Spinning out of āJoker War,ā Punchline, Jokerās newest sidekick/associate/disciple, gets the spotlight in this one-shot, where the forgotten member of the Bat family, Harper Row, her brother, Cullen, and Leslie Thompkins each find something about Batmanās newest rogue to fear or aspire to. Itās āPunchlineā #1 from James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Mirka Andolfo, Romulo…
Iām going to be up front: I donāt like Lobo. Heās everything thatās wrong with the ultraviolent characters of the early ā90s. And the thing a lot of his fans forget about is this: Heās supposed to be unlikable and to represent everything wrong with those types of characters. When introduced in 1983ās āOmega Menā…
Hello friends and readers! While the swords are a-plenty, we take a smaller look into the exciting debut of Taskmaster #1, written up by the Marvel Files debut of Dan McMahon. Also, Matthew Lazorwitz is in it till the bitter, and gives us his thoughts on Magnificient Ms. Marvel #16! Taskmaster #1 Written by: Jed…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 133: The House That Walks Like a Man with Dan Watters Writer Dan Watters joins the show to talk about his upcoming Image series “Home Sick Pilots,” his upcoming Vault series “The Picture of Everything Else,” punk rock, cigarettes, Victorian gothic literature and to make co-host Dan Grote feel old…
Welcome back to Bat Chat with Matt (and Will!). Batman has gone back to basics, and is hunting down leftover Joker thugs when a mysterious new foe with a connection to Batmanās past appears. Itās āBatmanā #102 from James Tynion IV, Carlo Pagulayan, Danny Miki, Carlos DāAnda and David Baron. Matt Lazorwitz: This issue is…
Vali Chandrasekaran and Jun-Pierre Shiozawa join the show to talk about their webcomic “Genius Animals?” as well as the comedic genius of Werner Herzog, writing for TV vs. writing for comics, and whether Bugs Bunny was ever really the good guy.
Thereās nothing like Halloween. The autumn air is crisp, the leaves crunch under your feet, kids are out trick-or-treating and you have an excuse to fill your yard with monsters. Well, in a normal year anyway. But just because we canāt party or go out with the kiddos doesnāt mean we canāt enjoy a good…
It ends where it began. Batman, Batgirl and Red Hood hunt down the Jokers to stop their plan from coming to fruition and creating a new third Joker, hearts are broken and secrets are revealed in Batman: Three Jokers #3 from Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson. Robert Secundus: Some say Three Jokers will…
If you read pretty much any coverage on Xavier Files other than my pieces (and if you are just reading my pieces, thanks, but thereās a lot of other great stuff on here. Go read that, too!), you will have seen a trend since the initial art previews for āX of Swordsā were released. And…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 131: The Halloween III Special Happy, happy Halloween! We take a break from talking comics to discuss the 1982 film “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” with guests Lonnie Nadler (“Black Stars Above,” “Undone by Blood”) and Third Amigo Rob Lynch. Special thanks to Rob and Melissa Lynch and Hillary…
A new era dawns on Gotham City, as Batman has to face some harsh truths and figure out what to do now that the Joker War is over in āBatmanā #101 from James Tynion IV, Guillem March, Tomeu Morey and Clayton Cowles Matt Lazorwitz: So, I have to say, with one big caveat weāll get…
The latest in our series of profiles of Kickstarters you should check out is āRDW,ā a dark fantasy comic from creator Marco Rudy. You may know Rudyās work from āThe Shieldā at DC or āUncanny X-Menā and āBucky Barnes: The Winter Soldierā at Marvel. We sat down with Rudy to talk story, inspirations and his…
Robin is the greatest sidekick in comic history. Whether itās the acrobatic joy of Dick Grayson, the angry young man that is Jason Todd, the brilliant mind of Tim Drake, or the snark and skill of Damian Wayne, Robin brings something to every Batman story. This weekās tie-in to DCās ongoing āDark Nights: Death Metalā…
Dan Grote Ā· WMQ&A Episode 130: Tales From The Comic Shop In honor of co-host Matthew Lazorwitz’s birthday, we reunite some of his former co-workers from Dewey’s Comic City, John Bush and David Harris, to talk about their days of selling comics. Oh, and check this awesome commission friend of the show and Battle of…
Weāve been pretty rough on DC lately. Maybe it was all those layoffs. Maybe itās Watchmen fatigue. Maybe itās all those comic shops that have complained about not getting their UCS/Lunar books on time. Maybe it was the Fandome virtual pep rallies (although to be fair, weāre out on virtual cons in general). Maybe itās…