For our super-spoooooky Halloween episode, Chris and Matt conduct an interview with The Tick, Tales from the Bully Pulpit and Hector Plasm writer Benito Cereno deep from the depths of a reception nightmare! We talk to Benito about the types of horror movies we like, our essential Halloween flicks, the spookiest candy, Halloween memories and much more! Plus, Chris and Matt discuss their scariest video game experiences!

The Rundown

• Benito’s on Twitter! And Tumblr! And he and Nate Bellegarde have a Facebook page!
• Be sure to check out the Hector Plasm story Benito’s been posting for free. Here’s page one!
• Lots of our favorite flicks are online! Häxan‘s on Hulu Plus! Nosferatu is on YouTube! Night of the Living Dead, Phantom of the Opera and Jason X are on Netflix Watch Instantly!
• Santa’s Slay, starring Bill Goldberg, is a real movie that exists.
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a game so bad that the Angry Video Game Nerd has had to review it three times. Here’s his latest.
• iTunes week count: 5.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Dracula the Unconquered, Xena Halloween episode
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Seeing Halloween cyclists, Silent Hill 2 (and its dog ending)
  
• Music used: Gorillaz, “Dracula”

Comics Talked About:

• Wolverine and the X-Men #1
• Daredevil #5
• Aquaman #2

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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.

Remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

Comics Alliance editors Andy Khouri and Caleb Goellner sit down with Chris and Matt this week for a roundtable discussion New York Comic-Con, and things go to weird, weird places. Among the topics: Lack of cell phone and wi-fi at the convention center leading to caveman tactics, Conan on a sailboat, Catwoman’s “stripper idiom,” the lack of big news at the con, Andy’s debilitating con injury, whether the Marvel layoffs were foreshadowed at all at the con, the best Power Rangers season, which one of us would look best in hot pants, violence against Michelangelo and much more! Plus, Chris and Matt take a biased stance in favor of Adam Warrock.

The Rundown

• Be sure to follow Caleb and Andy on Twitter to keep up with their Odd Couple-style relationship.
• Here’s Chris’ roundup of the news from NYCC in case you missed it. And here’s the crappy news about Marvel’s layoffs.
• Power Rangers: RPM is crazy, y’all.
• Does Michelangelo really deserve this?
• The Damned Things or Every Time I Die? U-Decide!
• iTunes week count: 4.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Adam Warrock show, Arkham City
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Three-year-old video games, Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole
  
• Music used: Steve Martin, “King Tut”

Comics Talked About:

• Fear Itself #7
• Atomic Robo: Ghost of Station X #2
• Justice League #2

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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.

Remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

War Rocket Ajax welcomes Wondermark creator and Machine of Death co-editor David Malki ! to the show this week! You’ll hear how he creates his comics, how someone objected to that method, his early work using the Bic pen mascot, the amazing story of how Machine of Death got to number 1 on the Amazon sales chart, the best mustache to have, what fictional character he’d hang out with on a desert island, and much more! Plus, Chris reads more of the modern poetry that is the Thrasher letters column and we welcome Hundo Club member Bradley Moyer!

The Rundown

• Follow David on Twitter! And be sure to check out the Machine of Death website!
• David’s Hendrick’s Gin Artist Box!
• And here’s the action-movie trailer for his wedding!
• Here’s the Dinosaur Comic that started it all for Machine of Death.
• And check out what Glenn Beck had to say about the book.
• It’s been three weeks-plus. Still no iTunes. Nothing we can do.
• Give Bradley’s girlfriends DeviantArt page a look!
• Bradleys’ checks and recs: CBLDF drive/NYCC, Gurren Lagann
• Chris’ checks and recs: Mac stuff, Scooby-Doo movies
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: New book cover, Tales From the Bully Pulpit
  
• Music used: How I Became the Bomb, “Kneel Before Zod”

Comics Talked About:

• Indiana Jones OGNs
• X-Men: Regenesis #1
• Batwoman #2

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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.

Remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

This week we welcome the team behind the webcomic Bucko to the show: Jeff Parker and Erika Moen! We discuss the often-raucous work environment at Periscope Studios, just how accurately Bucko depicts Portland, just what comics Juggalos are looking for these days, what Erika would most like to do if she was a guy, whether Bucko’s luck is going to change and much, much more! Plus, Chris and Matt answer a sexy question about Captain America!

The Rundown

• Jeff and Erika are both on Twitter! Follow ’em!
• Erika’s autobiographical comic DAR is all online, too!
• Next of Kin. What a weird movie.
• The man behind Chaos! Comics: Brian Pulido.
• If you haven’t watched Stella, really guys, get on that.
• iTunes says it could take as long as three weeks to get the show into the store. Sorry, guys.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Ordering a Mac, cartoons, Donald Duck HC
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Wet Hot American Summer screening, Fake Criterions
  
• Music used: Misfits, “Teenagers From Mars”

Comics Talked About:

• OMAC #2
• Action Comics #2
• Casanova: Avaritia II

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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.

Remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

We celebrate the return of the War Rocket Ajax/Comics Alliance roundtable and the close of our unofficial Ladies’ Month by welcoming CA Editor-in-Chief Laura Hudson and correspondent Bethany Fong to the show to discuss just how DC fared with the past month of new number-one issues, potential tattoo ideas, what we’d cancel from the New 52, best-and-worst CA moments, and a ton more! Plus, find out what has laid Chris Sims so low this past week and find out what the iTunes hold-up is.

The Rundown

• Follow Laura and Bethany on Twitter, and be sure to check out Bethany’s two Tumblrs!
• The fake comic cover above, by artist Brodie Brockie, comes from the super-awesome DC Fifty-Too! blog. There’s a ton of great art there, and so many versions of titles that would have been great to see in the real DC reboot.
• This poll: A sign of a world in the gutter or a big hoax? U-decide!
• Creator Dan Harmon saw to it that Community‘s writing staff was half women.
• Be sure to read Chris’ review of Flash #1.
• What would Chris Sims get tattooed on his back? This.
• Tom Fowler’s illustration of Berko Shemets from The Yiddish Policeman’s Union is amazing.
• iTunes says it could take as long as three weeks to get the show into the store. Sorry, guys.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Computer woes; his new comic, Dracula the Unconquered
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Seeing Black Star in concert, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union
  
• Music used: Black Star, “Brown Skin Lady”

Comics Talked About:

• The last batch of DC reboot #1s
• Amazing Spider-Man #670
• Secret Avengers #17

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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.

Remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

G4TV’s Blair Butler, writer of the upcoming MMA comic Heart from Image, sits down with us this week to talk about going from comics criticism to creation, how she got her job as the only comics critic on national television, why she likes MMA more than pro wrestling, and, as you might expect, this week’s DC comics! And a ton more! Plus, Chris and Matt answer a listener question about their favorite character concepts with lacking executions.

The Rundown

• Follow Blair on Twitter, and be sure to watch her weekly Fresh Ink comics reviews videos at G4tv.com!
• I was unable to find a video of the Attack of the Show reenactment of Point Break with llamas. But I found this X-Play clip that features Blair’s Drunk Writer character!
• The infamous Anthony Pettis Showtime Kick.
• Read up on the creepiness of Mai, the Psychic Girl.
• Odds are you saw it, but in case you didn’t, here’s Laura Hudson’s article about Catwoman and Red Hood. And Chris’ Batman #1 review.
• The iTunes feed hasn’t been accepted just yet, but keep your fingers crossed that it will soon.
• Chris’ checks and recs: The new season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Devil May Cry 4 anti-rec, The Ettes’ new album “Wicked Will”
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: iTunes update, Drive
  
• Music used: The Ettes, “Excuse”

Comics Talked About:

• Even more DC reboot #1s
• Hulk #41
• X-Men: Schism #4

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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.

Remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

This week Dark Horse editor and Sims-pal Rachel Edidin comes by the show to talk about editin’ them books! She talks to us about the difference between being an assistant editor and an out-and-out editor on a project, what an editor on a collection of a webcomic actually does, running the Conan message board, digital comics, dealing with allergies and a ton more! Plus, Matt and Chris give more generally-focused big ups to haters and talk about another week of DC #1s!

The Rundown

• Follow Rachel on Twitter, and check out her fashion Tumblr!
• If you didn’t catch Rachel’s post about women in comics over at Comics Alliance, definitely give it a read.
• The Last Dragon is out from Dark Horse! Be aware it has nothing to do with the film of the same name.
• The Dark Horse Conan message board thrives on.
• In case you didn’t believe us about the Green Lantern Corps #1 preview.
• We’ll keep you updated on what’s going on with the iTunes feed, promise.
• Chris’ checks and recs: Thrasher magazine, Awkward Zombie
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: The filming of The Man of Steel, Adam Warrock/MegaRan/MC Lars/mc chris tour
  
• Music used: mc chris, “The Tussin”

Comics Talked About:

• More DC reboot #1s
• Daredevil #1
• Ultimate Spider-Man #1

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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.

Please leave us a review on iTunes if you have the time! Also, remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

This week we welcome Chester 5000 XYV (NSFW) writer and artist Jess Fink to War Rocket Ajax! We talk with her about why it’s more fun to draw dirty things, Halloween costumes, how she’s making things difficult for male comics creators, dealing with copyright infringement and much more! Plus, our pals Evie and Aaron from the Awesomed By Comics Podcast sit in as our third chairs to celebrate an upcoming milestone show of theirs!

