Zone 4
Four friends engage in in-depth comic related discussion and all around good, fun conversation focused on the world of comics.
 

This episode we discuss the Disney/Fox buyout, the state of the comics industry and more before getting into our main topic.

Topic Time: What Happens to the Marvel Cinematic Universe When All the Original Actors' Contracts Are Up?

All this and more in this brand new episode of... ZONE 4!

www.zone4podcast.com 

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Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis bring you aboard the Airship 27 for another pulp-tastic episode!

The duo talk about their latest releases and much more!

Featured: 

So jump on board the Airship 27 for another monthly adventure into the world of New Pulp!

www.zone4podcast.com

 

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Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis return for another exciting adventure aboard the Airship 27!

It's a shorter show this time around due to some technical difficulties, but that just means more show packed in a shorter time!

They talk about their newest release The Silver Riders, Secret Agent X, Nightbreaker, and much more!

So hop on board the Airship 27 with us!

www.airship27.com

www.zone4podcast.com 

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The crew returns for another exciting episode of Zone 4!

So many tangents we couldn't even keep things straight!

We talk headlines, random discussion, and for Topic time we discuss what classifies a comic as an independent.

The sensitive might be offended...

The Last Ember #1 Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brantfowler/the-last-ember-1-teenager-by-day-fire-goddess-by-n

Gordon's Links:

http://chicagotardis.com/trion/activities-2/our-charity-auction/auction-donation-information/

http://www.artistsagainsthate.org

http://artistsagainsthate.bandcamp.com

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Join Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis on another journey through the airwaves aboard the Airship 27!

This episode, they talk about Six Gun Terrors, Sherlock Holmes, Bob Hall, conventions, and so much more!

Plus the latest and greatest from Airship 27, answering listener questions and enduring their issues with Skype!

Get your ticket punched now to climb aboard the Airship 27!

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The crew returns with a brand new episode of Zone 4!

This episode we talk way too much about The Orville, cover some comic book headlines, navigate through some segues, and round it out with a short in-depth discussion of Runaways #1!

There may or may not be a sidetrack on redheads in the Marvel Universe. Just sayin'.

If you enjoy the episode leave a comment and let us know! We had fun with this one, hopefully you do too!

www.zone4podcast.com

www.comicfrontline.com

www.lastemberpress.com 

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Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis return for another fun-filled hour of New Pulp discussion!

This episode, they talk about C.O. Jones #2: Skinners, the 5th Baskerville children's book, and a peek at Ron Fortier's Tales of the Macabre due for release near Halloween!

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Welcome to the Zone!

This episode, we discuss our intellectualness, sexy bacon, and Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots! Oh, and some comic stuff!

In the news, we discuss Wizard Magazine's return, Titans casting, ABC & Marvel's TV plans, the Joker's status in the DCEU, Runaways and more!

For Topic Time, we take a look at November DC & Marvel Solicits briefly, then discuss the Marvel Generations books that have come out as of this recording!

If you're a Patron at the Bacon Brigade level ($1.00) you got access to this episode on Monday, five days early! Each month you can get access this early by supporting us on Patreon!

Patreon.com/Zone4Podcast

Links of Interest:

Zone4Podcast.com

YouTube.com/ComicFrontline

ComicsPodcasts.com

LastEmberPress.com

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Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis bring to you another episode of the Airship 27 Podcast!

This time they talk about Pulpfest 2017, new releases Tales from the Hanging Monkey, and Jim Anthony Super-Detective Vol. 5: Vs. Mastermind. They also talk about the Zone 4 Patreon, and a Comic Book Scripting class Ron is teaching at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, CO!

So strap in and hang tight for another ride on the Airship 27!

Zone 4 Patreon:
http://www.patreon.com/zone4podcast

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From the Highlands of Zone 4 comes the next episode of THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Join Brant and Chris as they discuss the fifth and final issue of Highlander: The American Dream from IDW!

Zone 4 Patreon:
http://www.patreon.com/zone4podcast

There Can Be Only One (Podcast) Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH_DRa83aPNV9NN9bGU1yBi5Xkc7TaYSL

http://www.zone4podcast.com
http://www.idwpublishing.com

Song sampled:

Princes of the Universe
Artist: Queen
Year: 1986
Album: A Kind of Magic

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The crew celebrates the milestone 400th episode! (After legacy renumbering of course!)

We talk Spider-Man Homecoming, share some funny Facebook Shout-Outs, and wrap things up with San Diego Comic-Con news!

www.zone4podcast.com

Our Patreon page will be up next week!

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Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis return with an all-new exciting adventure aboard the Airship 27!

This episode, the duo discuss Faces of Fear from Moonstone, The Ruby Files Volume 2, the Brother Bones movie, and much more!

Find more on www.zone4podcast.com and www.airship27.com

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Faces of Fear
http://moonstonebooks.com/shop/search.aspx?sfield=keywords&search=FACES+OF+FEAR

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The Ruby Files, Volume Two
https://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Files-2-Alan-Porter-ebook/dp/B0738H1XZT/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1499293062&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Ruby+Files+Vol+Two

Brother Bones: The Undead Avenger movie Kickstarter

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Welcome back to the Zone! This time, the crew adds a member as we welcome Jay to the show!

Then we welcome a special guest, Writer/Director/Co-Producer of the Brother Bones: The Undead Avenger movie Erik Franklin for a special feature interview! Learn all about the Brother Bones movie, the Kickstarter and more!

After that, we have some fun with Erik in a lightning round of questions.

For the second part of the show, Jay, Chris and Brant discuss Marvel Legacy and a few tangential topics before closing out the show.

So strap in for another fun-filled episode of your favorite podcast. You are now entering... ZONE 4!

Interview: 00:02:37

Marvel Legacy Discussion: 00:45:36

(Original Numbering: Episode #332)

Links of Interest:

The Brother Bones Kickstarter page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/333395674/brother-bones-the-undead-avenger

Erik Franklin's website:
https://www.erikonpaper.com/

Comic Frontline
https://www.youtube.com/comicfrontline

Last Ember Press
http://www.lastemberpress.com 

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From the Highlands of Zone 4, Chris and Brant return to discuss the fourth and penultimate issue of Highlander: The American Dream from IDW!

What do Connor and Vazilek have in store for Locke, and what does Locke have in store for them?!

Find more on www.zone4podcast.com and www.comicfrontline.com

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Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis return for another packed hour of the Airship 27 Podcast!

This time they discuss:

The Brother Bones Kickstarter

Jezebel Johnson

Sslits

And more!

Find even more at www.zone4podcast.com and www.youtube.com/comicfrontline

 

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Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis return with the 27th episode of Airship 27 Podcast! 

This month on the show, they talk about conventions, the Pulp Factory Awards, meeting new friends, the Brother Bones Free Comic Book Day offering, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. 9, Mystery Men (& Women) Vol. 4, and much more!

Find more on www.zone4podcast.com and www.airship27.com.

 

 

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The Zone 4 crew returns for a special 8-Year Anniversary episode!

First, the guys shoot the breeze about Star Wars Day, Free Comic Book Day, their 8-Year Anniversary and more.

Then Brant, Gordon and Ron discuss some media news and spotlight some comics they are reading.

For Topic Time, Brant, Gordon and Chris talk about Secret Empire #0-1 and mainstream comics in general a little bit.

Plus Facebook shout-outs, plugs and more!

(Original Numbering: Episode #331)

Don't forget to check out www.zone4podcast.com and www.youtube.com/comicfrontline for more!

SOME OF THE THINGS MENTIONED:

Celestial Falcon #1 Pre-Order

https://www.etsy.com/listing/519295467/pre-order-celestial-falcon-issue-1-comic?ref=shop_home_feat_2

DarkAvenger C86 YouTube Channel

www.youtube.com/darkavengerc86

Brother Bones FREE 8-Page Digital Comic Available May 6th!

Go to www.luckycomics.com and download your copy!

Written by Ron Fortier, illustrated by Flavio Silva.

 

 

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From the Highlands of Zone 4 comes the next episode of THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Join Brant and Chris as they discuss the third issue of Highlander: The American Dream from IDW!

There Can Be Only One (Podcast) Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH_DRa83aPNV9NN9bGU1yBi5Xkc7TaYSL

http://www.zone4podcast.com
http://www.idwpublishing.com

Song sampled:

Princes of the Universe
Artist: Queen
Year: 1986
Album: A Kind of Magic

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Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis return with all-new exciting episode of the Airship 27 Podcast! Climb aboard and join them for the ride! This episode, Ron and Rob discuss Scimidar, Holmes, travel plans, Zone 4's Anniversary, and much more!

Video version: https://youtu.be/-7zc3qjC9Do

www.Zone4Podcast.com

www.Airship27.com

 

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The crew returns down one, but with a very special guest, Jen Finelli! She's an M.D., a sci-fi author, a comic lover, and much more! Listen in on her amazing journey and learn about all her works!


Plus, Jen joins us for a little comic talk as we discuss the Justice League and Spider-Man: Homecoming trailers, Dark Days, Secret Empire, Gail Simone's thoughts on NDAs and the like, and more!

(Original Numbering: Episode #330)

Jen's Links:


"I'm Having an Affair With My Wife!" seedandspark.com (April 1st) and mysweetaffair.com (all other times)


Becoming Hero, InDemand: http://igg.me/at/BecomingHero

Crossover Alliance's new superhero anthology, Christian dark fiction:

Giveaway: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/2808b08c10

Get the books: https://www.thecrossoveralliance.com/tca-anthology-v3

Brain Worms and White Whales on Escapepod: http://escapepod.org/2016/02/01/ep518-brain-worms-and-white-whales/

www.zone4podcast.com

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From the Highlands of Zone 4 comes the next episode of THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Join Brant and Chris as they discuss the second issue of Highlander: The American Dream from IDW!

There Can Be Only One (Podcast) Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH_DRa83aPNV9NN9bGU1yBi5Xkc7TaYSL

http://www.zone4podcast.com
http://www.idwpublishing.com

Song sampled:

Princes of the Universe
Artist: Queen
Year: 1986
Album: A Kind of Magic

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Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis return for a blockbuster 25th episode!!!

This time on Airship 27, the duo discuss the upcoming Pulp Factory Awards, as well as several new releases including The Hyde Seed and Scimidar, which is based of Rob's own comic from years past!

This and much more in Airship 27 Podcast episode 25!!!

Find more on www.Zone4Podcast.com

Cast your vote for the Pulp Factory Awards here:

 

http://bit.ly/2016PFAwardBallot

 

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From the Highlands of Zone 4 comes the next episode of THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Join Brant and Chris as they discuss the first episode of Highlander: The American Dream from IDW!

Episode #0:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFguZwViX5k

http://www.zone4podcast.com
http://www.idwpublishing.com

Song sampled:

Princes of the Universe
Artist: Queen
Year: 1986
Album: A Kind of Magic

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In this episode of Zone 4, Brant's written out, Dollar Bin Christian Bale is in, and be vewy vewy quiet... it's Bat Hunting Season!

The crew returns to discuss a very light week of news that spirals out of control. The Facebook Shout-Outs return in full effect. Then, just as the main topic (Comic Relaunches: Good or Bad for the Industry?) gets started, Brant gets booted out!

Listen in for all the insanity!

(Original Numbering: Episode #329)

http://www.zone4podcast.com

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It's finally here! There Can Be Only One debuts! Zone 4's brand new podcast talking all things Highlander!

Brant "Macleod" and Chris "Macleod" bring you their thoughts, insights and hopes on and for the Highlander franchise. From movies, to TV, to comics and more!

In this zero episode, the two talk about their history with the franchise, and why the love it so much! Plus they tease discussion of the brand new comic coming out this week from IDW!

Find more from Zone 4 at www.Zone4Podcast.com!

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The Zone 4 gaming podcast returns! Rebranded, revitalized, and reinstated! 

We've changed up the format and streamlined the content for you.

In this episode, we reintroduce the show, talk about a few gaming topics from DLCs to the Nintendo Switch and more!

Then, in our first "Unlocked" segment, we discuss Resident Evil 7 and the R.E. franchise as a whole.

Chris shares his initial thoughts on For Honor.

Then we close out the show!

Chris has since played For Honor. You can watch the entire story mode on Frontline Gaming Zone here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap2vb_ne47I

Find more from Zone 4 at www.zone4podcast.com!

And tune in Monday for the first episode of new monthly series, There Can Be Only One!

Direct download: HitPoints-Unlocked-001.mp3
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Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis return for another new episode of Airship 27.

This month, they discuss their new pirate book from writer Nancy Hansen, JEZEBEL JOHNSON, QUEEN OF ANARCHY! They also talk about what pulp categories are not en vogue these days, and who they see as the best new pulp hero out there.

This and much more!

 

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It's a special audio version of 1-2-3 Podcast as Brant provides commentary over the end of RAW and Smackdown leading up to this Sunday's Royal Rumble event. He also shares his predictions for the Royal Rumble.

If you'd like to see the video versions of these episodes, check them out here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH_DRa83aPNXx2m4iFVwn2_U8qy1nmBJv 

And tune into www.YouTube.com/ComicFrontline Sunday for live commentary over the Royal Rumble!

www.zone4podcast.com

www.comicfrontline.com 

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The crew returns for a brand new episode of your favorite comic discussion podcast, Zone 4!

We talk the Logan trailer, Secret Empire, comic conventions, and more.

Then we speculate about the 2017 slate of comic and genre films, promising to do a follow-up episode at the end of the year!

So what are you waiting for? Let's enter the Zone!

(Original Numbering: Episode #328)

www.zone4podcast.com

Where Love Takes You

Comanche Blood

www.youtube.com/comicfrontline 

www.lastemberpress.com 

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Captain Ron Fortier and Chief Engineer Rob Davis return to the skies with a brand new episode of the Airship 27 Podcast!

This episode, they discuss their first release of 2017, Comanche Blood, updates on the Brother Bones movie (locations, casting and more!), their latest Sherlock Holmes volume on Radio Archives and more!

Plus, they spend a bulk of the episode answering listener questions before closing out the show!

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