G4TV’s Blair Butler, writer of the upcoming MMA comic Heart from Image, sits down with us this week to talk about going from comics criticism to creation, how she got her job as the only comics critic on national television, why she likes MMA more than pro wrestling, and, as you might expect, this week’s DC comics! And a ton more! Plus, Chris and Matt answer a listener question about their favorite character concepts with lacking executions.

The Rundown

• Follow Blair on Twitter, and be sure to watch her weekly Fresh Ink comics reviews videos at G4tv.com!
• I was unable to find a video of the Attack of the Show reenactment of Point Break with llamas. But I found this X-Play clip that features Blair’s Drunk Writer character!
• The infamous Anthony Pettis Showtime Kick.
• Read up on the creepiness of Mai, the Psychic Girl.
• Odds are you saw it, but in case you didn’t, here’s Laura Hudson’s article about Catwoman and Red Hood. And Chris’ Batman #1 review.
• The iTunes feed hasn’t been accepted just yet, but keep your fingers crossed that it will soon.
• Chris’ checks and recs: The new season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Devil May Cry 4 anti-rec, The Ettes’ new album “Wicked Will”
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: iTunes update, Drive
  
• Music used: The Ettes, “Excuse”

Comics Talked About:

• Even more DC reboot #1s
• Hulk #41
• X-Men: Schism #4

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 webcomic Copernicus Jones, his Tumblr and the ISS.
• 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.

Remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

This week Dark Horse editor and Sims-pal Rachel Edidin comes by the show to talk about editin’ them books! She talks to us about the difference between being an assistant editor and an out-and-out editor on a project, what an editor on a collection of a webcomic actually does, running the Conan message board, digital comics, dealing with allergies and a ton more! Plus, Matt and Chris give more generally-focused big ups to haters and talk about another week of DC #1s!

The Rundown

• Follow Rachel on Twitter, and check out her fashion Tumblr!
• If you didn’t catch Rachel’s post about women in comics over at Comics Alliance, definitely give it a read.
• The Last Dragon is out from Dark Horse! Be aware it has nothing to do with the film of the same name.
• The Dark Horse Conan message board thrives on.
• In case you didn’t believe us about the Green Lantern Corps #1 preview.
• We’ll keep you updated on what’s going on with the iTunes feed, promise.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Thrasher magazine, Awkward Zombie
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: The filming of The Man of Steel, Adam Warrock/MegaRan/MC Lars/mc chris tour
  
• Music used: mc chris, “The Tussin”

Comics Talked About:

• More DC reboot #1s
• Daredevil #1
• Ultimate Spider-Man #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, his webcomic Copernicus Jones, his Tumblr and the ISS.
• 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 welcome Chester 5000 XYV (NSFW) writer and artist Jess Fink to War Rocket Ajax! We talk with her about why it’s more fun to draw dirty things, Halloween costumes, how she’s making things difficult for male comics creators, dealing with copyright infringement and much more! Plus, our pals Evie and Aaron from the Awesomed By Comics Podcast sit in as our third chairs to celebrate an upcoming milestone show of theirs!

Also, we should note: We had to redo how we update iTunes, so the show won’t be up there for a couple days (at least, hopefully it’ll be up by then). Sorry for the hang-up.

The Rundown

• Follow Jess on Twitter, and check out her website!
• Here are Jess’ pictures of her great angler fish costume from last year! And here are Matt and his fiancee as Hall and Oates.
• Learn all about the Tijuana Bibles on Wikipedia.
• The much-stolen Cookie Loves Milk t-shirt design.
• What’s your favorite Beach Boys and Phil Spector songs? Let us know in the comments.
• Evie’s checks and recs: Meeting the Spin Doctors, the new Wild Flag album
• Aaron’s checks and recs: New album by The Ampersands, Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• Chris’ checks and recs: ColaCon, Parker: The Score by Richard Stark
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Copernicus Jones kicks off, Breaking Bad (now on Netflix WI)
  
• Music used: The Beach Boys, “Sloop John B”

Comics Talked About:

• A bunch of DC reboot #1s

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 webcomic Copernicus Jones, his Tumblr and the ISS.
• 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!