Chris is at Emerald City Comic-Con this week, so Matt invited David Wolkin to come co-host the show with him! During the interview segment, Matt and David chat with Wired’s Laura Hudson about how the three of them got started with comics! We discuss Psylocke, sleepovers, supermarkets, Guy Gardner, cartoons, Suicide Squad and much more!

The Rundown

• Follow Laura and David on Twitter!
• Check out Laura’s new podcast, Watch, Read, Play! And read her review of Divergent!
• Important issues! Uncanny X-Men #256, Starman #1, Suicide Squad #40
• If you’re ever in Northbrook, Illinois, go to North Shore Comics, why don’t you?
• David’s check and rec: Air mattress and cheese, Fire in the Ashes by Jonathan Kozol
• Matt’s check and rec: Movie Fighters coming to Kickstarter, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Music used: Electric Joy Ride, “Origin”

Comics Talked About:

• Manhattan Projects #19
• All-New Ghost Rider #1
• Real Heroes #1

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It’s our annual Wrestlemania show this week and we’re welcoming The Mandible Claw and WithLeather’s Danielle Matheson and Lets Be Friends Again and The Gravity Falls Gossiper’s Chris Haley to talk about it! It’s a lot of wrestling talk this week, folks. There’s no way around it! Also, lots of jokes.

The Rundown

• Follow Danielle and Chris on Twitter!
  
• Go listen to The Mandible Claw and the Gravity Falls Gossiper!
• Buy Chris Haley’s Daniel Bryan shirt!

• Here’s Chris’ WithLeather article about Kane and John Cena.
• Chris’ check: Emerald City Comic Con
• Matt’s check and rec: Beard removal
• Music used: Wrestlemania Theme 1993

Comics Talked About:

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This week, Chris and Matt are working their way through a few more Every Story Ever lists, and in a huge surprise, a story makes its way into the number one spot after an exhausting debate! You may be surprised as to what it is! Also: A few stories make a charge for the bottom spot on the list!

The Rundown

• Read all about the awfulness of Marville the the U-Decide debacle.
• Chris’ check and rec: The ComicsAlliance Podcast, Cardigans
  
• Matt’s check and rec: Comics Therapy, The Wind Rises
• Music used: Varth Dader, “Forever Omniprecent”

Comics Talked About:

• Batman #29
• Hawkeye #17
• Magnus: Robot Fighter #1

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The writers behind Monkeybrain Comics’ Amelia Cole, Adam P. Knave and D.J. Kirkbride, join us for the show this week! This is a crazy one, folks. We talk about interviewing Laurell K. Hamilton, Lloyd Kaufman, cardigans, personalized jackets, comedy writing, ninjas, and, if we get the chance, their comic. Plus, more Every Story Ever!

The Rundown

• Follow Adam and D.J. on Twitter!
• While you’re at it, check out D.J.’s book,  Do You Believe in Ninjas?
• Don’t know who Lloyd Kaufman is? Here’s the book he co-wrote with Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn!
• Want to see Clarabell the clown say goodbye to kids in a terrifying way? Here you go.
• Chris’ check and rec: Sumter Fan-Con, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
  
• Matt’s check and rec: Movie Fighters secrets, Hannibal on Amazon Prime
• Music used: ETZclusive, “Destination Unknown”

Comics Talked About:

• Moon Knight #1
• She-Hulk #2
• Forever Evil #6

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The writer and artist behind Dresden Codak, Aaron Diaz, joins us this week! We talk about what goes into designing and redesigning characters, people believing that his Zelda art was for an actual game, men’s rights activists, falling in love with Daniel Bryan, Power Girl, martial arts, and much more! Plus, a JMS-fueled set of entries in Every Story Ever!

The Rundown

• Follow Aaron on Twitter and go read Dresden Codak!
• While you’re at it, here’s his art blog, which includes his Zelda designs.
• And here’s one more thing: The Silmarillion Project!
• Hear Stone Cold talk about Cougars.
• Chris’ check and rec: WWE Network, Starrcade ’89
  
• Matt’s check and rec: Appearing on podcasts, WCW Uncensored ’95
• Music used: Jiri Vit, “Dresden”

Comics Talked About:

• Rat Queens #1-4
• Fantastic Four #1
• Lois Lane One-shot

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This week, we welcome Chikara Pro Wrestling’s resident Big Blu ant, AssailANT! We talk with him about Chikara’s Phoenix-like rise, what comics he’s reading, manga, his journey from villain to hero, what wrestling move he’d like to be able to do to annoying people on the street, and much more! Plus, more entries into the list of Every Story Ever!

The Rundown

• Follow AssailANT on Twitter! And buy something in his online store so you can play against him on Xbox Live!
• If you want to catch up on what’s been going on in Chikara, here’s the story!
• And here are all the “Ashes” videos.
• Want to be a Pokemon professor? Here’s the test!
• Go buy the awesome comic Atlas at atlascomic.com!
• Chris’ check and rec: Go-Busters a no go, Room 237
  
• Matt’s check and rec: The new warrocketajax.com, The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project
• Music used: Billywilly, “Disco Ant”

Comics Talked About:

• Justice League #28
• Loki: Ragnarok and Roll #1
• Daredevil #36

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We had to postpone our normal episode this week because the ice storm in South Carolina knocked out Chris’ internet, but we did manage to add some more stories to our Every Story Ever master list!

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On this week’s episode, we welcome the creative team behind Archaia’s upcoming graphic novel, The Joyners in 3D: R.J. (Josh) Ryan, David Marquez, and Tara Rhymes! We talk to them about why they decided to do a 3D comic, the 3D comics that inspired them, the process of making the comic 3D, The Jetsons, why George Joyner is such a powerful character, the most disappointing movies we’ve seen, and much more! Plus, more entries into the list of Every Story Ever!

The Rundown

• Follow Josh, Dave and Tara on Twitter! And be sure to check out the Joyners in 3D Facebook page!
• You can see some preview art of the “What’s on your mind, George?” page on Dave’s Tumblr!
• Here’s the video of Dave and Josh’s C2E2 panel on 3D comics!
• Apparently that ALF comic only had a 3D cover. No wonder it looked so bad inside.
• Chris’ check and rec: Down Set Fight, Badass Ultimate Deathmatch
  
• Matt’s check and rec: Live comedy, Lupin III on Hulu
• Music used: Seancore, “Pandimensional Super-Entity”

Comics Talked About:

• The Punisher #1
• Ms. Marvel #1
• Forever Evil #5

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This week, Chris and Matt are giving in and interviewing each other about their new comics, Down Set Fight and Copernicus Jones: Robot Detective! We talk about how Copernicus Jones started as a parody and turned into something else entirely, how Dog City and Who Framed Roger Rabbit were our introduction to noir, Down Set Fight’s early life as an NFL Superpro pitch, and how cartoony flashbacks actually make a family story work a little better. Plus, more entries in our ever-expanding catalog of Every Story Ever!

The Rundown

• Go buy Down Set Fight! Go buy Copernicus Jones!
• Here’s a trailer for Dog City, if you’ve never seen it.
• And here’s Matt’s Tumblr essay about the book’s origins.
• If somehow you don’t know about NFL Superpro, read up.
• And here’s a CBR interview about DSF!
• Chris’ check and rec: Snow, National Pro Wrestling Day
  
• Matt’s check and rec: Internet loss, Straight Shoot, Cheap Heat
• Music used: Mabull, “Ego Tripper”

Comics Talked About:

• Empowered Vol. 8
• Thor: God of Thunder #18
• Aquaman #27

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Comedian Mike Lawrence joins us for this week’s show to talk about doing comedy at comic conventions, being heckled by the Hulk, telling jokes about wrestling and comics in clubs, the Clone Saga being like cocaine, who’ll win the Royal Rumble even though it already happened last night, whether superhero movies make it easier to do comedy about comics, and much more! Plus, three more things get added to the list of Every Story Ever!

The Rundown

• Follow Mike on Twitter, buy his album, and visit his website to see when he’s coming to your town!
• Country singer Mike Lawrence’s “Watching Freedom Ring” has a hell of a cover.
• In case you’ve never seen that panel of Dr. Doom crying, here you go.
• Listen to how embarrassed Patton Oswalt and Jerry Seinfeld are talking about Superman.
• Chris’ check and rec: Charlotte Mini-Con, The Anatomy of Castlevania and The Anatomy of Zelda
  
• Matt’s check and rec: Copernicus Jones: Robot Detective, True Detective
• Music used: IchiBaN, “Pot Roast”

Comics Talked About:

• Hawkeye #16
• Earthward
• Buzz

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