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We're welcoming Sam Humphries, the writer of the new Image Comics series Citizen Jack, back to the show this week! We talk about the book's political origins, trying to maintain some distance from real-life politics, Sam's hair, Prince, fictional devils, how difficult it is to satire politics in 2015, and much more! Plus, the last batch of Word Heavyweight Champion contenders! Learn more about you...

Artist and pal Tom Fowler returns this week to talk about his new book of tabletop fantasy art, D&D&D! But before we do that, we've got to talk for a long time about Canadian TV. You know how that is. Plus, we take a listener question that turns out to be a bit of a riddle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're digging in and getting to 100 entries in our Word Heavyweight Champions list this week, come hell or high water! (We get there in about an hour.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Give thanks! It's time again for two full hours of Every Story Ever! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've been teleported to Battlepod! The Beyonder has forced us to talk about comics culture for his benefit, but, you know what, we don't mind it all that much, because we're getting to chat with two great podcasters, Elle Collins of Into It and DJ Benhameen of FanBros, about the characters with whom we best identify. Plus, a last-minute cliffhanger as we head into the SCOIP finale! Learn more abo...

This week, we welcome the writer of the new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series, Kyle Higgins, to the show! We discuss his history with the rangers, the audience he's trying to reach, zords, why Rita was great, Nightrunner, and so much more! Plus, we take some of your listener questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The driving force behind the Muscle Temple anthology, Frank Gibson, joins us for the show this week! We discuss getting into wrestling in New Zealand, Pokemon, Digimon, the early console wars, our favorite fictional wrestlers and much more! Plus, new entries to the Word Heavyweight Champions list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the rare episode in which Matt and Chris are in the same room to record, and better yet, we're joined by our better halves, Marlene and Aidan! We take some listener questions just before a ghost shows up and crashes our party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that time again! We have two full hours of Every Story Ever for you, and this month some of them are spooky! (Or spooky-ish.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our old pal Benito Cereno, writer of Hector Plasm, Tick: New Series, Tales from the Bully Pulpit and more, joins us once again for our Halloween spooktacular! We talk about movies to watch (of course), Universal monsters, Carman (as tradition dictates), logo parody t-shirts, and so much more! Plus, we take a spooky listener question Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our pal Erica Henderson is back to talk about her art on Jughead and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl! Well, eventually we get to that. We also talk about cooking competition shows, British TV vs. American TV, horror movies (of course), stealing candy, and so  much more! Plus, some Transformers quotes get added to the list of Word Heavyweight Champions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

We've talked to a lot of guests about spooky things, but we've rarely interviewed anyone who lives in a spooky place. This week, we welcome Christopher Sebela, a comics writer and friend of the show, who's living for an entire month at the Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada. He tells us about almost getting kidnapped, the strange packages he's been getting, getting his stay funded on Kickstarter, the...

This week, we're happy to welcome the writer of Shutter and Ringside, Joe Keatinge, along with the respective artists of those two series, Leila del Duca and Nick Barber! We talk about wrestling lingo, shooting down NPR commenters, our favorite bad gimmicks, the rights of ninja ghosts, and much more! Plus, new entries to the Word Heavyweight Champions list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

You did it! We reached our Patreon goal, so this month's Every Story Ever special is a whopping two hours long! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and Matt are taking your questions this week, addressing issues including the best but least-loved video game console, the impact of the Comics Code, superhero poker games, The Spirit's place in the comics pantheon, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're welcoming the writer of the acclaimed wrestling comic Headlocked, Michael Kingston! We talk about the wrestling business vs. the comics business, working with wrestlers who have artistic talents, developing a story about how genuinely difficult it is to be a wrestler, our favorite types of match, and so much more! Plus, Matt's back, so he and Chris add some quotes to the Word Heav...

This week, guest host Elle Collins of Into It joins Chris as writer Kelly Thompson returns to the show to talk about wrapping up the first arc of Jem and the Holograms, writing Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps and so much more, in a stealth episode that's really just about how much we all love Jem.  Plus, karma strikes in a special MMA update and the Marvel Movies are ranked, ESE-style! Learn mo...

This week, Matt's on Vacation and Chris is in Pennsylvania for Chikara's annual King of Trios tournament - so if you're one of our listeners who's not so into the episodes about wrestling, maybe you want to skip this one. For the rest of you, we've got an extra-sized two-hour episode talking about the entire event with special guests Kieran Shiach, Helena Hart, David Burszan, Gavin Jasper and Aida...

Our guest this week is the writer of the new Boom Studios series Toil and Trouble and the Transformers: Windblade series, Mairghread Scott! We talk with her about the pressures of writing a series that adds to Macbeth, Transformers (of course), working on the G.I. Joe: Renegades animated series, curses, and much more! Plus, we answer a listener question or two (one of which we aren't sure if we've...

August is winding down, which means it's time once again for us to add some entries to the ever-expanding Every Story Ever list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're filling out our Word Heavyweight Champion list with nearly a full hour of lists of your favorite comics quotes! Plus checks, recs and comics reviews return! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The editors of the comedy magazine The Devastator return for a super-sized interview segment all about this year's WWE SummerSlam! We run down the card and make predictions, getting particularly sidetracked about Arrow's Stephen Amell appearing in a match. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the show and writer of the new Boom series Welcome Back, Christopher Sebela, is our guest this week! We talk with him about high-concept comics with last-page reveals, how hate is a lot like love, his list of people who have made "Welcome Back, Kotter" jokes, the title of the series, his collection of weird conspiracy flyers and much more! Plus, we answer a few listener questions! Learn...

This week, we welcome the writer of IDW's Ghostbusters Get Real and other bustin' comics, Erik Burnham! We talk about Jake Blues, giving Winston the spotlight, why Ghostbusters II is so maligned, whether Ghostbusters could sustain a serious horror story and so much more! Plus, more quotes for the Word Heavyweight Champion list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that time again! As July wraps up, we're adding more entries to our huge list of comic stories, ranked from best to worst! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices