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Horror month gets back on track with a review of Sinister and Joe Hill/Gabriel Rodriguez' Locke & Key Volume 1 + a couple of callers and Mike's sleep paralyses days. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 36 - Ghost Key Episode 36 - Ghost Key 00:36 - Intro01:21 - Caller - Transformers02:31 - Caller - Marvel NOW! The Great Nova Debate05:30 - Mike's Sleep Paralyses10:39 - Sinister Movie Review16:08 - Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez Locke & Key Volume 1: Welcome to Lovecraft17:56 - The Premise, Introduction to the Locke family20:43 - Bode and the Ghost Door21:55 - The Lady in the Well24:07 - Keyhouse, Ghost Key, and Anywhere Key25:41 -

New York Comic Con 2012 wrap up with Artist's Alley, Skullkickers, Judge Dredd plus Uncanny Avengers, AvX Consequences, and the movie Detention Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 35 – The Battle of New York Episode 35 – The Battle of New York 00:36 - Intro01:27 - What happened after Episode 34 Recorded03:24 - NYCC Saturday Retrospective, Artist's Alley05:05 - Matt's Buddy Matteo Scalera06:20 - Skullkickers  tt07:12 - Networking with the 2000AD Judge Dredd people09:57 - Closing thoughts on New York Comic Con 201211:21 - Voicemail12:41 - Marvel Now and Uncanny Avengers #1 Rick Remender/John Cassaday18:22 - Mike's troubled by Cyclops as a

A Very Special episode of Radio Free Echo Rift, where we take on New York Comic Con 2012! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 34 - Takes Manhattan Episode 34 - Takes Manhattan 00:00 - Episode 34 is ON New York Comic Con Edition 00:31 - Brought to you from High Above NYC with special guests Matt and Harry 01:22 - How's the con going? 04:21 - Statue talk, Mike rocks the Comic Book World with an Admission 06:16 - Stuff we bought continued 07:08 - Investing in The Defenders 09:13 - Astonishing Moon Night Discussion 14:43 - Bachelor Party Weekend 15:50 - Weird NYCC Sightings and observations 20:40 - Where will the night take us? 22:58 - Repor

Raise Them Bones with Scott Snyder, Yanick Paquette & Marco Rudy on DC New 52 Swamp Thing!  Also horror recommendations for a caller, and more Echo Rift Takes New York Comic Con talk! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 33 - Swamp Thing Episode 33 - Swamp Thing 00:34 - Intro 01:01 - Planning New York Comic Con 02:40 - Caller - Horror Recommendations 04:37 - Locke and Key Prep 05:13 - Recommendation: Justin Cronin's The Passage 06:25 - F. Paul Wilson's The Keep (Novel) + Talk of The Keep movie 09:00 - Watch Phantasm! 09:52 - Obscure horror movie: Triangle 10:55 - Scott Snyder/Yanick Paquette/Marco Rudy DC New 52 Swamp Thing: Raise The

Echo Rift takes NYCC, Satan Church, and Avengers vs. X-Men! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 32 - Avengers vs. X-Men Episode 32 - Avengers vs. X-Men 00:38 - Intro01:04 - RFER Takes on NYCC02:50 - Caller: Reaction to Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight Comic03:45 - Caller: Update from the outpost05:57 - Don Tells the Tale of Satan Church10:02 - Mike Tells his Tale of Satan Church13:15 - Avengers vs. X-Men Overview19:30 - Mike's reaction to his first Event Book22:38 - Pitting heroes against one another24:06 - All the fighting25:42 - Blue Area of the Moon27:30 - Bringing the Avengers movie to AvX28:22 - Letter: Cyclops as Villan?29:14 - Outro Ca

Horror Month continues with Mark Andrew Smith’s Sullivan’s Sluggers + Callers and Horror Comedy Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 31 – Sluggers Episode 31 – Sluggers 00:36 – Intro01:19 – Unnamed Horror Month Continues02:30 – Horror is in the Air04:47 – Voicemail: A plea for help06:04 – Voicemail: Three Questions + Horror Comedy12:05 – Sullivan’s Sluggers – Mark Andrew Smith and James Stokoe13:57 – Sullivan’s Sluggers: The Hook and Overview18:52 – Colorful Cast of Characters20:36 – Slugger’s Artwork22:18 – Things That Only Work in Comics24:40 – Brainstorming Sullivan’s Sluggers: The Movie26:58 – “Wrong Turn” Horror Storytelling28:24 –

It’s Horror Month! Analysis of the Hunger Games Sequel/TV Series: The House At The End of the Street. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 30 – The End of the Street? 00:36 – Intro01:14 – Read Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue (www.EchoRift.com)01:30 – Spending the Month of October on: Horror03:25 – Mike’s Love of Horror05:50 – Halloween/Child Abductions and the 80’s07:19 – Little Mike and the Gauntlet to School11:34 – Hunger Games TV Pilot: The House at the End of the Street (HATEOTS)12:20 – Katniss’ new house, Elizabeth Shue is her Mom Now, Prim/Gale/Peeta out of town15:00 – HATEOTS: A lot of different stylistic decisions16:10 – K

