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COMICBOOKMAN'S VIDEO OUTHOUSE-INDY COMIC NEWS
    Bocepheus and Comicbookman are in the Outhouse discussing recent Indy Comics news and related events. Really they do, for over five minutes each and every time!    
INDY COMIC NEWS ARCHIVE #1-100
#100-013012
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Hoax Hunters, Thief of Thieves, America's Got Powers, Jupiter's Children and more!
#99-012312
ALL INDY UPDATE
Alabaster Wolves, BTVS gets a bun in the oven, Jennifer Blood mini, Courtney Crumrin and more!
#98-011612
Archie Comics behind the scenes drama, the White Suits at Dark Horse, 12 Gauge Comics, FCBD Indy offerings and more!
#97-011012
ALL IMAGE/DYNAMITE UPDATE
Brian Hitch, Fatale, Secret Service, Rebel Blood, more Kirby Concepts unearthed, Green Hornet, bananas and more!
#96-122711
Vaughn's Saga, FCBD 2012 preview, Dark Matter and Tim Truman at Dark Horse and more!
#95-121911
TMNT Micro Series, Cobra Commander revealed, Irredeemable and Incorruptible, Foundry Comics and more!
#94-121211
Fatale & Hell Yeah from Image, Rob Liefeld's Prophet returns, Shadow at Dynamite, Aspen's Execuitive Assistants and more!
#93-120511
ALL IDW & DARK HORSE UPDATE
Showlin Cowboy, Infestation, Mars Attacks, Duel, Star Wars Universe expands and more!
#92-102411
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Rob Liefeld resurrects the dead, Mudman, Heart of the MMA, Turf adds Nazi's to the mix and more!
#91-101711
Archie takes Red Circle on-line, Darth Vader's Ghost Prison, Conan, Silver Star, Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes and more!
#90-092611
POTPOURRI OF INDY NEWS
Dark Horse Hellboy, IDW'S Star Trek/LSH crossover and Hawken, Riverdale's next wedding, Turner's final work and more!
#89-091211
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Kirkman/Spencer's Thief of Thieves, Invincible's new direction, Tom Judge Returns and more !
#90-092611
POTPOURRI OF INDY NEWS
Dark Horse Hellboy, IDW'S Star Trek/LSH crossover and Hawken, Riverdale's next wedding, Turner's final work and more!
#90-092611
POTPOURRI OF INDY NEWS
Dark Horse Hellboy, IDW'S Star Trek/LSH crossover and Hawken, Riverdale's next wedding, Turner's final work and more!
#89-091211
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Kirkman/Spencer's Thief of Thieves, Invincible's new direction, Tom Judge Returns and more !
#88-082211
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Black Kiss returns, Pilot Season update, Saga, Brutal, Album, America's Got Powers, Manhattan Projects and more!
#87-081511
IDW/DARK HORSE UPDATE
Infestation Series 2, Popeye gets a comic, Milk & Cheese, Kiss in comics, Artist Editions, Strain, DHP update and more!
#86-072611
Warren Ellis web comic for Avatar, Absolution returns, Alan Moore's Fashion Beast, Infestation Outbreak, Lock & Key Clockworks, Bionic Man update and more!
#85-071811
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Frank Cho's Brutal, Epic Kill is coming, 20 years of Image in 2012, Hickman's Feel Better Now, Witchblade creative changes and more!
#84-071211
Terminator and Robocop team up, TMNT Update, Avatar does Garth Ennis' Stitched, Miller's Holy Terror, Valiant makes yet another return and more!
#83-070511
IMAGE UPDATE
Infinite arrives with press, Nick Spencer's sort of exclusive, Haunt changes, Image's rating system and more!

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#82-062711
Return of Buffy & Angel and more Whedon-verse at Dark Horse, Goon Update, Jim Henson's Storyteller, Bomb Queen get's a good-guy, Pigs, McG's comic line and more!

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#81-062111
IDW UPDATE, Dave Stevens Sketchbook, Parker the Martini Edition, Simonson Thor Artist Edition, Rocketeer II, Anne Rice, Byrnes Cold War, Star Trek and more!

