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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
This week Chris and Matt went to the slums of Shaolin to speak with Kagan McLeod, writer and artist of Top Shelf’s Infinite Kung Fu! Kagan talks about taking a decade to wrap up the book, how he kept his art consistent that whole time, who he based the characters on, and, of course, his favorite kung fu films! Plus, we take a call from a special guest who hosts a show on a certain radio station Chris loves.
Kagan’s movie recommendations: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Shaolin Intruders, Boxer’s Omen, the Lone Wolf & Cub movies (including the TV one, Baby Cart in Purgatory).
Throw up the horns, because this week we’re talking with writer Rick Spears and artist Chuck BB of Oni Press’ Black Metal graphic novels! Find out the soundtrack for creating the graphic novels, what kinds of rings a man should wear, why metal is best when you’re a kid, why music is such an influence on Rick’s work and the true story of Chuck’s meeting with Mystery! Plus, we team up with Hundo Clubber and third chair to answer a pair of listener questions…about metal!
We’ve Marvelized ourselves! That’s right, we’ve gone back to our original episode numbering to celebrate our 100th episode, and we’ve invited our pals from LBFA Inc., Chris Haley, Curt Franklin and Eugene Ahn (a.k.a. Adam Warrock) to help us answer a metric ton of listener questions! And some special guests might just be dropping by! It’s a party!
…because I had to drive a total of about 1,600 miles to attend a wedding and had no time to edit. And since the next episode is a special one, that wouldn’t do.
But if you subscribe on iTunes, you’re in luck! We’ve posted a special Ajax Classic episode featuring our interview with James Urbaniak, Dr. Thaddeus “Rusty” Venture himself! Enjoy!
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!
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!
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!
