Our second and final installment of Episode 19 is a giant holiday gift bag of a podcast, as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester answer questions from friends and listeners on Twitter about topics like: our favorite editors, comics we were embarrassed to read, our favorite Christmas comics, the $2.99 pricing wars, the first five pages of Graeme's Jack Kirby S.A.N.T.A. comic, Carol Ferris, and much, much, much--and we are not exaggerating here--much more in a podcast that falls just shy of two hours. ...
Dec 13, 2010•1 hr 54 min
It's our first part of Episode 19, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester spend the first fifteen minutes talking about the most important problem facing comic book fans today--diet. If your dream podcast is listening to two guys who love food talk about the pains and pleasures of going on a cleanse, the first fourteen minutes and thirty seconds of this podcast is for you. After that, we move on to discuss more traditional topics--the Walking Dead TV show, digital comics generally and the Marvel Va...
Dec 12, 2010•1 hr 4 min
In our ultra-long finale for for Episode 18, Graeme McMillan and I go all insider-basebally and talk about who our dream picks would be for the Editor-In-Chief positions for both Marvel and DC. Not a single piece of indecision, rambling digression, or sideways observation has been cut in this Wait-stravaganza which comes in at a little under an hour and fifteen minutes. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!
Dec 06, 2010•1 hr 13 min
In part two of our podcasts for Episode 18, Graeme McMillan and I are caught in media res in our discussion about Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. And before things are over, we also discuss the Lone Ranger, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, the challenges of communicating over Twitter...and much, much more. Well, actually, a little more. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!
Dec 03, 2010•46 min
In our first installment for Episode 18, geek life is slow-rolling as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester start talking with a failed cold open, then move on to talk about bad weather, bad backs and not-so-bad TV on Netflix. Those who want to jump to the action should go to approximately the 16:55 mark when we discuss Superman vs. Muhammad Ali and the Absolute Edition of All-Star Superman (the latter half of the discussion being very spoilerific). We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!...
Dec 02, 2010•36 min
In our third installment and final for Episode 17, it's the Superman vs. Muhammad Ali of comic podcasts as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester go head-to-head on The Return of Bruce Wayne #6 and Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #16. No quarter is asked and none is given in this epic hour-long thrashing out of the particulars. And of course, by the time this is mixed and posted it, yet another Grant Morrison Batman comic will appeared, threatening to keep the cycle running in perpetuity.... We hope yo...
Nov 18, 2010•1 hr 10 min
In our second installment for Episode 17, Graeme McMillan and I give you the comprehensive discussion of J. Michael Straczynski's departure from writing Superman and Wonder Woman--a discussion so comprehensive it consists mainly of old storylines from New Guardians and Justice League Detroit. Comic books about making kites, Loeb and Finch's Ultimatum, and Nick O'Teen also figure in to our cutting-edge news analysis. Somehow. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!
Nov 18, 2010•48 min
Our first installment of Episode 17 goes gloriously awry in just about every way as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester sit down with a checklist of topics to talk about, and proceed to discuss none of them. We do, however, talk about Netflix Watch Instantly, Zardoz, Iron Man 2, the new footage of Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern and--unfortunately for perhaps all involved--cartoonists "what are sexy" and cartoonists "what are not." It's as sexy as we're going to get until the day, somewhere far in th...
Nov 15, 2010•43 min
It's Episode 16, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have close to ninety minutes of nonstop gabbity-gab for your listening pleasure--on british comics character badass Judge Dredd, Brooklyn-based comics blogger badass Tucker Stone, and American comic book writer rockstar, Matt Fraction. Maybe it should be shorter, maybe it should be longer, but either way... it's here for your listening pleasure! We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!
Nov 08, 2010•1 hr 28 min
In the conclusion to episode 15, Graeme McMillan and I talk recent comics, including the latest volume of Mome and the second issue of Alan Moore's Neonomicon. Yes, it's another extensive and conflicted analysis of Mr. Moore, this time focusing on how his handling of female characters. Fortunately, we somehow emerge from that potential conversational quagmire intact to also examine Kevin Huizenga's The Wild Kingdom from Drawn & Quarterly, and Benjamin Marra's Gangsta Rap Posse. We hope you e...
Oct 21, 2010•1 hr 5 min
Do you recall where you were when DC and Marvel announced they would be bringing back the $2.99 cover price? Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester do, because they were right in the middle of recording this! In the first of two installments for episode 15, we review the ever-changing marketplace by scrutinizing the editorial line up change at Vertigo, analyzing Bob Harras' career change at DC, and then trying to suss out what the reaction will be to DC's price change announcement. It's like watching t...
Oct 19, 2010•57 min
In the conclusion to Episode 14, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester tackle more questions from readers, including... superhero offspring and the conclusion of One Moment In Time; the future of comic shops and the digital marketplace (recorded before Marvel's deal with Graphic.Ly was announced), photo-realistic comics and Alex Maleev, and the band Gorillaz. It's a return to super-compressed podcasting in the highly imitable Wait, What manner. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!
Sep 22, 2010•42 min
In the first of two installments for Episode 14, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester take a long look at Alan Moore's recent controversial interview, and then try to make some sense out of the current comics marketplace. Needless to say, we solve everyone's problems in just over an hour. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!
Sep 21, 2010•1 hr 3 min
In the second and final installment of Episode 13, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester tackle more questions from readers, including... our favorite new artists, the webcomic Menage a 3; the new trend for families and franchises; The Hulk and the new brainy guy stereotype; Punisher: Happy Ending; one of the more unorthodox ways to consider the strengths of various writers; Graeme tries to collapse the Internet and Jeff talks about recent comics he's purchased; Dork #7 is judged and considered; and m...
Sep 14, 2010•1 hr 21 min
It's the first installment of Episode 13, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester look at comics malaise for periodicals, then discuss Batman #702, the painted covers of David Finch, Marvel Two In One and The Thing during the John Byrne era, before moving on to reader's questions about Adam Warren's Empowered, and the burning age-old question: who's the most handsome blogger? We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!
Sep 13, 2010•1 hr
This is the second of two installments for Episode 12, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester resolve their "cliffhanger" by finishing their discussion of Joss Whedon's work post-Buffy, Then, they answer questions submitted on Twitter about criticism in the industry, Mark Waid's comments at the Harvey Awards, the possible future of Vertigo and Wildstorm, Batman #702, their five favorite monthlies, and so much more, it shocks even them.... We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!
Sep 08, 2010•1 hr 24 min
Welcome to the first installment of Episode 12, as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about some of the books mentioned in "Busiekgate"--specifically, Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman and Action Comics by Paul Cornell, before moving on to Hickman's Shield, Bendis's Secret Invasion miniseries, Matt Fraction's Casanova, Dysart's Unknown Soldier and others, before moving on to a terrifyingly epic discussion of the Buffy: The Vampire Slayer: Season Eight comic series from Dark Horse, and seasons...
Sep 07, 2010•1 hr
It's the second and final of two installments for Episode 11, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about Jack Kirby's Loser Omnibus, The Hunger Dogs, Jimmy Olsen, Rucka, Gates and Robinson's recently wrapped run on Superman, Action Comics and the World of New Krypton. Then, apparently, Skype decides it's had enough of me trying to talk trash about the Comixology app and cuts things short. Nevertheless, we hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!
Aug 31, 2010•36 min
It's the first of two installments for Episode 11, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about Wolverine: Adamantium Men by Jason Aaron and Ron Garvey, Kurt Busiek's Trinity, DC's groundbreaking miniseries 52...as well as the Final Crisis Hardcover, Seven Soldiers, and New X-Men, all by Grant Morrison. Finally, we wrap things up by idly speculating about the potential awful factor X-Men: First Class and Ghost Rider movies--all in all, it's the kind of stuff you might hear from guys who know e...
