffs, and owlhoots, as part of #WesternComicsMonth? Listen to the episode and FIND OUT!Click on the player below to listen to the episode:   Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Batgirl to OracleNext Episode: What comics did Professor Alan read during August -- how many will be about shootouts and saloons and horsies for #JackKirbyMonth? Listen to the next episode, which will also be the FINAL Comics Reading Journal, which should be out in early September.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com"Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan

Relatively Geeky Presents - Podcasting Reflections In this new episode, Alan and Em talk about their 10 years as podcasters, reflect upon the very first Shortbox Showcase episode, and talk about where the network is going in the future. How have their approaches changed as they've gotten older matured? How have their opinions changed? Do they still dismiss Jimmy Olsen? Hate the 90s? Despair for the future of the comics industry? Listen to this episode ... and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly Promo: Hey Kids! Comics Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and Professor Alan @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed.

In celebration of our network's 10th anniversary, we are proudly (mostly) re-presenting Alan and Em's first-ever podcast team-up, on Shortbox Showcase #1, originally airing July 20, 2013.Forgive the very shaky audio quality, and forgive some of the very shaky opinions, as well.In this, Alan and Em talk about the various "ages" in comic history. Put yourself back in history ten years, and enjoy this retro-flashback episode! Click on the player below to listen to the episode: Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Next Episode: Next up in the feed, we will be releasing an episode of Alan and Em reminiscing and reflecting on this episode, and also on their 10 years of podcasting.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com"Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan

 Quarter-Bin Podcast #195 New Adventures of Superboy 35, DC Comics, cover-dated November 1982."The Yellow Peri Peril!," by Bob Rozakis, with art by Kurt Schaffenberger & Joe Giella.and"Fate is the Killer," by Paul Kupperberg, with art by Curt Swan & Dave Hunt. and"Who's Who Among Heroes and Villains," by E. Nelson Bridwell, Bob Rozakis, Howard Bender, & Joe Giella. What happens when Professor Alan takes on an early 1980s comic with not one, not two, but THREE stories? And then adds an additional feature? HOW LONG WILL THIS EPISODE BE?Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo #1: The Law of Equivalent ExchangePromo #2: Earth Destruction DirectiveLink: Buy Thom Zahler's comics and artworkNext Episode: Marvel Triple Action 35, Marvel Comics, cover-dated May 1977.Send e-mail feedb

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #097June 2023So what comics did Professor Alan read last month? How many were part of #AdventureComicsMonth? What was the balance between spies, cavemen, barbarians, and pulp heroes?Listen to the episode and FIND OUT!Click on the player below to listen to the episode:   Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Link: Buy Manuel's comic The Avandrus Theory Promo: The Fanholes PodcastNext Episode: What comics did Professor Alan read during July -- how many will be about shootouts and saloons and horsies for #WesternComicsMonth? Listen to the next episode, which should be out in early August.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com"Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan

Quarter-Bin Podcast #194 X-Men #1, Marvel Comics, cover-dated October 1991."Rubicon," by Chris Claremont, Jim Lee, & Scott Williams.What happens when Professor Alan has Head Fanhole in Charge Derek WC to teach him about the glory of Magneto? Does a comic selling 8 million copies mean it will automatically be worth a quarter?Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Garage Sale GloatNext Episode: New Adventures of Superboy 35, DC Comics, cover-dated November 1982.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlanSource: Half-Price Books

DOOMPEAK Astonishing Tales #2 & #3, Marvel Comics, cover-dated October & December 1970. "Revolution!" by Roy Thomas, with art by Wally Wood.and"Doom Must Die!" by Larry Lieber, with art by Wally Wood. What happens when Doom faces not one, not two, but THREE adversaries in his first solo adventure? Is he victorious? Or is he AWESOMELY victorious? Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Finding Fantasy ReadsNext Time: Maybe Doom 2099 30 & 31, cover-dated June & July 1995, maybe something else. Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com  "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlan

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #096May 2023So what comics did Professor Alan read last month? How many were part of #CrimeComicsMonth? How many featured the ACTUAL world's greatest detective?Listen to the episode and FIND OUT!Click on the player below to listen to the episode:   Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: The Huntress PodcastNext Episode: What comics did Professor Alan read during June -- how many will be adventurous for #AdventureComicsMonth? Listen to the next episode, which should be out in early July.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com"Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan

Quarter-Bin Podcast #193 Free Comic Book Day 2023 It's time to celebrate the official holiday of The Quarter-Bin Podcast! How did Professor Alan do at Free Comic Book Day this year? How many books did he nab -- and what did he think of them? How many stores did he end up visiting? How many of the books were worth the price?   Listen to the episode and find out!  Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly Music for this episode is the song "Symphonic Vision," by (I think) the band of the same name, who I can find no trace of on the Internet. Next Episode: X-Men #1, Marvel Comics, cover-dated October 1993.Link: World's Greatest ComicsLink: Krazzy Comics Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky  You can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Fe

Quarter-Bin Podcast #192 Shazam! 26, DC Comics, cover-dated December 1976"The Case of the Kidnapped Congress," by E. Nelson Bridwell, with art by Kurt Schaffenberger.What happens when Professor Alan has the option of rescuing Congress from the distant past? Does he save the politicians, or does he just let nature take its course? Or does Captain Marvel get involved in this situation?Listen to the episode and find out! Click on the player below to listen to the episode:  Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Comic Book Time MachineNext Episode: Free Comic Book Day 2023!Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com "Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeekyYou can follow the network on Twitter @Relatively_Geek and the host @ProfessorAlanSource: World's Greatest Comics

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #095April 2023So what comics did Professor Alan read last month? How many were part of #HumorComicsMonth?  Did the Professor enjoy his annual trek through funny books that actually try to be funny? Listen to the episode AND FIND OUT!!!Click on the player below to listen to the episode:   Right-click to download episode directly You may also subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or the RSS Feed. Promo: Prairie Justice: A Greg Sanders Vigilante Podcast Next Episode: What comics did Professor Alan read during May -- how many will be arrested for #CrimeComicsMonth? Listen to the next episode, which should be out in early June.Send e-mail feedback to relativelygeeky@gmail.com"Like" us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/relativelygeeky You can follow the network Twitter @Relatively_Geek or the host @ProfessorAlan