Every Story Ever Special: January 2021
New year, new rankings of comic book stories!
Jan 30, 2021•2 hr
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Episodes
Episode 531 - Year of the Adversary f/ Michael Sweater
The co-creator of The Wizerd from Oni Press joins us this week to talk about graffiti, what it takes to get published, getting out the bad pages, wizards (obviously), Wizard magazine (obviously) and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris kick off the Great Indoor Fight!
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 34 min
Episode 530 - This or That's a Wrap
To make way for our new 2021 post-interview segment, we had to finish up all the linestepper This or That scenarios from last year, plus a few more to boot!
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 31 min
Comics Catch-Up 025: Loki (2019)
It's Matt's fault that this series ended abruptly at issue 5, and he and Chris talk about what could have been in this promising series, but ended up not happening because of a clearly shortened run.
Jan 13, 2021•44 min
Episode 529 - X of Gords (2021 Gordie Awards)
We're back from our holiday break, and we're handing out some Flash Gordon Memorial Awards to the best of 2020, with the categories chosen by you, the listeners!
Jan 11, 2021•2 hr 3 min
Every Story Ever Special: December 2020
Happy new year, everybody! We hope you enjoy us ranking these stories to wrap up 2020.
Dec 30, 2020•2 hr 5 min
Episode 528 - The Christmas Mix Draftacular f/ John Darnielle and Matt Fraction
It's Christmas, Matt Fraction is here, and yes, we've got John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats, too. The four of us are drafting our top Christmas song picks, fantasy baseball-style, to create the ultimate mix. It's surprisingly tense, and there are some very unexpected picks! For the playlists, check out the War Rocket Ajax Twitter and Tumblr!
Dec 21, 2020•2 hr
Episode 527 - The Omni-MODOK f/Jordan Blum
The co-writer of the new MODOK Head Games comic series, as well as the showrunner of the new MODOK animated show on Hulu, joins us this week to talk about supervillain corporate governance, Mark Gruenwald, Monica Rappaccini, the best acronyms, what we'd be designed only to do, and much more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a question about controversy, which creates cash.
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 37 min
Comics Catch-Up 024: Klaus and Sgt. Rock Hanukkah
By your request, we caught up on three holiday comics this month: Two Klaus one-shots and a Hanukkah story from the 2017 DC Holiday Special!
Dec 09, 2020•48 min
Episode 526 - Not About the Jokes f/Eliot Rahal
The writer of the new Aftershock Comics series Knock 'em Dead joins us this week to talk about the world of stand-up, how horror and comedy are the same, not writing the jokes, writing the jokes, Halloween vs. horror and much more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a musical This or That!
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 39 min
Every Story Ever Special: November 2020
While you enjoy leftovers and shop for presents, enjoy listening to us rank some comic book stories!
Nov 29, 2020•2 hr 5 min
Episode 525 - The Re-Recs
On this Thanksgiving week, Matt and Chris are chatting it up about the games they're playing, the movies they're watching, the TV that's getting them through These Unprecedented Times, and more. Plus, we give thanks!
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 34 min
Comics Catch-Up 23: The Life and Death of Conan
This month we dive into the Marvel revival of Conan with the Jason Aaron/Mahmud Asrar take on the classic Barbarian, spanning a lifetime!
Nov 18, 2020•56 min
Episode 524 - The Minimum Viable Product f/ Jeff Stormer
The creator of the new tabletop roleplaying game Anyone Can Wear the Mask and the host of the Party of One podcast, Jeff Stormer, joins us this week for another discussion of gaming! We talk about one-on-one games, superhero roleplaying, pets, the best starter games and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris take some listener questions about superheroes and food!
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Episode 523 - Dr. Crushbones f/ Dave Baker
The writer of Star Trek: Voyager: Seven's Reckoning and Night Hunters joins us for the show this week for, what else, a ton of Star Trek talk! That leads into a larger discussion of comics about TV shows, futuristic stories, an alien race that thinks life is a story, and a lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a this or that about diversifying DC Comics!
