About this episode

The episode discusses the legacy of Gerry Conway, Marvel layoffs, diversity issues in comics, and recent comic book reads.

We're back with a full Blue Team episode to start our Anniversary month off strong! Ian, Kris, Donovan, Brandon, Brent, Raph and Jamal start things off first with some words on the one and only Gerry Conway, creator of characters such as The Punisher, Jason Todd, Carol Danvers (as Ms. Marvel), Ben Reilly, Firestorm and so many others, who passed away at the age of 73. We then discuss Sam Kieth's passing a bit and the gothic inspiration of Gotham, pivot to Marvel's recent layoffs and what that may mean for the company, and for AI moving forward, the lack of black led ongoing series from DC (yes, there's a tracker recording how long it's been since that happened), bringing back up that old Dwayne McDuffie skateboard memo, recent reads including The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre (yes, for real), Kevin Smith's Bizarro: Year None, a Comiket documentary, Kris' continued thoughts on Medalist, and so much more! Time stamps: RIP Gerry Conway: 0:04:35 RIP Sam Kieth: 0:27:52 Layoffs at Marvel: 0:37:15 20th Anniversary of Comic Timing Plans: 1:03:09 Diversity (or Lack Thereof) in Comics: 1:09:02 Recent reads: 1:52:42 You can support future releases of Comic Timing and get in on the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ian Levenstein, Brent Kossina

Guests: Kris, Donovan, Brandon, Raph, Jamal

Topics covered

• diversity in comics
• Marvel layoffs
• comic book history
• recent reads
• Gerry Conway tribute
• AI in comics

Keywords

• Gerry Conway
• Marvel layoffs
• diversity in comics
• comic book history
• recent reads

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marvel, DC

Books & works: The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre, Bizarro: Year None

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