War Rocket Ajax

We're back once again to rank lists of comic book stories sent in by our listeners! These specials are made possible by our supporters on Patreon! If you'd like to help out, go to patreon.com/warrocketajax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Matt is on holiday, Chris is joined by emergency back-up co-host Kieran Shiach to talk to Tom Fowler about his work on the latest volume of the Rick and Morty comic, as well as creepy con convention sketches and playing the long game with commissions. Plus, Kieran and Chris take a listener question! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our good friend Kyle "Hollywood Eisner nominated Sexcastle the Rick and Morty franchise" Starks is back this week to talk about his work on his new book Kill Them All, Rick & Morty and more, but most importantly, we spend quite a while discussing the wonders of Jungle Jim's, a massive and wondrous grocery store in Hamilton, Ohio. We also talk about action movie adaptations, Metallica, Oni's licens...

Colorist and writer Nathan Fairbairn drops by this week to talk about his new Image Comics series Lake of Fire, working with Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, learning how to color comics, how lettering helps with writing, characters who don't know anything, the color of success, and so much more! Then, Chris and Matt add a new set of characters to the Panel President list! Learn more about your a...

Recorded live in Easton, Pennsylvania, it's the War Rocket Ajax King of Trios 2016 spectacular! After three days of pro wrestling, Chris sits down with an all-star roster of a dozen guests to talk about the event, including emergency backup cohosts Elle Collins and Kieran Shiach, Hard Times co-host Megan Nielsen, Animal Crackers co-host Helena Hart, and more! Find out why one of our favorite momen...

We're back once again to rank listener-submitted lists of comic book stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our pal Kelly Thompson is back to talk about her work on Jem, the upcoming Star Wars Annual #2 and Mega Princess! Plus, we talk about the freelancer's sleep cycle, crossovers, fictional countries, lightning-fast deadlines and so much more! Then Matt and Chris take a few listener questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

War Rocket Ajax favorite Fred Van Lente returns to this show this week to (nominally) talk about his new Valiant Comics series Generation Zero! We also chat about a chance encounter with actor Dirk Benedict at a comic convention, writing villains, combining genres, the worst time travel tropes, the connection between Incredible Hercules and Archer and Armstrong, and so much more! Plus, some Robins...

A move is completed, a birthday is here, a book nears completion, and Matt and Chris are taking your listener questions for this week's show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ajax 3:16 says we just posted a podcast! And we've got a good one for you: Our old pal Jeremy Whitley, the writer of Princeless and the upcoming Unstoppable Wasp series, drops by to chat with us! We talk about our favorite Stone Cold moments (of course), pitch a movie starring Barack Obama and The Rock, discuss writing processes, freak out about dream collaborations and so much more! Plus, we answ...

We're a little late this time around, but not any less enthusiastic to rank lists of comic book stories sent to us by listeners! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt's back to help Chris rank some characters in this Panel President special! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Chris and special guest host Elle Collins talk to artist Lauren Moran about her work designing t-shirts for WWE (and other Ajax-favorite franchises), as well as her controversial sixth-grade opinion that everyone who watched WCW was "a garbage person." Don't worry, we don't let that one go unchallenged. Plus, Batman Returns is attacked and defended and the new Betty & Veronica #1 gets a...

This week, we're happy to welcome Matt Summo, co-writer of Double Take Universe's Dedication, to the show! We talk with him about the inspiration of Night of the Living Dead, working in a supermarket, Paul Heyman and Jim Cornette's agelessness, prison riot survival chances, making comics intended to be read on phones, self-publishing, lettering and so much more! Plus, we take some of your listener...

Longtime pal and first-time guest Jackie Lewis, artist of Oni Press' Merry Men, sits down with us this week to talk a whole lot about Robin Hood, spiciness, the worst-designed Pokemon, displaying pinup art at conventions, historical accuracy, heading up "the ratings ladder," and so much more! Plus, we add five new characters to the Panel President list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

We're coming original on this very special milestone episode with the writer of the new Dark Horse Comics series Cryptocracy, Van Jensen! We talk with him about conspiracies, how he researched them for the book, world-building, the weirdest club he was ever a part of, eyepatches, the Flash and so much more! Plus we take some of your listener questions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...

Another month, another two-hour block of ranking comic stories suggested to us by you, our listeners! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back from Heroes Con and we're welcoming one of the pals we saw there, Randall Trang, artist and writer of Roller Girl and the Flying Side Kick! We talk with him about becoming a tae kwon do master, roller derby, pro wrestling, proposing to his fiancee the same day he became a tae kwon do master, Garfield, safe sparring and so much more! Plus, some new additions to the Panel President list!...

It's that time of year again! We went to Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC, this weekend and this is the episode recorded in front of a small audience of our pals in Chris' hotel room. There's live commentary, list-based comedy and listener questions! (Apologies for any sound issues. It was like 15 people in a hotel room.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been about 300 episodes since Tom Peyer was last on the show, but he has returned to War Rocket Ajax and hasn't skipped a beat! We talk with him about his new Captain Kid series with co-writer Mark Waid, the 1960s Batman TV show, why Marvel Apes was so fun, Deathstroke's tiny hands from his Convergence: The Atom story, the villainy of everyday adult stuff, and much more! Plus, we take an intr...

We've got lots of Panel President lists to get through, so we're devoting the entire episode to them once again this week! And we get caught up in a debate so tight that it can only be decided by a roll of the die! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with our monthly special, ranking comic stories suggested by listeners! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan North, author of the new choose-your-own-story book Romeo and/or Juliet and writer of Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Adventure Time and much more, drops by to chat with us this week. We talk about his upcoming run on Jughead with artist Derek Charm, fanciness, the Enforcers, Shakespeare, whether scholars like his books, what he learned from being stuck in a hole, and lots more! Plus, a very length...

We're pleased as can be to welcome Chip Zdarsky, artist of Sex Criminals and writer of Jughead, Kaptara and Howard the Duck, back to the show this week! We talk with him about his various stunts over the years, working for the National Post, wrapping up his Jughead run, whether he feels shame, Garfield (of course) and so much more! Plus, we add some characters to the Panel President list! Learn mo...

Matt's away this week, so guest host Kieran Shiach has filled in to help Chris interview Adam Riches, whose covers you may know from series including G.I. Joe, Micronauts and Back to the Future! Guess which one Chris discusses the most out of those. Also discussed: Riches' art for toy packaging! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices