Wait, What?

Welcome to Episode one hundred and ten, our last podcast of 2012! Today Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester continue to answer questions from listeners, posed at savagecritic.com. Topics include Action Comics #15, overselling emotion in comics, spelling in American, Gail Simone and DC, at least one Elseworlds pitch, Alan Moore, Jeph Loeb, the Wait, What? drinking game, waffle cones, Matt Fraction, Teen Titans and a brief but annotated list of our books of the year. A very extensive set of show notes is available for your review over at savagecritic.com. Definitely feel free to use them as a helpful tour guide to help you traverse the winding streets of our two hour and ten minute podcast. As always, we hope you enjoy, thank you for listening…and wish you Happy Holidays!

It may not be the Mayan Apocalypse, but Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester give Episode One-Oh-Nine everything they've got anyway! Today we answer questions from listeners, asked via the Savage Critic website and Twitter. Topics include the worst avenger to get a gift from; our dream team for D-Man; the fate of Karen Berger; Stephanie Brown and the Scarlet Witch, Apple, pies, and apple pies; Avengers #1, Stumptown #4, Amazing Spider-Man #799, and the proverbial much, much more. It is almost exactly two hours of funny book babble-on, and, as always we thank you for listening and hope you enjoy! As always, we hope you enjoy…and thanks for listening!

Before Turkey Day comes the turkey talk with Episode 107, more than two and a quarter hours of comic book headscratchery with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester. This time around, we dig into the launch of Marvel NOW with evaluative analysis of Uncanny Avengers #1 by Rick Remender and John Cassaday, Iron Man #1 by Kieron Gillen and Greg Land, Fantastic Four #1 by Matt Fraction and Mark Bagley, Avengers Assemble #9 by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Stefano Caselli, and a long hard look at the first issue of All-New X-Men by Brian Bendis and Stuart Immonen. Also covered: A+X #1, AvX #6: Infinite, Saga #7, 2000 AD #1809 and the quasi-religious importance of hard work. Show notes are available over at savagecritic.com where comments are always welcomed and read. We hope you have a great Thanksgiving or other awesome feasting type holiday. Axnd as always we thank you for listening and hope you enjoy!

Before Turkey Day comes the turkey talk with Episode 107, more than two and a quarter hours of comic book headscratchery with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester. This time around, we dig into the launch of Marvel NOW with evaluative analysis of Uncanny Avengers #1 by Rick Remender and John Cassaday, Iron Man #1 by Kieron Gillen and Greg Land, Fantastic Four #1 by Matt Fraction and Mark Bagley, Avengers Assemble #9 by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Stefano Caselli, and a long hard look at the first issue of All-New X-Men by Brian Bendis and Stuart Immonen. Also covered: A+X #1, AvX #6: Infinite, Saga #7, 2000 AD #1809 and the quasi-religious importance of hard work. Show notes are available over at savagecritic.com where comments are always welcomed and read. We hope you have a great Thanksgiving or other awesome feasting type holiday. Axnd as always we thank you for listening and hope you enjoy!

After the election but before the holidays, Graeme McMillan and I bring you Wait, What? Ep. 106, with more than two hours and ten minutes of comic book crosstalk. Today, we discuss the end of Hellblazer, the rise of Constantine, and the fall of Vertigo; an in-depth discussion on the current heights being hit by 2000 A.D., Action Comics #14, Willow Wonderland #1 by Jeff Parker and Brian Ching, Earth 2 #6, Stumptown #3, Captain America #19, Colder #1 by Paul Tobin and Juan Ferreyra; the Iceman series from 1984 by J.M. DeMatteis and Alan Kupperberg, and Ethan Rilly's Pope Hats. Show notes are available over at savagecritic.com where comments are always welcomed and read, and as always we thank you for listening and hope you enjoy!

