What's The Deal With...CURLING? Winter Olympics 2018 Preview With Paul! at DO617

I’m no stranger to a broom (actually, I am, you can ask my partner) but I had some tough questions for my friend good friend Paul Aronofsky of the North End Curling Club about the wonderful world of curling in preparation for this year’s Winter Olympics. 

 

How did you get into the sport?

I was watching the 2010 Winter Olympics and saw these rocks crawling down the ice very slowly and people just screaming back and forth and sweeping in front of it, and was like “this is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen! How do I get into this?”

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Boston's Best Pizza at Do617

Boston’s Top 5 Pizza Places

If you were to believe Serpentor’s telling of the origin of pizza, the delicious meal was conceived at the Siege of Alesia in 52 BC by Julius Caesar with pita and “some cheese, even the stale rinds will do” toasted over a fire by Roman centurions. This could all be a bunch of hooey derived by writer Larry Hama to fill pages in G.I. Joe Yearbook #3 in 1987, but we love it so much that our head canon can’t be swayed.

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League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. February 7, 2018

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What’s happening in the beast planet where time has no meaning? Will Batman and Wonder Woman get it on? Find out in SUPERFRIENDS part 4 in Batman #40! … If you hate Disco, you might LOVE Star Trek: New Visions by John Byrne. Issue #20 is a photoplay made from rare production stills and old episodes of TOS. Kirk is all alone on The Enterprise in ISOLATION. … Mayor Wilson Fisk confronts murder artist Muse in Daredevil #598! … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. January 31, 2018

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Our favorite movie stutterer since K-K-Ken (A Fish Called Wanda) gets his own book in Star Wars Last Jedi DJ #1. … Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations is an important concept for Trekkers, and the I.D.I.C. multiverse storyline continues in Star Trek: Boldly Go #16. …We’ve got a soft spot for Clay! The Secret Origin of the master of disguise Clayface in Detective Comics Annual #1! We’re sure there is something fishy about that numbering. .. Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. January 24, 2018

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The hunt for Doctor Manhattan continues in Doomsday Clock #3. … Dive deep into the Klingon mystery on Star Trek: Discovery in ST: Disco: The Light of Khaless #2. … Venom takes over in X-Men Blue Annual #1! … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. January 17, 2018

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How can the X-Men survive in the Negative Zone? Find out in X-Men Gold #20! …The president is not the only one getting a medical exam this week, James Bond the Body #1 by Ales Kot explores the physical being of the Queen’s top spy! … Hulking Zero Hour hero Damage is in his own DC Comic with Damage #1! … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

‘Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave And The Bold’ (review) at Forces of Geek

Zoinks! Boy, am I glad one of my favorite iterations of The Bat is back on my TV screen, even if he’s caught up with some meddling kids! That’s right, Batman: Brave and The Bold has been revived for a crossover with Scooby-Doo. Who out there can forget our childhood team-ups in The New Scooby-Doo Movies: “The Dynamic Scooby Doo Affair” and “The Caped Crusader Caper”?

Batman: The Brave and The Bold welcomed the Mystery Inc. gang on to his show as well back in 2011 with the chaotic “Bat-Mite Presents: Batman’s Strangest Cases”! But enough of the history lesson, there are cameos here galore, Bat-Easter Eggs and more in store for you on the latest movie!

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Forces of Geek: Best of 2017 at FORCES OF GEEK

Clay N Ferno

Best Movies: Thor: Ragnarok, Blade Runner 2049, 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Lady Bird, Justice League, Logan
Best TV Shows: Star Trek: Discovery, Victoria, The Punisher, The Defenders, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Gotham

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‘Phantom Thread’ (movie review) at Forces of Geek

“Whatever you do, do it carefully”.

Paul Thomas Anderson directs Daniel Day-Lewis in his final acting role in Phantom Thread opposite Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville.

The film focuses on The House of Woodcock, a fashion house in England run by Reynolds Woodcock (Day-Lewis). Woodcock is a talented, depressed and genius designer of dresses and couture.

While taking breakfast one day he plays a flirty game with waitress Alma Elson (Krieps) and asks her out to dinner.

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League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. January 10, 2018

 

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Dawn Moreno returns as the new female Snake-Eyes in G.I.Joe #247. … Kingsman: The Red Diamond #4 continues leaving Eggsy and Kwaito stranded in China. … Excalibur reunites on their 20th anniversary in X-Men Gold Annual #1. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. January 3, 2018

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The X-Men are in The Negative Zone fighting a god in X-Men Gold #18. … The Sinister Six have returned, this time for Miles in Spider-Man #236, Bendis’ flagship title at Marvel. … Guardians of the Galaxy hit #150 with Legacy numbering as the Infinity Stones are in high demand! … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. December 27, 2017

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Bendis looks to wrap up over at Marvel with the conclusion of Spider-Man II #5. … The Flash is trapped by crime lord Captain Cold in The Flash #37. … Take a chance on Bonehead #1 from Image Comics from Postal’s Bryan Hill as a gang war tears this city apart. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. December 20, 2017

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Dragon takes on neo-Nazis in Savage Dragon #230 - Christmas Stalking! … The War of the Realms continue to spread as Jane Foster rallies the Asgardians to defend their home in The Mighty Thor #302. Hell’s Kitchen has more chefs as the crime lords battle for the streets in Defenders #8. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. December 13, 2017

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To celebrate our interview with Rob Liefeld for Image Comics on AMC this week over at Forces of Geek, our first pick is Youngblood #7 - Liefeld Cover! … It’s Clobberin’ time over at Marvel Legacy with The Thing and The Human Torch bringing back one of the House of Ideas’ classic titles, Marvel Two-In-One #1 written by Chip Zdarsky. … The Valderrama Bros. debut in America with Giants #1 from Dark Horse. Find out what happens when a race of gigantic monsters drives humanity underground! … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

FOG! Chats With Rob Liefeld About Tonight’s ‘Image Comics: Declaration of Independents’!

