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SHOP TALK ARCHIVE
    Bocepheus and Comicbookman are in the Outhouse discussing recent Marvel Comics news and related events. Really they do, for over five minutes each and every time!    
 
SHOP TALK CAPTAIN AMERICA & THE TEA BAGGERS.mp4  

#17-CAPTAIN AMERICA: "TWO AMERICA'S"

The Tea Party Movement is up in arms over one panel in Captain America #602 (Part 1 of the "Two America's storyline). Do they have a beef?
SHOP TALK LASTING NEW CHARACTERS.mp4  

#16-NEW CHARACTERS WITH LEGS

Mike Fisher asks: "Which new characters do you think will have good runs?" And we proceed to give our picks!
SHOP TALK COMIC FANS IN THE MEDIA.mp4  

#15-COMICBOOK FANS IN THE MEDIA

Brian Bernardoni asks: "Do depictions of comic book fans in the media bother you?" So are comic book fans an oppressed minority?
SHOP TALK WOMAN D COMICS PART 3.mp4  

#14-WOMEN & COMICS PART 3

Third of our 3-Part series on women and the comic book industry. What can stores do to get more women into comics?
SHOP TALK WOMAN AND COMICS 2.mp4  

#13-WOMEN & COMICS PART 2

Second of our 3-Part series on women and the comic book industry. What can publishers do to get more women into comics?
SHOP TALK WOMAN AND COMICS PART 1.mp4  

#12-WOMEN & COMICS PART 1

First of our 3-Part series on women and the comic book industry. What can be done to get more women into comics?
SHOP TALK BIO COMICS  

#11-BIOGRAPHY COMICS

Outhouse Gang on the re-emergence of the bio comic genre. Should they just present the facts, or can they editorialize as artistic license?
SHOP TALK BEST COMIC REVIEWS  

#10-WHAT WEB OR PRINT SITES ARE BEST FOR REVIEWS?

Replying to Huston Smith's Facebook question the Outhouse Gang lists a bunch of web and print sources for reviews.
 

#9-COMIC CHARACTER AS SALEABLE ASSETS

Disney fixed a price of 4 billion for 5000 Marvel characters. What if These companies decided to sell off character's for fast cash?
dc restructuring  

#8-DC RESTRUCTURING

Recently Warner's announced DC Comics was being restructured into DCE (DC Entertain-ment) with a new president & publisher. Will this be a good thing?
SHOP TALK DISNEY BUYS MARVEL  

#7-DISNEY BUYS
MARVEL

CBM asks the Outhouse
Gang what they think
about Disney buying Marvel?
SHOP TALK 1ST COMIC 10 16 09  

#6-YOUR 1st COMIC

Everyone remembers
their 1st love and
comic fans remember
their 1st comic.
Here are ours.
shop talk thongs  

#5-THONGS

Kevin P.Johnson asks
the Outhouse Gang
their opinion on thongs.
That's right -Thongs!
shop talk best adaption  

#4-WHAT IS COMICS
BEST ADAPTATION
?

Don Johnson asks the
Outhouse Gang what
the best adaptation of
other material has
been in comics?
st downloadable comics  

#3-COMIC DOWNLOADS

Matt LaRock asks the
Outhouse Gang what
their opinion's are on
downloadable comics?
SHOP TALK 8 4 09  

#2-RYAN REYNOLDS,
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
?

Chris Whiteman asks the
Outhouse Gang their
impressions of the actor
picked to play both
Deadpool & GL
SHOP TALK 8 18 09  

#1-WHY DO YOU BUY
A COMIC?

Matt LaRock asks the
Outhouse Gang: Why
do you buy comics?
Is it for the artist, the writer,
the character or the title?

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