It is with no small sadness that I announce that Episode 183, which will be recorded and broadcast from Heroes Landing in Clermont, Florida on Free Comic Book Day 2011, Saturday, May 7th, starting at 2pm, will be the final broadcast and recording of the show.

Thank you, to our regular contributors/colleagues Slacker and the Man, Talk Nerdy Show, and A.A.A. (Anime Addicts Anonymous) Podcast; to our sponsors/supporters Jeff Melvin of Comic Connection, and Stu Cohen and Todd Merrick of Heroes Landing; to our friends at MegaCon, Florida Supercon, and Anime Festival Orlando for allowing PTG to be a small part of promoting your events year after year; to Geoff and Jennifer Peace, without use of whose studio PTG would have never come to be or lasted this long, and of course to everyone who’s come to our live webcasts or downloaded our podcasts. Thank you for listening and for supporting the show in every way you have these past two-and-a-half years. It’s been a great ride, and I’m looking forward to going out with a great couple of hours this weekend, so come on out for Free Comic Book Day, grab your free books, meet the guest artists coming in, and if you’re so inclined, stop and say “Hello” to the guy in the back corner of the store with all the laptops and microphones. That would be me.

Originally posted at PrimeTimeGeek.com.

Contents of Episode 174, brought to you by Heroes Landing, the Orlando Ghostbusters, and the Ghostbusters: Infestation party, Saturday, March 12th from 3-7pm: (CORRECTION: During the podcast, I erroneously announced the DAY of the event as Wednesday, rather than Saturday. Apologies!)

• Diane Lane cast as Martha Kent in new Superman movie; Elizabeth Hurley, Cary Elwes join cast of new Wonder Woman TV series;
• Miami Comic-Con convention report by Comic Book Alex of Ghost Shadow Studio;
• “Smallville Smackdown”: Thoughts on Allison Mack’s final (?) episodes and Episode 16, “Scion”.

And here’s the info on the Infestation party – hope to see you there!

Here, at last, are the “lost” Halloween episodes of PTG, recorded on October 31st, but only now available for the first time anywhere!

It’s been a while since we’ve posted sale items from our friends over at Entertainment Earth, but this sale is just too good to pass up. No time like the present to start Christmas shopping for the geek in your life, right? Click on the banner above to go to the sale’s main page, or the images below to check out some of the great stuff they’ve got, some of which they only have one or two left, so don’t wait!

• Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi Super Deformed Plush
• Neon Genesis Evangelion Mari Statue
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 4 Graphic Novel
• Transformers Megatron Bust

Thanks again to Fernando Martinez and Javier Garcia of Vulcan Events for promoting PTG on their site and allowing us to bring you the inside scoop on what’s likely to be a great sci-fi weekend! And of course, don’t miss our live broadcast on Ustream.tv this Saturday–we’ll have “The Man” from Slacker and the Man in once again for both hours, and also we’ll be chatting on the phone with Alex and Clayton from Ghost Shadow Studio about their upcoming new independent comic “Torpidity” and their other upcoming projects!

Originally posted at PrimeTimeGeek.com.

PTG Episode 83 is brought to you by … well, by tardiness. Tardiness is something generally I have lots of patience for, considering how often I’m guilty of it. But when it comes to getting episodes of PTG uploaded and available for you guys to listen to at the very LEAST before the next show airs … well, I don’t give myself a whole lot of slack. Which is why I hereby apologize to you, our fans, for getting this episode out to you so late. The news headlines in this episode are so old and stale they might as well have been from 2009, and the reviews of Dollhouse and Marvel Comics‘ initial issues of Siege and Siege: Embedded so out of date that they don’t even need spoiler warnings at this point. But other than THAT, it’s still a pretty good hour and I hope you enjoy it.

In all seriousness, lots of changes for me personally are resulting in having to change the routine in which I get these podcasts available to you. Rest assured, I’ll be making every effort to get stuff out in a more timely manner from here on out. At the very least, you’ll be getting content from this past weekend on time, because they’re very good (and somewhat longer than usual) episodes thanks to the presence of “The Man” from Slacker and the Man in studio for the live broadcast. Check back later in the week to catch those, both in raw form (w/ video) and in podcast form.

Naturally, the interruption will be edited out of the podcast, which will be available tomorrow along with a new blog. New Year’s Day may be still a few days away, but for us here at PTG, it’s already a new year, and that means it’s back to business as usual: blog posts, video, podcasts, and more. Hope you’ll stick with us for Year Two!

Oh, and by the way, have you SEEN the Iron Man 2 trailer yet? I know yesterday I was all excited about Robin Hood–forget that noise. This WILL blow your mind. Unfortunately, there’s no version yet available to embed, so just do yourself a favor and click this link to head over to Apple’s Movie Trailer site, and enjoy!