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Episode 202 - Bro-Based Observation f/Jeff Park...
This week, the writer and artist behind Dynamite's new Flash Gordon series, Jeff Parker and Evan "Doc" Shaner, are our guests! We're talking about Flash's shirt, logos, Timothy Dalton, bros, the forgotten art of "icing," Queen, EC Comics, and so much more! Plus, more comic stories get added to our Every Story Ever list!
100 min
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Episode 201 - 20 Pages of Bloodshed f/Michel Fiffe
This week, we're really excited to welcome the one-man powerhouse behind COPRA and the writer of the just-launched All New Ultimates series, Michel Fiffe! We talk about writing comics at a breakneck pace, his insane schedule, the difference between working for yourself and working for Marvel, street gangs, Street Fighter, and so much more! Plus, two more stories join our Every Story Ever list!
99 min
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Episode 200 - Portland Joe's Time Machines and ...
This week, Chris is back from his trip to the Pacific Northwest with a lot of stories and a particularly odd souvenir: A time machine! How will he and Matt put it to use? Who will they meet on their journey? Listen and find out!
103 min
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Episode 199 - Leatherwood's and Fantasy Zone f/...
Chris is at Emerald City Comic-Con this week, so Matt invited David Wolkin to come co-host the show with him! During the interview segment, Matt and David chat with Wired's Laura Hudson about how the three of them got started with comics! We discuss Psylocke, sleepovers, supermarkets, Guy Gardner, cartoons, Suicide Squad and much more!
95 min
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Episode 198 - Michael 'Pro-Wrestling Show" Haye...
It's our annual Wrestlemania show this week and we're welcoming The Mandible Claw and WithLeather's Danielle Matheson and Let's Be Friends Again and The Gravity Falls Gossiper's Chris Haley to talk about it! It's a lot of wrestling talk this week, folks. There's no way around it! Also, lots of jokes.
100 min
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Episode 197 - A New Number One
This week, Chris and Matt are working their way through a few more Every Story Ever lists, and in a huge surprise, a story makes its way into the number one spot after an exhausting debate! You may be surprised as to what it is! Also: A few stories make a charge for the bottom spot on the list!
93 min
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Episode 196 - Ninja Poetry f/Adam P. Knave and ...
The writers behind Monkeybrain Comics' Amelia Cole, Adam P. Knave and D.J. Kirkbride, join us for the show this week! This is a crazy one, folks. We talk about interviewing Laurell K. Hamilton, Lloyd Kaufman, cardigans, personalized jackets, comedy writing, ninjas, and, if we get the chance, their comic. Plus, more Every Story Ever!
100 min
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Episode 195 - Nintendo Knows f/ Aaron Diaz
The writer and artist behind Dresden Codak, Aaron Diaz, joins us this week! We talk about what goes into designing and redesigning characters, people believing that his Zelda art was for an actual game, men's rights activists, falling in love with Daniel Bryan, Power Girl, martial arts, and much more! Plus, a JMS-fueled set of entries in Every Story Ever!
98 min
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Episode 194 - Laugh of the Wife Ant f/AssailAnt
This week, we welcome Chikara Pro Wrestling's resident Big Blu ant, AssailANT! We talk with him about Chikara's Phoenix-like rise, what comics he's reading, manga, his journey from villain to hero, what wrestling move he'd like to be able to do to annoying people on the street, and much more! Plus, more entries into the list of Every Story Ever!
105 min
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Episode 193 - Iced Out
We had to postpone our normal episode this week because the ice storm in South Carolina knocked out Chris' internet, but we did manage to add some more stories to our Every Story Ever master list!
35 min
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Episode 192 - Get Me Off This Crazy Thing f/R.J...
On this week's episode, we welcome the creative team behind Archaia's upcoming graphic novel, The Joyners in 3D: R.J. (Josh) Ryan, David Marquez, and Tara Rhymes! We talk to them about why they decided to do a 3D comic, the 3D comics that inspired them, the process of making the comic 3D, The Jetsons, why George Joyner is such a powerful character, the most disappointing movies we've seen, and much more! Plus, more entries into the list of Every Story Ever!
99 min
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Episode 191 - Dames 'n' Such
This week, Chris and Matt are giving in and interviewing each other about their new comics, Down Set Fight and Copernicus Jones: Robot Detective! We talk about how Copernicus Jones started as a parody and turned into something else entirely, how Dog City and Who Framed Roger Rabbit were our introduction to noir, Down Set Fight's early life as an NFL Superpro pitch, and how cartoony flashbacks actually make a family story work a little better. Plus, more entries in our ever-expanding catalog of Every Story Ever!
97 min
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Episode 190 - Pokemon, Gimme a Hell Yeah f/Mike...
Comedian Mike Lawrence joins us for this week's show to talk about doing comedy at comic conventions, being heckled by the Hulk, telling jokes about wrestling and comics in clubs, the Clone Saga being like cocaine, who'll win the Royal Rumble even though it already happened last night, whether superhero movies make it easier to do comedy about comics, and much more! Plus, three more things get added to the list of Every Story Ever!
100 min
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Episode 189 - Evil Jesus and Buckethead f/Shawn...
The creative team behind the Action Lab series Fracture joins us for this week's show! We talk about the comic-book history of heroes with multiple personalities, how to show those different personalities in art, putting hilarious characters in the background, ramping up craziness, whether Gambit is a good addition to a story or not, a barbecue conundrum and much more! Plus, we kick off a brand new segment for 2014!
95 min
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Episode 188 - The 2013 Gordie Awards
It's time once again to hand out the annual Flash Gordon Memorial Awards for Achievement in Things We Could Remember from 2013! Listen as we try to think of stuff that happened this past year (or maybe in late 2012 or early 2014, but it all counts)!
107 min
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Episode 187 - The 2013 Yuletide Solstice Podmas...
For this year's Christmas special, we all challenged each other to create the worst Christmas mixtapes we could. We succeeded.
147 min
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Episode 186 - The Hearts of Lions f/Greg Pak
Action Comics and Code Monkey Save World writer Greg Pak joins us this week! We talk at length about Lana Lang, what makes a good supporting character, how collaborating on comics is like making a movie, Superman's best trait and favorite video game, Terra Man, and much more! Plus, a Christmas-themed Love Haters!
98 min
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Episode 185 - Do You Know the Internet? f/Chris...
The creative team behind Monkeybrain's Edison Rex comes by to talk to us this week about building a superhero universe, character designs, falling into naming characters after comic book publishers, whether supervillains can really find redemption, food freshness, The Goonies, and much more! Plus, the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters go full Kanye!
96 min
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Episode 184 - Don't Get Us Started
We're answering your listener questions in our Thanksgiving-week special this week! Thanks for listening to us and helping make the show what it is!
98 min
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Episode 183 - In Loving Memory of Ed Anger f/Pa...
Strange Nation and G.I. Joe writer Paul Allor joins us this week to talk about the Weekly World News, Shredder, Splinter origin stories, Cobra Commander through the ages, vipers, ninjas, favorite Joes, and much more! Plus, a regionally themed edition of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!
96 min
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Episode 182 - Hawk Talk f/Matthew K. Manning
Our guest this week is the illustrious author of The Batman Files, The Superman Files and two Tony Hawk books, Matthew K. Manning! We talk about, you guessed it, Batman, and even have a little impromptu trivia challenge. Plus, we discuss writing in Superman's voice, writing about skateboarding without knowing anything about it, "cartoon" comics, and much more! Plus, a blood-sucking edition of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!
97 min
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Episode 181 - No-Shoes Meeting f/J. Gonzo
J. Gonzo, the creator of the lucha libre comic La Mano del Destino, comes by to talk to us for this week's show! We chat about being a hipster Mexican wrestling fan, classic El Santo films, Todd McFarlane's meeting habits, collectible baseballs, tattoos, and much more! Plus, a simple, one-item War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!
102 min
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Episode 180 - D as in Dendrophile f/Benito Cereno
Hector Plasm and Tales from the Bully Pulpit writer Benito Cereno joins us this week for our annual Halloween Spooktacular! We jabber about horror movies (of course), the musical stylings of Carman, Godzilla in a Dracula costume, Thanksgiving, haunted houses, and much more! Plus, a monstrous edition of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!
99 min
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Episode 179 - Not a Robot Ghost f/Jim Zub
The writer of Skullkickers and the brand new Samurai Jack series from IDW, Jim Zubkavich, is our guest this week! We talk about Halloween, what makes a great horror story, the melting pot of genres that is Samurai Jack, hearing established character voices in one's head while writing, and much more! Plus, a spooooooky wrestling themed-love haters!
93 min
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Episode 178 - A Way With Dinosaurs f/Lee Leslie...
While Chris was away at New York Comic-Con, we welcomed two guests this week: Lee Leslie, the artist of Screamland and writer/artist of Rigby the Barbarian, and Daniel Kibblesmith, comedian and co-author of the upcoming book How to Win at Everything! Spooky, monster-related things are discussed, along with classic adventure games, doing characters on podcasts, how one can be a victor at reading, and of course, Cracker Barrel.
100 min