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!
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I don’t use iTunes so I don’t know if it’s there yet, but BAG OF SALT.
Hairy Lasanga, the Bronus Round, and both episodes with the swimsuit specials are all great. You might not want the first, considering that it’s another Haley/Franklin episode, but it’s just as good.
Re: Alan Wake, it’s really pretty, but it’s kinda like Stephen King wrote self-insert fanfiction for his own books and set it in a tepid version of Twin Peaks. Since you like Peaks and Silent Hill as much as you do, Matt, you should try Deadly Premonition; it’s really weird, but very satisfying.
So I posted the BAG OF SALT comment before listening to the podcast. Sorry for accidentally trolling you.
Good news, everybody!
The Frotcast put up a “Best of” episode today for your auditory assault.
Anyway, I want to thank Matt and Chris again for having me on the show, even though I think I probably ruined it.
All the Christmas specials should be on iTunes. They’re becoming something I re-listen to every Christmas.