11 O'clock Comics Podcast

Death Note: All-in-One Edition by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata from Viz Media, Eaglemoss, Can Rock and Roll Save the World: An Illustrated History of Music and Comics by Ian Shirley from SAF Publishing, Stranger Things 2 (no spoilers), Tarzan/Carson of Venus and Tarzan: A Tale of Mugambi by Darko Macan and Igor Kordey from Dark Horse, Lobo: Portrait of a Victim by Alan Grant, Val Semeiks, and John Dell, Rick Veitch's Boy Maximortal and The Big Lie, Memetic and Cognetic by James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan from BOOM!, Aliens: Fast Track to Heaven by Liam Sharp from Dark Horse, Annual by Joe Casey, Nathan Fox, Jim Rugg, Sonia Harris, Max Casey, Luke Parker, Adam Pruett, Dylan Casey, Sam Harris, Brad Simpson, Wilfredo Torres, and Rus Wooton from Image, Amazing Spider-Man #790 by Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Stuart Immonen, and Wade von Grawbadger, plus a whole mess more!

Mister Miracle #2-3 by Tom King and Mitch Gerads, Bloodshot: Salvation  #1 by Jeff Lemire, Lewis LaRosa, Mico Suayan, and Brian Reber from Valiant, Astro City #48 by Kurt Busiek, Mike Norton, and Peter Pantazis, Legends of the World's Finest by Walt Simonson and Dan Brereton, Maestros #1 by Steve Skroce and Dave Stewart from Image, John Byrne, Supergirl, Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil #1 by Jeff Lemire and David Rubin from Dark Horse, Thanos #12 by Jeff Lemire, German Peralta, and Rachelle Rosenberg, Star Trek: Boldly Go by Mike Johnson, Tony Shasteen, Megan Levins, Ryan Parrott, and company from IDW, Redneck by Donny Cates, Lisandro Estherren, and Dee Cunniffe from Image, plus a whole mess more!

Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore, Brian Bolland, and John Higgins, Batman: White Knight by Sean Gordon Murphy and Matt Hollingsworth, Maestros #1 by Steve Skroce and Dave Stewart from Image, Bart Sears, Jon Bogdanove, Rick Baker, Roman Polanski and The Fearless Vampire Killers, one-of-a-kind creators, wish lists of favorite horror films adapted to comics, Mr. Higgins Comes Home by Mike Mignola and Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Boy Maximortal by Rick Veitch, plus a whole mess more!

Hey, true believers! Almost six hours of glorious reflection coming at you like Prince Tuftan on a Kirbyesque adventure. Somehow, someway, you've tolerated our meandering and pontificating for 500 episodes and nearly 10 years. This week, we celebrate the achievement and take a walk down memory lane with a handful of special guests, fun discussions, and historic callbacks. It's the old and the new. Plus, the return of listener VOICEMAILS!

NYCC 2017 is a wrap -- and we'll tell you all about our adventures with Skottie Young, Jeremy Haun, Paul Pope, Kim Jung Gi, Riley Rossmo, Felix Lu, Tradd Moore, Ian Bertram, Cliff Chiang, Nick Dragotta, Eaglemoss, Walt and Louise Simonson, Afu Chan, Brian Vander, Art Adams, Peter Tomasi, Daniel Warren Johnson, Wes Craig, and many others -- after which we jump into Cherno by Daniel Warren Johnson, Titan Comics-O-Rama: Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter #1 by Dan Abnett and Tom and Sian Mandrake and The Beautiful Death #1 by Mathieu Bablet, Slots #1 by Dan Panosian from Image, Punisher: The Platoon #1 by Garth Ennis, Goran Parlov, and Jordie Bellaire, Batman: White Knight #1 by Sean Murphy and Matt Hollingsworth, plus a whole mess more!

Star Trek-O-Rama: Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection: The Classic UK Comics Part 1 from Eaglemoss and IDW, Kill Them All by Kyle Starks from Oni Press, The Punisher #8-16 by Becky Cloonan, Matt Horak, Kris Anka, Laura Braga, and company, Steve Dillon, The Green Hornet Omnibus Volume 1 by Kevin Smith, Phil Hester, Jonathan Lau, Ivan Nunes, Bruno Hang, Adriano Lucas, and Alex Ross from Dynamite!, Image-O-Rama: Savage Town by Declan Shalvey, Philip Barrett, and Jordie Bellaire, Image+ Volume 2, Number 2 (Atomahawk by Donny Cates and Ian Bederman, Ed Piskor and Image of Youth, Wytches by Scott Snyder and Jock, and more, The Little Red Wolf by Amélie Fléchais from Lion Forge/Cubhouse, All Time Comics' Atlas #1 by Josh Bayer, Ben Marra, Pat Aulisio, Matt Rota, Rick Parker, Ken Landgraf, and Jason T. Miles from Fantagraphics, Project Superpowers: Hero Killers by Ryan Browne and Pete Woods from Dynamite!, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: Fury Max: My War Gone By by Garth Ennis, Goran Parlov, and Lee Loughridge, PLUS we have a whole lot of time left over to discuss Marvel Legacy #1 by Jason Aaron, Esad Ribic, Steve McNiven, Matthew Wilson, Chris Samnee, Russell Dauterman, Alex Maleev, Ed McGuinness, Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, Pepe Larraz, Jim Cheung, Daniel Acuńa, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Mike Deodato Jr., and David Marquez, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #73-74: The Trial of Krang by Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow, Tom Waltz, Cory Smith, and Ronda Pattison, plus a whole mess more!

New York Comic Con 2017 with banter on Pacific Rim, Robert Kirkman, Philip K. Dick, Robot Chicken, Ash Vs. Evil Dead, Valiant, Todd McFarlane, Garth Ennis, Bruce Timm, Jack Kirby, John Byrne, Doomsday Clock, The Harvey Awards, Mile High Comics, Fred Van Lente, Erik Larsen, Peter Tomasi, Bob McLeod, Alexis Ziritt, Dan Panosian, Art Adams, and a whole mess more, PLUS we have enough time left over to speak on The Realm #1 by Jeremy Haun, Seth Peck, and Nick Filardi from Image, Mikey Mouse: Darkenblot by Andrea Castellan, Lorenzo Pastrovicchio, Disney Italia, Nicole and Travis Selter, and others from IDW, Southern Bastards #18 by Jason Latour and Chris Brunner from Image, Aquaman

Robert McGinnis, Retcon #1 by Matt Nixon and Toby Cypress from Image, Ray Wegner and Kingdom of Skulls, Jason Gonzalez, Daniel White, Jane by Aline McKenna and Ramon Perez from Archaia, Valiant-O-Rama: Bloodshot's Day Off! by Eliot Rahal, Khari Evans, and Andrew Dalhouse and Faith and the Future Force by Jody Houser, Barry Kitson, Stephen Segovia, Diego Bernard, and Ulises Arreola, Superman #29-31 by Keith Champagne, Doug Mahnke, Jaime Mendoza, Scott Hanna, Rob Hunter, Wil Quintana and others, Lost in Space by David Campiti, George Broderick Jr., Bill Mumy, Matt Thompson, Eddy Newell, and Mark Jones from Innovation, Ether by Matt Kindt and David Rubin from Dark Horse, Doctor Strange #17-25, Haunted Horror #29 and Steve Ditko from Craig Yoe and IDW, Amazing Spider-Man #32 by Dan Slott and Greg Smallwood, Mister Miracle #2 by Tom King and Mitch Gerads, Mech Cadet Yu by Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyazawa from BOOM!, Aquaman and Stjephan Sejic, plus a whole mess more!

