Spider-man Crawlspace Podcast

We tackle several pages of message board questions in this latest episode. Some of the highlights include our dream team on the spider-books, also our thoughts on Marvel ending their open submission policy, and one thing we'd retcon out of Spidey's life.

The gang reviews Amazing Spider-Man # 585-587. We also discuss the J.M. DeMatteis story from Amazing Spider-Man Family#4. We also go back in time for "The month in Spider-Man History." We look back at March of 1993. The show also tackles the recent Marvel movie news and of course we finish with recommendations.

Artist Todd Nauck has been in the news lately for penciling the team up between the Amazing Spider-Man and President Barack Obama. Issue # 583 of Amazing Spider-Man broke all kinds of records. We talk to Todd about that book, how he got the assignment and how quick he had to turn it out. We also discuss his work with Peter David on the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man title.

The Spider-Panel tackles your dozens of message board questions. We tackle Norman Osborn's new role in the Marvel Universe, if our friends know we do a podcast, and of course someone asks a Green Lantern question. I have no idea why! LOL

The Spider-Panel tackles reviewing Amazing Spider-Man # 582-584. We also discuss go back to Feb 1977 with "This Month in Spider-History." The gang also talks about the relaunch of Spideydude.com and Kevin's Crawl Space # 5 comic.

In this latest episode we play Spider-Jeopardy. We ask more than 60 questions from Spidey's 40+ year history. Kevin, Stella, JR and Spideydude test their spider-knowledge. Will JR kick the young kids butts? Will Stella surprise everyone? Will I ask nothing but Clone Questions and Spideydude will win? Find out in our first game show episode!

In this last show of January we tackle our new segment called "This month in Spider-History." We travel back 10 years and look at the "re-boot" of 1999. We also discuss Kevin's latest web comic featuring Spidey. And we also answer the dozens of message board questions.

The gang of BD, Spideydude, Kevin, JR and Stella are all together for our first show of 2009. In the show we review Amazing Spider-Man # 579-581,we also discuss Spidey's new single status in the newspaper strip. The gang then tells of their failure to get an Obama Spidey variant comic.

We wrap our conversation with artist Sal Buscema. In this last half hour we answer your written message board questions. Some of the questions range from Sal's thoughts on Amazing Spider- Girl getting canceled, funny experiences at comic book conventions, and why the Hulk is his favorite character to draw.

We continue our interview of legendary Spider-Man artist Sal Buscema. He's joined by writer Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz as we answer questions live from people around the world. We talk about artistic tips, spider-clones and our favorite female, Spider-Girl!

Our first guest of 2009 is artist Sal Buscema. He just celebrated his 40th year at Marvel Comics. He also holds the record for the longest penciling stint on any Marvel comic. He drew 104 issues straight of the Spectacular Spider-Man title. To honor Sal for this accomplishment we invited a few of his friends along. On the podcast we have Stan Lee, Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, Roy Thomas and Danny Fingeroth.

The gang tackles the dozens of message board questions. Some of the highlights discussed include Norman Osborn's rise in status in the Marvel Universe, our favorite Spider-Man comic in the last ten years, and we hear JR do an impression of Jeff Bridges. That is worth the download alone.

In the show we review Amazing Spider-Man# 576-578, give Christmas gift suggestions for the Spider-Fan, discuss Kevin's Crawl Space#3 issue, start a new segment called "This Month in Spider-History" and give our recommendations for the month.

BD, Kevin and Spider-Girl tackle two pages of message board questions. We answer spider-questions like what superhero we'd date, what we think of the new "Web of Shadows" video game, and which was the best/ worst year in Spider-History. There's a ton more, so click on the play button to check it out.

BD, Morbius and Spider-Girl tackle a ton of Spider-Reviews. They talk about Amazing Spider-Man #573-575, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1, Ultimate Spider-Man Annual 3 and the craptastic Secret Invasion: Amazing Spider-Man. The gang also talks about the effects of spreading our favorite character too thin. There's also discussion of a London teen who decided to change his name to "Spiderman" yes, without the hyphen.

We wrap up our two part conversation with Amazing Spider-Girl writer Tom DeFalco and penciler Ron Frenz. We take live callers from around the world. They ask about clones, team ups and killing off Peter Parker? It's another fun interview and starts off with cracking up Ron Frenz, which has to be heard.

Amazing Spider-Girl writer Tom DeFalco and artist Ron Frenz are our guests this month. We talk about the possible cancellation of the book at issue #30. We also talk about what the fans can do to help save the book.

We wrap up our October show by taking your dozens of message board questions. We cover how to introduce comics to women, how we track our comics, and even what we think of the metric system. Don't worry, we discuss a ton of Spidey in the show too!

The gang discusses Amazing Spider-Man 570-572. Other topics included are our thoughts on Spider-Man 4 and 5 being filmed back to back, our reactions to the Amazing Spider-Girl getting canceled, along with discussion on JR's final article about Harry Osborn "The Goblin Prince." We also talk about Kevin Cushing's new web comic "Spider-Man: Crawl Space."

Writer David Michelinie is our guest this month. He had one of the longest run on Amazing Spider-Man. He co-created Venom and Carnage. He also worked with artist Todd McFarlane, Erik Larsen and Mark Bagley in the 1980s and 1990s. Before tackling Spider-Man he had an incredible run on Iron Man. He gave Tony Stark a drinking problem and a best friend in Jim Rhodes. It's a fun hour long interview.