Welcome to the done-in-one Eightieth Episode of Wait, What? We don't mean to come off as wishy-washy, but we felt there were a lot of good points as to why we should stick to oners when it comes to the podcast, so, at least for a while, that's what we're going to stick to, but feel free to leave comments at SavageCritic.com or at waitwhatpodcast@gmail.com, But so, yes. A two hour and twenty-plus minute done in one, with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester spending the first forty minutes or so kicki...
Mar 26, 2012•2 hr 27 min
It's the second and final part of Episode 79! This time around, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester review some comics for a change, including the latest issues of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel and Faith, Frankenstein, Agent of Shade and Batwoman, and the first issues of Saucer Country, Scalped , Crossed Badlands, Saga, Avengers Assemble, and of course Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man. At a little over an hour, it's the bite-sized podcast that fits in your pocket! We welcome your preferences as to one ...
Mar 21, 2012•1 hr 14 min
This is the first of two installments for Episode 79. Yes, in an attempt to see what listeners prefer, we are bringing back the two hour long installments in a week approach. This time around, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about Assbutts and iPhones, Alan Moore's latest interview, Rich Johnston and the need for a comics scapegoat. Plus, Graeme and I wonder if and when our discussions of comics and creators have gone too far. If you have a comment on that situation, we'd welcome it at eith...
Mar 19, 2012•1 hr 4 min
In Episode 78, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have any number of topics so hot they can only be handled with your ears--topics like what Savage Critic rating we would give The Bible, spinoff books that can never seem to escape their progenitors, a squalid confession of drug use and Dr. Who abuse from Jeff, Action Comics, The Legion of Superheroes, Birds of Prey, Fairest, the first issues of Saucer Country, Hell Yeah, Manhattan Projects (with spoilers for the first issue), Superbia, Fatale #3, F...
Mar 12, 2012•2 hr 2 min
This is Episode 77, and it's an opportunity for Graeme and Jeff to catch our breaths from all of Episode 76's question and answering with some very low-key chat. We discuss Graeme's library picks, Spider-Island, the high initial orders for Avengers Vs. X-Men, our ignorance of current MTV reality shows, He Who Can Not Be Named (by which we mean "Stephen Wacker"), the pros and cons of going to the comic shop, The Hunger Games, Earth 2, Dr. Who, Tintin, and that one movie with Christian Bale and th...
Mar 05, 2012•2 hr 2 min
Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are coming at you with both barrels blazing--and by "both" we mean "more than two" and by "barrels," we mean "hours of answering your questions from a few weeks back." Yes, it only takes us two hours and forty minutes to answer (almost) everyone's questions--we actually talk so long Graeme turns into cosmic buzzing seafoam at the very end--but answer them we do, scheduling and artistic teams on DC, new 52 titles and teams we would like to see, The New 52: Threat o...
Feb 27, 2012•2 hr 42 min
After a short hiatus, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are back with Ep. 75, two hours and twenty-plus minutes of comics controversy inspired chatter. In our first half, we look at battles between creators over their properties with examples like: Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and The Walking Dead; Gary Friedrich and Ghost Rider; L.J. Smith and The Vampire Diaries; John Rozum, Scott McDaniel, and Static Shock; and, believe it or not, James Doohan and William Shatner and Star Trek. We also cover Bri...
Feb 20, 2012•2 hr 24 min
Episode 74 was supposed to be the two hour wrap-up to Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester answering your questions...but then a little project called Before Watchmen got announced and we sidetracked. For first eighty minutes, we talk Watchmen, Before Watchmen, Multiversity, Darwin Cooke, Amanda Conner, Len Wein, John Higgins, Dave Gibbons and the mighty sleeveless one himself, Alan Moore. It's the conversation you've been having in your head for weeks now in convenient podcast format. Then, for the ...
Feb 06, 2012•2 hr 17 min
Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are answering your questions in Episode 73--or at least as many of your questions as we can get to in two and a half hours. We thought that would be a lot, but we were very, very wrong. Still, we do talk about Marvel at South by Southwest; Graphicly's new epublishing initiative; prose books we've read and music we're listening to; our favorite inkers; Brian K. Vaughn's upcoming book, Saga; the best Jack Kirby book to start with; the original Howard The Duck; how m...
Jan 30, 2012•2 hr 32 min
This is episode 72, wherein Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have a few words to say about flooding, and many, many about comics. More specifically, we swap lists of comic topics, like the top five Avengers villains, the top five Avengers creators, Top Five JLA villains, and some much, much odder topics. We also cover general topics like : Avengers HR, the problem with The Human Torch, the second part of the Spider-Man/Daredevil crossover, Chris Claremont, Frank Tieri, the pleasures of Zombo, Pro...
