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Matt's back from LA and we're ranking some comic characters this week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the show Jim Zub returns to War Rocket Ajax this week to talk about the new Dungeons and Dragons: Evil at Baldur's Gate comic series from IDW, Avengers No Surrender and a whole lot more! Plus, Chris welcomes back guest host Elle Collins to fill in for Matt! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We love you. CAST Narrator: Gregg Schigiel Peter Parker/Spider-Man: Matt D. Wilson Sam Exmore: Chris Sims Toni Harris: Amanda Meadows Mysterio: Marlene Thompson J. Jonah Jameson: Matt D. Wilson Zane Whelan: J. Gonzo Bob Lefferts: Geoffrey Golden         Human Torch: Chris Sims Director: Daniel Kibblesmith Make-up Artist: Chris Sims Truck Driver: Matt D. Wilson Iron Man: Daniel Kibblesmith Storm: M...

Before we roll up into episode 420, we've got some characters to rank! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Longtime friend of the show Tom Peyer stops by this week to talk about his new series The Wrong Earth, about superheroes from different eras of comics getting switched, and his work as the editor of the new Ahoy Comics line! We talk about a certain superhero show from the 1960s, tropes, space cats, assembling a lineup of comic greats, creating "comic magazines" and a whole lot more! Plus, two, yes...

As the summer comes to an end, we're ranking some stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In these dog days of summer, we're getting through some Panel President lists! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian, writer and part-time Captain Picard Jon Sung joins us for the show this week to talk about his web series Tales from Ten Forward! We discuss the logistics of drunk Star Trek retellings, synthehol, if Voyager is the “fun” show, space fashion, falling into the role of Picard, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're so pleased to be talking with our pal Fred Van Lente about his new novel, The Con Artist, as well as real-life con experiences (his and others') that inspired the book, peppering the real and the fictional into the story, comics history, pitching the idea for a Comic-Con murder mystery, writing a book with an unusual structure, future comics work, and much more! Plus, we take a cas...

We were at another convention this past weekend, talking about the goings on and taking some listener questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

What a get this week! Mr. Vertigo Comics himself, Ramon Villalobos, artist of the upcoming series Border Town, joins us this week to talk about designing monsters, his con apparel, corresponding from San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros., the best shoes in comics, the culture at the U.S./Mexico border and a whole lot more! Plus, we take a long time to rank some sidekicks in our Panel President segment...

We didn't go to Comic-Con this year, but almost everyone else in comics was there, so instead of interviewing a guest, we answered your listener questions about the news coming out of Comic-Con and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're so very pleased to welcome Joshua Williamson, writer of The Flash and the upcoming Justice League Odyssey, back to the show! We talk with him about the Rogues, writing a Flash family, collaborating on Justice League: No Justice, scheduling all his many projects and, of course, tattoos. Plus, we take a patriotic listener question! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the show Ted Anderson returns this week to talk about his work on Adventure Time: Beginning of the End and his new creator-owned series Moth and Whisper! Plus, a lot of discussion of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Mountain Dew, My Little Pony parodies, writing an ending, researching a show that's been on for nearly a decade, and a whole lot more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

We're a little late, but we took our US holiday to rank some stories for you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris took a much-deserved vacation last week, so we took the opportunity to record early and rank all the characters we could fit into an episode. There's some wild ones in this one, y'all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our pal Katie Schenkel returns to the show this week to talk about her contribution to the new graphic novel/anthology The Cardboard Kingdom, how to pronounce "Knopf," working with a group of 10 writers, keeping the book funny while tackling tough issues, the Herculean effort of artist Chad Sell, werewolf vampires, making stuff out of cardboard, and a whole lot more! Plus, we take a Superman-focus...

Chris and Matt were at Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina, this past weekend and they took the opportunity to chat with the four-man comics collective Frank Comics about their new book Ghost Box, the brilliance of the Money Burglar, elaborate con banners, ideas that never get used, being mistaken for hot dog salesmen, the afterlife and so much more! Plus, Matt and Chris talk about some of the...

We're super pleased to welcome designer extraordinaire Dylan Todd to the show this week to discuss not only the comic book logos he's created, but also lots of other comic logos from over the decades! We also talk Star Wars bounty hunters, what got Dylan into design, comic book design trends, and a lot more! Plus, a generational Panel President segment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

We're very happy to welcome the writer/artist of Copra and the upcoming Bloodstrike: Brutalists, Michel Fiffe, back to the show this week! We talk at length about Rob Liefield, comics from the 1990s in general, Suicide Squad, changing up an art style while keeping it distinct, comics superstardom, VHS movies and a whole lot more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back and ranking stories as we head into the summer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a holiday, so we took the opportunity to be VERY silly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The new artist on Marvel Comics' Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Derek Charm, comes back on board this week! We talk with him about picking up a book with such a distinctive art style, following Erica Henderson on Squirrel Girl and Jughead, Star Wars Adventures, drawing Kraven's street clothes, Valiant High, the status of his book Trip Fantastic, and much more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a few quick list...

We came to Columbus, Ohio, with some curated Panel President lists, and we ranked them in front of a live audience at the Columbus Podcast Festival. Also, Matt is (not) an attorney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices