Friend of the show and writer of the new Uncanny X-Force Sam Humphries stops by for the show this week! We talk about pogs, the Wood Whisperer, rap camp, Tony DiMera, Andy Khouri’s first word, oh, and some comics, too, when we find the time for it. Chris and Matt also talk about their New Year’s resolutions  and what they did over the Christmas break!

The Rundown

• Sam’s on Twitter and and be sure to check out his Tumblr!
• Here’s Sam’s Reddit AMA!
• The F Yeah Mohawk Storm Tumblr is a thing to behold.
• For Paul Smith’s thoughts on Mohawk Storm, take a look at Wikipedia.
• The Pogcast: Does it exist?
• The U.S. Forestry Service’s RAP camp: So disappointing.
• Chris’ checks and recs: WWE ’13 storytelling, Paul F. Tompkins’ Laboring Under Delusions
• Matt’s checks and recs: Rental car woes, Dishonored
• Music used: Dead Milkmen, “Punk Rock Girl”

Comics Talked About:

• Batman Inc. #6
• Avengers Arena #3
• Punisher: War Zone #3

Shameless Self Promotion:

• For all Chris’ stuff, check out his about.me page!
• For all Matt’s stuff, check out his about.me page!
• Check out all Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.

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We’re kicking off 2013 by looking at the best and least-best of what 2012 had to offer! That’s right! It’s time for the annual Gordie awards, with categories selected by you, the listeners!

The Rundown

• Krispy Kreme is now officially Froggy Fresh. His Christmas song, our unanimous winner for best use of John Cena.
• We missed you, MC Skat Kat.
• In case you missed it back in February, here’s WRA #100.
• Here is the Tumblr dedicated to Matt Fraction’s tweets.
• Tony Harris said some dumb stuff. Rachel Edidin said some smart stuff.
• Arrow is really bad, you guys.
• Witness the insanity of the Jamie Kennedy-hosted New Year’s Eve.

Shameless Self Promotion:

• You can get Matt’s book, The Supervillain Handbook, here!
• 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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It’s Christmas! It’s Christmas time! Matt Fraction is here to talk with us about comics, and also to discuss our favorite and least-favorite holiday music, specials, movies and comics!

The Rundown

• Fraction’s on Twitter and Tumblr! Here’s his grandparents’ Christmas pyramid.
• Here’s Fraction’s Tumblr post on his recent decisions about the writing process. It’s a good read.
• DJ Riko’s Christmas Mixes! Dylan Todd’s!
• Chris’ present to Matt! Matt’s present to Chris!

Some, but not all, of the favorites and least favorites:

Matt Fraction

Music

• Favorites: “Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas,” “Just Like Christmas“
• Least Favorite: “Wonderful Christmastime“

Specials:

• Favorite: The Year Without a Santa Claus
• Least Favorite: Shrek the Halls

Movies:

• Favorite: It’s a Wonderful Life
• Least Favorite: Home Alone

Comics:

• Favorite: “Ballad of Doctor Richardson“
• Least Favorite: “The Silent Night of Batman”

Chris Sims

Music

• Favorite: “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)“
• Least Favorite: Phil Spector’s “Thank You” track

Specials:

• Favorite: Dragnet Christmas episode
• Least Favorite: The Year Without a Santa (2006 live-action version)

Movies:

• Favorite: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
  
• Least Favorite: Surviving Christmas
  

Comics:

• Favorite: “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santron”
• Least Favorite: “Star Light, Star Bright…Farthest Star I See Tonight!”

Matt Wilson

Music

• Favorite: “Father Christmas“
• Least Favorite: KB Toys Christmas CD

Specials:

• Favorite: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
  
• Least Favorite: Shrek the Halls

Movies:

• Favorite: Home Alone
  
• Least Favorite: The Santa Clause
  

Comics:

• Favorite: “I’ll Be Doom for Christmas”
• Least Favorite: “The Silent Night of Batman”

Shameless Self Promotion:

• You can get Matt’s book, The Supervillain Handbook, here!
• 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 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, Chris and Matt welcome Adam P. Knave, co-writer of the MonkeyBrain Comics title Amelia Cole and the Unknown World! We’ll talk to him about the advantages and disadvantages of being half of a writing team, sticking to a schedule with a digital comic, his history with the fantasy genre, getting jetpack science right and much more! Plus, find out the incredible secret of why Chris has been feeling so crummy lately!

The Rundown

• Follow Adam on Twitter and be sure to check out his website!
• Get Amelia Cole on Comixology!
• The Invisibles Disinformation Guide might make the series a little easier to read.
• Krispy Kreme has to change his rap name.
• Randy Orton at Denny’s.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Smackdown house show, Ice cream bread
• Matt’s checks and recs: Dishonored, Kendrick Lamar’s good kid m.A.A.d city
• Music used: Richard Hell and the Voidoids, “Another World”

Comics Talked About:

• Hawkeye #5
• Action Comics #15
• Avengers #1

Shameless Self Promotion:

• You can get Matt’s book, The Supervillain Handbook, here!
• 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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Jason Aaron, writer of Scalped, Wolverine and the X-Men and Thor: God of Thunder joins us for the show this week! We talk with him about the religious themes throughout his comics, what his Marvel Barkitecht name would be, how varied his work is, whether he’s got another crime book coming down the line, what we love about Doop and much more! Plus, Chris and Matt answer some listener questions about their alternate-universe tag team!

