We find ourselves again this week with more show than we could put into one episode, especially the Megasode we had with “Congratulations, You’re Black” that we recorded last Thursday. I don’t know if we’ll have these Behind the Scenes podcasts for every week, but it sure does seem that way with two weeks in a row doesn’t it?

If you’re interested in what we talk about pre-show, wonder no longer. This week’s episode took a little bit to get into due to us getting off on a huge tangent about comics, our favorites, and where you can find them cheap. I know that I’ll be responsible for a slight surge in the purchases at InStock Trades after this episode.

We hope that hearing these special episodes will give you a little insight on what we do to psyche ourselves up for a show, what we’re gonna talk about, and just generally flesh out our personalities a little more.

There is a new public library near where we live.  As you enter and walk the long hallway to your left there is a glass enclosure where there is currently a Star Wars exhibit of sorts.  Just from those first twenty or so steps in, I knew this was my kind of place.  Being brand new, this library is very high tech.  You return books on a conveyor belt that scans the UPC codes and confirms them as returned in-route to being dumped into the large collection bin.  You check out a book by showing your library card to a scanner, and simply laying your book on the table, Science! then takes care of the rest for you.

In today’s market, the price of comic books keep going up. If you are paying $2.99 for your comics, you know you are happy. The Amazing Spider-man is still $2.99, while Action and Adventure Comics (once the home of Superman—that is a topic for another time) are up to $3.99. Of course, the comic book companies all recognize that trade paperbacks are an essential for the continued health. Soft bound trade paperback books can start around $12 (manufacturers suggested price) while hardbound rarely cost less than $20.

Having said that, I hope to convince you to go out and spend $25 on a comic book that is smaller in size than a regular comic book. And only in black and white. Would it help if I said that it was hardbound? Or that it was drawn by Darwyn Cook? Or that it was written by Richard Stark, aka Donald E Westlake?

With the new AVP game coming out in February, Dark Horse Comics deserves much of the credit for having the idea in the first place. They also deserve credit for creating a successful launch on their Aliens comic series in 1988, two years after the movie was in theaters. In the last 22 years, Dark Horse has been the sole proprietor of quality Aliens and Aliens vs. Predator stories. I give Aliens 3 a nod as being ‘not bad’, but after that…I gave up on both franchises.

Manga and Cyberpunk nerds rejoyce! Starting this February, Viz Media plans on bringing the epic post-apocalyptic/zombie/sci-fi epic BIOMEGA to the United States.

There’s lots out this week as many comics get their last issues out for the year. As always a full list can be found here but hit the jump for the Media Whore Networks guide to the comics you should be reading this week.

Aliens draws to a close this week and Haunt starts to pick up pace, as always a full list can be found here but hit the jump to find out the Media Whore Network’s guide to the comics you should be reading this week:

This week Image launches their massive cross over event and my favourite superhero detective goes monthly.  As always a the full list can be found here and hit the jump for the Media Whore Networks guide to the comics you should be picking up this week.

Every geeks favourite musical gets a one shot this week and the latest issue of the best superhero comic hits the shelves along with it. As always a full list of this weeks releases can be found here and hit the jump for the Media Whore Networks guide to the comics you should be picking up this week:

It’s a videogame crossover special this week in the world of comics with some of this years biggest games getting the latest issues of their comic adaptations and I figured you guys might want to check them out.  As always a full list can be found here and hit the jump for the Media Whore Networks guide to the comics you should be reading this week:

Just a couple of things this week in what’s an unusually quiet week in comics, as always a full list can be found here and hit the jump for the Media Whore Network’s guide to the comics you should be picking up this week.

A couple of new titles appear for your consideration this week and a couple of titles reach their penultimate issues. As always a full list can be found here and hit the jump for the Media Whore Networks guide to the comics you should be reading this week.

Another week, another great bunch of comics to pick up.  As always a full list can be found here and hit the jump for the Media Whore Network guide to the comics you should be picking up this week.

And were back to out regularly scheduled programming after last weeks break, I hope you guys picked up everything you wanted last week I know I’ve got plenty to catch up on.  As always a full list can be found here and hit the jump for the Media Whore Networks guide to the comics you should be read this week.

Another quiet week this week in terms of things that I’m planning on picking up but I’m sure there’s plenty of things for everybody this week, you can find the list of this weeks releases here and hit the jump for the Media Whore Network Guide to the comics you should be reading this week.