Episode 58 starts out with a bit of a swerve--instead of digging into more of the titles from DCapos;s New 52, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk Chester Brownapos;s Paying For It and do a preview of Craig Thompsonapos;s Habibi. Not to worry though, we also talk Blue Beetle, Catwoman, Red Hood and The Outlaws, Batman, and Wonder Woman, among others. And Part 2, with even more discussion about even more books is right around the corner. As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!...
Sep 26, 2011•58 min
The conclusion to Episode 57 is right around eighty minutes, but it is jam-packed with comic book discussion and reviews from Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester. We talk a ton of books including Batwoman #1, Mr. Terrific #1, Legion Lost #1, Superboy #1, Uncanny X-Force #15, PunisherMAX #17, Criminal: Last of the Innocent #4, Journey Into Mystery #627, Drifting Classroom, Bakuman, and, as youapos;d probably expect, Fear Itself #6. As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!
Sep 21, 2011•1 hr 23 min
Episode 57 finds more of the two discussing the ones--yes, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss not only the Miles Morales-based Ultimate Spider-Man #1, but also New 52 books like Deathstroke #1 ( with some spoilers), Red Lantern #1, Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1, Demon Knights #1, Suicide Squad #1, Green Arrow #1 and Justice League International #1, as well as discussion about the August estimated sales numbers from ICV2, and a delicious waffles update. As always, thanks for listening...
Sep 19, 2011•1 hr
Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester continue to dig deep into the weekapos;s comics in our ninety-two minute finale to episode 56, with looks at Action Comics #1, G. Willow Wilsonapos;s Mystic, Wolverine: Debt of Death one-shot, IDWapos;s G.I. Joe: Cobra series, Kirby Genesis #3, our worries about the conclusion to X-Men: Schism, and, of course, the unmissable Casanova #3 by Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba, as well as much more. As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!
Sep 14, 2011•1 hr 32 min
Technical shenanigans continue as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester deal with a new headset and recording levels. Thank goodness, we also talk comic books, lots of comic books. Comic books like OMAC #1, Batgirl #1, Animal Man #1, Detective Comics #1, Swamp Thing #1, Stormwatch #1 and, of course... X-Men #17? As it says on the tin: Wait, What? We promise it makes sense. As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!
Sep 12, 2011•1 hr
As you may recall, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester dared to spend the night in a haunted house and that house was Episode 55! It destroyed our sanity and now there is only my crazy gibbering voice left to warn you. Beware! Beware! Actually, you may have a better time than we did considering some of our maddened jabberings are pretty enjoyable. Among the topics discussed in this installment are Trial of the Flash, more bitching about Flashpoint #5, Thor The Movie, the first volume of Bakuman, Fig...
Sep 05, 2011•1 hr 5 min
Welcome to the cursed podcast--Wait, What? Ep. 55.1. The podcast so nice we had to record it twice. No, really, we had to record it twice. Something on my computer got screwed up and...I canapos;t even talk about it anymore, Iapos;m sorry. Letapos;s just chalk it up to "nice." Installment 1 is just under and hour and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have a very long chat about Flashpoint #5 and Justice League #1, with many digressions, dramatic readings, and punchy semi-epiphanic realizations alo...
Sep 04, 2011•57 min
In celebration of the end of summer, here's a super-sized Episode 54 of Wait, What?, with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talking Black Panther: The Man Without Fear Fear Itself, the Internet backlash against Grant Morrison, whether creators are the new superheroes, Justice League Dark, Frank Miller's Dark Knight Strikes Again and his upcoming Holy Terror, West Coast Avengers, The Ultimates, and, believe me, much, much more. It's the kind of thing we'd normally split in two, so pace yourself wit...
Aug 26, 2011•1 hr 54 min
Here comes the conclusion to Episode 53, with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discussing the recent DC Showcase: The Trial of the Flash, Mark Millar's run on Ultimate X-Men and The Authority, Ultimate Fallout #6, Wonder Woman: Retroactive, a troubling trend with Diamond's distribution, and much more. We hope you enjoy and, as always, thanks for listening!
Aug 24, 2011•1 hr 5 min
Today in the first of two installments for Episode 53, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester reflect on Fear Itself #5, and Marvel's plans for its post-Fear Itself future; Flashpoint #4, Flashpoint: The Secret Seven, and Flashpoint: The Outsider; X-Men: Schism, Wolverine #13, PunisherMax #16 as well as the work of Jason Aaron; and the truly enjoyable Daredevil #2. We hope you enjoy and, as always, thanks for listening!
