Episode 146: Voice of The Voiceless

 

 The Watchtower Podcast for March 3 2010 [39:25m]: Play Now | Download

This week on The Watchtower, you won’t hear a lot of something. Namely, Jeff.

That’s right, Jeff lost his voice so we called in a more than capable pinch hitter: Katherine Curtis of Naked News!

Donnie and The Naked Nerd go one-on-one and explore the Female comics market. Marvel is making a huge push towards this untapped territory with titles like Girl Comics, Her-Oes, and Heralds. But is it enough to draw in the new readers? Or just pandering?

Next, Son-of-Gene Nick Simmons is in some hot water over allegations that he copied popular manga Bleach in his debut title for Radical, Incarnate. Is this stealing 101, or just part of the business of comics?

Also, is there such a thing as too much of a good thing? Teasers have been all over the net for yet another Avengers title. Also, a 4th Green Lantern title in the works, Web of Spider-Man recently rejoined spidey’s titles. Can Teams/Characters really sustain so many books (cough* Deadpool) and make it worthwhile for the fans? Is it too much? Or are they stretching these characters too thin?

All this and of course, The Forecast, Questy’s Rant Farm and Katherine even holds her own on soundFX duties!!