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let's get into it , man . I

2:12

don't got a lot of time to to

2:15

waste man . I was some pretty

2:17

good news that came out this

2:20

week , but like low key

2:22

stuff , but but really good stuff . First

2:25

off , let's get into the quick hits . Man , we got

2:28

some great news coming out

2:30

for TV stuff

2:32

, stuff that we all love

2:34

and have enjoyed . The

2:37

House of Dragons season

2:39

two that's

2:41

coming out in June . They

2:43

didn't give the exact day

2:46

on when that will be coming

2:48

out , but it said summer of 2024

2:50

, but now they are narrowing it down

2:52

to June , so

2:55

that's coming out very soon . The

2:57

boys season four

2:59

is coming out in June

3:01

, which is an awesome

3:03

show . If you haven't watched it , I

3:06

know it's not for everybody , but if

3:08

you really just give it a , give it a gander

3:10

, you know , try to try to turn

3:13

off of you , turn off your , your

3:15

sensors , censorship meter

3:17

, you know , don't be so sensitive when you

3:19

watch it , be open minded and

3:21

you will definitely enjoy it . I really feel you

3:23

will . So if you haven't seen it , go check out the

3:25

boys . But season four is definitely coming

3:28

soon and also

3:30

Star Wars acolyte the

3:32

acolyte is dropping in June as well

3:34

. This has been something that a lot of

3:36

people have been looking forward to . It's

3:38

supposed to be focusing

3:41

more on on the dark side

3:43

, so , yeah , it should

3:46

be pretty interesting , like it's not . I mean

3:48

, I heard from what I've read some of the articles

3:50

I've read they are going

3:52

to be telling some stories from

3:55

the side of the force , but mainly

3:58

the show should be focusing on things happening

4:00

on the dark side . So , yo

4:03

, we got a crazy , crazy

4:05

June coming up

4:07

. You know , summer times coming , everybody

4:09

wants to be outside , but I think we all going to be

4:11

inside watching some really really

4:14

dope TV shows . Man Moving

4:16

forward , james

4:19

Gunn put out a statement

4:21

that he will not be at

4:23

San Diego Comic Con this year

4:26

because he will

4:28

be filming Superman Legacy

4:31

. So I know a lot of people were

4:33

a little disappointed in that . You

4:36

know , with all the hype that's surrounding

4:38

the DCU and James

4:40

Gunn and Peter Saffron , you know

4:42

people were really looking forward to

4:45

seeing James Gunn and

4:47

what he was going to be bringing to the table

4:49

in the next year or so

4:52

. But here's the thing he

4:55

just said he wasn't going to be there and

4:57

clearly , you know , I mean , obviously

4:59

there's going to be cast members that aren't going

5:01

to be there as well , so they'll all

5:03

be filming , but he just said he's not going to

5:05

be there . That doesn't mean that DC

5:08

or the new DCU is not going to have a presence

5:10

at San Diego Comic Con , and

5:12

I really hope they do . You

5:15

know , turn up and make some , you know , just

5:17

showcase a few things that are going to be coming

5:20

, maybe some casting announcements

5:22

, who knows . But hopefully

5:24

they do show up and maybe , you

5:26

know , give us some details on some

5:28

things , because I mean , we still

5:30

have , like , the Batman

5:33

2 . We still have the

5:35

Penguin that's going to become . Is that coming

5:37

out this summer too ? That

5:39

might be coming out this summer too , or

5:42

maybe fall , maybe

5:44

early fall , but anyway we

5:47

still got things like that . So we

5:49

still have some conversations that we

5:51

could be looking forward to , and it doesn't

5:53

mean that James Gunn

5:55

and the cast and crew cannot

5:58

tune in via like webcam

6:00

or something Like put them on the big screen

6:02

, let them talk and , you know , address

6:04

the crowd and everything like that , maybe

6:06

show some pictures or something you know

6:08

, like I'm sure he's going to find . I'm sure

6:11

DC or Warner Brothers is going to find

6:13

a way to like showcase this

6:15

guy and what he's getting ready to

6:17

, you know , bring forth to the fans

6:19

. So yeah , I mean it's a

6:21

little sad , you know , but

6:26

that doesn't mean DC

6:29

will not have a presence

6:31

at San Diego Comic

6:33

Con . So also

6:35

, man , this is more of breakdown-ish

6:39

type of stuff . So I'm going to spend a little

6:41

bit more time talking about this

6:44

bit of news in this first segment . But

6:47

Disney's CEO , bob

6:49

Iger , he , you

6:51

know he had an interview and he kind

6:53

of talked about the

6:57

Marvel fatigue or superhero fatigue

6:59

, as you know , as you

7:01

know , as as it deals with the Marvel

7:03

side of things , the MCU side of things , and

7:06

how they quietly canceled

7:08

a lot of shows and in movies and

7:11

things like that . So first let's address

7:13

the part about , you

7:16

know , canceling some of the shows . He said you

7:18

have to kill things . You know that you no

7:20

longer believe in and that's not

7:22

easy in this business , because either

7:24

you've gotten started , you

7:27

have some sunk I'm not sure

7:29

what sunk means sunk cost , or

7:31

it's a relationship that with

7:34

either your employees or with the creative

7:36

community . He also said it's

7:39

not , it's not an easy thing , but you

7:41

got to make those tough calls . We've actually made

7:44

those tough calls . We've

7:46

not been public about it , but we've

7:49

killed a few projects already that

7:51

we just didn't feel were strong

7:53

enough . Pause right there . Okay

7:55

, I want to do

7:57

this for Mr Bob Iger . Yeah

8:02

, he deserves this . He deserves this

8:04

because not everything

8:06

is made for

8:08

audience consumption

8:11

. We don't have to know every single detail

8:14

about every single movie

8:16

and why they decided

8:18

to cancel something or why they decided

8:20

to keep something . We don't have to know that . You

8:23

know , because it's not our damn business

8:25

, it's not our money and , like he

8:27

said , certain things work and certain

8:29

things don't work and they have

8:31

to make the choice . They have to make the right

8:33

choice . You know , and

8:36

that's tough , you know , and when a movie

8:39

or show is not

8:41

giving what it needs

8:43

to give , you got to cut it

8:45

. It's just like David Zasloff when

8:48

he cut Batgirl , like a lot of people

8:50

were upset about it the directors

8:52

, the cast , the you know the creatives , the

8:54

writers a lot of them were upset about

8:56

it . But if the movie or

8:58

the series was not good

9:01

, you got to get rid of it . You just have to

9:03

. You know , and

9:05

it's already been tough since COVID

9:08

for Marvel to bounce back

9:11

with their movies and their

9:13

shows . They haven't really hit on all

9:15

cylinders and it really feels like

9:17

they are trying to get

9:20

their things together , like they are not playing

9:22

games . They want to get back to , you

9:25

know , that dominance that they had over

9:27

over the movie industry , not

9:30

just the superhero industry , but the movie

9:32

industry Like Marvel has

9:34

made like it's probably one of the highest

9:37

grossing , or the MCU

9:39

and Disney is probably like the highest

9:41

grossing production company

9:44

that there is . You know , their movies

9:46

make bank , they're , like I

9:49

want to say , in the top 10 , the

9:51

MCU and Disney probably have like

9:53

seven of the top 10 , like

9:55

grossing movies of all time . So

9:58

they got to get back to that dominance

10:00

and , with that said , you have to cut

10:02

some movies out . You have to

10:04

cut some some , some TV

10:06

shows out . You just have to . So I

10:09

applaud him for making that decision

10:11

and making those tough decisions

10:13

and standing by them and

10:16

not just giving into audience

10:19

love and fan and fan

10:22

love , like it . Just it can't just be about

10:24

what the fans want all the time . They

10:26

have to be about what makes sense and

10:28

what's going to win , you know , in

10:30

those theaters . So that's one thing that he

10:32

talked about . And then he also kind

10:34

of talked about the the comic book movie

10:37

fatigue part of it . He said a lot of people

10:39

think it's audience fatigue . It's not

10:41

audience fatigue . They want great films

10:44

and if you build it great

10:46

, they will come . And

10:48

there are countless examples

10:50

of that . Some are , some

10:52

are ours , meaning like the Marvel stuff

10:54

, and some are others . Oppenheimer is

10:57

a perfect example of that Just

10:59

fantastic films . So , once

11:02

again , what we've all what what

11:04

I've been saying for sure is

11:08

you have to . You

11:10

just have to make good movies and the MCU

11:13

has not been making great movies lately

11:15

and hopefully , with them refocusing

11:17

on , on everything

11:19

and and getting their writers

11:22

together and putting Kevin Foggy back in the

11:24

captain's chair , you know , and refocusing

11:27

with him at the helm , things

11:29

will begin to change

11:31

and form the way they want it . He

11:33

also said focus is really important

11:35

. We reduced the output of Marvel

11:38

, both number of films , both

11:40

number of films that they

11:42

make and a number of TV shows

11:45

, and that really becomes critical

11:47

. But I feel good about the team

11:49

, I feel good about the IP we're making

11:51

and I talked about a lot of

11:53

the projects . We

11:56

look years ahead . Really it's . It's

12:01

iterative . Iterative yeah

12:03

, sorry about that , boy Can't read right now . Iterative

12:05

Not only do you look at the

12:07

films you're making , you look at

12:09

every part of that process who

12:12

the directors are , who's being

12:14

cast reading scripts . I

12:16

personally watch films three to five

12:19

times with the team just

12:21

to create a culture of excellence and

12:23

respect , which is really important

12:26

with the creative community . And again

12:28

, the track record speaks for

12:30

itself . So he's talking big . He's talking big

12:32

talk right now . All right , he is

12:34

basically to

12:38

put it to sports . He's Phil Jackson

12:40

All right , he wants to get back

12:42

to the championship . He

12:44

wants to build a

12:48

dynasty . Once again . You know he

12:50

wants to three Pete again . And the way

12:52

you do that is by building

12:54

the culture back up the

12:56

right way . You put the right directors

12:58

in the director's chair , you put the right writers

13:01

in the writer's room , you put Kevin

13:03

foggy back in the back in the

13:05

captain's chair to oversee all

13:07

of this and then you bring down your

13:09

workload . It's like having a 400

13:12

page playbook that you want

13:14

all of your players to

13:16

learn so they can run all

13:18

these plays , but then you only can

13:20

only run five other plays successfully

13:23

. So if you're going

13:25

to score every time on those five plays

13:27

, why do you need the other

13:30

395

13:32

pages of plays ? Let's

13:34

break it down to the simplest form

13:36

. Run those plays to perfection

13:39

, allow them to be nonstop

13:41

plays , that we want to get

13:44

hoops on every single time or

13:46

touchdowns on touchdowns on every

13:48

single time and win the championship

13:51

. So I am feeling

13:54

like I mean , I don't . I don't know

13:56

what Marvel's plans are as far as like where

13:59

they're going . You know , like nobody

14:01

does . They're being very hush hush about

14:03

everything . Like is it going to be Kang

14:05

Dynasty stuff or are

14:08

we headed to secret ? Like we don't know where we're going

14:10

. We don't know where we're going , we don't know

14:12

if Kang's going to be recast and we have no idea

14:14

. And I think that's to

14:17

to the MCU's advantage

14:19

that we don't know where the hell

14:21

they're going right now , as long as

14:23

they know where they're going , because

14:25

I mean , fans didn't know where the

14:27

hell they was going with the infinity saga . They

14:30

didn't even know at a certain point and

14:32

then it just started . The chip started falling in place

14:34

, but now . They know how to do that

14:37

. They know how to build a dynasty

14:39

. So they're

14:41

going to keep some of these things close to

14:43

their chest and just build on

14:46

it . We don't know where they're going , but

14:48

hearing , seeing what Bob Iger

14:50

is saying and how he's trying to

14:52

get back that culture with the

14:54

creative process and the creators

14:56

and the actors and everything he's trying

14:58

to build that community up again . I feel

15:00

like the MCU is

15:02

about to have one of the greatest comebacks of

15:04

all time , especially the way

15:07

we've all talked shit about more about the

15:09

MCU . I feel

15:11

like they're about to bounce back in a big way

15:13

and I'm excited . But

15:15

I also think that they're looking at the

15:17

competition which is James

15:19

Gunn in the DCU , and James Gunn

15:21

is someone who came up under

15:24

them under Bob

15:26

Iger , under Kevin Foggy

15:28

, and he put out some

15:31

really important movies with

15:33

them as far as Guardians of the Galaxy

15:35

goes , and helping others

15:37

get their stories together

15:39

and consulting

15:41

on different movies and stuff like that . I

15:44

feel like they're looking over there like damn

15:46

, we got to really step our game up because James

15:49

is motivated to knock us off the top . So

15:52

I think we're with

15:54

James Gunn over at DCU and

15:57

Kevin Foggy back in the captain's chair , and

15:59

Bob Iger and David Zasloff

16:01

really supporting

16:03

what these guys are doing . I

16:06

think we're about to get some really really

16:08

dope movies and I'm

16:11

excited for all of it . You know , and the

16:13

good thing is , they will live

16:15

off of each other . If the MCU

16:17

is doing good , people are going to want to go see the DCU

16:20

, and vice versa . So

16:22

the goal is to put asses in seats

16:24

and it sounds like that's

16:26

what their focus is and

16:29

also , telling great stories is at

16:31

the top of their list and top of their

16:33

priority list . So yeah , man

16:35

, hopefully you guys are

16:38

as excited as I am definitely

16:41

going to keep an eye on all this stuff

16:43

. But , with that said , we're going to take a quick

16:45

break and we're going to come back with

16:48

some stories and some comics and all that good

16:50

stuff , man . So we'll get yourself a snack , we'll

16:52

get yourself something to drink and we'll be back

16:54

right after this . And

17:22

we are back

17:25

. Thank you guys for joining me

17:27

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Comic books , comic book movies

17:45

, comic book trending

17:47

news with the movies and the shows and

17:49

what I'm reading and all that stuff like that

17:51

. So let's get into it . Man , you

17:53

know what time it is . If you are , you

17:55

know a return into the podcast . It's

17:57

time for Reads of

18:00

the Week . Yes , yes

18:02

, yes , this is a chime when I get to

18:04

talk about some of the books that I have read

18:07

over the week or past couple of days

18:09

, some of the stuff I might have picked up at New

18:11

Comic Book Day , you

18:14

know , at my local comic book shop . So

18:16

first off , let's get into some of the things

18:18

that I picked up that I haven't had a chance to read

18:20

yet . Today is what , thursday , that

18:22

I'm recording on . So I just picked up some books yesterday

18:25

, and some

18:27

of them I have been at the shop for like

18:29

a week or so , but I did

18:31

pick up Duke number

18:33

three and

18:36

I read that . Actually , that was actually really dope

18:38

. I spoke about Spider

18:40

Punk already . Oh

18:43

, I read Cobra Commander , issue

18:45

two . That was a late pickup for

18:48

me as well . I really , really

18:50

enjoyed that . What

18:52

else did I pick up this week ? I picked

18:55

up Void Rivals , which is

18:57

something I got to read tonight

18:59

most likely , and I did get a

19:01

chance to pick up and read the

19:05

Batman first night . So

19:07

let's get into that man , because that

19:09

was actually a

19:11

very awesome

19:14

story , man . I got to give it up to that

19:16

creative team . Very , very , very

19:19

good story . Dan Jurgens

19:21

is the writer , mike Perkins

19:23

is the artist and Mike

19:25

Spence , or Spicer , is

19:27

the colorist man . The artwork is phenomenal

19:30

. Okay , so Batman

19:32

the Batman first night is

19:35

a DC black label

19:38

book . So it's super graphic , which

19:40

is , you know , always a plus when

19:42

it comes to Batman , and it's

19:44

set in the late 1930s

19:47

, I think like 1939 or something like

19:49

that . So

19:51

it's very classic feeling

19:54

. You know , it's got the old school cars , the clothes

19:56

, just the scenery just feels

19:58

like , you know , like what Gotham

20:01

would be in the 1930s

20:03

. Batman's costume is pretty funny

20:05

, man . He's got like the super high

20:08

ears

20:11

on the back cow and

20:13

you know , the shorter cape that

20:15

he keeps throwing up across his face

20:17

, like holding it across his face . The

20:20

gloves are he's got those purple gloves

20:22

. I think Todd McFarland actually just

20:25

showed off a figure that's

20:27

kind of like resembles this

20:30

version of Batman . He didn't . He

20:32

doesn't have a gun , though . So I know

20:35

the original Batman had

20:37

a gun and everything . But yeah

20:39

, this story is pretty dope . Man , he's on a case

20:41

, of course . He

20:43

starts his working

20:46

relationship with Jim Gordon

20:48

in this storyline and

20:52

the end of the story was actually

20:54

crazy because

20:58

Batman actually finds himself in

21:00

a very , very

21:02

terrible position . You

21:05

know spoiler alert , but I

21:07

mean this wasn't really like super

21:10

important to the story , but I mean

21:12

, yeah , I wouldn't say it is , but he

21:15

finds himself being put into

21:17

an electric chair . Okay , so

21:19

I have no idea where Dan

21:21

Jurgens is going with this and how he's going to bounce

21:24

back from this

21:26

, but I am very interested

21:29

. That last page definitely sold

21:32

me on wanting to get the next issue . But

21:34

yeah , it's very graphic . You know

21:36

Batman is doing the detective work or something that

21:38

we all love . For sure it's not

21:40

like like the

21:42

the . The people

21:44

that he's that he fought in a part of this

21:47

story are kind of like

21:49

monster

21:51

. Like you know , it's not anybody

21:53

that we've ever seen before these , to

21:56

my knowledge . So it's kind of like an I

21:58

guess a new character you

22:00

know being introduced in this story . The

22:03

other thing that was interesting was

22:05

that someone

22:08

that has been a part of

22:10

, like the Batman

22:12

. You know world

22:15

is not included

22:17

in this storyline and

22:19

I thought that that was an interesting choice

22:21

. I won't spoil that part , but

22:23

I thought it was an interesting choice

22:25

. But you know it's really cool . It's got that

22:28

new R old

22:30

Hollywood stuff going on Like there's a movie being

22:33

made during this

22:35

time . You know you got the whorehouse

22:37

and everything like . It's very graphic . It's definitely

22:39

not for kids . This is 100% black

22:42

label magazine style . So

22:44

the art looks really good in this . But I really

22:47

enjoyed this man . I

22:49

also read Cobra

22:52

Commander and Duke

22:55

, which were both really dope

22:57

stories . I mean , obviously they came out

22:59

last week and the week before but I was

23:02

able to read them back to back and

23:04

you know what I've learned so

23:08

far about the

23:10

energon universe and these

23:13

like branches of stories like Duke

23:15

and Cobra Commander is

23:17

. I don't want them to

23:20

end Like

23:22

I really am really enjoying

23:24

everything about the energon universe

23:26

. And you know

23:28

Duke is only a five issue

23:31

. Many Cobra Commander

23:33

is only a five issue . Many transformers

