War Rocket Ajax

On this month's special, we've got Gambit stories, Sandman stuff and some '90s DC classics.  (Note: We also accidentally re-ranked the Sandman story The Kindly Ones, much more generously this time. We're keeping the newer ranking.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ajax All-Star, the Franchise Hollywood Kyle Starks, joins us this week to talk about The Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton, working with his best friend Chris Schweizer, wanting cons to return, working with Skybound and a whole lot more! Plus, Chris and Matt judge a hard-fought Great Indoor Fight battle! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and Matt are taking your questions on the show this week, and a lot of them invariably come back to DC Comics characters and their parents! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The writer and artist of the new Patreon-exclusive comic Settle joins us this week to talk about quitting comics, what brought him back, making art for yourself, working out grief through comics, the best sci-fi westerns and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris take it back to the ComicsAlliance days with a listener question! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It took a little longer than planned, but we were finally able to catch up on this controversial Ahoy Comics series by Mark Russell, Richard Pace and Leonard Kirk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How about a whole bunch of Great Indoor Fight bouts? That's what we're up to this week, pitting characters selected by our listeners against in other in battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The writer and artist of La Mano del Destino joins us once again this week to talk about his book being picked up by Top Cow, future plans for the project, a health scare during Kickstarter fulfillment, the best parts of the Spanish translation of the book, and a whole lot more! Plus, two Great Indoor Fight bouts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt's back, and he's ranking comic book stories with Chris as they do every month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Chris and special guest host AC Sullivan take listener questions about movies, their dog, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The author of True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee makes his return to the show this week to dig deep on Stan Lee's public persona, hair plugs, salesmanship, saying yes to everything, enthusiasm, Jack Kirby, and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a listener question about WandaVision! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The writer of the upcoming Bad Idea series Tankers joins us for the show this week to talk about his curious comics history, Paul Verhoeven, high-concept idea, fixing Hawkman, dragons and a whole lot more! Plus, Chris and Matt judge two new fighters in the Great Indoor Fight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're taking questions from our listeners this week, including discussing at length what would be in our utility belts, among many other topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New year, new rankings of comic book stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy new year, everybody! We hope you enjoy us ranking these stories to wrap up 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

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. Learn more about your ad choice...

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While you enjoy leftovers and shop for presents, enjoy listening to us rank some comic book stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month we dive into the Marvel revival of Conan with the Jason Aaron/Mahmud Asrar take on the classic Barbarian, spanning a lifetime! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices