War Rocket Ajax

The artist of the sold-out Huge Event comic Batman Incorporated #8 (as well as most of the rest of the series), Chris Burnham, is our guest on this week’s show! We talk about the worldwide reaction to that very issue, complaints on Twitter, his sure-to-be-controversial upcoming story in Heavy Metal, Batman’s “new look” costume, what Grant Morrison’s scripts are like, and much, much more! Plus, another installment of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!

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In advance of his new Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight story, Josh Williamson of Monkeybrain Comics’ Masks and Mobsters joins us for this week’s show! Topics of discussion include Batman, Batman, Batman, Batman’s origin, Batman, Alfred, Batman, and Christmas! Also other things. Also also: Another WRA Love Haters segment!

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The writer of Monkeybrain Comics’ brand-new series High Crimes, Christopher Sebela, joins us on this week’s show! We talk at length about the new Die Hard movie, the series as a whole, what inspired a comic about crime on Mount Everest, whether someone can snowboard down the world’s highest peak, how he and Kelly Sue DeConnick divide the work on Captain Marvel, and much more! Plus, more love and hate from Chris and Matt!

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Our guest this week is Sean Howe, author of the terrific book Marvel Comics: The Untold Story! We’ll talk with him about whether Stan Lee and Jack Kirby get too much or not enough credit, the big personality of Jim Shooter, how he was able to stay objective through the process of writing the book, which publishers he’d like to see covered in new books, Marvel’s unsung heroes, the hidden genius of Gerry Conway, what he thinks of Marvel today, and much more! Plus, we do our first-ever War Rocket Ajax Love/Hate Inventory!

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The creators of Trip Fantastic, Jason Baxter, Mac Hamilton and Derek Charm, join us for this week’s show! We talk about their comics, but we spend a lot of time on their influences, mid-1990s adventure shows including Baywatch Nights and Thunder in Paradise! We also dig into our favorite Batman ’66 bad guys, designing t-shirts for K-Mart, influencing Mark Millar’s TV tastes and much more! Plus, we answer a big question about Kevin Smith!

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We’re listing our favorite and least favorite stuff again this week, and this time our sights are set on Marvel’s merry mutants! ComicsAlliance’s David Brothers and Andrew Wheeler stop by to talk about the conundrum that is Gambit, that period in which Joseph was around for like eight years, just how bad “The Draco” gets, the wonders of Australia and much more!

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This week we’re welcoming the writer and artist of The Legend of Ricky Thunder, Punch Captain, Adventure Wizard and much more, Kyle Starks to the show! We’ll talk with him about how difficult (or not) it is to write dialogue, the beauty of nonsense, why Wild Dog is so great, having an incredibly busy year, wrestling (of course) and much more! Plus, Chris and Matt answer a lengthy listener question about what comics make us happy!

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Friend of the show and writer of the new Uncanny X-Force Sam Humphries stops by for the show this week! We talk about pogs, the Wood Whisperer, rap camp, Tony DiMera, Andy Khouri’s first word, oh, and some comics, too, when we find the time for it. Chris and Matt also talk about their New Year’s resolutions  and what they did over the Christmas break!

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We’re kicking off 2013 by looking at the best and least-best of what 2012 had to offer! That’s right! It’s time for the annual Gordie awards, with categories selected by you, the listeners!

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It’s Christmas! It’s Christmas time! Matt Fraction is here to talk with us about comics, and also to discuss our favorite and least-favorite holiday music, specials, movies and comics!

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