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This month, Matt and Chris read the Steve Orlando/Scott Snyder/Riley Rossmo Batman/Shadow crossover from a few years back. Do the two very similar characters mix well, or do they clash?
It's Chris' birthday, and our gift to you for it is that we're taking your listener questions on the show this week!
It's Chris' birthday in a week, and we're getting Raw to celebrate! That's right, it's time to rank more of the rawest moments in comics history, including one from way back featuring the original Human Torch!
Hope ya missed us, we're back! And we're ranking comic book stories, including a bunch of Batman and Spider-Man!
The artist behind Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games and our old pal Tom Fowler returns to the show this week to talk about the healing power of D&D, separating life and commerce, the best little freaks to draw, and much more!
Time for more Jurgies, and this time, a lot of gods are dying. Covering Thor Annual 2001 and Thor (1998) #37-40.
The writer of the new OGN Navigating With You joins us once again this week to talk about Bojangles, tag teams, Bojangles' choice of tag teams, and, oh yeah, his comic. And a whole lot more, too!
We're catching up again, and this time we're covering the three Dick Tracy issues from 1990, two of which serve as a prequel to the movie, and one that's a movie adaptation!
Chris is back from being sick and we're easing back into things with some listener questions this week!
Time for more of the Dan Jurgens run on Thor! We cover issues with a varied collection of artists this time, introducing the new Thor Girl -- someone we have seen before in a very different context! Covering Thor (1998) #32-36.
Yes, more Raw action this week! Matt's back from vacation and we're ranking more of the rawest moments in comics history! We even get to the nice number!
On the show this week, we're once again ranking the rawest moments in comics, including a Thor throwdown we've been waiting for!
On the show this week, we took your listener questions about ROM, late night talk shows, Batman's origin, sitcoms, and a whole lot more!
Time once again to rank some comics, and we're seeing out spring with some cleaning, finishing up two lists we started but never finished before!
Time to once again rank some of the rawest moments in comics this week, and we get a recent moment this time that goes very high on our list!
To honor the late M.D. Bright (and the late Dwayne McDuffie), we caught up on the first 10 issues of their Milestone Comics launch title Icon! How does it hold up 30 years later? And what about those other 32 issues?
The cartoonist behind the Flash Gordon newspaper strip joins us for the show this week to talk about the differences between strips and comic books, what makes Flash so timeless, classic movie serials, and a whole lot more!
It's Jurgies time again! How will Dan Jurgens and some new artists (namely Erik Larsen and Andy Kubert) follow the heights of #25? Get ready for balls and chains aplenty! Covering Thor (1998) #26-31.
We're working through our tiredness to bring you two full hours of ranking comic book stories, including some classic Superman!
Our pal Erica Henderson is back this week to talk about the 2024 Harley Quinn annual, which she wrote, drew and colored! We also discuss Kraven; fashion; whether Erica and Matt are too mean to Chris on their other podcast, Friends 'Till the End; and more!
Matt and Chris took some listener questions this episode, including about our own comics, the price point of monthly comics, our dream entrance music, and much more!
Let's get Raw once again! This time around, we're talking about moments featuring Judge Dredd, Magneto, the Transformers, and yes, a Dragon Ball character.
To honor the legendary Akira Toriyama, we read a story from Dragon Ball Super that Chris says embodies everything great about Dragon Ball! And guess what? It ruled.
Yes, it's time for Thor #25! Not only do Thor and Thanos do battle in this monumental issue, but Mangog gets got. We go through it all beat by beat.
Our close personal friends Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum are back on the show this week to talk all things Minor Threats: the second volume of the main series, The Fastest Way Down, and the upcoming Barfly! Plus, we get into the weird, for-heads-only comics we love!
Spring is here, and it's time once again to rank comic book stories! This time, we've got some Batman, some early Fantastic Four, and yes, Witchblade.
One of the co-founders of the comics crowdfunding platform Zoop, Jordan Plosky, joins us for the show this week to talk about his own crowdfunding/capital campaign, the comic that made him love comics, staying creator-focused, and a whole lot more!
Time to get Raw once again! We're celebrating 3:16 day (a little late) by ranking some of comics' rawest moments, including some involving Goku and Batman!
Matt and Chris read the first arc of Gail SImone's 2013 run on Red Sonja, and simply couldn't help comparing it to other things, even though it's probably unfair.
Longtime friend of the show Jeremy Whitley returns this week to ostensibly talk about his new book The Cold Ever After, but mostly end up discussing AEW Revolution!
