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Whilst Iz is away, sunning herself on exotic beaches, lazing by the pool and testing the elasticity of her trousers at the buffet, Stace enlists the help of fellow comic nerd and podcaster, Eric Martin, for this rather long and tangent-filled episode. Eric, also known as The Question on thecomicforums.com, is one half of both the DC Noise and Comics Playground podcasts.

As Stace sets the record for the number of times one person can say 'anyway' in one podcast (and there were more, now to be found only on the cutting room floor!), Eric divulges the very first comic he bought with his own money, why that one in particular caught his eye, and which comic storyline he'd erase from continuity if he could, along with a few of his favourite things.

Amongst the Reviews this episode are the Wonder Woman animated movie, North 40, Wednesday Comics, Master of Horror, Bear, Green Lantern Corps and more! Eric sets Stacey off on yet another love-filled ramble on Blackest Night, the Peeve section disintigrates into digressions galore and both Eric and Stace admit to shedding a tear over a comic.

All this, plus two jolly spiffing music nuggets, a lotta DC love and reasons why Stace would make a terrible superhero.

Enjoy!

What's this? Comic Racks on a Wednesday?...

Yes, after far too long a time, and far too many con-related germs, Iz and Stace get together for a mid-week Racks dedicated to the awesome fun that was the British International Comics Show 2009. Although one half of the Racks didn't attend the actual show, fun times were still had by all in the pub on the night!

Listen in as Iz tells of her convention experience, while Stace tells of the immense fun of being more sober than everyone else at a party. There's face-licking, dinosaur jazz hands, and wine ahoy as the Racks take on Birmingham.

On top of that comes some awesome Rack Music, Stace's weeping upon finally seeing Up, and Iz's take on the movie Fame. All this, plus Kevin Smith, Pixies, boats, uhn tiss uhn tiss uhn tiss music and more!

Enjoy!

The Racks go Reviews mad this fortnight with a ton of old and new comics and films including The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, PKD Media Presents, Lucifer: Volume 1, Identity Crisis (Spoilers!), new Lenore, Doomsday (Spoilers!), Starman, We Kill Monsters #1, old Deadpool, Jonah Hex: Origins, and joint reviews of Sweet Tooth #1, Gotham City Sirens #3, plus Stacey discovers the donkeys conkers that is Preacher: Volume 1, while Iz discovers Detective Comics: Batwoman :)

Another joint Top sees the birds get over-excited about District 9 and Iz gets her sections confused as Rack Music turns into a MAJOR Peeve :/

Stace battles to concentrate with impending birthday excitement and Iz struggles to make any sense with rambly reviews in the face of exhaustion :)

In this super-long episode, the Ladies welcome Insomnia Publications' creative director (and fellow lady nerd) Nic Wilkinson to the show by giving her a proper good grilling! Nic explains what Insomnia is, what it does, how they go about doing it and how she has learnt not to sleep in order to achieve it. Nic gives her thoughts on the compilation of anthology comics, the importance of conventions, signings, and the UK comics and publishing industry. But it's not all work and no play as the Racks discover Nic's favourite songs to play on Rock Band, her love of all things meat, and the all-important nugget of information; her favourite swear word.

As well as this delightful interview, all the usual segments are covered as  Stace almost cries at being so behind in reading Walking Dead, Iz gets repeatedly jealous of Stace, and the girls get over-excited by Geoff Johns.

Reviews this episode include some sort-of-old comics in the forms of Infinite Crisis and Villains United, as well as some new stuff including The Unwritten, Red Robin and Gotham City Sirens.

The Disney-Marvel take-over is discussed (you may not have heard about it, it's not big news :P), as well other very important news stories such as the X-Men motion comic trailer, a Del Toro Deadman film in the works, and Stacey's impending 24th birthday! A-woo-hoo!

So sit back, make yourself a nice hot cuppa, and enjoy Stacebob's return in this extra-long, extra-awesome episode!

The Stand-In-Stacey-sode

After a week’s delay, and with young Stacey now trekking around the UK in search of top entertainment, Iz finds a deputy-Stacey in the shape of SFX blogger and co-host of 'Small Press Big Mouth' podcast, Stacey Whittle.

It might be a different co-host but it's the usual amount of tangents, comic-book ramblings, and the odd bit of appreciation for pretty boys.

In the already out-of-date News, we cover last minute Sherlock Holmes casting, a new Steve Niles film adaptation, and a very spiffy competition to be a zombie in upcoming Insomnia graphic novel Damaged Goods.

Iz and deputy-Stace have an incredibly geeky chat about what they love and don't love in comics, films and tv - with tangents and rants about Superman the Movie, drunken encounters with Simon Pegg, and Keira Knightley.

Normal service will be resumed soon with the usual suspects.

We are back to our regular programming with episode 41 - jam-packed full of joint reviews, the occasional and obligatory Barrowman reference, and plenty of examples of why the birds should have been catching up on their sleep rather than having a ramblethon at each other :/

Joint reviews include: Marvel Divas #1 vs Gotham City Sirens #1, the latest Torchwood, and the Blackest Night event so far.  Stace recommends the Rival Angels webcomic, and Iz dribbles (again) over The Unwritten #2 and #3.

If you haven't already, check out 'Podcast on a Half Shell episode 1' with Stacey of Comic Racks & Luke of Nine Panel Nerds, and 'Geek Syndicate episode 128' with Iz as guest co-host with the lovely Barry Nugent. 

Stacey Frost of the Comic Racks podcast and Luke Foster of the Nine Panel Nerds podcast have a nice long discussion about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. From small press sensation to media phenomenon, Luke and Stace talk about the Turtles' history in cartoons, movies, comics books and everything else they can think of. From the best of the movies to the most ridiculous action figures, join them as they talk about one of their most beloved cartoon teams.

Welcome to another exciting episode of Comic Racks, bringing all things geek from the girls' perspective.

This fortnight the Ladies finally succeed at recording a shorter episode, jam-packing it with gallons of pure awesome.

With no main topic springing to mind, it's Reviewsville this fotnight, as the Racks cover such gems as Scud: The Disposable Assassin, Crossed, Science of Sleep, Neccessary Evil, the Marvel Divas preview...and more! Iz scares Stace with the idea of creepy clowns in Psychoville, Stace upsets Iz with this weeks Tail, and the girls share a mutual love for Secret Six.

On top of all this joy comes two awesomely-wicked songs in Rack Music, some of the lamest Peeves ever (but damn, they're annoying!) and, apologies to Jimmy Bott; some Barrowman news! Huzzah!

Enjoy, chaps!

Welcome to a spangly new episode of Comic Racks; insanely rambling just for you since 2007!

In this episode, the ladies attempt to do a shorter episode using alarms which don't go off properly, get ignored, or aren't set at all, resulting in this 1 hour and 45 min extravaganza!

Join the Racks as they get over-excited by Deadpool related news items, other exciting new podcasts and comics galore. Spoilertastic reviews include Batman & Robin #1, Terminator Salvation, Eekamoo, Cancertown, Pwanda,Thugs #1, Fear Agent, Chew #1 and a shedload more besides.

In the Ask The Racks section, the girls struggle to cast actors in comic movies, Stacey desperately attempts to explain Deadpool's name (and probably failed miserably) and Iz explains why superhero comics make her run away in fear. Also discussed are boobtastic manga figures, the comics that made us nerds and what catchphrases the super-awesome Comic Racks figures would have if ever they were made.

Playing out this episode is the worlds most ridiculous, offensive, foul and downright hilarious song, Skeletor VS Beastman by Gnarkill. If you value your childhood, you should probably skip this song...

Enjoy!