[This post contains spoilers for Watchmen, both the HBO show and the original comic series (and, by extension, the 2009 movie). It basically presupposes that you’ve read the comic, to be honest, and probably makes…
When Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti launched the Marvel Knights imprint that would revitalize, reshape, and (basically) rescue Marvel, they grabbed four properties to launch with. Three of them were massive successes, whether critical, commercial,…
Wait, What? Ep. 250: Comic Book Therapy
- June 24, 2018
- Tagged as: Alan Moore, Alejandro Sanchez, Avengers, Batman, Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Claremont, Christopher Sebela, Cloak and Dagger, Ed McGuinness, Graeme, Ian MacEwan, Injustice, Jason Aaron, Jeff, Joe Casey, Jorge Jimenez, Joshua Hixson, Judge Dredd, Justice League, Kevin Maguire, Man of Steel, Marvel Age, Matt, MCMLXXV, Mikel Janin, Paco Medina, Scott Snyder, Shanghai Red, Steve Gerber, Tom King, Tom Taylor, Wait What?, Wolverine, X-Men Red
I am in awe—literal, no-lie awe—of the wild disparity between Marvel Studios and Marvel Comics. While Marvel Comics flails around and tries one desperate rebooting after another so that a hypothetical new reader won’t be…
Wait, What? Ep. 241: Return of the Red Trumps
- January 21, 2018
- Tagged as: Action Comics, Al Ewing, American Vandal, Aud Koch, Avengers, Batman, Bob Haney, Brian Michael Bendis, Charles Forsman, Chip Zdarsky, DC, George Tuska, Hawkeye, Jim Zub, Kelly Thompson, Kenneth Rocafort, Mark Waid, Marvel, Matt, Mister Miracle, Mitch Gerads, Rian Johnson, Spectacular Spider-Man, Star Wars The Last Jedi, TEOTFW, The End of the Fucking World, Tom King, Travel Foreman, Ultimates, Ultimates2, Vince Colletta, Wolverine
Hey there, friends. The government may have shut down but not your friendly neighborhood Wait, What? Yes, we have a terrifyingly-close-to-two-and-a-half-hour installment for you!
- How many people we follow on Twitter(!);
- Comics news round-up featuring: the return of the red trunks; Bendis in Action Comics #1000; Dan Slott leaving Spider-Man to take over Iron Man; Kelly Thompson is now Marvel Exclusive; and, as Graeme perfectly puts it, “Wolverine is back, in the most fucking confusing manner ever!”
- The gap between Marvel’s sales and Marvel’s talent: Thompson on Hawkeye; Zdarsky on Spectacular Spider-Man; Al Ewing’s Ultimates and Ultimates2 (with Kenneth Rocafort, Aud Koch, Travel Foreman);
- Graeme’s thoughts on the first two parts of the new Avengers mega-storyline “No Surrender” by Mark Waid, Jim Zub, Al Ewing, and Pepe Larraz;
- Jeff’s thoughts on Batman #39, and a discussion about Tom King and Mister Miracle and DC’s non-Kirby handling of The New Gods overall and a discussion of continuity and character investment as opposed to an investment on a creator’s “take” on a character, which leads in its way to:
- discussions of American Vandal and the Netflix adaptation of Charles Forsman’s TEOTFW, and
- a *very* long—and absolutely spoiler-rich—discussion about Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
- Back to news (kinda): a discussion of Marvel’s new publisher;
- An all-too-brief discussion of the genius Bob Haney, George Tuska, and Vince Colletta story “Will of the Whisperer” from Worlds Finest #252, available on Comixology;
- If you like (or don’t mind) reading comics electronically, see if your library has the Hoopla service, so you can check out and read The Bronze Age Batman Brave and the Bold Omnibus Vol. 1 *for free*;
- Closing comments! Featuring Graeme’s great recap of Justice League of America #123 over at the most excellent Steve Morris’s Shelf Dust; Jeff’s not-so-great job of his half of the closing comments; and a call for you to VOTE!
Whew!
Next week is a skip week but join us in a mere fortnight for Wait, What? Ep. 242, won’t you?
In the Great The Last Jedi Wars of 2017, I’m on the “I love this movie” side. Let me get that out of the way first. Writer/director Rian Johnson’s film was, for me, the most thematically…
Wait, What? Ep. 239: Deathless Brains
- December 10, 2017
- Tagged as: 2000AD, Batman, Bob Haney, C.S. Pascat, Christos Gage, Clay and Seth Mann, Diego Rodriguez, Fence, George Tuska, Graeme, Jeff, Joana LaFuente, Johanna The Mad, Judge Dredd, Kyle Starks, Matt, Ninja-K, Pat Mills, Rock Candy Mountain, Tom King, Tomás Giorello, Vince Colletta
Hello, Whatnauts!
Here’s episode two hundred and thirty-nine for your yuletide ears! Due to some tech problems, the episode ran short (and turned out to be even shorter once you cut out the “Hello, Graeme, hello?” “Jeff?” “Graeme?” “Hello?” joshery). Nevertheless, it is our hope we will scratch that hard-to-reach comic book podcast itch.
Topics discussed in today’s episode:
Our statement about the upcoming changes to Patreon’s fee structure;
*Jeff’s epitaph;
*An annotated readthrough of the lead story of World’s Finest #251, “Invasion of the Deathless Brain,” by Bob Haney, George Tuska, and Vince Colletta (oh, and good catch by Walter! Here’s that amazing fan-drawn facial hair on Speedy below);
*The roundtable by Matt and Graeme about Justice League #34 by Priest and Pete Woods, and Batman #36 by Tom King, Clay and Seth Mann, with some additional commentary here by Jeff;
*But Jeff also read and wanted to talk about three kinda recent first issues: John Wick #1 by Greg Pak, Giovanni Valletta, David Curiel and Inlight Studios; Fence #1 by C.S. Pascat, Johanna The Mad, Joana LaFuente; Ninja-K #1 by Christos Gage, Tomás Giorello, and Diego Rodriguez; and the (not a first issue by super-excellent) Rock Candy Mountain #6 by Kyle Starks, Chris Schweizer, and Dylan Todd.
Also:
*The 2000AD 2017 Christmas Special;
*Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! 2000AD and Judge Dredd: The Secret History… by Pat Mills;
*The 2000AD Sale currently on their website (update: and thanks to editing this episode, Jeff now also has a digital copy of the Complete Harlem Heroes);
and more!
We will return in two weeks for the last Baxter Building of the year! Read Fantastic Four #s 322-327 and come join us!
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