23:37

, I believe is ongoing

23:40

, as ongoing can be right now

23:42

. From you know I see that it

23:44

goes up to issue eight right now

23:46

but it doesn't say that's the final issue and

23:49

void rivals is an ongoing story , so

23:52

it seems like everything is going to

23:54

come down eventually into probably

23:56

two books . I know that

23:58

there is a free comic book

24:00

day story coming

24:02

out on the next , was it next month

24:04

? This is a

24:06

let me see . This is coming out

24:09

. I don't

24:11

have the date , but it's May

24:13

4 . Obviously , may the fourth be with you . So

24:16

, free , a free comic book day 2024

24:18

is the energon universe 2024

24:21

special issue one . So

24:23

it seems like everything

24:25

is going to come down into one

24:27

or maybe two books with

24:29

this awesome crossover story that's

24:32

taking place . But listen , I am going

24:34

to read void rivals tonight . Like this is after

24:37

the Philadelphia universe

24:39

, which I kind of asked Mr

24:42

Barnes , what's up with needle hauls ? Are we going

24:44

to get that story back or not ? Like , I know

24:46

she is in Philadelphia right now , but

24:48

I really would like to , you

24:51

know , continue with that story . It was a really

24:53

dope story . But after

24:55

oops , I'm sorry about that after the Philadelphia

24:57

universe

24:59

. You know that Ronnie Barnes has been building

25:02

for years . This is literally

25:04

like my second favorite storyline

25:07

as far as like a

25:09

bunch of titles coming , you know , coming together

25:11

as one . So

25:15

I mean I'm going to suggest this every time

25:17

, you know , an issue comes out that

25:20

you guys go pick this up . You

25:22

know what else I did read . I didn't even mention

25:24

because it is

25:26

, it is , it was a . I

25:28

think this came out . When did this come out

25:31

? Oh , I picked up Green Lantern Wardrobe

25:33

. I got to read that over the weekend . Man

25:37

, I don't think I have it on my pool , this

25:39

for some reason . But Ultimate Spider-Man

25:42

that came out

25:44

maybe last week or the week before

25:46

. I was late picking it up , but , man

25:49

, that was a doubt . I don't have this on my pool

25:51

. There's no wonder I didn't pick it up . I forgot

25:53

. I added to the pool is , but is is a

25:55

very , very , very

25:58

strong story . Right now . The

26:01

costume that

26:04

that universe is Peter Parker has

26:06

chosen to go with right now it's

26:10

the black . You know the black suit and

26:14

it is like symbiotic

26:16

. I don't know if anybody's , I don't

26:19

know if anybody's talked about this or not , but

26:21

you know there's panels in the

26:23

story where it looks like the

26:26

mask is not like because he was , I

26:28

think he's eating in one panel and it

26:30

doesn't look like the mask is pulled up , it

26:32

looks like it's just opened up , like

26:35

like you know what , what a

26:37

symbiote would do , like just kind of peels

26:39

back and opens up and

26:41

you know it's really cute , like his daughter

26:44

, you know basically is terrified

26:46

of that suit . So she kind of gives him the idea

26:48

of changing the

26:50

color of his suit . So we kind

26:53

of get that origin story of how

26:55

that's going to happen , how he's going to get the traditional

26:57

Spider-Man colors and everything

27:00

. So I'm really enjoying

27:02

that ride . I think Ultimate

27:05

Black Panther comes out next week , so

27:08

that that's probably going to be my first

27:10

read , for sure next week

27:12

. But listen , man

27:14

, if anybody who tells

27:16

you that comic American comic books are

27:19

no good right now , yeah

27:21

, they're just . They're just miserable and

27:25

they're not getting the the stories I guess

27:27

that they like . But you know

27:29

, my pull list is pretty , is pretty

27:31

tight man , and I'm enjoying everything

27:35

that I've been picking up real

27:37

quick , real quick . If I can find the photo

27:39

that I sent to Isaac , you know

27:41

, with the pull list that I wanted to

27:44

continue with going forward , I'll

27:46

tell you in

27:48

just a second . It

27:50

may have

27:52

too many notes in this phone . Here

27:55

we go . So these are the books that I've been

27:58

rocking with Batman 89

28:00

, which has it

28:02

came out like , I feel like two months ago

28:04

. I don't know what's going on with that . That's

28:06

been on a hiatus for some reason . Green

28:09

Lantern War Journal is fire Red

28:12

Hood to Hill . Issue one was really dope . I think

28:14

that's going to be coming out next week , two or the week

28:16

after . Now

28:19

I'm definitely going to add the Batman

28:21

first night to it , because this

28:23

is a really dope story . With

28:25

Marvel , I got Blee , miles , morales , ultimate

28:28

Black Panther , ultimate Spider-Man

28:30

and , of course , spider-punk

28:33

you know Cody Boyz doing this thing

28:35

. Then with the indie stuff , I got Void

28:37

Rivals , transformers , duke Cobra

28:39

, commander Kill the Delphi and Moonman . Which

28:41

man ? When is that coming back up ? Because

28:43

that was . That was an interesting setup

28:45

. I hope they dive a little

28:47

bit more into how his powers

28:49

and abilities work . But for a

28:51

first issue , you know , by someone

28:53

who is not really a comic book

28:56

writer , is really good . He is a storyteller , midlife

28:58

. Obviously you've been talking about that for a while

29:01

in the Ministry of Compliance . I actually still have

29:03

to read issue three . But I'm

29:05

sorry . Those

29:07

are some incredible books and I also

29:10

have to remember that I am picking up not all

29:12

my pull list , but I

29:14

am picking up the

29:17

one hand and the six fingers

29:19

storyline or

29:22

a crossover story that Ram

29:25

V is doing with Dan Waiters

29:27

. That's really dope . And

29:30

I think I have one more issue of New

29:32

Burn by Chip Sardarsky

29:34

that's coming out . So I

29:37

mean , I don't know , man , I can't see

29:39

how people could really be

29:41

upset with where

29:43

comics are right now . You know , and

29:46

it kind of leads me to my

29:48

last topic

29:51

, which is , you know , the breakdown

29:53

. Aka a black nerd speaketh

29:56

. You know , over

29:59

the last few years , maybe four or five

30:01

years , you know , the whole

30:03

woke thing in comics

30:06

has been a major

30:08

plot

30:12

in comics . You know what I'm saying Like

30:14

everybody has kind of gravitated

30:18

to that topic of comics

30:21

being too woke and

30:23

comics just putting

30:26

too much reality

30:28

in in

30:31

the stories . And

30:34

you know , I've been asking myself lately , you

30:37

know , are our comics

30:39

really too woke or

30:41

are people just so

30:44

used to the

30:47

stories that they've read over

30:49

the years , like , are they just afraid

30:51

of the evolution

30:53

that storytelling

30:55

is ? That's happening

30:57

in storytelling ? And

30:59

you know , I really I really

31:01

sat and thought about this for a while while I

31:03

was at work , because it's

31:07

become an annoying topic

31:09

to me . You know , before it

31:11

was social justice warriors

31:13

and you know all that

31:15

bullshit , and then it turned into

31:18

the woke movement in comics

31:20

and

31:23

I really feel like and I'm like

31:25

I'm gonna have to I'm probably gonna be offensive

31:28

right now and I apologize

31:30

to anybody who takes offense to the truth

31:32

that I'm about to speak , but I

31:34

have to say it . You know , and I

31:38

apologize if it offends anybody , but

31:40

I feel like you

31:43

know the

31:45

community that came

31:47

from the caucus mountains . They

31:51

have felt like no-transcript

31:54

comic books belong to them

31:56

only . Superheroes

31:59

belong to them only , and

32:02

I'm not saying all white people , I'm not

32:04

saying all white people , but

32:06

most feel

32:08

like this is their genre

32:11

to enjoy only , this

32:13

is their genre to create

32:16

in and tell the stories the way that they want

32:18

only . And it

32:21

doesn't allow other

32:24

creators that are not of

32:26

, you know , the same

32:29

ethnic background to be

32:31

able to tell the stories that they

32:33

, that they like . Or it

32:35

doesn't allow people that

32:38

want to tell

32:41

stories about other you

32:43

know ethnic backgrounds , it

32:45

doesn't allow them to explore that , because

32:48

a certain group

32:50

of people feel like the story

32:52

should only be told a certain way and

32:56

it should only star certain characters

32:59

that look like them . So

33:02

they have started this super

33:04

crazy woke thing and

33:06

you

33:09

know it . It sucks , man , like

33:11

it sucks , to be honest

33:13

with you , when you're enjoying

33:16

something so much you know

33:18

, and you hear these people

33:20

giving these criticisms criticisms

33:23

but is based off of just

33:26

hate and anger . It's not based

33:28

off of anything that's

33:30

intelligent . So

33:32

, you

33:35

know , I

33:37

kind of started thinking , man , are comic books

33:39

is it like ? Is it too woke

33:41

for some people ? Or some people just stuck

33:43

in their old ways ? And

33:46

I feel like people

33:49

are just stuck in

33:51

their own ways and want

33:54

comics to only be a certain way

33:56

, and I don't

33:58

understand how

34:00

you could look at things like that

34:02

and expect stories to be

34:05

dope , because the world

34:07

is changing and those

34:09

old writers that wrote those classic

34:11

stories are gone and , truth

34:13

be told , I feel like a lot of

34:15

them would want the stories to evolve

34:18

into something else

34:20

. I feel like they would want new

34:22

characters to take on these adventures

34:25

, whether it be a brand

34:27

new character , which I know some people

34:30

can't stand legacy

34:32

characters and things like that or

34:34

it'd be somebody who carries on

34:36

the torch , you know , you

34:39

know , like a Miles Morales , you know , or

34:42

you know anything . We'll just keep it at Miles Morales

34:45

. So you know , I feel like those

34:47

old school guys , man , that

34:49

laid the foundation for a lot

34:51

of these stories and a lot

34:53

of the way the art is are

34:56

not rolling over in

34:58

their graves because of the stories that are being

35:00

told , you know , or the

35:02

characters that are being created . But

35:05

I will say , like

35:08

I've said before , I think

35:10

it's just a

35:12

copycat league . You

35:15

know what I'm saying and that I can

35:17

understand people's issues

35:20

. It's not about it being too

35:22

woke , it's about it being

35:24

too bland , and

35:27

I think people really

35:29

need to start thinking about the

35:32

words that they're choosing

35:34

to describe the state of comics

35:36

right now . It's not a woke , it's just

35:39

, it's very bland and

35:41

it's . You have to be very you know particular

35:44

of what you pick up , because

35:46

some writers are

35:49

just following a script based

35:52

off of somebody else's success with

35:54

a story like Brian Michael Bendis with Miles

35:56

Morales , you know there's

35:59

, you know we've had Sal and Ahmed , we've

36:01

had Cody Ziegler and they're

36:03

continuing great

36:06

storylines with Miles , you

36:08

know . But then you have other

36:10

people writing

36:13

stories for characters and

36:15

they're trying to do exactly what Brian

36:17

Michael Bendis was , what did with Miles

36:19

, and it's just become this copycat

36:21

thing where no

36:23

one is being original

36:26

with their creativity , you

36:28

know , and it just , it just they're

36:31

not putting enough seasoning , they

36:34

only put in salt and pepper . Now , salt and pepper works

36:36

on certain food , like steak

36:38

, you know you can just season it with a little salt

36:41

and pepper , you know , and then put

36:43

some real . You know garlic

36:45

, real garlic , real onion . You

36:48

know a little bit of oregano or anything

36:51

. You know some , some type of herb in

36:53

that , with that butter , and that's all

36:55

you need , you know . But then sometimes

36:59

you got to do a rub , you know . You

37:01

got to make a real , you got

37:03

to really season your food

37:05

and I think some writers just

37:08

don't know how to season

37:10

their food well . And

37:13

that's the problem . It's not that it's

37:15

too woke , it's just too bland . But

37:18

when you see characters in

37:22

some of these stories that are very bland

37:24

, that don't look like you

37:26

, instead of criticizing

37:29

just the , the corniness

37:31

of the writing , you start

37:33

saying oh , they're putting too many black

37:36

people or brown people in

37:39

in the books . Oh , they're putting

37:41

too many women as the star

37:43

characters . Oh , they're putting too

37:45

many gays . Oh , my God

37:48

, transsexuals . Lord

37:51

, have mercy , like that's

37:53

when it starts to do that . But

37:55

if

37:57

you put , if you make these these

38:00

, you know these characters represent

38:02

other people

38:04

in the world because we're not all the same . And

38:07

the line . The famous quote

38:09

that I always say is that the comic

38:11

should reflect the , the

38:13

the world outside your window

38:16

. If you start to put

38:18

these

38:20

people in your stories

38:22

but actually

38:24

write good stories

38:26

, none

38:29

of you bitches is going to be crying , and

38:32

that's a fact . Nobody's

38:35

crying about Philadelphia . Nobody

38:38

not white person

38:41

, not a black person , not , not

38:43

Asian person , not an Hispanic

38:45

person , not a gay

38:47

person , not a transgender

38:49

person , not a they

38:51

, not a them . Nobody

38:54

is crying about Philadelphia , and

38:56

that is one of the most diverse

38:59

books on

39:01

the on the shelves . But

39:04

you know why nobody's crying ? Because

39:06

it is a fantastic story . That's

39:10

why nobody's crying . You

39:13

know nobody hated on a

39:17

bitter root . I didn't hear no hate on bitter

39:19

root , and bitter root

39:21

was probably the most woke

39:23

story under your you know

39:26

, under your definition . It

39:28

had black family . They

39:31

were talking about going against racism

39:33

. You know people turning into

39:36

monsters because of the hate that they had in their heart

39:38

. You know it was . It

39:40

was a very intelligent

39:43

story , told in a simple

39:45

way , you know

39:47

, and it got an Eisner

39:49

award too , actually . So nobody

39:52

was bitching and complaining about that

39:54

. I'm I'm bitching

39:57

and complaining about bitter root because I want that joint

39:59

back . I want it back

40:01

. I really love that story now and I've

40:03

heard that you know there's some things

40:05

going on , you know , and David F

40:07

Walker's life . I don't know

40:09

that to be true . I mean I'm sure

40:12

he , you know he does have some things going on . I

40:15

would still love to talk to you . I still have

40:17

those questions . If you're ever listening to my podcast

40:19

, dave , you know how that your boy

40:22

, we can , we can make up that interview

40:24

, but

40:27

nobody was . I didn't hear nobody bitching and

40:29

moaning about that being true

40:31

work , you know . So

40:33

it just makes me wonder is it , is it

40:35

really woke or is it just bland ? Is

40:39

it just copy and paste ? Is

40:42

it just a lack of creativity

40:45

? Are you really

40:47

upset about legacy characters ? Are

40:49

you ? Are you upset about legacy

40:52

characters told in a boring ass

40:54

story ? I know

40:56

that there's one conversation and

40:59

the black and brown community

41:01

with Sam Wilson

41:03

and that character

41:06

just kind of being , you

41:08

know , lost right now with this

41:10

eye , with his identity , like is

41:12

he gonna be Falcon ? Is he gonna be captain

41:14

America , is gonna be cap Falcon , and

41:17

you know what , what's up with this character

41:19

and obviously in the movies now

41:21

, where he's gonna be , you know , captain

41:23

America like he's . You know , cap Falcon

41:26

, you know , like that's just what it is . But

41:28

in the comic book

41:30

world or comic book space , we

41:33

get a mixture of Sam Wilson

41:35

like Rodney Barnes did , a Falcon story

41:38

, when the character walked

41:40

away from being captain America , then

41:42

he went back to being captain America , then

41:44

there was a Falcon and Winter Soldier story

41:46

. So it's like they don't know what

41:48

to do with him . And I think I that's

41:50

one frustration I Understand

41:53

about the legacy character and stuff . If

41:55

you're gonna do it , go ahead and do it

41:57

. If you're gonna turn them into captain America , just

41:59

just let him , let it be captain America . But

42:02

if you want to be Falcon and let him be Falcon

42:04

, they let the character develop as that . You

42:06

know they , they seem to have lost what

42:08

they want to do with that character , you

42:11

know . So

42:13

I Mean I

42:15

get some of the complaints on certain

42:17

stories , but I believe

42:20

it's just that the stories are corny

42:22

and Unfortunately

42:24

those are might be some

42:26

of your favorite characters and

42:29

you're disappointed that the stories are

42:31

Just corny and now you're

42:34

labeling them as woke because

42:37

the story is just just wack

42:39

. So I just

42:41

, I just I just want to put this question

42:43

to the people that are listening

42:45

to the podcast . If the

42:49

stories of

42:52

the , if the quote-unquote

42:55

woke stories were

42:57

written better , with

43:01

legacy characters and all like

43:03

all that , with female leads

43:05

, everything that y'all Say

43:07

, y'all dislike , if those

43:10

stories were written better

43:12

, would you

43:14

be complaining ? You

43:17

know , I Think

43:20

I read a pretty well-rounded

43:23

Set

43:25

of comics , you know , like I'm all over

43:28

the place . I got detective stuff

43:30

, I got superhero stuff , I got horror

43:32

stuff . You know , I

43:34

wish I was a good love story . That's

43:38

what I really want . I want a really good

43:40

love story , you

43:44

know , maybe like in a

43:46

crime you are setting which would be dope

43:48

, but or not a crime you

43:50

are , but maybe in a new R setting , not crime

43:52

, but just like a really good love

43:55

story , you

43:57

know , and a good teen book that

44:00

might not be Like

44:03

in the superheroes world , like I

44:06

really want Rodney Barnes to write a superhero

44:08

story , which would be a really dope story . I'm

44:10

sure so . But

44:13

I think I got a really good , well-rounded set

44:15

of comics that I pick up and read and

44:18

Some of them have their woke

44:20

moments , if you want to say that quote-unquote

44:23

woke moments , but they're

44:25

all just dope ass stories . So

44:28

either you're just , either you need to evolve

44:30

and find better stories , or

44:32

you need to complain the right way , and

44:35

I think you guys are not complaining the

44:37

right way . I think you're complaining with

44:39

hatred instead of complaining

44:41

with Legit criticisms

44:44

like this story was not written well

44:46

, you know

44:48

, it didn't work for me because

44:51

this , this and this didn't add

44:53

up . You know , like how did we go

44:55

from here to here ? And there was

44:57

nothing in between told that

44:59

, told us how we got there . You

45:03

have the reader guessing , you

45:05

know , or the artwork was just not good

45:07

for this book , instead

45:09

of just putting it all in one thing

45:12

and saying woke , it's

45:14

not woke man , I think it's

45:16

just not seasoned . Well , and some of your favorite writers is not

45:18

good writers . There's not good writers , and

45:21

that's it . But that'll do

45:23

it for today's episode of

45:26

the 1 in 100 podcast . I

45:28

appreciate you guys joining me , as

45:30

always , and if you could kindly

45:33

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45:35

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45:37

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45:39

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45:41

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45:44

the black podcaster

45:47

, and I appreciate you guys tuning in . Hey

45:49

, man , you know I've

45:52

been trying to be nice , nicer

45:54

, you know , I'm from Jersey . Sometimes

45:57

I can wear my attitude all over my

45:59

face . My wife told me to be nice

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. My brain is telling me other things , but

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I'm gonna go with my what my wife says , because she's

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a , she's a godsend . Now I'm gonna continue

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to listen to my wife , so I'm just gonna

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say what she told me today . Be

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nice today , amir . So

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you guys , be nice today , care

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for one another and if

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, if you feel

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yourself getting ready to cut somebody

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out , just

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walk away . You

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.