Battle Of The Atom: Jessica Rabbit
Sometimes superheroes get new clothes for no reason other than the fact that it sells variant convers and maybe could be a microtransaction in a video game.
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BatChat With Matt & Will: That is the Question
When she was created for Batman: The Animated Series, I can’t imagine the series creators realized what a life Renee Montoya would have in the comics. Technically appearing in comics before B:TAS premiered because of the much longer lead time for animation, Montoya has gone from beat cop to detective to vigilante to police commissioner…
TCXFIP 391: Nicole Goux talks Punk’n Heads
Artist Nicole Goux joins the show to talk about her new Top Shelf graphic novel Punk’n Heads, and her upcoming Twilight Zone story.
Battle Of The Atom: The World’s Smallest Man
At the start of the 1970s crumbling relationships with Iran led to shocks in the global energy market, shooting up prices at the pump while the X-Men meandered aimlessly with Marvel not having a clue what to do with them. This is not commentary on current events. Ranked This Episode:
BatChat With Matt & Will: Some Bones About It
The DC Universe has a lot of strange looking characters. King Shark is a bipedal shark man. G’Nort is a walking, talking dog alien. Animal-Vegetable Mineral Man is… well, look him up. Dude looks weird as all hell. But amongst the more macabre looking characters is super villain turned superhero turned super spy Mr. Bones,…
Our Son Pete 36: X-Force #102 with Jake Murray
Jake Murray joins Dan to unpack X-Force #102, the dawn of the Counter X era, in which Warren Ellis returns to his OC and everyone gets new costumes.
Battle Of The Atom: Matsudasode
Zack spends a frustrating amount of time just reading Jeff Matsuda’s LinkedIn page. Is it more entertaining than Howard Mackie comics? You be the judge.
BatChat With Matt & Will: The Fall of the House of Wayne
BatChat arrives at the final arc of Grant Morrison’s Batman Incorporated, as well as the next arcs of “No Man’s Land” and “Knightquest: The Crusade.”
TCXFIP 390: Laura Hudson & Tim Leong talk Exploit
Laura Hudson and Tim Leong join the show to talk about their Mad Cave Studios series Exploit and working at the intersection of comics and journalism.
Battle Of The Atom: How Solitaire Works
Ultimate Gambit don’t care about your rules. Ultimate Gambit play solitaire how he want. Ranked This Episode:
BatChat With Matt & Will: Shadow of the Cat (w/ Sam Hopper)
Catwoman has been around for over 80 years, and like all good Bat villains, she has changed with the times. But it’s amazing how much of the character has been there through the ages. Patreon backer and friend of the show Sam Hopper joins us to look at the evolution of Catwoman, what has stayed…
TCXFIP 389: Jeremy Whitley on SLAY!/The Girlfriend Survives
Writer Jeremy Whitley joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for a two-story flipbook called SLAY! and The Girlfriend Survives.
Battle Of The Atom: Wish Fulfillment
Marvel, many times, will tell you that nothing will ever be the same again, when many times, not only will it be the same, but you will forget that they ever said that things would be different. This is that but with character. Ranked This Episode
BatChat With Matt & Will: Riddle Me This, Will (w/ John Wickham)
We’ve read plenty of his stories, and if you are a long time listener to the podcast, I’m sure you realize that Tom King is a writer who has some serious variety of placements on the big board. He has multiple stories in the top 10, plus a number of stories lingering near the bottom….
TCXFIP 388: Jimmy Gaspero & Amber Akin on Penny and the Yeti
Jimmy Gaspero and Amber Akin join the show to talk about their upcoming Papercutz graphic novel Penny and the Yeti. Plus: When is it OK to laugh at a funeral?