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Episode 160 – Business Exempt

19 October 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 3 comments

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, it’s a dive into the Fall tv shows that both our hosts were excited to see as Andrew watches the first episode of Alton Brown’s Good Eats: Reloaded while D. Bethel reacts to the first three episodes of the second season of The Gifted.

GAMES WORKERS UNITE: In the wake of massive layoffs by developers like Telltale Games and Riot Games, The Vulture published an article under the auspice of being a “behind the scenes” look at Red Dead Redemption 2‘s development at Rockstar Games. The article sparked a lot of controversy, specifically around the (walked back) claim of the team working 100-hour weeks multiple times during 2018 to make sure this game is top of the line in terms of quality. These incidents bring again a highlight to the labor practices of game development, through which D. and Andrew try to wade.

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 55 – Ga-Don’t-Ken: Where Andrew first discusses Alton Brown’s Good Eats.
Episode 128 – His Curry Name: Where Andrew reminisces about seeing the Alton Brown live show, Eat Your Science.
Episode 147 – Whatever We Bring, We Bring It: Where D. discusses the first season premiere of Fox’s The Gifted.
Shortcast 40 – Shortcast Your Mom: Where D. Bethel gives his impressions after the first season finale of The Gifted.
Shortcast 70 – Mr. Moustache: Where Andrew and D. discuss their hopes for upcoming fall tv.

LINKS:

“Alterna Comics Publisher Issues Statement About Social Media Policy.” Comic Book Resources. CBR, 11 Sep. 2018.
Batchelor, James. “Rockstar has been ‘working 100-hour weeks’ on Red Dead Redemption 2.” GamesIndustry.Biz. Gamer Network, 15 Oct. 2018.
Cross, Katherine. “What Will Be Left of the People Who Make Our Games?” Polygon. Vox Media, 17 Oct. 2018.
Game Workers Unite!
Goldberg, Harold. “How the West was Digitized: The Making of Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2.” Vulture. New York Media, LLC, 14 Oct. 2018.
Klepek, Patrick. “The Industry Won’t Change if Reporters Let the Powerful Off the Hook.” Waypoint. Vice Media, 15 Oct. 2018.
Matadeen, Renaldo. “Creator Claims He Was ‘Forced Off’ Alterna Book Over Block Chain Ban.” Comic Book Resources. CBR, 02 Sep. 2018.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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Con Artists #03 – StocktonCon, pt. 3

25 September 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 5 comments

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In the final episode of this initial experimental run of Con Artists, the second and final day of StocktonCon has come to a close and rather than have an exhausted (which they were) drive home, Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics and D. Bethel again probe into different aspects of reading, making, and selling comics. They probe the circumstances that would have to occur to go pro, the processes of writing and editing comics, the different facets of indie comics, and dive deep into nostalgia to close out the weekend.

Creating this podcast ended up being a very enlightening process, shining light on angles of creativity previously hidden by ignorance, willful or otherwise. We hope you’ve enjoyed Con Artists and, with luck, there will be more in the future!

OTHER EPISODES:

Con Artists #01 – StocktonCon, pt. 1 : The drive home from the first day of the show. Kyrun and D. discuss making sales, confidence, and the comics they grew up reading and enjoying.
Con Artists #02 – StocktonCon, pt. 2 : The drive to StocktonCon to start Day 2 of the show. They discuss the importance of continuity, the level of fan engagement and ownership over continuity, and Dan’s strange reading habits growing up.
Con Artists #04 – StocktonCon Winter 2019: Where D. Bethel and Kyrun try out StocktonCon’s inaugural Winter show…with mixed results.
Con Artists #05 – No Con 2020: Where Kyrun and D. Bethel address being an independent comic creator in a world without conventions.
Con Artists #06 – Tickets & Tables: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun continue to ponder life without incomes and how the industry has tried to fill that void.
Con Artists #07 – Return of the Con: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun hit the con circuit after over a year away from it.
Con Artists #08 – The Madness of Marketing: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun talk about marketing new books during the middle of a pandemic.
Con Artists #09 – CrockerCon Artists: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun talk about the 10th CrockerCon, a show of which Kyrun is now the co-coordinator

REFERENCES:

Kyrun’s favorite cover from his favorite run of Darkhawk:

Cover to *Darkhawk* #22 (1992). Art by Mike Manley.

D. Bethel’s favorite cover from his favorite run of X-Men:

Cover *X-Men* #7 (1992). Art by Jim Lee.

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Special thanks to Kyrun Silva for agreeing to this experiment (and for driving us to and from the convention). Thanks to Ben Schwartz of Empire’s Comics Vault for hosting the table.

FEATURED GUEST:

-Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics

FEATURED RECORDING EQUIPMENT:

-Tascam DR-40

FEATURED LOCAL COMIC SHOP:

–Empire’s Comics Vault

FEATURED EXISTENTIAL WESTERN WEBCOMIC:

–Long John

FEATURED MUSIC:

-“Road Music” by D. Bethel

Shortcast 70 – Mr. Moustache

21 September 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 2 comments

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FALL (TV IS) BACK: With the summer doldrums of tv coming to a close, Andrew and D. Bethel discuss the Fall tv they’re looking forward to, including the debut of a new Doctor (and production team) with series 11 of Doctor Who, Andrew’s circumspect approach to the reboot Magnum and quizzical anticipation for Alton Brown’s Good Eats Reloaded, D. Bethel’s blind eagerness for the new season of The Gifted and Outlander, and both hosts’ skepticism of the new Riggs-less third season Lethal Weapon. It’s nerdy Fall tv front to back.

RELEVANT LINKS:

D. Bethel’s post on Long John recounting his time at CrockerCon 2018.
D. Bethel’s drawing of “Doctor Cthulwho”, done originally to celebrate Andrew’s birthday:

RELEVANT EPISODES:

Episode 55 – Ga-Don’t-Ken: Where Andrew first discusses his love of Alton Brown’s Good Eats.
Episode 128 – His Curry Name: Where Andrew recounts seeing Alton Brown’s live show, Eat Your Science.
Episodes 147 – Whatever We Bring, We Bring It: Where D. Bethel shared his thoughts on the pilot episode of The Gifted.
Shortcast 40 – Shortcast Your Mom: Where D. Bethel reflects (SPOILER-filled) on the first season of The Gifted.
Con Artists #01
Con Artists #02

INFO:

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For all intents and purposes, that was an episode recap.

FEATURED MUSIC:

-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-“Main Theme” by Sylvester Levay (Theme song from Airwolf).
-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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Con Artists #02 – StocktonCon, pt. 2

18 September 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 7 comments

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With the first day of StocktonCon completed, Kyrun and D. Bethel begin the second day by getting in the car and driving down the 99 to Stockton. It’s early, they’re tired, they’re going wherever the conversation takes them.

While this morning conversation doesn’t touch on conventions or marketing strategies, they dive deep into a major aspect of comics culture: continuity. It’s at the heart of a lot of stories and in the hearts of a lot of fans, often to the point of taking despicable actions when a creative team makes changes that they don’t like.

They examine their own thoughts about the importance of continuity as well as why, it seems, so many people hold continuity with the highest possible value. Also, for some reason, the conversation dives deep into D. Bethel’s own biases when it comes to mainstream comics and how––and if––he overcame those biases.

OTHER EPISODES:

Con Artists #01 – StocktonCon, pt. 1 : The drive home from the first day of the show. Kyrun and D. discuss making sales, confidence, and the comics they grew up reading and enjoying.
Con Artists #03 – StocktonCon, pt. 3 : Where Kyrun and D. talk about the breadth of indie comics, writing comics, and dive headfirst into personal nostalgia.
Con Artists #04 – StocktonCon Winter 2019: Where D. Bethel and Kyrun try out StocktonCon’s inaugural Winter show…with mixed results.
Con Artists #05 – No Con 2020: Where Kyrun and D. Bethel address being an independent comic creator in a world without conventions.
Con Artists #06 – Tickets & Tables: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun continue to ponder life without incomes and how the industry has tried to fill that void.
Con Artists #07 – Return of the Con: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun hit the con circuit after over a year away from it.
Con Artists #08 – The Madness of Marketing: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun talk about marketing new books during the middle of a pandemic.
Con Artists #09 – CrockerCon Artists: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun talk about the 10th CrockerCon, a show of which Kyrun is now the co-coordinator

LINKS:

“Shortcast 45 – The Cure for Canon Shift”: An episode of A Podcast [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes where D. Bethel and Andrew Asplund have a long conversation about the necessity of (or problems caused by) continuity in fiction.
“Shortcast 68 – Swinging Gates”: An episode where D. Bethel and Andrew Asplund discuss “ComicsGate”, the vitriolic (and dangerous) reaction of some fans at attempts by the industry to include more diversity and modern sensibilities in mainstream comic books.

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Special thanks to Kyrun Silva for agreeing to this experiment (and for driving us to and from the convention). Thanks to Ben Schwartz of Empire’s Comics Vault for hosting the table.

FEATURED GUEST:

-Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics

FEATURED RECORDING EQUIPMENT:

-Tascam DR-40

FEATURED LOCAL COMIC SHOP:

–Empire’s Comics Vault

FEATURED MORNING BEVERAGE:

-Hot Tea, Brand: Yorkshire Gold

FEATURED BAD X-COMIC ANNUALS CROSSOVER EVENT:

–Shattershot

FEATURED MUSIC:

-“Road Music” by D. Bethel

Con Artists #01 – StocktonCon 2018, pt. 1

11 September 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 14 comments

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Welcome to the only briefly previously announced, limited series, side-podcast called Con Artists.

