War Rocket Ajax is the world’s most explosive comic book and pop-culture podcast, featuring interviews with comics professionals, reviews, rankings and more.
Our pal Katie Schenkel returns to the show this week to talk about her contribution to the new graphic novel/anthology The Cardboard Kingdom, how to pronounce "Knopf," working with a group of 10 writers, keeping the book funny while tackling tough issues, the Herculean effort of artist Chad Sell, werewolf vampires, making stuff out of cardboard, and a whole lot more! Plus, we take a Superman-focused listener question!
Chris and Matt were at Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina, this past weekend and they took the opportunity to chat with the four-man comics collective Frank Comics about their new book Ghost Box, the brilliance of the Money Burglar, elaborate con banners, ideas that never get used, being mistaken for hot dog salesmen, the afterlife and so much more! Plus, Matt and Chris talk about some of the trends at the convention this year!
We're super pleased to welcome designer extraordinaire Dylan Todd to the show this week to discuss not only the comic book logos he's created, but also lots of other comic logos from over the decades! We also talk Star Wars bounty hunters, what got Dylan into design, comic book design trends, and a lot more! Plus, a generational Panel President segment
We're very happy to welcome the writer/artist of Copra and the upcoming Bloodstrike: Brutalists, Michel Fiffe, back to the show this week! We talk at length about Rob Liefield, comics from the 1990s in general, Suicide Squad, changing up an art style while keeping it distinct, comics superstardom, VHS movies and a whole lot more!
We're back and ranking stories as we head into the summer!
It's a holiday, so we took the opportunity to be VERY silly.
The new artist on Marvel Comics' Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Derek Charm, comes back on board this week! We talk with him about picking up a book with such a distinctive art style, following Erica Henderson on Squirrel Girl and Jughead, Star Wars Adventures, drawing Kraven's street clothes, Valiant High, the status of his book Trip Fantastic, and much more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a few quick listener questions!
We came to Columbus, Ohio, with some curated Panel President lists, and we ranked them in front of a live audience at the Columbus Podcast Festival. Also, Matt is (not) an attorney.
We're so very glad to welcome the creative team behind the new Quirk Books graphic novel Manfried the Man to the show this week, Caitlin Major and Kelly Bastow! We talk with them about the numerous funny choices in the book, taking inspiration from Garfield, building a world of humanoid cats, why the webcomic version of the comic had to be finished so quickly, chicken sandwiches, and much more! Plus, Matt and Chris answer another definitional listener question!
Over the course of eight-plus years and 400 episodes (really more, but we only count certain ones), War Rocket Ajax has tried out a lot of segments and served as the breeding ground for a lot of other podcasts. So we asked our co-hosts from some of the other podcasts we do now--Ally Stock of Xena Warrior Business, Matt Fisher of Smark of the Beast, Benito Cereno of Apocrypals, Marlene Thompson of Ghost of a Chance and Jordan D. White of Sailor Business--to hop on our rented zeppelin and celebrat...
It's our lot in life, so we're once again ranking comic book stories for two hours!
It's time to rank some comic book characters as we careen toward episode 400!
We're beyond pleased to welcome cartoonist Gene Luen Yang to the show this week to talk about his work on New Super-Man, Superman Smashes the Klan, his early graphic novels and much more! Get ready for a shocking amount of basketball talk. Plus, we finish up a Panel President list of Doom Patrol characters!
We're wading back into the world of tabletop gaming this week as we talk to game designer Alex Roberts about her new game, Star Crossed! We talk about mechanics versus story, how that might be a false binary, LARPing, which comics characters might make the best star-crossed lovers, building relationships in games, how horror and romance are similar, and so much more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a space adventuring listener question!
Wrestlemania's just around the corner, and we're running down the entire card with Elle Collins and Megan Nielsen of The Hard Times Podcast! Yes, all 14(!) matches on the show. We're making predictions, fantasy booking, wondering what will close the show and much more!
We're ranking stories once again, and also taking a little time to talk logos.
Chris and Matt were at SC Comicon this weekend, and they took the opportunity to talk to some great pals: Jeremy Whitley, Alex Smith, Dorothy Smith, Kyle Starks and Rico Renzi! Plus, Matt and Chris take some time to talk about meeting Cary Elwes and Adrian Paul, who are two guys who love swordfighting for real.
Here's the recording of our intimate live podcast from NC Comiccon Oak City in Raleigh, NC! We're talking with friend of the show Tini Howard about her comic Assassinistas, her work on WWE comics, Rick and Morty, and more. But before that, we go down a lot of rabbit trails that are also vapor trails.
We're very happy to welcome the writer of the new webcomic Weekend Warrior and the upcoming wrestling comic I Love You, I'm Sorry, Mark Stack to the show this week! We talk about how juggling a secret weekend life is a lot like being a comic creator doing conventions, the best panels in Dark Knight Returns, non-wrestling fans reading wrestling comics, pronouns, the appeal of Adam Strange and much more! Plus, a Doom Patrol-centric Panel President segment!
Longtime pal Kelly Dale joins us this week to talk about the Kickstarter for the Skyward Omnibus, which collects all nine issues of the series Jeremy Dale made before his untimely passing in 2014, plus a brand-new tenth issue which wraps up the story. Plus, Chris and Matt answer a listener question that sends them into a retrospective of Bronze Age Marvel comics.
We're coming in just under the wire with two hours of story rankings for the shortest month of the year!
Strap in for space adventure as we rank cosmic characters for our Panel President list on this week's show!
We're pleased this week to welcome the creators of Capture Creatures, Becky and Frank, to the show! We talk with them about Frank's pro wrestling podcast, creating their own Pokemon (of sorts), immeasurably cute drawings, the best Pokemon, New Japan, the perils of comics distribution and much more! Plus, we take an easy-to-answer listener question!
Kelly Thompson, reigning War Rocket Ajax Intercontinental Champion as well as writer of Rogue and Gambit, Hawkeye, and Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, among other comic series, joins us once again on the show this week to talk about comics romances, will-they-won't-they tropes, the trick of pretending to be a couple, characters' worst fears, working with longstanding fan favorites, the best X-Men couple and much more! Plus, Matt and Chris rank some characters for the Panel President list!
Rock Candy Mountain writer/artist and the Rick and Morty franchise Kyle Starks returns to War Rocket Ajax this week, joining us direct from his visit to Wizard World St. Louis! We talk about celebrity guests at conventions, hobo code, collaborating, convention entertainment options, Kyle's different fan bases, a dream world for comic creators, and much more!
We're back on schedule and ranking stories in this first official special of 2018!
As January comes to a close, we're taking your listener questions!
On this week's show, we're very happy to welcome Columbus Post Dispatch business reporter and author of the new book Comic Shop: The Retail Mavericks Who Gave Us a New Geek Culture, Dan Gearino! We talk with Dan about what it takes to run a comic shop, whether you have to be a fan to do it, the rise of Diamond as the only comic book distributor, Funko Pop displays, Urkel, and so much more! Plus, we answer a follow-up listener question!
In our first regular episode of the year, we're ranking some comic book characters sent in by you, the listeners!
Almost caught up! And in this special, we rank the Story of the Beast!
