Thanks to some shipping-related hijinks due to the holiday, and the fact that Matt insists on reading things physically, we skipped last week’s Bat Chat, so this week is a hat trick of the three main-continuity Bat books. Simon Saint’s plan becomes more clear and Harley makes a connection in Batman #109 with a lead…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 163: The Power of Friendship with Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer Noted best friends Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer join other noted best friends Dan Grote and Matt Lazorwitz to talk about their new Image series, The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts,…
You open the door to the record shop, and waiting for you is an old friend, or maybe someone you’ve never met before, there to sell you a record and tell you a spooky tale or two. That’s the experience you’ll get when you back Dead Beats 2: London Calling, the new anthology that launches…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 162: Dauntless Storytime Marcus Jimenez and Eastin DeVerna join the show to talk about some of the new titles coming from publisher Dauntless Stories, such as Deadly Living, Through the Shadow of Titan and Starless Daydream. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com,…
Horror, queerness and New Jersey. Could a headier mix of topics exist? I’m not sure, but writer Emmett Nahil and artist George Williams are looking to explore it in the new graphic novel Let Me Out, currently wrapping up its Kickstarter campaign. Before the funding window closes, I was able to ask Nahil about the…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In Detective Comics #1,035, Batman and Huntress collide as their cases intersect and the mystery of the murders in Fort Graves deepens, as written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya Bidikar. And in a Huntress backup story,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 161: Feelin' Blue (Flame) with Adam Gorham Artist Adam Gorham joins the show to talk about his new Vault series The Blue Flame, his upcoming Dune book, Ninja Turtles, the pandemic year, his pets and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at…
A classic Batman title makes its return as Batman hunts some of his most famous rogues to stop them from getting their hands on a nerve agent being sold by a mysterious new foe in Legends of the Dark Knight #1, written and pencilled by Darick Robertson, inked by Robertson and Richard P. Clark, colored…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 160: Going Rogue with Alisa Kwitney Alisa Kwitney joins the show to talk about her new Marvel prose novel Rogue: Untouched, her upcoming Sandman podcast, her dog and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You…
The hunt for the Joker reaches a climax (We don’t really believe that, but we’ll see) as Jim Gordon comes face to face with the boogeyman in The Joker #3, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Ari Prianto and lettered by Tom Napolitano. A much less…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 159: Outlaw Comics with Ed Piskor Cartoonist Ed Piskor (X-Men Grand Design, Hip-Hop Family Tree) joins Dan and Matt to talk about his new Fantagraphics series Red Room, outlaw comics, the magic of the video store and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher…
Batman dives deeper into the Unsanity Collective, and Simon Saint and the Scarecrow’s plans for Peacekeeper-01 and Gotham start to come into focus in Batman #108 with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Matt Lazorwitz: “The Cowardly Lot” is at…
Few comics have captured as wide an audience as Jeff Smith’s all-ages fantasy epic Bone. This week, Smith launched a Kickstarter for the first two graphic novels in his new series: Tuki: Fight for Fire and Tuki: Fight for Family. I sat down over Zoom with Smith to talk about Tuki, Bone, the process of…
On this most holy of Jedi holidays, May the Fourth Be With You! Ever since the camera panned up from Bossk’s clawed foot as Admiral Piett assured the audience that the Empire doesn’t need their scum, bounty hunters have been a recurring & robust part of the Star Wars mythos, making regular appearances in films,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 158: Level Up, um, Levels Up We talk with Gregg, Scott and Joe from Level Up Entertainment as they prepare to open the South Jersey comic shop’s second location. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings. You…