It’s the last episode of War Rocket Ajax AS YOU KNOW IT! That’s right, folks. We’re taking next week off because we’ll both be at Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC, but we’ll be back the week after with some big, but good, changes to the show. Stay tuned. To cap off this era of WRA, Chris and Matt decided to have a little brodown to mourn the loss of “Macho Man” Randy Savage, answer a bunch of listener questions, rail against the great horror that is Blues Brothers 2000, and much more!

The Rundown

• Deadspin’s “Dead Wrestler of the Week” series is really good, and their piece on Randy Savage is must reading. Be sure to watch the 20-minute video of promos.
• The title track off of Randy Savage’s rap album, “Be a Man.”
• Who does the better Transformers noise? U-Decide!
• If somehow you missed out on the horrible evil that was Blues Brothers 2000, here’s the trailer. And here’s Dan Aykroyd’s crazy crystal skull vodka video.
• A question in this episode and a visit to a local place made me start a barbecue blog. It was inevitable, I guess.
• Mutual Rec: L.A. Noire
• Chris’ Rec: Art Brut, Brilliant! Tragic!
• Matt’s Rec: Twin Peaks on Netflix WI
• Music used: “(Them) Changes” by Band of Gypsys

Comics Talked About:

• Amazing Spider-Man #662
• Detective Comics #877
• Secret Avengers #13 (Hearsay!)

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, The Content Farm and his blog.
• 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 South Carolina resident and writer of FF, S.H.I.E.L.D., Secret Warriors, The Red Wing and a ton of other stuff, Jonathan Hickman! Of course, we talk about the most important topic of all, barbecue. But after that, we get to Jonathan’s design work in comics, how he juggles all those books he writes, which FF character speaks in his voice, what he thinks Doctor Doom really ought to sound like, the mystery of what happened to Ed Brubaker’s jacket, and much more! Plus, we welcome yet another Hundo Club member, Luke Herr, to the show! And it’s our 69th episode so expect things to get…saucy.

The Rundown

• Check out Jonthan’s blog and follow him on Twitter!
• We didn’t get to talk too much about The Red Wing on the show, so here’s a preview on Comics Alliance.
• Heroes Con, June 3-5 in Charlotte, NC! We’ll be there.
• A glimpse at the “dark” Chris and Matt.
• Luke’s Rec: Dead Winter collection
• Chris’ Rec: My Two Dads (and that’s real)
• Matt’s Rec: Moon Diver
• Music used: “Future Reflections” by MGMT

Comics Talked About:

• Herc #3
• Gates of Gotham #1
• Rocketeer Adventures #1
• PunisherMAX #13
• Amazing Spider-Man #661
• Walt Disney Treasury: Donald Duck Vol. 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, The Content Farm and his blog.
• 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!

Superman writer Chris Roberson stops by for the fourth–count ’em, fourth–time this week to celebrate a special holiday with us: Miracle Monday! While he’s at it, he also talks with us about his writing process, juggling multiple projects, his favorite moment in the first Superman movie, what DC had to change about Superman #711, his eventful dinner with Michael Moorcock, and much more! Plus, we highlight our second hater in a row, and gush about how much we liked Thor!

The Rundown

• Check out Chris Roberson’s website and follow him on Twitter!
• If you didn’t pick up the Elric Free Comic Book Day comic Chris wrote, the whole thing’s on CBR right here.
• You can get relatively cheap used copies of Elliot S! Maggin’s Miracle Monday on Amazon! If you just want the high points, there’s a short summary on Wikipedia.
• Here’s that infamous set of notes in which Jim Shooter discussed the sex lives of the various members of the Legion. Read at your own risk.
• The Awesome Hospital strip that brought out the hater.
• Mutual Rec: Thor
• Chris’ Rec: Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse comics
• Matt’s Rec: Doctor Who season 6
• Music used: “Funky Miracle” by The Meters

Comics Talked About:

• Batman Incorporated #6
• Amazing Spider-Man #660
• Superman #711
• Flashpoint #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, The Content Farm and his blog.
• 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!

War Rocket Ajax chops into your life this week as we chat with Axe Cop co-creator and artist Ethan Nicolle! We discuss getting into the mindset of  a six-year-old, comics and money, violence, deadlines, what to tell a concerned mom who disapproves of a story all about poop. Also: We get into it with a hater who challenges our comedy knowledge. We don’t take it well. Plus: A stunning account of how a bar of South Carolinian wrestling fans took the news of Osama bin Laden’s death, in case you were wondering.