Len Wein, Valiant-O-Rama: Divinity #0 by Matt Kindt, and Renato Guedes, and Ninjak #0 by Matt Kindt, Francis Portela, Christos Gage, and Tomas Giorello. Deathstroke #1-23 by Christopher Priest and company, Arrow, Aleister & Adolf by Douglas Rushkoff and Michael Avon Oeming from Dark Horse, Image-O-Rama: Spy Seal #2 by Rich Tommaso and Redlands #2 by Jordie Bellaire and Vanesa Del Rey, The Strain, Sabrina #8 by Roberto Aguirre Sacasa and Robert Hack from Archie, Astro City #47 by Kurt Busiek and Mike Norton, Legacy Marvel-Two-in-One, Fables, Secret Empire, Classics Illustrated: Moby Dick by Bill Sienkiewicz from First, Made Men #1 by Paul Tobin, Arjuna Susini, and Gonzalo Duarte from Oni Press, Little Pierrot: Get the Moon by Alberto Varanda from Lion Forge, plus a whole mess more!

Image-O-Rama: Elsewhere #1-2 by Jay Faerber, Sumeyye Kesgin, and Ron Riley, Deadly Class by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, and Jordan Boyd, Savage Dragon #225 and #226 by Erik Larsen, Nikos Koutsis, and Mike Toris, Kingsman: The Secret Service by Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons, and Matthew Vaughn and Kingsman: The Red Diamond #1 by Rob Williams and Simon Fraser, Time and Vine #1 by Tom Zahler and Luigi Anderson from IDW, Craig Yoe and The Comics Journal, Dark Horse-o-Rama: The Black Sinister by Troy Nixey, Kaare Andrews, and Dave McCaig and The Dark Horse Book of Horror by Mike Mignola, Jill Thompson, Paul Chadwick, Sean Phillips, and many, many more, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle #0 by Marguerite Bennett, Christina Trujillo, Moritat, and Andre Syzmanowicz from Dynamite!, Marvel/NetFlix's Defenders, American Horror Story: Cult, The Black Racer and Shilo Norman Special by Reginald Hudlin, Denys Cowan, Ryan Benjamin, Bill Sienkiewicz, Richard Friend, and Jeromy Cox, plus a whole mess more!

It's our EOC Book of the Month for August, 2017: Frank Miller's RONIN!

Image-O-Rama: Mage: The Hero Denied #1 by Matt and Brennan Wagner, Angelic #1 by Si Spurrier and Caspar Wijngaard, and Plastic #5 by Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard, and Laura Martin, Daniel White, CLZ Comic Collector, Wendi Freeman and Double Page Spread, King Bone Press, Dark Days: The Forge #1 and Dark Days: The Casting #1 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Jim Lee, Andy Kubert, John Romita Jr., Scott Williams, Klaus Janson, Danny Miki, Alex Sinclair, and Jeremiah Skipper + Dark Nights: Metal #1 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, and FCO Plascencia, All-New Wolverine by Tom Taylor and company, Detectives Inc. by Don McGregor, Marshall Rogers, and Tim Smith from Eclipse Comics/Image, Sabre and Paul Gulacy, H. P. Lovecraft's The Hound and Other Stories by Gou Tanabe from Dark Horse, Nextwave: Agents of Hate by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen, Super Sons #7 by Peter J. Tomasi, Jorge Jimenez, and Alejandro Sanchez, Dave Wachter, plus a whole mess more!

Image-O-Rama: Redlands #1 by Jordie Bellaire and Vanesa R. Del Rey, Spy Seal #1 by Rich Tommaso, and The Black Monday Murders by Jonathan Hickman, Tomm Coker, and Michael Garland, Don Simpson's Border Worlds, Daniel White, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #7 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack from Archie, Moritat and Sheena, All-Star Batman, Karl Slominski, Shirtless Bear Fighter #2, Astonishing X-Men and Charles Soule, TMNT/Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai and Tom Luth from IDW, Matt Wagner and Mage: The Hero Denied, Batman by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso Deluxe Edition, plus a whole mess more!

