Hello there, faithful Shots in the Dark viewers! What a month it’s been! We have tons of new content for you, in the form of interviews galore from Wizard World Chicago 2008. It’s all right there to view at Newsarama.com

http://newsarama.com/php/video/na_video.php

The videos are under “Book People.” Here’s a rundown of the highlights from these great conversations the SitD cast had with comic creators galore.

Peter David- Peter talks his new novel, his current comics work, and announces the upcoming comic mini-series telling a new story of his “novel” character, Sir Apropos of Nothing

 Greg Rucka chats with us about the upcoming Gotham Central hardcovers, his current comics work, and his segment in Batman: Gotham Knight

 Brian Michael Bendis told us about the upcoming Secret Warriors book, his favorite moments of the con, and why being with good friends is the best time for bad news.

 Michael Avon Oeming talked about two new upcoming books, one from Top Cow and one with Taki Soma. He also lets fans know if we’ll be seeing Powers more regularly.

 Brian Reed talks comics, video games, and twitter- his three loves.

 Steve Sansweet of LucasFilm talks the upcoming games and movie coming from George Lucas and the Star Wars universe, with exclusive new details for both!

Warren Ellis is an interesting cat, that’d for sure. He’s an even more interesting human. He talks about FreakAngels, his other Avatar work, his internet presence, and what it’s like to be writing Astonishing X-Men.

 Gail Simone talks about what it’s like to be the first regular female writer of Wonder Woman, and hints at some upcoming plans for the new ongoing Secret Six series

Khoi Pham announces his Marvel Exclusive, the series he’s now ongoing artist on, and tells fans whose art he aspires to

Jesse Blaze Snyder talks about what it’s like to be a published Marvel writer, and announces his next work with the publisher, an upcoming one-shot featuring a certain mean green fighting machine.

Jeremy Haun talks comics old and new, written and drawn.

Ralph Tedesco announces a new special cover for Beyond Wonderland, and discusses plans for Zenescope Entertainment in their 4th year.

Brian Azzarello talks the coming end of 100 Bullets, and writing for animation in Batman: Gotham Knight

Scott Licina, as only Scott Licina can, waxes haphazardly about comics and movies coming from The Scream Factory

So, that’s TONS of interviews for you to go watch. There’ll be some great new content coming later this week, along with some exciting new changes coming for Shots in the Dark. Stay tuned, and let us know what you think of all the news in the interviews here or at our forum!

At long last, Shotgun Reviews and the Shots in the Dark crew bring you another fine episode chock full of pop culture goodness. After a bit of Gatling Geek, covering news bytes from the worlds of technology and entertainment, the crew digs into a review of Iron Man and Grand Theft Auto IV. Imoticon sends in a life model decoy of himself and the witty and wonderful Victoris makes his debut.

Don’t forget to head over to our forums and let us know what you thought of this episode.

In this episode, the crew dives into reviews of the blockbuster comedy film, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and White Picket Fences, a new Double Feature OGN comic book by Matt Anderson and Eric Hutchins. Trust us, you want to watch this. Really.

We’re back with our second video podcast this week, featuring the virginal voyage of Gatling Geek on video and a comic book review of Marvel’s Secret Invasion #1.

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 Shots in the Dark - Podcast Episode 18 [58:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (653)

We’re back this week with a happy blend of comic book and video game reviews. Janelle provides her in depth review of The Sims 2: FreeTime expansion pack and a preview of The Sims 3. Then the team dives into a look at Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield’s curious experiment: FreakAngels. We’ve also included a couple of Easter Eggs for you. Take a listen and see if you can find them!

 

 Shots in the Dark 15 - Lost, The Wii Zapper and HD-DVD's Demise! [35:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (672)

At long last, Episode 15 is finally finished! We managed to bring together nearly the entire team for this episode, which is chock full of all manner pop culture goodness. We start it off, as always, with a plethora of news bytes, covering everything from the death of HD-DVD, the beginning of Xbox 360’s slow demise, shirts that charge your iPod and the man who farted himself a prison sentence. Seriously! Imoticon and Vince give their expert review of the Wii Zapper, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and Link’s Crossbow training. If you’re thinking about picking up this unique accessory, make sure you listen to this first! The entire second half of this show is completely devoted to Lost, one of, if not the finest, shows on television. We will be revealing various theories that we propose to explain the show’s mysteries and perhaps will reveal something so huge…you have to listen to believe it. So what are you waiting for? Download this show now, while supplies last!

 

 Shots in the Dark #14: Y: The Last Man and Brian K. Vaughn! [1:03:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (554)

Alas, our favorite comic has come to a close. Of course, we’re talking about Brian K. Vaughn’s masterpiece, Y: The Last Man. Over the past 6 years, we’ve laughed, cried and perhaps even screamed aloud in public. We’ve followed closely the journey of Yorick Brown, the last man on Earth, as he searched for love and the meaning of life. We’ve dedicated this very special episode of Shots in the Dark to discussion of Y, beginning with a Y: The Last Man-themed Gatling Geek and a review of the series’ finale, Issue 60.

If you haven’t yet had the pleasure to enjoy this amazing work of art, fear not! We were very careful to keep the show almost completely spoiler-free. So take a listen and when you’re done, be sure to click on over to our forums to tell us what YOU think.

 

 Shots in the Dark Episode 12: Gatling Geek, Talisman Review, One More Day and Rock Band Cheat!: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (651)

In this episode, the Shots in the Dark crew runs the gamut with coverage of everything from board games to comics and video games. The show begins with a particularly poignant Gatling Geek, followed by a review of Talisman: The Board Game. After a quick musical break featuring MC Lars, the Shots in the Dark crew launches into a round table discussing the most controversial Marvel arc of the 21st century, Spider Man’s One More Day. Finally, at the show’s conclusion, Shots in the Dark reveals an EXCLUSIVE cheat for Rock Band that you will only hear about right here! So what are you waiting for? Download it now!And don’t forget to head to our delicious new forums and tell us what YOU think about One More Day, Talisman and anything we talked about today.

 

 Shots in the Dark - Podcast Episode 9: WGA Strike, Eden: It's an Endless World, Guitar Hero III and More! [40:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (464)

Oh yes indeed, we have yet another mind-blowing, heart-wrenching, and all manner of hyphen-laden hyperbole show for you this week! We’ve managed to get the whole crew together, sans The Viceroy and JB, who are currently en route to LA to join in the “Picketing with the Stars”. So Lucas “The Geek”, Janelle, Vince and Imoticon all talk turkey on all manner of geeky goodness. Get ready for an Otaku Onslaught as we discuss Hiroki Endo’s Eden: It’s an Endless World and then dig into some video game discourse on Rockband and Guitar Hero III. The crew also talks about the new digital age of comics and Marvel’s upcoming plans to take their expansive library into the 21st century with Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited.Just click on any one of the wonderfully eye-catching buttons below to play, download or bookmark this totally new and truly outrageous gem of a show.

 

 Shots in the Dark Jeremy Haun PocketCast!: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (517)

Could it be? Is Shots in the Dark STILL posting content they recorded at Wizard World Chicago 2007? Yes! And this week, we’ve got an intimate interview with comic book artist and writer, Jeremy Haun. You may know him from his recent work on Marvel Civil War: Casualties of War, or Battle Hymn, his co-creation with B. Clay Moore. Tune in and hear how Jeremy made his way from indie to mainstream and why he wrote Narcoleptic Sunday, but didn’t draw it himself. What are you waiting for? Download it now!