Hosted By: David McVay & Richard Gray
David and Richard discuss the latest in news from the world of comics. This week Batman: Earth One is coming, TV’s Arrow gets his Black Canary, The New West headed to the big screen, The Walking Dead Game and your chance to win some Blu-rays in our first huge giveaway! All this PLUS, our kick-ass pick of the week – Sam & Max: Surfin’ the Highway by Steve Purcell.
Our next reading assignment: Fantastic Four Season One.
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Vintage Clip of the Week
Sam & Max: Hit the Road (LucasArts, 1993)
Comic News
Batman: Earth One HC Gets July 4 Release Date
http://comics.cosmicbooknews.com/content/batman-earth-one-hc-gets-july-4th-release-date-solicit
Comic Book Movie News
Katie Cassidy cast as female lead in CW’s Arrow
http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/katie-cassidy-set-as-female-lead-in-cw-pilot-arrow/
The New West Headed to the Big Screen
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/new-west-movie-black-bull-benderspink-gareb-shamus-292069
The Walking Dead Game details emerge
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36997
Giveaway!
Win one of 4 copies of AMC’s The Walking Dead season one on Blu-Ray. The fine folks over at Hopscotch have given us four copies of this record breaking TV show on Blu-Ray to giveaway to you, the fine listeners of this fine podcast. To enter (and possibly win!) you need to answer the question posed in the show and then head over to TheReelBits.com where Richard has all the deets and conditions. Sorry, but this is only open to residents of Australia due to region coding.
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The music this week is from the game Sam & Max Hit the Road by Michael Land, Clint Bajakian & Peter McConnell.