Why I Love Comics: The Audio Edition (general)
Eric Ratcliffe and friends discuss all things pop culture, from comics, to movies, to video games, to music and more each week.

In this episode of the podcast, Eric is joined by Brian Osserman of the Outhouse Pirate Podcast and longtime co host/panelist Jeremy Wiggins. The guys talk at length about their favorite muppets, the new movie and even sneak in some gaming discussion and a little talk of digital comics. So pull a chair and join us for Muppet talk!

As usual follow me on twitter, like the show on Facebook and check out my awesome Webcomic and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast!

Direct download: muppets.mp3
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On episode 58 of the podcast, Eric is joined by friend and awesome creator Dave Ryan! The guys talk about the industry as a whole, Dave's current project War of the Independents and Dave even shares his favorite convention stories and just so much more!

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/groups/WaroftheIndependents/ official group on facebook!

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/w/warindep.htm - Site with the lowdown on just whose in the book (it is an incomplete checklist though)

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

Direct download: War_of_the_Independents_with_Dave_Ryan.mp3
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In episode #57 of the podcast, Eric brings back the round table for the first time since right before NYCC! He's joined by Jeremy Wiggins and new member of the roundtable Jason Marnocha aka Lord Jazor of youtube voice acting fame. The guys discuss cosplay, their favorite voice actors, the Batman universe in general, dream roles, what Jeremy is reading and just so much more all while combating lapses in knowledge on Eric's part and a faulty firefox! So pull up a chair and join us for another edition of the Why I Love Comics podcast!

http://www.youtube.com/user/LordJazor - Jazor's official youtube page!

http://www.youtube.com/user/GeektressGalore - Geektress (who is extremely talented an awesome by the way)

http://www.youtube.com/user/mgalusic - Mike Galusick's very awesome fan films which recently had an appearance by Jazor!

http://www.youtube.com/user/FSoundStudios - Jake is hilarious and has a british accent, watch his videos!

http://www.youtube.com/user/TallestSilver - Silver's youtube!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kit-n-Silver/168391156551594 - Kit and Silver's fanpage!

http://www.youtube.com/user/DCAbridgedUniverse - Must watch, completely hilarious!

Also be sure and check out the "Jakeson podcast" on itunes! Jake and Jazor are hilarious when bouncing off each other. http://podcastmachine.com/podcasts/9586

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

Direct download: technology_hates_us.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:30am EDT

In this edition of the podcast we go to a convention...New York Comic Con to be exact. This is a favorite convention of mine every year and this is a packed supershow. On the episode I talk with Eddi Mcclintock (Pete on Warehouse 13) Peter David, Tim Seeley, Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Sanchez, Fred Van Lente, The Kirby Krackle, Jeremy Haun and David Hine, Keith R.A. Decandido

http://twitter.com/#!/EddieMcClintock - Eddie on twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/chonnye - Chonnye on twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/claudioPsanchez - Claudio on twitter

http://www.everythingevilink.com/ - Evil Ink comics!

http://www.peterdavid.net/ - Peter David's officially website

http://www.fredvanlente.com/ - Fred's official website
http://twitter.com/#!/fredvanlente - Fred's twitter!

http://sff.net/people/krad/ - Keith's website!

http://timseeleyart.blogspot.com/ - Tim's blog
http://coltnoble.deviantart.com/ - Tim's deviant art
http://twitter.com/#!/HackinTimSeeley - Tim on twitter

http://www.jeremyhaun.com/ - Jeremy's website
http://twitter.com/#!/jerhaun - Jeremy on twitter!

http://www.strangeembrace.com/ - Dave's only website on the internet pretty much and his best book :)

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

Next week....John Rogers of Leverage and Blue Beetle fame!