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 38 min
Episode 522 - I Want a E-clair (Listener Questions Special)
Matt and Chris take some of your listener questions this week as a means of distraction from, you know, everything else.
Nov 02, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Every Story Ever Special: October 2020
Halloween is here, so Chris and Matt are taking your Every SPOOKY Ever lists on the special this month!
Oct 30, 2020•2 hr 3 min
Episode 521 - It's an Axe f/ Benito Cereno
It's our annual Halloween show, and our annual Halloween guest, Benito Cereno, is here to talk to us about spooky movies Chris could possibly watch, which vampires represent us, Bible monsters, the Hatchet series of films and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a listener question about spooky comics!
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 38 min
Episode 520 - The New Math f/ Matt Fraction and Elsa Charretier
The creative team behind the graphic novel series November joins us this week to talk about process, art styles, math, French geography, Guns 'n Roses, quarantine activities, audiobooks, limited color palettes, and much more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a This or That about comics history!
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 38 min
Episode 519 - I'm Back, Baby f/ Curt Franklin
The times are unprecedented, so we're welcoming another old pal to the show to just joke around and shoot the breeze: Curt Franklin of Let's Be Friends Again and ComicsAlliance! The conversation goes places you'd never expect. Plus, Matt and Chris take some video game-related listener questions!
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 34 min
Comics Catch-Up 22: Blood Is the Harvest (1992)
It's Halloween month, and what would be more appropriate for the season than this 1992 four-issue Eclipse Comics series about vampires (and, at least briefly, barbecue) written by Clint McElroy?
Oct 07, 2020•55 min
Episode 518 - You Know I Love the Mont (This or That Special)
We took a whole bunch of This or That scenarios on this week's show, and you know Bobby Badideas is in the house.
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 40 min
Every Story Ever Special: September 2020
We're ranking lots of stuff on the show this month, including '90s Superman, What If?, Lee/Kirby Thor, some Valiant books and more!
Sep 30, 2020•2 hr 4 min
Episode 517 - The Smallville Rip-off f/ Mark O. Stack and Mike Becker
The writer and artist behind Young Offenders!, now on Kickstarter, join us this week to talk about Smallville's take on Buffy plots, teen superheroes, Young Justice, meeting by virtue of this podcast, comics events, and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a listener question about post-Crisis Superman!
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 35 min
Episode 516 - The OG Champion f/ J. Gonzo
Friend of the show J. Gonzo drops by the show this week to ostensibly talk about the La Mano del Destino collection on Kickstarter, but we mainly end up talking about dogs, Jarritos, The Legend of Korra and The Power Team instead. So basically a regular interview. Plus, Matt and Chris take a This or That from the Sunday comics page!
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 36 min
Comics Catch-Up 021: Daredevil Vol. 4
We caught up on the 18 issues of the Mark Waid/Chris Samnee Daredevil relaunch this month!
Sep 16, 2020•50 min
Episode 515 - Non-Handsome Dracula f/ Alex de Campi and Erica Henderson
The writer and artist behind the new graphic novel Dracula, Motherf**ker drop by the show this week to talk about their horrific Dracula design, using a cuss in a title, vampire tropes, the Brides, their copious workloads, and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris take some highly animated listener questions!
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr 35 min
Episode 514 - A Real Unit Mover f/Chip Zdarsky
Chip Zdarsky returns to the show this week to talk about his new book Stillwater! He also critiques Chris' questions, talks about a formative camping experience, explains why it's not so bad if another writer has your idea, and does a Google search, among other things. Plus, Matt and Chris take a this or that about the future of War Rocket Ajax!
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Episode 513 - Here Come the Jesters
Matt and Chris are taking your listener questions this week, some of which are about Three Jokers. That's after we already talked about Three Jokers for twenty minutes. It's unavoidable.
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 32 min
Every Story Ever Special: August 2020
It's been a tough month, but we did our best to push ahead and rank as many comic stories as we could including a wild Brave and the Bold, some '90s Superman, miniseries from 2019, and much more.
Aug 29, 2020•2 hr 3 min
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