11 O'Clock Comics Podcast

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 100

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:22:00 GMT

The 11 O'Clock Chat Room is ablaze with activity as forum members help us celebrate 100 episodes of insanity, flinging questions at us while we talk about Siege #3, Powers #3, curses vs. prayers, Deadwood, Northwest Passage from ONI, Tom Fowler (buy the Mysterious the Unfathomable TPB), Survivors, Dick Tracy, the Longbox beta, Incredible Hulk #208 and Hulk #21, Jeff Loeb, Marvel vs. DC continuity, our 2nd favorite writers, Alan Moore vs. Grant Morrison, Christopher Priest, C2E2, Steve Gerber, Stan Lee, First Wave #1, Batman, The Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe, TMNT, Newave: The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s from Fantagraphics, our obsession with collectibles, the price of comics, podcast regrets, 100 and Stray Bullets, JMS and Babylon 5, listener email, and much, much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 99

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:29:00 GMT

Lawd have mercy! David A. Price is far more chatty than usual this time around, drivin' the 11 O'Clock bus hard and fast through subjects like Jim Rugg, the Challengers/Chicago Comics Strange Tales event (featuring Michael Kupperman, Becky Cloonan, Jeffrey Brown, and Paul Hornschemeier), Web of Spider-Man #6 and the awesomeness that is Xurxo G. "Laseraw" Penalta, Lucas Testro and the Street Angel short film, Jack of Fables and the Great Fables Crossover, Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love, Stumptown, The Brave and the Bold: Milestone, buying titles out of habit, Black Dynamite, more Crisis on Two Earths, Emerald City and tips for first-time conventioneers, Dark Horse's Scatterbrain anthology, Adam Warren's Empowered, and much more good stuff!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 98

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 06:41:00 GMT

This episode: Chris reads Pluto! Plus, we find time to talk about Tales Designed to Thrizzle, Sweet Tooth, Afrodisiac and Street Angel, Matt Fraction and Invincible Iron Man #24, The 198, Marvel Masterworks: X-Men Volume Six, the Sam Kieth Sketchbook Vol. 1 from IDW, Highbrow Vs. Lowbrow art, Winter World, dystopian films, more Doctor Who, Douglas Adams, Osamu Tezuka's Apollo's Song, Catwoman: Selina's Big Score by Darwyn Cooke, First Wave, Blackest Night #7 and Alex Sinclair, Loeb and Cho's Ultimates and the Ultimate universe, Dynamite's Green Hornet and the Kato miniseries, Deadpool, and a whole mess more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 97

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:56:00 GMT

I AM THE DRAGON PUNCHER! We are more scattershot than usual in our discussion on Eaglesham and Hickman's Fantastic Four #576, Nimrod, X-Factor, Hank Pym (the Scientist Supreme, just ask him) Cable, Iron Fist, Larry Marder's Beanworld, James Kochalka's Monkey Vs. Robot from Top Shelf, ultra-detailed versus economical graphic styles and their impact on the perception of the viewer, Scud the Disposable Assassin and Julian Lytle's Antz, Regina piles, School: A Ghost Story by Brian Defferding, The Storm in the Barn, James Stokoe's Orc Stain #1 for Image, Mark Waid's Irredeemable and Incorruptible, Siege sales and event books, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 96

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:10:00 GMT

By Odin's one good eye, we are all over the place this episode, twisting and turning through tangents on Cadence Comic Art, Pluto from Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki, and Macoto Tezka (inspired by the Astro Boy work of the great god Osamu Tezuka) from Viz, 100 Bullets, when classics fail to click (by way of Box Office Poison, Local, Blankets, Starman, Walking Dead, Y the Last Man, Strangers in Paradise, and others), McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #33, Human Target, Doctor Who, Night Business and Gangsta Rap Posse from American Traditional Comics, Kick-Ass, John Romita Jr, LOST, curling (?), and much, much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 95

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:45:00 GMT

iFanboy's Ron Richards joins the fray, coaxing us through conversation on X-Men and X-Factor Forever, Chris Claremont, Alan Moore and his Neonomicon Hornbook with Jacen Burrows, Nazi Knife Volume Six and PictureBox, Brubaker's Secret Avengers, Jonathan Hickman, Witzend #3 and Wally Wood, Steve Ditko's Mr. A, IDW's Torpedo by Jordi Bernet, Twitter, The Definitive Queen and Country Volume 1, Dash Shaw's The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century AD from Fantagraphics, Loeb and Adams' Ultimate X and the Ultimate universe, Pixie Strikes Back, Top Cow's Pilot Season series and Robert Kirkman, Kenneth Rocafort, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 94

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 4 Feb 2010 06:06:00 GMT

Come with us to the mean streets of Wilkesborough as we sing some sweet, baadasssss songs about Steve Ditko, Watchmen 2 and the possibilities of new stories set in Moore and Gibbons' universe, Parade with Fireworks from Shadowline, Jim Valentino, Siege #2 and the Sentry, Avengers (the forthcoming Avengers #1 by Bendis and John Romita JR, Dan Slott, and more), the Planet Hulk DVD and Fox's Human Target, Back Issue magazine, Ed Hannigan: Covered, Gene Colan, and Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca's phenomenal AFRODISIAC from Adhouse Books!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 93

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:55:00 GMT

Hoo, boy... The 11 O'Clock Comic train started off down the right track -- we chugged through topics like Top Shelf, the Apple iPad and our hopes and fears for the device and its impact on the comic book industry, more on Jon O's Mera and the emotional quotient to mark making, Fantastic Four #575, Remender's Punisher, The Chill and Area 10 from Vertigo Crime, Phil Hester's The Darkness from Top Cow, more Fables and Jack of Fables, Captain America, Fall of the Hulks (Alpha, Gamma, Incredible, Hulk, and Red, with a little Hulk: Winter Guard and What If? World War Hulk thrown in for good measure) -- but it all quickly runs off the rails as we begin our goodbyes when someone mentions the Deadpool variant for Siege #3, resulting in an additional twenty-some minutes of flat-out drunken CHAOS!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 92

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:10:00 GMT

As the dust settles on the 11 O'Closcars, we return to our usual streamlined, no-frills comics reportage (That's a joke, son.), throwing down hot 'n' heavy on Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #7, listener email, The Escapist(s), Neil Gaiman, Joe the Barbarian #1 by Grant Morrison and the disgustingly talented Sean Murphy, Siege #1 and Siege: Embedded #1, Captain America #602, Avengers Vs. Agents of Atlas #1, the mysteries of the Spider-Man 2010 promo image, Walking Dead (no spoilers), Fables, Ex Machina, LOST, Jerks in Space by John_K, Mera from Jon O., JMS' The Brave and the Bold, Superman: Secret Origin, and much, much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 91

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:16:00 GMT

Jason leads the charge in this giant-size, 3.5-hour monster episode tallying the winners of the 11 O'Closcars, the comic industry's best of 2009 according to the members of the 11 O'Clock Comics forum and the four fools behind the microphones.

11 O'Clock Comics Hotline Special 1

vincebon@verizon.net — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:40:00 GMT

Crawling through the wreckage of the backlog of 11 O'Clock Comics Hotline messages!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 90

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 7 Jan 2010 06:46:00 GMT

Second verse, same as the first: we ramble, rumble, tickle, and tumble over topics such as Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell, Jason and Chris' Collectible Capers (by way of Eaglemoss and HeroClix), more holiday gifts, Emperor Doom and other Marvel Graphic Novels, Comics Journal #300, Batman Confidential #40 by Sam Kieth, reading versus looking, Jacques Tardi's West Coast Blues from Fantagraphics, Ellis and Jimenez's Astonishing X-Men, a stinkeroo called Siege #1, S.W.O.R.D., and a whole mess more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 89

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:55:00 GMT

We end the year in extra-length style, passing around hot potatoes on Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini's Last Days of American Crime from Radical, Eaglemoss, Ultimate Alliance 2, more holiday gifts, the Fantastic Four, our comic book resolutions for 2010, the price of comics (by way of Gary Panter, no less!), The More Than Complete Action Philosophers, The Waiting Place, Taiyo Matsumoto's Gogo Monster, Mike Norton's The Curse, Skottie Young and Oz, Sherlock Holmes, an episode 52 question, the audience's influence on art, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 88

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:16:00 GMT

Happy holidays! Color artist supreme, Val Staples, drops down the 11 O'Clock chimney to talk to us about X-Men: First Class and Jeff Parker, Criminal and Incognito, X-Men: Deadly Genesis, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Bruce Timm, Mark Texeira, The Four Horsemen, Tim Seeley, Mike Norton, CrossGen, Greg Land, Mike Wieringo, Robert Kirkman, Transformers, and COLOR, of course! BONUS! Xmas presents REVEALED!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 87

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:22:00 GMT

Infused with the red-hot energy of the Rulk laying a cosmic smackdown on the Watcher, we snap, crackle, and burn through topics like God Complex #1, Powers, Vertigo's Daytripper #1 by Gabriel BÃ and FÃbio Moon, a trio of books from Buenaventura Press (Injury #3 from Ted May, Lisa Hanawalt's I Want You #1, and Eric Haven's The Aviatrix #1), The Looking Glass Wars and Hatter M, X-Factor #200, Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth and Man-Thing, John Byrne and Alpha Flight, FANZINE FLASHBACK: Amazing Heroes and Comics Interview, the greatness of Bill Mantlo, Questprobe, Godland, classic versus contemporary comics storytelling and dialogue, Eaglemoss, Sectaurs and Inhumanoids (Yes, you read that correctly...), and much, much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 86

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:33:00 GMT

It's chaos from the get-go as we bluster and blunder our way through Assault on New Olympus, more on Alan Moore's Dodgem Logic, Justice Machine, Archer and Armstrong from Valiant, Five Fists of Science, Barry Windsor-Smith, Invincible Iron Man #21, Matt Fraction, the logistics and downside of company-wide storytelling, JMS and Gillen's Thor, Siege, Bryan Talbot's Grandville from Dark Horse, Jonah Hex #50, digital comics, Earth One and the Ultimate and 2099 universes, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 85

