Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, the writer/artist team behind Oni Press’ The Sixth Gun and The Damned, sit down with us this week to talk about their comics, the best Westerns, collaborating, the power of a good margarita, the difference color makes, why supernatural stuff is a part of their stories and much more! We also welcome another member of the Ajax Hundo Club, Alberto DeJesus, and answer a philosophical listener question!

The Rundown

• Cullen and Brian are both on Twitter. They also both have blogs with lots of cool stuff.
• In case you haven’t read the Sixth Gun, do yourself a favor and grab the first trade. The Damned, too!
• Thanks to our third chair, Alberto!
• Here are Sims and Euge in an issue of Deadpool Team-Up written by Mr. Bunn himself!
• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, is still available to buy right here! (Yes, still!)
• Alberto’s Rec: Avengers Academy #12
• Chris’ Rec: “Make Some Noise” by the Beastie Boys
• Matt’s Rec: Portal 2
• Music used: Thin Lizzy, “Cowboy Song”

Comics Talked About:

• Wolverine #8
• Ultimate Spider-Man #157
• Suicide Girls #1

Shameless Self Promotion:

• Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
• Check out Matt’s Fake e-Etiquette Twitter feed, The Content Farm and his blog. You can also buy his book, Hate You Forever, on Lulu and Amazon.
• Check out all Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
• Check out Max Huffman on Twitter, or at his site.
• Check out Rusty Shackles on Twitter, or at his site.

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Atomic Robo and Captain America: The Fighting Avenger writer Brian Clevinger stops in to talk with us about Cap, Thor: The Mighty Avenger, his new Robo anthology, the future of digital comics, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who he’d pick to voice Robo and lots of other stuff! Plus: A momentous checking of ourselves, one last reading of pledge drive names, and more!

The Rundown

• Follow Brian Clevinger on Twitter and find out all about his work at his website!
• The Cap: The Fighting Avenger that could have been.
• For reals, it is well worth it to get the digital versions of all the Atomic Robo comics on Comixology.
• 8-Bit Theater is still online! You can read it from the beginning here.
• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, is still available to buy right here!
• Chris’s Recs: Adventure Time, Troop Infinity
• Matt’s Rec: Sam and Max Season 3, Venture Bros. Season 4 Blu-Ray
• Music used: Beastie Boys, “Lookin’ Down the Barrel of a Gun”

Comics Talked About:

• PunisherMAX #12
• Superman #710
• Ruse #1
• Portal 2: Lab Rat

Shameless Self Promotion:

• Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
• Check out Matt’s Fake e-Etiquette Twitter feed, The Content Farm and his blog. You can also buy his book, Hate You Forever, on Lulu and Amazon.
• Check out all Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
• Check out Max Huffman on Twitter, or at his site.
• Check out Rusty Shackles on Twitter, or at his site.

Please leave us a review on iTunes if you have the time! Also, remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

Chris Burnham, artist on Batman Incorporated, Officer Downe and Nixon’s Pals,  stops in this week to talk about his work, particularly on a character one host seems to have some kind of affinity for. Among other things, Mr. Burnham tells us how difficult it is to draw death traps and to not draw Batman murdering people. We also welcome yet another member of the Ajax Hundo Club, Mr. Rob Dean! With him, we answer an age-old question about donuts.

The Rundown

• Follow Chris Burnham on Twitter and find out about all those comics Sims forgot on his website!
• A few original pages from Batman Incorporated #4 (though sadly not the “Dick Sprang smile” page) are available here.
• Congrats to everyone at ComicsAlliance for their Eisner nod!
• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, is still available to buy right here! We didn’t get to No. 1, but you can help us keep our numbers up.
• Rob’s Rec: Hobo with a Shotgun
• Chris’s Rec: The Pod F. Tompkast “Fan Mail” Extrasode
• Matt’s Rec: QRANK
• Music used: Beastie Boys, “Lookin’ Down the Barrel of a Gun”

Comics Talked About:

• Wolverine: The Best There Is
• Fear Itself #1
• Nonplayer #1
• Captain America and Batroc #1
• Action Double Feature

Shameless Self Promotion:

• Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
• Check out Matt’s Fake e-Etiquette Twitter feed, The Content Farm and his blog. You can also buy his book, Hate You Forever, on Lulu and Amazon.
• Check out all Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
• Check out Max Huffman on Twitter, or at his site.
• Check out Rusty Shackles on Twitter, or at his site.

Please leave us a review on iTunes if you have the time! Also, remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

Fellow Carolinian and barbecue enthusiast Jeff Parker returns to War Rocket Ajax this week to talk about his work on Hulk, Thunderbolts and his webcomic, Bucko! We talk at length about barbecue (it wouldn’t be WRA without it), why Jeff wasn’t able to have any snow cream this year, the zen-like conundrum of Shaolin monk vs. caveman and much, much more! Plus: We offer one last big incentive in the very last week of our pledge drive, answer a listener question and give our first ever anti-recommendation!

The Rundown

• Jeff’s on Twitter, and you should follow him there. Plus, check out his website!
• After you read Bucko, you should really look at artist Erika Moen’s previous (and sexy) webcomic DAR!
• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, comes out tomorrow! Buy it right here! Chris and Matt were both contributors, along with lots of our online pals.
• If any of you fine folks have any ideas for what the Ajax crew or our listeners ought to be called, let us know in the comments.
• Chris’s Anti-Rec: WWE’s Top 50 Superstars of All Time
• Matt’s Rec: Bob’s Burgers
• Music used: Wolf Parade, “Cave-o-Sapien”

Comics Talked About:

• Detective Comics #875
• Punisher: In the Blood
• Iron Man #502

Shameless Self Promotion:

• Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
• Check out Matt’s Fake e-Etiquette Twitter feed, The Content Farm and his blog. You can also buy his book, Hate You Forever, on Lulu and Amazon.
• Check out all Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
• Check out Max Huffman on Twitter, or at his site.
• Check out Rusty Shackles on Twitter, or at his site.

Please leave us a review on iTunes if you have the time! Also, remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!