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#80-061311
ASPEN UPDATE, Executive Assistant Iris' new friends, Broken Pieces destroys the earth, Idolize is Aspen's first superhero also the return of Valiant/ Gold Key cancellation and more!

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#79-060711
ALL IMAGE UPDATE, Witchblade creative changes, All Nighter details, Repulse one shot, Hickman's Feel Better Now & Redwing and more!

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#78-051611
Dark Horse Buffy-verse update, Hellboy House of the Living Dead GN, Transformers Chaos bi-weekly, TMNT, Godzilla, Duke Nukem Glorious Bastard and more!

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#77-051111
IMAGE UPDATE
Severed by Scott Snyder, Millarworld Update, Avengelene by Liefeld returns, Graveyard of Empires, Snapshot's coming and more!

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#76-041611
ALL DYNAMITE UPDATE
Six Million Dollar Man, VampI, Garth Ennis Battlefields, Green Hornet, Voltron, Jennifer Blood updates and NO Conan Red Sonja cross over coming!

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#75-041611 IMAGE/AVATAR UPDATE
Haunt creative changes, Darkness & Artifacts updates. Boundless brings back bad girls, Chaos Comics lives, Gravel, Crossed and more!

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#74-032811
Terry Moore's plans after Echo, Dark Horse's next Star Wars series, Top Cow's Netherworld and more from the floor of C2E2!

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#73-032311
Zombies vs.Robots from IDW, Echo's ending, BPRD creative changes, Deadlands coming from Image, Top Cow's new black & white and more!

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#72-031711
Image United #4 update, Kirkman and Liefeld team up, 100 issues of Morning Glories, Jay Faber’s near death experience, Skullkickers, Ron Mars pulls a revival and more!

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#71-030211
George RR Martin Song of Fire & Ice, Green Hornet Aftermath, Strange Case of Mr. Hyde mini, 30 Days of Night: Night Again, Boom’s ill fated kids magazine and more!

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#70-022111
ALL DYNAMITE UPDATE
Kirby Genesis is coming, Vampirella fights the members of the Scarlet Legion, Eva Daughter of Dracula meets the Hack/Slash girls and more!

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#69-022111
IMAGE UPDATE
Collider's the Mission, the Intrepids, Cowboy Ninja Viking, Green Wake borrows from cancelled NBC programs and more!

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#68-022111
Atlas Comics is coming-eventually, Night of the Living Dead: Death Valley mini mini from Avatar, Tony Harris cashes in and gets you to finance his GN and more!

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#67-021711
IDW sends Dr.Who and Amy Pond to Fairy Tale land, Suicide Girls now Danger Girls in IDW, Snap into a Qui-Gon Jinn and more!

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#66A-020711
Image Central takes over Top Cow’s production schedule, Death of Cobra Commander by Chuckles and the fall out, Wulf the Barbarian update and more!

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#66-111510
From out of the November 2010 archives comes a never before seen Indy News (don’t ask) featuring Aarden Comics personnel changes, Wulf the Barbarian and more!

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#65-111510
.From out of the November 2010 archives comes a never before seen Indy News (don’t ask) featuring Walking Dead novel series is coming, Image United #4 update and more!

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#64-013111
DYNAMITE/DARK HORSE UPDATE…Deja Thoris gets her own series, Lone Ranger and Zorro hook up and it’s not good for Don Diego, BPRD news, Finder finds Dark Horse and more!

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#63-012011
Darkchylde returns, Army of Darkness and Danger Girl team up, Little Jinx returns to the pages of Archie, Berserker loans the Darkness an artist and more!

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#62-011711
BPRD's next mini-series, Joss Whedon's Dollhouse comes to Dark Horse, Last Phantom's next story arc, Fish Police return, even more Crossed and...more!

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#61-011111
IMAGE UPDATE
Top Cow's Plot season winners get their shot, Butcher Baker the Righteous Maker, Captain Wonder in 3D and more!