Jan 23, 2012•1 hr 37 min
Welcome to episode 71, complete with new theme music courtesy of the talented Graeme McMillan. We've got two hours and forty-five minutes of comic book cross talk for you, with topics like OMAC and the other cancelled new52 titles, the current state of George Perez's career, Marvel's marketing, Mark Millar's Trouble and Spider-Man, comments by Charles Vess and Ariel Olivetti about Marvel, Mark Waid's Amazing Spider-Man/Daredevil crossover, Jason Aaron's Wolverine and the X-Men as well as Wolveri...
Jan 18, 2012•2 hr 44 min
This is episode 70, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester continue to experiment with the done-in-one format, giving you a two and a half hour megacast. In it, we talk getting hacked, dreams about comics, Brubaker and Philips' Fatale, the Elseworlds 80 page giant, Chuck Dixon's G.I. Joe comic for IDW and Seal Team Six, Defenders #2, Action Comics #5, OMAC #5, Uncanny X-Men #4, New Teen Titans, Downton Abbey, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Avengers Annual, Freak Angels, Mud Man, Witch Doctor: ...
Jan 09, 2012•2 hr 31 min
Welcome to 2012, and welcome to episode 69. Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are experimenting with podcast length, and so have given you a done-in-one hour and fifty minute chatstravaganza. In it we talk Christmas presents, ethical dilemmas, Daredevil #7, The first part of Batman: Leviathan Strikes, the fourth issues of Justice League, Wonder Woman, and Batman, Tales Designed to Thrizzle, Pope Hats by Ethan Rilly, The Annotated Sandman, and the insanity that is Crying Freeman. If you have an opi...
Jan 02, 2012•1 hr 53 min
This is the finale to Episode 68 with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester covering the other big stories and/or non-stories from 2011. For the next seventy-five minutes, join us as we discuss the Kirby trial outcome, layoffs at Marvel, superhero movies, women in comics, kickstarter, comics marketing, Watchmen 2, and the proverbial much, much more. We hope you enjoy our last podcast for 2011 and will be here for more discussion, disagreement and comic related chaos in 2012. Happy new year!...
Dec 28, 2011•1 hr 16 min
Episode 68 is part one of an especially rambling year in review from Graeme McMillan and me. Part one, which is an hour and twenty minutes long manages to cover our Christmas with The Swamp Thing special, shopping and other holiday thoughts; DC's New 52; Marvel's trade paperback program; day and date digital; things that come out of Brian Bendis's mouth, the paintings of Sharon Moody (who I erroneously call Shannon Moody for the whole damn podcast!); the voices of the Marvel Architects and a lon...
Dec 26, 2011•1 hr 25 min
Episode 67 moves from putting some coal in your stocking to giving you suggestions for gifts you might want to give that special someone--even or maybe especially if that special someone is yourself. After reeling in shock over how many episodes we produced this year, Graeme McMillan and I slowly recover so we can bring you a long list of holiday gift suggestions. Some of what we mention will be familiar to long-time listeners but there are also some surprises in our picks in order to give you a...
Dec 21, 2011•1 hr 11 min
Episode 67 might start off seeming a bit diffuse--with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talking The Nerdist Playlist; storytelling tricks in pinball and in Lost--but it ends up focused with laser-like precision as we turn our attention to the post-Fear Itself interview by Matt Fraction and Tom Brevoort concerning the epilogues. In a Wait, What? first for us, we're splitting the episode in two but posting both parts at the same time, so feel free to jump ahead to part 2, if you'd rather hear us di...
Dec 21, 2011•46 min
This is Episode 66, a done-in-one episode where Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester come as close to giving you an hour and forty minutes of frothy comic talk as is humanly possible. Topics covered include a very lengthy discussion about the just-released Defenders #1 and the power of secret shout-outs, Dark Horse Digital's recent pricing hullaballoo, Avengers vs. X-Men, Bendis leaving Avengers, Spaceman #2, OMAC #4, Daredevil #6, the Lethal Weapon comic that never was, Flash #3, Secret Avengers and...
Dec 12, 2011•1 hr 40 min
The second of Episode 65's two installments features not only mallomars, but a teeny-ting bit more discussion of Steve Gerber's Defenders. Plus, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester also discuss Matt Fraction's recent appearance on Word Balloon, the pros and cons of interviewing pros, being trolled on Twitter, Watchmen 2, the price of satisfaction. Also, we reveal some of our terrifying purchasing decisions in this ninety-plus minute conclusion. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!
Dec 07, 2011•1 hr 32 min
After a brief Thanksgiving break, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are back for the first of two installments for Episode 65, and a look at the classic Defenders run by Steve Gerber. But of course, us being us, we also end up discussing Carrier IQ, a big bunch of Kieron Gillen books, Batman #252, and Topatoco's first collection of the amazing Oglaf by Doug Bayne and Trudy Cooper. If you've ever wondered why we haven't done very many in-depth looks at classic comic runs, this will probably help yo...
