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Archive for June, 2007

Heroes Con 2007: The Indy Guys

By Dollar Bin • Jun 29th, 2007

A lot of our Heroes Con 2007 experience involved us wandering around looking for interesting people to talk to and on Sunday we certainly found some. We were stopped by James Hatton to talk about his webcomic and later found ourselves in front of the crew from Silent Devil; Tony DiGerolamo who was promoting Super [...]

 
 Indy Guys at Heroes Con 2007 [19:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download


Heroes Con 2007: Matt Fraction

By Dollar Bin • Jun 28th, 2007

We made a new friend in writer Matt Fraction at this year’s Heroes Convention. He was nice enough to discuss a variety of topics for this edition of the Dollar Bin:

his book from Image Comics, Casanova;
upcoming Marvel title, The Order;
the 2007 Sensational Spider-man Annual;
working with Ed Brubaker on The Immortal Iron Fist;
getting backlash from Internet [...]

 
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Heroes Con 2007: theBLVD

By Dollar Bin • Jun 27th, 2007

Sean Chen, Tommy Lee Edwards, John Paul Leon, Bernard Chang and Trevor Goring are all incredible artists in the comic book field and beyond. Put them together and you get their virtual studio called theBLVD, and besides great art and incredible resumes, you’ll also find a great group of guys there as well. We [...]

 
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 Adam's Poor Attempt at Flirting [4:43m]: Download
 Huy from Acme at Heroes Con 2007 [3:42m]: Download


Heroes Con 2007: Laura Martin

By Dollar Bin • Jun 26th, 2007

We made a great new friend this year at Heroes Con in Eisner award winning colorist Laura Martin. Listen as we talk with her about her work with Bryan Hitch on The Authority and Ultimates, working with John Cassaday on Planetary and Astonishing X-Men, coloring the new Thor series for Marvel, the trials of left-handedness [...]

 
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Heroes Con 2007: Minicomics Discussion Panel

By Dollar Bin • Jun 25th, 2007

On Saturday afternoon at Heroes Con 07′ we had the privilege of being asked to record one of the best panels of the weekend. Creative Director of Heroes Con Dustin Harbin (far left in post image) was on hand to moderate both a very funny and very informative panel featuring (left to right in post [...]

 
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Heroes Con 2007: DC Comics Editor, Michael Siglain

By Dollar Bin • Jun 22nd, 2007

On Saturday at Heroes Con we were lucky enough to be able to sit down with DC editor Michael Siglain for an interview. What was it like to be handed the reins of a huge project like 52? How did the creative process really work for all the creators involved? Plus he gives us an [...]

 
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Heroes Con 2007: Dark Tower Panel Discussion

By Dollar Bin • Jun 21st, 2007

On the final day of Heroes Con 2007, the Dollar Bin was lucky enough to get to record one of the weekend’s final and biggest panels. Authors Peter David and Robin Furth would join panel moderator Matt Brady from Newsarama to discuss their involvement in Marvel’s adaptation of Steven King’s Dark Tower series, The [...]

 
 Dark Tower with Peter David and Robin Furth [52:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download


Show 43: 52 Part 2

By Dollar Bin • Jun 20th, 2007

Our 52 talk between Columbia and Greenville readers continues as we dive into the aftermath of the series. What changed in the DCU and what are our thoughts on DC’s new weekly series Countdown? Listen in as we wrap-up our final thoughts on this series and look forward to the future of the new [...]

 
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 MiniCast 43: Astonishing [1:26m]: Download
 MiniCast 43: Customer Sits In [11:55m]: Download
 MiniCast 43: Teen Titans [3:16m]: Download


Show 42: 52 Part 1

By Dollar Bin • Jun 13th, 2007

Part one of our discussion about DC Comics’ weekly comic event 52 is also an “event” for us! We look to make our own crossover history as our 52 wrap-up will feature a mixture of discussions with both our normal crew and some of the regulars at Richard’s Comics and Collectables in Greenville, South Carolina. [...]

 
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Show 41: Fan Fiction

By Dollar Bin • Jun 6th, 2007

So what is fan fiction? Hunt around the net for information on your favorite characters and comics and chances are you’ll run across it in one form or another. You’ll find movies, animation, pictures, stories and even full comics done by fans. How good are they, who is doing them and why? On this edition [...]

 
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 MiniCast 41: Bunnies [0:42m]: Download
 MiniCast 41: Elastic Man [1:41m]: Download
 MiniCast 41: Fantastic Incredibles [0:41m]: Download
 MiniCast 41: First Names [2:01m]: Download
 MiniCast 41: Joker Busta Cap [0:47m]: Download
 MiniCast 41: Kris Letterer Supreme [0:49m]: Download
 MiniCast 41: More Def Arguments [5:22m]: Download
 MiniCast 41: Mr. T [0:46m]: Download
 MiniCast 41: Shoulda Ended [1:14m]: Download
 MiniCast 41: Sue [1:55m]: Download
 MiniCast 41: Hentai [1:25m]: Download
 MiniCast 41: Sex and Girls [1:26m]: Download