11 O'clock Comics Podcast

Ian Edgington and Mike Collins' American Gothic, Howard Chaykin and Ken Bruzenak's Black Kiss 1 and 2 from Vortex and Image Comics, Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli's Daredevil: Born Again Artist's Edition from IDW (incorporating Batman: Year One, The Dark Knight Returns, Todd McFarlane, Phil Hester and Andy Parks, and more),  Ernest Borgnine and Disney's Black Hole by way of Jack Kirby, Dark Knight Rises and Batman: Earth One by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, Captain America's wings, Neal Adams (HOLLA!), Gail Simone, Eric Powell's The Goon #40 from Dark Horse, Justice by Alex Ross, Jim Krueger, and Doug Braithwaite, Creepy Presents: Richard Corben, Harper's Radioactive Man: Radioactive Repository Volume One by Bill Morrison, Steve Vance, and a cast of thousands, Captain America from Ed Brubaker and Pat Zircher, Alphas, Wolverine and the X-Men from Jason Aaron, Nick Bradshaw, and Chris Bachalo, Jamal Igle and the Molly Danger Kickstarter, Infinite Horizon, and a whole mess more!

Grant Morrison, Darwyn Cooke's Parker: The Hunter, The Outfit, and The Score, Locke & Key: Clockworks by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez from IDW, In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (Windsor McKay/Little Nemo), Jim Cheung, Brain Wood's X-Men, Desert Island's Smoke Signal #13 (Tony Millionaire, Brian Chippendale, SKINNER, and more), The Return of King Doug by Greg Erb, Jason Oremland, and Wook-Jin Clark from ONI Press, Ryan Estrada and The Whole Story (Ryan North, Doug TenNapel, Meredith Gran, Jeffrey Brown, Katie Cook, Box Brown, Nam Dong Yoon, and a whole lot more), Kickstarter (Creature Box, Remind by Jason Brubaker, etc.), Black Dynamite on Adult Swim, and a whole mess more!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 222

The Amazing Spider-Man and Dark Knight Rises movies, more Before Watchmen, Azzarello and Risso's Batman: Broken City (Batman #620-625), Batman Vs. Spider-Man rogues, James Van Hise's RBCC (Rocket's Blast Comic Collector) #151 and Harlan Ellison (Jim Warren, Neal Adams, Gerry Conway, Will Eisner, Denny O'Neill, Len Wein, and more), Darwyn Cooke's Parker: The Score, Jack Davis, The Hustler, Doug Wildey's Rio from IDW (Alex Toth, Jonny Quest, and more),  Archaia's Cyclops by Matz and Luc Jacamon, Eddie Campbell's The Lovely Horrible Stuff from Top Shelf and Knockabout, a cornucopia of Kickstarter (Bob Burden's Flaming Carrot, Penny Arcade, Top Cow and Cyberforce, and more), The Beast of Chicago: The Murderous Career of H. H. Holmes (A Treasury of Victorian Murder) by Rick Geary and NBM/Comics Lit, Monsterverse's Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave #2 by Kerry Gammill and a host of horrors, Get Jiro! by Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose, and Langdon Foss from Vertigo, Mahmud Asrar and Supergirl, Sonic the Hedgehog and M

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century 1910/1969/2009 and Black Dossier by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill from Top Shelf, Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory from Image, Warren Ellis and Gary Erskine's Jack Cross out of DC, IDW's KISS #1 by Chris Ryall and Jamal Igle,  Godzilla, Baltimore: The Curse Bells by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck from Dark Horse, Batman Incorporated #2 and Chris Burnham, a trio from MonkeyBrain: Bandette #1 from Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover, Edison Rex from Chris Roberson and Dennis Culver, and Amelia Cole and the Unknown World by Adam P. Knave, D. J. Kirkbride, and Nik Brokenshire, James Kochalka's massive American Elf digital collections from Top Shelf, Frankenstein Alive, Alive! by Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson from IDW, Steve Gerber and Kevin Nowlan's Infernal Man-Thing #1, Tim Seeley and Mike Norton's Revival #1 from Image, and a whole mess more!