Dec 05, 2011•1 hr 3 min
Just in time for the oddball American holiday of Thanksgiving it's a black friday sized done-in-one podcast running just a hair under a hundred minutes. In it, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss the TV shows Community and Parks and Recreation; fights on Twitter (and more specifically Graeme's recent dust-up there); Avengers #19 and the brilliance of Daniel Acuna, the mini-comics Cindy and Biscuit by Dan White, Sabertooth Vampire by Mark Russell, and The End of the Fucking World by Charles F...
Nov 21, 2011•1 hr 41 min
After spinning around the globe for offbeat classics, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester woozily return to the USA for oddball hijinks closer to home, namely Marvel's handling of Avenging Spider-Man, the cancellation of the Victor Von Doom miniseries by Nick Spencer and Becky Cloonan, changes to Marvel's incentive payments; and the latest issues of Journey Into Mystery and Marvel's Point One promotional one-shot. We also dazedly strew some choice non-Marvellish topics along the way, in our convenie...
Nov 16, 2011•56 min
Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are back for the first part of Episode 63 to talk comics. More specifically, some very offbeat comics from around the world, including The Spy vs. Spy Omnibus by Antonio Prohias; Nemesis The Warlock by Pat Mills, Kevin O'Neill, and Bryan Talbot; Strontium Dog by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra; Crying Freeman by Kazuo Koike and Ryoichi Ikegami, and more praise for the astounding Ganges #4 by Kevin Huizenga. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!...
Nov 14, 2011•1 hr 6 min
We didn't quite finish the job we started last week, so Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are back with a brief, somewhat addled episode 62 to continue answering questions posed to us on the Savage Critic website. The plan was to do a strong ninety minutes but recording woes mean it's more like a slightly sketchy hour. So join us on an abbreviated trip through listeners' questions, with topics including Kid friendly books in the New52, Matt Fraction and Dave Eggers, Uncanny X-Force, Spaceman #1 an...
Nov 07, 2011•1 hr 5 min
Here comes the conclusion to Episode 61 featuring the second part of the discussion between Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester regarding Marvel's business direction, as well as speculation on why Ed Brubaker's Fatale might have ended up over at Image, and the secret of Mark Millar's success. Plus, we finally answer readers' questions from Twitter and a select few from Savage Critic, with answers covering topics such as Wolverine And The X-Men #1, Shonen Jump Alpha, the revival of Rob Liefeld's Awes...
Nov 02, 2011•1 hr 2 min
After a two week vacation, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are back with a two part Episode 61, answering your questions from Twitter, email, and the website, as well as starting new favorite talking/arguing points. In part 1, we cover Daredevil #5, Legion Lost #2, Luther and Justified, Flash #2, Justice League Dark #2, Casanova: Avarita #2, Fear Itself #7, Occupy Oakland and start talking about about Marvelapos;s business practices. Itapos;s a full hour of back-in-the-swing-of-things irradiated...
Oct 31, 2011•1 hr 4 min
Episode 60 is super-sized, super-powered, and super-eager to go on a two week vacation. So not only do Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk Marvelapos;s new digital incentive, Septemberapos;s sales numbers, Apple and Occupy Wall Street. But we also talk, yes, comics: OMAC, Action comics, X-Men Schism, a very brief chat about the latest issue of Casanova, the winner of our first contest winner, the announcement of our second contest and much, much more. We will see you in two weeks! As always, th...
Oct 10, 2011•1 hr 46 min
The finale of Episode 59 picks up a split second after part 1 left off, with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester launching into a discussion of Craig Thompsonapos;s Habibi, as well as reviews and opinionated blabbity-blab about the first issues of Voodoo, Superman, The Flash, and Brilliant; Bakuman vols. 5 and 6, and much more. It's almost eighty minutes of non-New Kids on the Block comic-slinging fun! As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!
Oct 05, 2011•1 hr 20 min
The premiere installment of Episode 59 is chock full of surprises--for one thing, at almost an hour long, the first fifteen minutes are spent discussing Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and New Kids on the Block in what you might call "A Lost Adventure From Jeff Lesterapos;s Past." Then Graeme McMillan goes on to review Frank Millerapos;s Holy Terror, and we look back at Grant Morrisonapos;s The Invisibles. Overall, we feel comfortable calling episode 59.1 our most decade-hoppingest podcast yet. As always...
Oct 03, 2011•57 min
Our bite-sized finale to Episode 58 features reviews from Graeme McMillan and me of Green Lantern Corps, Birds of Prey, Daredevil #4, Witch Doctor #3, LoSH #1, Captain Atom, the original Legion Lost, X-Men: Schism #4, and some thoughts on buying digital. Also, we are holding a fantastic contest with amazing prizes. Well, prize actually, and your working defintion of amazing will have to be pretty loose but....check it out, anyway! As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!
Sep 28, 2011•38 min