FOG! Chats With Rob Liefeld About Tonight’s ‘Image Comics: Declaration of Independents’!

The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s documentary series Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comicsconcludes on AMC with Image Comics: Declaration of Independents, shedding light on the dawn of Kirkman’s current house of ideas, American comic publisher Image Comics. Founded in 1992, The creator-owned vision of the company founded by industry rock stars Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino and Rob Liefeld changed the way the business of comics works. Affectionately known as “The Image Revolution”, this industry coup skyrocketed Image books to the top of the stack and the Image founders a place at the table with The Big Two.

We’re honored to talk to Image Comics founder Rob Liefeld about what you can expect to see on AMC tonight.

Liefeld’s comic creations are well known but Rob holds the distinction of having the first comic published by the twenty-five year old independent comics publisher, Youngblood #1.

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FOG!: Thanks for joining us, Rob. How are you enjoying the series so far?

Rob Liefeld: It has shown greater detail than people have come to expect from these kinds of shows so it’s so nice, it’s really, really nice.

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League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. December 6, 2017

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Rocco faces unemployment in Roccos Modern Life #1 from Boom! Studios. …Alex Underwood appears in a new number one to host Witchblade in Witchblade #1. …Peter Parker, Eddie Brock and Flash Thompson face off in Amazing Spider-Man/Venom Venom Inc Alpha #1!… Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. November 29, 2017

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Are you having Disco withdrawals since Episode #9? Don’t worry, we have Star Trek: Discovery #1 for you from IDW, so strap into the spore drive! …There’s no need to fear—Underdog #1 is here, reprinting classic stories from the Gold Key 1975 series. … Krypto and Titus take over as Super-Pets are Unleashed in Super Sons Annual #1. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

‘Monstro Mechanica’ With Paul Allor Interview at Forces Of Geek

Leonardo Da Vinci stars in the latest book from AfterShock Comics written by Paul Allor (G.I.Joe, TMNT). Paul joined us today to talk about Monstro Mechanica, his take on a robotic Renaissance and the difference between his robot and the one Da Vinci actually designed and built! This fun book places an automaton in the age of de’ Medici family and on the streets of Florence in 1472.

You’ve never read a book quite like this! Here’s what Paul had to say.

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FOG!: Thanks for joining us, Paul! Issue #1 introduces us to Leonardo Da Vinci, a robot and his female apprentice. Why set a comic book story with a robot in The Renaissance?

Paul Allor: The more heady answer is that the Renaissance is where the modern western conception of the self first began to develop; the idea that every individual has importance and worth beyond their place in society. So we were intrigued by the notion of pairing that time period with the classic sci-fi story of a robot gaining sentience.

The less heady answer is that a robot in the renaissance sounded like a whole lot of freaking fun.

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League Podcast Comic Book Picks of The Week for Wed. November 22, 2017

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One thing we can all be thankful for, as comic fans, is Watchmen. Will you also be thankful for a sequel from he top creators in the business? Geoff Johns and Gary Frank give us the highly anticipated Doomsday Clock #1 as the minutes tick closer to Superman! We saw a preview and we have to say it’s one hell of a ride! … Our friend Paul Allor wraps up Clue #6 over at IDW. Remember, communism is just a red herring. …I’d pay good money to see a motorcycle gang led by Betty & Veronica. Oh, I can? I guess I’ll be picking up Betty and Veronica Vixens #1. … Picks this week from LeaguePodcast.com.

‘Justice League’ (review) at Forces Of Geek

Have we broken through? Have the rough drafts been scrapped and the iterations of the Batmobile reached a point where it won’t loose a wheel?

Folks, I think we’re there, and Justice League and the DC cinematic universe has figured itself out. Is it perfect?

Far from it, but my prep for the film came in the form of watching Avengers: Age of Ultron and Wonder Woman.

My logic being, let’s take what we have to build on and look forward from there. Zack Snyder’s Justice Leaguehad the advantage (through very shitty circumstances) of being punched up by Joss Whedon and also the distinct pleasure of being the next chapter to Gal Gadot’s and Patty Jenkins’s incredible Wonder Womanmovie from earlier this year.

Sure, I’ve been a Man of Steel apologist, and perhaps you might judge me for going against the grain by also championing Suicide Squad so take my ringing Justice League endorsement with a grain of salt, certainly. I can’t blame you for that. I’ve also spent a few Sunday afternoons with Batman v Superman: Ultimate Edition because I wanted to. You aren’t the boss of me!

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