War Rocket Ajax is the world’s most explosive comic book and pop-culture podcast, featuring interviews with comics professionals, reviews, rankings and more.
This week we are so very pleased to welcome the artist of Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and our good friend Erica Henderson to the show! We talk to her about costume and character design, Robocop (of course), Marvel Puzzle Quest, humor in comics, Kraven's butt, and so much more! Plus, some more quotes compete to be the Word Heavyweight Champion!
It's a full house this week! We have the two writers and the artist behind DC Comics' Gotham Academy, Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl! We talk to them at length about the inspiration for the book, how they pitched it, Bookworm, character names, storytelling, spooky houses and much more! Plus, we take your listener questions!
Our pal and former ComicsAlliance editor Caleb Goellner joins us this week to talk about his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Animated Adventures comics and Task Force Rad Squad, but we mostly jaw about Power Rangers. Plus, more quotes are added to the list to determine the Word Heavyweight Champion!
Our guest this week is the creator of the graphic novel Pix: One Weirdest Weekend and artist of the classic anti-drug Spider-Man Comic Fastlane, Gregg Schigiel! We talk with him about game shows, facial hair, the history of Fastlane, Tom Cruise, self-publishing, playing the long game, and much more! Plus, we take some listener questions!
Our old pal Tom Fowler, artist of Howtoons [Re]Ignition, is back to talk about Canadian beer, D & D, giants, Kamandi, making comics for his kids, Howard Chaykin, and much more! Plus, we add some quotes to our list of comic-book quotables, and name the segment!
You asked for it, you got it! Thanks to the backers on our new Patreon, we're doing an additional monthly Every Story Ever special, adding even more titles to our gigantic list!
This week we are happy to announce the return of Bitch Planet, Captain Marvel and Pretty Deadly writer Kelly Sue DeConnick to War Rocket Ajax! We talk with her about KISS, the Noncompliant logo, exploitation cinema, putting out a comic with the title Bitch Planet, her kids' reaction to that title, and much more! Plus, an all new after-interview segment!
It's that time again! We're back with the most important award show in comics, wrestling, and all other entertainment, the Flash Gordon Memorial Awards! You submitted the categories, we picked the winners!
We're here with a special New Year's episode for you! Start playing the show at 11:15 on December 31, and we'll count down to midnight with you!
This Christmas, we all got together and recorded a commentary track for Die Hard. Best to you and yours.
Brian Clevinger, Atomic Robo co-creator and co-writer of the brand new webcomic project The Bureau of Infernal Affairs, returns to War Rocket Ajax this week! We talk to him about Kickstarter, the worst movies of the 1980s, investigative teams that have one man and one woman, working with Erica Henderson, and, of course, insults. Plus, (the last?) Every Story Ever!
This week, we welcome the writer/artist of Sorcery 101 and Misfits of Avalon, Kel McDonald! We talk to her at length about urban sorcery television, particularly Sleepy Hollow, her positively massive new Sorcery 101 omnibus, Gambit, our yogurt-eating session at San Diego Comic-Con and much more! Plus, three more Every Story Ever entries!
We’re thankful to have James Asmus, writer of Quantum and Woody and co-writer of the new miniseries The Delinquents, as our guest this week! We talk with him about dirty plays, Gambit, hobos, comedy, collaborating with Fred Van Lente, and so much more! Plus, more Every Story Ever entries!
Our guest this week is Nolan T. Jones, one of the co-founders of Roll20 and the writer of the new digital comic Colonial Souls! We talk with him about mashing up genres, writing comics that do things readers don’t expect, assembling a creative team, tabletop gaming (natch), Kanye West, and much more! Plus, more Every Story Ever entries!
We’ve got the eye of the tiger with another Every Story Ever special!
We’re welcoming back Dredd: Uprise writer and expert about all things 2000 AD, Arthur Wyatt to the show! We talk to him about how Uprise may be treading on controversial ground, Judge Dredd’s history with fast food mascots, Rogue Trooper, tropes of dystopian future tales, and much more! Plus, three more entries into Every Story Ever!
It’s our annual Halloween special, and our old pal Benito Cereno is back to talk about his story in this year’s Boo! anthology, his childhood werewolf character, costumes of his youth, candy, and of course, his spooky movie recommendations! Plus, one more Every Spooky Ever list!
The editor of the Boo! horror comics anthology, Jon Morris, joins us for this week’s episode! We talk to him about the long history of Boo!, just what kinds of Halloweeny stuff he really likes, post-mortem body plans, his new book about regrettable superheroes, and much more! Plus, another Every Spooky Ever list!
It’s another Every Story Ever special, but this time, in honor of Halloween, we’re strictly focusing on the spooky stuff!
Our old pal Rusty Shackles is back after a long absence from the show, and he’s talking to us about one of our favorite topics: Castlevania! We also talk about his cover art for the newest installment of the Boo! anthology, kung fu movies (obvs), the Nintendo 64, and much more! Plus, more Every Story Ever entries!
Jim Zub, the writer of Wayward and Skullkickers among many, many other comics, joins us for the show this week! We talk with him about realistically depicting teen angst, the comparisons between Wayward and Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, juggling six monthly titles, and (of course) role-playing games. Plus, three more entries into our Every Story Ever list!
This week, Chris and Matt are talking with Box Brown, the writer and artist behind Andre the Giant: Life and Legend! We talk to him about research, figuring out just what to believe when wrestlers give “shoot” interviews, what he had to cut out of the book, Joey Bishop, and much more! Plus, three more Every Story Ever entries!
Chris and Matt are back with another Every Story Ever special!
The writer of DC Comics’ New Suicide Squad, Sean Ryan, joins us this week! We start off with a discussion of “Hot for Teacher” and people who have the same names as us, and it just picks up from there. We discuss how Sean worked as an editor at Marvel and DC, the concept for his Suicide Squad, c-list villains, and much more! Plus, more Every Story Ever entries!
The co-creator and artist of Southern Bastards, Jason Latour, joins us this week to talk about sweet tea, barbecue, logos on clothing, meeting Jason Aaron, dog poop, and so much more! It’s our most Southern episode ever. Plus: More Every Story Ever entries!
The writer and artist behind the Image Comics series Rocket Girl join us for this week’s show! We talk about costume design, 1980s nostalgia, cool comic titles, Kickstarter, Japanese death tea, and much more! Plus, more entries into our Every Story Ever list!
Our guest this week is the writer of Princeless and the upcoming series Illegal, Jeremy Whitley! We talk with him about con experiences, My Little Pony, the Baroness, Kickstarter, and much, much more! Plus, more entries (this time guest-suggested) into our Every Story Ever list!
We’re back from San Diego with another all-Every Story Ever special!
Chris and Matt were at Comic-Con International in San Diego last week, and surprisingly, it wasn’t all terrible. Here’s their fully raw roundup of the events of the year’s biggest con!
This week, we’re talking to the co-writer of Grayson and Batman Eternal, and the writer of the new Dark Horse series Sundowners, Tim Seeley! As you might expect, we discuss spy stuff and Batman, but we also talk about Myrtle Beach comic conventions, weird panels, real-life superheroes and a ton more! Plus, three new entries in our Every Story Ever list!
