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Web Exclusive ECCC Content: Jeff Lemire
March 25, 2010 – 1:05 pm | View Comments

Our next web exclusive item from Emerald City ComiCon 2010 also happens to be the first thing we filmed. Pete was lucky enough to get to sit down with Jeff Lemire, writer/artist on Sweet …

The Scott Pilgrim Trailer Has Arrived
March 25, 2010 – 10:23 am | View Comments

After much anticipation it, the trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World trailer has hit the internet.  Based on the series of novels by Bryan Lee O’Malley, directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, …

Indy Comic Book FAIL Lesson 4: Craft Is The Frienemy!
March 25, 2010 – 1:35 am | View Comments

I saw a documentary recently about American vaudeville, and it reminded me of one of the oldest and most well known jokes this side of a wooden leg named Smith:

Web Exclusive ECCC Content: The Guild
March 24, 2010 – 12:32 pm | View Comments

Due to the fact we recorded so many awesome interviews during Emerald City ComiCon 2010, we won’t be able to release them all through the podcast. Instead we decided to release some of them …

Emerald City ComiCon 2010 Part 1
March 24, 2010 – 12:10 pm | View Comments

Part one of our Emerald City ComiCon series: Kevin interviews Mark Waid from Boom! Studios, Greg interviews Rick Remender from Fear Agent, and Jason interviews Ben McCool and Ben Templesmith from Choker.

I can only suspend my disbelief so far.
March 24, 2010 – 11:11 am | View Comments

This has always bothered me. Thank you Shortpacked, for expressing it so perfectly.
Even if you chose to use Damian as the voice of reason.

Do you like Rollerderby?
March 23, 2010 – 10:52 am | View Comments

Do you like comics?
How about comic anthologies about Rollerderby that has a story in it written by yours truly?
If so then have I got something for you!
JAM! Tales from the World of Roller Derby is …

Special Double Issue!
March 21, 2010 – 6:08 pm | View Comments

ECCC just killed me last week–I totally blew my posting wad. I also had an ungodly amount of comics waiting for me in my box at Golden Age…

New comics for 3/17/2010 (now with 100% more new comic smell)!!
March 18, 2010 – 6:57 pm | View Comments

Oooooooooooh man… I sooooooooooooo meant to post this up last week and because of all the prep for the ECCC I totally spaced…. which is kinda a good thing as this weeks pulls weren’t all …

Indy Comic Book FAIL Lesson 3: You Are NOT Dave [censored] Sim!
March 18, 2010 – 1:50 am | View Comments

Many years ago, some friends of mine started doing their own zine sized comic anthology. The concept they had wasn’t groundbreaking- they all did comics, and they had friends who all did comics, so they …