Comic Racks Episode 19 – Everybody Loves Paul, Woo hoo!

In this momentous episode the ladies do away with their usual format in order to bring you their very first creator interview with none other than the frankly rather awesome Paul Cornell.

Paul has dipped his toe into the wonderful world of comics on many an occasion, writing stories such as Wisdom, Judge Dredd Megazine’s XTNCT and the currently running (and fucking brilliant) Captain Britain and MI:13 series, to name but a few. As well as working in the comics world, Paul has penned some of the best episodes of Doctor Who to grace our TV screens (Human Nature and Family Of Blood, anyone?), several Doctor Who novels and audio shows, and episodes for top series’ such as Primeval, Robin Hood and Casualty.

During the interview, the girls quiz Paul about his upcoming projects, whether being a writer makes watching shows/reading books more difficult from a technical point of view, and whether he’s had any unnerving fan experiences (other than Stacey professing her undying love for him at Bristol Convention earlier this year, of course.)

To top the episode off, we pick our Rack Music for this fortnight; both of which turn out to be rather geekily inspired as one of us riffs on a Watchmen theme while the other takes inspiration from Wisdom #3.

All this as well as some insights into Paul’s writing history, advice for budding writers and some good old fashioned swearing.

Don’t forget to take part in the UK Comics Podcast Group competition by listening to the 5 Secret Quotation episodes: for more information visit http://www.comicspodcasts.co.uk

Enjoy!

Direct Download: Episode 19

Comic Racks Episode 18 – Secret Quotation – We are Awesome

After the weeks of waiting, we finally reveal the mystery behind Secret Quotation. Keep an ear out in this episode for the Comic Racks portion of our UK Comics Podcast Group-wide competition! To be in with a chance of winning awesome prizes such as Noble Causes V1 & 2, an assortment of Virgin trades, a Wisdom trade and other splendid stuff to be announced, all you have to do is find the comic movie quote embedded within this episode, identify the film, then find the quotes from the same film in the other UK podcasts; Geek Syndicate (Episode 90), Quiet! Panelolgists At Work (Episode 45), Comic Book Outsiders (to be announced) and Birds Of Geek (to be announced). You have until the end of August to send your email containing your name, the title of the film, and all five secret quotations to secretquotation@gmail.com. Good luck!

Anyhoo, on with the show! In this accidentally long episode, the girls tackle the topic of comic book movies, announcing some of their favourites, some of their, ahem, not-so-favourites, some they haven’t seen yet but would like to see, and some upcoming movies that have them squirming in their seats with anticipation!

On top of this comes all the regular bumph; Stace discusses her Things To Do Before She’s 30 achievements, Iz warms to Guitar Hero 3 now she isn’t getting booed off stage and both girls get excited at all the Rack-related news! Well, wouldn’t you get excited at the prospect of interviewing Paul Cornell, having Jamie Smart on the show and being in a comic?? Thought so

During the reviews, the Ladies of the Racks unite in their enjoyment of The Uniques #1 and 2, continue their squabbling over whether the art in Wolverine Origins really is any good, Stace dispairs at her lack of memory during the reading of Final Crisis #2, and Iz travels down Memory Lane by picking up the Dandy!

All this and The Donnas and Weezer sound too good to be true? Well, it is true, so get to the listening!

Enjoy!

Direct Download: Episode 18

Comic Racks Episode 17 – The One With All The Tangents

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls (go away, you innocent children shouldn’t be hearing this kind of language!), welcome to Episode 17 of Comic Racks; the episode where no-one can stay on topic!

That’s right, it’s Tangent City this episode as Stacey gets hyper on who knows what and Iz, still recovering from concussion, has to deal with that level of craziness.

The girls cover highly important topics this fortnight, from the origins of The Cheeky Girls, to Stacey’s Mr’s giant birthday list, to whether Daniel Craig is a pouty woman or not, plus lots more in between.

But fear not, my comic loving friends, for the girls do get their comic on and bust out a load of reviews, from Kick Ass to Fables, Dock Walloper to Maus, plus a couple of non-comic goodies along the way. This is mostly because they couldn’t think of a proper topic, but hey, it’s all good. During these spoiler-rific reviews Iz proclaims that everything ever is “fucking awesome”, Stace brings everyone down and The Racks it’s first ever joint Top of the Racks. That’s right, folks, there’s a comic out there so awesome that it gets the full Comic Racks endorsement! (Go buy it!)

The regular Rack Music segment sees The Rack Ladies accidentally develop a theme of video game related tunes, though Stace has yet to find out Iz’s verdict on her pick this fortnight.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy a podcast full of random singing, laughs and reviews a-plenty.