What to expect from Echo Rift Comics (Monday October 1st!), Doctor Who, Matt Smith, and Doctor Strange Season One by Greg Pak and Emma Rios! Join us on Monday October 1st at EchoRift.com for the release of HURRY THE RABBITOID KNIGHT: PRELUDE TO EPILOGUE Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 29 - When You're Strange 00:37 - Intro01:27 - October 1st Hurry the Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue01:48 - What you should expect from Hurry Comics03:13 - Letter about References04:25 - Introduction to Doctor Who - Series Seven05:06 - Matt Smith is the Best Doctor Ever - Start with Series 509:08 - The hype around Doctor Who can be off-putting11:17 - The Fascination with Doctors in the 60's12:41 - Doctor Strange Season One - Greg Pak an

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT + we take to the theaters and tell you what to think of Dredd 3D and talk Tales of a Checkered Man (www.thecheckeredman.com)! Join us on Monday October 1st at EchoRift.com for the release of HURRY THE RABBITOID KNIGHT: PRELUDE TO EPILOGUE Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 28 - Judged! Episode 28 - Judged 00:36 - Intro01:16 - Announcement! Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight Prelude to Epilogue October 1st!01:58 - Denver Brubaker's Tales of a Checkered Man (www.thecheckeredman.com)08:33 - Judging Dredd 3D10:01 - Dredd is a Cop Story11:51 - Familiarity with Judge Dredd Comics13:22 - Which of the Two Movies are Most Like the Comic?14:25 - Karl Urban as Judge Dredd17:21 - Olivia Thirlby as Judge Anderson - th

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DC Comics Zero Issues Return with Batgirl, Green Arrow, Batman & Robin and Legion Lost plus we talk about comics we don't like!  See references. Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 27 - We Can Be Zeroes 00:36 - Intro01:46 - Caller: Comics we dislike05:50 - See References06:24 - Batman & Robin #0 Peter Tomasi/Pat Gleason09:08 - Batman Wasn't Rebooted with the New 5210:07 - Batgirl #0 Gail Simone/Ed Benes13:30 - Breaking the News to Mike: Alan Moore's The Killing Joke15:25 - Legion Lost #0 Tom DeFalco/Pete Woods19:42 - But would I keep reading Legion Lost?20:57 - Green Arrow #0 Judd Winick/Freddie E Williams II/Rob Hunter29:06 - Outro29:44 - See References Visit EchoRift.com for Archives and Comics Call-in number: 856-

Girl Talk Rises with our take on The Hunger Games The Movie, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, and the entire Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Check out Radio Free Echo Rift Episode 8: Girl Talk, for our first discussion on the series! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 26 - Girl Talk Rises 00:36 - Intro01:40 - Caller: Redacting RT04:00 - Girl Talk Recap - Radio Free Echo Rift Episode 805:50 - Hunger Games: The Movie07:08 - Hunger Games Movie, Evocative Art Direction10:00 - Seeing Hunger Games after Reading the Book10:56 - Jennifer Lawrence and the Cast11:54 - Getting Into Book 2: Catching Fire18:05 - The Arena in Catching Fire19:04 - The Peeta/Gale thing Starts to Wear22:06 - Book 3: Mockingjay23:19 - The Story of Distric

Today we sink our teeth into the New 52 flagship book: Justice League Volume 1 by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee.  We also take calls and letters about various subjects such as Kids Comics, Superhero movies, the Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover from IDW, and painted comics. Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 25 - Lockdown 00:36 - Intro01:47 - Don and Mike Talk at Once01:57 - Letter: Death/Violence and Kids Comics09:24 - Caller: Are Superhero Movies misleading about comics?13:45 - Letter: Doctor Who/Star Trek and Painted Comics16:20 - Intro to Justice League Vol 1 Geoff Johns/Jim Lee18:55 - Justice League Reads better as a Trade19:48 - Comparison to Avengers Movie20:27 - "And it's funny!" - The Characters23:38 - Batman/Green Lantern

In this episode of Radio Free Echo Rift we talk about DC Comics #0's Earth 2, Animal Man, The Phantom Stranger, Batwing, and some Dial H. We also have a celebrity caller asking about Highlander and tell the tale of our run in with Transpektor Bowers after the stunt we pulled in Episode 23. Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 24 - A Buncha Zeroes 00:36 - Intro01:17 - Called to the Transpecktor's Office03:52 - Caller: Highlander with Ryan Reynolds06:52 - Mike Loves Highlander: The Syndicated Series08:10 - Introduction to DC Zero Issues08:58 - Earth 2 #0 James Robinson/Tomas Giorello13:38 - DC Comics Art Talk15:08 - Animal Man #0 Jeff Lemire/Steve Pugh19:34 - Mangling The Rot, The Green, and the Red20:28 - The Phantom Stranger #

