Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester meet cute to discuss our current comic book obsessions, such as The Darkseid War, Even Cowgirls Get the Plants, Bad Machinery, Chris Claremont on Iron Fist, Steve Englehart and Al Milgrom on Captain Marvel, Journey to Star Wars The Force Awakens, Back To The Future Day, J.J. Abrams, Keeper of Mysteries and much, much more! Show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you ...
Oct 25, 2015•2 hr 38 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester try to stay positive the Negative Zone, take refuge in the Great Refuge, and vacation in Latveria, as they discuss Annual # 6 and issues 82-87 of the Fantastic Four, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. Annihilus debuts! The Inhumans return! And Dr. Doom surprises everyone in comics that will keep you guessing...even after you have read them! Show notes eager...
Oct 11, 2015•2 hr 11 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester join forces to talk about details of the latest case of comic industry harassment as well as alleged apps, Sandman Overture, Avengers Rage of Ultron, Time Runs Out and the road to rebooting, floppies vs. digital vs. trades vs. Jeff, and of course much much more. Show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!
Oct 04, 2015•2 hr 13 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester meet face-to-face to discuss the hardest hitting issues facing comics about people hit each other hard in the face! Topics undertaken include: the new writers of Black Panther and Black Knight; the first issues of Watchmen and Omega Men; Comic Relief and Cosmic Monkey; Dr. Doom and Sub-Mariner; Mark Waid and Bill Cosby; Steve Englehart and Priest; and much, much more. Show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at...
Sep 27, 2015•1 hr 58 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are summoned once again to surf the silver skyways and discuss issues 74-81 of the Fantastic Four, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. Galactus returns! Psych-Man Returns! The Wizard Returns! A story about The Thing becoming Ben Grimm Returns! And so much more in a way that feels, um, so much less? Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welc...
Sep 20, 2015•2 hr 23 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester conclude their two part odyssey to answer questions from the show’s supporters on Patreon. Questions and answers include: our shaky understanding of the word classics; the end of the age of superheroes; Eclipse comics; The Eternals by Jack Kirby; our dream teams for our dream comics; Steve Englehart; Jason Shiga; Brandon Graham; Kate Beaton; Wally West; Firestorm the fire elemental, Star Wars, and much, much more. Show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast...
Sep 06, 2015•2 hr 38 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester begin part one of their two part odyssey to answer questions from supporters on Patreon. Questions and answers include: scary comic book reading rituals, guilty pleasures, the worst substitute members of the Fantastic Four; Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye; the amazing world of Epic Comics; New Suicide Squad; hoarders; Ann Nocenti, and much, much more! Show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPo...
Aug 24, 2015•2 hr 16 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are bemused by Fantastic Four Annual #5 issues 68-73 of the Fantastic Four, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. Get ready for the very first obnoxious ipad user, Psycho-Man! Prepare for the Betrayal of Ben Grimm...again! The Silver Surfer....again! All this and an in-depth discussion of the new Fantastic Four movie! Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpo...
Aug 16, 2015•2 hr 26 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester tackle the baffling stuff: issues #2 and #3 of Airboy by James Robinson and Greg Hinkle; the rape of Lobo; when should explicit comics be explicitly labeled as such; the mysterious majesty of Transformers vs. G.I. Joe; the majestic mystery of mighty Marvel's missteps; a speed round overview of the twenty-plus titles we're reading, and, believe us when we say this, much, much more. Show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and...
Aug 10, 2015•2 hr 33 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester spend a little bit of time talking about about comics, and a whole lot of time talking about nearly everything surrounding comics, with discussions about the Ant Man movie, Interstellar, the first issue of Strange Fruit by J.G. Jones and Mark Waid, the first issue of Power Up, two volumes of My Love Story!! by Kazune Kawahara and Aruko, and any number of things for which we have any number of feels. Show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcom...
Jul 27, 2015•2 hr 3 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are bewitched, bothered and bewildered by issues 61-67 of the Fantastic Four, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. The Mystery of...Him! The Artistry of...Them! The Apprection of....Us! It's two-plus hours of Baxter Building befuddlement, just the way you like it! Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at W...
Jul 18, 2015•2 hr 4 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester spend the first hour talking about not-quite-comics, with news about San Diego Comic Con; big Hollywood money vs. really big Hollywood money; Twin Peaks vs. Fargo; and then the second hour on more comics related stuff like the Image Expo announcements, Action Comics #42, Omega Men #2, the original run of Micronauts, Snotgirl by Bryan Lee O'Malley and Leslie Hung; Heartless by Warren Ellis and Tula Lotay, the discussion between John Byrne and Dan Slott; and ...
Jul 06, 2015•2 hr 9 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have deja vu with DC You, and discuss the first issues of Prez, Black Canary, Doomed, All-Star Section Eight, Robin: Son of Batman, and Constantine: The Hellblazer; while also unpacking King Cat Comics #75, Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #7, The Fiction, Santa Claus: Private Eye, and much much more in this pert and perky two hour podcast. Show notes, not Kim Coates or Warren Oates, are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at W...
Jun 29, 2015•2 hr 6 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about issues 54-60 of the Fantastic Four, as well as Annual 4, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. Klaw in your pantry! Prester John on his space toilet! The Inhumans in their city! And, most importantly, Doom on a cosmic surfboard! It's silver-age insanity as only we can overanalyze it! Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome yo...
Jun 14, 2015•2 hr 43 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester unpack the huge DC Universe sale at Comixology; wring our hands over the Secret War delays by Marvel, and still find time to discuss Bizarro, Providence, Justice League, Stars Wars, The Humans, and oh so much more. Show notes, not coke floats or crow throats,are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!
Jun 08, 2015•2 hr 1 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester express bafflement over Convergence, delight over Daredevil, caution over Saga, trepidation over Fight Club 2, melancholy over some recent cartooning careers, and much, much over more in this two hour podcast. Show notes, not gravy boats or navy coats, are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!
Jun 01, 2015•2 hr 4 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about issues 48-53 of the Fantastic Four, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee! Join us for the brilliance that is the Silver Surfer, the might that is This Man, This Monster, the birth of the Black Panther, and all the overthinking six classic comic books can stand! Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questio...
May 16, 2015•2 hr 16 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester bring the strange in a two-plus hour episode: revisiting Multiversity #2, exploding Secret Wars #1, verging on Convergence, Divergence, as well as three issues of the mid-eighties series Hex and three issues of the early year maybe-series Spider-Gwen. Show notes, not crow throats or grown votes, are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, ...
May 11, 2015•2 hr 19 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk for just a hair under two hours about Avengers: Age of Ultron, Opus by the late great Satoshi Kon, Multiversity #2, Convergence: Shazam #1, and a whole forty ounce of forties: Superman #40, Justice League #40, and Batman #40 as well as our usual much, much more. Show notes, not throw coats or blown stoats, are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on T...
May 04, 2015•1 hr 58 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester analyze the second trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, dissect the current run of Avengers and New Avengers—with a generous side-helping of Infinity—from Jonathan Hickman, remember Herbie The Fat Fury by Richard Hughes and Ogden Whitney, talk the first week of Convergence, eulogize Herb Trimpe, and much, much more in this two-plus hour podcast! Show notes, not slow motes or stow boats, are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and...
Apr 20, 2015•2 hr 11 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about issues 36-48 (well, up to page 7 of issue 48) of the Fantastic Four, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee! Join us for a quantum leap in comic book craft as we debate the effectiveness of the Frightful Four, outline the betrayal of Ben Grimm, greet the arrival of The Inhumans, and debate the brilliance of F.F. Annual #3! Show notes eagerly await you...
Apr 13, 2015•2 hr 52 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are here to answer 24 questions in 230 minutes. Yes, it is time for the patrons of Patreon to ask us anything their hearts desire! Questions are asked about topics like waffles, Jim Starlin, King City, what books to read for the upcoming Daredevil series, why doomsayers about comics are always wrong, who is the Amanda Palmer of comics, and much, much more. Peppy show notes with all of the quetsions await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments ...
Mar 23, 2015•2 hr 33 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester turn on the hot and cold enthusiasm taps for the state of the current industry, with discussion of current comics blogosphere controversies, the upcoming all-in events from Marvel and DC; and suppositions about the state of scheduling at same. We also discuss Howard The Duck #1, Southern Cross; Bad Houses by Sara Ryan and Carla Speed McNeil; The Black Hood #1, Giant Days, Zero, IRL and more in this two point five hour podcast! Show notes that show instead o...
Mar 23, 2015•2 hr 6 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about issues 25-33 of the Fantastic Four, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, with much discussion of Diablo and Dragon Man, The Thing in a motorboat vs. The Hulk operating a subway car, a fresh new take on The Mad Thinker, the father issues of Sue Storm, the middle initial of George R.R. Martin, and much, much more! Show notes eagerly await you at wait...
Mar 16, 2015•2 hr 6 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester finally announce the winners of our Rogue Trooper: Last Man Standing contest, consider the blight that is Forever Evil: Blight, unveil the secret muse of Marvel Comics, look askance at the history of universe-wide events, and also discuss Zenith: Phase One by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell, as well as much, much more. Show notes of note await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you...
Mar 09, 2015•2 hr 6 min
Today, in a near hourlong discussion, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester dig deep into the first six issues of the Legion of Superheroes Five Years Later from 1989 and 1990 by Keith Giffen, Tom and Mary Biernbaum, and Al Gordon. We also scrape the surface of the mysteries of bingewatching, the lurching charm of Fuuka by Kouji Seo; the secret philosophy of Paul Levitz, Multiversity Mastermen by Grant Morrison and Jim Lee, and much, much more. Vigorous, virtuous show notes await you at waitwhatpodcas...
Mar 02, 2015•2 hr 17 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about issues 13-24 plus the first Fantastic Four Annual, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, with much discussion of The Sub-Mariner as anti-hero, the perfection that is the Red Ghost and his Super-Apes, and much more. Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite ...
Feb 23, 2015•2 hr 33 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester fight against illness, imagined illness, and the fickle finger of good timing to discuss the first issue of Nameless by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham; Superman #38 by Geoff Johns and John Romita, Jr.; the Multiversity Guidebook by Grant Morrison and many hands but especially Marcus To and Paulo Siqueira; Batman Eternal, Earth 2 World's End and Futures End by many more people; and The Sculptor by just one people, Mr. Scott McCloud. Speedy but sensible sho...
Feb 08, 2015•2 hr 10 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester tackle the mega-meme that is Four Comics, the jorts of Superman's deadliest foe; the final issue of Flash Gordon by Jeff Parker and Evan Doc Shaner; the first issue of Star Wars by Jason Aaron and John Cassaday; The upcoming Secret Wars event from Marvel; Batman and Robin; Kyle Baker; and much, much more! Image rich sshow notes await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look ou...
Jan 26, 2015•2 hr 13 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester welcome you to Baxter Building, the first installment of our Fantastic Four podcast! Today, we talk about the first dozen issues of the Fantastic Four by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee and what an odd little bunch of comics they are, a mixture of horror comics, science-fiction comics, adventure comics: nearly everything but superhero comics. Discussed: the first appearance of Dr. Doom, the return of the Sub-Mariner, a very high giant monster count, the 4Chan of 19...
Jan 19, 2015•2 hr 40 min
