Chikara Pro Wrestling founder, wrestler, podcaster and comics fan Mike Quackenbush joins us for this week’s show to talk about wrestling his hero, his least favorite artists, how he lucked into a lifelong love of comics, why The Falcon is great, a little team called The Champions and much more! Plus, against their better judgment, Chris and Matt yet again discuss the topic of Insane Clown Posse.

The Rundown

• Follow Lightning Mike on Twitter and check out all his podcasts here!
• Here’s a gallery of photos of Mike’s match against his hero, Jushin “Thunder” Liger.
• Mike didn’t want to say on the show where you can find his books, but at least one of them, Secret Identity, is available for Kindle! Also available: The 2011 Chikara Yearbook!
• Catch up on what’s been going on in Chikara with one of their DVDs!
• Legends of the Superheroes is, in fact, available on DVD.
• Al Milgrom and Jon Bogdanove …what a tag team.
• Be sure to tell us what WRA classic episodes you want to see on iTunes!
• Chris’ checks and recs: The circus (again), Rumble in the Bronx
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Bayonetta, iOS word games
  
• Music used: Pixies, “Stormy Weather”

Comics Talked About:

• Justice League #5
• Dr. McNinja
• Secret Avengers #21.1

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.

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

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Our old pal Chris Roberson drops by this week with artist Rich Ellis to talk about their new IDW series, Memorial! Hear about the difficulties and the fun of drawing crazy abstractions, what led the guys to create a modern-day fairy tale, the secret origin of Memorial and its connections to Doctor Who, an honest assessment of director and Visionary Genius™ Zack Snyder, and much more! Plus, we answer a listener question about the etiquette of artist sketch requests!

The Rundown

• Follow Chris and Rich on Twitter, and check out their websites!
• Check out a preview of Memorial’s second issue here.
• How did we live for a day without Wikipedia? Here’s a list of candidates for the all-cat superteam.
• It’s apparently a little hard to find, but here’s one place you can find Stuart Immonen’s 50 Reasons to Stop Sketching at Conventions.
• Barney Rubble: Dick.
• Be sure to tell us what WRA classic episodes you want to see on iTunes!
• Chris’ checks and recs: The circus, House of Anubis
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Doing stand-up, Mark Twain’s Autobiography 1910-2010
  
• Music used: The Kinks, “I’ll Remember”

Comics Talked About:

• Wonderella collection
• Wonder Woman #5
• Batman #5

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!

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We’re back to our regular format this week with Ben Jones, director of some of the best episodes of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and animator/storyboard artist on lots of stuff including The Iron Giant, Harvey Birdman and Teen Titans! We talk to him about how he got his start in animation, what it means to have a classic animation style, and, of course, that show with that Batman dude in it. Also: We welcome Hundo Club member James Meiers to chat with us and hear yet another wonderful reading from Thrasher magazine!

The Rundown

• Follow Ben on Twitter!
• Watch the final moments of Batman: Brave and the Bold. It’s an homage to Batman ’66!
• In cast you forgot about it, here’s the Wikipedia page for the WildC.A.T.S. cartoon.
• It’s the famous Rainbow Batman!
• Hey! Go leave us a review on iTunes! And while you’re at it, tell us which WRA Classic episodes you’d like to see there.
• The Macho Man intrudes on Skyrim.
• James’ checks and recs: Albuquerque Comic-Con, FilmDrunk Frotcast
• Chris’ checks and recs: Skyrim, Saint’s Row the Third
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: iTunes, Alan Wake
  
• Music used: The Who, “Batman”

Comics Talked About:

• The Activity #2
• Amazing Spider-Man #677
• OMAC #5/Frankenstein #5

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!

Leave us reviews on iTunes!

Based on your suggestions, Chris and Matt are giving out awards for the best and worst of the year! Comics! Wrestling! Video games! Barbecue we ate! Self-indulgence! It’s all here! And remember: You asked for it!

Download the Destructiveness Now! (link)

The Rundown

• After a long, long wait, we are finally back on iTunes! Click here to subscribe and be sure to leave us reviews! When you search for it in the iTunes store, be sure to type, “Comics Alliance Presents War Rocket Ajax” to make sure you find it. We’ll be filling in some of the older episodes in the weeks to come.  What episodes from the pre-Comics Alliance days would you like to see on iTunes?
• The new iTunes feed means a new RSS feed! It’s here. Please switch your RSS feeds over to that feed, as the old one will be going away in the next few weeks.
• What wins the Gordie for our best inadvertent reveal of our political views? U-decide!
• Be sure to check out La Mano Del Destino, our runner-up for best luchadore in comics!
• Catch up on all the fun with the Juggalette over at Bucko, too.
• And watch the newest episode of The Variants, featuring Mark Waid!
• That Sin Cara shirt: It certainly does look like a dong.
• Relive the wonder that was Chris’s Transformers 3 haters.

Comics Talked About:

• Many from throughout the year

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!

Leave us reviews on iTunes!