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
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If you want to catch up on what’s been going on in Chikara, here’s the story!
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!
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!
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!
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 creative team behind the Action Lab series Fracture joins us for this week’s show! We talk about the comic-book history of heroes with multiple personalities, how to show those different personalities in art, putting hilarious characters in the background, ramping up craziness, whether Gambit is a good addition to a story or not, a barbecue conundrum and much more! Plus, we kick off a brand new segment for 2014!
It’s time once again to hand out the annual Flash Gordon Memorial Awards for Achievement in Things We Could Remember from 2013! Listen as we try to think of stuff that happened this past year (or maybe in late 2012 or early 2014, but it all counts)!
The Rundown
Thanks to everyone for their category submissions!
Action Comics and Code Monkey Save World writer Greg Pak joins us this week! We talk at length about Lana Lang, what makes a good supporting character, how collaborating on comics is like making a movie, Superman’s best trait and favorite video game, Terra Man, and much more! Plus, a Christmas-themed Love Haters!
The creative team behind Monkeybrain’s Edison Rex comes by to talk to us this week about building a superhero universe, character designs, falling into naming characters after comic book publishers, whether supervillains can really find redemption, food freshness, The Goonies, and much more! Plus, the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters go full Kanye!