Direct Download: Episode 17

Comic Racks – Episode 16

 

Join the Racks for Episode 16 – packed full of the usual news, reviews, peeves, Rack music plus all of the usual geeky ramblings

This is one of the more action-packed episodes with tales of Iz’s furious disagreement with her stairs and Stace’s awesome experience seeing not one, but two, of her favourite bands live (much to the concussed Racks dismay).

Our main topic this week is Ask the Racks – Part 3, where the ladies answer a bunch of questions from forumites (and half of Stacey’s family) including: Which superhero film is the best and worst?, which superhero film would you make and who would you cast in the lead?, and have either of you ever ‘converted’ a mate to comics who previously wasn’t interested? and if so, what hooked ‘em?

Direct Download: Episode 16

Comic Racks – Episode 15

 

Firstly, the Ladies of Rackington would like to apologise to you, the wonderful listening public, for the untimely release of this episode. Technical difficulties and unprovoked front door attacks prevented this episode from being released on time, but trust us, it’s worth the wait!

After several months of being completely rubbish, the girls finally get their act together and present to you their second and rather awesome Rackette, the lovely Marcus Q. Join them in the main feature as they discuss Marcus’ comic likes and dislikes, how dyslexia can affect a comic reader and what comic creators and editors could be doing to improve the reading quality of their works.

During the show, Stacey gets excited several times, on topics such as The Futureheads (oh, will she ever shut up about them? I think not), Jamie Smart and awesome looking Transformers covers. As well as all the excitement there are rants a-plenty as Iz slates her Tail of the Racks, and Marcus addresses a friend who borrowed (read: nicked) some books once…

Unfortunately, Mr Q departed before the Rack Music and Peeve segments, but never fear! Iz and Stace produce the goods, as they can never let a good rant lie.

Will Stace disguise herself as Velma to stalk The Futureheads? Will Marcus ever get his books back? Will Iz accept that being “the tits” is, in fact, a good thing? Listen on and find out!

Enjoy!

 

Direct download: Episode 15

Comic Racks – Episode 14 – The Tony Lee Love-In Episode

 

This week the Racks ladies throw structure to the wind and do a rather thorough re-cap of their experiences at the Bristol Comic Expo ’08.

Much fun was had by all as we witnessed cosplay competitions, interesting panels, were harassed by Stormtroopers and got pleasantly toasted.

The hotel is completely ragged upon, the panels are discussed in depth and the girls profess their undying love for Tony Lee and Paul Cornell.

Enjoy 

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Direct Download: Comic Racks – Episode 14

 

Comic Racks – Episode 13

In Episode 13, the Racks present their Top 10 Kick-Ass Female Characters from the comic books, TV, and film A pretty diverse range of choices have emerged, with only one character being chosen by both ladies

As is now customary with Comic Racks – this episode *will* contain VERY strong language – you have been warned

Reviews and rants a -plenty can also be found in this episode, along with only one selection of Rack Music being chosen this time by the Stace de la Bob. Iz resists the urge to review Baby Boomers *again*, but (at Stacey’s request) reads out the majority of Ubu Bubu. 

So, join the Racks and listen in on their sage musings on Iron Man, Wesley “what tax bill?” Snipes, almost forming the Neil Googe appreciation society, a coupla stonking Peeves, and a shared Tail of the Racks (dun dun dunnnnnn).

*Spoilers for Ubu Bubu and SiP* 

Reviews:
Special Education #1 – Dave ‘the awesome’ Dwonch
Welcome to Tranquility #9 – #11
Surreal Adventures of Edgar Allan Poo
El Zombo Fantasma

Enjoy 

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Direct Download: Comic Racks – Episode 13

 

Comic Racks – Episode 12

Welcome to Episode 12 where Stace takes over the editing reigns for the first time (and shows Iz up by getting it done bang on time).

Apologies for the sound issues in this episode which we wil have sorted out for next time

Before they get stuck into the main topic of a Bristol Con preview, the girls talk about Rock Star, Dr Who doing Shakespeare, Baby Boomers at BristolCon and online, the Gotham Knights trailer and the Golden Champagne Glass Awards 2008 (vote Geek Syndicate!!).

Reviews include Maintenance Vol 2, Ms Marvel #25, Dr Who Season 4 Eps 1 & 2, CJ7, and Everybody’s Dead #2. This section witnesses Iz inadvertantly insulting Steve Coogan (she didn’t mean to) while going mad over Son of Rambow, Stace losing her mind over not having Fillerbunny, and the Racks being divided over the new Who companion.

Iz very rudely dominates the Top of the Racks section with a 12 minute hysteria fit over the best-birthday-present-in-t

he-whole-world, but makes up for it by also choosing Pushing Daisies which the girls bond over. Stace drops two (TWO!) titles in her Tail and Iz warns of the perils of watching Superhero Movie.

