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CCL #541 – January 2021 Solicitations – C’mon Man!
Chris and Andy lead off this week by talking about the massive Star Trek Graphic Novel…
CCL #540 – Ask Us Anything
Chris is back and he and Andy tackle a boatload of “Ask Us Anything” questions. From…
CCL #539 – That’s A Bad Idea
On this special CCL Andy goes solo! Let’s hope he does OK! Topics covered tonight: Bendis…
CCL #538 – December 2020 Solicitations – Chris’ Day Off
Chris takes the week off, so Andy is joined by Travis, one of our good friends…
CCL #537 – Cover B
Chris and Andy have a free for all and talk about Kickstarter and Berserker by Keanu…
CCL #536 – November 2020 Solicitations – Kraven’s Last Stand
Chris and Andy talk about the passing of Chadwick Boseman and what it may mean for…
CCL #535 – The Best Batman Collected Editions of All Time
Chris and Andy tackle one of the hardest topics in comic book lore… just what are…
CCL #534 – Punisher MAX – Mother Russia
Chris and Andy are back with the fourth installment of the complete Punisher MAX run by…
CCL #533 – October 2020 Solicitations – Brand New on VHS
Chris and Andy get right into October 2020 solicits and there are some very far out…
CCL #532 – Currently Consuming
Chris and Andy catch up on the news about Aliens and Predator moving from Dark Horse…
CCL #531 – September 2020 Solicitations – The Worst Solicitation Of All Time
Chris and Andy get right into the September 2020 solicits and some of them may be…
CCL #530 – Remembering Denny O’Neil
In this special episode, Chris and Andy talk about the life of Denny O’Neil, who passed…
CCL #529 – Punisher MAX – Kitchen Irish
Chris and Andy are back with the third installment of the complete Punisher MAX run by…
CCL #528 – DC/Diamond and Live Eisner Voting
Chris and Andy get down to the topic du jour that is DC and Diamond. What’s…
CCL #527 – Zack Kruse on the Ideology of Steve Ditko
Chris and Andy are joined by comic book historian and author Zack Kruse, Pictures Within Pictures…
CCL #526 – July/August 2020 Solicitations – Back to the New Normal
Chris and Andy catch up on some semblance of solicits by taking a look at some…
CCL #525 – Punisher MAX – In The Beginning
Chris and Andy are back with the second installment of the complete Punisher MAX run by…
CCL #524 – Spotlight on Mike Grell
Chris and Andy are back this to talk about one of their favorite creators of all…
CCL #523 – Artist Editions with Scott VanderPloeg
Chris and Andy talk with Scott VanderPloeg, who is considered the foremost authority on Artist Editions;…
CCL #522 – Spotlight on Frank Miller
Chris and Andy try to take a much-needed break from talking comic book distribution modeling and…
CCL #521 – Distribution Disruption
Time to pull out the whiskey and talk comics COVID with Chris & Andy. This week…
CCL #520 – Punisher MAX – Born
Chirs and Andy debut a new ongoing segment discussing the complete Punisher MAX run by Garth…
CCL #519 – Comic Book Distribution During Corona
Chris and Andy continue to talk about how comic book publishers are dealing with the coronavirus…but…
CCL #518 – Christina Merkler, DCBS, on Diamond Ceasing Distribution Due To COVID-19
Chris and Andy chat with Christina Merkler, Discount Comics Book Service, regarding the important news from…
CCL #517 – June 2020 Solicitations – Our Own Ragnarok
Chris and Andy catch up on being at home thanks to COVID-19 and talk “free” giveaways…
CCL #516 – Virtual Virus Meet-Up
In the midst of a crappy week, and more crappy weeks to come Chris and Andy…
CCL #515 – May 2020 Solicitations – The Martini Edition
Chris and Andy talk about Lucasfilm to Launch Star Wars: The High Republic Publishing Campaign in…
CCL #514 – Thoughts on the Dan Didio Situation
Chris and Andy get right to the hot topic of the week: Dan Didio out at…
CCL #513 – A High Degree of Risk
Chris and Andy catch up on the news and also discuss Black Hammer Library Edition Vol.…
CCL #512 – April 2020 Solicitations – The Return of Winners and Losers
Chris and Andy talk about the upcoming The World of Black Hammer Library Edition Volume 1…
CCL #511 – Adopt A Character 2020 – No Anglo
Chris and Andy get down to the annual Adopt A Character show. Chris chooses Legion of…
CCL #510 – March 2020 Solicitations – Weekend At Andy’s
Chris and Andy talk about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker but first get right into…
CCL #509 – Top 100 Runs of All Time – Part 5 – Kingdom Gone
On today’s show, Chris and Andy finish up the 100 Greatest Comic Books – Comic Book…
CCL #508 – February 2020 Solicitations – with Mike Myers
Chris and Andy are joined by Mike Myers of the Geek Brunch podcast. They first start…
CCL #507 – Top 100 Runs of All Time – Part 4 – Too Much Alan Moore
On today’s show, Chris and Andy discuss Bill Sienkiewicz: Revolution Volume 1, The Neil Gaiman Library…
CCL #506 – January 2020 Solicitations – Just Like Budapest
Chris and Andy reminisce about the early days of the CCL and talk a lot of…
CCL #505 – Top 100 Runs of All Time – Part 3 – Three Cows
On today’s show Chris and Andy discuss the return of the New York Times Graphic Novel…
CCL #504 – December 2019 Solicitations – Englehart Jack!
Chris and Andy talk about Andy’s fun time at Rambo: Last Blood and then get right…
CCL #503 – Top 100 Runs of All Time – Part 2 – Maximilian!
On today’s show Chris and Andy discuss a lost and found Golden Age Wonder Woman Newspaper…
CCL #502 – November 2019 Solicitations with Spider-Man MCU Fallout
Chris and Andy talk about the Spider-Man Sony/Marvel dealbreaker and what it means for the future…
CCL #501 – Top 100 Runs of All Time – Part 1
On today’s show Chris and Andy discuss the passing of Ernie Colón, Andy gets a ton…
CCL #500 – October 2019 Solicitations & Who Am I?
It’s a special 500th episode of the Collected Comics Library!!! Chris and Andy play a game…
CCL #499 – Augie De Blieck Jr.
On today’s show, Chris and Andy are joined by Augie De Blieck Jr., to talk about…
CCL #498 – September 2019 Solicitations – Draft Picks
This week Chris and Andy say goodbye to Vertigo and the possibility of any more Steve…
CCL #497 – The Current State of Comic Book TV and Films…and Ribs!
On today’s show Chris an Andy go over Rob Liefeld picking a fight with DC, Batman…
CCL #496 – August 2019 Solicitations
This week Chris and Andy go over missing OOP books that are needed for our collected…
CCL #495 – Live Eisner Industry Award Voting (Part 2)
In their very own sequel to CCL #489 – Live Eisner Hall Of Fame Voting, Chris…
CCL #494 – July 2019 Solicitations
This week Chris and Andy go over listener email and go over selections from the July…
CCL #493 – Are DC’s Black Label Editions Worth The Hype?
On this week’s show, Chris and Andy go over DC’s updated collected editions initiatives – straight…
CCL #492 – June 2019 Solicitations
This week Chris and Andy go over funding campaigns for Airboy #51, Steve Ditko’s Mr. A…
CCL #491 – Is That A Pizza In Your Pants?
Chris and Andy have spoiler-filled, honest review of Captain Marvel and both of them are very…
CCL Special: Epic Marvel Podcast: Punisher, Ep. 2b: Assassin’s Guild
In this special episode, Chris is a guest on the Epic Marvel Podcast. Picking up right…
CCL Special: Epic Marvel Podcast: Punisher, Ep. 2a: Circle Of Blood
In this special episode, Chris is a guest on the Epic Marvel Podcast. This episode marks…
CCL #490 – 14th Anniversary – As Little Effort As I Can
Chris and Andy start off by lamenting the Neal Adams’ Batman: Odyssey, digital option from your…
CCL #489 – Live Eisner Hall Of Fame Voting
Chris and Andy pick their favorites for the 2019 Eisner Hall Of Fame and Chris casts…
CCL #488 – When Locusts Attack!
Chris and Andy talk about the passing of creator Batton Lash and his Archie vs Punisher…
CCL #487 – Adopt A Character 2019
Chris and Andy get down to the annual Adopt A Character show. Chris chooses Green Arrow,…
CCL #486 – They’re Never Going To Make An Aquaman Movie
Chris and Andy go over Chris Ryall’s return to IDW and what the future may hold…
CCL #485 – How Much?!?!