John Byrne's Trio #1 and the Born Again Artist's Edition from IDW, Hannes Bok: A Life in Illustration, Taschen books, Archaia's The Killer volume two by Matz and Luc Jacamon, Danger Club by Landry Q. Walker and Eric Jones, Bowen statues, Comixology, Jeff Smith's RASL from Cartoon Books, Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's The Manhattan Projects from Image, Jim Rugg, Phil Hester's Darkness and Darkness/Pitt, Paul Grist, Angel & Faith by Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs from Dark Horse, ten issues of Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon, a tease at The Twelve, Mike Norton's Battle Pug, Winter Soldier, The Anthology Project, and much more!

Before Watchmen, The New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract by Marv Wolfman and George Perez (Dark Phoenix Saga, Titans Hunt, wedding issues, Young Justice, DC Nation block), Brian Ralph's Daybreak, The Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case from Dark Horse, CAKE, Gary by Tyrell Cannon, Jeffrey Brown, Spawn/Batman by Frank Miller and Todd McFarlane from Image, Mark Waid and Frank Quietly's Offspring one-shot from The Kingdom, Greg Capullo, TV-O-Rama (Falling Skies, Sherlock, and more), G. Willow Wilson's AIR and the dangers of serial storytelling, The Boys, Movie-O-Rama (Prometheus (no spoilers), Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Knight Rises, and more), Adventure Time #5 and Paul Pope from Kaboom!, Bart King's Postoffice, Creator Owned Heroes from Image, OHOTMU Redux, Brian Wood's The Massive, and more!

After a plunge into the dark realm of Jacques Tardi's It Was the War of the Trenches from Fantagraphics, we surface into the light of Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre #1 by Darwyn Cooke and Amanda Conner, Jeffrey Brown's Darth Vader and Son from Chronicle Books and CAKE (the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo), Top Shelf's Double Barrel anthology from Cannons Kevin and Zander (available on Comixology), Joe Kelly's Action Comics #775, Cyril Pedrosa's Three Shadows from :01, Stumptown by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth from Oni, Rick Remender's Strange Girl from Image, Harbinger and the new Valiant, Haunted Hulk from Hulk #50-52 by Jeff Parker and Carlo Pagulayan, Ian Brill and Dracula World Order, Spider-Men #1, Tales of the Dark Knight #1 and Jeff Lemire, and a whole mess more!

All the pieces are back in place as we ramble through Revival by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton from Image, Mike Schwartz's Oceanverse, Won Ton Soup volume one by James Stokoe from Oni Press, Alejandro Jodorowsky's Weapons of the Metabaron with Travis Charest and Zoran Janjetov from Humanoids (incorporating Frank Herbert and David Lynch's Dune, Moebius, H. R. Giger, Sienkiewicz, Flash (Aaaaaaaaaaah!) Gordon, and more), Ron Garney and Fantastic Four #606, Jeff Parker and Dale Eaglesham's Hulk #53 and Alpha Flight, Jonathan Hickman and Ryan Bodenheim from Image, The Homeland Directive by Robert Vendetti and Mike Huddleston from Top Shelf, David's tale on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Detective Comics #526, trade dress and Dark Horse's Creepy and Eerie Archives, Juxtapoz #137, Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey's Comic Book History of Comics from IDW, Terry Moore's Rachel Rising, Fury MAX by Ennis and Parlov, Dynamite!, and a little about Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1. You'll live.

Mighty Skottie Young in the house! 

Grab your torches and pitchforks! Chris Neseman is back and with him he brings the X-Statix Omnibus (including DC's gay character, Princess Diana, Skottie Young and New Warriors, The Brotherhood, Doop, and more), Jason takes a long look at Avengers Academy and Thunderbolts, Godzilla #1 from Duane Swierczynski, Simon Gane, and IDW, Thundercats, Saga #3 from BKV and Fiona Staples, Steve Perry and Thomas Yeates' TimeSpirits from Marvel/Epic (incorporating Elektra: Assassin, Daredevil, Groo, Elfquest, Dreadstar, Starstruck, Steve Gerber's Void Indigo, Alien Legion, and more), Dark Knight Returns animated and Planet Hulk, Frank Miller's The Spirit and Sucker Punch, Ernie Chan, I [Heart] Fake #2 and Heather Benjamin, Fringe, Tim Seeley and Mike Norton's Revival from Image, John Carter: The Gods of Mars, Princeless from Action Lab and the Glyph Awards, Steve Bryant and Mark Waid on Avengers, Kickstarter, and more!

Zack Kruse creeps into the mix this week as we wander through the Summit City Comic Con (Hilary Barta, Gabriel Hardman, Dave Wachter, Carole Lombard, and more), Low Concept 2: Comix Boogaloo, the Rising Stars Omnibus by JMS and company, The Chilling Archive of Horror Comics, Volume 2: Bob Powell's TERROR from Craig Yoe and IDW (Will Eisner, CrossGen, Steve Ditko, Joe Staton, and more), The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and Other Stories by H. P. Lovecraft and Jason Bradley Thompson from Mock Man Press, Valiant's X-O Manowar #1 (BKV and Saga, Peter David, Scott Snyder and Swamp Thing...), Haunt by Joe Casey, Nathan Fox, John Lucas, and Image, Young Justice, Avengers, Creepy #8 from Dark Horse, TwoMorrow's Back Issue #56, Finding Gossamer, Harvey Pekar's Cleveland, and a whole mess more!

iFanboy's Ron Richards jumps into the fray and brings Grant Morrison with him! Okay, maybe not the man in the flesh, but tales about the man and what fans can expect from the upcoming MorrisonCon! Plus, we've got some dissing the Legion, Wild Pig, FCBD 2012 (Sonic from Archie, Avengers, James Sime and Isotope, Image Comics, and more), Alan Davis, Lee Weeks, Rising Stars, Thundercats and Ed Benes, Uncanny X-Force and Greg Tocchini, art commissions gone horribly wrong, Avengers the movie, Daredevil and Chris Samnee, War of the Woods by Matthew Petz, Erik Larsen and Cory Hamscher's Supreme, Hell Yeah by Joe Keatinge and Andre Szymanowicz, and a long-ass look at the Grant Morrison/Frank Quitely masterpiece, Flex Mentallo!

All-different! All-weird! Around Comics' Brion "Sal" Salazar picks up the baton dropped by his wayward brother, helping us through The Dark Knight Rises, Green Lantern, Avengers, and other comic book-themed films (with a little Battleship on the side), Chew Volume Five: Major League Chew from John Layman and Rob Guillory, Hiroya Oku's Gantz from Dark Horse (incorporating Eli Roth and Hostel/Cabin Fever, Human Centipede, Rob Zombie and his cinematic oeuvre, Jim Lee and 100 Bullets, Bryan Hitch, Paolo Rivera, J. Scott Campbell, Scott McCloud and Abraham Lincoln, and more!), Sammy the Mouse from Zac Sally and La Mano 21, Mark Waid's The Unknown, Eric Powell's Goon (by way of Alan Moore and Pictopia, Mike Norton, Scotty Young, Rick Remender and Fear Agent, Hellboy, Jeff Lemire, and others), IDW's Popeye #1 from Roger Langridge and Bruce Ozella, The Green River Killer, a tease for Morrison and Quitely's Flex Mentallo, podcast burnout, and a whole mess more!

TV's Mario Muscar climbs into the Neseman chair this week, adding ample amounts of assessment on Pierre-Henry Gomont's Catalyse from Manolosanctis, Bill Keane and Family Circus, Morgan Spurlock's Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (including Chuck Rozanski and Mile High Comics, Stan Lee, Kevin Smith, and more), Action Lab's Back in the Day by Dave Dwonch and Daniel J. Logan, Joe Kubert's Jew Gangster, more on Will Pfeifer and German Torres' The Advance Team from Tor, Butcher Baker and Bulletproof Coffin, Batman Incorporated by Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham, Cameron Stewart, Yanick Paquette, and Scott Clark/Dave Beatty, Brian Wood and Kristian Donaldson's The Massive out of Dark Horse, Double Feature's Sci-Fi #3 by Tony Donley, Jeff Zornow, Michael Morici, Steve Seeley, and Tom Scioli, even more praise for Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples' Saga from Image, John Romita Jr and Avengers Vs. X-Men, Brandon Graham and Prophet, Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's Sixth Gun #21, Amazing Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth, Tony

C2E2 2012: Tony Moore and moonshine! Charlie Adlard! Skottie Young! Tom Scioli and American Barbarian! Ramon Perez! Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman! Joe Kubert and the Kubert School! Chris Burnham! Jamal Igle! Hilary Barta and Christian Alamay! RBCC! Jose Gonzalez and Vampirella! John Carter, Warlord of Mars! Shia Labeouf! Ryan Stegman! Will Pfeifer and The Advance Team! Tom Kelly! George Perez! John Byrne! Jeremy Haun! Robert Atkins! Bill Sienkiewicz! Phil Hester! Jim Cheung! Gordon Purcell! Alfredo Alcala and Voltar! House of Secrets! Dylan Dog! Mike Norton! Cosplayers! Steve Bryant! Tim Seeley! Marrowbones! Darren Neeley and The Prospector! Avengers Academy and Christos Gage! Jimmy Palmiotti! Joe Quesdada! Fabulous forumites! More!

We give you a lot on which to chew before we head out to the wonders of C2E2, including Fantagraphics' The Sincerest Form of Parody (Mort Walker, Don Martin, Will Elder, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, EC Comics and Bill Gaines, Frank Robbins, MAD, humor in America, Underground comics, Cracked, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito, Howard Nostrand, and more), Womanthology: Heroic from IDW (Fiona Staples, Renae DeLiz, Coleen Doran, Ming Doyle, Camilla D'Erico, and many, many more), Chris Mitten and Antony Johnston's Wasteland from ONI, Atomic Robo, John Carter: Gods of Mars and Ramon Perez (Skottie Young, Tale of Sand), Bob Layton's Hercules: Prince of Power minis,  a Creator Spotlight on Kurt Busiek (Astro City, Marvels, Thunderbolts, Kingdom Come, Ninjak, Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis, and more), Tom Scioli and American Barbarian, Chris Pitzer and Project: Superior from AdHouse, Witchblade and Diego Bernard, Bomb Queen volume seven by Jimmie Robinson, Ghost Rider, Chip Kidd, and a whole mess more!

We dig in deep this week with long looks at Brandon Graham's King City from Image and TokyoPop (including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, James Stokoe and Orc Stain, Thomas Herpich, and much more), Adventure Time, Jason Aaron's Wolverine and the X-Men (Chris Bachalo, Nick Bradshaw), Avengers Vs. X-Men #0 (Frank Cho, Bendis, John Romita Jr.), Cartoonapalooza with Avengers: Earth's Mightest Heroes, Green Lantern, Young Justice, Ultimate Spider-Man, and more, more on Dames in the Atomic Age, Art Adams' Monkeyman and O'Brien, Uncanny X-Force, Eerie Presents: Hunter - The Classic Warren Publishing Hero's Complete Adventures and Paul Ryan, Waid's Daredevil, Chris Samnee and Rocketeer, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009 from Top Shelf, Action Lab's Princeless, Brian Wood's DMZ, and a whole mess more!

Short on runtime, long on ideas as we pow-wow on Douglas Adams and Doctor Who, Art of Fiction's Dames in the Atomic Age by Christopher Ryder, Marc Sandroni, Mike Vosburg, Paul Little, Tony Fleecs, and company, Smoke and Mirrors by Mike Costa, Ryan Browne, and Jon Armstrong from IDW, 50 Girls 50 from Image, Vertigo's Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child by Selwyn Hinds and Denys Cowan, Rocketeer Adventures volume two #1 (Peter David, Bill Sienkiewicz, Stan Sakai, and more), three years of Captain America, The Naked Heroes' Demon the Whiskey Down and the great Benjamin Marra, B.P.R.D. Plague of Frogs volume three and Hellboy, Avengers X-Sanction and Jeph Loeb, Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose #73 by Jim Balent, Haunt and Nathan Fox, Tim Seeley's Witchblade, Prophet and Brandon Graham, and a whole mess more!

Chaos is the name of the game this week as we kick the insanity up a few notches while talking about the 999 Challenge, Stan Lee's Mighty 7 from Stan Lee Comics, Alex Saviuk, and the fine folks at Archie (including the Spider-Man newspaper strip, Sonic, Archie, Mega Man, and more), an extended look at Jonathan Hickman's run on Fantastic Four (John Byrne, DOOM, the Waid/Wieringo run, etc.), The John Romita Amazing Spider-Man Artist Edition from IDW (Steve Ditko + Amazing Annual #1 with the Sinister Six, Ross Andru, Gil Kane, Romita Jr, Romitaman, Kingpin, ARch-nemeses, Morbius, and more), Dean Haspiel and Make Mine Me, The Believer #88 from McSweeney's, John Carter and the Gods of Mars, Cartoon Network's DC Nation block, Adventure Time, David Lapham's Age of Apocalypse, and a couple buckets more!