The Comic Conspiracy

We're back, after some technical difficulties last week, to talk about the first six months of DC's New 52 relaunch, what books we're liking, what book we're disappointed with, Justice League #6, which characters we want New 52'd, and some John Carter talk. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

Welcome our special guest Omar Brodrick, host of ComicsandDakine.com, as we discuss Omar's Secret Origin, Toby & Omar's San Diego Team-Up, Image Expo 2012, Wizkids' HeroClix, Jonathan Hickman's FF, Christina Strain's Fox Sister, Marvel's Age of Apocalypse Omnibus, and the Paul Dini/Carlos D'Anda Batman: Arkham City mini-series. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

It's new episode time! This week, we're discussing how to back in love with Marvel, Darkhawk, the new $8 Marvel comics, the New 52 trade paperback releases, Doctor Who and Star Trek vs The Cybermen and The Borg, DC's Free Comic Book Day book, the new Earth-2, de-aging Wally West, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Kevin Smith's Comic Book Men, Thief of Thieves #1, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, and Chase. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, and Toby Sidler.

No time for reviews this week, outside Charlie's X-Sanction #3 discussion delayed from last week, as we discuss some huge comic news including Chronicle, the Amazing Spider-Man trailer, Peter Parker's parents, Smallville Season 11, Tony Moore's lawsuit against Robert Kirkman, Marvel's lawsuit against Gary Friedrich, the future of artist alley and commissions, creator's rights, and tons of other legalese we know nothing about. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

It's post-Superbowl time, and for some reason, people spend tons of money making ads during it, so we discuss a few of them, including Met-Life's Cartoon All-Stars and the Avengers trailer, as well as losing our religion, Before Watchmen, and an epic discussion of Max Landis' "Death and Return of Superman" educational parody film. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

All sorts of stuff to talk about this week, including foreign comics, recap pages, Marvel Zombies, Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes, The Tick, Bone, Marvel Apes, Darkwing Duck, Duck Tales, Boom! Studios trade paperbacks, Warner Bros. "We Can Be Heroes" charity, the new Azzarello/Bermejo DC graphic novel, new Marvel animated comics, Spectacular Spider-Man, Thundercats, toy sales, Order of the Stick Kickstarter, print-on-demand, Sam Humphries's Sacrifice, Gene Luen Yang's Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1, and Dynamite's Game of Thrones. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, and Toby Sidler.

It's e-mail time! This week, we discuss The DC Flip, how to open a comic book store, comic book supplies, Kevin Smith's Comic Book Men, new superhero concepts, how our earliest comic books influence our current reading, Prophet #21, 100 Bullets, and Justice League: Generation Lost. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, and Toby Sidler.

Big news this week, including Jupiter's Children, Garth Ennis' The Shadow, The Spirit, the return of backup stories in Batman, the Court of the Owls crossover, value vs price, the return of shock endings, the first wave of cancelations from The New 52, the second wave of launches from DC Comics, Rob Liefeld, DC's possible new logo, Scarlet Spider, Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye, and Invincible Vol. 15. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, and Toby Sidler.

This week, we're wrapping up our Best of 2011 as Toby and Charlie join us to talk about their favorite comics of the past year, Walking Dead, Young Justice, Arkham City, Amazing Spider-Man, Captain America, X-Men: First Class, Daredevil: Director's Cut, and Avengers/X-Men: X-Sanction #2. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

It's a new year, and the same old bitching. The start of a 2011 retrospective, we discuss some notable events of the year including DC's New 52, digital comics, being sick, top selling comics and graphic novels, and our favorite comics of the year. Starring Ryan Higgins and Brock Sager.