The Rundown

• Follow Jason on Twitter and be sure to check out his blog!
  
• If you didn’t hear our last episode with Jason and his gas leak, here it is.
• Here’s Chris’ review of Thor: God of Thunder #1!
• In case you need to brush up on your college football rivalries.
• Here’s Matt’s Captain America #1 review!
• Chris’ checks and recs: Holiday weekend, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
• Matt’s checks and recs: Finishing the new book, Wreck It Ralph
• Music used: Misfits, “We Are 138”

Comics Talked About:

• Batman Inc. #5
• Uncanny Avengers #2
• Amazing Spider-Man #698

Shameless Self Promotion:

• You can get Matt’s book, The Supervillain Handbook, here!
• 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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It’s our extra-special Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Cyber Monday episode! Chris and Matt are taking your questions on Christmasy stuff, digital comics, imagined wrestling matches between us, Batman trivia and more!

The Rundown

• “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” They would if you told them.
• In case you’re unfamiliar with the concept of the bunkhouse brawl match.
• Tim Hammond, the Kid Who Collects Spider-Man, was among the dead people Peter Parker remembered in Amazing Spider-Man 655.
• JonDoe297 was Batman’s screen name.
• Assassin’s Creed III is back up to $50 on Amazon, but Dishonored is still $30. We promised some more deals, so here are a few: Captain America on blu-ray for $10! Community Season 3 for $10! Borderlands 2 for $25! The first Manhattan Projects Trade for $9!
• Chris’ Amazon Wish List!
• Matt’s Amazon Wish List!
• Music used: Jay-Z, “Thank You”

Shameless Self Promotion:

• You can get Matt’s book, The Supervillain Handbook, here!
• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, is still available to buy right here!
• Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his webcomics Awesome Hospital and Dracula the Unconquered, 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’re welcoming the writer of The Sixth Gun and the new Fearless Defenders series from Marvel, among many other things, Cullen Bunn! We’ll talk to him about putting together a book with an all-female cast, the Marvel character with the most convoluted history, plans for The Sixth Gun’s TV show, how Marvel NOW is affecting his other books, and much more! Plus, we quickly answer some listener mail!

The Rundown

• Follow Cullen on Twitter and be sure to check out his website!
  
• You can grab Cullen’s book Crooked Hills on Amazon!
• Here are Chris and Euge in Deadpool Team-Up #888. But where’s Matt’s comic, Cullen? Where?
• Green Jelly. Maximum Carnage.
• Megaforce trailer!
• Chris’ checks and recs: Megaforce, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
• Matt’s checks and recs: Giving a talk at Wake Forest University, Indie Game: The Movie
• Music used: El-P, “No Kings”

Comics Talked About:

• Suicide Squad #14
• Batman #14
• Saga #7

Shameless Self Promotion:

• You can get Matt’s book, The Supervillain Handbook, here!
• 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 welcome Battlepug and The Curse creator Mike Norton, who also draws a whole bunch of stuff including Revival and It Girl, to this week’s show. We talk to Mike about the origin of his love of pugs, what it’s like working with creators across the pond, Steve Ditko’s work and influence, making 24-hour comics, and, of course, Troll 2. Plus, a harrowing story of rap embarrassment from our mailbag!

The Rundown

• Follow Mike on Twitter and be sure to check out his website! Also, visit Four Star Studios for lots of digital comics stuff!
  
• Here’s Matt’s interview with Mike about Battlepug on ComicsAlliance.
• Troll 2 is on Netflix. You can stream Best Worst Movie on Amazon.
• Familiarize yourself with all these Steve Ditko creations: Mr. A, Odd Man and Dimensional Man.
• Also, check out this note from Ditko to Marvel Comics: The Untold Story writer Sean Howe.
• Mike Sterling’s PogressiveRuin.com.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Hausu, WWE ’13
• Matt’s checks and recs: Writing, JJ Doom’s “Key to the Kuffs”
• Music used: JJ Doom, “‘Ello Guv’nor”

Comics Talked About:

• Superman: Earth One Vol. 2
• Happy #2
• Wolverine and the X-Men #19

Shameless Self Promotion:

• You can get Matt’s book, The Supervillain Handbook, here!
• 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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Writer of The Tick and expert in all things spooky Benito Cereno joins us once again for our all-listener-question Halloween episode! We’ll discuss the results of a hypothetical super-fight among ghouls and deities, the worst horror movies, what comics can do for horror that movies can’t, the craziest movie deaths and much more!

The Rundown

• Follow BOOnito on Twitter and Tumblr!
  
• House of Dracula/Frankenstein: Great posters, bad movies.
• Remember Extreme Ghostbusters? Benito did not.
• The Tick #101 goes on sale Wednesday!
• Check out Chris’ VHS covers article at CA!
• In case you were wondering what all that lip-smacking talk was about, we got this iTunes review about it. Go check it out.
• Here’s the YouTube pilot of Bravest Warriors!
• Chris’ tricks and treats: Bloodrayne Xbox Live game, Monster Brawl, Cabin in the Woods
• Matt’s checks and recs: Catching up on Raw, Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil
• Music used: Tracy Jordan, “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah”

Comics Talked About:

• Bravest Warriors #1
• Journey Into Mystery #645
• Batman Inc. #4

Shameless Self Promotion:

• You can get Matt’s book, The Supervillain Handbook, here!
• 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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