Comic Pants Podcast #34
After a couple weeks out, we’re back. Or at least, most of us are. This time out, join David Martindale (D3), Randy Lander and Nick Budd as we revisit a favorite topic from the early podcast days of yore, the top five artists of the moment. Except that, thanks to our two-part format, it’s actually top six artists of the moment. And because it’s two parts, it’s more like top three this time. Confused yet?
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I don’t know if it’s a problem on my end, but the podcast is playing at double speed, making you all sound like fanboy cousins to Alvin and the Chipmunks.
20 Aug 2007 at 12:08 am
QuoteSame problem for me
20 Aug 2007 at 12:36 am
QuoteI can only download like 9 seconds of it, but it plays at normal speed.
20 Aug 2007 at 4:57 am
QuoteHere’s the short explanation:
I goofed when I encoded the mp3 file. It will play at normal speed if you click the direct download link or use the subscription feed. I’ll have the file playable in the flash based inline player soon.
Here’s the long explanation:
The inline player is flash based. Flash has doesn’t have the code necessary to play mp3 files that are not encoded at 44khz properly. This is a limitation of flash itself. I recently had to reformat my hard drive, and when I reinstalled my audio editing software, I apparently didn’t configure it to output mp3 files at 44khz. The file is encoded at 32khz. I’ll have the podcast re encoded at 44khz shortly. In the meantime, do a direct download or use the RSS feed to play the file in your own media player.
Edited to add: ok, it’s all fixed. Use the flash player if you so wish.
20 Aug 2007 at 5:15 am
QuoteDuncan Fegredo first came to my attention with “The Enigma.” I heartily recommend it.
Concerning women in comics - my wife’s typical quip about why women are not more popular in the comic field is this:
“Well of course not. Women are a civilizing force.”
-RT
20 Aug 2007 at 11:20 am
QuoteMy take on the women in comics issue is that it’s largely a matter of cultural lag. As with any generation, the superstar creators (your Grant Morrisons and Warren Ellises) come from a previous generation’s readers, and up until recently those audiences have been overwhelmingly male. With the increase in female readers in recent years, I expect down the line we’ll see more and more female creators pop up and break out. Another issue is that female readers tend to gravitate more to manga and fringe books like Oni’s and Vertigo’s catalogues. So as long as superheroes represent the barometer for a creator’s profile, the big names will be defined by that genre’s demographics.
20 Aug 2007 at 11:38 am
QuoteAlso on the subject of Women in Comics. When talking about women writers / artists / editors etc… there is an underlying issue. The issue is “why are there so man men in the world of comics?”.
Think about it. How many times do you hear of comic fans becoming comic creators? Mark Waid, Bendis, Kirkman, Millar…. all these guys have said that they love comics as a fan. I would think that more men find working in the comics industry more appealing than women might do.
Yet you look at other media such as novels, TV, cinema…. you’ve got women writers all over the place. Female directors are thinner on the ground perhaps but the writing talent is certainly out there.
20 Aug 2007 at 12:22 pm
QuoteProblem? Or delightful special effect?
20 Aug 2007 at 1:13 pm
QuoteWhile I’m not overly familar with Randy’s & D3’s choices (with the exception of Fegredo, whose current work on Hellboy is fantastic), Nick’s first 3 choices would be 3 of my own. I’m especially happy to see Travel Foreman on it. His work has improved in leaps & bounds over the last couple of years and he’s now one of the most distinctive & dynamic pencillers around. I really wish he was a bit quicker. Hopefully he gets a big project soon and is allowed the time to complete it.
20 Aug 2007 at 1:40 pm
QuoteBy the way, Tom Raney is doing the Annihilation Conquest mini
20 Aug 2007 at 2:34 pm
QuoteWell I have to admit, the part where Nick (?) says “Surprise” followed by the laughing sounds pretty funny in chipmunk mode.
20 Aug 2007 at 4:30 pm
QuoteEnough with the Skrulls joke, please?
20 Aug 2007 at 8:18 pm
QuoteYou can never have enough Skrull jokes. Well, maybe you can, but that kind of thing has never stopped me.
20 Aug 2007 at 10:31 pm
QuoteI’ll try… it’s just such a stupid idea, I mock it on an almost subconscious level.
Glen, check out Guy Davis’s page. You won’t be sorry.
Oh, and you can check out some Brandon Graham here.
20 Aug 2007 at 11:21 pm
QuoteJust did and I was blown away. Amazing stuff. Gonna pick up some BPRD next time I visit my LCS. Thanks for the recommendation!
21 Aug 2007 at 2:17 pm
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