This week the pod crew have so many comics topics to talk about, and who better to talk to than Fred Van Lente (Comic Book History of Comics, Action Philopshers, Archer and Armstrong)! From his work on the new Valiant comics, to taking charge of a publisher-wide crossover to educating the next generation of comic writers, if you like comic books there's something for everyone in this chat.

Great stuff to check out this week - Fred Van Lente, Valiant Comics, Alien Books, Bloodshot, Archer and Armstrong, Eat Fighter, King Kirby, Comics Experience, The Patsy Papers, Rachael Ball, Who Can Replace a Man?, Brian Aldis, WIP Comics Group, The Unbelievable Unteens, Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy, Jeff Lemire, Tyler Crook, Black Hammer, Mega City Book Club, Eleven O'Clock Comics, Cliff Cumber, Do a Powerbomb, Daniel Warren Johnson, Kieron Squires, Transformers, Energon Universe