The Rundown

• If for some reason you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to check out AxeCop.com and follow Axe Cop on Twitter!
• Ethan also has his own website where you can buy his non-Axe Cop work and see a gallery of his art.
• I tried and tried to find a version of it to use on the show, but it seems no mp3 version of the Axe Cop Theme by Stepdad exists.
• Here’s the Comics Alliance article we discussed in the haters segment, and in case you haven’t heard of the WTF podcast, I mentioned, here you go.
• Chris’ Rec: “Thirteen Women” by The Renegades
• Matt’s Rec: Peggle
• Music used: The Unicorns, “Child Star”

Comics Talked About:

• FCBD Richie Rich/Kung Fu Panda
• FCBD Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Fear Itself #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, The Content Farm and his blog.
• 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 out first video game creator guest, Jay Pinkerton, co-writer of Valve’s Portal 2, which is already, in my humble opinion, a contender for game of the year. Jay’s an old pal of ours, so he sits in with us for the whole show! He talks with us about his (and our) time in the early days of internet comedy, writing comics for Valve, following up the surprise success of the first Portal, working with Stephen Merchant and J.K. Simmons, music to write to, and a ton more! Plus, we examine the fallout of that Action Comics #900 backup. You know the one. And Dracula MAY show up. You’ve been warned.

The Rundown

• Here’s that Portal 2 comic Jay mentioned, and the Left 4 Dead comic he wrote, with art by Michael Avon Oeming! And one of many Team Fortress 2 comics.
• In all seriousness, unless you’re like Chris, there’s no reason you shouldn’t be playing Portal 2.
• Here’s that piece about assembling an Ikea desk on Jay’s old site.
• Because of a computer theft a few years ago, I lost almost all my old JayPinkerton.com forum comics forever. But I did manage to find a couple. Sadly, the best thing I have ever made, a comic featuring a woman with a tennis ball for a face, will never be seen again.
• Jay’s Rec: The Comics Cube in Bonney Lake, Washington
• Chris’ Rec: The Beastie Boys’ Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2
• Matt’s Rec: New socks

Comics Talked About:

• Amazing Spider-Man #659
• Batman Incorporated #5
• Detective Comics #876
• FF#2
• Action Comics #900

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, The Content Farm and his blog. You can also buy his book, Hate You Forever, on Lulu and Amazon.
• 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!

Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, the writer/artist team behind Oni Press’ The Sixth Gun and The Damned, sit down with us this week to talk about their comics, the best Westerns, collaborating, the power of a good margarita, the difference color makes, why supernatural stuff is a part of their stories and much more! We also welcome another member of the Ajax Hundo Club, Alberto DeJesus, and answer a philosophical listener question!

The Rundown

• Cullen and Brian are both on Twitter. They also both have blogs with lots of cool stuff.
• In case you haven’t read the Sixth Gun, do yourself a favor and grab the first trade. The Damned, too!
• Thanks to our third chair, Alberto!
• Here are Sims and Euge in an issue of Deadpool Team-Up written by Mr. Bunn himself!
• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, is still available to buy right here! (Yes, still!)
• Alberto’s Rec: Avengers Academy #12
• Chris’ Rec: “Make Some Noise” by the Beastie Boys
• Matt’s Rec: Portal 2
• Music used: Thin Lizzy, “Cowboy Song”

Comics Talked About:

• Wolverine #8
• Ultimate Spider-Man #157
• Suicide Girls #1

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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, The Content Farm and his blog. You can also buy his book, Hate You Forever, on Lulu and Amazon.
• 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!

Atomic Robo and Captain America: The Fighting Avenger writer Brian Clevinger stops in to talk with us about Cap, Thor: The Mighty Avenger, his new Robo anthology, the future of digital comics, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who he’d pick to voice Robo and lots of other stuff! Plus: A momentous checking of ourselves, one last reading of pledge drive names, and more!