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#60-122810
IMAGE/BOOM UPDATE
Spawn #200 update and #201-207 are done, Witchblade creative changes, Super-Dinosaur, Mark Waid's new Boom job, Elric returns and more!

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#59-122110
DARK HORSE/ONI UPDATE
Dark Horse Bookshelf digital comics, USA Today's Dark Horse comic strips, Hopeless Savages returns Wasteland continues and more!

 

#58-121410
Mark Waid's Incorruptible Max Damage and the Irredeemable Plutonian plans, Mark Millar & Dave Gibbons new project and more!

 

#57-121310
KIDZ CORNER UPDATE
Megaman goes to Archie, Sam Hill  revived by Archie, Tiny Titans Little Archie Trade, Ape gets Strawberry Shortcake & Richie Rich and more!

 

#56-120610
ALL DYNAMITE UPDATE
Garth Ennis Jenniffer Blood, Sherlock Holmes returns with Year One, Untouchable and more!

 

#55-113010
Rob Liefeld's on-line comic Jesus Zombie, Robert E.Howard's Dark Agnes from Dark Horse, Great Treasury of Christmas Comicbook Stories from IDW and more!

 

#54-103010
ALL IMAGE UPDATE
Morning Glories #100, Infinite Vacation is coming, Love Bunny & Mr.Hell returns, Undying Love, Who is Jake Ellis? and more!

 

#53-102710
GI JOE Origins endings and restarts, Transformers Heart of Darkness brings back Galvitron, Alex Ross' Bring the Thunder from Dynamite, Star Wars Legacy War and more!

 

#52-101210
ALL DARK HORSE UPDATE
Baltimore returns in a nunnery, we begin Bo's drinking game, Star Wars, Goon/Criminal Macabre FCBD title, Dollhouse, BTVS 8 and more!

 

#51-101810
Atlas comics from the mid-70's returns, Archaia's Bleed Out anthology title, Breyerton's Red Sonja Deluge, Proof returns from Image and more!

 

#50-101210
ALL IDW UPDATE
Infestation Event is coming, Lock & Key's future, Dr.Who comic dead but regenerating, Fallen Angel returns, Godzilla at IDW and more!

 

#49-101110
GI JOE Future Noir, Spike ongoing for about 3 minutes, Troutman writing Red Sonja & Vampi both with more clothes and more!

 

#48-100810
Walking Dead goes digital with #77,  Mark Guggenheim's Halcyon, Dark Horse revives Gold Key's Mighty Samson and more!

 

#47-092110
ALL IDW UPDATE
Dr.Macabre coming in December, Edge of Doom is out now, Matt Smith's Dr.Who not coming to IDW, Lock & Key coming to Fox and more!

 

#46-092010
Blue Water taken to court over Lady Gaga bio, Boom's "I" universe expands, Dynamite's Green Hornet update, Dark Horse Presents returns as a comic and more!

 

#45-090910
Angel and Spike move to Dark Horse for a Whedon-verse, the Occultist, Mass Effect sequel, '68 from Image with a Tim Vigil back up, a tape freeze at 4:29 and no more after that!

 

#44-090810
Stringers & Spontaneous Combustion from Oni, John Carter Warlord of Mars & Vampirilla from Dynamite and more!

 

#43-090810
Todd McFarlane Miracleman legal follies continue, SkyBound imprint from Kirkman, Collider Entertainment imprint from Guggenheim, Top Cow's samurai series and more!

 

#42-090310
Witchfinder Series II, Hellboy the Fury and beyond, more REH stuff coming to Dark Horse, Dresden Files Full Moon, True Blood and more!

