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Episode 112 – We are Heartbreakers

February 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Sometimes we regret saying goodbye, but we’re pretty sure Scott Summers regrets ever saying hello. For real.

This week there’s new, old and old that becomes new again. How many times can the Tiger Men go off on a tangent? How many times will said tangent teach you something new? I can’t tell you how many we go on, but boy howdy are they ever informative!

This week will see more news about cons, and less news because of cons, so listen up! Your town will be visited by our traveling creators soon enough!

 
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Episode 111 – We are Getting Another Chance

January 19th, 2010 · No Comments

This week, it’s all about second chances, in particular an interview with the writer of Uncharted 1 and 2 about his new book, A Second Chance with Sarah, Neil Druckmann.

We get to the news as well, but the Tiger Men have things to say about this book, and they have to say, they’re good! Of course we can’t help but ask Neil about Naughty Dog’s future plans, but, you know how it is.

Wait, you don’t? Well listen in! Find out! Give us a chance and learn someth’n, kids!

 
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Episode 109 – We are Dos Phobos

January 1st, 2010 · No Comments

It’s that time of year again, ladies and gentlemen. The Phobos Awards! What comics and creators caught our fancy? It took some time to dig through the last year’s stacks and pick the winners, but we made it. Somehow.

This being our third year of awards, it was interesting to look back and see what we thought of 2008 and 2007, and how those picks are reflected today. It’s funny to see that a Tiger Man’s stripes don’t change all too much, just as much as seeing so much new comic goodness within.

Read on if you want to see the unadulterated results, or listen in to hear us reminisce. Hopefully our picks will make you think a little bit, or at the very least get you thinking about what you’re looking forward to in the new year!

 
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Episode 108 – We are Multi-Sacriligious

December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Well, I had something to say, but in the interim, have a great long weekend and enjoy the show!

 
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Episode 107 – We are Powered by Mutant Radio Waves

December 16th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s the end of the season, which not only means that we’re getting into the middle of events (as usual), but we are also getting to announcement on top of announcement before the solicitations for next year really swing into gear! And do enters DC into the pre-con tease.

This week it really is DC announcement after DC announcement, but the Tiger Men have plenty of other items to discuss as well. Such as, can you have a proper BBQ under a Red Son? How dead is radio? And if an action film was made in the 80s, has Dynamite yet produced a comic about it?

We’ll answer all we can, but I tell you what: there’s just something special about this time of year, and it’s not the holiday. No, I would say it’s the comics, and the crazy people that talk about how to read them.

 
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Episode 105 – We are Angry Parrot Men

November 21st, 2009 · No Comments

What do Parrot Men do? Not the same thing as Tiger Men, I can tell you that. For one, when we wear wings, they stay straight and fly right. Then again, you also won’t see the Tiger Men in need of a Stargate any time soon either.

This week it’s a bit of catch up and a bit of, well, a bit of oddness. As you know, the Tiger Men are gamers as well as comic reader and this week’s discussion blends the two quite successfully, if I do say so myself.

Listen in, and if you want to do some gaming while you do this Tiger Man recommends it. The level of nerdity in your immediate area may help use created a stable wormhole to our home planet. Really, screw those Stargates. We don’t need ‘em!

 
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Episode 102 – We Are Clique-ing on All Cylinders

October 7th, 2009 · No Comments

We know what’s popular and why it’s popular. That’s not important though, what’s important is that you listen and know that it’s popular because it’s AWESOME. Yes, you know what we’re talking about. And if you don’t, you need to listen to the show.

The Long Beach Comic Con came and went, Jeph Loeb teased us with “news” of some kind (damn you Loeb), we get more news on what DC is planning (and we postulate on what they may be doing ourselves) then it just gets crazy and we do our Tiger Men thing. In truth, we do that during the entire episode.

This Tiger Man just has one thing to say: if Loeb teases me about Nextwave one more time, I’ll find a way to hurt him. Or I’ll find a way to get Warren Ellis to hurt him. You heard me Loeb! I’m gonna sic an English whiskey drinking on you!

 
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Episode 101 – We are Remade

October 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment

This time around, don’t be so shocked, it’s not as if we’re changing the basic history here, we’re just revamping the series for a modern audience.

Yes, we hear these words a lot. Sometimes we regret the final result, sometimes we find joy in the pieces that follow. In any case, the Tiger Men do NOT get remade, they merely evolve. Maybe one day to breathe the poisonous gasses of far away planets. Today will not be the day to test this theory.

As you read these notes, I’m sure you will find things that have since been reported on, updated and tabulated since this past Tuesday, but why dwell in the present? The Tiger Men give you the thought out consideration of yesterday, and as we know, history is one of the greatest of teachers.

 
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Episode 100 – We are Restructuring

September 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment

No, not really, but it’s a fun word, isn’t it?

Realistically, if anything, we’re now just going to start counting past 100 and keep on going far, far far into the future as we lay our stake in the comic podcast world, as well as plant a special flag, all our own, on Mars.

This week we get to talk about movie companies and comic companies (again), but this time in the real of DC. There’s more Batman news (comic this time! Woo!) as the regular rabble we give you weekly. You love it, that’s why you’re here, right?

Now, we didn’t get blindingly drunk this episode, but we promise, it’s coming. In the mean time, just epxect what we always give: insight and opinions to things you didn’t even know you cared about.

 
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Episode 99 – We are Plague Carriers

September 10th, 2009 · No Comments

It was a weekend of games and nerdy goodness for the CoG crowd this year at PAX, but unfortunately for some, they came back with more than they left with. That’s right, they got the flu.

Convention cooties, nerd narcosis, what ever it is it means you feel like crap after spending a weekend rubbing elbows with a few thousands of your closest friends. But that doesn’t stop the Tiger Men! No sir! Well, we’re also not sick.

This week we tackle Deadpool, Walking Dead, Marvel and DC’s sales as well new news on the Man of Marvel, Marvel Man. It’s a wonderful, virus-free, sight to behold.

 
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