Chris, along with Andy Tom, go over the DC Comics February 2019 collected editions including Legion:…
CCL #484 – Remembering Stan Lee
Chris is back after a short 3 month hiatus and is joined by Andy Tom. Chris…
CCL #483 – Collecting Controversy
On this show, Chris goes over collected edition and reprint news including Rattler by Jason McNamara…
CCL #482 – Comic-Con 2018 Wrap-Up
Chris goes over all the collected edition news from Comic-Con 2018 including new Marvel Epic Collections,…
CCL #481 – Summer Solstice
Chris is back from his summer siesta to catch up on news from the past two…
RIP Steve Ditko and a List of CCL Ditko Podcasts
With the passing of Steve Ditko, my favorite artist/writer of all time, I have put together…
CCL Special: Epic Marvel Podcast: Punisher, Ep. 7: Capital Punishment
In this special episode, Chris is a guest on the Marvel Epic Podcast. Kurtis and Chris…
CCL #480 – July 2018 Solicitations
This week Chris goes over what he got at FCBD, Nightwing Volume 5: Raptors Revenge, Nightwing,…
CCL #479 – The Eisner Awards
Chris is back and he goes over his recent “buy” pile that includes Punisher: Platoon, Star…
CCL #478 – June 2018 Solicitations
Chris goes over select hardcovers, trade paperbacks and collected editions from the June 2018 solicitations including:…
CCL #477 – May 2018 Solicitations
Chris goes over select hardcovers, trade paperbacks and collected editions from the May 2018 solicitations including:…
CCL #476 – A Modern Classic
Chris is back and gets you up-to-date with all the collected edition news from March including…
CCL #475 – 13th Anniversary Special
In this special and unusual episode, instead of going over what’s in the latest solicitations or…
CCL #474 – April 2018 Solicitations
Chris goes over select hardcovers, trade paperbacks and collected editions from the April 2018 solicitations including:…
CCL #473 – Free The Prisoner
Chris goes over the news on Jack Kirby’s The Prisoner which is finally get reprinting after…
CCL #472 – The City on the Edge of Cimmeria
Chris goes over the news on a new Frank Miller Ronin hardcover and should we expect…
CCL #471 – March 2018 Solicitations
Chris goes over select trade paperbacks and collected editions from the March 2018 solicitations including: DC…
CCL #470 – Adopt A Character 2018
Chris gets down to his annual Adopt A Character show and this year he chooses a…
CCL #469 – February 2018 Solicitations
Chris goes over select trade paperbacks and collected editions from the February 2018 solicitations including: IDW…
CCL #468 – ‘Nuff Said #7
Welcome to the ‘Nuff Said podcast – a joint venture between myself, artist Andy Tom (@AndyCCL)…
CCL #467 – ‘Nuff Said #6
Welcome to the ‘Nuff Said podcast – a joint venture between myself, artist Andy Tom (@AndyCCL)…
CCL #466 – ‘Nuff Said #5
Welcome to the ‘Nuff Said podcast – a joint venture between myself, artist Andy Tom (@AndyCCL)…
CCL #465 – ‘Nuff Said #4
Welcome to the ‘Nuff Said podcast – a joint venture between myself, artist Andy Tom (@AndyCCL)…
CCL #464 – January 2018 Solicitations
Chris goes over select trade paperbacks and collected editions from the January 2018 solicitations including: American…
CCL #463 – ‘Nuff Said #3
Welcome to the Nuff Said podcast – a joint venture between myself, artist Andy Tom (@AndyCCL)…
Winners and Losers: Big Media
Chris goes over this week’s Winners & Losers of the comics world. This week it’s Marvel,…
CCL #462 – ‘Nuff Said #2
Welcome to the Nuff Said podcast – a joint venture between myself, artist Andy Tom (@AndyCCL)…
CCL #461 – ‘Nuff Said Podcast 1
Welcome to the first episode of the Nuff Said podcast. This is a joint venture between…
CCL #460 – Spooky Halloween – Marvel Horror
On this special Spooky Halloween episode, Count Chris goes over Essential Marvel Horror Vol. 1 and…
CCL #459 – December 2017 Solicitations
Chris goes over select trade paperbacks and collected editions from the December 2017 solicitations including: AC…
Winners and Losers: Lenticular Covers, Wizard World, IDW, and Scott Allie
Chris goes over this week’s Winners & Losers of the comics world. Loser: Marvel for non-rendering…
CCL Vidcast #2 – The Punisher: Back to the War Omnibus Review and Extras
Chris goes over The Punisher: Back to the War Omnibus including all the extras and some…
CCL #458 – Bleeding My Wallet Dry
Chris goes over what he’s selling on eBay and collected edition news and notes including: Edwina’s…
Winners and Losers: Harley Quinn, Bloodshot, Comic Con, The New Yorker
Chris goes over this week’s Winners & Losers of the comics world. Winner: Harley Quinn, Winner…
Winners and Losers: Batman Metal, The Boys, Aubrey Sitterson
Chris goes over this week’s Winners & Losers of the comics world. Winner: Batman and Metal…
CCL #457 – November 2017 Solicitations
Chris goes over select trade paperbacks and collected editions from the November 2017 solicitations including: Boom…
Winners & Losers: Marvel, Netflix and Craig Yoe
Chris goes over this week’s Winners & Losers of the comics world. Winner: Marvel/Disney/Star Wars will…
CCL Podcast Special – Comic Book Page 10 Years Later
Chris goes on John Mayo’s Comic Book Page Podcast to celebrate John’s 10 Year Anniversary! Links:…
CCL #456 – DC Comics Collected Editions 2018
Chris goes over notable upcoming collected editions from the Edelweiss DC Comics Book Previews (January –…
CCL #455 – Marvel Collected Editions 2018
Chris goes over notable upcoming collected editions from the Edelweiss Marvel Book Previews (January – April…