Aug 22, 2011•1 hr 6 min
The wrap-up to our podcast with the popular number 52 is here, and in it Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester continue to answer questions from listeners on Twitter, with topics like Chris Roberson's Superman, recommendations for crazy silver-age DC stories, NuMarvel, comic book movies, Bendis and Ultimate Fallout, New Dark Avengers, Wally Gropius, what 2012 might hold in store for the comics industry, confusion about Marvel and Comixology, Legion of Super-Heroes, who is doing things right in comics ...
Aug 17, 2011•1 hr 30 min
Dreaded by some, adored by others, it's time for another Wait, What? where we answer questions from listeners who follow us on Twitter. Part 1 of hopefully not-too-many finds Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talking waffles, waffles, and more waffles; Chad Nevett's Blogathon, our pitches for DC, Jeff's time-crossed dream team, Mystic and Snark, Michael Fleisher's career after comics, favorite Batman tales, Captain America and much more--with more to come. We hope you enjoy and, as always, thanks ...
Aug 15, 2011•1 hr 11 min
It's the not especially dramatic conclusion to episode 51, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss X-Force #12, Captain America and Bucky #620, Witch Doctor #2, Walking Dead #87, Criminal: Last of the Innocent #2, Kirby Genesis #2, Dan Slott's Spider-Man and Paul Levitz's Legion of Super-Heroes, decompressed and recompressed storytelling, and more. We hope you enjoy and, as always, thanks for listening!
Aug 10, 2011•59 min
Welcome to part 1 of Episode 51. In it, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss Miles Morales, the new Ultimate Spider-Man, the legal decision regarding Marvel and Jack Kirby, Nick Spencer's Secret Avengers, Alan Moore, and what the subject of the Wait, What? Lifetime Original Movie would be. It's slightly more than an hour of funny-book blab, with part two right around the corner. We hope you enjoy and, as always, thanks for listening!
Aug 08, 2011•1 hr 4 min
It is the dramatic conclusion of the fiftieth episode of Wait, What? and we warn you in advance: it is a little bit of a downer note to our normally sunny podcast. Graeme McMillan and I discuss rumors of the Walking Dead TV show, trailers for the movies Outbreak and Haywire, San Diego news, the death of Amy Winehouse and the rampage in Oslo, Supergods by Grant Morrison, the X-Men, and the ambitions of people in the comics industry. Yes, it is more than sixty minutes of oddball funny book philoso...
Aug 05, 2011•1 hr 5 min
You are listening to part one of the the fiftieth episode of Wait, What? In it, Graeme McMillan I discuss Daredevil #1, the Defenders relaunch, Incognito and expectations in comics, the careers of Jims Starlin and Shooter, Alan Moore's Captain Britain, and, uh, more. It's just over an hour of comic book chatter, and part two is right around the corner. We hope you enjoy and, as always, thanks for listening!
Aug 01, 2011•1 hr 5 min
Recorded on the first day of San Diego Comic Con and it's like you're actually there with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester, as we gossip, swap convention horror stories, talk Ed Brubaker his Onion AV Club interview, and then dig into comics like the Captain Britain Omnibus, Action Comics Weekly, the career of Peter David, New Avengers #14, Marvel Season One, and, as ever, much, much more We hope you enjoy and, as always, thanks for listening!
Jul 26, 2011•1 hr 42 min
It's our dramatic conclusion for Episode 48 with Graeme McMillan and I talking Batman, Inc. #7, Dark Horse Presents #1 and #2, Witch Doctor #1, The Creeper Omnibus, the founders of continuity and their later careers, Marvel's Iron Age miniseries, Firestorm: The Nuclear Man, and more! It's seventy minutes of hard-hitting comic book dithering just the way you like...we hope. As always, thanks for listening!
Jul 21, 2011•1 hr 11 min
It's the first of, um, several? installment for Episode 48 and in it, Graeme McMillan and I spend 70 minutes discussing Fear Itself #4 and Flashpoint #3. Of course, there's a few more topics in there too--the Marvel Architects, the always-impressive statements of Tom Brevoort. But, by and large? Fear Itself #4 and Flashpoint #3. Don't worry, future installments have us talking other comic books, but for right now, buckle up for a crossover event talkapalooza. We hope you enjoy and thanks for lis...
Jul 18, 2011•1 hr 13 min
It's the second and final installment of Episode 47, and Graeme McMillan and I finally discuss the movies Green Lantern and X-Men: First Class. We also talk about the wonderful Mindless Ones podcast interview with Grant Morrison, and also Graeme' picks for the DCnU titles, Gingerbread Girl, and the proverbial "much more". We hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!
