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Comic Geek Speak is the best podcast about comic books for fans and new readers alike. Put together by a group of life-long comic geeks, it's 4-5 hours a week of comic book history, current comic news, and a general look at the industry. In addition to all the latest in comics talk, the show also features creator interviews, listener responses, contests, and trivia, lots of trivia. So listen in and experience all the joys of a Wednesday afternoon at the comic shop, from the comfort of your own headphones.
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1Convention Talk! Grading! Reviews! Publisher app updates! Trivia! Even an unboxing! It’s a full topic Comic Talk as the Speakers of Geek wrap-up the Harrisburg Comic & Pop Con, follow up on more reactions to Barry Windsor-Smith’s Monsters, return to the Overstreet Price Guide to do Modern Era Trivia, discuss the upcoming NY and Baltimore cons, talk a little Star Wars and more! (1:23:54)
Doctor Doom’s reign over the Marvel Universe meets new threats and challenges as Dormammu attacks, Thor speaks his mind, Doom and Reed Richards debate, and a terrible secret is about to be revealed! The Speakers of Geek discuss One World Under Doom issues 4 thru 6 (and a bunch of tie-ins) by Ryan North, R.B. Silva, David Curiel, Travis Lanham and company. (53:23)
Comic Talk! Previews! Collection horror stories! Toy Talk! Collectible Card Game Talk! And more! The Speakers of Geek, along with guest Brad From Canada of the Scene Invaders Podcast, offer up their recommendations for comic coming attractions for the month of October 2025. Topics include Punisher’s return to Marvel Knights, the X-Men Age of Revelation event, Ultimate OZ Universe: The Lost Lands, Return of the Blue Brothers: the Escape of Joilet Jake, Wind in the Willows, Absolute Evil, and others. (1:26:31)
The Speakers of Geek are joined by longtime listener and friend Pankaj from Philly to discuss the Top Comics of the 21st Century! From stories to runs to collections to single issues, we do our best, along with the help of listener suggestions, to talk about as many of the great comics from the last 25 years as we can! (2:02:51)
Esquire released their ranking of the 25 Best Superhero Movies of All Time. And the Speakers of Geek discuss and debate (and sometimes debunk) their list! We also share our thoughts and reactions to Fantastic Four: First Steps! (57:25)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 timescale and more! (1:41:00)
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)
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)
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)
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)
The Speakers of Geek wrap up their thoughts on Star Wars: Andor season 2. Discussion topics on episodes four through twelve include the character journeys and endings, production values, the connections to Rogue One and the larger Star Wars Universe, the future of Star Wars and more. (1:12:38)
The Speakers of Geek share their thoughts on a number of topics, news items and comics including the passing of Peter David and his amazing contributions to comics, the 1980s superhero work of Mike Mignola, the new Batman/Deadpool crossover announcement, a remastered Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths coming next year, and reviews of the first issues of Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell, Superman Unlimited, Moonshine Bigfoot, Star Wars, Youngblood Deluxe and finally… Z! (1:36:28)
Writer and Creator Tim Sheridan wants you to know how to Vote for The Eisners! Alan Scott: the Green Lantern has been nominated for Best Limited Series and we talk with Tim about the registration and voting process. We also discuss Tim’s entry into the comic industry, helping to redefine DC’s New Golden Age, praising the creative team on the mini-series, comics as an inspirational art form, the passing of Peter David and so much more. (1:23:40)
Writer and Creator Robert Venditti returns to CGS to help us learn more about the upcoming Planet Death series from Bad Idea! We also catch up with Robert’s career from his time at Valiant through DC Rebirth and to the present with all sorts of topics in between including comics vs the book market, Bad Idea’s unique approach to publishing, working with screenwriter Derek Kolstad and artist Tomas Giorello, writing for different genres and formats, and more! It’s an informative and entertaining conversation we hope you enjoy! (1:20:42)
It’s Previews Talk time! We announce the first round of Prestige Sponsors, do a little Free Comic Book Day followup and upcoming conventions talk, give our thoughts on the recent Eisners nominations and then jump into comic coming attractions for the month of July 2025! Recommendations include Star Trek: Red Shirts from IDW, DC WIP All Star Superman, Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob, the Fantastic Four relaunch from Marvel and so many more! We also throw in reviews of the Speed Racer FCBD issue, Jonathan Hickman’s G.O.D.S. and All-New Venom 1! (1:28:40)
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Although they obviously share a love for comics and all things geeky, there is too much dead air where I picture them sitting around looking at each other wondering who's going to say something next. The first 15 minutes of every podcast where they basically talk about themselves before they get to actual comic talk is so tedious I find myself turning them off. I've unsubscribed and will check back someday to see if they've livened things up.
I have tried many of the other comic book podcasts (when I waiting for a new GCS) and I have found them lacking. This show captures the feeling of hanging with your friends and talking the geek. The dynamic between the regular hosts and even the guest stars is what makes this a stellar podcast. They produce a lot of content so you will have lots to listen too. They involve the listeners so get ready to post on the message boards or compete in a contest to win comics. If you are lucky, maybe even be part of the show. Going back to get all of the older episodes and listening in order is similar to discovering a cool run of comics. You can't wait to get to the next one. Highly recomended and throughly enertaining!
This group has created the perfect comic-book podcast. They discuss upcoming comics and old comics, comic movies, and other related subjects like any group of friends would. Their personalities come through very well on the cast and they don't mind disagreeing with each other. The podcast has featured some great interviews with many creators including Stan Lee. They feature a book-of-the-month club that discusses one book that the listeners have had one opportunity to buy. They also have contests, read letters and have a trivia game each week. Besides being the most interesting comic book podcasts, this is the first podast I listen to. Great quality, interesting personalities, and lots of content.