February 28, 2008
Variant Edition Episode 29: Baltimore
An entire episode from this year’s Baltimore Comic-con! Variant Edition spent the weekend covering just about every angle of the convention. And the coverage starts here. Featuring interviews with: Eric Powell (The Goon), Mike Raicht (Zombie), Mike Weiringo (Spider-man), Josh Fialkov (Elk’s Run), John Lucas (Monsterhands) and many more! Plus: A special statue review from the Marvel Select booth; We meet the people behind Heroes for Heroes; plus, Nick meets Spider-man! In future episodes we talk to Michael Turner, George Perez, Erik Larsen, Olivier Coipel, Clayburn Moore, John Romita Jr & Sr, Jerry Robinson and more! Up next week in Episode 30, it’s Mike Oeming and Ivan Brandon.
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Variant Edition Episode 23
This episode’s got it all…news, reviews, interviews, sneak peaks and the trailer for the upcoming Hellboy animated movie! But someone is missing…watch and find out all the gory details! In this episode: -We finally wrap up our Wizard World Philly coverage with a few visits to artist’s alley…including the much anticipated interview with the great Neil Vokes -Reviews of: Martian Manhunter #1, Zombies Feast #2, New X-Men, Wormwood Gentleman Corpse #1, Annihilation #1 and an Off the Shelf review of Creature Tech. -Nick and Mike Swisstack take a look at the giant Cthulu statue/game piece from the new HorrorClix line. -Plus, Nick with the news. and a special treat…the trailer for the upcoming Hellboy: Sword of Storms! And don’t forget the bonus website reviews. This week, be on the lookout for a DC Direct statue review. We have something new at Variant Edition just about every day! There is more than one way to watch Variant Edition! Choose the podcast version of the show that is playable on the iPod with video or any computer with Quicktime 7; or the streaming version of the show that can be watched right on the web page; or even a shareable version on our YouTube page. Then after watching, tell us what you think at our new forum. Let us know what you think about the show. If there is anything you would like to see us cover, email us at feedback@variantedition.com.
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February 27, 2008
Fiendish Shadow’s Book Review
Fiendish Shadow shows you multiple books that are really good, so he says. He also shows his favorite children’s book and his two favorite manga. He chose the music too. Fiendish Shadow is my racoon. I named him for this. My friends like picking him up and messing around with him, so yeah. I’ll tell you more about him later. Don’t own music.
February 26, 2008
London Review of Books: The Israel Lobby
Last March, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt published an article in the London Review of Books. Entitled “The Israel Lobby: Does it Have too Much Influence on US Foreign Policy,” it drew swift charges of anti-Semitism in the editorial pages of American newspapers. The debate centers around these two perspectives as the panelists move among issues such as US-Israeli relations, the Middle East peace process, the origins of the Iraq War and Israeli settlement policy to name a few.
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