The Rantcor Pit 4: Mickey and George

Take a break from the madness of "Black Friday" with the latest episode of the JCU's Star Wars podcast!  It's been two weeks so it is time yet again for Cole and Eddie to examine yet another aspect of fandom and George Lucas' famous creation.

While it has been over a year ago, the impact of the sale of LucasFilm, Ltd. (and all that entails) to Disney can still be felt in the fan community.  With Episode VII of the saga looming large and the upcoming animated series Star Wars: Rebels on the horizon, it seemed only fitting to devote the fourth show to the topic of the new ownership of the franchise.

Love it or hate it, the acquisition is a done deal and Disney is moving full steam ahead on the future of Star Wars.  Give a listen to what your Rantcor Pit hosts have to say on the whole issue and discover the Marvel Comics connection. 

Hey Kids, Comics! #69 - Seven Deadlies: You've Got What I Want

The in-depth exploration of the Seven Deadly Sins continues in this rather shameless issue of Hey Kids, Comics!  With seven categories of mortal vice and only five issues in the arc it is necessary to double up a bit and this is the first such episode.  Exploring two sins that seem complimentary, lust and envy, is the order of the day this outing.

Andrew “Hellllllo, Nurse!” Farmer and Cole “Me Too!” Houston try to get everything they have coming to them in this sinful examination of…sin!  Envy certainly plays a major role in comic books, most especially in the villain community.  Lust is a little harder to pin down at times but it is certainly a very present sin as well.  Myriad are the examples that will be cited in this journey through man’s failings as they pertain to our favorite comic books.

JCU Sunday Funnies #33

Want to see Bobby Blakey's art and his own humor including the newly relaunched Last Stop?  Check out six years of the strip plus new material every week right here!

Whadjathink? - Thor: The Dark World

If I Had a Hammer



It is yet again time for Whadjathink? and this time the Asgardian epic Thor: The Dark World is the subject!  Your intrepid hosts Catherine Houston and Bobby Blakey step into elf-ridden territory as they discuss the latest Marvel movie.

Joining this pair is a friend of the JCU, Diane Tran, who brings her own geeky take on Thor to the table.  As always, this is a spoiler rich show so you may not want to listen until you've seen this movie.  But since we ran a little late this time, you've had plenty of time to get your ass to the theater!

SPOILER ALERT!

Hey Kids, Comics! #68 - Seven Deadlies: Enough is Never Enough

Greed is the order of the day in this issue of Hey Kids, Comics! and our ongoing exploration of the vilest sins of man.  That is to say such sins as they pertain to the lives of comic book characters and manifest themselves in comics.  To say that greed plays a large role in the realm of the super-hero comic is something of an understatement! 

Join your hosts Andrew “Gimmie!  Gimmie” Farmer and Cole “Ultra Uncle Scrooge” Houston as they dig deep into the dark corners of the miser’s heart and…  Actually they will take you on a journey into greed as it manifests itself in comic books.  From the money hungry to those who want more (and more and more), you can always find some greed and selfishness within in the printed pages.  And sometimes outside of them as well.

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JCU Sunday Funnies #32

Want to see Bobby Blakey's art and his own humor including the newly relaunched Last Stop?  Check out six years of the strip plus new material every week right here!

Please welcome the newest contributor to Open Season, Eddie Medina!  You may know Eddie as co-host of The Rantcor Pit, but you may not have known he is a talented artist as well!  

The Rantcor Pit 3: The Wonder Years

We sure do here at The Rantcor Pit and that is why we keep coming back every other week to share our memories, insights, stories, and news about all things Star Wars.  As you may have discovered by now, this show is going to be a mixed bag of topics about the star-spanning Saga that represents the modern mythology.

This episode Cole and Eddie take on the daunting task of conjuring memories of the "wonder years", which is to say those long three year gaps between Star Wars (aka A New Hope) and The Empire Strikes Back and the more speculation-ridden years between Empire and Revenge of the Jedi.  So called because fans spent those years wondering what was coming next, especially once we knew something more was coming.  

Of course Revenge became Return by the time the film saw theatrical release (the reason for the change is discussed on the show) but the wait was no less painful.  How did we cope back before the internet?  With Starlog and Famous Monsters magazines and, for subscribers, Bantha Tracks (the Star Wars Fan Club's newsletter back then) as our primary sources of information it was tenuous at best to track down clues and spoilers.  

Take a trip back in time to 1977-1980 and 1980-1983 as we reflect on those years where wondering kept us going as we awaited the second and third chapters of the nine episode Star Wars saga!

Listen to the episode to find out what this is all about...

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