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This Podcasting Business

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I’ve never really warmed to audio podcasts for a long time. Specially when You Tube came. I thought, why do audio podcasts at all when you can do it on video? That didn’t stop me from trying though. Back in August of 2006 Jonas Diego, Randy Valiente and myself recorded an audio podcast which I had planned to broadcast right from my blog. Thing is, the technology to do podcasts at the time dumbfounded both Jonas and I so much that we just gave it up. I remember having fun recording it though.

And of course, being the video freak I was and still am, I did a video blog of us doing the audio podcast. Here you can see bits of the audio podcast that we did. It’s in Tagalog…


Komikero Video Blog #4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz2ZPObkQE8

Oh my God why did I embed that? In August of 2006 I was still a video blogging newbie and it showed. In the video I mentioned plans to do podcasts regularly, but since we were unsuccessful in putting up just one, we abandoned plans to do it further.

Fast forward to 2008….

I started looking for and listening to podcasts in the last few months as I worked on finishing the illustrations on ELMER. I needed to listen to something while I worked, and I’ve pretty much musicked and DVD audio commentaried myself out. I wanted to listen to something else.

The first podcast I listened to was Radio Lab’s dissection of Orson Welles’ radio adaptation of HG Well’s War of The Worlds and why it worked so well at fooling people. Give a listen. It’s an an excellent podcast.

I started listening to other podcasts from Radio Lab and I have to say, they know how to make some excellent podcasts.

I started listening to podcasts that relates to comics, and so I discovered the Inkstuds, which has interviews with Eddie Campbell, Melinda Gebbie, Bryan Talbot, Joe Matt, Jessica Abel and loads of other independent comic book creators. It’s a hit and miss podcast show for me though. But it’s more to do with some interviewees who are better left to let their comics speak for them. Sometimes, they seem to be interviewing people at 2am when the subject is so sleepy/lethargic that it can get rather frustrating to listen to. But sometimes they find a creator who gives a great and lively interview. In any case, it’s one of the best podcasts to listen to if you’re an independent comic book fan.

One of the best new comics podcast shows I listen to is House to Astonish where they talk mostly about new mainstream comic books.

I’m also getting into Comic Geek Speak, specially for their detailed podcasts on classic comics from the 80′s (I love 80′s comics!!).

Thankfully, there is a Philippine equivalent in Tres Komikeros. They talk mostly about new comics from Marvel, DC and a few independents, and with their newest episode, they started talking about locally made comics.

Another local podcaster is http://blog.literature-ph.com/, which has a podcast with Trese creators Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo. Audio isn’t the best, but its always great for me to listen to Budjette talk about comics.

Now all this has sparked my interest to re-start my attempt at doing my own audio podcasts from right here in my blog. Now unlike my video blogs, I don’t feel comfortable doing these podcasts by myself. It would be too boring, I think. Ilyn has agreed to do them with me, and whenever friends are over for a visit, we most likely will do one.

This time, I think I’ve got a pretty good handle on the technology, specially since there’s a nifty WordPress plug in just for this purpose. All right! Something else to watch out for!

Comments

8 Responses to “This Podcasting Business”

  1. AG on December 9th, 2008 2:58 am

    I guess people do audio podcasts because not everyone can be as telegenic as you on video :) Really, most of the time it’s easier to try to sound good than to both sound AND look good. Also, it’s easier to edit out bloopers on audio than in video. Personally, I just wish more Pinoys would make podcasts, whether audio or video.

    Thanks for the link. You’re bidjo podcast is awesome, by the way.

  2. Charles Tan on December 9th, 2008 9:49 am

    Go Gerry! Looking forward to your podcast. But what will you call it?

  3. Budjette on December 9th, 2008 2:55 pm

    Gerry!

    Have you been listening to:
    http://wordballoon.com/

    John Suintres, the host, is a comic book geek and also a big movie buff. So, he and the comic book artists/writers would end up talking about their favorite (and not-so-favorite) movies and TV shows.

  4. Gerry Alanguilan on December 9th, 2008 3:34 pm

    Thanks Budj! Bookmarking!

    Charles… haven’t thought of it yet. But I might just go with the straightforward title. Komikero Comics Podcast. :)

    AG. ha! ha! Me? Telegenic? Nah, I’m just shameless I guess.

  5. Peter on December 9th, 2008 10:25 pm

    Thanks for listening to CGS! We’ll be doing more Footnotes episodes down the road looking at Daredevil Born Again, Watchmen, New Teen Titans and more!

    Podcasting is a great medium for expression – especially because nothing can beat the power of the voice. That’s stuff you just can’t recreate in an interview no matter how many times you CAP, bold or italicize. haha. So if you have the urge to podcast – do it!

  6. John Amor on December 10th, 2008 12:13 am

    To tell you all the shameless truth, the Tres Komikeros are really just egotistical nerds who love hearing themselves talk so much that they figured other people would as well. BAM! And thus the show was born.

    We eagerly await your (re)entry into the audio podcasting scene, sir! And thank you for continuing to put up with our shenanigans.

  7. Komikero Comics Audio Podcast #1 : Komikero Comics Journal on December 10th, 2008 1:37 am

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  8. mike dimayuga on December 18th, 2008 2:36 pm

    i second the suggestion of “wordballoon”. its a really good show. the host is very intelligent and well read, and the atmosphere is very casual. what’s more, his gueasts are high profile, famous creators. if you love bendis or jeph loeb, or gail simone, they do 3-4 hour interviews (bendis does his about twice a year).

    i would also recommend…

    11 o’clock comics
    ifanboy
    the crankcast
    around comics

    they are all quality podcasts. in 11 o’clock, one of the hosts (vince b.) is a BIG fan of the old filipino artists. its a smart round table discussion on current comics and the industry.
    in crankcast, one of the guys is mike norton the artist on green arrow/blk canary and trinity. its the seinfeld of podcasts, basically a show about nothing, but its funny as heck.
    ifanboy is a weekly comic review, while around comics is a review show and they discuss the latest industry news.

    thanks for the pod cast tip. i’m unfamiliar with the ones you mentioned. i’ll definitely check them out.

    -mike