Battle Of The Atom: Something To Say
Sometimes, X-Men comics have something to say. No one said they should say it, but darn it, the X-Men are going to say something. Ranked This Episode:
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BatChat With Matt & Will: Batman Begins At 20
Time moves ever forward. I can’t believe that Batman Begins is 20 years old this year. As I question my mortality and life choices, this week we read three stories from the Batman Begins trade, including the movie adaptation, a retelling of Batman’s origin by Denny O’Neil and a one off by Greg Rucka. This…
The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 369: Meghan Fitzmartin talks BOOM Studios’ Mary Sue
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 369: Meghan Fitzmartin talks BOOM Studios' Mary Sue Writer Meghan Fitzmartin joins the show to talk about her new BOOM Studios series Mary Sue. PLUS: Tim Drake, 2000s CW shows, the power of fan fiction and “Africa” by Toto. You can listen to The ComicsXF…
Battle Of The Atom: Turning Japanese
The editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics once did an elaborate deception, pretending to be a Japanese manga writer named Akira Yoshida, in order to skirt internal rules and write some of the biggest weeb comics in Marvel’s history. Everyone involved still gets mad when you bring it up because the consequence was more or less the…
BatChat With Matt & Will: The Marvel-ous Adventures of Batman
This week, Deadpool/Batman will be released, the first Marvel/DC crossover in well over a decade. And as anyone who knows how comics work, the biggest characters are the ones who get crossed over, and no one at DC is bigger than Batman. So to tie in, we’re reading three Batman/Marvel team-ups. These are some fun…
The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 368: Zack Quaintance talks Macabre Valley #1
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 368: Zack Quaintance talks Macabre Valley #1 TCXFIP all-star Zack Quaintance returns to the show to talk about his new Kickstarter for Macabre Valley #1, a Texas-sized horror tale. Also, we chat about some of the best comics and movies of the year. You can…
The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 367: Matt Goes to Flame Con 2025, Part II
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 367: Matt Goes to Flame Con 2025, Part II In the second half of Matt Lazorwitz’s Flame Con interviews, he chats with How Could You creator Ren Strapp, Lifetime Passes writer Terry Blas, and Voyeur and Gotham City Sirens writer Leah Williams. Listen to Part…
Battle Of The Atom: I Know You Planned It
We’re talking about X-stories from the mid-80s and early 90s that incorporate the incomprehensible idea that anything bad could ever happen to the Twin Towers. Ranked This Episode:
BatChat With Matt & Will: Damian Wayne Was Horrible (w/ Sam Hopper)
We’re joined by first time guest and long time Patreon backer Sam Hopper to read some Damian Wayne stories from earlier in the character’s life. Back when Damian was a truly insufferable brat. I know, for many of his haters he still is, but man, in these stories he is really something else. We read…
The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 366: Matt Goes to Flame Con 2025, Part I
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 366: Matt Goes to Flame Con 2025, Part I In a special two-part event, Matt Lazorwitz went to Flame Con and recorded interviews with: IN PART I (dropping on the main feed Tuesday): West Hollywood Monster Squad co-creators Sina Grace and Bradley Clayton, Avengers Academy…
Battle Of The Atom: Unbreakable
I wonder what M. Night Shyamalan thought about the X-Men character Marrow. I have to assume he knows about her. Perhaps he has thoughts. Ranked This Episode:
BatChat With Matt & Will: Welcome to the Ice Age (w/ John Wickham)
There are periods where certain characters have more of a spotlight than others. Sure, there are always a lot of Batman stories, Joker stories. But then there are pockets of time when we get lots of stories focused on Jim Gordon or the Riddler. Between 2003 and 2006, Mr. Freeze had his day. He appeared…
The CXF Interview Podcast Ep. 365: Dan Watters & Alex Paknadel talk Shredder and Casey Jones
The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Ep. 365: Dan Watters & Alex Paknadel talk Shredder and Casey Jones Writers Dan Watters and Alex Paknadel join the show to talk about their respective Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spinoff series at IDW, Shredder and Casey Jones, plus their respective DC work. You can listen…
Battle Of The Atom: Zxazx Attack
Sometimes, we wonder if we should change the podcast to be something more palatable to general audiences. But listen, if the X-Men have taught us anything, it’s to be weird little freaks, so we are going to continue to do an X-Men podcast that is increasingly about things you wouldn’t normally get in an X-Men…
BatChat With Matt & Will: The Deadliest Woman in the World (w/ Josh Weil)
Lady Shiva walks through the world, leaving a trail of bodies behind her. Not a hero, but often not quite a villain, Shiva has developed relationships with many members of the Bat Family: trainer to Tim Drake, rival and sometimes member of the Birds of Prey, mother to Cassandra Cain. Josh Weil joins the show…