11 O'clock Comics Podcast

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!

Magnetic-O-Rama: Gunland by by Captain Artiglio, GenPet by Damian and Alex Fuentes, and Ghost Money by Thierry Smolderen and Dominique Bertail, Super Friends: Saturday Morning Comics Volume 1 by E. Nelson Bridwell and Ramona Fradon, Alien and Predator at Marvel, Star Pig from Delilah S. Dawson and Francesco Gaston from IDW, Negan Lives! from Kirkman and Adlard, I Am Not of This Planet by Gary Edson Arlington from Last Gasp, Girl by Milligan and Fegredo from Vertigo, The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #1 by Aaron and Guera from Image, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 5 ...and 9 by John Wagner, Alan Grant, Brian Bolland, Carlos Ezquerra, Steve Dillon, and company!

Old Head by Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer, Nobody Is in Control from Black Mask, TMNT #104 and Sophie Campbell, Gail Simone and Plastic Man, Atomic Hercules #2 by Tony Esmond, Adam Falp, Nick Prolix, and Ben Marra, That Texas Blood #1 from Image, Rick Remender's forthcoming The Scumbag, plus a whole mess more!

Denny O'Neil, Dark Nights: Death Metal #1 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, and Fco Plascencia, separating the art from the artist and cancel culture, Against Hope by Victor Santos from Dark Horse, Dick Tracy Forever by Michael Avon Oeming and Taki Soma from IDW, Roy Thomas Presents: Frankenstein - The Classic Series Written and Drawn by Dick Briefer Volume 8, Strayed by Carlos Giffoni and Juan Doe from Dark Horse, Psychodrama Illustrated #1 by Gilbert Hernandez from Fantagraphics, The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage, Jack the Radio: Creatures Anthology from A Wave Blue World, plus a whole mess more!

Craig Yoe graces us with his presence to discuss the Eisner-nominated Life on the Moon by Robert Grossman from Yoe!/IDW, the upcoming Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books by Ken Quattro, Unknown Anti-War Comics, John Stanley and Little Lulu, Carl Barks, Marvel, Jim Henson, Harvey Kurtzman, plus we take peeks at The Postman from Space by Guillaume Perreault from Holiday House and You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack: Cartoons from Tom Gauld from Drawn & Quarterly!

Special Feature: DCBS’ Christina Merkler returns for another round on the direct market, DC, Diamond, and a whole mess more!

Matthew Allison and AdHouse's Chris Pitzer give us the lowdown on the recently-published Cankor collection, plus, we dive deep into both the comic adaptation and the film version of Creepshow by Stephen King, Bernie and Michele Wrightson, and George Romero, KISS, Frederic Wertham and Seduction of the Innocent, Dan Spiegle and Crossfire, fanzines, Bloodsucking Freaks, plus a whole mess more!

PTSD by Guillaume Singelin from First Second, The Megaman Robot Master Field Guide Updated Edition from UDON, The Mask World Tour by Fleming and Erskine from Dark Horse, Comic Art Fans and collecting original art, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: The Authority Volume 1 by Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Paul Neary, and Laura DePuy

We take a long look at Grant Morrison and Liam Sharp's The Green Lantern: Season One and the Blackstars three-issue finale plus a whole mess more!

Fire Power: Prelude by Kirkman and Samnee from Image, Clue: Candlestick by Dash Shaw from IDW, Spirou in Berlin by Flix, Gary Spencer Millidge's Strangehaven Volume 1: Arcadia from Abiogenesis Press, Video Noire by Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Risso, Legion of Superheroes #5, Jim Lee, Pirates from Yoe Books and Clover Press, Last God, Scoob! and free Scooby Doo comics, plus a whole mess more!

Fanzine Flashback returns in a mega-edition as we cover three issues -- 31, 43, and 119 -- of David Anthony Kraft's long-running and much-beloved Comics Interview, plus we play three rounds of a new game called Guess That Comic, and have some time left over to speak on Josh Bayer's RM from Tinto Press, Union Station and Bog Bodies from Image, plus a whole mess more!

Zack Kruse zooms in to drop a bunker buster on Steve Ditko and Mysterious Travelers, his soon-to-be-released book, plus Justice League International, The Iguana by Trillo and Mandrafina from Dark Horse and Strip Art Features’ Venture imprint, Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics from Dark Horse, Bob Powell Terror from Yoe! Books and IDW, New York Mon Amour by Jacques Tardi and company from Fantagraphics, November Volume 2 from Image Comics, Paul Is Dead from Image, Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead by Bill Griffiths, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire Volume 1

Tales from the New Universe: D.P.7, Rebellion-O-Rama: Ken Reid’s Creepy Creations and Ken Reid’s World-Wide Weirdies, 2000AD Progs #2174 and #2175, and 2000AD Annual 1981, The Banks from TKO, the future of comics distribution, Michael Mantlo, Batman Beyond, Deathstroke #50, Criminal, Dragon Hoops from :01 First Second, plus a whole mess more!

Friday by Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin from Panel Syndicate, Motel Universe by Joakim Drescher from Secret Acres, Round Robin: The Sidekick's Revenge, Mowgli's Mirror by Olivier Schrauwen from Retrofit Comics, Heavy Metal #298 and Philip K. Dick's Head Is Missing, Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, Cat Shit One Volume 1 #1 by Motofumi Kobayashi from Antarctic, Polar by Victor Santos, The Spirit: The 80th Anniversary Celebration by Will Eisner from Clover Press, Transformers The Manga Volume 1 from Viz, But I Really Wanted to Be an Anthropologist by Margaux Motin, plus a whole mess more!

Batman Universe by Bendis, Nick Derington, and Dave Stewart, our favorite Big 2 character pairings and team-up books, Atomic Hercules by Tony Esmond and Adam Falp, NOW #7 from Fantagraphics, X-Ray Robot #1 from the Mike and Laura Allred from Dark Horse, the genius of Mort Drucker, plus a whole mess more!

Special Feature: DCBS' Christina Merkler and the direct market.