Coolsvillecomics.com has launched, and the gang breaks in the new website by welcoming back Heather Harris (AKA “Baroness Heather”) from POPBUNKER.NET , and wrapping our trilogy of talking females in comics. We also kick it off by discussing David Mazzucchelli’s ASTERIOS POLYP, Grant Morrison’s run on Batman up to this point, contrasted with Paul Dini’s Batman work of the last year, as well some DC work by Brian Azzarello. We quickly hit SCALPED from Vertigo, BLACKEST NIGHT, BOOM! Studio’s NOLA by Pierluigi Cothran, and HUNTER’S FORTUNE also from BOOM! written by… some guy… who may… or may not… be named Caleb.

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All that sexy talk continues as we invite Heather Harris (AKA “Baroness Heather”) from POPBUNKER.NET to delve further into sex and gender in comics . Topics include whether Amanda Conner is drawing too many (or too few) panty shots of Power Girl, except this week we have a female to balance out the testosterone, and balance is nice.

The gang also discusses new (and old) releases including more PHONOGRAM, a (whole) lot of THOR, and SWORD (all by the excellent Kieron Gillon), BLACKEST NIGHT madness from DC, GREEN LANTERN, DAYTRIPPERS by Gabrial Ba and Fabian Moon, and a brief smattering of new releases including PUNISHERMAX #2, GHOST RIDER, REALM OF KINGS: IMPERIAL GUARD and others. Aaron finally reads the wonderful first six issues of ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, and we discuss Frank Quietly and some of his past projects.

Music by Tyrese… mmh hmm bringing the sexy…

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