Episode 384 - The Play Buttonth Annual Gordie Awards
We're kicking off 2018 with our annual awards show, with categories (categordies?) submitted by you, the listener!
Jan 08, 2018•1 hr 37 min
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Episode 383.5 - Gift Exchange 2017
This year, we exchange our gifts at the grandest theme park of them all, Dollywood!
Dec 27, 2017•15 min
Episode 383 - The Christmas Specials Special f/ RJ and Ian from HARK
We got a letter from the government. The Special Bureau of Specials, to be exact. And they said that the only way we could keep doing Christmas specials every year was to watch some other Christmas specials and discuss them. So that's what we did! Luckily, RJ Edwards and Ian Holliday, the hosts of the HARK! podcast, dropped by to help us out. Merry Christmas!
Dec 22, 2017•1 hr 36 min
Every Story Ever Special: November 2017
We're almost caught up on ranking stories! Here's the newest 2-hour batch of ranks.
Dec 17, 2017•2 hr 5 min
Episode 382 - Slap a Beard On f/ Jeff Parker and Chris Rohling
Matt's not here this week, so Chris is joined by special guest cohost Chris Rohling for quite possibly our Christmasy-est non-Christmas special ever! Longtime friend of the show Jeff Parker joins us this week for a holly jolly deep dive into a story he wrote 12 years ago: "Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santron." We talk about trying to make Gravity happen, working backwards from an ending, and of course, the magic of Christmas!
Dec 11, 2017•1 hr 32 min
Episode 381 - Hidden Dino f/ Daniel Kibblesmith
Our pal and fellow Garfield Gathering attendee Daniel Kibblesmith joins us on this show this week to talk about his new book, Santa's Husband, his upcoming run on Quantum and Woody, and much more! Plus: You know we go in depth on Doomsday Clock, right? We do.
Dec 04, 2017•1 hr 37 min
Every Story Ever Special: October 2017
We're back with another Every Story Ever Special this month as we make up for lost time!
Nov 30, 2017•2 hr
Episode 380 - Anything But Subtle (Panel President Special)
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We spent some of our holiday week ranking some comics characters.
Nov 27, 2017•1 hr 30 min
Episode 379 - Rube Goldberg Machine of Destiny f/ Kel McDonald
Our good friend and resident werewolf expert Kel McDonald is back this week to talk about her new project, "You Are the Chosen One," worldbuilding, smooching monsters, the smells of medieval fiction, getting metatextual, Buffy, TV show title cards and much more! Plus, Chris and Matt answer one of your listener questions!
Nov 20, 2017•1 hr 29 min
Episode 378 - Trapped in Gyms f/ Geoffrey Golden and Amanda Meadows
The publishers of The Devastator are back to talk about their new Wet Hot American Summer Fantasy Camp RPG! We get into it with them about game design, appealing to fans of both the movie and gaming, Geoffrey's near-unbelievable bio, character creation, getting the blessing of the Wet Hot crew, preferred classes, fighting over who gets to be a can of vegetables, and much more! Plus, we take a listener question from Tumblr!
Nov 13, 2017•1 hr 38 min
Every Story Ever Special: September 2017
Yes, it's November, but we're making up for lost time and catching up on our story-ranking specials! So I named this one for the first one we missed. Check back before the end of the month for October's, then another two in December!
Nov 13, 2017•2 hr 5 min
Episode 377 - Slammin' Jamm (Panel President Special)
We're ranking characters in this, the first episode of the holiday season! A few characters manage to challenge for the bottom of the list, too! Do any of them get that coveted bottom spot?
Nov 06, 2017•1 hr 34 min
Episode 376 - Dream Warriors f/ Benito Cereno
On our annual Halloween episode, Hector Plasm writer Benito Cereno joins us to talk about your listener-submitted Ajax Dreams! We also talk about horror movies, Carman, the Christian rap(?) group DC Talk, our own nightmares and a whole lot more!
Oct 30, 2017•1 hr 29 min
Episode 375 - Dracula Rules f/ Tini Howard
We're spookily exicted to welcome Tini Howard, writer of the new Hack Slash: Resurrection series, back to the show! Also, Chris is back! And we haven't missed a step, because we're talking about inscribed weapons, horror/comedy, the terror of ladder matches, unsung slasher movies, enjoying the sensation of being scared, and much more! Plus, we finally return to raking characters on the Panel President list!
Oct 23, 2017•1 hr 44 min
Episode 374 - Cereal Justice League f/ Chris Haley
Our pal Chris Haley joins Matt to shoot the breeze and answer listener questions this week! Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is discussed at length, as are soup, cereal, Dark Nights: Metal, Jon Kent, horror movies and lots more!
Oct 16, 2017•1 hr 31 min
Episode 373 - Just Good Jams f/ Katie Schenkel
This week, we're very pleased to welcome back Katie Schenkel, the writer of Moonlighters, to the show as guest co-host! We chat about adapting Moonlighters into a musical, balancing comedy and spooky stuff, what the chaw of vaping would be, digital comics formatting, vampires vs. Frankensteins, and much more!