Aug 26, 2010•1 hr 2 min
In the first of two installments for Episode 10, it's Scott Pilgrim vs. The Podcast, as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss Scott Pilgrim: the Movie, Scott Pilgrim: the animation, Scott Pilgrim: the book and Scott Pilgrim: the box office. It's everything any self-respecting Scott-a-holic would want...and probably then some. I'd like to say we avoided the inevitable follow-up discussion of what all this might mean for the future of comic book movies...but we kinda didn't. Nevertheless, we hop...
Aug 26, 2010•54 min
This is our prologue to Episode 10, and by "prologue," we mean, "stuff Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talked about for almost twenty minutes before Skype crashed." In it, we discuss the weather, RSS code, Itunes, and Jeff unsuccessfully tries to stalk a fan of the podcast. It's a terrifying peek behind the curtain and utterly unrelated to the topic of comic books. But a couple of cheap jokes made us decide it might be fun to include. If you want to skip it, we totally understand and we're listi...
Aug 25, 2010•19 min
In the second and last installment of Episode Nine, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester reflect at length on the possible turning point that was San Diego Comic Con 2010. If you hang around long enough, at the every end we also throw in Dr. Who, The Venture Brothers, the Return of Bruce Wayne #4, the artists of Grant Morrison, and what to make of the upcoming movie Sucker Punch. But, for better or worse, it's mostly San Diego Comic-Con 2010 on our minds. Nonetheless, we hope you enjoy it, and thanks...
Aug 16, 2010•1 hr 15 min
In the first of two installments for Episode Nine, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester briefly touch on all the great things the Pacific Northwest has to offer: Brian Bendis and the first issue of Scarlet; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Mudhoney; and, of course, the Green River Killer. Then, we touch on the first trade paperback of Dark Avengers, Daredevil and the current Shadowland story arc, the first three issues of Secret Avengers, Spider-Man and One Moment In Time, and Paul Cornell and ...
Aug 15, 2010•51 min
In the conclusion of Episode Eight, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss ten years of Smallville and what that might say about Superman, The Return of Bruce Wayne, Sparta USA, Wildstorm's A God Somewhere, The Rise of Arsenal #3, violent comics from Marvel and DC, online critics, the conclusion of Lost, and we check in with Graeme's strange X-Men Forever obsession.
Jun 06, 2010•1 hr 43 min
In our third installment of Episode Eight, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester return to discuss actual comic books-- including Hellboy in Mexico and the first few issues of Brightest Day.
Jun 05, 2010•24 min
In Episode Eight's second installment, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester veer sharply away from comics and discuss Glee, Chuck and spend a ridiculous amount of time on the penultimate episodes of Lost as they try to figure out how the whole thing will wrap up. If you like podcasts where you can listen and sadly shake your head from the vantage point of the future while people fumble around blind, this is the podcast installment for you.
Jun 04, 2010•53 min
In this first installment for Episode Eight, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss DC's Wednesday Comics hardcover, Howard Chaykin's Black Kiss, Brandon Graham's King City, and of course....Little Archie.
Jun 03, 2010•50 min
In the second of Episode Seven's two installments, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss Darwyn Cooke and The Man With The Getaway Face, Joe Kubert's Dong Xoai Vietnam 1965, and the old school stylings of Frank Robbins, Don Heck, Eclipso and Dr. Who. Also, we apologize for minor technical difficulties--either we were too awesome for our recording software, or there's a problem with the latest version of Audacity, but there's some vocal distortion we were unable to correct in mixing.
May 03, 2010•1 hr 17 min
In the first of Episode Seven's two installments, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss the limits of our podcasting abilities (or inabilities, actually ) as well as the unexpected marital complications of Free Comic Book Day. We also cover Kirby's Fourth World as interpreted by Grant Morrison and Walt Simonson, and works by Kate Beaton, Dash Shaw, Chris Ware, and upcoming projects from Alan Moore.
May 02, 2010•1 hr 6 min
Welcome to the third installment of Episode Six, where Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss Batman and Robin, Joe the Barbarian, Daytripper, Flash Rebirth, and the penultimate issue of Blackest Night, among others.
Apr 14, 2010•44 min