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 3 Dec 2009 06:38:00 GMT

LANGUAGE IS A VIRUS: After bidding an 11 O'Clock family member a fond farewell, the remaining members launch into spirited discussion on Ultraviolet: 69 Blacklight Posters from the Aquarian Age and Beyond from Abrams Image, Alan Moore's Dodgem Logic fanzine and website, Punisher #11, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Archie comics, The Nam, Heroes for Hope, The Other Side, another fact-filled FANZINE FLASHBACK, Jim Starlin, Mark Millar's Master of Doom and Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four, a letter from Catwoman's Will Pfeifer, Image United #1, Blackest Night #5, Iron Man #20 by Fraction and Larroca, Blackest Night: Titans and whole mess more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 84

vincebon@verizon.net — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:51:00 GMT

Happy Thanksgiving: listener email, out-of-print collected editions, Peter David's X-Factor and spoilers, Nelson, Adventure Comics #4, Black Adam and the anti-hero, Pak and Manco's War Machine, Al Columbia's Pim and Francie from Fantagraphics, Stumptown, Doctor Strange, Siege, Pigeons from Hell, Deadpool Team-Up #899, Doomwar, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 83

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:51:00 GMT

Agents of Atlas' Gabriel Hardman stops by to shoot the shizzle on working as a storyboard artist, Avengers Vs. Agents of Atlas, Comic Book Comics #4, the connection between John Byrne's Namor and Ed Brubaker's Captain America, Wild Pig, Sam Raimi and Spider-Man 3, an unfortunate Neal Adams experience and Gabriel's comeuppance, Punisher #11, Heathentown, pencilers and inkers and the mystical third entity created by a special combination of the two, Alpha Flight, Home Alone 3, Gabriel's working methods and influences, Noel Sickles and Scorchy Smith, Bernie Wrightson, and a whole lot more! Plus, a special suprise appearance by Davros and the usual Hotline hoohah!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 82

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:26:00 GMT

Wood double-times it to make up for an absent Chris Neseman, pushing us down paths towards Dark Avengers/X-Men: Utopia, Marvel Apes, 1985, Dark Reign - The List: Punisher, Wednesday Comics, Sword #1, Astonishing X-Men, Spider-Woman: Agent of Sword, X-Factor, Shatterstar, Neal Adams and Continuity Comics, The Incredible Hulk and Sal Buscema, 3 Story by Matt Kindt, and a whole lot more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 81

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:08:00 GMT

Mysterius the Unfathomable's Tom Fowler sits in for a vacationing Jason Wood, dragging us through discussion on Wednesday Comics, What The?! #6 and John Byrne, the Marvels Project, Dark Horse's Noir (and a suggestion for a moratorium on the word), David Lapham, Ditko's cutting boards, Fowler's Legends of the Dark Knight shipping fiasco and digital delivery of artwork, Image United, John Workman, Cowboy/Ninja/Viking from Image and Shadowline, Geoff Johns and the Superman Family of titles, Powers: the Definitive Edition volumes One and Two by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Omeng from Icon, Cinderella, Box 13 from Comixology, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 80

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:44:00 GMT

It's tricky! We wander aimlessly all over the comics map, occasionally stopping to collect our thoughts on the Comics Buyer's Guide, the shrinking size of Diamond's Previews catalog, the BOOM! Disney comics publishing strategy, Blackest Night #4, Warren Ellis and Planetary, even more laments from Chris over Gutsville, Wood talks cartoons (Batman: Brave and the Bold and the Wonder Woman feature film), more from David on Darkness/Pitt #1 from Top Cow, Daredevil #501, Thunderbolts, Andy Parks' original art collection, Terror Inc. from Marvel Max, X-Men: Die by the Sword, ideas for Diamond's December skip week, Parker: The Hunter, Alan Davis, Library Binding, and, try as he might, no one shares Vince's love for Dark Reign - The List: Punisher by Remender, Romita JR, Janson, and White. Forever cold and alone. So sad. Also, the requisite amount of Hotline hocum! Remender RULES!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 79

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:27:00 GMT

Who wound up David? King DAP can't seem to shut his trap, leading us through discussion on Scott McCloud's ZOT!, The Stand: Captain Trips and American Nightmares with Mike Perkins, listener email, Marvel Visionaries: Stan Lee, Namor, Hitman, Bryan Talbot's Heart of Empire, the Superman Family titles, cat yronwode, Creator Spotlight: Osamu Tezuka - God of Manga by Helen McCarthy for Abrams Comicarts, Top Cow's Darkness/Pitt, Simpsons Treehouse of Horror #15, a harrowing comic book experience (with beer), Vigilante, Blackest Night, Rick Leonardi and Cloak and Dagger, X-Men Legacy #228 and Daniel Acuna, Liberty Comics #2, Dark Horse's Noir anthology, Thor: Ages of Thunder, and a whole mess more! Bonus! Crazier-than-usual Hotline calls (and that is saying a LOT).

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 78

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:51:00 GMT

All praise J'Rhogan! The prophet B'Dickenson hath spoken: gaze in wide wonder at the majesty of GODLAND by Joe Casey, Tom Scioli, Bill Crabtree, and Nick Filardi! After the Ibogane wears off, we manage to eek out a few comments on James Jasek and Library Binding, Jack Kirby, Terence McKenna, Mickey Mouse and Friends #296 and Uncle Scrooge #384 from BOOM!, the Losers, the Baltimore Retailer Summit, the Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks, Daredevil under Diggle, the Harvey Awards, the 10 Cent Plague, and much more! Bonus! Hotline messages aplenty! Eegah say: Unglamorate!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 77

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:06:00 GMT

A lot of ground is covered as we trample through topics such as Rick Remender and Jefte Palo's Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural, X-Men/Agents of Atlas #1, Shang-Chi, Jason Lutes' Berlin, Morrison and Johns driving the DC bus, Siege and the Avengers titles, Wonder Woman, Vampirella: Second Coming from Harris Comics, Val Staples and Incognito, Haunt #1 and Image United, G.I. Joe: Cobra Special, Mighty Avengers, listener voicemail, a special Tom Fowler-inspired treat, and much more! Glory be to King DAP!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 76

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:25:00 GMT

Titanic TOM FOWLER drops by to drop some science on his Mysterius the Unfathomable miniseries co-created with Jeff Parker, Wildstorm, Brian Azzarello, Howard Chaykin, Douglas Adams and the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, DC's Focus imprint, Steve Gerber, Hammer horror, Cameron Stewart, Gabriel Hardman and Agents of Atlas, Caper, Mad magazine and Monroe, Drawn and Quarterly, Darwyn Cooke's Spirit, Andy Jewett's SICKO, clever obfuscation of genitalia in comic books, Canadian delicacies, the didgeridoo, and much more! Bonus! A veritable mountain of Hotline messages and the winner of Adam Besenyodi's Deus Ex Comica essay contest!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 75

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Jason Wooode makes up for lost time by chewin' up most of this episode with talk about the Windy City Comicon, Fred Van Lente Month: Week Four - Incredible Hercules and the downside of technology, Jonathan Hickman's Pax Romana and Kirkman and Adlard's Walking Dead Volume 10 from Image Comics, Strange Tales #1, Avengers Forever, random G. I. Joe jib-jab, Exiles, Dark Reign: The List - X-Men by Fraction, Davis, and Farmer, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 74

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:19:00 GMT

11 O'Clock Comics: Proudly bending reality into a pretzel for seventy-four episodes! This week, the gang's all here to discuss flea market finds, Fanzine Flashback, James Jean, Morrison's X-Men, Hellboy: The Wild Hunt, Captain America: Reborn, Nomad, The Eternal City and Cory Doctorow's When SysAdmins Rule the Earth from Robot Comics, Blackest Night: Batman, Moon Knight and Jerome Opena, The Best Radioactive Man Event EVER (Simpsons Comics #155, Bart Simpson #48, and Simpsons Super Spectacular #9) crossover from Bongo Comics, Fred Van Lente Month Week Three: Incredible Hercules and Amazing Spider-Man #605, Indie Spinner Rack's Awesome 2: Awesomer, anthology love, Batman/Grendel, Hotline hubbub, and a whole lot more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 73

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:15:00 GMT

Chris takes a breather this week, leaving us to talk about even more about Vertigo Crime: Filthy Rich and Dark Entries, the Wolverine: Tales of Weapon X hardcover, Incognito, Black Panther, the G.I. Joe books from IDW, Paul Levitz and DC Entertainment, Joe Quesada's response to the Marvel/Disney merger, Avatar's Anna Mercury, week the second of Fred Van Lente Month: Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's 11, Project Superpowers: Black Terror and Masquerade, Hotline hullaballoo, and a whole lot more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 72

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 4 Sep 2009 05:21:00 GMT

Wood returns just in time to school us proper on the finer points of the Marvel/Disney merger and what they mean to us comic fans. Plus, we find the time to include talk about Incredible Hulk #601 (from Chris, no less) by Pak and Olivetti, Marvel's Utopia event, The Comics Journal #299, comments from our listeners, Vince's love letter to Fred Van Lente's Marvel Zombies 3 and Marvel Zombies Return #1 (in a segment dubbed Fred Van Lente Month by dashing David), and we finally get around to an in-depth look at Jeff Lemire's The Nobody with a little bit of Sweet Tooth thrown in for good measure.

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 71

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:18:00 GMT

We try and pick up the slack dropped by a missing Jason Wooode with willy-nilly wordplay on Hickman, Eaglesham, and Mounts triumphant Fantastic Four #570 (once again reclaiming its flagship status and tagline of the World's Greatest Comic Magazine), Ian Churchill and Hulk #14, crime comics: The Hunter, Filthy Rich, and Dark Entries, Vertigo's fantabulous Madame Xanadu by Matt Wagner, Amy Reeder Hadley, and Richard Friend, listener comments, leaving comics, Fanzine Flashback: Amazing Heroes #113, more than necessary on Solson, Sky Doll, Bongo Comics, The Simpsons, and the arrival of Sergio Aragones, Red Circle, Dark Reign, Norman Osborne, and Dark Reign: Mr. Negative, Daredevil #500, War Machine, and oodles more.

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 70

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:28:00 GMT

It's back to business as usual as we banter incessantly on Blackest Night and plastic Lantern rings, The Marvels Project #1, OHOTMU, Bendis and Maleev's Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. motion comic, the Beast and Agent Brand, Filthy Rich from Vertigo Noir, Brubaker and Phillips' Sleeper, Criminal, and Incognito, The Complete Illustrated History of the Skywald Horror-Mood by Headpress and Archaic Al Hewetson, Solson, Paul Grist and Jack Staff, Dr. Who and Torchwood: Children of Earth, District 9, Diamond's Blackest Night spoiler cover (...or is it?), Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth #1 and 2 and Dark Reign: Deadpool/Thunderbolts Magnum Opus, Jersey Gods, and a whole lot more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 69

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:14:00 GMT

In our post-Wizard World Chicago...er...Chigago Comic-Con episode, Chris and Vince tell tales both long and short about their convention experience (including the D-bag in a Yellow Hat, Tex in an elevator, almost dousing Skottie Young with ginger ale, chaos at the X-Force panel, bin diving, Chris' apology, con crud, and more), after which we attempt to answer the musical question of what exactly is a cartoonist, touch upon Fantastic Four: Requiem, Gil Kane's Sword of the Atom, New Mutants #1-3, Archie Double Digest #200, Marvel's Avengers books, a merry mess of Hotline messages, and...you know the drill. Next on the horizon: Windy City!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 68

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 6 Aug 2009 02:27:00 GMT

Where in the world is Christopher Neseman? We try to answer that question, occasionally pausing our pondering to plod through perorations on Amazing Spider-Man #600, Batman or Spider-Man?, Adrian Tomine's Summer Blonde, Creepy #1 from Dark Horse, the Necrosha X-event and X-books in general, Steve Mannion's Fearless Dawn from Asylum Press, Jason rants on Marvel, DC, and IDW, and lots more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 67

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:40:00 GMT

Freewheel burning! In this down and dirty episode, we cover last weekend's San Diego Comic Con and the flurry of publisher announcements, Miracleman/Marvelman and Marvel Comics, Chuck Austin, Jim Shooter, Dark Horse and the Gold Key/Valiant characters, Jeff Smith and Bone, Stan Lee, the Eisner Awards, Invincible Iron Man, DC's Bat Lash Showcase, Hulk #600, Blondie: The Bumstead Family History and our favorite comic strips, The Nobody (no spoilers), Marvel's 70th Anniversary comics, DC's decision to split JSA into two titles, Gotham City Sirens #2, Nexus: As It Happened volume one, and much more! Vootie!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 66

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:53:00 GMT

We temporarily alleviate your boredom while standing in line at the San Diego Comic Con with talk on Wizard World Chicago, Jeff Lemire's The Nobody from Vertigo, Tom Fowler, What The?!, Tales of the Green Lantern Corps #1 and Chris Samnee, Dave Wachter and the Guns of Shadow Valley, Lynda Barry and the Comics Journal #296 from Fantagraphics, images, recognition, and creation, more stragglers from Episode #52, Christopher Priest, Gerry Conway and Mike Ploog's Terror on the Planet of the Apes, Blade, Captain America, Bring Out Your Dead from Raw Dog Comics, Simon Furman and the Transformers: Primal Scream and Matrix Quest, the G.I. Joe movie, and much, much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 65

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:07:00 GMT

Knock, knock! Who's there? It's 11 O'Clock Comics, silly, chewing the fat on Wednesday Comics #2, the DCBS nick and dent sale, Blackest Night and DC's Black Lantern ring promo, Captain America #601 and Gene Colan, Gotham City Sirens, Essential Punisher volume three, Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, David Mazzucchelli's Asterios Polyp, Terry Moore's Echo, the collected Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer from Image, listener email, Tarzan: The Joe Kubert Years volume two, Continuity Comics and Neal Adams, and a buttload more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 64

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 9 Jul 2009 23:15:00 GMT

It's finally here! Wednesday Comics blew up all over the damn place this week, and we were more than happy to throw down the plastic sheeting and gush until we couldn't gush no more! We also managed to find some time to talk about Dave Bullock, Mike Allred and Neil Gaiman, Joe Kubert, Azzarello and Risso, DC Comics Classic Library: Roots of the Swamp Thing and Saga of the Swamp Thing volume one, the Amazing Spider-Man Annual #36, Carmine Infantino, Jeff Lemire's The Nobody from Vertigo, Batman: Year One (Guess who finally read it...) and the Bat-Universe, Harvey Comics, Messiah War and Clayton Crain, Red Robin #1, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 63

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:56:00 GMT

A torrent of technical glitches washes over us as we talk about Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen and Transformers Spotlight: Metroplex from IDW, Chris reads the Parasyte manga, a hint of X, the Harvey Awards, Jack Kirby's Demon, World of New Krypton #4 and the Superman Family, Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon #150 from Image, Detroit Metal City, more on digital comics, listener email, a few stragglers from episode #52, Hotline hilarity, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 62

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:09:00 GMT

Top off your non-organic web shooters and join us as we twip through topics like Detective Comics #854, the mountain of Marvel books that shipped this week, Longbox Digital Comics and digital periodical distribution, Chew #1 from Image, Chris and Laura Samnee, Batman: Gothic, Amazing Spider-Man, Image United, Todd McFarlane, Robert Kirkman, Jim Starlin, Bernie Wrightson, and Batman: The Cult, more episode #52 questions, more Hotline messages, and a whole mess more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 61

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:22:00 GMT

After some very well-deserved props to Chris Ryall and IDW, the four feisty fools launch salvos on Batman and Robin #1 by Morrison, Quitely, and Sinclair (put his name on the cover, DC!), the hubbub concerning Captain America #600, a merry mutant round-up spotlighting New Mutants #1, X-Force: Angels and Demons, Wolverine, X-23, and more (including actual contributions by Chris...hold me!), Project Superpowers Chapter 2 #0 from Dynamite, Green Lantern Corps #38, the upcoming Kamandi episode of the fantabulous Brave and the Bold 'toon, our current comic buying strategies, more Episode #52 questions from the fine 11 O'C forumites, a blitzkrieg of bonus Hotline calls, and mucho mas!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 60

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT

In this, our special Jason Hasn't Read Batman: Year One episode, we ramble on about Twitter, David and Vince's time at MoCCA, Chris' adventures at the Printer's Row Book Fair, Wednesday Comics, Ivan Brunetti, Galactus Vs. the Anti-Monitor, Millar and Hitch's Fantastic Four: World's Greatest, Gary Panter, Titan Books' Best of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, JSA Vs. Kobra, Jason reads the Superman family of titles (but not Year One), Boom! and The Unknown, X-Books, TMNT from Mirage Comics, the awesomeness of Kyle, Yost, and X-Force, listener email, and...Jason didn't read Batman: Year One.

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 59

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 5 Jun 2009 03:08:00 GMT

Dear diary, this week on 11 O'Clock Comics, we talked about the Printer's Row Book Fare (Chris Ware, Chipp Kidd, and some guy named Gaiman), MoCCA (Gary Panter, PictureBox, and more), the new 11 O'Clock Action Word, Morrison and Quitely's Batman and Robin #1 (briefly...almost not at all...really...), Light of thy Countenance from Avatar, Project: Superpowers and The Black Terror miniseries from Dynamite, Jason Aaron and Tony Moore's landmark Ghost Rider #33-35, Herogasm #1 (Didja get any onya?), Hercules: Love and War, crossovers and events (Yes, again.), Wooode's lightning strike during the Marvel stockholder presentation conference thing, The Unknown #1, Comic Zeal for the iPhone, and Chris made my heart sing when he admitted that, yes, manga does have some merit. It was a good day, diary. Oh, yeah, and a bunch of really good guys called the Hotline and we all had a really good time. I hope they never change. P.S. I think David is cute. But don't tell him. I'd simply DIE! XOXOXO

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 58

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:01:00 GMT

58: The Punisher (Ennis and Remender), Borders coupons, Tori Amos and Image Comics' Comic Book Tattoo, Battle for the Cowl, Urasawa's 20th Century Boys from Viz, Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #1, Shonen Jump and Stan Lee's FCBD offering, Marvel's FCBD Avengers book, G-Man: Learning to Fly, Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four, Cerebus: Latter Days from Dave Sim and Gerhard, The Outsiders, and more.

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 57

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:09:00 GMT

Throw yo' panties at your iPod! We try to straighten up and fly right by discussing Cameron Stewart's response to our cursory look at the first issue of Seaguy: The Slaves of Mickey Eye, Fantagraphics' Blazing Combat collection, G.I. Joe: Cobra #3, Wolverine #73, Hulk: Red & Green and the majesty of Art Adams and Frank Cho, Marvel Mystery Comics #1, Chris' opinion of Abrams' Star Trek, the Invincible Ultimate Collection volume four, Road to War of Kings TPB, Oracle: The Cure #3, Blackest Night and event miniseries, R.E.B.E.L.S. #4, Paul Cornell, Johnny Hiro from AdHouse, the Love and Rockets FCBD book, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 56

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:26:00 GMT

The Sign of Four: all present and accounted for as we throw down on Abrams' Star Trek (no spoilers), Viz's GYO by horror manga maestro Junji Ito, rating systems, Bernie Wrightson, Bill Mantlo and Cloak and Dagger, Grant Morrison's Seaguy: The Slaves of Mickey Eye, Jonathan Hickman (Secret Warriors, Dark Reign: Fantastic Four, and more), Flash: Rebirth #2, forum questions, and lots more! As always, Hotline messages abound!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 55

vincebon@verizon.net — Sat, 9 May 2009 00:07:00 GMT

Sitting in for an absent David Price, Tom (Vs. the Flash, Around Comics) Katers and Skottie (Wizard of Oz) Young help us wander our way through topics like Picturebox's upcoming pair of graphic novels from CF and Brian Chippendale, Tony Stark and why hating him may be a "good thing", Wednesday Comics, Batman Confidential, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Free Comic Book Day, Concrete, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, G.I. Joe: Cobra #2, World of New Krypton #3, The Losers, Reborn, Final Crisis Aftermath: Run, Flash: Rebirth #2, Tom talks about paper (!), European graphic albums, Wizard of Oz, Tom Fowler, Nic Klein and Viking #1, and much, much more! Go see Star Trek (if only to knock that cantankerous Canuck down a few pegs)!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 54

