
69 episodes

Ten Cent Takes Mike Thompson & Jessika Frazer
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4.8 • 37 Ratings
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A podcast looking at comics history, pop culture, and how the two connect. Also: Swears.
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Dollar Bin Discoveries: Bronze Age Edition (w/Paul Kupperberg!)
We're traveling back to the Bronze Age for today's Dollar Bin Discoveries, as we're chatting with celebrated Bronze Age creator Paul Kupperberg! Not only do we talk about some wild comics from decades past, but we get to hear about what it was like working at DC comics in that era.
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Paul Kupperberg Contact Info:
Twitter: @PaulKupperbergWeb: https://www.paulkupperberg.net/shop-1
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Issue 54: Psi-Force (with Fabian Nicieza!)
This week we're journeying to Earth-148611 (AKA Marvel's New Universe), taking a look at Psi-Force (AKA the teen superhero mash-up of New Mutants and Captain Planet), and talking about the comic with the man who wrote the majority of the series (AKA Fabian Nicieza). Get ready for an insider scoop on the New Universe, Marvel in the 1980s, and a lot of fun Jessika cackles!
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Our new site is live! For the transcript of this episode, head over to https://www.tencenttakes.com/transcripts.
Fabian Nicieza's contact info:
Twitter: @FabianNiciezaInstagram: @fnicieza Web: https://www.fabiannicieza.com/
PS- Fabian's books are excellent. You should buy them through his website!
Ten Cent Takes contact info:
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Dollar Bin Discoveries: Image Comics Edition
Welcome back to Dollar Bin Discoveries! Today, Mike and Jessika managed to both bring a couple of books published by Image Comics to the Table. Mike is talking about one of the company's earliest comics (Shadowhawk II #2), while Jessika has one of its most recent (Starhenge).
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Our new site is live! For the transcript of this episode, head over to https://www.tencenttakes.com/transcripts.
Email: tencenttakes@gmail.com
Twitter: @Tencenttakes
Instagram: @Tencenttakes
Facebook: /Tencenttakes
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Issue 53: The Stainless Steel Rat
This week, we're launching towards the stars so we can see brave new worlds and commit all sorts of cosmic crimes alongside James Bolivar diGriz, AKA "The Stainless Steel Rat." This collection of British comics from the same writer who gave us Soylent Green was a shockingly fun read.
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Our new site is live! For the transcript of this episode, head over to https://www.tencenttakes.com/transcripts.
References:
Wikipedia articles for Harry Harrison and The Stainless Steel Rat Series
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/harry-harrison/stainless-steel-rat/
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3531/return-stainless-steel-rat
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Dollar Bin Discoveries: Busty Babes Edition
In a weird coincidence, Jessika and Mike both picked comics featuring... um... women with huge tracts of land. Anyway, tune in if you want to hear about Redfox and Cavewoman: Castaway!
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Our new site is live! For the transcript of this episode, head over to https://www.tencenttakes.com/transcripts.
Email: tencenttakes@gmail.com
Twitter: @Tencenttakes
Instagram: @Tencenttakes
Facebook: /Tencenttakes
Mastodon: retro.pizza/@tencenttakes
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Issue 52: Sachs & Violens
This week, we're looking at Marvel's "adult" thriller from the early 1990s, Sachs & Violens. Since one of the titular characters is a photographer from New York, we brought in an expert: Casey Fatchett, New York photographer and host of The Nerdy Photographer podcast!
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Our new site is live! For the transcript of this episode, head over to https://www.tencenttakes.com/transcripts.
Email: tencenttakes@gmail.com
Twitter: @Tencenttakes
Instagram: @Tencenttakes
Facebook: /Tencenttakes
Mastodon: retro.pizza/@tencenttakes
Our banner art is original work by Sarah Frank (https://www.lookmomdraws.com/)
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You can find The Nerdy Photographer podcast over at https://nerdyphotographer.com/podcast/
Customer Reviews
Fun, informative, and an all around good time!
This show is just all around a fun time! It feels like the conversations that go on with your pals at you local comic shop. Keep it coming!
Charming and a ton of fun!
I absolutely adore this show. ADORE IT. Its some of the very best comics-based discussion you will ever find. It’s one of the very, very best.
Ten Cent Takes is worth a Million Bucks!
As a comic fan with little time to read comics, podcasts like Ten Cent help keep me up to date. I especially love Dollar Bin Discoveries. Who doesn’t like a good deal!?! These history lessons into comics is a must for anyone wanting to learn more about and an industry we all love. Make sure to sub to Ten Cent Takes!