Episode 289 - The First Panel Presidential Debate
Our new segment for 2016, Panel President, has proven so popular that we're devoting our interview segment to getting through a few lists this week!
Feb 01, 2016•1 hr 33 min
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Every Story Ever Special: January 2016
We're back and adding more entries to our list of Every Story Ever in 2016!
Jan 29, 2016•2 hr 3 min
Episode 288 - So Blessed f/ Ramon Villalobos
Ramon Villalobos, Gordie award winner and artist of Secret Wars: E is for Extinction, joins us this week! We talk with him about the importance of footwear, getting inspiration from DJ Khaled, his parents' dogs, self-reinvention, Frank Quitely, the Royal Rumble and so much more! Plus, we take a handful of listener questions!
Jan 25, 2016•1 hr 32 min
Episode 287 - My Dudes, Rated R f/ Kyle Starks
Our old friend Kyle Starks, writer and artist of Image Comics' Sexcastle, has returned to War Rocket Ajax on the heels of the big news that Fox has acquired the rights to the book for a possible film! We talk about fancasting, writing amazing dialogue, getting a book optioned, the Kyle Starks Shared Universe, basketball, '80s action stars and so much more! Plus, Chris and Matt kick off a brand new post-interview segment!
Jan 18, 2016•1 hr 36 min
Episode 286 - The 5th Annual Gordie Awards
It's the first War Rocket Ajax of the year! That means it's time for Chris and Matt to hand out a whole bunch of awards in categories selected by you, the listeners!
Jan 11, 2016•1 hr 54 min
Every Story Ever Special: December 2015
Happy new year, everyone! Ring it in with us ranking comic books for two hours!
Dec 31, 2015•2 hr 2 min
Episode 285.5 - Christmas Gift Exchange 2015
As promised, here’s the annual gift exchange between Matt and Chris!
Dec 22, 2015•15 min
Episode 285 - On Dasher, on Blazier f/ Matt Fraction
Matt Fraction returns for our annual Christmas episode!
Dec 21, 2015•1 hr 42 min
Episode 284 – A Little Snark, a Little Truth f/ Sam Humphries
We're welcoming Sam Humphries, the writer of the new Image Comics series Citizen Jack, back to the show this week! We talk about the book's political origins, trying to maintain some distance from real-life politics, Sam's hair, Prince, fictional devils, how difficult it is to satire politics in 2015, and much more! Plus, the last batch of Word Heavyweight Champion contenders!
Dec 14, 2015•1 hr 40 min
Episode 283 – Ranked by Volume f/ Tom Fowler
Artist and pal Tom Fowler returns this week to talk about his new book of tabletop fantasy art, D&D&D! But before we do that, we've got to talk for a long time about Canadian TV. You know how that is. Plus, we take a listener question that turns out to be a bit of a riddle
Dec 07, 2015•1 hr 40 min
Episode 282 – The Path to 100
We're digging in and getting to 100 entries in our Word Heavyweight Champions list this week, come hell or high water! (We get there in about an hour.)
Nov 30, 2015•1 hr
Every Story Ever Special: November 2015
Give thanks! It's time again for two full hours of Every Story Ever!
Nov 28, 2015•1 hr 55 min
Episode 281 – SCOIP: The Penultimate Chapter
We've been teleported to Battlepod! The Beyonder has forced us to talk about comics culture for his benefit, but, you know what, we don't mind it all that much, because we're getting to chat with two great podcasters, Elle Collins of Into It and DJ Benhameen of FanBros, about the characters with whom we best identify. Plus, a last-minute cliffhanger as we head into the SCOIP finale!
Nov 23, 2015•1 hr 10 min
Episode 280 – The Heart of the Universe f/ Kyle Higgins
This week, we welcome the writer of the new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series, Kyle Higgins, to the show! We discuss his history with the rangers, the audience he's trying to reach, zords, why Rita was great, Nightrunner, and so much more! Plus, we take some of your listener questions!
Nov 16, 2015•1 hr 34 min
Episode 279 – Sonic Boy f/ Frank Gibson
The driving force behind the Muscle Temple anthology, Frank Gibson, joins us for the show this week! We discuss getting into wrestling in New Zealand, Pokemon, Digimon, the early console wars, our favorite fictional wrestlers and much more! Plus, new entries to the Word Heavyweight Champions list!
Nov 09, 2015•1 hr 39 min
Episode 278 – The Ghost of Halloween Was Two Days Ago
It's the rare episode in which Matt and Chris are in the same room to record, and better yet, we're joined by our better halves, Marlene and Aidan! We take some listener questions just before a ghost shows up and crashes our party.
Nov 02, 2015•1 hr 31 min
Every Story Ever Special: October 2015
It's that time again! We have two full hours of Every Story Ever for you, and this month some of them are spooky! (Or spooky-ish.)
Oct 30, 2015•2 hr
Episode 277 – Live From Spooky Mansion 2015 f/Benito Cereno
Our old pal Benito Cereno, writer of Hector Plasm, Tick: New Series, Tales from the Bully Pulpit and more, joins us once again for our Halloween spooktacular! We talk about movies to watch (of course), Universal monsters, Carman (as tradition dictates), logo parody t-shirts, and so much more! Plus, we take a spooky listener question
Oct 26, 2015•1 hr 46 min
Episode 276 – All Taquitos, All the Time f/ Erica Henderson
Our pal Erica Henderson is back to talk about her art on Jughead and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl! Well, eventually we get to that. We also talk about cooking competition shows, British TV vs. American TV, horror movies (of course), stealing candy, and so much more! Plus, some Transformers quotes get added to the list of Word Heavyweight Champions!
Oct 19, 2015•1 hr 33 min
Episode 275 – Terrified of Mail f/Christopher Sebela
We've talked to a lot of guests about spooky things, but we've rarely interviewed anyone who lives in a spooky place. This week, we welcome Christopher Sebela, a comics writer and friend of the show, who's living for an entire month at the Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada. He tells us about almost getting kidnapped, the strange packages he's been getting, getting his stay funded on Kickstarter, the weird stuff that's happening as we're talking to him, and so much more. Plus, a spoooooky listener q...
Oct 12, 2015•1 hr 38 min
Episode 274 – Go Grow a Garden f/ Joe Keatinge, Nick Barber and Leila del Duca
This week, we're happy to welcome the writer of Shutter and Ringside, Joe Keatinge, along with the respective artists of those two series, Leila del Duca and Nick Barber! We talk about wrestling lingo, shooting down NPR commenters, our favorite bad gimmicks, the rights of ninja ghosts, and much more! Plus, new entries to the Word Heavyweight Champions list!
Oct 05, 2015•1 hr 35 min
Every Story Ever Special: September 2015
You did it! We reached our Patreon goal, so this month's Every Story Ever special is a whopping two hours long!
Sep 30, 2015•2 hr 1 min
Episode 273 – Texts Blowin' Up
Chris and Matt are taking your questions this week, addressing issues including the best but least-loved video game console, the impact of the Comics Code, superhero poker games, The Spirit's place in the comics pantheon, and much more!
Sep 28, 2015•1 hr 29 min
Episode 272 – Tough Business f/ Michael Kingston
This week, we're welcoming the writer of the acclaimed wrestling comic Headlocked, Michael Kingston! We talk about the wrestling business vs. the comics business, working with wrestlers who have artistic talents, developing a story about how genuinely difficult it is to be a wrestler, our favorite types of match, and so much more! Plus, Matt's back, so he and Chris add some quotes to the Word Heavyweight Champions list!
Sep 21, 2015•1 hr 38 min
Episode 271 – Three Candied Apples To The Face f/ Kelly Thompson
This week, guest host Elle Collins of Into It joins Chris as writer Kelly Thompson returns to the show to talk about wrapping up the first arc of Jem and the Holograms, writing Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps and so much more, in a stealth episode that's really just about how much we all love Jem. Plus, karma strikes in a special MMA update and the Marvel Movies are ranked, ESE-style!
Sep 14, 2015•1 hr 30 min
Episode 270: The King Of Trios 2015 Spectacular
This week, Matt's on Vacation and Chris is in Pennsylvania for Chikara's annual King of Trios tournament - so if you're one of our listeners who's not so into the episodes about wrestling, maybe you want to skip this one. For the rest of you, we've got an extra-sized two-hour episode talking about the entire event with special guests Kieran Shiach, Helena Hart, David Burszan, Gavin Jasper and Aidan Sullivan, with a rundown of every match, plenty of tangents, and a discussion of why Missile Assau...
Sep 10, 2015•2 hr 23 min
Episode 269 – Really Upsetting Pinterest Board f/ Mairghread Scott
Our guest this week is the writer of the new Boom Studios series Toil and Trouble and the Transformers: Windblade series, Mairghread Scott! We talk with her about the pressures of writing a series that adds to Macbeth, Transformers (of course), working on the G.I. Joe: Renegades animated series, curses, and much more! Plus, we answer a listener question or two (one of which we aren't sure if we've answered before.
Aug 31, 2015•1 hr 34 min
Every Story Ever Special: August 2015
August is winding down, which means it's time once again for us to add some entries to the ever-expanding Every Story Ever list!
Aug 27, 2015•1 hr 1 min
Episode 268 – That Old Shark's Mouth
This week, we're filling out our Word Heavyweight Champion list with nearly a full hour of lists of your favorite comics quotes! Plus checks, recs and comics reviews return!
Aug 24, 2015•1 hr 29 min
Episode 267 – Cool For the SummerSlam f/ Amanda Meadows and Geoffrey Golden
The editors of the comedy magazine The Devastator return for a super-sized interview segment all about this year's WWE SummerSlam! We run down the card and make predictions, getting particularly sidetracked about Arrow's Stephen Amell appearing in a match.
Aug 17, 2015•1 hr 40 min
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