The Comic Conspiracy

Light on news, heavy on answering questions! Full group this week, as we discuss birthday injuries, wrapping up cancelled titles, lack of ads in some comics, why anime and manga are so bad (they're not), lack of Bulletproof Coffin knowledge, the next Batman movie, which DC titles to drop, comic binding, Batman suggestions, The Walking Dead: Escape, more The Dark Knight Rises talk, and our top 5 comic book movies (at least for today). Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

As the Dark Knight Rises, we record! This week, we discuss last week's special introduction guest, Diamond's digital comic initiative, Grant Morrison's Happy!, Morrison leaving superhero comics, Action Comics, Batman Incorporation delays, fill-in artists, and a whole lot about Dark Knight Rises. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, and Brock Sager.

It's our big post-San Diego Comic-Con 2012 episode, starring just about everyone we've ever had on the podcast! Join us as we discuss the new Neil Gaiman Sandman mini-series, Marvel's official Phase 2 movie release list and schedule, and more stories about Comic-Con than we can even list. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Jim Jokisch, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, Lane Teresaki, and Charlie West.

It's the week before San Diego Comic-Con, but we've still got lots of stuff to talk about! This week, we discuss Avengers vs. X-Men #7, AvX crossovers, our favorite Marvel stories, Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel NOW!, Batman: Year One, and Amazing Spider-Man. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, and Charlie West.

Toby is off watching Amazing Spider-Man while the rest of us discuss fire, computer problems, 4th of July, books we wish were in print, the Infinite Crisis omnibus, DC #0 omnibus, our comic backlogs, Big Hero 6, Guardians of the Galaxy, the return of the Joker, the return of Jean Gray, and San Diego Comic-Con 2012 panels. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, and Charlie West.

Our recent live studio audience, Jim, joins in for this week's podcast, wherein we discuss Jim's Secret Origin, toy customization, some listener questions, Black Hand, Avengers vs. X-Men #6, Before Watchmen: Comedian #1, some Comic-Con 2012 talk, Young Justice mid-season finale, Legend of Korra season finale, Daredevil, X-Man, DC Universe Presents, Jim Starlin's Thanos stories, and Brave. Starring Ryan Higgins, Jim Jokisch, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

Long episode filled with spoilers this week as we discuss modern comic coloring, DC animation repeats, Batman #10 spoilers, Avengers vs X-Men #5, Before Watchmen reactions, Walking Dead #100 and release party, and some Prometheus spoilers after the outro. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

Full cast here this week for discussions about Japanese comic anthologies vs American comic books, the four newest DC Comics New 52 titles, the four newest losses to the New 52 line, May 2012's amazing comic sales numbers, comic book-based video games from E3, Earth-2 #2, flipping Walking Dead, Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2, Star Trek team-up fantasies, Creator Owned Heroes #1, Bleeding Cool Magazine, and Aquaman. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

It's our big manga and anime episode! This week, we discuss our anime and manga Secret Origins, Fanime 2012, Princess Mononoke, the Studio Ghibli Museum, Samurai Champloo, Pluto, Sanctuary, Trigun, and some general anime and manga musings. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, Lane Terasaki, and Charlie West.

3-man cast this week for discussion about Fanime 2012, Prometheus and the Alien franchise, Avengers week 4 box office talk, One Million Moms vs Marvel and DC, Alan Scott, making changes to pre-existing characters, over-rated comics and creators, Jack Kirby, and the Hulk. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, and Charlie West.