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Ready, Nerd, Go! 016: Bleed – How Characters Can Become Real

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Welcome to Ready, Nerd, Go! Graphic Policy’s newest podcast focused on tabletop role playing games (RPGs), hosted by Alex and Enko. With the rising popularity of D&D and other tabletop RPGs, we wanted to help folks who are interested in learning about the hobby take their first steps.

On the docket for this episode:

  • How characters and experiences can sometimes become more than just a game.

Music by Alex Grohl from Pixabay.
Email: ReadyNerdGo@gmail.com

Ink & Imagination 008: Creator Rights Part Two: Image, the Speculator Boom, and the Crash

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Welcome to Ink & Imagination, brought to you by Those Two Geeks.

In the second half of our Creator Rights special, a new generation takes up Jack Kirby’s fight, and nearly burns the industry to the ground doing it. It’s the 1990s. Comic book artists like Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, and Rob Liefeld are household names, outselling even their publishers. Tired of seeing their creations owned by corporations, seven superstars walk out of Marvel and form Image Comics. A publisher built on a single rule: “The creator owns the creation.”

This episode explores how Image Comics changed the balance of power, how greed and hype pushed comics to the brink, and how the fight for creator rights reshaped the medium in both triumph and tragedy.

Because every rebellion has its price, and every artist’s freedom comes with a fight.

Music by Nicholas Panek from Pixabay

Ink & Imagination 007: Creator Rights Part One: Jack Kirby, The King of Comics

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Welcome to Ink & Imagination, brought to you by Those Two Geeks.

In the first half of our two-part special on creator rights, we explore how Jack Kirby, the artist who helped dream up the Fantastic Four, Thor, the X-Men, and countless others, reshaped the DNA of modern comics while fighting for the credit and ownership he was too often denied.

We’ll revisit the legendary Fantastic Four #48–49, where a simple note became one of the most profound stories ever told in comics, and follow Kirby through the heartbreak and triumph of a lifetime spent creating worlds he didn’t own.

This is the story of the man who built universes and the system that tried to keep his name out of them.

Music by Nicholas Panek from Pixabay

Those Two Geeks 328: Recapping Rhode Island Comic Con

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Alex and Joe sit down and (finally) catch up about Rhode Island Comic Con for what feels like the first time in forever.

You can reach us at the following locations if you feel the need:
Alex and Joe can be found on X respectively @karcossa and @FirstRonin4.
You can also find Alex on Bluesky @karcossa.bsky.social.
Alex is on threads @Alex_K_Cossa.
ThoseTwoGeeks@gmail.com

Music by AlexGrohl from Pixabay

Ready, Nerd, Go! 015: Player Entitlement

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Welcome to Ready, Nerd, Go! Graphic Policy’s newest podcast focused on tabletop role playing games (RPGs), hosted by Alex and Enko. With the rising popularity of D&D and other tabletop RPGs, we wanted to help folks who are interested in learning about the hobby take their first steps.

On the docket for this episode:

  • Player entitlement:
    • What it is and what it isn’t?
    • GM Entitlement

Music by Alex K Cossa via Suno.
Email: ReadyNerdGo@gmail.com

Those Two Geeks 327: Returning To Marvel Legends

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Alex and Joe sit down and (finally) catch up about Marvel Legends for what feels like the first time in forever.

You can reach us at the following locations if you feel the need:
Alex and Joe can be found on X respectively @karcossa and @FirstRonin4.
You can also find Alex on Bluesky @karcossa.bsky.social.
Alex is on threads @Alex_K_Cossa.
ThoseTwoGeeks@gmail.com

Music by AlexGrohl from Pixabay

Ink & Imagination 006: Boom, Bust, and Bagged in Plastic: The Comic Book Speculator Crash of the 1990s

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Welcome to Ink & Imagination, brought to you by Those Two Geeks.

In the early 1990s, comics weren’t just stories, they were investments. Collectors, speculators, and even casual fans flooded comic shops, convinced that every #1 issue or shiny foil cover would be the next Action Comics #1. Publishers like Marvel, DC, and the newly formed Image Comics were happy to feed the frenzy; releasing endless variant covers, holographic editions, and “limited” collector’s runs printed by the millions.

For a brief, chaotic moment, the industry boomed. Comic shops opened on every corner, and first issues sold in the millions. But it was a bubble waiting to burst.

Music by Nicholas Panek from Pixabay

Superman: Supermensch. Winning the Disney boycott & more

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The need for solidarity with Palestinians and Jewish Americans reconning with the historical myths we’ve been fed–– James Gunn’s new Superman movie really went there and did it superbly. Who better to process it with than Rafael Shimoff and Shoshana Brown, the hosts of Beyond the  Pale, radio’s home for NY’s Jewish left!

But first an update from Project Fulcrum, Get Free’s Star Wars fan organizing campaign striking a blow against censorship. 

Those Two Geeks 326: Frank Martin and Love & Death on The Dark Side of the Moon

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Alex and Joe are joined by Frank Martin (www.FranktheWriter.com) to talk about his upcoming Kickstarter Love & Death on The Dark Side of the Moon, a tale about a man cursed to live in darkness or become a monster; Nero must discover the light within himself in this OGN of love, loss and tragedy.

You can reach us at the following locations if you feel the need:
Alex and Joe can be found on X respectively @karcossa and @FirstRonin4.
You can also find Alex on Bluesky @karcossa.bsky.social.
Alex is on threads @Alex_K_Cossa.
ThoseTwoGeeks@gmail.com

Music by AlexGrohl from Pixabay

Those Two Geeks 325: Crashing: From Inception to Publication, the First Steps of an Indie Comic

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It’s another JAM session as Matthew Klein joins our intrepid hosts to talk about how his comic Crashing came to be, from inception to publishing the first issue. There is a title suggested in the episode, but I forgot what it was…

Matthew’s book Crashing is available now through IDW Publishing. His webcomic The Rhyme Scheme is available for free here. You can also find his podcast, Comics For You via Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

You can reach us at the following locations if you feel the need:
Alex and Joe can be found on X respectively @karcossa and @FirstRonin4.
You can also find Alex on Bluesky @karcossa.bsky.social.
Alex is on threads @Alex_K_Cossa.
ThoseTwoGeeks@gmail.com

Music by AlexGrohl from Pixabay

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