Now with thirty percent less trick and at least half the US. Daily Requirement of treat, it is Episode 105, with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester dressing up as semi-competent podcasters for Halloween 2012. Today, we break out the shovels and dig our discussions extra deep, with nearly half an hour on just the first issue of Multiple Warheads by Brandon Graham, as well as forty five minutes on the extraordinary Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe. We also ring the doorbells of the spooky porches belonging to Batman Inc. #4, Flash #13, and the first issue of Ghost, and Graeme details the razor blade apple that is Superman #13. At just a hair over two hours, this has enough ear candy for you to go to bed with a stomach ache until at least Thanksgiving. Nonetheless, we hope you enjoy...and thanks for listening!

Crashing through a brick wall just in time to punch out Hitler, it is Episode 104 with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester ready and willing to talk comic books until the cows come home, an image far less captivating than the one I opened with. Today, we have ourselves a good long talk about John Byrne and his career in the Eighties; news about the Superman litigation and the folding of Newsweek; a discussion about the new Valiant line, and review Archer and Armstrong issue #3, Batman #13, Marvel Now! Point Zero, Godzilla: The Half Century War #3, and the latest issue of King Cat Comics and Stories by John Porcellino. All this and a few surprises in just a little over two hours and compressed into handy pill-shaped form. As always, we hope you enjoy...and thanks for listening!

Episode 103 is on the scene, with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester battling the twin demons of technical difficulties and abject poverty to bring you comic book news, reviews, and talk of cashews. Books under discussion this time around include the first issue of The Uncanny Avengers, the Justice League of America Annual #2 from 1984, Superior Spider-Man, the first two issues of Suicide Squad by John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell, the briefest mention of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe, Empire State by Jason Shiga, 120 Days of Simon by Simon Gardenfors, Hikaru No Go by Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata, Also discussed: Comixology Submit--threat or menace?--and the web series Mythomania. As is now standard operating procedure these days, you can find more complete show notes over at savagecritic.com. And, as always, we hope you enjoy...and thanks for listening!

You hold in your hot little ears Episode 102 with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester ready and semi-able to talk four-color news and issue funny book lamentations of the newest, strangest and saddest aspects of the comic book world. Today, we discuss the Uncanny Avengers and its twenty variant covers, compare comic book events both natural and unnatural, and rave over an excerpt of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe. We also review the thirteenth issues of both Batman and Action Comics, The Nao of Brown by Glyn Dillon, Pedestrian by Gordon Harris, Amelia Cole and the Unknown World by Adam Knave, D.J. Kirkbride, and Nick Brokenshire, the first two issues of Harbinger, Axe Cop: President of the World, Fatale #8, issues 7-10 of Star Wars by Roy Thomas, Don Glut, Howard Chaykin and Tom Palmer,and last but very far from least, the thirteenth issue of Watchmen. It's more than two and a half hours of comic book mythmaking we hope has a little bit of something for everyone. Drop by savagecritic.com to

Episode 101 is here to bring you into the naughty aughties, as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk the latest zero issues for the DC New 52 and some of the stranger retcon choices being made thereby; the latest, ginchiest issue of Prophet by Brandon Graham and Farel Dalrymple; the stunning epic that is 2001: A Space Odyssey as adapted and re-conceived by Jack Kirby; and the ferocious pastiche that is Tom Scioli's Final Frontier. Plus, we handwring and kvetch about Seconds and Multiple Warheads, have a chat about the cult of the creator as it applies to Gilbert Hernandez, Matt Wagner, and Mike Allred, and manage to give you generous dollops of your favorite side-dish: a tasty plate of Much, Much More. At a little over two hours, this episode has everything a discerning Whatnaut might hope for, including show notes which you can find over at savagecritic.com. As always, we hope you enjoy and now, more than ever, we thank you for listening!

Later than delivered, and longer than promised, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have for you the one hundredth episode of Wait, What?, featuring calls from listeners, absurd technical problems, theatrical asides, and, oh yeah, comic books. In fact, among the comics discussed are Amazing Spider-Man #700, the hiatus of Jughead, reviews of a handful of DC New 52 Zero Issues including Batman, Inc., DC Universe Presents, and Justice League. Also, we consider the very odd trajectory of Jennifer Blood by Garth Ennis, Al Ewing, and others; Stumptown 2.1 by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth, The Crackle of the Frost by Lorenzo Mattotti and Jorge Zentner, the original Rocketeer series by Dave Stevens, Bloodshot, Bandette, Shadow Cabinet, a long look at Jim Starlin's career at Marvel and, as always, much, much more. The echo was a bit heavy on this one and Graeme ends up sounding like Beelzebub at the end, but we worked our hardest and did our best to bring you two point five hours of funny book podcastery you'd b

You hold in your hot little ears Episode 99, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are doing our best to make you think it is already Episode 100 with over two hours and fifteen minutes of reviews, discussion, and comic related gab. Among the topics under discussion this time around: Minutemen #3, Justice League #12, the Flash, Superman, and Green Lantern Annuals, Rob Liefeld, some very odd Challengers of the Unknown talk, Vision and Scarlet Witch: A Year in the Life, The Voyeurs by Gabrielle Bell, Prophet #28, Black Kiss #2, Emo Galactus by R.M. Rhodes and Meredith Burke, and much, much more. Also, if you would like your voice to be heard on our hundredth episode, listen close and leave a message on our secret Wait, What? related phone number. Our special phone is waiting under a cake glass for your call! As always, we hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!

This is Episode 98, one episode closer to the triple digits and Graeme McMillan and I are ready to get into some four color monkey business in a little less than two hours. This time around we talk about Rob Liefeld vs. DC, Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes, The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom, Amazing Spider-Man #692, Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan, Batman Inc. #3, The Siegel-Schuster lawsuit against DC, Captain America, the First Avenger, The Bourne Legacy, Battleship and Bunheads. We also have a question for you the listener to answer and we invite you over to Savagecritic.com to do so, as well as check out our show notes. We hope you enjoy, and as always, thanks for listening! As always, we hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!

This is Episode 97, chasing at the heels of lucky podcast 100, and not even minor technical glitches prevent Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester from giving you two hours of funnybook babblespeak. Once again, we bend it like Bendis and start the comic talk super-early, discussing the heyday of the Incredible Hulk and the appeal of Herb Trimpe. Other topics include Four Panels That Never Work, the Fantastic Four that may no longer work, the Marvel NOW! announcements, the second Walking Dead lawsuit, The Importance of Being Dredd, Joss Whedon, Archer and Armstrong, Godland issue 36, the sublime Bakuman vol. 13...and a DC/Marvel crossover that very well may blow your mind, as well as a visit from our good old buddy much much more. As is the standard, you can find show notes at savagecritic.com. And if you find the time and would like to leave us a review on iTunes, we would be very grateful. As always, we hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!

Episode 96 has arrived and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk up a freaking storm for two hours and twenty minutes, with the first discussion of comics hitting with no preamble chitchat whatsoever. Blame it on the rain, blame it on Rio, but most especially blame it on Howard Chaykin and Black Kiss 2, true believer, because they are most definitely at fault. Other topics include Earth Two and the second wave of DC's New 52 books, Hawkeye #1 and Avengers Vs. X-Men #9; a long talk about scrutiny, self-scrutiny and Mark Waid's opinion of Newarama; Richard Stark's Parker: The Score by Darwin Cooke; Donald Goines' Daddy Cool by Donald Glut and Alfredo Alcala; and Action Comics #12 by Grant Morrison, three pencillers, and four inkers. As always, we hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!

After our first-ever scheduled skip week, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are back with Episode 95, two hours and two barrels of auditory comic book double-talk. Once again, extensive show notes are up at savagecritic.com and we advise you use them as a roadmap to our amorphous conversational landscape...especially if you like to know how far in you need to jump to miss the non-funnybook talk. But we can tell you that we do discuss Zaucer of Zilk by Al Ewing and Brendan McCarthy, Axe Cop: President of the World #1, Prophet #27, Captain Marvel #1, National Comics: Eternity; Flash #11 and Detective Comics #11, Extreme X-Men #1, as well as updates on reading Mad Magazine, Shonen Jump Alpha and The End of the Fucking World digitally, a long spoiler-filled discussion of The Dark Knight Rises and all the Batman movies, self-consciousness versus self-awareness, and much, much more. Please keep your hands and legs inside the vehicle at all time, and in case of accidental oral ingestion, please induce vomiting u

This is Episode 94, recorded at the beginning of San Diego Comic-Con from two guys who didn't go. Nonethless, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have plenty of things to talk about, and we highly recommend you check out the show notes over at SavageCritic.com to find out the complete list. But we will tell you that after a long half-hour chat about how to make it on the front page of time.com and what in the world is the appeal of Michael Bay, we do get around to talking about the comics, with a tag-team review of Double Barrel #2 from Top Shelf, Jeff talks about reading three weeks of Shonen Jump Alpha in one go, and Graeme covers Dark Avengers #177, Wild Children, The Lovely Horrible Stuff by Eddie Campbell now out on digital; Action Comics #11, Infernal Man-Thing #1, and Punk-Rock Jesus. Tie it all up in a bow with a long talk about the career of Greg Rucka, add a dash of gossip about the unannounced-at-the-time Before Sandman project, and you have yourselves the making of another podcast that just abou

Episode 93 finds Graeme McMillan and me back in our respective Skypespaces and ready to mix it up! Yes, this episode may be our highest number of largely polite disagreements and one of our most varied, careening from topics like the mascots of British comic magazines to reviews of the digital launch of Monkeybrain comics; Marvel NOW!, Waffle Window Then!, LOEG: Century 2009, Brass Eye, the fabulous Popeye #3, The Massive, New Deadwardians, the glory of Batman Inc. #2, creating new IP, anxiety dreams, who is stronger, Watchmen or Walking Dead, San Diego Comic Con and, as if we could help it, much, much more in a neat two hour and ten minute package. Plus, there are once again time stamp show notes to be found over at savagecritic.com to prove to you we are giving you the biggest batch of everything and more you can buy with your ear dollars! We thank you for listening and, as always, we hope you enjoy!

Episode 92 brings Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester together again for the first time as we podcast together live from Graeme's attic in Portland Oregon. Topics discussed include Avengers and the oddness of its worldwide profits; The Amazing Spider-Man movie and its marketing scheme; Safety Not Guaranteed and a terrifying quasi-related Blair Witch Project story; our very favorite place on earth, The Waffle Window; Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty's The Manual: How to Have a Number One the Easy Way; Batman: Earth One by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, and much more. Also for the first (and maybe the last) time ever, we have time-stamped show notes waiting for you at my July 3rd entry over on the Savage Critic website! Yes, for those of you who only want to hear us talk about Spider-Man and Alpha, or Casanova, you can now narrow our ramblings down with pinpoint precision. If this is a thing you like, definitely let us know as I am already hurting my head with all the proper timestamp adjustments to be made once

This is Episode 91, the first episode in seven months to live or die on its own, without any help from listeners' questions. Do Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester have the ability to carry on a conversation without twitter or the web page whispering like Cyrano from the bushes! The answer is a resounding 'kinda,' as we cover the weather in Portland; plans for our first "live" podcast; a long discussion about Casanova 3.4; Zaucer of Zilk by Brendan McCarthy and Al Ewing; Matt Howarth, Lou Stathis, and Those Annoying Post Bros.; why the song remains the same; copied characters, satire, and analogues; the point of a first issue in modern comics; Spider-Men #1; that old Parker luck and the Spider-Man movie franchise; the evolution of Marvel's edgier heroes; Saga #4, Avengers Vs. X-Men, and more! (You know, maybe not that much more, to be honest, but definitely more!) We thank you for listening and, as always, we hope you enjoy!