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Our pal James D'Amato from the One Shot and Campaign podcasts drops by this week to talk about his new project, Dungeon Dome, which combines gaming with pro wrestling! We talk about whether James is a wrestling guy, wrestling storytelling, new audiences for tabletop games, audience participation, gladiatorial weapons and much more! Plus, we add some new characters to the Panel President list! Lear...

Friend of the show Fred Van Lente returns this week to talk about branching out from comics with his brand new novel, Ten Dead Comedians! We talk about the difference between comics and prose writing, book recommendations, injecting real-world stuff into fictional worlds, basing characters on real-life famous people, death traps, nailing character voices, butt medicine and much more! Plus, we take...

After a little sick break, we're back and ranking comic characters in this extra-sized episode! Among the rankings are Batman b-list villains, Superman analogues and comics royalty! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're ranking stories in a slightly truncated episode this month! (We'll make up for it in July.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What, did y'all think we were playin'? Well, we weren't. This past weekend, we joined up with the creator of Garfbert, Daniel Kibblesmith, to attend the 2017 Garfield Gathering Collectors Convention in Asheville, NC. Then we all got together at Matt's house afterward for our post-show report and to attempt to play a Garfield board game Daniel bought. Hear us break down all the ins and outs of the...

The writer of Pix returns to quiz Matt, Chris and Chad Bowers at Heroes Con 2017! In addition to the "Name that Story" game we played last time Gregg was on, we also play a few fun warm-up games based on The Price is Right, $25,000 Pyramid and other shows! It's a fun time, even though Matt does get kinda mean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our pal and editor of the new Can I Pet Your Werewolf anthology Kel McDonald comes by this week to talk about cuddly werewolves, a harrowing con experience, CapWolf (of course), John Jameson, whether it's possible to pet a turtle, preferring stories that are cute and/or fun, non-wolf were-creatures, Kickstarter and much more! Plus, we add some characters to the Panel President list! Learn more abo...

Our good pal Kieran Shiach, writer of the new all-ages comic series Mossy with artist Traci Shepard, drops by to chat with us this week about swamp monsters, trolls, pool floats, capybaras, apartment pet policies, Kickstarter, all-ages comics, dinosaurs, lettering and much more! Plus, we answer a listener question about one of our favorite guys, Spider-Man! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

With only minutes left to spare, here's our story-ranking special for May! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Matt moves into his new house, here's the second of our two-part series of specials ranking characters! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're ranking comic book characters once again in the first part of a two-part special! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the show Jon Morris drops by this week to talk about his new book, The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains, and all the odd, unfortunate and underused characters featured within! We discuss cocaine, nazi bees, "league" vs. "legion," handsomeness, Batroc, a mystery sequel, and much more! Plus we take some personal and probing listener questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

In his reporting for Vulture and New York magazine, Abraham Riesman has talked to some of the titans of comics. So we talk with him about those interactions with Steve Ditko, Todd McFarlane, Priest, Daniel Clowes, Stan Lee, and others. Plus, we get into the pronunciation of his name, candy, go-karts and a whole lot more! And on top of that, we answer two probing listener questions! Learn more abou...

Who truly is the Dr. Doom of Peanuts? You can only find out by listening to this week's episode, where we add more characters to our ever-expanding Panel President list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back and ranking stories for two full hours once again! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tini Howard, who you may know from The Magdalena, her work on a WWE backup starring Finn Balor or numerous other comics projects, joins us for our landmark 350th episode this week! We talk about the urban fantasy of WWE, the urban fantasy of The Magdalena, local burger spots, Teen Titans, the best Megazord, Goldar's self-realization and much more! Plus, we answer an image-conscious listener questi...

This week, we're happy to welcome back Adam P. Knave, co-writer of Dark Horse Comics' The Once and Future Queen, and then, look out! Series artist Nick Brokenshire drops in, too. We talk about how Portland is like Scotland but not like Cornwall at all, structuring comic series into mini-series, stepping up art styles, writing collaboratively, other comics with Aurthurian stories, whether there wil...

For this week's show, we're happy to welcome Katie Schenkel, former ComicsAlliance staffer and writer of the digital-first comic series Moonlighters! We talk with Katie about werewolves, why there aren't so many women lycanthropes in fiction, Draculas, working on a telephone-style project, making online communities happy, monster hunters and a whole lot more! Plus, we answer a listener question th...

Though we have usually done a WrestleMania preview show, this year we decided to take a look at the whole 7-hour extravaganza after the fact, to run down the good, the bad and the Pitbull. Also we talk about that whole ComicsAlliance thing that happened. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back and ranking more stories for another month in our two-hour special! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Segura isn't just the head of PR for Archie and writer of the new Archies one-shot. He's also the author of the Pete Fernandez series of crime novels, so we talk to him this week about comics vs. prose, murder fiction vs. idyllic Riverdale, Archie vs. noir protagonists, crossovers, portraying music in comics, and much more! Plus, we add some characters to the Panel President list! Learn more...

This week, we're more than pleased to welcome returning guest Leila Del Duca and new pal Kit Seaton to the show to talk about their new Image Comics graphic novel Afar! We talk with them about fairy tales and myths, creating humanoid (and not so humanoid) animal creatures, the transition from art to writing, whether Steve Austin is a wrestler, the publishing format of all-ages comics and a whole l...

We're back from Seattle and ranking characters on this week's show! We take on some Superior Foes of Spider-Man, famous LLs and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and Matt were at Emerald City Comic-Con in Seattle this weekend, where they recorded a live podcast with Charles Soule and Ryan Browne, co-creators of the Image Comics series Curse Words! We talk with them about wizards, the name Wizord, how their styles came together, cutting loose in a comic, coloring and much more! Plus, some surprisements! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

You demanded it, so we're ranking Holy Terror in this month's story-ranking special! And eventually we get to some other stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices