11 O’Clock Comics

Neseman is out and Scoutmaster Brion “Sal” Salazar steps in to give us the lowdown on Fanboy Scouts and help us recount our favorite announcements from last weekend’s San Diego Comic Con, including: Skottie Young and Eric Shanower’s OZ, pro wrestling, the return of Dark Horse Presents to print, Power Man and Iron Fist, IDW’s Rocketeer anthology, Frank Frazetta and Painting with Fire, Abnett and Lanning’s Rocket Raccoon and Groot miniseries, Strange Tales II, Chloe Sullivan in Action Comics, Smallville, Fantagraphics’ reprinting of classic Floyd Gottfredson Mickey Mouse, new Frank Miller 300, Battle Chasers from Image, Batman Inc., Fables #100, Mark Millar’s CLiNT, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, CrossGen at Marvel, Marvelman, Roy Thomas and Conan, Fear Agent, David Lapham and DeadpoolMAX, Aaron Lopresti and Weird Worlds, Collider Entertainment, the end of Brand New Day, Ultimate Comics Thor, Steve Rogers and Mark Waid, the Green Lantern and Thor movies, Chris Evans as Captain America, the new Man without Fear and Shadowland, Clayton Crain’s CARNAGE!, Parker and Hardman on Hulks, the Avengers and Red Hulk, John Byrne and Next Men, Johns Vs. Brubaker, and a whole mess more!

Tags: Battle Chasers, Brand New Day, Carnage, CCI:SD, Chris Evans, CrossGen, Dark Horse Presents, Fables, Fanboy Scouts, Green Lantern, Hulk, John Byrne, Mickey Mouse, Rocketeer, Ryan Reynolds, Smallville, Strange Tales II

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Rock-solid proof that what goes up must inevitably come down as we wander through Warren Ellis and John Cassaday’s mighty Planetary, Hunter S. Thompson, Scott Pilgrim, IT!, the Terror from Beyond Space from IDW’s Midnite Movies line, the Absolute and Omnibus format, X-Force: Sex and Violence #1, Brendan C. Leach’s Pterodactyl Hunters in the Gilded City, Michael Avon Oeming and Mice Templar, Robert Kirkman’s Skybound imprint and AMC’s Walking Dead, characters and series that have lost their luster, Vertigo and the miniseries format, listener goodies, and much more!

Tags: Brendan C. Leach, Hunter S. Thomson, John Cassaday, Mice Templar, Michael Avon Oeming, Midnite Movies, New X-Men, Planetary, Robert Kirkman, Scott Pilgrim, Warren Ellis, X-Force: Sex and Violence

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Drivin’ on holy gasoline! In this alcohol-fueled, three-hour catastrophe, we get all silly and stupid over Dr. Who and Farscape (with a little Lexx thrown in for good measure), Uncanny X-Force and Second Coming, Random Comic Book Countdown: Casanova #1, Mario Bava’s Danger: Diabolik!, Pood #1 and Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca’s USApe, Neal Adams‘ Batman: Odyssey #1, Aqualad, I, Zombie, J. H. Williams, R. Crumb’s Genesis and Basil Wolverton’s Bible stories, Harvey Pekar and American Splendor, Jim Valentino’s normalman, Darkness: Shadows and Flame, Hellboy: Mexico and Richard Corben, Abe Sapien: The Abyssal Plain #1, Sonic the Hedgehog #213, Micah Gunnell and Dellec from Aspen, Adam Warren’s Empowered Volume 1, and, in addition to the requisite whole mess more, Chris falls asleep.

Tags: Abe Sapien, Adam Warren, American Splendor, Aspen Comics, Batman: Odyssey, Casanova, Darkness: Shadows and Flame, Dellec, Empowered, Harvey Pekar, Hellboy, I Zombie, Image Comics, Jim Rugg, Jim Valentino, Neal Adams, normalman, Pood, Second Coming, Sonic the Hedgehog, Uncanny X-Force

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We earn our explicit tag with talk on Crossed and transgressive art (Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist, XXXombies, Walking Dead, Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ, Pontypool, Body Bags and Jason Pearson, Art That Kills by George Petros, Mike Diana, and more), Mr. Monster’s Hi-Octane Horror #1 (Michael T. Gilbert, Jerry Grandenetti, Basil Wolverton, and George Evans), Chris Burnham, Wonder Woman #600 again, DC Legacies, Action #890 and Paul Cornell, Sea Bear and Grizzly Shark, Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 01 and 2000 AD, Banimon, Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham Volume 1, I, Zombie, Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island by Warren Ellis and Raulo Caceres, Alan Moore’s Neonomicon, Young Allies #1, Aliens Vs. Predator: Three Worlds War, Micronauts, and a whole mess more!

Tags: Banimon, Basil Wolverton, Body Bags, Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island, Crossed, David Lapham, DC Legacies, George Evans, Jason Pearson, Jerry Grandenetti, Judge Dredd, Michael T. Gilbert, Mr. Monster's Hi-Octane Horror, Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham, Piss Christ, Pontypool, Sea Bear and Grizzly Shark, Walking Dead, Wonder Woman, Young Allies

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We’re four once more as we discuss Torpedo Comics, the Black Lantern drink, X-Men/Teen Titans and JLA/Avengers, Wonder Woman #600 and JMS, No Way Back and Jonah Hex, Splitting Image #2 and Don Simpson, Kenneth Rocafort’s Velocity and the Filipino Invasion, the Bronze Age, Steve Gerber, Howard the Duck, and Underground comics, more on comic tattoos, Michael T. Gilbert, Stephen Platt, Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim, the (Vince) Colletta letta, Fall of the Hulks, the Curse of the Mutants Saga, listener email, Comicopia, and a whole lot more!

Tags: Bryan Lee O'Malley, Curse of the Mutants, Don Simpson, Fall of the Hulks, JLA/Avengers, Jonah Hex, Marvel/DC Crossovers, Michael T. Gilbert, Mr. Monster, Scott Pilgrim, Steve Gerber, Uncanny X-Men/New Teen Titans, Velocity, Wonder Woman

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Woooode’s nowhere to be found and audio problems abound, but it’s not enough to stop us from talking about Duncan the Wonder Dog Volume 1: Show One from Adam Hines and AdHouse, Asylum Press’ Zombie Terrors and EEEK! Volume 1 collections, Dynamite’s Vampirella Archives Volume One, The Weird World of Eerie Publications, Creepy #3, Spawn: Origins Volume 1, Bulletproof Coffin #1 by Hine and Kane, ’90s Image, DC’s digital comics, Fringe: Tales from the Fringe #1 out of Wildstorm, BOOM!’s 28 Days Later, Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, the Jonah Hex movie, New Avengers #1, S.H.I.E.L.D. #2, Brightest Day, Fraction and company’s Thor: Ages of Thunder, Amazing Spider-Man: SHED, and sooooo much more!

Tags: Bulletproof Coffin, Dave Hine, Duncan the Wonder Dog, Fringe: Tales from the Fringe, Image Comics, New Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D., Shaky Kane, Thor: Ages of Thunder, Vampirella, Walking Dead

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Chris “New Leaf” Neseman returns just in time to join us in spoiler-free talk about David Lapham’s Stray Bullets, Jason and Gerry Conway, Desert Island and Smoke Signal #4, the Invincible Ultimate Collection volume five, Paul Pelletier and Incredible Hulk #610, Milestone Forever, Frank Miller’s Dark Knight and Ronin, Brubaker’s Captain America: Reborn and The Marvels Project, Stuart Immonen and New Avengers #1, Creepy #3 from Dark Horse, Omaha, the Cat Dancer and Blacksad, First Wave #2, Fantastic Four, Brandon Graham’s King City from Image Comics and Tokyopop, John Arcudi and Peter Snejbjerg’s A God Somewhere from Wildstorm, Unknown Soldier, Michael Turner, Black Comix, and a whole mess more!

Tags: Blacksad, Creepy, David Lapham, Dwayne McDuffie, Ed Brubaker, Fantastic Four, Frank Miller, Gerry Conway, Invincible, King City, Michael Turner, Milestone Forevre, New Avengers, Omaha the Cat Dancer, Paul Pelletier, Ronin, Stray Bullets, Stuart Immonen, The Marvels Project, Unknown Soldier

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Chris plays hooky yet again, so we double-time it with a rousing roster of comic talk, featuring the last word on Jim Rugg’s Rambo 3.5, Dan Clowes‘ Wilson from Drawn & Quarterly, a Cartoonist Profile on Mike Zeck, Secret Wars, the Mortal Kombat short, Joe the Barbarian #4 and #5 and Sean Murphy, Spider-Man: Fever, the Act-I-Vate Primer, Pilot Season: Stealth from Top Cow, Milestone Forever, Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of Our Fathers, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors from Udon and Capcom, Green Lantern: Willworld and Seth Fisher, Marvel U.K. Magazine, Skaar: Son of Hulk, 120 Days of Simon from Simon Gardenfors and Top Shelf, Avengers Forever, Nemesis #2 by Millar and McNiven, and a whole steamin’ pile more!

Tags: 120 Days of Simon, Act-I-Vate Primer, Avengers Forever, Dan Clowes, Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, Green Lanter: Willworld, Jim Rugg, Joe the Barbarian, Mike Zeck, Milestone Forever, Mortal Kombat, Pilot Season: Stealth, Rambo 3.5, Seth Fisher, Spider-Man: Fever, Wilson

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Chris is back to fill our ears with tales of the Summit City Comic Con, with enough time left over to talk about Jeffrey Brown’s Process Packets, FCBD 2010: The Stuff of Legend, Green Hornet, War of the Supermen #0, Doctor Solar/Magnus, Robot Fighter and G.I. Joe #155 1/2, G.I. Joe: Hearts and Minds #1 and Klaus Scherwinski’s Origins #15 featuring Snow Job, Girl Comics #1 and Marvel themed months, Urasawa’s Pluto, 28 Days Later and 7 Psychopaths from BOOM!, Jim Rugg’s One Model Nation and Rambo 3.5, Zero Squad from Continuity Comics, IDW’s Mystery Society, LOST (*sniff*), Atlas #1, and a whole mess more (including two stranger-than-usual Hotline calls)!

Tags: 28 Days Later, 7 Psychopaths, Continuity Studios, Doctor Solar, Free Comic Book Day, G.I. Joe, Girl Comics, Green Hornet, Jeffrey Brown, Jim Rugg, LOST, Magnus Robot Figter, Mystery Society, Pluto, Summit City Comic Con

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Chris Samnee steps in to talk to us about Thor: The Mighty Avenger (Two issues in July!), The Age of Heroes, Siege: Embedded, Capote in Kansas, Avengers Day, Iron Man 2, Area 10, original art and commissions, Jersey Gods from Image, X-Factor Forever, The 6th Gun, Paul Pope’s 100%, Siege and Siege: Fallen Sun, the Gold Key adaptation of the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, New Avengers: Finale, Bobgar “Slurmo” Ornelas‘ solo title B-One: Comics for Broken Hearts and Apocalypse…Meh with Jonathan “Homicidal Drummer” Westhoff, Patrick Scullin’s Super Siblings, and a whole lot more!

Tags: 100%, Age of Heroes, Area 10, B-One, Capote in Kansas, Chris Samnee, Comic Twart, Iron Man 2, Jersey Gods, New Avengers: Finale, Paul Pope, Siege, Siege: Embedded, Siege: Fallen Sun, Super Siblings, The 6th Gun, X-Factor Forever, Yellow Submarine