The writer of Skullkickers and the brand new Samurai Jack series from IDW, Jim Zubkavich, is our guest this week! We talk about Halloween, what makes a great horror story, the melting pot of genres that is Samurai Jack, hearing established character voices in one’s head while writing, and much more! Plus, a spooooooky wrestling themed-love haters!
While Chris was away at New York Comic-Con, we welcomed two guests this week: Lee Leslie, the artist of Screamland and writer/artist of Rigby the Barbarian, and Daniel Kibblesmith, comedian and co-author of the upcoming book How to Win at Everything! Spooky, monster-related things are discussed, along with classic adventure games, doing characters on podcasts, how one can be a victor at reading, and of course, Cracker Barrel.
Impact wrestler and comics superfan Christopher Daniels is our guest this week! We talk about the link between wrestling and comics, Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman, how comics writers and wrestlers can get pigeonholed, getting guys in the locker room to read comics, and much more! Plus, a Stand By Me-themed Love Haters!
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To celebrate their new all-crossovers issue, three of the editors from The Devastator magazine, Geoffrey Golden, Amanda Meadows and Asterios Kokkinos, join us to talk about them this week! We get into our first crossovers, why they’re so interesting, why inter-company crossovers beat out intra-, and our absolute favorites!
One of his comics projects, Queen and Country, is reportedly becoming a movie, and one of the comics he wrote for quite a while, Batwoman, was in the news a lot this week, but we’ve got Greg Rucka talking to us about something else entirely: The Prisoner! We dig deep into the classic show and its influences on comics, including Greg’s own work! Plus, a highly musical installment of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!
Our guest this week is the writer of FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics, formerly known as Collider, Simon Oliver! We stay shockingly on-topic with our discussion of physicists in documentaries, an anti-gravity high school, the difficulty of titles, whether people can turn into boats, describing crazy physics anomalies to artists, and much more! Plus, a Charles-based Love Haters!
The “NPR brony” and writer of two issues of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Micro-Series, Ted Anderson, sits down to talk with us this week about brony culture, doing impressions, Daniel Day-Lewis, “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me,” and much more!
The creator of Templar, Arizona, writer of Poorcraft and editor/contributor to Smut Peddler, C. Spike Trotman, is our guest this week! We have the Ajaxest interview ever with her, talking about wrestling, porno, doing things on the cheap, white tigers, college, Achewood and more! Plus, a not-particularly-thematic installment of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!
This week on War Rocket Ajax, our guest is the author of Bill the Boy Wonder and Boys of Steel, Marc Tyler Nobleman! We talk about Bill Finger, obviously, as well as hearing Marc’s best Bob Kane stories, his research techniques, opinions on the best Joker, teaching kids about Batman’s actual creator, and much more! Plus, a John-themed Love Haters!
Our guest this week is the writer of the new Arcana/Rodenberry Entertainment graphic novel Worth, Aubrey Sitterson! We talk with him a bit about his day job at WWE Games, a whole lot about tattoos, what machine he’d want to talk to (like Worth), why he set his OGN in Detroit, getting surprises back from artists, mutual friends, and much more! Plus, a polarizing edition of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!
