I Follow Where My Mind Goes

Apparently, podcasting once a week for The Comic Addiction isn't enough. Fellow editor and X-Men junkie, Antony Ellis and I have started a monthly spin-off podcast called X-Addiction. We get together over Skype and discuss the previous month's worth of X-Men related comic books. The first episode went fairly smoothly and has met with enthusiasm by a few of our regular listeners.

The guys that run the Uncanny X-Cast podcast seemed a little miffed at first. I guess having two of their most loyal, longtime listeners, who have been extremely active on the message board, decide to take on an endeavor that could be perceived as direct competition might be little unsettling. Antony and I felt that we reached the limit of what we could do as X-Men fans through the Uncanny X-Cast and felt that X-Addiction was a natural progression for us. Also, Editor-in-Chief Chris Partin and I had been talking about new ways to expand the regular podcast and this seemed like a perfect outgrowth.

We chose the end of July to launch since it coincides with the new status quo for the X-Books. The team moved out the San Francisco and this was reflected in Uncanny X-Men #500 and Astonishing X-Men #25. Also, X-Factor starts its first storyline since that team moved to Detroit with issue #33. This makes it a good month for new readers to take a look at the X-Books, so it was a nice fit.

Sticking to a monthly schedule may be a problem. I have a feeling there will be a push for us to go twice a month after a while. I'm having a ton of fun podcasting for both shows, but I don't want to burn out. I'll worry about that when it happens.