The Rundown

• Follow Brian Clevinger on Twitter and find out all about his work at his website!
• The Cap: The Fighting Avenger that could have been.
• For reals, it is well worth it to get the digital versions of all the Atomic Robo comics on Comixology.
• 8-Bit Theater is still online! You can read it from the beginning here.
• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, is still available to buy right here!
• Chris’s Recs: Adventure Time, Troop Infinity
• Matt’s Rec: Sam and Max Season 3, Venture Bros. Season 4 Blu-Ray
• Music used: Beastie Boys, “Lookin’ Down the Barrel of a Gun”

Comics Talked About:

• PunisherMAX #12
• Superman #710
• Ruse #1
• Portal 2: Lab Rat

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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, The Content Farm and his blog. You can also buy his book, Hate You Forever, on Lulu and Amazon.
• 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!

Chris Burnham, artist on Batman Incorporated, Officer Downe and Nixon’s Pals,  stops in this week to talk about his work, particularly on a character one host seems to have some kind of affinity for. Among other things, Mr. Burnham tells us how difficult it is to draw death traps and to not draw Batman murdering people. We also welcome yet another member of the Ajax Hundo Club, Mr. Rob Dean! With him, we answer an age-old question about donuts.

The Rundown

• Follow Chris Burnham on Twitter and find out about all those comics Sims forgot on his website!
• A few original pages from Batman Incorporated #4 (though sadly not the “Dick Sprang smile” page) are available here.
• Congrats to everyone at ComicsAlliance for their Eisner nod!
• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, is still available to buy right here! We didn’t get to No. 1, but you can help us keep our numbers up.
• Rob’s Rec: Hobo with a Shotgun
• Chris’s Rec: The Pod F. Tompkast “Fan Mail” Extrasode
• Matt’s Rec: QRANK
• Music used: Beastie Boys, “Lookin’ Down the Barrel of a Gun”

Comics Talked About:

• Wolverine: The Best There Is
• Fear Itself #1
• Nonplayer #1
• Captain America and Batroc #1
• Action Double Feature

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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, The Content Farm and his blog. You can also buy his book, Hate You Forever, on Lulu and Amazon.
• 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!

Fellow Carolinian and barbecue enthusiast Jeff Parker returns to War Rocket Ajax this week to talk about his work on Hulk, Thunderbolts and his webcomic, Bucko! We talk at length about barbecue (it wouldn’t be WRA without it), why Jeff wasn’t able to have any snow cream this year, the zen-like conundrum of Shaolin monk vs. caveman and much, much more! Plus: We offer one last big incentive in the very last week of our pledge drive, answer a listener question and give our first ever anti-recommendation!

The Rundown

• Jeff’s on Twitter, and you should follow him there. Plus, check out his website!
• After you read Bucko, you should really look at artist Erika Moen’s previous (and sexy) webcomic DAR!
• The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, comes out tomorrow! Buy it right here! Chris and Matt were both contributors, along with lots of our online pals.
• If any of you fine folks have any ideas for what the Ajax crew or our listeners ought to be called, let us know in the comments.
• Chris’s Anti-Rec: WWE’s Top 50 Superstars of All Time
• Matt’s Rec: Bob’s Burgers
• Music used: Wolf Parade, “Cave-o-Sapien”

Comics Talked About:

• Detective Comics #875
• Punisher: In the Blood
• Iron Man #502

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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, The Content Farm and his blog. You can also buy his book, Hate You Forever, on Lulu and Amazon.
• 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 reveal our full arsenal as we talk with our pals Evie and Aaron of Awesomed by Comics! In addition to the Punisher and his guns, we talk about how Evie and Aaron met, their wedding, Pokemon (big surprise there), Jim Davis, and much more! Plus, Evie and Aaron sit in with us for our checks, recs and comics discussion!

The Rundown

• Follow Evie and Aaron on Twitter! And check out where USA Today’s PopCandy blog named ABCP the No. 9 comics podcast!
• Here’s that shopping penguin.
• You can pre-order the @FakeAPStylebook book that Chris and Matt contributed to right here. And here’s the book Evie wrote the afterword for!
• Chris’s Recs: Saving your work, Dm3
• Matt’s Rec: Seeing Adam Warrock live
• Evie’s Rec: The new Mountain Goats album
• Aaron’s Recs: The zoo, Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate
• Music used: “Drug Life” by The Mountain Goats

Comics Talked About:

• Batman Inc. #4
• Ultimate Spider-Man #156
• FF #1

Shameless Self Promotion:

• 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, The Content Farm and his blog. You can also buy his book, Hate You Forever, on Lulu and Amazon.
• 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!