Don and Mike reboot Disney's The Black Hole and the Waiting Room doors OPEN!?!? Also callers and DC Zero issues. Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 23 - The Black Hole 00:36 - Intro01:20 - Caller: DC Zero Issues03:05 - Caller: Do we need anything?04:39 - Three Act Structure Recap05:41 - Our Messy Creative Process06:07 - Recap and Overview of Disney's The Black Hole17:48 - Brainstorming begins - What needs to be updated?21:15 - Getting rid of the coincidences27:00 - Dr. Durant is the Key28:46 - "What happens when this music ends?"30:00 - THE WAITING ROOM DOORS OPEN!?!30:32 - The Lowest Point, Convincing the Audience31:22 - The Cygnus Crew34:00 - Let's go all Sixth Sense on this37:04 - What's on the Other Side?41:30 - Damon Li

The Casual Viewer's Guide to the Three Act Structure with The Matrix, Star Wars, and Raiders of the Lost Ark + Marvel NOW!, Minority Report, and The 5th Element Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 22 - Acts of Neo 00:36 - Introduction02:22 - Voicemail: Minority Report and Fifth Element. Mike and Don judge.08:22 - Letter: Marvel NOW!11:15 - All New X-Men - Bendis and Bringing New Readers in13:19 - Preparing to Reboot Disney's The Black Hole10:04 - The Casual Viewer's Guide to the Three Act Structure16:40 - Examples: The Matrix, Star Wars, and Raiders of the Lost Ark17:42 - Act I - Setup, Opportunity, New Situation, Change of Plans/Clear Visible Goal22:33 - Act II - Progress, Point of No Return, Complications and Higher Stakes,

The Origins discussion continues with Star Trek (2009) plus Reboots, Rob Liefeld, and the Origin of @Connelly_Mike Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 21 - Origins II, Reboots I 00:36 - Intro (3 x 7 = 21)01:47 - Letters: Rob Liefeld, baby02:58 - Button Your Fly!04:15 - Rob Liefeld v. Scott Snyder06:57 - These Fights Need to Happen in Person10:03 - The Origin of @Connelly_Mike16:57 - Origins II - JJ Abrams' Star Trek (2009)19:28 - Star Trek is the Origin of a Crew21:23 - Is Star Trek (2009) a Reboot?27:30 - Listener Responses: Is Star Trek a Reboot?29:37 - Outro - Don and Mike will Reboot Disney's The Black Hole next week! Visit EchoRift.com for more! Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift 

Amazing Spider-Man 692, The Origin of Alpha, What Makes a Great Origin Story + The Origin of @Don_Garvey   Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 20 - Origins I 00:34 Intro02:13 Letter from a Return Customer03:19 The Origin of @Don_Garvey11:33 Amazing Spider-Man #692 (Dan Slott / Humberto Ramos)12:10 Meet Andy Maguire13:15 Alpha Origin compared to Spider-Man15:49 What Makes Great Origin Stories?18:10 Tragedy19:59 Rules20:30 Alpha needs a Father24:10 Fish out of Water/Other Origin26:38 Thirst for Justice28:39 Expect a Humbling for Alpha29:08 Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Mike_Connelly  

Which franchise would we reboot? Don and Mike swap Revival #2(Tim Seeley/Mike Norton) and Wolverine #309 (Ivan Brandon/Raphael Albuquerque/Jason Latour) Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 19 - Dukes Up 00:36 - Welcome!01:37 - Voicemail - Franchise Reboots02:40 - Everything has been rebooted04:30 - Reboot Star Wars and Harry Potter07:58 - No Star Wars Reboot by "fans"09:36 - Let someone else reboot your stuff11:40 - Wolverine #309 (Ivan Brandon/Raphael Albuquerque/Jason Latour)20:18 - Wolverine: Artists changing half-way through issue21:32 - Revival #2 (Tim Seeley/Mike Norton)24:58 - Revival: A Different kind of zombie story26:00 - Fetish with desecrating human bodies28:07 - Revival: Really likable family29:02 - Outro Call-in

  Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Episode 18 - Unnecessary Energy 00:36 - Intro and Announcement01:41 - Letters and Voice Mail02:55 - Attempt to Visit Comic Book Store04:32 - Mike saw The Fourth Kind08:35 - Horror Movies Based around One Scene - The Happening10:32 - Watching TV at Don's Pad12:29 - Justice League: Doom Animated Film19:08 - Justice League Doom: Reaction20:23 - Writing Superman22:00 - Fighting Strategy23:26 - JLA: Tower of Babel comparison25:43 - Do Fight Scenes translate to Movies?28:45 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com Follow @echorift for podcast and comic updates Follow @Don_Garvey and @Mike_Connelly