This week, we’re welcoming Ben Marra, the writer and artist of such comics as Night Business, Blades and Lazers, Gangsta Rap Posse, The Incredibly Fantastic Adventures of Maureen Dowd (A Work of Satire and Fiction) and many others! We talk about influences, video stores, making Nazis bad guys, the appeal of trash, and much more! Plus, three more Byrne-tastic entries into our Every Story Ever list!

The Rundown

• Follow Ben on Twitter and be sure to check out the Traditional Comics website!
• While you’re at it, here’s the trailer for Traditional Comics.
• If you never read American Century, here’s the Wikipedia page for the series.
• And here’s some info about Darick Robertson’s Space Beaver.
• Head over to MisterCinecal.com to read the ongoing reviews of the Batman serials, and much more!
• Chris’ check and rec: Heroes Con/moving, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
• Matt’s check and rec: Birthday/Movie Fighters rewards, Last Week Tonight
• Music used: Maistera, “Midnight Sax”

Comics Talked About:

• Infinity Man and the Forever People #1
• Astro City #13
• Mega Man #37

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Matt has returned from a long and arduous move, and he and Chris are talking to the writer and artist of the webcomic Tagged! this week, Meg Lovell! They talk about being a wrestling fan, calling a comic on Tumblr “Tagged,” Patrick Swayze, Sailor Moon, The Shield, and much more! Plus, Every Story Ever returns!

The Rundown

• Follow Meg on Twitter and go read Tagged!
• If you missed the Movie Fighters about Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, here you go.
• Here’s Chris talking at length about Impulse #3.
• And here’s Matt’s interview with Joshua Williamson.
• Chris’ check and rec: Moving, Sailor Moon re-release on Hulu
• Matt’s check and rec: Mention on U Talkin’ U2 To Me, Silicon Valley
• Music used: Karbon Kidd, “Whoomp There It Is/Super Mario Bros. Theme”

Comics Talked About:

• Big Trouble in Little China #1
• Nailbiter #2
• Afterlife With Archie TPB

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This week, Chris and special guest host Kieran Shiach welcome the writers and two cast members from the play King Kirby! They have a big old time talking about the King of Comics.

The Rundown

• Here’s the King Kirby Kickstarter link! Go donate!
• Go listen to Kieran’s show, Have a Nice Day!
• Chris’ check and rec: King of Trios, Sam and Cat
• Kieran’s check and rec: Interviewing Mike Quackenbush, X-Men: Days of Future Past
• Music used: NESkimos, “Grande March Gormetique”

Comics Talked About:

• Forever Evil #7
• Batman #31
• Deadpool #29

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Ryan North, writer of The Midas Flesh, Adventure Time and Dinosaur Comics, is on the show this week to talk about all-ages comics, being tall, genocide, the Canadian video game tip line, comics being autobiographical, comics not being autobiographical, and much more! Plus, an X-Men themed Every Story Ever list!

The Rundown

• Follow Ryan on Twitter!
• Here’s a Dinosaur Comic about threesomes.
• Stick it to the Man: It’s a stumper.
• Bookwar!
• What Ryan bought with Andrew Hussie’s credit card.
• Go buy Bunny and Rink: The Friendship Begins on Gumroad!
• Chris’ check and rec: Ikea
• Matt’s check and rec: Moving, Veep
• Music used: Spin 360, “Smooth Robot Dinosaur”

Comics Talked About:

• Batman Eterman #6
• United States of Murder Inc. #1
• Lumberjanes #2

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Our guest this week is Dream Thief and Toshiro writer Jai Nitz! We talk at length about Hellboy, John Byrne, getting con commissions, and eventually even a little bit about his comics. Plus, three more entries are added to our list of Every Story Ever!

The Rundown

• Follow Jai on Twitter!
• Here’s that loom from the Wanted movie.
• Check out these awesome Hellboy drawings from Jai’s sketchbook!
• It doesn’t look like there are many places to get Joe Phillips’ The Heretic anymore, but here’s some info about it.
• Go listen to the Ranger Danger Podcast!
• If you want all 25 Bandcamp episodes of Movie Fighters, they’re right here!
• Chris’ check and rec: Orange Valencia Refreshers, DDP Yoga
• Matt’s check and rec: Kickstarter stuff, Review
• Music used: Encaved, “Dream Factory”

Comics Talked About:

• Futures End #1
• Rat Queens #6
• Moon Knight #3

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On this week’s show, we’re gazing into the fist of Dredd with Dredd: Underbelly writer Arthur Wyatt! We’re talking a whole lot about the many writers who have penned stories for 2000 AD, how Dredd is an outsider’s look at America, moving to the U.S. from the U.K., the decision process for making a comics sequel to Dredd, and much more! Plus, a new set of entries into our Every Story Ever list!

The Rundown

• Follow Arthur on Twitter!
• Here’s the 2000 AD page full of creator-based robots, including Millar Bot.
• Not familiar with D.R. and Quinch? Educate.
• Here’s Chris’ Grayson interview with Tim Seeley, which includes some discussion of Batman Eternal.
• Go buy Devil Dealers!
• One more day to back the Movie Fighters Kickstarter!
• Chris’ check and rec: Buying furniture, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
• Matt’s check and rec: C2E2, American Sharks
• Music used: The Neon Judgment, “The Fashion Party”

Comics Talked About:

• Batman Eterman #4
• Southern Bastards #1
• CMYK #1

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Because Matt spent the weekend at C2E2 and couldn’t edit the show this week, he and Chris and doing a special edit-free Every Story Ever special this week! Among the comics we discuss, the best (?) Mark Millar comic, Superman Red Son, and the worst Grant Morrison comic. Which one is that? Listen and find out!

The Rundown

• The Movie Fighters Kickstarter only has a little more than a week left!
• Chris’ check and rec: Giant penny update, Sexcastle
• Matt’s check and rec: C2E2, Legends House

Comics Talked About:

• DC Secret Origins #1
• Original Sin #0

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This week, the writer and artist behind Dynamite’s new Flash Gordon series, Jeff Parker and Evan “Doc” Shaner, are our guests! We’re talking about Flash’s shirt, logos, Timothy Dalton, bros, the forgotten art of “icing,” Queen, EC Comics, and so much more! Plus, more comic stories get added to our Every Story Ever list!

The Rundown

• Follow Doc and Jeff on Twitter!
• If you’re unfamiliar with Mark Schultz’s Xenozoic Tales, here you go.
• Here’s Jeff’s early rendering of “Kasey Venus.”
• Stone Cold Steve Austin’s CougarLife.com ad.
• The Movie Fighters Kickstarter is still going strong!
• Chris’ check and rec: Moving, Greg Rucka’s Alpha
• Matt’s check and rec: Being sick, Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men
• Music used: Linuz, “Flash”

Comics Talked About:

• Batman #30
• Superior Spider-Man #31
• The Auteur #2

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• Valiant Comics is releasing six new number one issues over the next few months! If you aren’t reading yet, it’s a great time to start!

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This week, we’re really excited to welcome the one-man powerhouse behind COPRA and the writer of the just-launched All New Ultimates series, Michel Fiffe! We talk about writing comics at a breakneck pace, his insane schedule, the difference between working for yourself and working for Marvel, street gangs, Street Fighter, and so much more! Plus, two more stories join our Every Story Ever list!

The Rundown

• Follow Michel on Twitter and check out his website!
  
• You can read COPRA #1 for absolutely free here!
• Check out Michel’s super-cool Suicide Squad bound hardcovers.
• And here’s Chris’ write-up about Michel’s GI Joe pages.
• You can get Caleb Goellner and Buster Moody’s Task Force Rad Squad #2 for whatever you want to pay!
• And go get Kyle Starks’ Sexcastle!
• The Movie Fighters Kickstarter is still going strong!
• Chris’ check and rec: FLUKE,  Power Rangers RPM
• Matt’s check and rec: C2E2, U Talkin U2 To Me
• Music used: Color 8, “Label Brutal”

Comics Talked About:

• Batman Eternal #1
• Flash Gordon #1
• All-New Doop #1

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This week, Chris is back from his trip to the Pacific Northwest with a lot of stories and a particularly odd souvenir: A time machine! How will he and Matt put it to use? Who will they meet on their journey? Listen and find out!

The Rundown

• The Movie Fighters Kickstarter is up and running now!
• If you’d like to revisit the very first episode of War Rocket Ajax, here it is.
• There was a new Homestar Runner cartoon and it was glorious. And here’s Thorax Corp.
• All of Euge’s music and tour dates are right here!
• David’s check and rec: Emerald City Comic-Con, James Bonding
• Matt’s check and rec: Kickstarter!, Broad City

Comics Talked About:

• Detective Comics #30
• Dead Letters #1
• Ultimate Spider-Man #200

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