Direct download: lovecomics055.mp3
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In this episode of the podcast I'm joined by canadian jack of all trades Kelly Tindall! We discuss his career, current projects and much much more!

http://www.kellytindall.com/root2/ - that's so kraven!

http://www.kellytindall.com/home/

http://twitter.com/#!/kellytindall

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

Next week is NYCC so the show will be a little late.

Direct download: lovecomics054.mp3
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Yeah I know the title is a really lame pun, but I was having fun with it. This week I was joined by the very awesome Kurtis Wiebe, writer of Green Wake/the intrepids and much more! We talk about his inspirations, get an exclusive about a new book he's working on and even talk about his podcast. All this and much more in the latest Why I love Comics podcast!

http://dailydead.com/exclusive-free-digital-version-of-green-wake-1/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Wake/142819195775902?ref=ts&sk=wall#!/pages/Green-Wake/142819195775902?sk=wall

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Process/147353675342657

http://twitter.com/#!/kurtisjwiebe

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

Next week...I'm joined by friend and jack of all trades Kelly Tindall!

Direct download: lovecomics053.mp3
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Our host with the most returns for the 52nd episode of the podcast and is joined by Jeremy Wiggins and Russell Burlingame as they discuss the first 2 weeks of books from the relaunch as well as the start of the fall tv series and what they are checking out!

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

Next week, Eric sits down with the current writer of Grifter Nathan Edmonson!

Direct download: lovecomics052.mp3
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Episode #51 has our hero joined by friend and web series creator/comic book retailer Richard Neal of the Variants. They talk about the shows production, what it's like shooting at a comic shop, how the new 52 has effected Richard's shop, celebrity guests, how to develop a web series and they even manage to just get into a long conversation talking about comics. All this and more in this episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast!

http://www.thevariants.com/ - Official website of the web series

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K_xMNj7NEU - Trailer to the purple people eater (listen to the show to find out why I'm including it.)

http://twitter.com/#!/variants - Official twitter of the series

Shout outs to Joe Eisma (Morning glories super artist) and Ben Templesmith (Basically the real life Doctor and artist of many awesome things)

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

Direct download: lovecomics051.mp3
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In this edition of the Why I Love Comics podcast, Eric is joined by good friend Jason Burns to talk about his new web series Adults Only. They talk about some of his upcoming comic work, what it's like to work on a webseries and much more!

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3c37e17b5a/adults-only-trailer

After winning a pair of gold medals at the 1988 Olympics, gymnast Chance Rioux became America’s Sweetheart, but times change and even the shiniest of medals eventually give way to rust. Now America’s Forgotten, Chance must accept a job managing his brother-in-law’s adult video/novelty store in order to make ends meet, all while trying to conceal his identity from the public, particularly a new love interest who serves as the trigger in his reinvention of self.

Starring: Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos), Danny Nucci (Titanic, The Rock), Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills 90210, The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Sebastian Bach (lead singer Skid Row), Brianna Brown (General Hospital, Showtime’s upcoming Homeland), Ronnie Marmo (General Hospital, West of Brooklyn), Adrienne LaValley (best known for being the National Floors Direct spokesperson), and Todd Poudrier.

http://www.jasonmburns.com/content.asp?contentno=1

As always, follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and rate/subscribe on iTunes!

Also don't forget to check out New Comic Day! My awesome webcomic! (www.newcomicday.net)

Direct download: lovecomics050.mp3
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In this episode of the podcast, Justice League #1 hit the stands and the guys almost go over like the JFK Zapruder film. They also guess as to who the mystery woman making her appearance in the 52 issues is and Eric gets distracted by things in the background for a few awkward silences!

Joining Eric this episode:

Russell Burlingame 
Jeremy Wiggins

Next week...Eric is joined by Jason Burns to talk his new web series, as well as Ken and Richard of The Variants to talk the second season. It's an all web series episode of the podcast!

Check out my awesome webcomic New Comic Day! www.newcomicday.net

Add me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) subscribe and review the show on iTunes and like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics

Direct download: lovecomics049.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:30am EDT