Comic Con Blues

Jul. 24, 2014

The San Diego Comic Con is underway! That’s great news for many geeks making their annual pilgrimage. But to other veteran comic fans, the event has given-in to crass commercialism.

image: Comic Con 2014 by Pat Loika

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Credits

Guest:

Devin Faraci - Badass Digest - @devincf

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Andrew Walsh, Christian Bordal, Matt Holzman, Jolie Myers, Anna Scott

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