For the main topic, the Racks chat about which creators/ writers / artists they are most looking forward to seeing in Bristol, and for the first time ever, both Racks like each others choice for Rack Music.

Enjoy

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Direct Download: Comic Racks – Episode 12

Comic Racks – Episode 11

Episode 11 – Pigs are Funny

Back to their regular programming (hopefully), Iz and Stace bring you a lazy, but still rather good if we do say so ourselves, episode of Comic Racks!

In this reviewtastic episode, the ladies talk you through some of their reading and TV watching highlights from the last few weeks. Much rambling on the subject of Torchwood takes place, and Iz finally gets around to starting Death Note, hoorah! Stacebob tries desperately, and quite badly, to describe the sheer brilliance that is Ubu Bubu #1, as Iz reveals a rather controversial Tail of the Racks…

In our not-so-much-news segment, Stace botches a news story about a Whedon musical, Iz muses on the sanity of Tom Cruise and we discuss the pros and cons of spoof movies.

As well as all this juicy content, Stace almost wets herself recalling her brush with the Futureheads, and the ladies finally get Rack Music properly off the ground with our choices for this episode.

Enjoy

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Direct Download: Comic Racks – Episode 11

Comic Racks – Episode 10

This episode the girls have a very grown-up and sensible (for a change) in-depth conversation about comic cheesecake, and touch on Chaos comics, manga, Bisley porn, Greg Horn, and the MJ and Supergirl statues.

Along the way, the usual news, reviews and top/tail of the racks are covered: Snow White in Drag, stalking the Futureheads, Barrowman Watch and more….

Reviews:
Tiny Titans #1
Green Arrow & Black Canary #5
Deadpool #20(ish) to 45
Dock Walloper #2
Urban Monsters #1
Bullseye Greatest Hits

Our competition winner is announced with the girls debuting the winning entry, and it’s Stacey’s turn at choosing this fortnight’s Rack Music – woot

Direct download : Episode 10

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Comic Racks – Episode 9

Saving up a sensible and interesting main topic for the upcoming Episode 10 (who’d have thunk it, eh?), the Racks take the easy way out and answer some more of your burning qusestions in Ask The Racks Part 2: Go Grab A Cheese-string.

Stace’s dressing gown starts to fall apart, Iz continues in her mission to plug Baby Boomers in any way she can, and both girls yet again massacre the English language in their attempt to do some joint reviews.

Hear what the girls think of Dave Dwonch’s Gnome and the Adolescent Radioactive Blackbelt Hamsters, as well as their individual reviews of the TV show Phoo Action, Cable and Deadpool #50, Gail Simone’s Wonder Woman and other such wonderful things.

During their main Ask the Racks section, the girls discuss who they’d stick in a Death Note if they could and Stace addresses the most difficult question she’s ever been asked; Captain America or Deadpool??

It’s rants, rambles and orange-squash fuelled hyperactivity ahoy in this, the Racks final single figured episode!The Rack universe will never be the same again!*

Enjoy!

*This may or may not be true…Direct download : Episode 9

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Comic Racks – Episode 7

After the gargantuan double episode Doctor Who extravaganza (also known as the two episode ramble-fest), the Racks gals get back to their regular fortnightly format to chat all things comics (and some things TV and film…)

Join us as Iz gets over excited at the prospect of signed John Barrowman stuff, Stace demonstrates why she shouldn’t be allowed to sing on the podcast, and both girls come up with the worst, least newsworthy news EVER. Stace’s sister, Zoe, makes her comics podcast debut, allbeit in a slightly concussed and very un-comic related way.

Being too lazy to actually think of a main topic to discuss, The Racks ladies (ladies? pfft!) do an extended review section, covering comics and graphic novels from recent to oldies, and indies to the Big Two. Stace gets a little bit violent towards old witchy women (for good reason, though!) and Iz worries that her all-round love for Battlepope may condemn her to the fiery depths of Hell

We give the details about our competition again (just a couple more episodes to go to get your entries in, guys!), and Iz pimps herself out for a new job.

Direct download : Episode 7

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Comic Racks – Episode 6b

Join us in a slightly shorter yet super special episode in which we round up our Doctor Who ramblements.

Our usual routine goes out of the window so we can complete our review Doctor Who series 3, from Human Nature right up the the Christmas Special, Voyage of the Damned.

Stace gets scared of, well, practically everything in this episode, from statues to small girls with balloons, Iz sings a Doctor Who solo and we both get a little Tennant-fangirlish as we delve into what we both see as the better half of this season.

Stay tuned for a quick reminder of our competition and prizes; we’ve now had two entries, but we’re greedy for more!

