It’s a full house this week! We have the two writers and the artist behind DC Comics’ Gotham Academy, Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl! We talk to them at length about the inspiration for the book, how they pitched it, Bookworm, character names, storytelling, spooky houses and much more! Plus, we take your listener questions!

The Rundown:

• Follow Becky, Brenden and Karl on Twitter!
• In case you’ve never seen House of Anubis, here’s a primer.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Revisiting 2004 WWE, NXT Takeover: Rival
• Matt’s checks and recs: Working that grind, The Swapper

Comics Reviewed:

• Help Us Great Warrior #1
• Divinity #1
• Star Wars: Darth Vader #1

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Our pal and former ComicsAlliance editor Caleb Goellner joins us this week to talk about his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Animated Adventures comics and Task Force Rad Squad, but we mostly jaw about Power Rangers. Plus, more quotes are added to the list to determine the Word Heavyweight Champion!

The Rundown:

• Follow Caleb on Twitter!
• Go grab the Wacom comics collection Pressure/Sensitivity on ComiXology. It’s free!
• Here’s the excellent TMNT fancomic Caleb and Buster Moody made back in 2013.
• And if you’re curious about the “new” Ultraman, here he is.
• Chris’ checks and recs: YALSA award, Saints Row 2
• Matt’s checks and recs: Deleting apps, Good Ol’ Freda

Comics Reviewed:

• Superman #38
• Django/Zorro #3
• Grayson #7

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Our guest this week is the creator of the graphic novel Pix: One Weirdest Weekend and artist of the classic anti-drug Spider-Man Comic Fastlane, Gregg Schigiel! We talk with him about game shows, facial hair, the history of Fastlane, Tom Cruise, self-publishing, playing the long game, and much more! Plus, we take some listener questions from our new Tumblr!

The Rundown:

• Follow Gregg on Twitter and go to his website to find links to Pix, his podcasts and much more!
• Here’s the Oral History of Fastlane, in case you missed it.
• Chris’ checks and recs: GameCenter CX/Super Mario World, Saints Row: Gat out of Hell
• Matt’s checks and recs: Game show audition, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen

Comics Reviewed:

• The Multiversity Guidebook #1
• Effigy #1
• King: The Phantom #1

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Our old pal Tom Fowler, artist of Howtoons [Re]Ignition, is back to talk about Canadian beer, D & D, giants, Kamandi, making comics for his kids, Howard Chaykin, and much more! Plus, we add some quotes to our list of comic-book quotables, and name the segment!

The Rundown:

• Follow Tom on Twitter and check out his Tumblr!
• That radio show Tom was thinking of is called The Age of Persuasion.
• And here’s Tom’s delightful D&D art.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Bill & Ted backup story, Professor Layton Vs. Phoenix Wright
• Matt’s checks and recs: New mic, The Nightly Show

Comics Reviewed:

• Justice League #38
• The Kitchen #3
• Batman ’66 #52

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You asked for it, you got it! Thanks to the backers on our new Patreon, we’re doing an additional monthly Every Story Ever special, adding even more titles to our gigantic list!

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This week we are happy to announce the return of Bitch Planet, Captain Marvel and Pretty Deadly writer Kelly Sue DeConnick to War Rocket Ajax! We talk with her about KISS, the Noncompliant logo, exploitation cinema, putting out a comic with the title Bitch Planet, her kids’ reaction to that title, and much more! Plus, an all new after-interview segment!

The Rundown:

• Follow Kelly Sue on Twitter and Tumblr!
• Check out these movie recs: Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion, Machete Maidens Unleashed, Caged Heat, Not Quite Hollywood, 42nd Street Forever
• Here is the utterly delightful Wu-Tang Christmas sweater.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Game show test, Leverage
• Matt’s checks and recs: Injustice: Gods Among Us, Orphan Black

Comics Reviewed:

• Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1
• Star Wars #1
• Mortal Kombat X #1

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It’s that time again! We’re back with the most important award show in comics, wrestling, and all other entertainment, the Flash Gordon Memorial Awards! You submitted the categories, we picked the winners!

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We’re here with a special New Year’s episode for you! Start playing the show at 11:15 on December 31, and we’ll count down to midnight with you!

The Rundown

• Hey, guess what? Our Patreon is officially up already. Help out if you can!

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This Christmas, we all got together and recorded a commentary track for Die Hard. Best to you and yours.

The Rundown

• Follow Matt on Tumblr!
• The sound quality gets a little shaky near the end of the commentary track. That’s Skype being Skype. Hopefully it doesn’t ruin the fun.

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Brian Clevinger, Atomic Robo co-creator and co-writer of the brand new webcomic project The Bureau of Infernal Affairs, returns to War Rocket Ajax this week! We talk to him about Kickstarter, the worst movies of the 1980s, investigative teams that have one man and one woman, working with Erica Henderson, and, of course, insults. Plus, (the last?) Every Story Ever!

The Rundown

• Follow Brian on Twitter!
• Go contribute to the Infernal Affairs Kickstarter!
• The creative team on Batgirl #37 has issued an apology for its handling of the villain of the issue.
• Chris’ check and rec: New Wacom tablet, Pokemon Alpha Sapphire
• Matt’s check and rec: Copernicus Jones #6, Black Mirror
• Music used: Toxin Afterdark, “Infernal”

Comics Talked About:

• Batgirl #37
• Astro City #17
• Southern Bastards #6

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