8Bit Proof Episode 08: Back Issues

<p>Today&comma; the word &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;geek” is thrown around with reckless abandon&period;  While it’s nice to see that geek culture is beginning to be accepted by the mainstream&comma; the term &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Geek Chic” is still quite irritating&period;  Throwing on a pair of dark rimmed glasses and a pre-faded superhero shirt from Target makes you a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;geek” as much as a cowboy hat and a country western bar makes an upper class suburbanite a redneck&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Geek” is more than skin deep&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Comic books are a truly fundamental piece of geek culture&period;  Nolan’s Batman Trilogy&comma; Whedon’s The Avengers&comma; and even shows like Smallville and Arrow have proven that for superhero fans&comma; it’s a great time to alive&period;  However&comma; if one really wants to gain a deeper appreciation for these things&comma; it’s best to go back to the original source material&period;  Having spent a majority of our lives reading them&comma; we’ve dedicated this episode to the simple joy that is comics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;podcast&sol;8bitproof&sol;Episode-08&period;mp3">Click here &gt&semi;&gt&semi;&gt&semi; Listen to Podcast&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This episode features&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Roger’s completely fair and unbiased Comic Trivia Game&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The origin story of our comic book collections&comma; and how it feels to be an adult comic enthusiast&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Our thoughts on many of today’s popular comic writers and artists&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>A heated &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Are comic books literature&quest;” debate so vicious and confusing that listeners are brought in to help settle the subject&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Roger’s descent from masterful debater&comma; to furious&comma; drunken mess&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Whether you’re avid comic collector&comma; or have never even read a single panel&comma; take a listen&period;  We may turn you on to some great new titles&comma; or possibly offend you with something grossly inaccurate&period;  Either way&comma; join in on the conversation via <a href&equals;"www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;8bitproof">Facebook<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"www&period;twitter&period;com&sol;8bitproof">Twitter<&sol;a>&comma; or in the comment section below&period;  Listener responses are always welcome and will be read on the air&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You probably want iTunes to automatically beam the latest episode of 8Bit Proof directly into your head brain&comma; right&quest; Well then&comma; why not <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;itunes&period;apple&period;com&sol;us&sol;podcast&sol;bagogames&period;com-8bit-proof&sol;id732435033">subscribe<&sol;a>&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&lpar;Please note that this episode of 8Bit Proof originally aired on December 01&comma; 2012&comma; on BlastMagazine&period;com&period; Therefore&comma; the majority of the subject matter may be a bit dated&comma; and references to our home website and its staff are no longer accurate&period;  Also&comma; any entries received for contests mentioned during this particular episode are no longer valid &lpar;duh&rpar;&period; However we do love listener participation&comma; so anything we receive will be kindly mentioned dring the taping of the newest edition of the podcast&period;&rpar;  <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;