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A Podcast from Joe "Kray Z" Rider and Cory!! Strode who have worked in comic book retail for a LONG time, are long time comic collectors and a couple of knuckleheads.
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Kray Z Comics and Stories 639: May 2024 Reviews
Joe and Cory!! read tons and tons of comics, and they also have tons and tons of opinions. Sometimes, they meet in an episode filled with reviews! This time, they review:
* Comics Illustrated
* Fire Power – Image
* Beware the Planet of the Apes – Marvel
* Giant Size Hulk #1
* Roxxon Thor #1
* Archie and Friends Hot Rod Racing – Archie
* The Goon – Dark Horse
* Redcoat – Image
* Fantastic Four 19 – Marvel
All of this, the usual shenanigans and as always, much, more more! -
Kray Z Comics and Stories 638: Trina Robbins Has Left The Building
We have a lot to talk about in this week’s show, so rather than a long intro, we;’ll give you the greatest gift of all. BULLET POINTS!
* The passing of Trina Robbins
* Joni Mitchell’s song about Trina: https://youtu.be/obRVlFCVlAg?si=A-UEeZAMevmCrFUi
* Joe has been out and about!
* Quad City Con in St Cloud, MN
* Mind’s Eye Comics in Burnsville
* EAKK Convention in
* Joe bought the first issue of Marvel’s L’il Kids and Cory explains where the series came from.
* Cory!! Goes through the annual Bookscan numbers to go over how comics di din the Bookstore market in 2023
* https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-297-bookscan-2023-comics-sales-sag-but-scholastic-was-still-a-powerhouse/
Retro Review: Spidey Super Stories #1 -
Kray Z Comics and Stories 637: Previews For April 2024
Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in July 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!
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Kray Z Comics and Stories 636: Mind’s Eye Comics Reborn!
We don’t often have guests on the show, that’s for Cory!!’s solo thing, but this week, we invited the owner of Mind’s Eye Comics in Burnsville Minnesota, Eric Childs to talk about the long road to both owning a comic shop and now re-opening it in a much bigger space!
The shop re-opens on 4/13/2024 with special guests and all kinds of fun things!https://mindseyecomics.com
https://www.facebook.com/mindseyecomics
We sit down with Eric to discuss:
* Eric’s origin as a comics fan
* How teacher built upon his love of comics
* The first shop he went to when he moved to the Twin Cities
* Finding out about Trademark the hard way when he wanted to publish comics
* How he bought an established store
* How NOT to get get a loan for a comic shop
* What is the story behind him shutting down the shop for a time and moving to a new location
* How he is going to diversify his customer base by adding new productings and ideasAll . Including coffee drinks.
* All of the details on his big opening day 4/13 -
Kray Z Comics and Stories 635: Ultimate Kray
The Ultimate Universe is all new and restarting at Marvel, soi why don’t Cory!! And Joe go over the previous version, what worked and what didn’t, why it fell apart and if the new version is worth checking out. They review:
* Ultimate Spider-Man 1 and 2
* Ultimate Black Panther !Ultimate X-Men 1
They also discuss:
* The new zoo review and iditarod
* Who created Tigra the Were-woman
* How it is hard to assign who created what in comics back before the 90’s
* Giant Size Chillers #3 and Marvel’s early 1970’s horror books
All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more! -
Kray Z Comics and Stories 634: Comics Previews for March 2024.
Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in June 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!
Customer Reviews
Enjoy this pod a lot...
Cory & Joe deliver solid comic news, reviews & different kinda takes on the world comics different than the other pods. Listen to Kray Z joe talk about Cons and "what's got them geeking".... (My fav's are when Jin Wicked joins & bust chops!)
Conversational
I love podcasts or radio shows where it feels like you’re getting to eavesdrop on a conversation between two close friends. That’s what this feels like.
I love this podcast...
Ding dong the witch is dead. Long time listeners know of whom I speak. Joe & Cory are the best!!!