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Two geeks talk about what it was like to be there at the infancy of geek culture. We were geeks before it was chic! https://feed.podbean.com/ancientgeeks/feed.xml. Look for us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcast services.

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Hear some of the surprisingly political history behind the Godzilla franchise on this week's episode of Ancient Geeks!

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Ancient Geeks episode 27: Godzilla | Ancient Geeks Look! Towering over the city! It's another episode of Ancient Geeks! We discuss the first Godzilla movie, which is a powerful, compelling piece of film-making. No, really! If you haven't seen it, we'l...

If you've never thought you'd enjoy a Godzilla movie, let us tell you the drama, satire, and even some moving moments you're missing. In this week's episode, we rampage across the landscape of #Godzilla movies, from the first to the most recent.

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My first venture into solo role-playing The creativity surprised me.

In which Tom tries out a solo role-playing game for the first time!

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Ancient Geeks | Tom Grant | Substack Geeks of a certain age looks back on the early days of geek culture. Science fiction, fantasy, role-playing games, computer games, board games, superheroes...You name it. We're also cohosts of the Anc...

The Ancient Geeks podcast now has a Substack! We're a gabby couple of old nerds, with more to discuss than we can pack into our regular episodes. Check out our further thoughts about science fiction, fantasy, comics, games, and everything else geeky.

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When we say that Monday's new episode of Ancient Geeks is big, we're not exaggerating!

#godzilla #gojira #podcast #monsters #movies

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The Roddenberry Archive: Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek
YouTube video by OTOY The Roddenberry Archive: Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek

An interesting documentary about Phase II, the Star Trek series that never got made.

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Ancient Geeks | Ancient Geeks Two old geeks talk about being young geeks, at a turning point in popular culture. In the 60s, 70s, and 80s, the threads of modern geek culture emerged and wove together. Science fiction, fantasy, com...

We've seen the new Fantastic Four movie, and this episode contains all of our thoughts on the film, and then some! We discuss how good a movie it is, how good a Fantastic Four movie it is, and how good a comic book movie it is.
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Great issue! And one that actually got named-checked by coincidence, on this week's Ancient Geeks podcast! Perfect timing!

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From the AncientGeeks community on Reddit: Ancient Geeks episode 26: The Fantastic Four movie! Explore this post and more from the AncientGeeks community

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From the AncientGeeks community on Reddit: The Surfer Heralds a Discussion of the New FF Movie on Monday’s Ancient Geeks! Explore this post and more from the AncientGeeks community

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Heralding a conversation about the FF on tomorrow's Ancient Geeks!

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Some relevant F4 books...
Birth of Franklin Richards
1st H.E.R.B.I.E.
1st Council of Reeds
Plus some great Byrne and Ross art!
#FantasticFour #MCU #ComicSky

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Frank Frazetta draws Superman.

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Doom!

#Marvel #FF #FantasticFour

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Good morning! Happy #WolverineWednesday

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More of Byrne's Galactus. This week's Ancient Geeks podcast discusses his historic run!

#Marvel #Galactus #FF #FantasticFour

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One of the most memorable pages from John Byrne’s Fantastic Four run. #fantasticfour #ff #marvel #johnbyrne

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My buddy @heathcorson.bsky.social asked me to sign a couple of Guy Gardner-centric JLI issues for Nathan Fillion (they're collaborating on a project for Dark Horse) and then sent me this wonderful photo.

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Marvel Comics that were on sale with cover dates of March 1969.

Marvel Comics that were on sale with cover dates of March 1969.

Marvel Comics that were on sale with cover dates of March 1969.

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Happy birthday to Eisner, Harvey and Inkpot Award winner, Heroes
United, Clean Room, Welcome To Tranquility, The Secret Six and The Movement co-creator, Deadpool, Birds Of Prey, Domino, Wonder Woman, Action Comics and Red Sonja writer, the inimitable Gail Simone.

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We discuss Byrne's FF this week on Ancient Geeks (get it in your favorite pod catcher).

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On this week's Ancient Geeks: the terrific John Byrne era of the Fantastic Four!

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SLT Talks About a Republic v. a Democracy Steven is a guest on Michael Bailey's podcast.

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Coming next week: John Byrne's Fantastic Four. And coming soon after, our review of the FF movie!

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Today on Ancient Geeks (get it wherever you get your podcasts!) Tom and Steven conclude their three-part dicsussion of Andor. Today we talke themes and also how the series connects to Rogue One.

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A black and white photo of him.

A black and white photo of him.

Four covers by him, including Detective Comics #457, Wonder Woman #203, The Joker #1, and Black Canary #1.

Four covers by him, including Detective Comics #457, Wonder Woman #203, The Joker #1, and Black Canary #1.

Today is the birthday of artist & editor Dick Giordano (July 20, 1932-March 27, 2010).

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