Comic Book Talk Radio

Maggie provides some background on her history in comics collecting and comics journalism, what you can find inside Comics Buyer's Guide and some context for the different eras of comic book publishing, including her favorites.
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Our conversation concludes with the difference between collectors and a readers, why comic strip collecting is as good as it's ever been, and how the blogging beat is going for Maggie.
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The esteemed Senior Editor at Comics Buyer's Guide magazine shares her gift suggestions, including one that didn't make it into her gift list in CBG, news about how colleges like Ohio State are preserving comics history and more comics news.
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Maggie, Senior Editor at Comics Buyers Guide, joins the program to guide us from carbon paper through message boards on how fans have expressed their opinions to peers through the ages.
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Has the internet era segmented fans further than ever? Was the tone of fans more civil when you had to sign your name and pay for postage? What does the future of fandom look like? Maggie has some surprising and thoughtful answers in our look back and ahead at how we communicate as a comics community.
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Maggie's preserving early artifacts of comics fandom online, remembering Dave Stevens and how the economics of Wall Street and comics grading are mixing in completely new ways.
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For tonight's episode...the Old Order Changeth! Our news segment leads the show with a special announcement about an upcoming episode and a trip through the Previews catalog for Jason's picks. Then, Maggie Thompson, senior editor of Comics Buyers Guide Magazine stops by with news on Free Comic Book Day, her view on the Iron Man movie and the verdict in the Gordon Lee case. Also learn who's sharing the podcasting spotlight with Maggie over at the CBG website, too!
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Maggie, Senior Editor of Comics Buyers Guide, checks in with a Hulk review and reviews about the upcoming flood superhero cinema. She also shares the elements of a good Free Comic Book Day comic and who, beyond the readers, those books keep in mind.

Comics Buyer's Guide Magazine's senior editor drops by to talk about how a news organization covers a major convention, what's in the newest issue of CBG, thoughts on the upcoming Watchmen movie and what she thought of The Dark Knight.
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