Comments on: House to Astonish Episode 26

By: kiragecko

kiragecko — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:56:28 +0000

Did anyone else’s downloaded version cut out at 58 minutes, right as we’re about to find out the secrets of the Hulk?

Also, after I listened to the streaming version, I have to say Bendis ignored Ultimatum as much as possible in Spiderman, only about three issues are painfully depressing. I wouldn’t drop it quite yet.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:51:34 +0000

Thanks for answering my question!
Really glad you didn’t go straight to the next question after answering “Yes”.
Glad you made the comparison between 90′s and 00′s comics, should have been more specific, because that was really where I was getting at (anyone can see the difference between golden/silver age and now).

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:52:01 +0000

Loved the extra-length podcast this week. I really struggled to work out how the surgery affected your speaking, and it really didn’t affect the podcast at all. Happy birthday to the podcast!

By: Tom Clarke

Tom Clarke — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:15:46 +0000

Glad the surgery went well, and add me to the list of people who didn’t notice a difference in your speaking voice. Although for a real test, you should have said “machinations”.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:45:00 +0000

Great episode, really like the longer ones.

(And no Al, your voice sounds completely normal.)

By: Justin B.

Justin B. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:13:15 +0000

Congrats on the one year anniversary, I really look forward to these podcasts every fortnight. And I would also like to echo love for the longer, un-edited format. Screw the editing and use the time spent on that to make this baby weekly! Here’s to the next year of House to Astonish and beyond.

By: Martin S Smith

Martin S Smith — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:47:08 +0000

Nice anniversary edition. Really liked the Q&A (although definitely keep Official Handbook instead for the regular pods).
How many coughs do you normally have to edit out per show Al?

By: MushroomJones

MushroomJones — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:12:27 +0000

Loved the longer format! I say do it for every show! More sirens!

By: Norwegian Rock Cat

Norwegian Rock Cat — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:29:46 +0000

Congratulations on going a year and I hope you both keep it up for many more! I think yours is the only comic podcast I can listen too.

I’ll just chime in and say I didn’t hear a difference in your voice either, Al. I do like when you take the time to edit the show down to an hour, so please continue with that for the “regular” shows.

Also, since there was someone who asked about file sizes, you can consider adjusting the bitrate down to 96 kps instead of 128. Voice shouldn’t sound too much different, but you will save a few megabytes on bandwidth. You can always sell the high-bitrate (or even lossless) versions later for all the big fans . Anyway, it’s something you can try.

Congrats again!

By: mark coale

mark coale — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:10:43 +0000

I was freaked out when listening to the show in the car when the ambulance went by, as I thought there was a police car behind me.

Historically, Byrne’s biggest revamp mistake is usually attributed to doing away with Superboy, which foobared Legion history in numerous ways. And now, that’s probably all be retro-retconned by this new wave of continuity changes.

As Paul can probably attest, the discussion of Marvel/DC not creating new characters is eerily similar to discussions about how the WWE has not made any new stars in years and how their product is also suffering.