The Nerdy Dozen: Shopping Tips for the Marvels on your list

Sadly the holiday season is upon us and that means gatherings, shopping and gift giving for a variety of friends, co-workers and family. If you are lucky, you have some nerds on your list so you can buy some fun stuff and not just suffer in stores you don’t like all season. With that in mind, here is a helpful list of some fun items featuring or inspired by Marvel Comics characters for the Avenger on your list in escalating price order.
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The Nerdy Dozen: Shopping Tips for the DC Fan on your list

Sadly the holiday season is upon us and that means gatherings, shopping and gift giving for a variety of friends, co-workers and family. If you are lucky, you have some nerds on your list so you can buy some fun stuff and not just suffer in stores you don’t like all season. With that in mind, here is a helpful list of some fun items featuring or inspired by DC Comics characters for the bat-fanatic on your list in escalating price order.
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Discussion: Comics Madness Elimination 2012 Q1 Round 1

This week we discuss the first round of the Dollar Bin Comics Madness Elimination Challange 2012 Q1 R1.  What the hell is that?  Its our own little flavor of March Madness where we will be narrowing down (over the next few weeks) the cream of the crop comics currently on the shelves (except for Avengers vs X-Men) Dollar Bin style.

Runtime 37 minutes 11 seconds

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Discussion: Comics on the Couch 1122

In this weeks episode of the Dollar Bin we start things off with a little Dollar Bin Definitive Top 5:  Chattiest Characters in Comics then Adam and Shawn talk for a while about what they’ve been reading outside of the DC and Marvel universes.

* Never do a Google Images search for the word “Spontaneous.”

Runtime 52 minutes and 52 seconds

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Discussion: Comics on the Couch - Lists!

Recently over on CBR and Robot 6 (which we for some reason treat like Vertigo to DC) some interesting lists have been posted.  First, Robot 6 posted the nominees for this years Eisner Awards.  Lastly, over on CBR they put together 2 fan voted Best 125 Artists/Writers.  Adam and Shawn discuss. Also, CONGRATS Ben Towle!!!

Runtime 40 minutes 35 seconds

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