Enjoy

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Comic Racks – Episode 6

This week the noobie-bird-nerds get their teeth into the first half of Dr Who season 3, and a darn sight more in between.

Join the ladies as they talk about loads of stuff including Jenna Jameson’s comic and her need for a nice jumper.

Stacey looses her mind and has a full-on nerdgasm during a News Item on Deadpool,and Iz proves once again she can’t read properly as Teen Titans Year One is referred to as TT Year Zero

Dr Who Season 3 from The Runanway Bride through to 42 is reviewed, with slight detours via starch-related old Who villains, a morbid fear of Davros, Tom Baker’s teeth, and the utter crap-ness of straws.

In our Top of the Racks section Stacey gets a little creepy over her Kingdom Come and Iz goes all groupie over Mike Norton (again).

If anyone is easily offended, please do NOT listen to the Peeve of the Fortnight section – the girls out-do themselves on the swearing front this week..but it’s all Anne Robinson’s fault.

Listen out for the all important shout-outs, which Iz manages to screw up quite a bit, but recovers in time to discuss logos on thongs and dog jackets

Enjoy!!

Reviews:
Jenna Jameson’s Shadow Hunter #0
Teen Titans Year One

Main Feature:
Dr Who Season Three (The Runaway Bride, Smith and Jones – 42)

Top of the Racks:
Absolute Edition Kingdom Come
Gravity

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Comic Racks – Episode 5

Cover your ears and run for the hills as Stace and Iz swear and rant their way through a round-up of 2007. The Racks look at what they rate as the very best and very worst (and very disappointing) comic issues, comic series’, films, and TV of 2007. Also covered in depth are things on screen, stage, and print in 2008 that are making the girls a little bit over-excited.

Along the way Iz proves that senility can happen to the best of us, and reveals why she could possibly be the worst person to go to the cinema with, Stace loses her mind over a panda, and provides a mini musical interlude, showing why one half of a podcast should not be left to their own devices……plus both girls have RANTS a-plenty.

Stay tuned all the way through and hear about our awesome competition, a bit of good news and hear us get our contact details right for the very first time ever !!!

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Comic Racks – Episode 4

Iz and Stace are joined by podcasters extraordinaries, Misters Nugent and Monteith, for part two of the Great Podcast Crossover! Join the gang as we discover why cockroaches aren’t any fun, children ruin everything and the Batman trailer rules!

Getting into the spirit in our main topic, we quiz the Geek Syndicate lads about all things Christmas, reminiscing about all the best and worst gifts we ever received, how we discovered the truth about Santa, and why you should always make a note of who your gifts are from…

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Comic Racks – Episode 3

This episode we’re joined by our very first Rackette, the (almost) Dr Karl Byrne, who helps us understand the science (or lack thereof) behind some of your favourite super heroes.

We review WWH #5 and Captain America #32 in our ever eloquent manner, whilst Iz takes a trip back in time to read and review Iron Man ‘Extremis’.

Also, discover what happens when seatbelts attack!

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Comic Racks Episode 2 – Attack of the Racks!

This week the Comic Rack ladies tackle the explosive T4 casting and directing rumours. There’s more news on the supposed ‘death of the batman’ and the new Watchmen movie.

The ladies don their conspiracy hats to uncover a link between the upcoming Cloverfield movie and Heroes. Stace Discovers the goodness of Mystery Science Threatre 3000 and Farscape is discovered. Batman Year One Hundred and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind are finally reviewed as well as some Mighty Boosh, Ghost rider and much more.

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Welcome to Comic Racks episode 1

Welcome to the first episode of our sister podcast Comic Racks. Join Iz and Stace as they tackle such weighty issues as…

Death in comic books…good or bad?

Jesus in the hairdressers (yes that’s what I said)

The joy of Spongebob Squarepants.

Reviews of Batman and the Spirit, DC Infinite Halloween Special and the Umbrella Academy.

How to sniff Keira Knightley (it’s an eye opener).

Also discover Iz and Stace’s Peeve of the week (it’s a good un) and much, much more.

Oh and there’s some swearing…for shame ladies.

Enjoy all….

Direct Download: Episode 1

GS gives you Comic Racks Episode 0

We are proud to present Episode 0 of, what we hope will become our sister podcast will become our sister podcast, Comic Racks(working title subject to change) featuring the first ladies of the Geek Syndicate Iz and Stacebob. Like GS the they will be looking at all thing geek but from a female perspective

In this preview episode they chat about the Birmingham Comic Convention as well as their fave tv shows, movies, books and superheroes.

Enjoy and if you do enjoy it let the girls know otherwise we may never hear another episode!!!

Episode 0