Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Episode 49 is our penultimate episode? That certainly appears to be the case as we read Annuals #25-27 of the Fantastic Four by Mark Gruenwald, Herb Trimpe, Tom DeFalco, Len Kaminski, Mike Gustovich and others. No matter how lowered our expectations are by now, we still were not prepared for Citizen Kang, the return of Dreadface, and the question: when is a self-insert fanfic somehow not actu...
Dec 02, 2018•1 hr 29 min
Today, in this two hour and fifteen minute episode Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester manage to find time to discuss The Immortal Hulk #9, Electric Warriors #1, the first issue of Go-Bots by Tom Scioli, Outer Darkness #1 by John Layman and Afu Chan, Heroes in Crisis #3, Avengers #700 and more, despite also blabbing at length about Bohemian Rhapsody, The Night Comes For Us, and other things that strike our extremely erratic fancy! Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome...
Nov 25, 2018•2 hr 19 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Baxter Building Episode 48 moves us closer to the end as we read issues #397-405 of the Fantastic Four by Tom DeFalco, Paul Ryan, and Danny Bulanadi. WHO is the comic character find of 1995? WHAT is going on with the plotting of the book? And HOW are Jeff and Graeme able to keep their sanity intact in the wake of so much slipshod storytelling? The answers will surprise you! Show notes await a...
Nov 18, 2018•2 hr 28 min
As you know, Stan Lee passed this week, and it seemed impossible for Graeme and Jeff to overlook the event, since Stan had such a huge influence on the American comics market. Lee is s a complicated guy with a complicated legacy so maybe it is not surprising our feelings about his passing—and how people handled his passing—are similarly complicated. So join us if you want for a quick chat about the long life and amazing career of Stan Lee. Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.co...
Nov 18, 2018•37 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester return after what feels like a long hiatus to talk about our trips to New York Comic Con and Japan, to discuss the firing of Chuck Wendig from Marvel, and to ponder the past and future of the American comic book industry! This is a two hour episode with almost a full hour of it being Jeff recounting his impressions and experiences in Japan, so…whatnauts, beware! Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at WaitWhat...
Nov 11, 2018•2 hr 14 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Baxter Building Episode 47 goes where all other comics podcasters fear to tread as we read issues #389-396 of the Fantastic Four by Tom DeFalco, Paul Ryan, and Danny Bulanadi. Who will get out alive of the No One Gets Out Alive epic event? Will it be the ability of Jeff and Graeme to appreciate a Fantastic Four comic book ever again? Quite possibly! Show notes await at waitwhatpodcast.com, we...
Oct 13, 2018•2 hr 35 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have a bottle episode for you, one/where we cover our first comic conventions, our choices for anthologies for Marvel and DC, supernatural comics, the ranking of comic book movies and superhero comic book movies, our feelings about Spider-Man, and much more in this two hour forty minute episode! Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, ...
Oct 07, 2018•2 hr 37 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have little choice but to talk about the Dark Knight and his nethers after the release of Batman Damned #1 and the reactions to from retailers, online, and even DC themselves. But we also talk discuss the shooting of Nightwing, the role of the New Teen Titans at DC, Thanos Wins by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw, the Captain Marvel trailer, the creative inspiration behind Smokey and the Bandit, and much, much more in this t...
Sep 23, 2018•2 hr 20 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Uncleaved and close to three hours, Baxter Building Episode 46 not only tackles issues #382-388 of the Fantastic Four by Tom DeFalco, Paul Ryan, and Danny Bulanadi, it also covers FF #2 by Dan Slott and Sara Pichelli, trying to make sense of what constitutes the ideal FF, and much more! The FF continue their troubled transition to the 90s with Reed Richards and Dr. Doom being dead, Franklin b...
Sep 16, 2018•2 hr 48 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester welcome September with a very nearly 2.5 hour episode, covering old comics, recent news, new comics, and old news! In the wake of the passing of both Marie Severin and Gary Friedrich, we discuss their comics and their careers. We also discuss the new milkshake duck of the comics industry, Comicsgate itself, and comics ranging from recent issues of Daredevil by Charles Soule and Ron Garney, very old issues of Master of Kung-Fu by Doug Moench, Paul Gulacy, Ji...