 

#41-081710
Radical Comics Damages about cops and Oblivion about post apocalypse earth. Viper Comics gets the kids properties Inspector Gadget and Johnny Test and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #40  

#40-080910
Avatar's Crossed now ongoing, Rocketeer returns as an anthology, new Next Men from Byrne, IDW 's inter-company cross over with their propertied titles  and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #39  

#39-080410
Stan Lee's three new BOOM Comics, Aspen's four new books, Pilot Season's new season, Kirkham's Mysterious Ways and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #38  

#38-072310
Hack/Slash's future at Image, Dracula and the Company of Monsters at Boom, Let Me In prequel from Dark Horse, Spawn #200 will be coming someday soon and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #37  

#37-072210
Kirby Genesis coming from Dynamite, PVP moving to self distribution, Kick Start comics going to Wal Mart, IDW shows us Five Days to Live and more.

INDY NEWS EPISODE #36.mp4  

#36-071210
Boys artist Robertson off and on Butcher, Terminator 1984, Mignola & Corben on Hellboy, Image United #3 run up on the rocks, Snakes on a Plane writer at Radical and more! 

 

#35-070510
Nancy Goes to Hell and Skullkickers from image, 25 to Life from 12 Gauge, Kevin Smith's Green Hornet Annual and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE 34.mp4  

#34-061510
Phantom jumps to Dynamite with other King Features characters, Mick Foley working for 12 Gauge, Tron comic from Disney Press, Torchwood from Titan and more! 

INDY NEWS EPISODE #33.mp4  

#33-052610
Image United delayed by Todd McFarlane, Dynamite has the rights to Chaos Library except Lady Death, Pat Lee at Dynamite, Green Hornet expansion and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #32.mp4  

#32-051710
Lady Mechanica from Aspen, Dave Hester's Days Missing Volume 2, Mark Waid's next "I" book from Boom, Stan Lee's Boom work, Scourge from Aspen and more! 

INDY NEWS EPISODE #31.mp4  

#31-051710
Archaia's Syndrome, Morning Glories form Image, GI Joe Real American Hero from IDW, D&D comics return and the Update is so dark just pretend its a podcast!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #30.mp4  

#30-050710
Conan cancelled and replaced by Conan, Valiant heroes to Dark Horse, More Dr.Who from IDW, Wyatt Earp from Radical, Fear Agent returns and more in the dark Indy Alley

INDY NEWS EPISODE #29.mp4  

#29-050710
Hack/Slash moves to Image, Lady Death returns but still at Avatar, Memoir by McCook and McCool, Mystery Society by Steve Niles and more in this strangely dark update!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #28 @C2E2.mp4  

#28-042810
FROM C2E2
All Dark Horse Update with news on Finder moves to DH, Dark Horse Presents returns in 2012, Amazing Screw on Head HC,  and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE 27.mp4  

#27-042710
Crossed Family Values by Lampham, Tarot's 10th Anniversary, Darwin Cooke's Parker returns and more!

INDY COMIC NEWS EPISODE #26.mp4  

#26-042010
IMAGE/DARK HORSE UPDATE!
New path for Hellboy, Buzzard from Goon gets a mini, Dynamo 5 returns, Savage Dragon flips, Officer Downe back from the dead and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #25.mp4  

#25-041910
ALL INDY MEDIA UPDATE! Predators comic adaptation from Dark Horse, IDW's True Blood series, Famous Monsters returning to IDW as is Jurassic Park, the Expendables and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #24.mp4  

#24-042410
Black Kiss returns from Dynamite, Magnus Robot Fighter returns on FCBD from Dark Horse, Morrison's 18 Days lives, Amory Wars returns and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #23.mp4  

#23-033110
Vampi at Dynamite, Boondock Saints comic from 12 Gage, Guardians of the Globe Invincible spin off, 3X Green Hornet series from Dynamite, Shrapnel sequel and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #22.mp4  

#22-031710
Boom and Stan Lee to do a line of titles, Incarnate "homage" update, Splatterman at Image, Angel going to the Barbary Coast, Star Wars Knight Errant and more!

INDY COMIC NEWS #21.mp4  

#21-030510
Dynamite to do Harper Connelly and Kato, Incarnate from Radical possibly plagiarized, Dokin working on a new Milk & Cheese, Com-X's The 45  and more!

INDY COMIC NEWS #20.mp4  

#20-022210
Fade to Black and Turf from Image also Invincible gets into the Vitrimite War. Stan Lee and Archie team up for Super 7, a possible Hero Squared TV series and more!