Also, we should note: We had to redo how we update iTunes, so the show won’t be up there for a couple days (at least, hopefully it’ll be up by then). Sorry for the hang-up.

The Rundown

• Follow Jess on Twitter, and check out her website!
• Here are Jess’ pictures of her great angler fish costume from last year! And here are Matt and his fiancee as Hall and Oates.
• Learn all about the Tijuana Bibles on Wikipedia.
• The much-stolen Cookie Loves Milk t-shirt design.
• What’s your favorite Beach Boys and Phil Spector songs? Let us know in the comments.
• Evie’s checks and recs: Meeting the Spin Doctors, the new Wild Flag album
• Aaron’s checks and recs: New album by The Ampersands, Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• Chris’ checks and recs: ColaCon, Parker: The Score by Richard Stark
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Copernicus Jones kicks off, Breaking Bad (now on Netflix WI)
  
• Music used: The Beach Boys, “Sloop John B”

Comics Talked About:

• A bunch of DC reboot #1s

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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.

Please leave us a review on iTunes if you have the time! Also, remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

This week we’re very excited to welcome Scott Snyder, writer of American Vampire and Severed, and who just wrapped up his run on one of our favorite books of the last year, Detective Comics! Scott talks to us about his upcoming work on post-DC-reboot Batman, how he get his start in comics, a nerve-wracking meeting at C2E2, how he got Jock and Francesco Francavilla to work on Detective, the Bat-Family’s favorite Elvis songs, and more! Plus, we welcome another member of the Ajax Hundo Club, Susan Cole, and answer a question from our listener mailbag!

The Rundown

• Follow Scott on Twitter, and as he said on the show, he’s on Facebook, too!
• Scott’s collection of short stories, Voodoo Heart, is available on Amazon.
• Francesco Francavilla’s audition comic strip for Detective will be in the hardcover of Scott’s run on the book, but you can see an online version here.
• Check out Grant Morrison’s Rolling Stone interview. Now read it in a “Nature Boy” or “Hollywood” voice. While you’re at it, read Chris’ CA review of Batman Incorporated #8.
• Here’s the recipe for 10-minute Lime Cracker pie.
• If you haven’t listened to Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, it’s a great example of enlightening interviews between people who don’t see eye-to-eye.
• Susan’s checks and recs: Boston duck tour, the Kickstarter campaign for Stripped
  
• Chris’ checks and recs: Legos, Fallout 3
  
• Matt’s checks and recs: Taking back Supergods rec, Sennheiser HD 202 headphones
  
• Music used: Elvis Presley, “Suspicious Minds”

Comics Talked About:

• Bad Machinery
• Batman Inc. #8
• Ultimate Comics Ultimates #1

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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 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.

Please leave us a review on iTunes if you have the time! Also, remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!

This week, we welcome back the Alec Baldwin to our SNL, outgoing Superman writer Chris Roberson, for his fifth appearance on War Rocket Ajax! Chris sits down with us for an in-depth discussion of his Superman #714, the last appearance of pre-reboot Supes, why the issue with Sharif never hit the stands, how his run ties in to All-Star Superman and DC One Million, Superman’s favorite movie, what Stan Lee’s really like, his upcoming Star Trek/Legion of Superheroes crossover, and much more! Plus, we welcome another member of the Hundo Club, Derek Lancaster, who may just be attempting to become one Mr. Chris Sims.

The Rundown

• Chris Roberson is on Twitter here and be sure to check out his website.
• Watch this Sprint ad closely to catch a glimpse of Starborn, the comic Chris writes for Stan Lee’s imprint at BOOM! Studios. It pops up around the 0:23 mark.
• Here’s a good look at the original S-shield design Morrison and Quitely were going to use in All-Star Superman.
• We’ve mentioned it before, but the Grant Morrison documentary, Talking With Gods, is on Hulu.
• Some industrious soul has posted Chris R.’s favorite episode of the ’90s Superman animated series on YouTube. Chris S. and Matt’s favorite isn’t all up there, but here’s the big scene.
• Jedward? Proms? The Queen? These are the things about the UK we just don’t get.
• Derek’s checks and recs: Nintendo 3DS, Cheers
• Chris’ checks and recs: Birthday (part deux), Assassin’s Creed II
• Matt’s checks and recs: Copernicus Jones comic starting Sept. 1, Supergods
  
• Music used: Jimmie Cross, “Super-Duper Man” (thanks to listener Baxter Pancake for the suggestion)

Comics Talked About:

• Journey Into Mystery #626
• Daredevil #2
• X-Men: Schism #3

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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 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.

Please leave us a review on iTunes if you have the time! Also, remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!