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

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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.

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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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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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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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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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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The trials and tribulations of musical theater are not unknown to the Tiger Men, and this week we see the close of a show before it even opened, as well as discussing the inherent problems with Broadway and the similarities they have with other media.

It’s not all bad news, Kirkman is making moves towards cable, Marvel is keeping their comic lines strong, we still love Blackest Night and we saw the coming and going of another successful comic convention.

As we pile on the news, we also bring on more of the postulation, as we are want to do more and more lately. Listen and learn kids! We know stuff!

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Contract negotiations have broken down. The guys running the ‘cast want too much money. It’s time for a change so we’re sending out a casting call… or we’re just driving media attention towards us so the next season has decent ratings. “Comedy, or tragedy? You be the judge!”

It’s the night before Comic Con, and all through Mars the Tiger Men are singing its praises. It’s the time of year where are little tiger booties are stuffed full of the latest comic, movie and probably more accurately, pop-culture news.

That means the Tiger Men will be reading a lot of news next week, but it also means that this week some other little tidbits fell into our lap a little early. It’s nice to know the marketing folks out there don’t want to buy their audience.

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