It’s 2012, it’s time for Wrestlemania! In anticipation of the biggest professional wrestling event of the year, we welcome Super Pro KO’s Jarrett Williams and Chikara Pro Wrestling commentator Leonard F. Chikarason to the show! Chris and the guys run down all the stuff they’d like to see happen at this year’s showcase of the immortals, and Matt asks some questions from the perspective of someone who hasn’t kept up in a few years. It’s an extravaganza!

The Rundown

• Leonard and Jarrett are on Twitter! Follow ’em!
• The card for this year’s Wrestlemania isn’t even on the Wrestlemania website, but at least it’s on Wikipedia.
• If you’ve never seen a live wrestling show before, you could win this Chikara contest!
• Witness the hilarity of Ebessan.
• Here’s Parker Posey’s WWE movie debut. And check out the amazing cast list of Little Creeps, featuring Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Joe Estevez, Robert Z’Dar and many others.
• Take a look at Matt Digges’ awesome Draw Something drawings! And here’s Matt Wilson’s drawing of “Spoon!”
• Chris’ checks and recs: Draw Something, “The Atomic Elbow” fanzine
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Stand-up showcase, Eastbound and Down
  
• Music used: Wrestlemania themes of the ages

Comics Talked About:

• Justice League #7
• Batman #7
• Secret History of D.B. Cooper #1
• Wonder Woman #7

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.

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This week we welcome Jeremy Whitley, writer of the fairy-tale/adventure comic, Princeless! We discuss how he managed to land a publisher for a comic so outside the typical comics fan’s purview, what he learned from the various Disney princesses, what you learn at a convention, which ’80s movie would make the best fairy tale, whether a certain royally named celebrity will make an appearance in an upcoming issue, and much more! Plus, we answer a listener question about a form of entertainment very close to Chris’s heart.

The Rundown

• Check out Jeremy’s Twitter, as well as the Princeless Tumblr and the Firetower Studios website!
• VCU coach Shaka Smart: Secretly Edward Norton?
• Bennett from Commando really dug chainmail.
• Who’s the best Disney Princess? U-Decide!
• Be sure to read Chris’s review of Tintin (which Matt did see this weekend, and which was amazing).
• Mitchell and Webb’s wonderful parody of Kitchen Nightmares.
• This song is so good.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Mass Effect 3 multiplayer, Tintin on DVD
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Kitchen Nightmares, First Aid Kit’s The Lion’s Roar
  
• Music used: The Stranglers, “Princess of the Streets”

Comics Talked About:

• Suicide Squad #7
• Saga #1
• Journey Into Mystery #635

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.

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We drop all pretense this week and spend almost an hour talking to Daniel Butler and Matt Digges, the artists of Copernicus Jones and Awesome Hospital, respectively! We give them both an opportunity to vent about the hardest stuff we’ve given them to draw, how we get together from across the country, doing webcomics, going to cons, and more!

The Rundown

• Follow Matt and Daniel on Twitter! And be sure to check out Sequential Life and Daniel’s Tumblr!
• Why don’t you try to figure out what’s going on in this strip?
• The toughest thing Matt had to draw. The toughest thing Daniel had to draw.
• Hey, remember Zuda?
• Check out the very first drawing of Copernicus Jones.
• Was Dr. Casual Racism a mistake? U-decide!
• A sampling of the voice acting in Mega Man X4.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Mass Effect 3, Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Stand-up, Community
• Music used: Tenacious D, “Friendship”

Comics Talked About:

• Defenders #4
• Polly and the Pirates Vol. 2
• Atomic Robo: The Ghost of Station X

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.

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This week we welcome a writer who is exploding with projects in the coming months, Sam Humphries! We discuss the meaning behind the insanity that is Our Love is Real, the craziest interpretations of the comic he’s heard, how he became fascinated with Aztecs, self-publishing, how he snagged a job co-writing The Ultimates, and much more! Plus, we welcome another member of the Hundo Club, Chad Wago, and indulge in another reading from Thrasher!

The Rundown

• Follow Sam on Twitter and check out his website!
• Our Love is Real is just three bucks on Comixology. It’s totally worth it!
• Sam’s Quetzalcoatl costume is baller.
• Read up on the Aztecs, why don’t ya?
• Mio Shirai! Mayumi Ozaki!
• Be sure to give Chad’s comedy website a look!
• Chad’s checks and recs: HiPodNetwork.com, ComedyHawaii.com
• Sims’ checks and recs: Assassin’s Creed 3 announcement, Joshimania
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Sherlock
• Music used: Wolf Parade, “We Built Another World”

Comics Talked About:

• Ralph Wiggum #1
• Justice League #6
• Venom #13.4

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!

Leave us reviews on iTunes!