Due to the Memorial Day Holiday, this weeks books will arrive on Thursday. Therefore, our hours on Wednesday will be 10am-6pm and Thursday we will open from Noon-8pm. I am stuck out of town right now and will not get to update the shipping list and spotlight until tonight or tomorrow.

How else could we follow up the longest Showcase podcast ever? With the second longest Showcase podcast ever! Last week, Chase and Blake took apart ever Marvel Comics movie to date, and this week, they do the same for DC. Everything from Superman and the Mole Men and the Adam West Batman to looks ahead at The Dark Knight and Watchmen is part of this giant-size episode. In the picks this week, Chase cheers for Franklin Richards: Not-So-Secret Invasion #1, while Blake is stunned at how Supergirl has become a must-read comic. Next week, a normal-sized episode (we hope!) about our favorite Valiant Comics, followed by our long-awaited spotlight on The Incredible Hulk! E-mail us with your comments, “Ask Chase Anything” questions, or anything else at Showcase@comixtreme.com!

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Direct download: Ep._70_DCMovies.mp3

Ever since the announcement to green light the Watchmen movie we have speculated as to how they could possibly fit every back story and supplemental item into the film. Warner Brothers will be releasing a straight to DVD animated feature tentatively titled Tales of the Black Freighter. If you’ve ever read Watchmen (and you should have) you can now rest assured that one of the back story problems has been solved. The big question is whether or not the studio will print out all of the book excerpts and newspaper articles to read while waiting in line at the theater.

Mark Evanier was on NPR’s Fresh Air on Wednesday to promote his latest book, Kirby: King of Comics. It’s an interesting interview and I can’t wait to read the book (right after I finish The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America). The interview can be found here. In other Kirby related news, there was a bunch of hullabaloo over the New Yorker’s latest caption contest. Apparently the artist did not originally credit Jack Kirby (he’s now credited).

Our graphic novel/trade paperback selection is once again outgrowing its’ britches. We are now at about 1700 unique books and growing. To celebrate this milestone we are offering a special deal. Buy any four trade paperbacks or hardcovers and get the fifth of equal of lesser value for free. Stock up on your favorites now.

DC has just launched a new site for Trinity and there are several preview pages up for your reading pleasure. This is one weekly series we are looking forward to. Also, be sure to see the teaser trailer below.

We are looking to start a local chapter of Drink and Draw Social Club. The premise is pretty straight forward. We get together, we drink, and we draw. Or if you are me, you doodle. Please reply to this post with suggestions of a local bar that you think would work for our first meeting. Also, let us know what night of the week is good for you. We are thinking of Thurs., Fri., or Sat. (May 29, 30, and 31 respectively). You don’t have to drink to draw and you don’t have to draw to drink. Just show up and have some fun with us.

Prepare yourself for the biggest 2 in 1 Showcase ever! With no less than five comic book movies coming out this summer and more planned for the fall, the Showcase boys decided to do a two-part episode talking about all the Marvel and DC movies to date. What neither of them expected was that both parts would be gargantuan. In this double-sized episode, the guys break down all of the Marvel films by franchise, debate the merits, and give their own rating of each and every one — and the discussion lasts longer than some of the movies! In this week’s picks, Blake loves the new Guardians of the Galaxy, while the conclusion of “Last Son of Krypton” makes Action Comics Annual Chase’s choice. Next week, the guys tackle the DC movies, in another giant podcast! E-mail us with your comments, “Ask Chase Anything” questions, or anything else at Showcase@comixtreme.com!

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Direct download: Ep._69_MarvelMovies.mp3

Confession time. I had no urge to see the movie adaptation of Mark Millar and JG Jones’ Wanted…until now. Empire has an exclusive featurette with extended footage and interviews with Mark Millar. According to Millar, the first 40 minutes of the film is taken directly from the graphic novel. Let’s hope that the rest of the film doesn’t sway off course. I have a feeling that the movie will end completely different than the book. However, the movie does look like an over the top violent romp. Be sure to watch the scene with the keyboard smack to the face. It’s an instant classic.

I love fan art. Especially when it’s clever. Donald Soffritti is an Italian artist with a flair for superhero caricature. The site is in Italian and if you’re like me then the only thing you took away from 2 years of college Italian classes was how to say, “Dogs don’t sing, they eat cheese” (Il cane non contano, mangiano formagio). Anyway, enjoy the pics of your favorite superheroes aging poorly.