INDY COMIC BOOK NEWS EPISODE #19.mp4  

#19-020110
Blue Water's "Pay for Performance" economic model, Haunt creative changes Image United takes a Blackest Night style break, civil war in space and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE #18.mp4  

#18-012210
ALL WHEDON UPDATE!
Angel is Twilight in BTVS and the problems there-in, BYVS Season 9 in the works, no Dollhouse comic anytime soon, BTVS motion comic in the works.

INDY COMIC NEWS EPISODE #17.mp4  

#17-011210
Super Duper is coming to BOYS, Radical Comic's Aladdin ain't for kids, Terminator mini from Dark Horse, Robocop from Dynamite and more!

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#16-010710
Bo's Indy bytes include a 300 sequel update, Bloodstrike returns in Image United, Broken Trinity Pandora's Box and Top Cow's 2010 plans and look hard for Sign Guy Dan!

INDY NEWS EP #15.mp4  

#15-120609
MERGER MANIA!!
IDW to publish Desperado Comics, Dabel Brothers now to be published by Dynamite, Cho's 50 girls 50, Buffy's Obama-nation and more!

INDY NEWS #14.mp4  

#14-112409
ALL IMAGE UPDATE!!!
Top Cow's Sunset, Weird World of Jack Staff and Orc Stain both in January, Omening's God Complex and more!

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#13-112509
Mark Waid's Incorruptible and Irredeemable, manga vampire Shin-Koo, Shooter being sued by Valiant Entertainment, Ennis war comic news and more!

INDY NEWS EPISODE 12  

#12-111609
DARK HORSE UPDATE!
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic to end, Buffy Season 8 wrapping up, Solomon Kane returns,  Green Hornet from Dynamite and...the ABYSS!

indy comic news episode #11  

#11-111609
ALL IMAGE UPDATE!
Low down on Pilot Season 2010, Elephantment's upcoming origin arc, Brit returns in 2010, Jim Lee to do an Image United cover, Forgetless and more!

 

#10-102709
Bo's Indy bytes include a Mouse Guard expansion, JG Jones Dust to Dust, Desperado Comics going to Death Valley, DS9 returns to IDW, Image United's Dark Spawn and magic!

INDY COMIC NEWS 10 17  

#9-101709
-Doc Bizarre
-Gerard Way's Killjoys
-Existence 3.0
-The Ben's Choker
-Aliens vs Predator comic
...and more!

INDIE NEWS 9 29  

#8-092909
-Liberty Comics
-Black Terror ongoing
-Mark Millar projects
-Spawn #200
-Heroes & Villains
amd more!

INDIE NEWS 9 13 09  

#7-091309
-IDW'S Weekly World News
-Aspen's Minefield
-Whedon's Cabin from DH
-Vampirella returns
-DDP's Jericho
-50 Girls 50 and more!

Comic Bookman and Co. discuss Indy Comic news for 09.03.09  

#6-090309
-Warren Ellis Supergod
-Alan Moore Avatar sequel
-Parker the Outfit
-Dead Lock at Dark Horse
-Luna Brothers future

Comicbook Man and Bo's Indie News 08.23.09  

#5-082309
-Mark Millar projects
-Mayhem changes
-Madman ends
-Nocturnals returns
-Magdelana ongoing

INDIE NEWS 8 15  

#4-081509
-Ron Mars at Top Cow
-Midway Earth at Top Cow
-Morgan Spurlock Comics
-GI Joe Origins
-Music Box
-Fighting American
 

 
#03-081009
-Vitrol the Hunter
-Valiant heroes return
-Willingham writes Angel
-Spawn #200
-Cyberforce ongoing
#02-071909
-Athena from Dynamite
-Pilot Season III
-Queen Sonja
-Galactica 1980
-Chaykin News
#01-070709 
American Original is born
-Boom does Disney
-Arcadia does Muppets
-Roddenberry at Arcadia
-Boys outdate is #70

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