Punisher: Body Count

We’re back, baby! But really, were we ever really gone? Not if you’re on our facebook fan page!

0:00 Introduction - Jake let’s us know how how the Superbowl has wrecked his fair city of Indianapolis, and I talk about how I got unduly angry at a magic 8 Ball. Jacob and I also discuss the etymology of “weeaboo.”

14:58 Mail Call - Hey speaking about weeaboos, we created a small list of anime and manga recommendations for Punisher fans. Some of the stuff I’m sure you’ve heard of, but hopefully you can find some gems in our list. Big thanks to Blackstone for the idea, and if you have some ideas of your own, post on the fan page or on the comments below! We also answer a letter about the idea of a female Punisher, which has existed before and is being somewhat explored right now in Rucka’s Punisher. We also have some minor news about Ann Nocenti.

52:02 Bullet Points - We review Punisher #7. Marco Chechetto is back, and I couldn’t be happier. Jake’s decompression argument starts to turn me, and overall we just agree that we need a new turn to the story, or at least some new information on The Exchange and the death of Rachel’s husband. Still a well put together comic, go buy it.

1:10:20 Flashbacks - We begin part 1 of our intercompany crossover segments. In today’s line up:

• Punisher/Painkiller Jane #1 Lovesick
• Witchblade/Punisher #1
• Batman/Punisher: Lake of Fire #1

I know those have #1 in the title, but none of them are continued beside the Batman crossover. Overall, they are riddled with stupidity and we were surprised at how positively Frank was portrayed. If we didn’t get to your favorite crossover comic, sit tight, we’ll get to it.

1:57:10 Discharge Papers -We talk about the disappointing situation with the Before Watchmen comics, and Jake just watched Gran Torino, so we talk about that.

Welcome back, Punisher fans! We got quite a show for you today, as we look at a seminal Punisher story, in its past and present incarnations, as well as begin our pre-mourning over Punisher MAX coming to an end.

0:00 Introduction - I bitch about the YMCA’s pricing policies and Jake shows how you can become father of the year as we discuss his guest spot on Will Strack’s Dad Wants a Section 8 podcast. We also bring up some sweet Punisher news involving a new Marvel crossover called “The Omega Effect.”

13:52 Mail Call - We got the opposite of last show’s mail, which means a whole lot of nothing. But we do have an offer for our fans, so listen in!

48:48 Bullet Points - We review Punisher MAX #21 and Punisher #7. Tears are shed as we near the end of the MAX run, but we still find things to bitch about, like Vanessa becoming the new queen of New York via King of the Hill-style tactics. In Greg Rucka’s comic, Jake and I argue about decompression and artistic license again, proving why you can’t have a math guy running a podcast with a liberal arts major.

1:03:10 Flashbacks - We talk about Mike Baron’s Punisher #10 and Ann Noccenti’s Daredevil #257, which both deal with the Zumatrin killer, but each comic show’s each character’s perspective on the issue. Our final judgment on the comics may surprise you! Also, John Romita Jr.’s art is awful.

1:49:18 Discharge Papers -Apes, Churchill, Comixology, piracy, and the future of digital comics are discussed. Also, the Matrix gets reloaded… by us.

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Happy New Year, let’s get started. Our contest has come to an end, and the winners are announced within the first minute of the podcast.

0:00 Introduction - Jacob and I talk about family and Christmas, and we also have an intervention on an apparent addiction of mine. We also discuss the contest details, as well as how Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bastard child is a ticking time bomb.

19:50 Mail Call -Good lord, this Mail Call. We go through a lot of topics here, such as the Punisher’s Island of Misfit Villains, Howard Chaykin, the Punisher’s guest appearance on the 90s Spider-Man cartoon, gun nuts who write corrections to the Punisher fan mail section, and so much more. Remember people, large and in charge.Oh, we also deal with the continuity issues between Punisher 616 and MAX, which can be a headache if you make it one.

48:48 Bullet Points - We review the penultimate MAX issue of Aaron’s run, where Frank fights Elektra and the final tragic pieces fall into place for February’s issue. Overall, it’s a great issue, and there’s some great touches on Frank’s early years. Jake notices an artist’s error, and I make a quibble about subtly.

1:11:00 Flashbacks - Due to overwhelming popular demand, and by that I mean Jake suggested it over text, we review Mike Baron’s G-Force. The gist? Frank chases a cocaine-dealing French millionaire to a space station. Also, we learn that even when a criminal shoots heroin into your system, that’s no excuse for bad hygiene.

1:53:18 Discharge Papers - I recommend Limitless and Bad Lieutenant: Port of New Orleans, which are nutty in their own ways. We also get financial tips from Nicholas Cage. Jake feels a bit dirty after watching Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and may not not be able to do a certain sexual act. We also talk about the rise and fall of the Matrix movies. I continue my horror streak by trying to describe the madness that is Franken-Fran. Jake wraps things up by revealing how he made his wife a bigger nerd.

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Merry Christmas, guys! Jake worked his butt off getting this thing edited to holiday perfection, so the least I can do is put it up on time. This is The Barracuda Special, and Jake and I go on a marathon of 17 issues, all dealing with Frank’s most determined nemesis in the MAX run. We review the good (Barracuda mini-series, Long Cold Dark), the average (Barracuda arc in MAX), and the comic that makes you wonder how badly Marvel needed money if they had to deal with Eminem.

We here at Punisher: Body Count hope you have a great holiday break with your family and friends, and have a Happy New Year.

Hey everyone, have you gotten your shopping done yet? No? Good. The adrenaline rush in the coming days will do you good. This is a long show, so let’s try out a new format and you can pick what you want!

0:00 Introduction – Jacob and I describe our how the holiday season is treating us and then we bring up our Christmas family traditions, each with their own depressing twist. We also give updates on the contest and tell you YOUR Christmas present, coming in just a few days!

11:28 Mail Call - Today we do something different, where we get Body Count fan Will Strack on the horn and we talk about the cult classic PS2 Punisher video game for far too long. Check out Will’s podcast on iTunes, Dad Wants a Section 8.

31:31 Bullet Points - It’s a Christmas miracle in Greg Rucka’s Punisher #6, where there are two fill-in artists and yet the art is actually pretty great. Rachel gets to kick some ass and Frank is a friend to the animals.

49:00 Flashbacks - We cover a lot of ground in Flashbacks today, starting with Mike Baron’s Punisher # 9, which would have been a rather average story if not for the twist at the end that made one of us mad as hell. We then cover two Christmas specials — The Punisher Holiday Special #2 and Jason Aaron’s 2008 Punisher X-Mas Special — where too many writers think dressing up Frank as Santa is just the epitome of holiday literature. We also learn that Vietnam gives you every life skill you’ll ever need, but the price is holiday innocence.

1:46:10 Discharge Papers - Jake talks about Frank Miller’s Daredevil run for five seconds, and then I bust in to talk about how much I hate Holy Terror. We then talk about our refined tastes in anime before we segue into an interesting, if morbid discussion about the inevitable death of Stan Lee and how fandom is going to be just awful about it.

Hope you enjoyed the podcast, and we’ll see you guys again before Christmas.

Welcome to episode 10, the big one oh, the numero uno plus goose egg. We never expected our little podcast to do as well as it’s done in the short time it’s been around, but you fans have made it worth it, and we promise to keep making the podcast better than ever, starting now.

For instance, we’re running our first contest to celebrate! In today’s podcast, we ask three questions related to Frank Castle that we’ve brought up in our show. Each question is linked to a different prize, but you can answer all of them to improve your chances at winning something (limit 1 prize).

In today’s show, I give tips on how to make Atlantic City a non-miserable experience, and Jake brings up the aforementioned contest and how to enter. We also learn that one of our loyal podcast listeners has a dog that got pretty injured, so if you can, check out his art site and send him some love and/or a commission. We also discussed the upcoming Punisher TV show a bit in Mail Call, but no new info has come about for the show.

If having a contest wasn’t enough to excite you, then how about a new interview! In the Interrogation Room, we get to the long-promised interview with Marco Chechetto, the current artist on Greg Rucka’s Punisher series! Marco was very welcoming and considerate to our request for an interview, but he did not want to come on the show due to English not being his first language. He did allow an email correspondence, and we read the transcripts in the show.

Finally we get to brass tacks in Bullet Points, where we read the soon-to-be-ended Punisher MAX #19 and Punisher #5. Short answer? Buy them both, they’re great. In Flashbacks, we read issues #6-8 of Mike Baron’s run on the original Punisher on-going series. They’re great too, but for different reasons. Hint: Plutonium and gay Wall Street moguls. In Discharge Papers, Jake lays down his opinion on the new Evanescence CD and I complain about definitions of things.

Tune in next time, for a Very Special episode.

Happy Halloween, Punisher fans. Today we’re doing a slightly smaller episode, since no new Punisher comics have come out, but this is balanced out by the fact that it’s Halloween. In today’s episode, we discuss how our own Halloween weekend has gone and Jake fails to make me think The Big Bang Theory is a good show. He fails.

We also discuss an interview we did with Trever Talbert, a great pipe maker, cartoonist, movie reviewer, and cool guy, where the audio file unfortunately got corrupted. If you are a tobacco enthusiast please check out his pipe gallery, and while you’re at it, check out his Kentucky Fried Popcorn blog, where he discusses weird and wacky movies.

Afterwards, Jake and I go in-depth on the newly announced Punisher tv show. We have incredibly mixed feelings about it, with us eventually siding on “It sounds terrible.” In Flashbacks, we talk about a “classic” Punisher story, Punisher & Wolverine: Revelation which contained the second and last story about “Angelic Punisher.” It’s a long story, we explain it in the podcast.

Finally, in Discharge Papers, Jake and I talk about why Saw is awful and I recommend zombie and camcorder horror movies. In the next podcast, we will discuss classic Mike Baron issues and new Punisher comics.

Hey guys, Jake has… gone to a farm up in Maine, where he is very happy and will never be spoken of again. We now welcome Wyatt Jones, long time listener, first time podcaster! Surely, this will be the start of a long and rewarding relationship and Jake will never return. Ever. Today, we go through Rapidfire like champs, and then enter Bullet Points, where we talk about Punisher MAX #18 and Punisher #4, where Rucka is solid and Steve Dillon continues to raise the art bar to incredible heights.

In Flashbacks, we review Punisher 2099 #1-3, where it was clearly made by 7 year old children who are amazing people. Then we review the Marvel Knights Punisher 2099 one-shot, where we agree that even Kirkman can make a swing-and-a-miss. In Discharge Papers, Jake and I confirm we are horrible people.

Welcome to Punisher: Body Count numero siento, where the content is hilarious and the points don’t matter. Within the first five minutes we have a very special announcement about a current guy working on Punisher right now, so stay tuned for that in the next episode! We go through Mail Call and Rapid Fire like a fierce gazelle and we head into Bullet Points with equal grace. There, we discuss mannish-looking women in Punisher MAX #3 and then discuss a villain that will surely not become part of Frank’s rogues gallery. Next, we discuss Return to Big Nothing in the Flashbacks section and things kind of fall apart from there. Listen, I’m not going to spoil anything for you, but you’ll either love our “discussion” or never listen to us again.

Jake and I wrap things up in Discharge Papers talking about a Tim Burton classic and I harp on about the DC reboot, which surely no other comic podcaster has done before.

Welcome back to Episode 6 of Punisher Body Count, where the deaths keep coming and the points don’t matter! In today’s podcast, Jacob has accomplished a goal that will surely ascend him to the valhalla of nerdom any day now. After he lords his victory over us, we move on to Mail Call and I make an heart-felt apology. Then we go into a new sub-segment called Rapid Fire and answer questions from 4chan’s /co/.

Then we get into Greg Rucka’s Punisher #2 in Bullet Points, where we make some dark predictions and talk about how pretty Frank is. Afterwards, we progress into Flashbacks where we discuss Spider-Man #161-162, with special guest Nightcrawler! In it, we learn that Spider-Man is the true monster and when we learn who the villain is, we find out the true victims are the readers. Finally, we spiral into our personal B.S. in Discharge Papers, where we discuss artistic liberties vis a vis cowboys and tommy guns.

Keep the messages coming, and if you’d like to come on the show with us, contact us and we’ll make it work.