230 - Spotlight on Roy Thomas

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4.6 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2007

⏱️ 119 minutes

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It's hard to believe, but today marks our two year anniversary. In order to celebrate we decided to take a look at one of the most important players in comics history, Roy Thomas. In this spotlight episode we look at his long and illustrious career and we also had the pleasure of speaking with him as well. (1:58:40)

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0:00.0	This is Comic Geek Speak, episode 230.
0:14.3	Welcome to Comic Geek Speak. I'm Brian Deamer.
0:16.4	I'm Adam Murdo. I'm Shane Kelly.
0:18.5	I'm Brian Christman.
0:19.6	I'm Jamie D. And I'm Peter Rios.
0:22.8	And this episode of Comic Geekspeak is sponsored by Wild Pig Comics. New Jersey's Wild Pig
0:29.8	Comics 2 is celebrating its 7th anniversary with their annual 24-hour sale. This year extended to 29 hours.
0:44.9	No, Saturday, March 31st to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 1st.
0:52.3	Every item on the sales floor will be 50% off. This will be Wild Pigs' largest sale yet.
0:57.8	40,000 back issues, including high-grade silver and bronze age books, as well as thousands of 50-cent books from the 70s to the present.
1:01.1	Over 1,700 mid-to-high-grade bronze age books that have been just purchased will be
1:05.9	added to the boxes on the eve of the sale.
1:09.1	Over 1,500 trades. hundreds of statues and toys,
1:15.2	action figure blowout, all figures will be five bucks apiece,
1:19.7	including dozens of DC Direct and Marvel Legends figures.
1:24.5	Be sure to come in early for the best selection,
1:26.9	but remember you can even come in at 3 a.m. on Sunday morning if you are so inclined.
1:32.4	In addition to the huge sale, they will also be holding the annual 24-hour artist challenge.
1:37.7	See, up-and-coming indie artists attempt to write and draw a 24-page comic in 24 hours.
1:44.5	Featured artists include Danielle Corsetto of Girls with Slingshots.com,
1:50.0	Chris Moreno of Paul Jenkins' sidekick, Dracula versus King Arthur, and Monkey in a Wagon
1:54.8	versus Lemur on a Big Wheel, Jamie Hatton of In His Likeness.com, and Bill Ellis of Silver-Rage.com.
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