After discussing his work on PunisherMAX pretty much every week it’s come out, we finally managed to snag an interview with Scalped, Wolverine and X-Men writer Jason Aaron on this week’s show! He even braved a deadly gas leak to talk with us about VHS cinema, crazy storytelling, characterizing the Punisher, his CBR column, collaborating with artists to create super-cool scenes, a hint about what Bullseye whispered in Frank’s ear and a ton more! Plus, we take on a hater who…well, um…has a point. Plus, we welcome Hundo Clubber Clayton Johnston to our third chair!

The Rundown

• You can find more of Jason’s thoughts (when he’s not addled by natural gas) on Twitter and his blog!
• As promised, here’s the car from Corvette Summer.
• The famous column in which Jason Aaron told Alan Moore to go fuck himself.
• Wikipedia characterizes Kansas City barbecue sauce as “thick and sweet.” Until Jason takes us on a barbecue tour, I won’t believe otherwise.
• Clayton’s checks and recs: Registered Weapon’s “Date Night,” Notes, Man Factory’s Street Fighter II opera
• Chris’ checks and recs: Reddit’s “Batman academic,” Akira the Don’s “The Life Equation”
• Matt’s checks and recs: Getting back on Tumblr, Four Lions
• Music used: Man Factory, “Where Is Ryu?”; Akira the Don, “The Life Equation”; Killer Mike, “Ric Flair”

Comics Talked About:

• Gates of Gotham #2
• Superman #712
• Butcher Baker: The Righteous Maker

Shameless Self Promotion:

• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, is still available to buy right here!
• 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, his Tumblr and his blog.
• 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!

This week we feature our first guest of the Comics Alliance era (who was also our first guest ever), Matt Fraction, writer of The Mighty Thor, the Invincible Iron Man, Casanova and Fear Itself!  Matt talks with us about what it takes to get into the mindset of writing an event comic, the event comics that helped him create Fear Itself, tie-ins, why his Iron Man book wasn’t originally meant to be the “main” book, Van Halen’s greatest hit, weird television, and much more! Plus, we give our new CA listeners a taste of a fan-favorite segment!

The Rundown

• Follow Matt Fraction’s empirically best Twitter account and check out his also very nice website!
• Here’s the far-too-fascinating Wikipedia page for My Two Dads, in case you were confused. And here’s the one for Dinosaur Train. It’s nuts.
• “Dad is great! Gives us the chocolate cake!”
• What you get when you Google “Van Halen yacht dwarf” (after Fraction’s tweet).
• Answer our question: How fast would Four Loko cough syrup kill you?
• The Batman vs. Superman Wikipedia description.
• Chris’ Checks and Recs: Going to Comic-Con, replaying Mass Effect, Art Brut’s “Brilliant! Tragic!”
• Matt’s Checks and Recs: Chikara Pro Wrestling show, Superman audition?, the Michael Caine-off from The Trip, The Influencing Machine
• Music used: “Jump” by Van Halen

Comics Talked About:

• Batgirl #22
• Sci-fi Double Feature
• Frankenstein and the Creatures of the Unknown #1

Shameless Self Promotion:

• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, is still available to buy right here!
• 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.
• 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!

This week, we begin a whole new era as the official podcast of Comics Alliance! For our likely influx of new listeners, Chris and Matt are retelling their origin stories while also answering some listener questions! If you listen closely, you’ll hear the sound of our brand new raised collars! You’ll hear our take on what we’d do as Two Kings, overrated comics (hello Hush!), what we’ll be picking up in the big DC reboot and what would get us to attend the Gathering of the Juggalos (nothing). PREPARE YOURSELVES for a new era of War Rocket Ajax!

The Rundown

• You really need to check out Kittyzilla’s Handmade Stuffs. They are crazy neat.
• The Nas song that inspired the question. The Tenacious D song in which the phrase “kickass duke” was coined.
• Superman singin’ his song in Final Crisis.
• Here’s iFanboy’s helpful master list of DC reboot titles.
• Chris’ Checks and Recs: Heroes Con, sickness, Moon Diver, Torchlight
• Matt’s Checks and Recs: Birthday, engagement, Super 8, Epic Meal Time
• Music used: “Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin

Comics Talked About:

• PunisherMAX #14
• Weird World of Jack Staff #6
• Empowered Special: Ten Questions for the Maidman

Shameless Self Promotion:

• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, is still available to buy right here!
• 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.
• 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!