Coffee & Cider

Are all the answers our heroes need found at a repurposed pig farm full of decaying bodies??? Rich contemplates his potentially Lord of the Rings-ian journey to San Diego. Danielle is considering a return to a world she left behind.

Eisner Award Nominee John Allison does not introduce himself nor is he introduced as this episode's sit-in special guest substitute co-host on the Coffee & Cider Jazz Band. What if Rich were a priest, literally dripping  in gold? He could be a Dracula! Have you a Death Wish? Come on down to my restaurant! Calm down, dear.

Coffee & Cider (but Hold the Coffee) LIVE from STAPLE 2016! Rich takes a show off so that we can present the "Webcomics" panel from STAPLE 2016 in full, with Very Special GuestsSpike Trotman, Dave Mercier, Matt Melvin, and our very own Danielle "Cider" Corsetto! Additional panels from STAPLE 2016 will appear in the Artist Edition feed. Brought to you by * Level Up: Monthly Mystery Apparel from Loot Crate, with matching themes and no repeats! Visit the link and get 10% off by using CIDER  to support the show.

Do you ever worry what'll happen if EVERYONE at yoga farts? Danielle and Rich discuss The Golden Ratio, academic standards they never knew to have before they started teaching, and the magic of re-gifting technology.

Rich begins backing up 16 years of website and Danielle reveals the secrets of "MultiTime".We finally discover Rich's superpower. No, the other one. No, not that one either. Brought to you by * Loot Crate's Level Up: Get 2 different pairs of high-quality socks, 1 to 2 fashionable accessories, or a wearable item like a long-sleeve shirt or lounge pants each month. Support the show and save 10% by using the code CIDER at checkout.

Danielle becomes Max Headroom and Rich has finally gotten weather that resembles actual winter. Of course he has nothing better to do than get Danielle hooked on "The Peach"just like all the cool, happening youths. Brought to you by * Comic Bento: The original graphic novel subscription box service. Get $5 off your first month by using CIDER at checkout.

Rich and Danielle have a solution for Twitter, and it involves money. They discuss Mormon underwear, ass-kicking, and illustrious careers in teaching as well as bad comics contracts...which both effectively involve no money. "Powerball" means everyone may now design one consensual mini golf hole!

"Sexy Heroic Single Dad" Randy Milholland redefines “reason for the season” with Danielle and Rich on what becomes a Very Special Holiday Special you had no idea anyone would want, but realize you now cannot live without. [[NOTE: Randy is not in any actual nor legal sense a “dad” and your read on his heroism may vary, but his pure sexual energy is undeniable.]]

Danielle is selling a physical good called Original Art. Rich has mastered the ancient mercantile art of Laying Down Clear Tape. Our heroes finally answer a burning question: which Super Mario Bros. cartridge do you trust with your banking records?

Danielle and Rich catch up on the last two months they did no podcasting, but mostly and almost exclusively talk about how, thanks to first-hand use, Rich thinks the iPad Pro is going to destroy the Wacom tentacle monster for many cartoonists.

Ghostbusters II was, in fact, a movie. What organized crime is best executed by employing a child in a fedora? Tune in to find out, and also to hear our first mid-show Bathroom Break!

Good News: Danielle has finally returned from her month away from sweet, sustaining internet access. Bad News: She and Rich start talking about cannibalism standards early on, so you may need to ascertain whether you're the eating or eaten type. Brought to you by * SaneBox: Stop letting your email eat you alive. Get a no-credit-card-required, 2-week free trial and $25 off your new membership when you sign up by visiting SaneBox.com/esn. Cider in Exile, Episode 4 of 4, aka "The Aftermath"

Sigh in relief: Danielle yet survives in the Canadian Wilds. Will she be able to find "Boy Wonder" Ryan North without the help of Technology? Will Rich tear this mother down when the final loads of return shipping from SDCC arrive, truly marking The Start of Christmas? Shop for (Coffee & Cider)-Powered Goods * Topatoco has created a combination store of Rich and Danielle's merchandise that, as Danielle says "puts all the cute shit in one place". Cider in Exile, Episode 3 of 4

Our Intrepid Cider Scout Danielle continues her Internetless Canadian Adventure and Survivor-Refugee Rich drifts back onto the shore of civilization in the filthy wake of San Diego Comic-Con. Above: the empty husk of a (former) pay phone bank. Cider in Exile, Episode 2 of 4

Coming to you not-live and via Direct Distance Dialing involving zero computers and instead actual phones...it's Coffee & Cider's San Diego Comic-Con Not-So-Special! How has Danielle survived off the internet grid? Did Rich make it to San Diego, or did he get whacked? Voices from the recent past will tell you! We were serious about the no computers or Skype thing, this was phones on both ends and sounds like it, but enjoy the charming, rustic world before computers. This is also why Rich assumes the audio is unusably loud on his end because he's used to having a microphone. Stupid Rich, what a quality snob. Cider in Exile, Episode 1 of 4

On the precipice of our most dramatic phase of the show yet, wherein Danielle will literally be phoning it in but probably working ten times as hard as Rich in doing so, we contemplate the brink of living internet-free (Danielle) versus internet-rich (Rich, aka "Internet Rich"). Part 2 of "The Road to" Cider in Exile

Danielle finalizes plans for her voyage into the frying frozen north, and Rich successfully convinces himself to definitely probably absolutely not be 100% against maybe driving a van through the Cursed Lands of The South,  preaching (some of) the Gospel of Jabba the Hutt. How much does a case of Fancy Slave Leia Toys No One Wants go for these days? TRIGGER WARNING: #nipples Part 1 of "The Road to" Cider in Exile

Danielle won an award and a newspaper...or was it a newspaper comics syndicate. Wait...did she get dressed up to win a Reuben sandwich? She and Rich discuss Old Guard, New Guard, New New Guard, and finally the New Old Guard in comics. Kindly get off their respective lawns, please and thanks!

Rich continues planning the prevention of Danielle's off-grid death, and Danielle opens the Pandora's Box that is Ham Radio. Would Rich just "come back" if he shut everything off for a month? Do we want to find out? Make sure to #KILLALLMEN before listening to the ULTRA-explicit after show

Danielle "preps" for her tech-free voyage, and Rich teaches her some of the Dark Magicks of Amtrakmancing. That and the importance of Sex Vans and weapons.