HOUR 42: Two Days Of Richard Hatch!

So, yeah, lots going on. I've got more thoughts on that later. But things have been exciting around the HOUR 42 camp, too, as we did two back-to-back shows Sunday and Monday as @ThePeterPixie and I set out to answer the question: Who the Frak is Richard Hatch?

Last night, we aired our nearly hour-long chat with RH in its' entirety - covering not just his TV career, but his thoughts on a new BSG movie, and his work as a motivational speaker. That's the first thing you can listen to on the player below.

Just behind that is our regular Sunday show, where we played excerpts from the interview, and also discussed:

* The Megan Fox-as-Catwoman rumor, and the Chick we endorsed for the role
* The latest discussion over what constitutes comic-book "gossip"
* It's Nerds v. Jocks - at Marvel!
* My newest dating adventure at SoulGeek

Thanks to everybody who's been listening so far. Enjoy these two shows, and as ever, we've got more in store for you ... as soon as this bloody heat stops.

Tonight, HOUR 42 goes Hollywood!

Tonight, @ThePeterPixie and I welcome our first guest with his own listing on IMDB - Ray Griggs, writer and director of the new independent superhero film, Super Capers! We'll talk to him about his experience so far as a relatively new filmmaker, and try to get a few good Adam West stories out of him.

Peter and I will also trade notes on G.I. Joe - what, you thought I'd let him get away without seeing it? Also:

* Just two weeks after San Diego, Chicago hosts its own comic-book convention - we'll bring you the highlights.
* We'll talk about some of the rather ... interesting creative choices that were published this week. Bottle of grappa, anyone?
* Plus YOUR comments and questions at 646-716-4799

In the meantime, if you want to catch up on last week's show, which featured even more guest-stars, just click on the handy-dandy player below - then come on back and join us at 7pm PST (10p EST) tonight for HOUR 42!

Dropping Names and Walking Dead!

Last night on Hour 42, @ThePeterPixie and I covered a variety of topics, including:

* The Blackest Night - how big could it get? Is it really too violent for today's audience?
* There's yet another comics convention coming to Southern California - but is Wizard Entertainment really out to undermine C2E2?
* Learn the secret of the FUNK LANTERN!
* And I did a little name-dropping of the people I'm looking to talk to at San Diego Comic Con, like Justin Hartley and Scarlett Johansson - and the one thing I'd love to hear SJ say.
* Starting Thursday I'll be posting from Con not only here, but at The R, and at Flickr.
* Also, Saturday morning at 11:40, I'll be calling in to L.A. Gen X Radio and giving them 5 good minutes - that's what she said - of Con coverage. If you go to their page, you can catch me crashing their party with BeTheBoy and The SlackMistress, as we talked about Michael Bay's (fake) Twitter.

Meantime, if you want to catch up on last night's show, just click the fancy-dan player below ... and get set for the audio-visual assault this weekend!

It's the big Comic-Con prep show!

Less than 96 hours 'til SD Comic-Con and @ThePeterPixie and I have one more show before the madness starts. This week:

* Got questions for people in the biz? I'm taking suggestions!
* Reports on a new convention coming to So. Cal next year
* My one request of Scarlett Johansson
* And your comments and questions at 646-716-4799

See you all at 7p PST (10p EST)

New time slot, new logo!

Yeeeeah, you know it's the new hotness.

Yesterday, @ThePeterPixie and I did the first morning edition of Hour 42, live from a panel at Anime Fest Wichita, with special guests Caitlin Glass and Robert Axelrod. We also unveiled the show's new logo, designed by my friend @kittenfaced and con goers got dibs on hearing my review of Blood: The Last Vampire.

But, as they say, wait, there's more! Tonight we debut at our new time, 7pm PST (10p EST) with another visit from our friend Jill Pantozzi, aka The Nerdy Bird. Jill will be joining us to talk about the new Green Lantern, this week's Torchwood opus, and we ask the question: what's wrong with the Justice League?

To get a taste of the show, just click on the player below, and, hey, if you're at Comic-Con, say hi!

This show was a rollercoaster!

Ah, the magic of live radio. Last night's show was a bit of an adventure, to say the least. But here's some of the highlights:

* We talked about the latest news surrounding X-Factor and Captain America
* After some, uh, technical difficulties, @ThePeterPixie managed to have a nice chat with Lord Zedd himself, Robert Axelrod
* We previewed Anime Fest Wichita, where Peter will be hosting - and where we'll be doing a special daytime show July 11 at 11:30 am PST (2:30p EST)
* Last but not least in the very least, we got a special visit from our pal The Nerdy Bird!

So just click on the handy-dandy player below and listen in on the fun - and don't forget, two shows next week!

Tonight on the show ...

Tonight will be the last show at 8pm PST for @ThePeterPixie and I before Hour 42 move up an hour earlier - to 7pm. And to join us on the way out, we're inviting a special guest-supervillain (hint hint, look at the pic).

Robert Axelrod, who played Lord Zedd on the Power Rangers shows, will stop by to talk about his experiences with both that show and Digimon. Also, Peter and I will be discussing Captain America, the JLA, Doctor Who and more, plus YOUR comments and questions at 646-716-4799

So how's the show doing? Glad you asked ...

I'll be honest: when @ThePeterPixie and I started talking about doing Hour 42, it was almost on a lark: the two of us doing on-air what we'd been doing online and off for most of the almost nine(!) years we've known each other - geek out over comic books and superheroes and heroines. I think we wrote the bulk of the first show - aka the Collectors' Item - about an hour before showtime. And there was more than a little dead air.

Seven months later, I really feel we're on an upswing. A big part of the credit, of course, should go to Peter and his lovely wife, @TheOrnament - even in the weeks where I feel like I'm falling into the hole again, they've helped me keep my focus and, really, just relax and be geeky.

What we've discovered is, so far, more people seem to listen to us on demand than during the live show - we're "DVR viewing," you could say. I can't say we've amassed a big audience so far, though appearances by The Nerdy Bird and MGK yielded not only sizable audiences but really fun shows. (By the way, guys, the door's open for you to come back at any time.)

Now, for the Coming Attractions section:

* Starting July 12, we're switching time slots, to a 7pm PST (10p EST) start-time. Hopefully this will help us coerce more east-coast friends to join us *cough* @ohsuperheroine and @RichL *cough*
* This coming Sunday, July 5, will be our first show with two guests: Robert Axelrod, who played Lord Zedd on the old Power Rangers shows, and we'll be hearing from the folks behind the Screaming Tiki Con in Cleveland
* We're working on a special anime-centric episode to be broadcast live - with an audience! - from Anime Fest Wichita, where Peter will be serving as the host
* I will be representing The R as a correspondent at San Diego Comic-Con, but I'll also try to make some other connections there ...
* The show will have a presence at the Long Beach Comic-Con in October - and we'll probably be giving away passes through the show in some form.

So yeah, the show is still fun, my partners and I don't want to strangle each other yet, and we're getting a little bit of notice - not bad for a spur-of-the-moment idea, right?

Hour 42 and new directions

You've probably noticed less comic-booky content here lately. That's because, in the interest of the show, I've started moving more of that stuff to the Hour 42 blog. Which will open this space up for ... well, I'm still figuring that out.

In the meantime, however, head on over to the show blog and check out this bit on SD Comic-Con and its' "multiple" Twitter feeds.

Stay Classy, L.A.

As if the usual assortment of nitwits "celebrating" the Lakers' title win last night wasn't bad enough, the town's paper of record recently released a sexist-as-hell "guide to Comic-Con," offering breathless "previews" like this:

Women will be rushing the stage, offering to do star Jake Gyllenhaal's laundry on those washboard abs that he acquired for the film, since he spends much of it fighting, shirtless or both.

For more on that, plus a contest on IGN that sparked an online backlash, head on over to the Hour 42 blog.

Image courtesy of SportsRubbish

Last night, on the show ...

Last night's episode of HOUR 42 was, from my perspective, pretty satisfying - and not just because my internet connection had to be restarted less than three minutes before showtime. For most of the hour, @ThePeterPixie and I talked about the week's news in comic-book journalism - and how some of these things could affect you and us as readers and consumers:

* Newsarama and Comic Book Resources and their relationships with the editors-in-chief of DC and Marvel, respectively
* A golden opportunity that Wizard Magazine arguably had, and chose not to pursue
* The Twitterverse fight involving longtime columnist Rich Johnston
* And Peter challenges me to step up and ask somebody a tough question at San Diego Comic-Con next month.

All in all, a good show, that forced us to think about what we're doing - and we've got some more plans as far as that goes, but we'll get to them later. For now, click on the handy-dandy player below and check us out - and hey, do give us your feedback via e-mail at hourfortytwo@yahoo.com!

On the show tonight ...

