It’s all been leading to this. DC’s new Batman event starts in Batman: Fear State Alpha. Numerous threads from across the Batman line start to come together, with many villains making their move and the heroes caught on the back foot. The issue is written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Riccardo Federici, colored by…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 175: In the Garden with Ivy Noelle Weir Writer Ivy Noelle Weir returns to talk about her new Mad Cave Studios series, Bountiful Garden, as well as her upcoming graphic novel modernizations of two literary classics. Plus: the similarities and differences between Philadelphia and Boston, reality TV and TikTok for…
In Detective Comics #1,042, Batman and Huntress conclude their battle with The Jury in the feature, while in the backup, Deb Donovan and Red Hood continue their investigation into missing supervillain corpses as the oddest couple in Gotham. The feature was written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Viktor Bogdanovic, inked by Daniel Henriques and Bogdanovic,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 174: Mark Russell Life Story Writer Mark Russell joins the show to talk about a range of books, from AWA’s Not All Robots to Marvel’s Fantastic Four Life Story to AHOY’s Second Coming to Vault’s Deadbox, and to tease future projects. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud,…
In Batman Secret Files: Clownhunter #1, Clownhunter continues his quest to, well, hunt clowns, only to find he isn’t as prepared as he thinks in a story written by Ed Brisson, drawn by Rosi Kampi, colored by Andrew Dalhouse and lettered by Simon Bowland. A bidding war at an auction house between Bruce Wayne and…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 173: Tim Drake, Disaster Boy with Meghan Fitzmartin Writer Meghan Fitzmartin tells us all about her “disaster boy” Tim Drake and the DC animated feature “Justice Society: World War II.” NOTE: This episode was recorded BEFORE last week’s big Tim Drake reveal. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts,…
You can’t keep Batman down. Everywhere you look, there he is! In Detective Comics #1,041, Batman deals with the repercussions of his war with Mr. Worth as The Jury makes its moves against Batman and Bruce Wayne. And in the backup, reporter Deb Donovan gets a tip that leads her down a morbid trail. The…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 172: Mask of the Phantasm We dip into the WMQ&A vault and unearth this discussion of the 1993 animated classic Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, recorded in July 2020 and only now being released. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where new…
It’s the Magistrate vs. the Unsanity Collective, and the Scarecrow makes his play in Batman #111, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Two-Face faces the GCPD in interrogation and his story includes some new twists and new characters. The…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 171: Game on with Ben Kahn Writer Ben Kahn joins the show to talk about their Dark Horse graphic novel Renegade Rule, adapting video games to comics, the 1989 movie The Wizard and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where…
Welcome back to Bat Chat! In Detective Comics #1,040, Bruce Wayne turns himself in to the GCPD after the events of the previous arc while Mr. Worth and Penguin plot their revenge as written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. In the backup to the…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 170: David Pepose and the World’s Worst Skrull We get not-so-Secret Invasioned by the World’s Worst Skrull as Dan and “Matt” attempt to talk to writer David Pepose about his Kickstarter for The O.Z. #2. Check out a preview here, and support the Kickstarter here. You can listen to WMQ&A…
It’s catch-up week here at Bat Chat. With none of the main-continuity Bat titles dropping, we’ll be discussing three out-of-continuity digital first tales: two released physically in the past couple weeks, and one that is still digital for a couple more months. The inaugural arc of the new volume of Legends of the Dark Knight…
The shell around Ego the Living Planet has hatched, and a far greater threat has emerged. Dormammu, the dread lord of the Dark Dimension, has come to Earth-616 with a legion of even more powerful Mindless Ones, and it’s up to the Guardians of the Galaxy, spread across said galaxy, to stop him. Guardians of…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 169: Gamma-Powered Cartwheels with Crystal Frasier Writer Crystal Frasier talks about her new graphic novel Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms, her work on Marvel’s Gamma Flight, Charlene McGowan, Titania, the diabolical genius of corgis, and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at…