Drinking With Comics

Drinking With Comics is proud to bring you DEVELOPMENT HELL II, the Comic Bug’s table read of Joss Whedon’s legendary unproduced Wonder Woman script! The Cast: Jennifer Wenger — Diana/Wonder Woman Curtis Fortier — Steve Trevor Adam Marcus — Narrator, Ares Debra Sullivan — Hippolyta, Newcaster, Hooker, Op 2, Old Woman, Old Lady, Head of […]

The Dw/C crew welcomes Pinguino Kolb and Robert Walker, creators of geek-friendly dating app Cuddli, as well as Damphyr, the imbibe alchemist responsible for The Drunken Fandom, the website that brings you new cocktails inspired by fan culture. The conversation starts with, of course, drinking, then touches on the ups and downs of geek culture […]

The Halloween issue! In honor of the season Mike and Shawn trade recommendations for scary comics, from the oeuvre of comics legend Mike Mignola to Joe R. Lansdale’s Hex and its legal issues, Alan Moore’s seminal run on Swamp Thing, 70s pulp soap Tomb of Dracula and Jason Martin & Bill McKay’s criminally underrated Night […]

Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and Christine Mignola, business manager of the Mignola universe, surprise the Comic Bug Creator Meetup with an insightful discussion of the comic book industry and their careers!

Two guests for the price of one! David Blake Lucarelli joins the Dw/C crew to talk about his Children’s Vampire Hunting Brigade (it’s Awesome!) and artist extraordinaire Rafael Navarro offers insights into the release of his and Mike’s new Guns A’ Blazin’ #3! Also, Fight Club 2, Faster than Light, Michael Auschenker’s Trolls, The Incredible […]

Dw/C is back! Mike and Shawn catch up on all the comics they’ve read on the hiatus, including James Robinson and Greg Hinkle’s brilliant AIRBOY, Marvel’s Weirdworld, the Harley Quinn and Power Girl team-up book, Sex Criminals, and a whole host of other stuff. All this great comics discussion is fueled by Magic Hat Brewing’s […]

Good lord, what DON’T we talk about in this issue? Mike and Shawn throw down on Chip Zdarsky’s Kaptara, Archie vs. Predator, Alex de Campi’s Grindhouse series, Becky Cloonan and Andy Belanger’s Southern Cross and Optic Nerve #14 to name a few. Oh, and speaking of Predator, Shawn’s flashback pick is the BRILLIANT 1989 Predator […]

To celebrate the release of Sol Invictus Mike gives us the full details on the Faith No More/Mr. Bungle bio comic he and artist extraordinaire Matt Jacobs have coming out in June on Acme Ink. Also, hear Mike’s story about cold-calling Roddy Bottum’s home in 1996. A little bit creepy…

On the eve of his appearance at The Comic Bug’s FCBDcon Shawn and Mike sit down in a quaint living room setting and talk to the co-creator of Inclusive Age phenomenon SPIDER GWEN about where the idea for the character came from, who their version of Gwen is based on and how comics are changing. […]

What happened to issue #20? Now that would be telling! In the meantime, author extraordinaire DJ Kirkbride joins us for a discussion that begins with San Diego’s Modern Times Brewery and their wonderful beer and traverses DJ’s recently completed series The Bigger Bang as well as the ongoing Amelia Cole series and Never Ending, both […]

Drinking w/ Comics welcome special guest Alisha Grauso! She’s the Editor-in-Chief of MoviePilot.com and the woman who called Spidey’s return to Marvel’s MMU waaay back in summer 2014! We drink Coastal Fog Brewery’s American IPA and talk Marvel movies, Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange, Spider Gwen, Battleworld and… Newhart? Oh yeah, and the Inclusive Age!

The crew take the show on the road to Torrance, California’s newest (and best) independent bookstore The Book Frog! Ol Burro Brewery’s Gold Brick Pale Ale and Angel City Brewery’s Angeleno IPA are consumed as Mike and Shawn discuss Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham’s Nameless, Joshua Dysart’s Imperium, Marvel’s new Star Wars titles, those weird […]

The crew welcome Robert Strawder, AKA Boba Fresh to the show for an in-depth discussion on Grant Morrison’s Multiversity. Praga Czech Pilsner and Red Hook’s Winter Hook are among the beers on tap and Robert shares his immense DC knowledge – as well as the harrowing personal story where he discovered his own mutant healing […]

Mike tells us all about his trip to Image Expo in San Francisco. Lots of new stuff coming out from the likes of Alex De Campi, Skottie Young, Scott Snyder, Brian K. Vaughan and more! Oh yeah, and we start the episode with Gram Solo Wellman’s standup comedy routine!

Special guest Action Figure Insider Daniel Pickett joins the crew for an episode that begins by weighing the pros and cons of both the Gotham and Constantine television series before traveling off into a discussion that touches on the evolution of Spiderman’s most famous nemesis Venom, whether or not Frank Miller should follow through on […]

Action Figure Insider Daniel Pickett joins the crew for a discussion on the new DC Collectibles’ Batman Animated Series Figures and the legendary show they stem from, Harley Quinn’s origin, how to dispel beer foam, and, ah… superhero vibrators. Word.

The Season 2 Premiere! Special guest, artist-extraordinaire Rafael Navarro! Shawn won’t divulge what exactly happened after the cosmic cube debacle at the end of last season but speaking of cosmic, Mike and Rafael discuss their book Guns A’ Blazin’! Shawn talks about how he’s recently put Jason Aaron and Jason Latour’s Southern Bastards to the […]

Watch things get ridiculous as Mike and Science Officer Erin try to have a coherent conversation about Matt Fraction’s Sex Criminals.

Shawn sits down with Ben from the Comic Bug to talk about Marvel’s latest incarnation of Moon Knight, which Warren Ellis & Declan Shalvey recently handed off duties for to Brian Wood and Greg Smallwood. Awesome book!

Mike interviews Charles Soule about writing “Death of Wolverine” and his other comic Letter 44.