Sep 02, 2018•2 hr 26 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have yet another two and a half hour episode for you! We bounce around between comics new and old talking, Coyote Doggirl by Lisa Hanawalt, the Uncanny X-Men from the days of Chris Claremont, Berlin by Jason Lutes, Legends of the Dark Knight, Brink by Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard, Hey Kids Comics #1 by Howard Chaykin, Snagglepuss Exit Stage Left, and much, much more. Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at Wa...
Aug 19, 2018•2 hr 38 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! The episode so big we had to cleave it in two! Welcome to part two of two, as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester wrap up their read of issues #371-381 of the Fantastic Four by Tom DeFalco, Paul Ryan, and Danny Bulanadi! The FF drop out of the frying pan of a chromatic cover and into the fire of a prismatic cover, as our favorite comics magazine struggles to reimagine itself for the rough and tum...
Aug 12, 2018•1 hr 28 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! The episode so big we had to cleave it in two! This is part one of two, as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester valiantly try to read--and make sense of issues #371-381 of The Fantastic Four by Tom DeFalco, Paul Ryan, and Danny Bulanadi! The FF drop out of the frying pan of a chromatic cover and into the fire of a prismatic cover, as our favorite comics magazine struggles to reimagine itself for t...
Aug 12, 2018•1 hr 37 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have a two and a half hour episode for you! And in it we discuss The Immortal Hulk #4 by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett, X-Men Legacy and Mike Carey, Mister Miracle #10, Superman #76 from 1952 featuring the first silver age team-up with Batman, as well as the high-concept remix of the story from Superman/Batman Annual #1 in 2006 by Joe Kelly, Ed McGuinness, Ryan Otley and others, The Seeds by David Aja and Ann Nocenti, and the remarkable graphic novel Sabrina by ...
Aug 05, 2018•2 hr 39 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester return from a week off to discuss San Diego Comic-Con 2018! Graeme attended it, Jeff shunned it, and now it is time to talk about the biggest attractions, the hottest news from on and off the Con floor, and oh-so-much more! Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!
Jul 29, 2018•2 hr 16 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester continue the last leg of their odyssey through Fantastic Four, volume one, t0 read issues #362-370 by Tom DeFalco, Paul Ryan, and Danny Bulanadi! Caught between the Scylla of the four Occulus The Unforgiving storyline, and the Charybdis of a five part Infinity War crossover, you would think Graeme and Jeff would be united in the fight for quality superhero comi...
Jul 15, 2018•2 hr 13 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester return from their week off to mourn the loss of comics legend Steve Ditko, debate the pros and cons of Batman #50, extol the virtues of The Immortal Hulk #2, puzzle over the first issue of Captain America, wonder what it is we want from comics and how to get it, and Jeff is reunited with the manga Beck by Harold Sakuishi, and much, much more in this two point seven-five hour podcast. Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your...
Jul 08, 2018•2 hr 44 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester return after a week off for another nearly three hour installment to discuss Batman #49, Shanghai Red #1, the wedding issue of X-Men Gold, Justice League #2 and Avengers #3, the two issue run by Steve Gerber on Cloak and Dagger, trauma, superheroing and representation, Tom Taylor, Ian MacEwan, and the DC/Walmart 100 Page Giant news, as well as much, much more. Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at WaitWhatPo...
Jun 24, 2018•2 hr 54 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester start in on the last leg of their trip through Fantastic Four, volume one, and read issues #356-361 by Tom DeFalco, Paul Ryan (no not that one, the other one), and Danny Bulanadi! What do you get when you expect the worst? Maybe something a little bit better than that? After months of dread, Jeff and Graeme find themselves less appalled than they were expecting...
Jun 10, 2018•2 hr 33 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are back for part two of their semi-annual question and answer episodes to wrap things up in one almost-but-not-quite three hour installment. Today we discuss the recent CBS news story on C.B. Cebulski and Marvel; Man of Steel #1, Deadpool 2, manga, 2000AD, the differences between Stan Lee and Donald Trump, thought balloons, the Waffle Window, and much, much, MUCH more. Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at ...