This was a big week for the comic-book press, and @ThePeterPixie and I will be discussing that and more tonight on HOUR 42, including:

* Wizard Magazine's ongoing labor issues
* A rift between a star creator and a comics journalist reaches the Twitterverse
* A more in-depth look at ES' post from yesterday - how might it affect us at readers?
* And what does that picture mean? You'll hear more about that, trust us! And if you missed last week's episode, or just want to try us out, click the handy-dandy player below! Join us LIVE tonight at 11pm EST (8pm PST)!

We did a show last night ...

... but I couldn't get the preview posted in time, mostly because this time, @ThePeterPixie and I were asking ourselves, "Where do we start?" almost up 'til we went on the air. But, here's some of the stuff we did touch on:

* A look at Marvel Comics' price increases, what they could mean for both consumers and retailers - and the star writer who got proven wrong on the internet over one increase.
* Peter talked more about his impressions of Firefly
* I offered up an analysis of the debut of Grant Morrison's Batman & Robin - and the difference between the new Batman and the new Captain America

And much more! So if you missed the show, just click on the handy-dandy player below!

Last night, on the podcast ...

If you missed last night's episode, here's some of the stuff the boys talked about:


* No Joss? No problem! I offered up a plan for a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot.
* The firing of Dwayne McDuffie and why it makes DC Comics less trustworthy
* Speaking of the Whedonverse, @ThePeterPixie announced he's going to give one of Joss' shows a try!
* A classy gesture honoring Superman at the upcoming Screaming Tiki Con in Cleveland next month

All that and a lot more, so just click on the handy-dandy player tomorrow and check out HOUR 42!

We are LIVE in three hours ...

Lots to talk about tonight on HOUR 42, including:

* The new Doctor's new Companion
* One convention sells out, while another honors two hall-of-famers
* The dismissal of Dwayne McDuffie from one of DC Comics' flagship titles
* The latest on the reboots, prequels and re-sets being talked about, including El Secreto's plan to build the next generation's Slayer and Peter Pixie on Megan Fox's controversial comments
* Plus your comments and questions at 646-716-4799, LIVE tonight at 8pm PST (11pm EST) on HOUR 42!

New on the Hour 42 blog ...

Last week's episode of the show, where @ThePeterPixie and I were joined by MightyGodKing, has been listened to more than 100 times since Sunday night. And over at the show blog, both Peter and I have new columns up, regarding:

* The underwhelming sales "success" that was Battle For The Cowl

and

* Peter sharing his thoughts on a new addition to David Tennant's farewell tour - a guest-stint on The Sarah Jane Adventures. And if you want to catch up on our chat with MGK, just click on the handy-dandy player below!

Last night, on the podcast ...

Last night on the show, @thepeterpixie and I were joined by one of my favorite bloggers, MightyGodKing, and we covered a whole host of topics, including:

* The key to writing about Dr Strange
* Why Bullseye ticks him off
* Why he didn't read Power Girl #2
* A good way to include Galactus in a Fantastic Four movie
* The utter ridiculousness of GI Joe

And much more! So if you missed the show, or want to listen to MGK and I make fun of Smallville, click on the handy-dandy player below, and don't forget to catch us next week!

Tonight, on the podcast!

Tonight on HOUR 42, @ThePeterPixie and I will be LIVE tonight with the man who should be writing Dr. Strange, Canada's own MightyGodKing! We'll also talk about:

* The end of Battle For The Cowl
* Further thoughts on Terminator Salvation
* Bad news for Smallville fans
* Legal news surrounding the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Plus your comments and questions at 646-716-4799. And if you missed last week's eventful show, just click on the handy-dandy player below!

Shedding the spotlight on Zetaman

Over at the Hour 42 blog, my co-host @ThePeterPixie talks about the latest webisode series from Portland costumed activist Zetaman. I guarantee, the video is a lot more advanced than you've probably been led to believe RLSHs (Real-Life Superheroes) are capable of putting together. But it's definitely worth a look.

Meanwhile, on the podcast ...

On Hour 42 last night, @ThePeterPixie and I had a lot to talk about, including:

* Marvel's newest Avenger
* The latest Doctor Who casting rumors
* Our shared frustration with the Smallville season finale
* The newest comic convention for you to travel to
* And we announced our special guest for next week: the guy who should be writing Doctor Strange, Toronto's own MightyGodKing!

So we hope you can spend part of your holiday weekend with us this coming Sunday, and if you missed last night's show, you can listen to it on the handy-dandy player below: