11 O'clock Comics Podcast

Rorschach #1 by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, and Dave Stewart, recent developments in the UCS and Lunar DC distro deal, Future State, Planet Comics #2 and Amazona by Kelsey Shannon, Far Sector, Sobek and James Stokoe, PLUS...a MASSIVE surprise midway through the episode (SPOILER: Tom King shows up.)

Future State, Bendis and Superman, The Low, Low Woods and Basketful of Heads from Hill House, Slaughter House-Five from Archaia/BOOM!, S. E. Hinton and The Outsiders, Junji Ito's Smashed and Shiver, Fred Perry and Gold Digger, Scumbag and Rick Remender, Sazan and Comet Girl from Seven Seas, Marvel Snapshots: Spider-Man and Howard Chaykin, Black Hammer: Colonel Weird: Cosmagog, plus a whole mess more!

An odd episode, as far as anniversary episodes go...

John Byrne's Generations, Empyre and Death Metal, Endless Winter, X of Swords, Superman: The Man of Steel #30 and Lobo, Jordi Lafebre, Marc Laming, The Department of Truth from Image, Jerry Ordway and The Power of Shazam!, New52 Flash and Francis Manapul, An Unkindness of Ravens and Dan Panosian, Basket Full of Heads from Hill House, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection Vol. 1

Fantagraphics-O-Rama: The House by Paco Roca and Ghost Writer by Rayco Pulido, Green Lantern: Earth One Volumes 1 and 2 by Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Bechko, and Jordan Boyd, listener questions, The Big Hoax by Carlos Trillo and Roberto Mandrafina from Titan, plus a whole mess more!

Fearless Dawn Meets Hellboy and Steve Mannion, Julian Lytle, Shawn Pryor, Superman: Panic in the Sky!, The Rise of Ultraman #1, Milestone Returns #0, Killadelphia, It's a Bird, Mooncop, plus a whole mess more!

We sit down with the spectacular Shawn Crystal, chatting about life without conventions, podcasting, commissions, teaching, finally making it, inking, and kids! We even throw in some Previews Picks, the Book of the Month nominees, We Only Find Them When They're Dead, G.I. Joe, and more!

Not one but TWO titans of comics -- Tony Fleecs and Tom Scioli -- join us this time around to drop science on Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics, Elseworlds Superman: War of the Worlds by Roy Thomas and Michael Lark, Bendis' Powers, Doctor Aphra and Darth Vader, Conan the Adventurer by Roy Thomas and Rafael Kayanan, Zorro Year One: Trail of the Fox by Matt Wagner and Francesco Francavilla, plus a whole mess more!

Chadwick Boseman, Batman: The Three Jokers #1 by Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok, and Brad Anderson, Dawn of X Volume 1 (featuring first issues of X-Men, New Mutants, Marauders, Fallen Angels, X-Force, and Excalibur), Warlord of Mars Attacks by Jeff Parker, Dean Kotz, and Omi Remalante from Dynamite!, Spider-Man & Venom: Double Trouble, Ghost Spider, Locke & Key in Pale Battalions Go #1 from IDW, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: Bitter Root Volume 1: Family Business by David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, Sanford Green, and Rico Renzi!

Elseworlds Special: JLA: The Island of Doctor Moreau by Roy Thomas and Steve Pugh, Superman: War of the Worlds by Roy Thomas and Michael Lark, Justice Riders by Chuck Dixon and J H Williams III, Superman: Distant Fires by Howard Chaykin, Gil Kane, and Kevin Nowlan, Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace, and Troy Nixey, plus a whole mess more!

Milestone Comics, Jim Cheung, NBM O-Rama: Leonardo Da Vinci: The Renaissance of the World and The Silent Invasion Volume 1: Red Shadows, Grendel, Kentucky #1 from AWA/Upshot, Savage Dragon #250, Blade Runner 2019 #8 from Titan, Thor #6, plus a whole mess more!

Our good buddy, Jeff Bouchard, joins us in the EOC digital treehouse to run through Haunted Horror #27 and The Eyes of Horror, Jeff's Top 5 Things That We Haven't Read but Know We Should, DC layoffs, Family Tree from Image, Eight-Lane Runaways by Henry McCauseland from Fantagraphics, Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1, Mister Invincible: Local Hero, Offworld Sci-Fi Double Feature from Antarctic, Rascal from Top Shelf, Oblivion Song from Image, Hickman and Huddleston's Decorum, plus a whole mess more!

Family member, Tony Fleecs, arrives to save the day, adding his insight to Brubaker and Phillips' Pulp, Comics Revue #407/408 and #409/410 with Rick O'Shay by Stan Lynde and Steve Canyon by Milton Caniff, Transformers/My Little Pony, Gil Kane's Undersea Agent, Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics by Tom Scioli, Young Justice #16-17, A Gift for a Ghost by Borja Gonzalez, Doctor Strange: Surgeon Supreme #6, Empyre X-men, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: Green Lantern / Green Arrow: Hard Travelin' Heroes by Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Frank Giacoia, Elliot Maggin, Dan Adkins, and Bernie Wrightson.

Doom Patrol, Felix Lu and Albert Moy, DC Digital First-O-Rama: Harley Quinn: Black and White and Red Chapter Five and Riley Rossmo, Superman: Man of Tomorrow #13 by Robert Venditti and David Baron, and Shazam!: Lightning Strikes #2 with Louise Simonson, Brett Blevins, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Chris Sotomayor, Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California by Dave Chisholm and Peter Markowski from Z2 Comics, Superman #22 and #23, Action #1022, Pulp by Brubaker and Phillips, Eisner Award winners, Steeple by John Allison and Sarah Stern, plus a whole mess more!

Roy Thomas joins us to discuss Marvel, The Avengers, Conan, fandom, and a whole mess more!

Dark Horse Manga-O-Rama: Gantz Omnibus Volume 5 by Hiroya Oku and Berserk Deluxe Volume 1 by Kentaro Miura, The Old Guard on NetFlix and the Image books by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez, Close Enough and Regular Show, The Avengers: Loki Unleashed, Empyre #1, Old Growth, TMNT #106, Marvel and Scholastic, Stray Bullets and David Lapham, PLUS Tom Kelly drops by to school us on his Foot Fist Frankenstein Kickstarter!

Tony Esmond reaches across the big pond to talk about Tony Osmond is a Movie Star with Cliff Cumber and Ken Reynolds, Atomic Hercules with Adam Falp, The Sons of El Topo Volume 1: Cain and Volume 2: Abel by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Ladronn from Archaia, Pat Mills, Thought Bubble, Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound, Let's All Die from Handwritten Entertainment, 100 Manga Artists from Taschen, Justice League of America Annual #1, Masters of British Comic Art from Rebellion, plus a whole mess more!