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

Time for more Jurgies, and this time, a lot of gods are dying. Covering Thor Annual 2001 and Thor (1998) #37-40. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

Chris is back from being sick and we're easing back into things with some listener questions this week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

On the show this week, we're once again ranking the rawest moments in comics, including a Thor throwdown we've been waiting for! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

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

We're working through our tiredness to bring you two full hours of ranking comic book stories, including some classic Superman! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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