Our heroes start off the New Year with a visit from writer, inker and longtime freind of the program Ande Parks. Ande joins Chris, Sal and Skottie as we take a look at the year that was, and what we’re looking forward to in 2008. We go over some of our favorite books from 2007 [...]
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Around Comics welcomes comics superstar Alex Ross. Listen in for details on new projects including SUPERPOWERS from Dynamite and the Avengers/Invaders series coming out from Marvel. Hear Alex’s thoughts on characters like Green Lantern, Wally West, Batman, Aquaman and more. Find out what goes into designing and redesigning classic golden age costumes, and why Challenge [...]
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This week, our Heroes of the Holidays Tom, Skottie, Sal, Chris, Norton and Hank get together to spread some cheer. We’re full of the Christmas Spirit, and a bunch of small bottles of booze. In Top of the Stack, Chris leads us on a marathon of Stackables, including The Trial of Captain Sweeto and Other [...]
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A Comics Christmas Carol The Around Comics Players present a modern interpretation of the classic Charles Dickens tale. Join us as we tell the tae of old Skottie McScrooge as he encounters the Ghosts of Comics Past, Present and Future on the road to salvation. A Comics Christmas Carol With apologies to Charles Dickens Presented [...]
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Our Month of Heroes with The Comics Podcast Network and The Hero Initiative concludes with part 2 of our conversation with Roy Thomas. Tom and Chris talk with the comics legend about X-Men, Invaders, Anthem and much more. The Quiet! Panelologists At Work continue their A to Z of British comics. Jeremy Mullins has a [...]
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Our Month of Heroes with The Comics Podcast Network and The Hero Initiative continues with part 1 of our conversation with Roy Thomas. Tom and Chris talk with the comics legend about fandom, comics history, Crisis, the early years at Marvel and more. Sal keeps us up to date in Wire2Wire Comics News and the [...]
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This week, our heroes Chris, Tom, Sal and Skotte discuss the Club pics from November. First up, they battle the southern fried freaks from Drive-By-Truckers two-disc CD “Southern Rock Opera”. One of Chris’ favorite discs takes a bit of a southern beat-down for it’s mixed message and country roots. Next up, Guermo Del Toro’s Spanish [...]
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The Month of Heroes with The Comics Podcast Network and The Hero Initiative continues with part 2 of our conversation with Denny O’Neil. Among other things, Denny talks about redefining the character of Batman and his years as a group editor at DC. Last week Greg Rucka announced he was not renewing his exclusive with [...]
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This week our heroes Tom, Skottie and Sal take on Fear Agent #17, Brave and the Bold #8, Punisher War Journal #13, ProjectX Challengers: Cup O’ Noodles, Hawaiian Dick: Screaming Black Thunder #1, and Showcase Presents: The Unknown Soldier and why the U.S. Army has fought dinosaurs so often. Meanwhile…The Life and Death of Evel [...]
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Our Heroes, Mike Norton, Skottie Young, Chris Neseman and Brian “Sal” Salazar, fight for your right to Wiki. Follow the powers of podcasting as they talk this week’s Top of the Stack picks including Captain Marvel #1, House of M: Avengers #1, No Dominion: A Novel, Checkmate Vol. 1, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black [...]
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This week we talk with writer Jason Aaron. Jason Aaron has been thrilling comics fans with his dark and flawed characters in series like The Other Side and Scalped. Now in addition to Scalped he’s doing a run on Wolverine and taking over duties on Ghost Rider. Listen in to hear Jason’s thoughts on Marvel’s [...]
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This week, our heroes Tom, Sal, Skottie and Mike bust an old-school move on your asses. Chris is off this week, and yet, we still find time ridicule him. Top of the Stack includes Jonah Hex #25, Checkmate Vol. 1, The Ride – The Key To Survival #1, Already Dead by Charlie Huston, Project X [...]
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It’s an extra sized 150th episode of Around Comics! This week we talk with artist Darick Robertson about his work on The Boys, The Exterminators, Wolverine and …Space Beaver? Steve Rude drops by to talk about the relaunch of Nexus and getting Rude Dude Productions off the ground. Wire 2 Wire comic book news returns, [...]
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The Club. On this episode, our heroes discuss the October Club Picks. Skottie had the picks this month, and he chose Blast Tyrant by Clutch (CD), Open Range starring Kevin Kostner, Annette Benning and Robert Duvall (DVD), and The Witching Hour from Jeph Loeb and Chris Bachalo (TPB). Chris, Tom Sal, Skottie and Mike Norton [...]
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On this episode, our troublesome threesome of Chris, Tom and Sal talks comics. Lots of comics, including Proof #1, Moon Knight #13, XXXombies #1, X-Men First Class #5, She-Hulk #22, Green Arrow: Year One #6, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman Prime, The Sword #1, Gotham Underground #1 and why Batman can’t be R Rated. [...]
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This week we celebrate Halloween with a dramatic reading of a classic EC Tales From the Crypt tale. We get you ready for the week ahead with new single issue, collected edition and DVD releases. Tom Katers is back as the Answer Man and Darksied reads your e-mails. Regular segments include Jeremy Mullins on Web [...]
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On another roundtable episode, our heroes Tom, Sal, Chris and Skottie (he didn’t leave for Colorado and decided to talk comics) talk Elephantmen #11, Jack of Fables #16, Booster Gold #2, The Waiting Place Vol. 1, why Sean McKeever is androgynous, how Tom’s life was saved by Brett Farve and the Packers, The Umbrella Academy [...]
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This week features a conversation with writer Christos Gage. We get you ready for the week ahead with new single issue, collected edition and DVD releases. Tom Katers talks continuity and Skottie drops an audio A-Bomb for this week’s rant. Jeremy Mullins on Web comics, John Mayo goes over the top 100 trades and Will [...]
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The triumphant return of Top of the Stack. Our heroes discuss The Exterminators, Dynamo 5, Wonder Woman Annual #1, Goldfish, Eduardo Risso’s Tales of Terror, and Black Summer #3. In the extended talk we also discuss little people, creators working outside their wheelhouse, Stan Lee’s Religious cult, Freaks and Geeks, I love you Beth Cooper, [...]
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