Hosted by D. Bethel, what you’ll hear over the next three weeks––posting on Tuesdays––is a conversation between D. and Kyrun Silva, another independent comic creator based in Sacramento known for founding the imprint, Big Tree Comics, before leaving and starting a more focused venture with Taurus Comics, as they drove to and from this year’s StocktonCon where they shared a table in the Artist Alley.

Day one table setup D. Bethel shared with Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics at StocktonCon 2018.

Starting on the drive home from the first day of the two-day event, the discussions of Con Artists are much less focused than that of the main show, A Podcast [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes, and instead follow the natural progression of the conversations as they occurred.

That being said, the conversations revolve around a clustered group of comics-focused topics: making comics, reading comics, and selling comics.

In those topics, D. and Kyrun talk about their history of comicking, the books and characters they grew up loving, and the art of tabling and selling at a show like StocktonCon. It’s two guys talking shop while driving down the freeway. Though it’s an experiment disguised as a side project, [ , ] For All Intents and Purposes is proud to host the limited series and we hope those listening enjoy it.

OTHER EPISODES:

Con Artists #02 – StocktonCon, pt. 2 : The drive to StocktonCon to start Day 2 of the show. They discuss the importance of continuity, the level of fan engagement and ownership over continuity, and Dan’s strange reading habits growing up.
Con Artists #03 – StocktonCon, pt. 3 : Where Kyrun and D. talk about the breadth of indie comics, writing comics, and dive headfirst into personal nostalgia.
Con Artists #04 – StocktonCon Winter 2019: Where D. Bethel and Kyrun try out StocktonCon’s inaugural Winter show…with mixed results.
Con Artists #05 – No Con 2020: Where Kyrun and D. Bethel address being an independent comic creator in a world without conventions.
Con Artists #06 – Tickets & Tables: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun continue to ponder life without incomes and how the industry has tried to fill that void.Con Artists #07 – Return of the Con: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun hit the con circuit after over a year away from it.
Con Artists #08 – The Madness of Marketing: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun talk about marketing new books during the middle of a pandemic.
Con Artists #09 – CrockerCon Artists: Where D. Bethel & Kyrun talk about the 10th CrockerCon, a show of which Kyrun is now the co-coordinator.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Special thanks to Kyrun Silva for agreeing to this experiment (and for driving us to and from the convention). Thanks to Ben Schwartz of Empire’s Comics Vault for hosting the table.

FEATURED GUEST:

-Kyrun Silva of Taurus Comics

FEATURED RECORDING EQUIPMENT:

-Tascam DR-40

FEATURED LOCAL COMIC SHOP:

–Empire’s Comics Vault

FEATURED VEHICLE:

-2003 Ford Expedition

FEATURED HIGHWAY:

-CA-99

FEATURED MUSIC:

-“Road Music” by D. Bethel

Episode 156 – River City Rampage

17 August 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 0 Comment

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It’s the return of NERD LAW!

A MARVELOUS MONSTER: After a long gestation and some delays, Disney has officially acquired 20th Century Fox assets, comprising of Fox’s film and tv properties. This means everything from the Alien franchise to Bob’s Burgers and even The Simpsons are now owned by Disney. Of course, for comic book fans and fans of comic book movies, the biggest part of this deal means that the X-Men and the Fantastic Four film rights are now under Disney/Marvel control. But it’s a much bigger––and more complicated––deal than just the superhero franchises and make some people a little nervous.

WHAT NINTENDON’T: Emulation software has been on the internet for at least twenty years at this point, allowing people to download and play often near-perfect versions of games from the NES, SNES, and many other classic consoles. While playing emulated games have always been legally murky, Nintendo’s big legal smackdown of a few emulator and ROM sites in particular have really shaken the whole community in more ways than one.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 80 – Alien Control Party: Where D. and Andrew discuss the attempts made to archive video games.
Shortcast 48 – My Smokey Timbre: Where Andrew and D. more recently discuss not only archiving works but revisions and re-releases of them.
Episode 155 – Captain Host: Where Andrew and D. talk about there being too many blockbuster movies during the Summer 2018 season.

RELATED LINKS:

Arnsdorf, Isaac. “The Shadow Rulers of the VA.” ProPublica. Pro Publica Inc, 07 Aug. 2018.
Dingman, Hayden. “Nintendo’s Ridiculous War on ROMs Threatens Gaming History.” PC World. IDG Communications, 11 Aug. 2018.
Fenlon, Wes. “The Ethics of Emulation: How Creators, the Community, and the Law View Console Emulators.” PC Gamer. Future US, 28 Mar. 2017.
Fleming Jr., Mike. “Deadpool‘s Rob Liefeld Takes His Extreme Universe to Netflix in Splashy Deal.” Deadline. Penske Business Media LLC., 08 Mar. 2018.
Kohler, Chris. “In Defense of ROMS, a Solution to Dying Games and Broken Copyright Laws.” Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group, 14 Aug. 2018.’
“Netflix Acquires Millarworld.” Netflix. 07 Aug. 2017.
Schreier, Jason. “Nobody Can Find the Source Code for Icewind Dale II.” Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group, 07 Jul. 2018.

INFO:

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Shortcast 66 – Trusty Rusty

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WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew finally plays Asmadi’s One Deck Dungeon by playing Handelabra’s One Deck Dungeon, a rogue-like solo/co-op card game that has been adapted into a video game version while D. Bethel follows Laura Kinney’s continuing post-Wolverine adventures in X-23 by Mariko Tamaki and Juann Cabal.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 94 – The Garbleflangers: Where Andrew and D. previously discussed board games that had since been adapted into video game versions.
Shortcast 47 – The Finest in Lottery Scratcher Technology: Where D. Bethel talked about Laura Kinney’s last solo series, All-New Wolverine.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Asplund, Andrew. “Board Game Review: Le Havre.” Tales From the Gamer Viceroy. 04 Jul. 2012.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

-“District Four” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
-“Disco Medusae” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com)*
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Shortcast 45 – The Cure for Canon Shift

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THE LONG CON-TINUITY: After years of teasing the topic, Andrew and D. finally sit down to talk about continuity. It starts with the continuity issues surrounding Star Wars and Disney’s purge of their Extended Universe, before it descends into talk about its benefits, its setbacks, and why it can be used as a weapon.

RELATED LINKS:

The ending to St. Elsewhere (re: the reference to the “snow globe ending” in this episode, referring to the very end of the show, St. Elsewhere, where it was revealed that the show was actually just a fictional universe imagined by an autistic child):

Polo, Susana. “Marvel Comics Announces Line-Wide Relaunch ‘Fresh Start’ (Update).” Polygon. Vox Media, 20 Feb. 2018.

INFO:

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Shortcast 42 – Atlantis Is Full of Dead People

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ANNOUNCEMENEWSBLASTCAST: Instead of focusing on their respective Weeks in Geek or having an extended conversation, Andrew and D. decide to cover a lot of news that dropped this week including the trailer to season 2 of Marvel/Netflix’s Jessica Jones, 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool 2 trailer, the reveal of the video-game-based-on-a-tabletop-game-based-on-a-tabletop-card-game, Sentinels of Freedom, the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons lorebook, Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, and the passing of John Mahoney.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 02 – The Clap: Where Andrew first mentions Sentinels of the Multiverse.
Episode 34 – The Motherbox: Where Andrew plays a customized SotM game with AcrossTheBoardGames.net‘s Luke and Nicole and they talk about the experience.
Episode 81 – Synchronized Like Color Watches: Where Andrew and D. discuss the Dungeons & Dragons Ravenloft adventure, “The Curse of Strahd.”
Episode 83 – The F-14 in the Backyard: Where D. and Andrew talk about Deadpool‘s comic accuracy and what it means for superhero movies.
Episode 85 – I Hardly Even Knew Me: Where D. actually sees Deadpool and talks about it.
Episode 87 – Thunder and Lighting: Where D. plays the video game version of the Sentinels of the Multiverse card game.
Episode 95 – Rural Judicial Sriracha: Where Andrew and D. talk about Jessica Jones.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Jessica Jones season two trailer:

https://youtu.be/hSvnepZS26s

Deadpool 2 trailer:

Evidence for Shatterstar’s appearance in this movie:

The best/saddest tribute to John Mahoney’s death:

He was my father. I loved him. pic.twitter.com/3mGcyEMxoy

— Kelsey Grammer (@KelseyGrammer) February 7, 2018

INFO:

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Shortcast 40 – Shortcast Your Mom

26 January 2018 Invisible Editor Comments 2 comments

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WEEK IN GEEK – COMIC BOOK TV SHOW EDITION: Andrew tunes in to the CW’s newest superhero premiere––Black Lightning––while D. Bethel looks back at the first season of Fox’s The Gifted. SPOILER WARNING

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 147 – Whatever We Bring, We Bring It: Where D. Bethel shared his thoughts about the first episode of The Gifted.
Episode 149 – We Are Not Here: Where Andrew talks about 2017’s big DC/CW crossover event, “Crisis on Earth X.”

RELEVANT LINKS:

“Emma Dumont from Fox’s The Gifted Gets Emotional About Polaris” interview by Justin Gilbert Alba via Comicsverse.

INFO:

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