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 1 May 2009 02:56:00 GMT

The spectre of the Walkin' Dude looms large as we tear through tangents on RASL, Alien Legion, Twitter, Andy Kuhn, Sleepy's, Blazing Combat, Wired and Paul Pope, Deadpool: Merc with a Lot of Trees Killed in His Name, Atomika, Breach, Hard Time and Steve Gerber, Thor #601 and Doctor Doom(bot), Brian Hurtt, The Stand: Captain Trips and Stephen King adaptations, Project: Superpowers and Masquerade, The Twelve, Agents of Atlas #3, Jack of Fables, Chris' 100 Bullets in 100 Days project, Tom Strong and America's Best Comics, 1963 from Image, Tony Fleecs, and much more! Bonus! Even more Hotline weirdness!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 53

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:54:00 GMT

Things return to what passes for normal as we drop a dime on Ivan Brandon and Nic Klein's Viking from Image Comics, Bendis' Tweets and Marvel's FCBD offering, Amazing Spider-Man, Action Comics #876, Supergirl, Messiah War (X-Force #13, Messiah War One Shot, Cable #13, and X-Force #14), The Outsiders, Yuusaku Hanakuma and Tokyo Zombie, Warlord, Exiles, Starjammers, Ignition City #1 from Avatar, the Marvel Saga freebies, Thor, listener email, and much more! Bonus! Felipe Massafera leads the Hotline assault!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 52

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:02:00 GMT

It's our one-year anniversary celebration where we field questions from out fabulous forumites! Topics include: Wolverine (sigh), Civil War, Alpha Flight, Secret Invasion, story pacing, Tom Fowler, Steve Bryant, Dave Wachter, C.F. and Picturebox, Theo Ellsworth and Capacity, Gabriel Hardman, Abnett and Lanning, cement mixers, Devil Dinosaur, the Great Lakes Avengers, Plastic Man, Aquaman, Mike Ploog, Rick Veitch, Dogs both Wild and Law, Alien Legion, Fletcher Hanks, S. Clay Wilson, Amazing Spider-Man (with a HYPHEN!), Robert Williams, The Boys, Locke & Key, Jack Kirby, Mage: The Hero Discovered, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, Moebius, Eddie Campbell, Alan Moore, Enki Bilal, Kuti, comic conventions, RASL, Herr Stark, Frank Robbins, Howard Chaykin, Dave Cockrum, Comix Book, Franks Quitely and Zappa, William Burroughs, Snakes and Ladders, Doktor Sleepless, Proof, Captain Britain and MI13, Fables, Miracleman, Tom Strong, Jim Starlin, John Byrne, Rob Liefeld, Twitter, Secret Wars II, Deadpool, Mark D. Bright, spaghetti sauce, the cancer, truffles, steak, the Monkees, and a WHOLE MESS MORE! Plus, more Hotline calls than ever before!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 51

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 23:03:00 GMT

This time around, we talk about archive editions and the people that purchase them, Wizard's acquisition of the Big Apple Con, DC's new 40-page, $3.99 titles with special "co-features", G. I. Joe #4, Flash: Rebirth #1, Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter DVD, Alan Moore's Light of thy Countenance from the fine folks at Avatar, Len Wein, Frank Springer, Air from Vertigo, Evan Dorkin, a Beanworld nut shot, and much more! Yes, there are Hotline messages aplenty!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 50

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 3 Apr 2009 14:13:00 GMT

Around Comics' Brion Salazar joins us to celebrate our 50th train wreck! Topics include: Captain America Comics, Popgun Volume 1 from Image, Rick Veitch, The Outer Space Men, Big Man Japan from Magnolia Pictures, I Love You, Beth Cooper, Pixar comics from Boom!, FANZINE FLASHBACK, Agents of Atlas and Gabriel Hardman, X-Infernus, Vertigo Crime, Cable and Deadpool, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Flash: Rebirth, Gil Kane, Bendis and the Avengers, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 49

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:02:00 GMT

Anthropomorphic! Sit right back and you'll hear a tale of bound comics, Amazing Spider-Man (With a hyphen!), the free Wolverine Saga comic containing vital information on Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi's Evolution storyline -- which is canon, by the way, JLA #31, unfinished comics series, Warren Ellis' Ruins, Art Spiegelman's Be a Nose! collection from McSweeney's, Black Lightning: Year One, licensed characters, Salvador Larocca and Iron Man, and muy mas! Bonus! More Hotline love!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 48

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:55:00 GMT

A very special guest drops by to contribute to conversation on The Nobody and Sweet Tooth from writer/artist Jeff Lemire and Vertigo, Chris Ryall and Ben Templesmith's Groom Lake #1, more on IDW's handling of the G. I. Joe franchise, the legendary Anything Goes! anthology from Fantagraphics, Paul Chadwick's Concrete: Depths from Dark Horse, The Night Fisher by R. Kikuo Johnson, the winner of our Matthew Sturges/House of Mystery contest, a peek at episode fifty, and a whole lot more! Bonus! The Hotline callers be bringin' the heeeeeeat!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 47

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:18:00 GMT

The Wooode-man takes over the joint! Join us as we wander through topics various and sundry, including the Watchmen movie, comics' good guy Tim Seeley and the quest for cheaper comics, the Definitive Queen & Country volume one, more Fanzine Flashbacks, Aaron and Moore's Ghost Rider, bad news from Rick Remender, Black Panther, David Lapham's Young Liars and Stray Bullets, All Hail Megatron, Jack of Fables, and more! Bonus! Loads of laughs from the Hotline!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 46

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 5 Mar 2009 05:10:00 GMT

Podcast VeritÃ: Not one second of audio careens to the cutting room floor as we talk about comics fanzines in our new FANZINE FLASHBACK segment, the joy and sadness of the Internets, the Watchmen movie, listener email, "graphic novels" and "comic books", Chris' confession (Justice League International and the Death of the Stacys), Larry Marder's Beanworld: Wahoolazuma! collection from Dark Horse, Thor #600, G.I. Joe Origins #1, Locke and Key: Head Games, Marvel cartoons (by way of X3: The Last Stand), more top 70 Marvel comics of all time, Wired's look at comic book shop employees (RAPH RADIA!), and lots more! Hoka Hoka Hey! Hotline!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 45

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:47:00 GMT

Cryptoid: This episode contains commentary on Andy Diggle and Jock's Losers from Vertigo, more Savage Dragon, The Darkness, recap pages, Tony Moore's Ghost Rider, Justice League of America #30, X-Factor, Scott Pilgrim, another look at the numbers (AKA Sal was right!), weekly comics, the top seventy Marvel comics of all time (*cough*), Alex Grecian and Riley Rossmo's PROOF from Image, Scarlet Traces, and more! Bonus! A veritable Hotline hootenanny!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 44

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:24:00 GMT

The Marvel love-in continues as we plow through Pak and Van Lente's Incredible Hercules, JMS' Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova, and Annihilation: Conquest by Abnett and Lanning, Amazing Spider-Man, and much more! Plus, we dish the dirt on our Matt Sturges House of Mystery contest and an insanely generous offer by Jeff Lemire! If that wasn't enough, we also find time to tackle Bone, JSA: Black Reign, Hulk Vs. Wolverine and Thor, DMZ, Dark Horse's Savage Sword of Conan volume one, Barbi Benton, the Wolverine trailer, Gabriel Hardman, and others! Bonus! Hotline hijinks!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 43

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:15:00 GMT

New York City Comicon 2009: The Aftermath, rounded out with roundtable reverie on Bad Dog #1 from Image, Remender and Opena's Punisher, Agents of Atlas, Chris' against-type Marvel love-fest (Iron Fist, Iron Man by Ellis and Fraction), R.E.B.E.L.S. by Tony Bedard and Andy Clarke, the Swamp Thing hardcover, Greg Rucka, Faces of Evil: Cobra, and much more! Who's that calling the Hotline? Listen and find out!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 42

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 6 Feb 2009 00:57:00 GMT

MASS DISPLACEMENT! Waiting for NYCC to begin, we kill some time talking about G.I. Joe #1 from IDW and the Joe Super Bowl trailer (along with some Transformers 2 thrown in for good measure), Dead Irons, Daredevil, Iron Fist, The Nobody, advance solicitations, the color of Shilo Norman's skin, Shrugged: A Little Perspective from Aspen Comics, Savage Dragon, Ghost Rider, and much more! Bonus! Hotline HEAT!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 41

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:36:00 GMT

PLANTANAS! Jason "Babymaker" Wooode returns to help us impregnate your ears with talk of Final Crisis #7, Sabertooth and Mystique, Space Ghost, Steve Rude and Nexus, Death Note, Uncanny X-Men Annual #2, Amazing Spider-Man Extra! #2, Thunderbolts #128, McDuffie and Fantastic Four, JLA #29, Jonah Hex, Peter Gabriel, Power Girl, and a whole mess more! Bonus! The Hotline is SIZZLIN'!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 40

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:09:00 GMT

Brion "Sal" Salazar returns to the dugout, dragging us through discussion on Jackson Pollock, Camelot 3000, Nova: Origin of Richard Ryder, Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson's Manhunter, ROM: SPACEKNIGHT, Chris Samnee, anthologies, JLA #27, Thunderbolts #128 and the secret of the sell-out, Jeff Parker and Tom Fowler's Mysterius the Unfathomable #1 from Wildstorm, Ellis' Ruins, Faces of Evil: Prometheus, Faces of Evil: Grundy, Seven Soldiers, the best-written monthly comics, JCVD, Eduardo Risso and 100 Bullets, and much more! Yee! De Hotline es ringink!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 39

vincebon@verizon.net — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:25:00 GMT

Around Comics' Brion Salazar joins the party as we ponder the impact of Obama and Amazing Spider-Man, throw down on Brian Wood's Northlanders from Vertigo, the Green Lantern Corps and magick, Gorillas from Image, and great gnashing of teeth on Frank Miller and All-Star Batman and Robin, Grant Morrison and Final Crisis #6!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 38

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 06:46:00 GMT

Raw like sushi! It's the 11 O'Clock Listener's Choice Awards for 2008!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 37

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 2 Jan 2009 19:02:00 GMT

We ring in the new year with a torrent of talk on Tony Moore on Ghost Rider, more Cheap Ass Trades, Morrison and Quitely's All Star Superman, Superman: Our Worlds at War (Not) Complete Collection, John Byrne and Comics Journal #74, Willingham and Sturges on JSA, more babble on the cost of comics, Top Cow, Gary Frank and JMS, Midnight Nation, Rising Stars, storing comics, X-Infernus, Northlanders, and a whole mess more! Bonus! More Hotline hilarity!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 36

vincebon@verizon.net — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:59:00 GMT

In the second half of our all-night talk-a-thon with Athena Voltaire's Steve Bryant, we punch a few dead Palominos in the name of the current state of the comic book industry, sussing out Marvel's collected edition strategy, trades and new readers, Alan Moore's Top Ten, Image's Ted McKeever Library, Michael Avon Oeming, Neo Expressionism and other pretentious ways to classify pretty pictures, Cheap Ass Trades, and much more! Plus, the most Hotline messages we've received to date!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 35

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:31:00 GMT

Athena Voltaire's Snazzy Steve Bryant joins us for a marathon four-hour giant-size comic book throwdown! In the first of two parts, we tackle Final Crisis #5, selling David on Fables, channeling Kirby, Mike Allred, the language of comics, God-Size Thor, the Athena Voltaire/Black Coat crossover, the impact of $4 comics on independent publishers, X-Men: Messiah Complex, Hellboy: The Wild Hunt, Steve Epting and Captain America, Frank D'armata, Fear Agent, Camelot 3000, an angry Chris Neseman, and much more! Plus, the usual Hotline hijinks!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 34

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:59:00 GMT

The Woodman returns to drag us through a discourse on Amazing Spider-Man, Phonogram: The Singles Club, Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness' (Red) Hulk hardcover, Mike Norton and Green Arrow/Black Canary, X-Force #9, Ghost Rider: Danny Ketch, Original Sin, X-23, Savage Dragon #139-141, Secret Invasion #8, Image Comics and the Man of Action team, the Wanted movie, Top Cow and The Darkness, Dark Horse's Dylan Dog, back issue buying online, old comic book ads, Star Wars: Early Victories omnibus, with everything descending into an old fart "Remember when..." lament. Good times. Bonus! Happy Hotline messages! Well, one of 'em, anyway...

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 33

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 4 Dec 2008 05:43:00 GMT

Around Comics' Sizzlin' Brion "Sal" Salazar drops by to help us journey to the 5th Dimension to tune the Bat-Radia for a special episode devoted to Batman R.I.P. Bonus! Incoming transmission from the Raph-Radia and a few fabulous forumites finger the Hotline!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 32

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:53:00 GMT

Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for the opportunity to talk about Dan Didio, James Robinson, Greg Rucka, and Action Comics (along with some Flamebird and Nightwing thrown in for good measure), Skottie Young and Young X-Men, monthly comics and reading for the trade, The Boys from Dynamite, Gemini Blood, the craft of comic book lettering, JSA, Mia Kirschner's I Live Here from Pantheon, the !mpact and Charlton characters at DC, Ambush Bug: Year None, more Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 31

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:25:00 GMT

This time around, we meander across the comic map with meaty musings on Dan Didio and James Robinson, Terra #2, WizKids, the Fourth World, Supergirl #35, Superman #677-681 and Action #871, Blackest Night, Batman R.I.P., JLA/Avngers, Deadpool, an Action without a Superman, the Brave and the Bold cartoon, Spectacular Spider-Man, Sgt. Rock: The Last Battalion, Kingdon Come Special: Superman, the World War Z film, Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel, Uncle Scrooge #382, Captain Britain and MI 13 #7, Iron Fist, Godland, Gigantic, an much more! Plus, the Hotline is exploding with an unprecedented SIX messages from the fantastic 11 O'Clock forumites! Yee!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 30

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:31:00 GMT

We're stranded on Bizarro Shit Planet with nothing more to do than talk about Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Bruce Jones, Blue Beetle (Say it ain't so, Dan!), Brit, Antarctic Press' Gold Digger, S. Clay Wilson, Scott Saavedra, McDuffie and Benes' Justice League of America, Greg Rucka, Azzarello and Bermejo's landmark Joker graphic novel, Deadpool, Ex Machina, Transformers: Stormbringer, more Avatar Press love, Freak Angels, JSA Superman Special, Zero Killer, HeroClix, and much more! Bonus! Darrel dings da Hotline!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 29

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 7 Nov 2008 02:52:00 GMT

Things get a bit serious as we ponder the price of monthly periodicals, hardcovers, digital comics, Terra #1, Agents of Atlas, G.I. Joe #0 from IDW, advertising in comics, Smallville, paper quality, Terry Moore's Runaways and Echo, Freak Angels, Alan Davis' Thor: Proof of History, Warren Ellis and Avatar, the effect of the election on comics, Final Crisis: Resist, Submit, and Rage of the Red Lanterns, Watching the Watchmen, the Adventure Comics Special featuring the Guardian, X-Men/Spider-Man #1, Jeff Lemire, Ghost Talker's Daydream volume two and coffee enemas (Okay, maybe not so serious, after all...), and a whole mess more! Plus, another hit on the Hotline!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 28

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:59:00 GMT

The Contingent's Zack Kruse and Thomas Stephen Katers pitch in to help us talk about the Man-Thing, Cassie Hack, Hellboy, Savage, Archie Goodwin, Steve Ditko, Joe Orlando, Steve Niles, Eerie, Creepy, Sergio Aragones, Frank Frazetta, Ben Templesmith, Tony Moore, Mike Mignola, Vampirella, Myron Fass' Eerie Publications, Skywald, EC Comics, House of Mystery, Jose Gonzalez, Seven Soldiers Frankenstein, Werewolf by Night, 30 Days of Night, the Heap, XXXZombies, Eric Powell and the Goon, Tom Sutton, Robert Kirkman and Walking Dead, Savage, Hellblazer, Swamp Thing, and much, much more in this, our first Halloween horror comics special! Plus, the usual assortment of Hotline hijinks!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 27

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:32:00 GMT

The Woodman returns just in time to talk about Mike Mayhew and Savage, Dead Ahead #1 and the incomparable Alex Nino, Cyblade #1 from Top Cow, Rick Remender, Jerome Opena and the Punisher, Judd Winick and Bruce Jones, Chuck Austin, Amazing Spider-Man #574, Final Crisis #4 (sorta), Final Crisis: Submit, Ed McGuinness, Gene Colon and the Tomb of Dracula omnibus, Dwayne McDuffie and JLA, Gigantic, Jeffrey Brown's Sulk Volume 2: Deadly Awesome, and much more! Plus, Darrel gets nasty on the Hotline and more Madness than you deserve!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 26

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:49:00 GMT

It's a Wood-less Comics Wednesday as we work our way through the Superman's Pal: Jimmy Olsen one-shot (Damn you, James Robinson!), Geoff Johns' Brainiac arc from Action Comics #866-870, DC Universe Decisions, Conan the Cimmerian, Robin: Year One and Two-Face: Year One, Guardians of the Galaxy, Legion of Three Worlds, Brand New Day and Amazing Spider-Girl, Ghost Rider #28 and Marvel legacy characters, Final Crisis: Revelations #3, Comics Buyer's Guide, more Joe Kubert love, and much more! Plus, another song from the Hotline! RIP Walter Johnson. Sob.

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 25

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 9 Oct 2008 22:26:00 GMT

Man alive, we made it to twenty-five! Entry the first in our brand-spankin' new 11 O'Clock hand-crafted (with love) Yuengling Lager notebook: this episode we cover the Iron Man movie, America's Best Comics Primer, Marvel Zombies 3 #1, X-Men: Manifest Destiny, Batman #680, Final Crisis skip month, Marvel Noir, Fred Van Lente, Action Comics #870, Walking Dead #53, The Stand #2, Pasqual Ferry, SNL, Eric Canete and End League, Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1, more World War Z, The Contingent #1 from Mind Storm Comics, Hellboy, Transformers Animated #3, DC Universe Decisions #2, G. I. Joe, Love & Rockets #1, and much more! Giant-Size extras include a serenade from a moving vehicle and Carlos Cordova spreads the Gospel of Veitch!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 24

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 2 Oct 2008 22:26:00 GMT

The love of all things Krypton abounds as we talk about Supergirl #34 and the Superman universe, Lego Batman, the 11 O'Clock Traffic Report, Ronin, Geoff Johns, Madame Xanadu, House of Mystery, Alex Nino and Dead Ahead #1 from Image, Gail Simone, Captain Britain and MI13, Locke & Key from IDW, Spooks: Omega Team, Jon Bogdanove, Devil's Due, Bronze Age fantasy characters, Dan Slott on Mighty Avengers, X-Force, the Squadron Supreme saga, VinceB's stupidity, Godwheel, Wonder Woman and Aaron Lopresti, Gary Frank, and much more! Bonus! Incoming transmission from the Raph Radia and the fabulous Mario calls the Hotline!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 23

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:20:00 GMT

No court of law or any administrative agency can touch us as we talk about 24-Hour Comics Day, Trinity, All-Star Superman #12, JSA: Kingdom Come, Morrison's JLA, Superman Red & Superman Blue, pulping comics, John Romita Jr., DC Universe: Decisions #1, Deadpool #1 and #2, Marvel's Embrace Change ads, Guardians of the Galaxy, Joe Kubert's Tor, Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks, Captain America, Rick Remender, Twitter, 11 O'Clock watersports, the Minx imprint, and much more! Bonus! Incoming transmission from the Raph Radia and a pair of calls to the Hotline!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 22

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:14:00 GMT

Technical difficulties and the mid-episode loss of a host are not enough to keep us from talking about John Byrne's Superman, the Marvel Must-Have format, Star Wars: Force Unleashed, Frank Miller, the Buffy Omnibus, Stephen King and the Stand, Local, Marvel cartoons and Jetix, Cable, New Exiles, Vertigo's Air, George Perez, Marvel Handbooks and why DC hasn't updated their Who's Who, Brave and the Bold #17, Secret Six, Amanda Conner and Terra, Ronin, Firestar, Action Comics and All Star Superman, and much more! Plus, Joe Quesada and Tom Morris call the Hotline! Buy Witchblade!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 21

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:25:00 GMT

The Woodman is two for two as we chew the fat on Trinity, X-Men Legacy, cable, Dark Reign and Dark Avengers, Savage Dragon, Battle Hymn, Hack/Slash and Tim Seeley, Brad Meltzer and DC Universe Last Will and Testament, Tori Amos' Comic Book Tattoo from Image Comics, JSA, Skaar Son of Hulk, Amazing Spider-Man: One More Day, Brand New Day, and New Ways to Die, The Last Musketeer by Jason, Tony Moore & Jerome Opena on Fear Agent, and so much more! Bonus! Incoming transmission from the Raph Radia!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 20

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 5 Sep 2008 05:49:00 GMT

Jason Wood returns to lead the charge in discussing Gotham Central, Fell, Blazing Combat, the horrors of ComicBase, Ben Templesmith, The Twelve, the Windy City Comicon, Essex County Volume 2, Wicket and Imp, The Darkness from Top Cow, Skottie Young's Wizard of Oz, Gil Kane, Cable, Francesco!, Ande Parks and El Diablo, Amazing Spider-Man and New Way to Die, Secret Six, speculating, Phil Hester, and much more! Plus, more Hotline shenanigans!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 19

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:39:00 GMT

Sitting in for a vacationing Jason Wood, Derek (Comic Book Noise) Coward and Chris (Collected Comics Library) Marshall help us talk about Final Crisis: Superman Beyond 3D, Humberto Ramos, Lucha Libre, collecting Final Crisis, DC/Wildstorm: Dream War, Jason Aaron's Ghost Rider, Marvel's X-books, Punisher Max, Library Binding, the Monster Times, First Flight of the Phantom Eagle, Chuck Austin's War Machine, the Luna Brothers' Sword and Girls, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, Comic Book Comics from Evil Twin Comics, Glamourpuss, Give Me Liberty, more Final Crisis, Tim Sale, and a whole mess more. Plus! Listener email and a trio of calls to the 11 O'C Hotline!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 18

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:13:00 GMT

Our usual reliance on the Anti Structure Equation evaporates (not really) as we enter an extended examination of Robert Kirkman's recent revelations on his plan to save the comics industry. In addition to the main course, we serve up some succulent side dishes on Brian Michael Bendis, Geoff Johns, creative ownership and work-made-for-hire, the direct market and Diamond Distribution, kids and comics, digital distribution, the bookstore market, and much, much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 17

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:50:00 GMT

Topics discussed: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, Final Crisis: Revelations #1, rediscovering Spawn, Final Crisis #3, Secret Invasion #5, Alex Robinson's Too Cool to be Forgotten, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Criminal #4, Two-Face Year One #1, Ghost Talker's Daydream Volume 1 from Dark Horse Comics, X-Men Origins: Jean Grey #1 and Origins: Wolverine, re-evaluating Image Comics, Danger Girl, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 16

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:14:00 GMT

Jason Wood returns as we field questions from our forum members in our first live and interactive-like episode! Dropped names include: Jack Kirby, inkers, Watchmen, Transformers: All Hail Megatron #1, Justice League New Frontier, Uncle Scrooge #377, Darwin Cooke, Frank Robbins, Jim Aparo, Jesus, Jim Starlin, Kamandi, Amazing Spider-Man, the Rook, Dwayne McDuffie, Mark Texeria, Justice League of America, Jeffrey Brown, the Dark Horse Star Wars titles, and much, much more in this special Giant-Size episode!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 15

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:27:00 GMT

Jefferson Workman and Thomas Stephen Katers (pitching in for an AWOL Jason Wood) join us as mindlessly meander through X-Files: I Want to Believe, Joker's Asylum Scarecrow and Two-Face, Kirby: King of Comics and Krazy Kirby Koncepts, Dark Horse's Savage Sword of Conan Volume 2, Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #3, Barry Windsor-Smith, Whatever happened to ASP?, the 11 O'Clock Novel Challenge, Gil Kane's My Name is Savage, Injury #1 and #2 from Buenaventura Press, exclusive contracts, listener email (Aquaman Vs. Nightwing and Robin), Tom Derenick and Bill Sienkiewicz on Reign in Hell, and much more! Plus, more calls to the Hotline (and one of them is from a FOREIGNER!)! Google Mighty Muggs!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 14

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMT

Topics covered in our 14th outing (Actually our 13th, but who's counting?): Batman: The Dark Knight, Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Umbrella Academy 2, CBLDF Presents: Liberty Comics #1, Madman Atomic Comics, the long-awaited American Flagg Omnibus, Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver on Flash: Rebirth, Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge, X-Files #0, Superman Prime, Final Crisis: Resist, more Larry Stroman and X-Factor, Booster Gold and Rick Remender, pocket universe books, the 11 O'C Agents of Atlas wager, Garth Ennis and the Punisher War Zone weekly, something about War Machine, DC Super Friends, and much more! Plus, a quartet of calls to the Hotline! Google Eyezon!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 12

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:46:00 GMT

And the downward spiral begins... This episode, we poot forth a lot of hoohah about Mike Mignola and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, The Comics Journal #290 and Bob Powell, Harvey Comics, Butch Guice and Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis, Wildstorm's Storming Paradise, Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge, the Starman Omnibus, Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four, DC War comics and the great Sam Glanzman, Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam, Top Cow: Pilot Season, John from Cincinatti, Cube Lube, outrageous DVD pricing, Steve Niles' Dead She Said and City of Others, Larry Stroman and X-Factor #33, the Legion of Superheroes in the 31st Century and Shawn McManus, more Doug Mahnke, and a whole mess more! Plus, more heat from the Hotline! Google PopSoda!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 11

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:54:00 GMT

Synchronicity abounds in our 11-11-11 episode as we tread the murky waters of event pricing, comic buyers' reluctance to try independent titles, underground visionary Rory Hayes and Where Demented Wented, Alex Ross and Frank Santoro, Tommy Lee Edwards, Charlatan Ball from Image, the Filipino Invasion, Final Crisis: Requiem, Camelot 3000, the 11 O'Clock Comics Challenge, listener email, and much more! Google Max Toy Company!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 10

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:38:00 GMT

In the wake of Wizard World Chicago 2008, an experience filled with hilarity and heartbreak, we touch on the passing of Michael Turner, finally get rolling on Final Crisis #2 (all too briefly for my taste, but one can't have everything...), Erik Larsen and Image Comics, the repurcussions of unconstructive criticism, 1985, Mike Norton's Trinity work with Jerry Ordway, Simone Bianchi as the modern-day Alex Nino, Mark Millar and Old Man Logan, Walking Dead Volume 8, World War Z, scumbags who capitalize on the brilliance of George Romero, Astonishing X-Men #25, Warren Ellis, Avatar Comics, and much, much more! As usual, the Hotline is red-hot with ridiculous remarks! Google Cronic Dorome!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 9

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:57:00 GMT

Once more into the breach! Cover your heads as we lead the attack on Stray Bullets and Young Liars, Marvel's Dark Tower and The Stand, Proof, Kevin Maguire and Batman Confidential, collected editions vs. monthlies, Marcos Martin, comics in lieu of candy for Halloween (Gemstone, Archie, Bone, Shonen Jump, and more), Northlanders from Vertigo, APE Entertainment and Radical Comics, Red Mass for Mars, Whilce Portacio and Lenil Yu, Skaar Son of Hulk, Star Wars: Vector from Dark Horse, Eternals and Guardians of the Galaxy, the Incredible Hulk movie, depressing sales figures, Joe Kubert, Marvel Vs. DC (again and again and again...) and very little discussion on Final Crisis #2 (though no lack of trying). Bonus! KY Comic Guy turns in his best Neseman roast to date! Google Blobpus.

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 8

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:53:00 GMT

It's our not-so-special Harvey Awards nominees episode, sprinkled with segueways on Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's All Star Superman, Scott McDaniel, the Trinity villains, Pia Guerra on Dr. Who, the depressing fall from grace of Vertigo's Exterminators, Batman R.I.P., McDuffie's Justice League, the Denys Cowan Appreciation Society, the permanence of Dan Didio, sales figures, new reader accessibility, much Fables and Mark Buckingham love, the Duckmen (Carl Barks, Don Rosa, and William Van Horn), and much more! Bonus! KY Comic Guy returns to the Hotline! Google Smogun.

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 7

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:27:00 GMT

Steel sharpens steel! This time around, we talk up Josh Cotter's Skyscrapers of the Midwest from Adhouse Books, the impact of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Chuck Dixon saga, Young X-Men #1 and #2, Dave Sim's Judenhass, Caliber and Hercules from Radical, Seven Soldiers of Victory, the Secret Wars II omnibus, the Wildstorm relaunch, Virgin Comics' Project: Kalki #1 and Jenna Jameson's Shadow Hunter, the greatness of Doug Mahnke, Grant Morrison Vs. Alan Moore, Batman R.I.P., Fables #73, the power of editors, Southern Knights, and much more! Plus, the Hotline is on fire with messages from Equinox, Andy Jewett, and KY Comic Guy! Vootie!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 6

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 22:14:00 GMT

Scattershot ramblings on Transhuman, Dark Horse's Lobster Johnson: The Iron Prometheus, 1985 #1, Action Comics #865, the first volume of the Noble Causes Archives from Image, Iron Fist, Umbrella Academy, Final Crisis #1, Trinity #1, Haunt of Horror: Lovecraft and Richard Corben, Ultimate Origins #1, the anthology format, Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1, and much more! Plus, Carlos Cordova and a time traveler call the Hotline!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 5

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:20:00 GMT

Final Crisis is here...but the 11 O'Clock Crew don't talk about it this episode! Instead, we banter on about Marvel Comics Presents #8 and #9, Humberto Ramos on Runaways, Ivan Brandon, the hopless existence of Daredevil, house styles and drawing for the original art market, Steve Gerber and Countdown to Mystery, manga, Paul Cornell, Doctor Who Classics from IDW, the magnificence of Jim Cheung, Image Comics' Pretty Baby Machine, Howard the Duck, Spitfire as a vampire, Taschen Books' Men's Adventure Magazines in Postwar America, Leonard Kirk, the 11 O'Clock Drink of the Week, and much more! Bonus! A hint is dropped concerning the identity of the Banner Artist of the Week and Equinox and The Big Largeness call the Hotline!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 4

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:01:00 GMT

It's all hands on deck as we discuss Vertigo's new House of Mystery, Jim Butcher's Dresden Files #2, Gene Colan, fill-in artists, silliness (or lack thereof) within Marvel's Secret Invasion, '76, Millar and Hitch's Fantastic Four, Jay Faerber's Gemini and Noble Causes, the Horus Heresy, Crawlspace: XXXombies, the Larsenverse, Invincible and Atom Eve, beer, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 3

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:07:00 GMT

The gang's all here! Our long-lost fourth member, Jason Wood, finally drags his ass into the studio to talk about Crawlspace: XXXombies, Vertigo Comics, Invincible Iron Man #1, David Lapham and Young Liars, Batman R.I.P., Walking Dead, Kieron Dwyer, Jeff Parker and X-Men First Class, Creepy and Eerie, Olivia D'abo (YUM!), Wolverine and the Amazing Immortal Man and Other Tales, Iron Fist, Matt Fraction, Mighty Avengers #13, publishing trends, and much more! Plus, Mario Muscar and evaD (Backwards Dave) call the 11 O'C Hotline!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 2

vincebon@verizon.net — Thu, 8 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

B, Neseman, and Price discuss Avengers/Invaders #1, Secret Invasion #2, David Lapham and Young Liars, Carl Barks and Uncle Scrooge #375, IDW's Locke and Key, Don Rosa, timeless characters, generous comics fans, Matt Kramer and The Shade's Journal, cloning Dave Wyndorf, fandom, Apple Computers, and much more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 1

vincebon@verizon.net — Fri, 2 May 2008 22:45:00 GMT

VinceB, Chris Neseman, and David Price talk about Secret Invasion, Wolverine, Fear Agent, White Picket Fences, Queen & Country, Barry Allen, Geoff Johns, Final Crisis, Witchblade, Mike Norton, DC Universe #0, John Byrne, Pat Loika, Skrulls, Jesus, Jewish people, and a whole lot more!

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11 O'Clock And All Is Well

Fri, 2 May 2008 19:15:00 GMT

Get ready for something a little old and a little new. It's the best of both worlds. And then some.

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 33

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:39:00 GMT

Bullpen Bulletins: The End featuring VinceB and David Price, Brian Salazar, Dan C, Thomas Steven Katers, KY Comic Guy, Chris Neseman, Skottie Young, Dallan, and Chris Chavez. Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 32

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:35:00 GMT

David hightails it to Wizard World Chicago, leaving Vince to plumb the depths of the Diamond Previews catalog for August (for books shipping in October). Subtitle this episode "VinceB's love letter to Image comics!" Super7! Stormwatch PHD! First Born! Doktor Sleepless and Harlan Ellison's Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktocman (read in its entirety!). Bonus! The Buzz Line is ablaze with no less than SIX messages from our fantastic forumites! Hunter S. Thompson! Fight Club! JFK! Anal-probing UFO abductions! Fan reaction to the Millar/Hitch Fantastic Four announcement and the Michael Golden brouhaha!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 31

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:46:00 GMT

BBP friends and forumites, Chris (Equinox) Chavez and Ryan (Hulksmash) King, help us peruse the Marvel Previews catalog #47 (for books shipping in September, 2007). Bonus! Lenny Bruce! Bill Hicks! Matango, the Fungus of TERROR! Ultraman Moebius! David's Mystery Movie! The wisdom of Spicoli! More!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 30

Fri, 6 Jul 2007 05:24:00 GMT

Derek (Comicbooknoise) Coward, Mike (KYComicguy) Sims, and Ryan (Hulksmash) King join us for our look at the Marvel mega-event of the Summer: WORLD WAR HULK (including insight on Planet Hulk, Incredible Hulk #106 and #107, and She-Hulk #18)! Extra! Savage Dragon Archives Vol. 2! Sinestro Corps Special! The Lightning Saga! Captain America! Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1! Plus, a boatload of Buzz Line messages!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 29

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:53:00 GMT

After we wrap-up our post-Civil War report card with Jefferson Workman and Dave Wachter, Around Comics' head honcho, Chris Neseman, steps in to help us read some listener email, pick our dream artists for the Ultimate Man-Thing, take an in-depth look at Avengers: The Initiative #1-3, and peel back the layers on Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp's Black Summer #0. 100% pure, break-free comics discussion! [During the last twenty or so minutes of recording, we experienced some technical glitches which unfortunately could not be completely removed. Sorry for the less than pristine sound in the home stretch.]

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 28

Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:21:00 GMT

The fantastic talent responsible for the stunning visuals in Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight, Green Lantern, and Wolverine, Young Gun Simone Bianchi talks to Miguel about working for Marvel and DC, Grant Morrison, teases us about his upcoming projects, and much more! Bonus! Scar Tissue's Dynamic Dave Wachter and Jocular Jefferson Workman join us for a post-Civil War Marvel Report Card! Extra! Boob Scotch! Inframan! Lost Highway! Violent vomiting! Free energy! Bleeding eardrums! New directions! All this and so much more absolutely no one asked for in the long-awaited 28th episode of Bullpen Bulletins!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 27

Mon, 7 May 2007 03:47:00 GMT

This time around, embellisher extraordinaire Chad "Thunderheadjones" Hunt and Around Comics' Brian "Sal" Salazar weigh in on misleading solicitations, their current top five graphic novels/collected editions, Alex Maleev Vs. Greg Land, Skottie Young's recent transformation, Lost Girls, giant purple dicks, and much more! The icing on the cake, Miguel catches up with Fred Van Lente (Marvel Adventures Iron Man, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four, Super-Villain Team Up: Modok's 11, Action Philosophers, and other great books) and corners legend-in-the-making Andrea DiVito (Annihilation)! Bonus! The Buzz Line is on fire with calls from Darrel, Marty Devoid, Equinox, Mark Millar, and three -- count 'em, THREE -- impressions from the bombastic Braxton! Extra! Goofus and Galactus! Lucha Libre! Santo! The Floppy Song (in English and German)! Andy Warhol! William S. Burroughs! Cannibalism! Vootie!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 26

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:16:00 GMT

Recorded live from Munden's Bar, Cynosure! Tempting pan-dimensional disaster, Fiendish Fables' wacky Dave Wachter and Pat Loika and Chris Maze from the R-Cast join us to discuss the price of comic books, The Initiative #1, the mindbending world of message boards, derogatory comics designations, and much more! Plus, Allen Ginsberg remembered! Jefferson and the Big Largeness call the Buzz Line! Dinty Moore beef stew! More!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 25

Sat, 7 Apr 2007 05:10:00 GMT

It's our Silver Anniversary Special highlighting the Emerald City Comic Con! Man on the scene, Pat Loika, checks in with interviews of Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley, Phil Hester, Ande Parks, and Brian Reed! If that wasn't enough, we also take a look at the April Marvel Previews catalog #44 (for books shipping in June, 2007), aided by Around Comics' Tom "straight edge" Katers and Jefferson "the" Workman! Bonus! Jeff Parker calls the Buzz Line! Extra! The longest and most annoying intro to date featuring Vrillon of the Ashtar Galactic Command!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 24

Sun, 1 Apr 2007 02:17:00 GMT

Dan C (Papercut) and Chris Chavez (Equinox) drop by to talk about the Marvel Trading Card Game for the Sony PSP, the price of comic books, the dangers of trade paperbacks, Marvel books deserving wider recognition, Civil War: The Confession, Mighty Avengers, experimentation, and much more! It's the podcast about everything and nothing at all!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 23

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:52:00 GMT

Gallifreyan transplant Paul Cornell drops by to chat about his Marvel Max miniseries, Wisdom, his work on the legendary, long-running BBC television series Doctor Who (Jelly baby, anyone?), Fortean subjects, and much more! After Mr. Cornell warps out via TARDIS, we finally come to terms with our experiences at this year's New York Comic Con, assisted by the one and only Dave Wachter of Scar Tissue! Over the course of the three-day event, we managed to corner great writer of stuff, Peter David, Mr. Web of Spider-Man, himself, Alex Saviuk, and good ol' Frazier Irving from Silent War! Also appearing: Chris, Sal, and Tom from Around Comics! Doombot! Domino Blue! Rick Gordon from the Pop Cult Online! Many Miguels! Matt S. from Comic Timing and That's What She Said! Pat Loika, the Awesome Sauce! Joseph the 4th from Australia! Dave Wachter delivers a stunning, tear-soaked rendition of Captain America is Dead by listener John Osborne! Listener email! Captain America #25! All this and the usual dose of potty humor and pop-culture craziness that can (thankfully) only be found in one place: the Bullpen!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 22

Wed, 7 Mar 2007 05:08:00 GMT

Frazier Irving, the incomparable illustrator behind the stunning visuals for Seven Soldiers: Klarion, the Witch Boy, Iron Man: The Inevitable, and Marvel's current hard-hitting Silent War miniseries, stops by to offer us a mindbending glimpse into his creative process. In the second half, Scott Cederlund of Wednesday's Haul joins us in a disussion on Civil War #7 and the miniseries as a whole. Plus, Jack King Kirby, bad acting from Roger Corman's seldom-seen Fantastic Four film, a special appearance by Around Comics' Chris Neseman and Brian Salazar, and more!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 21

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:09:00 GMT

Shout at the devil! Novelist Alexander Irvine drops by to discuss his Marvel Max series, Hellstorm: Son of Satan, his upcoming Ultimates prose novel, his book The Narrows, and much more! The light at the end of our long, hard road out of Hell, Braxton Harrison helps us take an in-depth look at Wolverine #50! All this, plus listener reaction to Civil War #7, Galactus and the Watcher, pop culture curiosities, and a whole lot more!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 20

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:19:00 GMT

This episode, we chew the four-color fat with Fred Van Lente, writer of Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four, Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's Eleven, Action Philosophers!, and more! After the dust settles, we take a look at a few recently-published Marvel gems, including BLADE #5, the MS. MARVEL SPECIAL, FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #16, and IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY #1! All this, plus the usual off-kilter pop culture insanity!