Jun 03, 2018•2 hr 51 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester meet in the magical wonderland of Portland, Oregon, to discuss food and comics by day and Werewolf By Night! We are also assembled to answer questions from whatnauts submitted via email and twitter, so tune in and listen to us pitch the Starbrand movie, diss our past comic book subscriptions, and miss our top five Fantastic Four issues! Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we ...
May 27, 2018•2 hr 9 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester play catch up and return to read the annuals they have overlooked! Today, we discuss FF Annual #19, and #22-24 as well as Avengers Annual #14 and the other tie-in books. What will the FF do when Atlantis Attacks? When they find themselves in Days of Future Present? When The Guardians show up Questing for Korvac? When tangentially related characters get hefty an...
May 13, 2018•2 hr 22 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are back for a very long, spoiler-filled discussion of Avengers: Infinity War. If you do not want to be spoiled, you will have to skip the first eighty freaking minutes of this episode or come back to it after you have seen the movie because we discuss the whole thing soup to nuts. Also discussed in this nearly three hour episode: Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction by Inio Asano; the stories in DC Nation issue #0; recent issues of Snagglepuss: Exit Stage...
May 06, 2018•2 hr 50 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are back for the opening weekend of Avengers Infinity War for a spoiler-free discussion of the movie; more discussion of the Fantastic Four beyond what we have discussed recently on Baxter Building; a lot of Thanos material from Jim Starlin; Master of Kung-Fu; that Venom trailer; Loveless by Abnett and Winslade and much, much more! Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invit...
Apr 29, 2018•2 hr 16 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester return to cover issues #350-355 of The Fantastic Four, as the FF face down Doom, ominversal bureaucracies, and, yes, more mawkish fill-in issues! Mr. Walt Simonson writes and draws most of them, gives us a formalist marvel, pun intended, and alot to argue, discuss, and digress about! Show notes await at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and question...
Apr 22, 2018•2 hr 13 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester return after our most recent Baxter Building podcast to discuss…our most recent Baxter Building podcast! Yes, we respond to the responses we received regarding the run by Walt Simonson. We also go on to discuss old Master of Kung-Fu episodes, the Justice League movie, insane sex manga, Metal #6 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, and much, much more! Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail....
Apr 08, 2018•2 hr 35 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! After a slight delay, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester return to cover issues #342-349 of The Fantastic Four, as the FF face down dinosaurs, nukes, skrulls, and mawkish fill-in issues! Mr. Walt Simonson writes most of them, draws some of them, and gives us more than enough to deconstruct, discuss, and delight in! Show notes await at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions a...
Apr 01, 2018•2 hr 1 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have a two hour episode discussing the news that did not come from Emerald City Comic Con such as Erica Henderson leaving Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, the first issue of Oblivion Song by Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici, Judge Dredd, M.A.C.H. 1, and other British badasses; the finale of Milk Wars, the careeer zigs and zags of Jeff Lemire, and much, much more. Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your questions at WaitWhatPo...
Mar 11, 2018•2 hr 13 min
Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester return with a two and a half hour podcast discussing some of our recent reads on the Hoopla digital platform; Dark Knights Rising The Wild Hunt by Scott Snyder, Grant Morrison, and a flotilla of talent; the Black Panther Annual, the Black Panther movie, how Geoff Johns sees the DCU and some speculation about Doomsday Clock; the Marvel Fresh Start juicer and marketing initiative, and much, much more. Comments on the show are available at waitwhatpodcast.com,...
Feb 25, 2018•2 hr 29 min
Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are back to cover issues #334-341 of The Fantastic Four, and they are just in time to catch the arrival of Walt Simonson, first as writer and then as writer-artist of the FF! Is it nostalgia, or are these some of the greatest FF comics ever made? Jeff and Graeme struggle to find the answer even as they watch the FF take on the U.S. Congress, the Black Celestial...
Feb 18, 2018•2 hr 6 min
