Welcome to the first episode of the Maximum Geek: Comic Cast. This is the first podcast I’ve done solo so it may take me a few casts to find my rhythm. Here’s what I cover.

Why I’m doing this and what to expect.

A little history on continuity and crossovers.

Avengers Disassembled

House of M

Civil War

The state of the Marvel Universe Today.

 Let me know what you think and what would make this podcast better in the comments section. Or you can email me at tibbarerew@gmail.com

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What’s this podcast all about? I’m glad you asked (ok, so technically I asked). I’ve been considering a solo podcast for a long time, I even registered a couple of domain names for a gaming oriented podcast about a year ago (I know because my registrations just expired). It didn’t take me long to realize I don’t play enough games these days to pull of a weekly or even a monthly podcast about games. So I started thinking about a comicbook podcast. The thing was I couldn’t come up with a hook, something to make me different then the multitude of review podcasts out there (ok there aren’t that many, but I don’t like to just do what other people are doing). When Jeff and I started Max Geek it was different because we were covering all kinds of topics for geeks, not just tech, but anything the average geek might be into, Jeff and I also have an interesting enough dynamic that I never felt like we were copying anybody. So I sat on the idea of a comicbook podcast for almost a year.

A week ago Jeff and I started talking about doing Max Geek again. Jeff was in the 1src chat and apparently the topic of Max Geek came up, there were enough requests (ok so even one request would have been enough) to convince us that we should start doing it again. Apparently the possiblity of a comicbook podcast by me came up and someone made the comment that they had learned about comics from the comic corner. That’s when it hit me, I could do a comicbook podcast that didn’t just review comics (which I will most certainly do) but I could tie the things going on in comics now with the continuity of comics. I could make some of the obscure references accessible to new readers and if I played my cards right, I could get people interested in comics they haven’t read before, or even in reading a comic for the first time (delusions of grandeur are fun aren’t they?).

So I present the Maximum Geek Comic Cast. A podcast out to not just tell what’s on the shelf today, but how it got there. I expect to cover a lot of comicbook history (which means research, research means buying comics, I love buying comics). To make this work the way I want it to though I want feedback from the listeners. I want to know what aspects of comics you’re interested in hearing about. I want to hear your questions and I and want to know what you think.

 The first episode is Scheduled for next Thursday. I gotta say, I’m psyched to get started on this.

Alright, so I finally decided on a name and I decided to keep it simple, this is officially the Maximum Geek Comic Cast home page. Now that we’re official I definitly want to hear some questions and suggestions on bits of comics history you would like to know more about. Next week I’ll be recording episode 1 so you’ll get an idea of what I have in mind. Anyway welcome to the site and tune in next week.