Jul 06, 2011•51 min
This is Episode 47, the first of a two part podcast with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talking Steve Englehart's The Strangers and the 90s Ultraverse; more gossip about DC's upcoming relaunch, Warren Ellis' thoughts on same, Ultimate Spider-Man #160, and the casting of the pilot for Brian Bendis' Powers. We hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!
Jul 05, 2011•1 hr 14 min
Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have a bounty of superhero books under discussion, from Wolverine #9 to the Flashpoint tie-ins The Superman Project #1 and Reverse Flash #1, James Robinson's JLA, Earth X, Green Lantern Mosaic, Kirby Genesis #1, Steve Englehart's Captain America and much more. We hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!
Jun 27, 2011•1 hr 22 min
Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss our preparations (mental and physical) for seeing Green Lantern The Movie. Also, we discuss the Marvel event from 1989 Atlantis Attacks; Mark Gruenwald's legacy on Captain America; Jack Kirby, Neil Gaiman, the Berganza/Didio interview tour, Avenging Spider-Man, the perfect setting for Tron 3, SDCC, and more. Finally, we hope you enjoy Graeme's dramatic interpretation of a beloved comic book character. Thanks for listening!
Jun 21, 2011•1 hr 49 min
Well, after 43 episodes, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have finally decided to get with the times and try our hand at interviewing. Our first guest is the owner of Comix Experience and the Savage Critics site and Wait, What's patron, Brian Hibbs. Join us as we talk DC's upcoming September reboot strategy and its repercussions on comic book retailing, and remember to be kind about our various technical flaws...the interview started as a Skype conference call and then changes venues partway thro...
Jun 13, 2011•1 hr 23 min
Episode 43 was recorded the week after DC has announced its reboot in September filled with 52 new first issues, a commitment to go day and date for digital sales and other gamechanging possibilities. Coming back from a surprisingly eventful week away, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester catch up with their thoughts of I, Vampire #1, Batman #1, Sexy Man-Bat #1 Wonder Woman #1, and all the announcements released by the time of our discussion. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!
Jun 09, 2011•1 hr 51 min
Episode 42 is chock full o' good stuff with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discussing our changing impressions about the Green Lantern and X-Men: First Class movies, a reconsideration of Cry For Justice, reviews of Batwoman Elegy, Wolverine: Insane in the Brain, Superman: The Black Ring, Mr. Wonderful by Dan Clowes, centennial issues and much, much more. It's a robust hour and forty minutes of comics talk, enough to keep you sated during our upcoming brief vacation. Thanks for listening and we ...
May 26, 2011•1 hr 41 min
We've got Episode 41 for you and in it Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss the process of writing reviews for Savage Critic, confusion on our own rating system, the conclusion of the Flash series, Flashpoint #1 and its possible ramifications, Thor The Motion Picture, X-Men: First Class and much more in a convenient 75 minute pill-like format. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!
May 23, 2011•1 hr 19 min
Welcome to the conclusion of Episode 40: In a little over an hour, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester answer questions from listeners on Twitter. Topics include perennial favorites like Jack Kirby and Grant Morrison, as well as new topics like characters we're tired of, characters who've changed over the years, our favorite comics from companies other than Image, Dark Horse and Oni and much, much more. It's fun, it's free and we hope you enjoy!
May 18, 2011•1 hr 9 min
And just in time for the 10th anniversary of the Savage Critic website, it's the first installment of Episode 40! In it, Graeme McMillan and myself talk Time Masters: Vanishing Point, the work of Dan Jurgens, the publicity surrounding Flashpoint, the Prism Awards, and we speculate on what goes on at the Marvel sausage factory that makes Spider-Island roll off the assembly line. You also get my super-unhappy review of Avengers 12.1 by Brian Bendis and Brian Hitch. We hope you enjoy it, and, as al...
May 15, 2011•1 hr 9 min
Here's our conclusion to Episode 39 with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talking Walt Simonson's The Mighty Thor Omnibus: Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty; Wolverne: Insane in the Brain trade paperback by Jason Aaron, Yanick Paquette, and C.P. Smith; Moon Knight #1 by Bendis and Maleev; Thor #1 by Matt Fraction and Oliver Coipel, the aftermaths of Brightest Day and Justice League: Generation Lost, and our speculation about Flashpoint. All of this in under an hour? As Graeme would say, "you b...
May 12, 2011•1 hr 4 min
