Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 157: Kyle Higgins' Radiant Black Bath Bombs Writer Kyle Higgins joins the show to talk about his Image series Radiant Black, writing about writing, finding out as a kid that none of his friends liked Power Rangers anymore, and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify,…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 156: Yes We Canto with David Booher and Drew Zucker The co-creators of Canto, David M. Booher and Drew Zucker, talk to us about the little clockwork knight that became a creator-owned hit for IDW. Also: Dogs! Stephen King! Grogu? You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify,…
Jim Gordon prepares to hunt down the Joker, as forces align against the Clown Prince of Crime, in The Joker #2, with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Guillem March, colored by Ari Prianto and lettered by Tom Napolitano. And in a much less somber corner of DC’s publishing line, Batman…
Tommy and Eva aren’t the pair you’d expect: he’s a down on his luck Los Angeles PI and she’s a flapper ghost who is helping him out. When they get a case that takes them to the Magic Manor to bring a runaway home, they wind up with more than they bargained for in Dame…
Thor and Loki are in trouble. They’ve summoned the Midgard Serpent’s sister, and now they have to save Asgard from her. And even if they succeed, something even more terrifying might be waiting on the other side in Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #2, with a story by Mariko Tamaki, art by Gurihiru and letters…
Basil Hallward has painted again, and this time the painting is affecting all of Paris. It’s a strange world in Vault Comics’ The Picture of Everything Else #3 by Dan Watters, Kishore Mohan and Aditya Bidikar. Ari Bard: More than the previous two, The Picture of Everything Else #3 feels like a bridge in many…
The year is 1927, and two houses across the Atlantic are about to collide. At Keyhouse in Lovecraft, Massachusetts, Locke family patriarch Chamberlain is dying and regrets the loss of his son to Hell. On Fawney Rig in Sussex, England, Roderick Burgess holds court over his debauched followers and keeps the King of Dreams in…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 155: More Witches! with Matthew Erman and Lisa Sterle Matthew Erman and Lisa Sterle join the show to talk about their Vault Comics series Witchblood, making a good playlist, teal armpit hair, luck and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com,…
Batman investigates the Scarecrow’s latest play and the Unsanity Collective, while Harley tries her best to be her best in Batman #107 with a lead story written by James Tynion IV, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Matt Lazorwitz: I definitely think this issue considers the upward trend…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 154: Jed MacKay Plays the Blue Cards Writer Jed MacKay joins the show to talk about his new BOOM Studios series based on Magic: The Gathering as well as his Marvel work on Black Cat, Taskmaster, Avengers: Mech Strike and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud,…
When it comes to bad ideas, Robert Venditti has a few. Well, at least one. Let’s just say Venditti, the writer behind the return of X-O Manowar and the recent volume of Hawkman, is the writer behind the next title from Bad idea, the comic company that is breaking pretty much every established rule of…
It’s an off week for all the main Bat titles, so we’re digging into the DC Vault for this week’s BatChat, specifically the digital issue #3 of Let Them Live!: Unpublished Tales from the DC Vault, a tale entitled “Flesh Made Word” written by Scott Bryan Wilson, drawn by John Paul Leon, colored by Dave…
Cássia Costa hasn’t been having an easy time. New school, new city, new … mystical dragon-related powers? Yes, Inferno Girl Red, a 100-page OGN just launched on Kickstarter, isn’t just the story of the new girl in town, or the new superhero in town, but a little bit of both. We talked with writer and…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 153: X Trivia with Chris Hassan Chris Hassan returns to the podcast to celebrate his 100th X-Men Monday column at AIPT, play a little X Trivia and ponder the direction of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at ComicsXF.com, where…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). In Detective Comics #1,034, Bruce Wayne meets the neighbors while Batman hunts the remnants of Joker’s gangs, while something more sinister starts beneath the streets of Gotham in a story written by Mariko Tamaki, drawn by Dan Mora, colored by Jordie Bellaire and lettered by Aditya…