Phil Hester and Kirby 100, Josh Ginter, Dark Nights Metal, Mister Miracle by Tom King and Mitch Gerads, Betty Page, The Shadow #1 by Si Spurrier, Dan Watters, Daniel Hdr, and Natalia Marques from Dynamite!, Daniel Warren Johnson and The Ghost Fleet, Valiant-O-Rama: Secret Weapons #2 by Eric Heisserer, Raul Allen, and Patricia Martin, the upcoming Ninjak: The Complete Classic Omnibus, and X-O Manowar #5 by Matt Kindt, Doug Braithwaite, and Diego Rodriguez, Defenders #4 by Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, and Justin Ponsor, Death Note, Katie Skelly's My Pretty Vampire from Fantagraphics, and a whole mess more!

The incredible Ed Piskor rolls up with the real talk on Rob Liefeld, Chap Yeap, X-Men: Grand Designs, Gary Groth and Fantagraphics, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, Herb Trimpe, Josh Bayer, Macedonia, Jim Lee, Rick Veitch, Steve Bissette, John Totleben, Harvey Pekar, Wizard, Dan Clowes, Chris Ware, Hip Hop Family Tree, Herge, Wizzywig, Jim Shooter, Ben Marra, Jim Rugg, Tom Scioli, Get LAMP, Image +, Larry Hama, Chris Claremont, (Brief) Image-O-Rama: Spy Seal #1 by Rich Tommaso and Paklis by Dustin Weaver, plus a whole mess more!

Plastic #4 by Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard, and Laura Martin from Image, Tarantula OGN by Alexis Ziritt, Fabian Rangel Jr., and Evelyn Rangel from AdHouse Books, Spy Seal and Rich Tommaso, Aftershock-O-Rama: Babyteeth by Donny Cates, Garry Brown, and Mark Englert, and World Reader by Jeff Loveness and Juan Doe, Weapons of Mutant Destruction, 2000AD progs 2020-2040 (featuring Judge Dredd in Harvey by John Wagner, John McCrea, and Mike Spicer), Cannibal, Black Widow by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee, Avatar, Shit and Piss by Tyler Landry, Ready Player One, Alien: Covenant,

It's our Book of the Month episode for July with the spotlight shining rightfully on Planetary by Warren Ellis, John Cassaday, and Laura Depuy. Plus, we announce our next themed episode.

Motro by Ulises Farinas, Erick Freitas, and Ryan Hill from Oni Press, Calexit #1 by Matteo Pizzolo, Amancay Nahuelpan, and Tyler Boss from Black Mask, Marvel's Legacy, Defenders by Brian Michael Bendis, David Marquez, and Justin Ponsor, Animosity by Marguerite Bennett, Rafael De Latorre, and Rob Schwager from Aftershock, The Strain, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Filmfax Plus #148 (Frank Frazetta, Ken Bald, and more), Humanoids Presents: The Jodoverse, Black Bolt, Aquaman #26, Kubo and the Two Strings, plus a whole mess more!

Image-O-Rama: Mage: The Hero Denied #0 by Matt Wagner and Brennan Wagner, The Divided States of Hysteria #2 by Howard Chaykin, Jesus Aburtov, and Ken Bruzenak, Paklis by Dustin Weaver, and Seven to Eternity #6 and #7 by Rick Remender, Jerome Opena, James Harren, and Matt Hollingsworth, Super Sons by Peter J. Tomasi, Jorge Jimenez, Alisson Borges, Alejandro Sanchez, and HI-FI, Valiant-O-Rama: X-O Manowar #4 by Matt Kindt, Doug Braithwaite, and Diego Rodriguez, Secret Weapons #1 by Eric Heisserer, Rual Allen, and Patricia Martin, Rai: The Histoy of the Valiant Universe #1 by Rafer Roberts, Francis Portela, and Andrew Dalhouse, and Ninjak/Shadowman: Rapture by Matt Kindt, CAFU, Roberto de la Torre, and Andrew Dalhouse, Unholy Grail #1 by Cullen Bunn, Mirko Colak, and Maria Santaolalla from Aftershock, Lobo/Road Runner Special by Bill Morrison, Kelley Jones, and Michelle Madsen, Legion of Super-Heroes Special by Sam Humphries, Tom Grummett, Scott Hanna, Steve Buccellato, Jonah Hex/Yosemite Sam Special by Jimmy Pa