The Comic Panel Podcast

The Comic Panel

A weekly comicbook book club! Listen to four friends dissect the plot, story, and art of comics both new and old.

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    So...they made a manga of Assassins Creed...

    Hello all! Welcome to our final book in the theme of "Comics based on video games". We hope you've been enjoying them half as much as we have recording them! Today's review is of the manga "Assassin Creed Awakening" based on the video game Assassins Creed Black Flag.  The protagonist of our story is a young Sejin who's DNA is used to explore the life of one of his ancestors, Edward Kenway, a former english noble in the 18th century, who turned to piracy in order to strike it rich and provide for the love of his life. When Edward's ship crashes on an island everything he had worked hard to acquire was lost. As he shuffles through the wreckage he finds a man wearing fancy clothing who is about to die. Edward assumes his identity which starts him on a trajectory of meeting the Templars, a group dedicated to controlling humanity, and then the Brotherhood, a group dedicated to stopping the Templars. Meanwhile in modern day, Sejin believes he is participating in beta testing for a new immersive video game created by Abstergo, the company that invented the Animus. In reality, the Animus is a device that unlocks the genetic memories of the user's ancestors, and Abstergo is really a front for the modern day Templars. Sejin wants to prove that this video game is terrible because his mom made it, the woman who left his family. It quickly turns out, though, that Abstergo isn't being entirely honest, this isn't a video game at all, and his mother could be a victim?  Was this a good adaptation? Did it make us want to read more? Find the answers by listening to this episode of The Comic Panel! If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for retrospective on our theme of "Comics based on video games"!

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    The Comic People Waited Seven Years For (Team Fortress 2)

    Hello all! We apologize for the terribly long time it took for this episode to come out. It seemed it took almost as long for this episode to come out as did this comic to finish! And just like when this comic was finished, we all rejoiced that there was finally an ending.  All jokes aside, for our second book in the theme of comics based on video games, we are reviewing the Team Fortress 2 comics. These comics takes place in an alternate 1972 and focuses on a company called Mann Co. and the mercenaries who have been employed by that company over the years. Mann Co. is notable because they have a large stockpile of Australium, a golden metal that can be used to keep someone alive past their normal lifespan. After a hostile takeover of the company it is revealed that someone has stolen all of the Australium from the vault and it becomes a treasure hunt to find the remaining supply between the mercenaries (Soldier, Pyro, Demo-man, Heavy, Sniper, Spy, and Scout) working for the mysterious Administrator and their competitors, the Team Fortress Classic team, working for Grey Mann, the new CEO of Mann Co. All while the previous CEO, Saxton Hale, works to try and regain control of the company. If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for the next book in our theme of "Comics based on video games"!  Music: "Chase the Sun" by Bel Tempo

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    He just a fast guy! (Sonic Scrapnik Island)

    Hello, everyone! Welcome to the second episode in our theme "Comics based on video games"! We've been enjoying recording these episodes and we hope you've been enjoying listening to them.  In today's episode we cover Sonic: Scrapnik Island. Sonic and Tails crash land on Professor Robotnik's abandoned lair known as Scrapnik Island. As they attempt to find their way off the island they are introduced to a community of robots made to resemble Sonic and many of his pals known as Scrapniks. As the Scrapniks help Sonic and Tails recover from the crash they meet a Scrapnik that is all alone. Turns out, this Scrapnik still has a lot of Professor Robotnik's programming running on his OS, so he turns on Sonic and tries transplant his brain into Sonic's body. Sonic, with the help of Tails and the rest of the Scrapnik's are able to escape and remove the programming from the loner Scrapnik.  Is this comic good? What did we think of the art? Did it meet our expectations? Does it give us insight into what the games are like? Find out all this and more in our fantastic review of Sonic: Scrapnik Island! If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for the next book in our theme of "Comics based on video games"!

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A weekly comicbook book club! Listen to four friends dissect the plot, story, and art of comics both new and old.