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Comic Issues
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Comic Issues #212 – Disney and Marvel and Half The Known World

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! Anthony and Ashley continue the Epic Move To The Awesome Apartment this week, so Elizabeth’s our host again, along with guest star Leland from Movie Issues! Listen in as we talk Disney and Marvel, and geek out over our favorite artists. We

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Big Hero 6

Big Hero 6 is the 54th Disney animated feature film and the first to be inspired by a Marvel Comic of the same title. The film is wonderfully directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams and features an amazing voice cast: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, Damian Wayans Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, T.J. Miller, and

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Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Maleficent

Maleficent, directed by first time director Robert Stromberg and starring Oscar winning actress Angelina Jolie, re-tells the Sleeping Beauty story from the villain’s point of view. The how’s and why’s are now being answered as to why Maleficent would become so evil she would curse a child. Set against a stunning backdrop of special effects and

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Star Wars Expanded Universe No Longer Canon

In a news post on the official Star Wars site, Lucasfilm has announced that the Expanded Universe – the books, comics and video games that have been produced in the past 35 years – are no longer part of the official Star Wars canon. While Lucasfilm always strived to keep the stories created for the EU

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Subtitled Trailer Released for Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises

The Wall Street Journal has released an English subtitled clip of the Japanese trailer for Hayao Miyazaki’s 11th and final film, The Wind Rises.  In his final film, Miyazaki tells the story of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japan’s fighter planes during World War II.

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Comic Issues
Anthony Silva

Comic Issues #152 – Star Wars NOW!

You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! The day we knew was coming is finally here, after the acquisition of Star Wars by Disney it was only a matter of time until every aspect of the company would be controlled by the mouse; including the comic rights. Announced just

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Saving Mr. Banks

In the new movie Saving Mr. Banks, director John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) tells the tale of how Hollywood mastermind Walt Disney finally convinced Mary Poppins author P. L. Travers to sign over the rights to make the Mary Poppins movie, which is still considered one of the greatest films to date. What is

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Frozen

It could be argued that most Disney Animated Features could be Broadway musicals, but it’s been a while since we’ve seen one like Frozen, where you can see the show that it’s destined to be. With massive female empowerment for mothers and daughters, Disney smartly packaged this to hit all the right marks it’s supposed

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Movie Issues
Leland Pierce

Movie Issues: Monsters University

It’s been a decade since Monsters, Inc. and it’s two top scarers Mike and Sulley first proved that things that go bump in the night could be fluffy and just as cute. Pixar is returning once more to fright factory with Monsters University. The prequel follows the monsters from the first film during their formative

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