Oct 09, 2017•1 hr 36 min
Episode 372 - A Bro on His Own f/ Hannah Blumenreich and Kieran Shiach
This week, we're extremely pleased to welcome the artist and writer of the Spidey Zine and the upcoming The Immortal Bro, Hannah Blumenreich! We talk about personal experiences with bros, drawing extremely pretty characters, fan comics, the idea of a "huge" Spider-Man, the Highlander of bros, and much more! Plus, guest co-host Kieran Shiach and Matt take a listener question!
Oct 02, 2017•1 hr 38 min
Episode 371 - It's No Elk f/ James Leask
Chris is off this week, so Matt's welcoming guest host James Leask, formerly of ComicsAlliance, into the mix! We discuss food at length, as well as whether Warpath vapes, Destiny 2, which celebrities should join Alpha Flight, McNugget Buddies, and much more!
Sep 25, 2017•1 hr 28 min
Episode 370 - Swords in Common f/ Christopher Hastings
With Dr. McNinja recently wrapping up and Gwenpool going strong, we asked Christopher Hastings to come by and talk about his work on both, as well as topics including breaking the fourth wall, collaborating with Gurihiru, how it feels to end a long-running webcomic, bringing real-world characters into a comics world, explaining characters who may not exactly be what they seem on the surface, and much more! Plus, Chris and Matt take a listener question!
Sep 18, 2017•1 hr 42 min
Episode 369 - Listen for the Train f/ Walter Barber and Jason Piperberg
For this week's episode, we're happy to welcome two of the creators behind the Champions of Hara board game and tie-in comics, game designer Walter Barber and artist Jason Piperberg! We talk about building a multimedia project, game mechanics, fleshing out game characters with comics, using bright colors, loud sirens, our optimal hybrid animal monsters, legacy games and much more! Plus, we add some new characters to the Panel President list!
Sep 11, 2017•1 hr 43 min
Episode 368 - End of Summer Catch-Up
Matt and Chris are catching up and answering a few listener questions on this chilled-out Labor Day episode!
Sep 04, 2017•55 min
Episode 367 - Vamp Crash (Panel President Special)
Chris and Matt are back at it again this week, ranking characters submitted by listeners for the Panel President list! And we're going edit-free this week, so things are looser than they even normally are!
Aug 28, 2017•1 hr 34 min
Every Story Ever Special: August 2017
Just before Matt heads off on vacation, we're ranking as many comic book stories as we can manage!
Aug 25, 2017•2 hr 3 min
Episode 366 - Perpetual Wheelies f/ Katie Skelly
This week our guest is Katie Skelly, creator of My Pretty Vampire, Operation Margarine, Agent 9 and much more! We chat about movies from the 1970s, vampire fiction tropes, coloring and design, high culture vs. low, other types of undead creature, Abba, and much more! Plus, we add five ninjas to the Panel President list!
Aug 21, 2017•1 hr 40 min
Episode 365 - Practicon f/ Jeremy Whitley
We're happy to welcome Jeremy Whitley, writer of Princeless and The Unstoppable Wasp, back to the show this week! We talk with him about Princeless being in development for a movie at Sony, working at Blockbuster, movie recommendations, spotlighting real-life scientists, the best of the five deadly venoms, dealing with trolls, Transmorphers and a lot more! Plus, we answer what might not be an uncommon listener question!
Aug 14, 2017•1 hr 37 min
Episode 364 - The Shiny Bits f/ Kelly Thompson
Friend of the show Kelly Thompson drops by this week to talk about her new Ghostbusters: Answer the Call comic series, but before we get to that, we've got to gush about the Thor: Ragnarok trailer. On top of that, we discuss getting down character voices, Hawkeye, pitching, writing test scripts, being married to ideas, and a whole lot more! Plus we rank a few second-tier Batman characters for Panel President!
Aug 07, 2017•1 hr 42 min
Episode 363 - Cereal Showdown
It's been a little while since we used our interview segment to answer your listener questions, so we're doing it this week! Myriad topics are covered--a lot of food is discussed--and we even manage to get some comics in there.
Jul 31, 2017•1 hr 34 min
Every Story Ever Special: July 2017
Ready for some story rankings? We are, and we even go a little over two hours to make up for last month's shortened episode (we'll go over a little again next month).
Jul 28, 2017•2 hr 10 min
Episode 362 - Cataloguing Power Moves f/ James D'Amato
Our pal James D'Amato from the One Shot and Campaign podcasts drops by this week to talk about his new project, Dungeon Dome, which combines gaming with pro wrestling! We talk about whether James is a wrestling guy, wrestling storytelling, new audiences for tabletop games, audience participation, gladiatorial weapons and much more! Plus, we add some new characters to the Panel President list!
Jul 24, 2017•1 hr 40 min
Episode 361 - Comics and Comics f/ Fred Van Lente
Friend of the show Fred Van Lente returns this week to talk about branching out from comics with his brand new novel, Ten Dead Comedians! We talk about the difference between comics and prose writing, book recommendations, injecting real-world stuff into fictional worlds, basing characters on real-life famous people, death traps, nailing character voices, butt medicine and much more! Plus, we take one serious listener question and one silly listener question!
Jul 17, 2017•1 hr 42 min
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