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Bullpen Bulletins Special World War Hulk Teaser

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:25:00 GMT

World War Hulk, Bullpen Bulletins style! Spoiler warning: this dramatization includes events from Greg Pak's Planet Hulk up to issue 102.

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 19

Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

After a somewhat lengthy discussion of Civil War: The Return, we jump headfirst into our double-headed Dabel Brothers spectacular: in the first hour, we talk with Jake Black, the writer behind the Marvel/Dabel Brothers adaptation of Orson Scott Card's Wyrms and, in the second half, we travel to Portugal to touch base with Miguel Montenegro, illustrator for Orson Scott Card's Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 18

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:44:00 GMT

A Bullpen Bulletins Special Edition featuring fandom's fearsome reply to Civil War: The Return (among other things)!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 17

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:49:00 GMT

In the first hour, we butt heads on The Irredeemable Ant-Man #3, David praises Peter David, Scot Eaton, and company's work on Friendly Neighboorhood Spider-Man #15, and VinceB launches a long assessment of the second volume of the Essential Defenders! The Pop Cult Online's Rick Gordon and Kevin Moyer from Comic Geek Speak drop by in our second half to help us find books for new readers not familiar with the mighty Marvel Universe! Bonus! The Collected Comics Library's Chris Marshall drops some science for new readers! Scott Cederlund of Wednesday's Haul gets desperate in the wake of Civil War: The Return! Around Comics' Tom Katers! The Big Largeness! Francis E. Dec, Esq.! All this and the usual pop culture weirdness that is Bullpen Bulletins!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 16

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:45:00 GMT

We're back! VinceB and David Price kick off the new year with an old school episode! No guest hosts! No interviews! Just the Bullpen Bulletins duo yammering at length about their favorite comics company! Listen in awe while we tell the story behind our brief hiatus, discuss a slew of recently-published Marvel gems, butt heads on the merits (or lack thereof) of Fantastic Four #541, help a listener choose which Civil War trade paperbacks to buy, and read a few listener emails! Bonus! Witness a very, very long intro! Scream with laughter as Dean and Jerry swear like sailors! More Dada poetry (I think)! All this and a whole lot more in the triumphant return of the Bullpen Bulletins podcast! Praise BOB!

Bullepn Bulletins Episode 15

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:08:00 GMT

Jefferson Workman, Chris Equinox Chavez, and Scott Cederlund from Wednesday's Haul drop by to help us through the second half of the Marvel Previews catalog number 40 (for books shipping in February 2007)! Plus, Frank Zappa warns on the dangers of Speed and reads a few paragraphs from William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch! Bonus! Chad and Mr. Zombie! Dada poetry! Bigfoot! A cocky stage hypnotist! Bryon Gysin on junk, baby! Leeloo! Yoko Ono! A holiday song in German! Loud Boy! A demonic possession! More!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 14

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:25:00 GMT

Dial R Studio's Pat Loika, Chris Eaton aka The Big Largeness, Jefferson Workman, and BlondMichelle join us as we plunge into the Marvel Previews catalog for items shipping in February, 2007! Also, Kevin Smith, Joe Quesada, and Stan Lee drop by in the form of audio snippets (graciously provided by attendee, Pat Loika) from the Marvel: Then and Now event! All this, and the usual Buzz Line silliness!

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Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:56:00 GMT

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Bullpen Bulletins Episode 13

Sat, 9 Dec 2006 21:41:00 GMT

Jefferson Workman joins us in our Marvel Spotlight discussion on Bruce Jones and John Romita Jr's Return of the Monster! Also, the Buzz Line erupts with calls from Dallan, Darrel, Max Headroom, Scar Tissue's Dave Wachter, and Chad and Mr. Zombie! Bullpen Bulletins 13 is our funniest episode to date - a laugh riot from start to finish!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 12

Sun, 3 Dec 2006 23:52:00 GMT

The first Bullpen Bulletins Team-Up! In the first half of this episode, we're joined by Derek Coward from Comic Book Noise and the Deliberate Noise network to talk about Infinite Crisis, Civil War, the Registration Act, and Captain America's role in the battle! In the second half of the show, Derek throws down with Michael Myers from Rocky Mountain Comic Book Noise, Comic Timing's Ian Levenstein, and the home team for an energized discussion on Amazing Spider-Man #536! All this, plus the usual Buzz Line and pop culture insanity!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 11

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:53:00 GMT

Bullet Points' Tommy Lee Edwards stops by to talk about art, his past, present, and future work, factors influencing his decision to go exclusive with Marvel, Star Wars, and much more! Also, Doombot joins in on our discussion of Civil War #5! All this, plus the usual shorts, Buzz Line messages, and just plain weirdness you can only find here!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 10

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:38:00 GMT

It's Marvel Previews time, again! This time around, we're joined by Around Comics' Chris Neseman, Dan C (Papercut), Chris Chavez (Equinox), Jay Scarsi, and Miguel Rodrigues (Organic Matter) help us on our trip through Marvel Previews #39 (November for books shipping in January, 2007). Also, Marty Devoid delivers his first Top of the Pot report! Bonus! The Buzz Line is screamin' with calls from Doombot, Denise from Birds of Geek, Comic Timing's Ian Levenstein, Jay Scarsi, a quartet from the bombastic Braxton, Just Another Fan Boy's Steeven, and the Governator, himself, Detective John Kimble!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 9

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:09:00 GMT

Marvel Fabulous Firsts! Around Comics' Brian Salazar joins us for our dissection of five recently-released Marvel first issues: Doctor Strange: The Oath, Criminal, Ultimate Power, The Irredeemable Ant-Man, and Ghost Rider! Special last-minute appearance by Tom Katers! Bonus! The Buzz Line explodes with calls! Extra! Witness the stunning return of X-51!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 8

Sat, 4 Nov 2006 13:06:00 GMT

Pat Loika and Miguel Rodrigues join us in our discussion of Marvel current events, specifically the leaked Marvel Original Art Policy memo and Tamora Pierce's reaction to the Sue Storm letter as written by Mark Millar in Civil War #4! Also, we dip into Willie Lumpkin's Mailbag for some listener emails!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 7

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 13:34:00 GMT

Amazingly-talented Pat Loika joins us for the second of our Halloween specials, adding commentary to our examination of the Marvel Zombies miniseries, the Comics Code of Authority, Dr. Frederic Wertham and Seduction of the Innocent, the Marvel Monster Group and the black-and-white magazines Monsters Unleashed, Dracula Lives!, Vampire Tales, and Tales of the Zombie, and the recently-published Essential Tales of the Zombie and Essential Marvel Horror! Bonus! Werewolf by Night!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 6

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:57:00 GMT

In our first of two Halloween specials, we embark on a three-hour Skype roundtable discussion on revered and reviled Marvel Universe deaths and resurrections, featuring Around Comics' Chris Neseman, newlywed Matt Darth Kramer, Mike from Portugal, Jay Scarsi, and Dan C AKA Papercut! Special appearance by Tom Straight Edge Katers! Also, Ratenef and Elvis Parsley call the Buzz line! We discuss our addiction to Marvel Legends action figures! David and I rejoyce in the wonder that is The Beyond! And if that wasn't enough, we're plagued by a horde of flesh-eating zombies! Ooooh, scary!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 5

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:13:00 GMT

It's that time again! Join us as we plow through the Marvel Previews catalog for items shipping in December. Also, Weitall, Mike from Portugal, and Christopher Walken call the Buzz Line! Bonus! Scattered throughout the episode, you'll hear the infamous Wizard World Chicago brouhaha that led to the creation of Bullpen Bulletins, featuring Tom Katers from Around Comics, Scar Tissue's Dave Wachter, Dan C aka Papercut, the That's What She Said Podcast's Matt S., and assorted comics creators and conventioneers!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 4

Fri, 6 Oct 2006 21:35:00 GMT

It's the Bullpen Bulletins Bargain Bin! In this episode, we each rescued four comics from the dank depths of the cheapie bins and talk about what we found! Also, VinceB offers up an addendum to the episodes on Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men! Plus, a pair of cute little girls tell us how stupid comics are. Whatever.

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 3B

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:41:00 GMT

This episode, we take a look at Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men issues 7 ro 12. Plus, the Bullpen Buzz line is ringin' off the hook!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 3A

bullpenbulletins@gmail.com — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:40:00 GMT

In our first Marvel Spotlight episode, we take a closer look at the first twelve issues of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-Men!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 2B

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:46:00 GMT

It's the scintillating second part of our perusal of the pulse-pounding Marvel Previews catalog for November! Plus, we dip into Willie Lumpkin's mailbag for a couple of cranky comments from our listeners!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 2A

Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:42:00 GMT

In this multi-part episode, we begin our trek through the Marvel Previews catalog for books shipping in November, interrupted at irregular intervals by my favorite muck-monster, the magnificent MAN-THING!

Bullpen Bulletins Episode 1

Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:11:00 GMT

It's here! An audio experience like none other. Thrill! ...to Vince and David's early days as fans of Marvel. Shriek! ...in terror as some "friends" drop by for some audio comments. Be amazed! ...at how entertaining these two can be.

Join us for a walk down memory lane and for some fun word association in this, the first and best episode of Bullpen Bulletins. The podcast that is a celebration of all things Marvel.

Feedback can be sent to bullpenbulletins@gmail.com and is welcome on our forum at http://bullpenbulletinspodcast.com.

What Is Bullpen Bulletins?

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:40:00 GMT

Greetings, true believers!

Bullpen Bulletins is a new podcast from Vince Bonavoglia and David Price bringing you news, reviews, and opinions on Marvel comics, Marvel characters, and Marvel's creators.

Once a week we'll be peeking into the House of Ideas and telling you everything that's great (and maybe not so great) that we're reading.

Huge thanks to Chris Neseman (from Around Comics) and Sean Whelan (from Raging Bullets) for drinking this idea into our heads.

Excelsior!