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11 O’Clock Comics Episode 168

Simultaneously premature and under the gun as pending vacation fun forces us into the studio a day early to schlepp through soliloquies on Pokemon, Low Concept: The 11 O’Clock Comics Forum Anthology, Abnett and Lanning‘s Legion Lost (incorporating Coipel, Alixe, Byrne, Claremont, Cockrum, Waid, Kitson, Giffen, Threeboot, and more), Terry Moore‘s Echo, Malignant Man from BOOM!, Sonic the Hedgehog from Archie, Scalped #50 (Igor Kordey, Tim Truman, Jill Thompson, Steve Dillon, Bernet, and more), Vampirella from Dynamite, Image and Skybound’s Witch Doctor, Aspen’s Executive Assistant Iris, Ron Marz and Phil Hester at Top Cow (plus Artifacts, Silvestri, Portacio, Babewatch, and a lot of Rob Liefeld thrown in for good measure), Young Avengers: Children’s Crusade and Jim Cheung, Steve Englehart and Gerry Conway (via Back Issue #45 from TwoMorrows), Dick Dillin and Justice League, Neal Adams, Geoff Darrow, James Stokoe, Dark Horse Presents #2, Holmes, Inc., Captain Marvel and the Monster Society of Evil, and much more!

11 O’Clock Comics Episode 157

Proving King DAP very, very wrong, three years and still going strong! Throwing our nets far and wide, we drag the bottom for banter on Jim Rugg and Afrodisiac, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking by Paul Levitz and Taschen Books, Wednesday Comics, the lack of Marvel archival editions, Annihilators #2, Devil Dinosaur, Teen Titans: Games by Wolfman and Perez, the upcoming Kamandi Omnibus, Marvel Fanfare #7 and Bill Mantlo, Neal Adams, Being John Byrne, Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey, Chris Weston, Scott Hampton and company, Death: The High Cost of Living, Bucky and Bachalo, Cinderella: Fables are Forever, American Vampire, Onward towards Our Noble Deaths from Drawn & Quarterly, the 11 O’C Tarot, Avengers Prime by Bendis and Alan Davis, Sym-Bionic Titan, Ben JonesProblem Solverz on Cartoon Network, Shadowland: Power Man, Fables, The Girl and the Gorilla, Monkeyman and O’Brien, Studygroup 12, and much more!

11 O’Clock Comics Episode 151

Sandwiched between a meaty look at Erik Larsen‘s long-running Savage Dragon, we dive into Comic Book Comics #5 from Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey, Miracleman/Marvelman, Bleeding Cool and the Kirby depositions, Generation Hope and Akira, Larry Lieber, Vertigo’s Finals from Will Pfeifer and Jill Thompson, more on Annihilators #1, Bongo Comics (Simpsons, Futurama, Hilary Barta, and more…), Plastic Man, Paul Pope, Zatanna by Paul Dini and company, John Byrne‘s landmark Alpha Flight, Heavy Metal, BendisPowers, Young Justice, Marineman, and a whole mess more!

11 O’Clock Comics Episode 149

After raising our glasses to the life and work of the recently-departed Dwayne McDuffie, we retreat to our corners and begin this week’s tag-team tussles with Chris and Jason taking on the landmark Alien Legion series from Marvel/Epic, and King DAP and Vince traipsing across Hal Jordan’s mental landscape in J. M. DeMatteis and Seth Fisher‘s awe-inspiring Green Lantern: Willworld! Plus, we have plenty of time left to discuss B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs and Hellboy, creators we allow an occasional “pass” (Walt Simonson, Neal Adams, Todd McFarlane, John Byrne, John Severin, Russ Heath, Tony DeZuniga, Sal and John Buscema, and more), Warriors of the Shadow Realm, Godland, First Wave, Richard Starking and Elephantmen, American Vampire, The Dark Tower, and much more!

11 O’Clock Comics Episode 148

The tag-team takedowns continue as Chris and Vince join forces on Dave Gibbons and John HigginsThunderbolt Jaxon from Wildstorm while King DAP and Jason share thoughts on Who is Jake Ellis? #1 out of Image! Plus, we have more than enough digital rope to hang ourselves on Bunn and Kindt‘s The Tooth, John Byrne‘s new policy on interviews and Next Men #2, Fraction and Larocca‘s Invincible Iron Man 500.1 and Aaron and Rivera‘s Wolverine 5.1 from Marvel, the Invincible Iron Man (not an) omnibus, Borders’ bankruptcy, Curse of the Spawn and Clayton Crain, Luke McDonnell, Bill Reinhold and Magnus, Alien Legion from the late, lamented Epic imprint (part one), Mike Norton‘s Battlepug, Seamonster, Legion of Super-Heroes, and a whole lot more!

11 O’Clock Comics Episode 142

We return to four-man fighting form as we grapple with The New X-Men, The Incal and Alexandro Jodorowsky, Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll #332 (Gary Panter, Jaime Hernandez, Ted May, John Holmstrom, Kaz, Shawn Kerri and the Circle Jerks, and more), Top Cow’s Artifacts #4, Avatar’s Neonomicon #3 by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows, 100 Bullets, John Byrne‘s return to Next Men from IDW, Ryp and Huston‘s Wolverine: The Best There Is #1, Dick Briefer’s Frankenstein (the first volume in Craig Yoe’s The Chilling Archive of Horror Comics from IDW), Borders’ financial troubles and the potential impact on the comics industry, our 2011 comic book-centric resolutions, Weird Worlds #1 from DC, Batman INC., James Stokoe‘s Orc Stain out of Image Comics, Axe Cop, Black Panther: The Man Without Fear and Eddie Murphy, Stan Sakai‘s Usagi Yojimbo, the Alan Moore/Jason Aaron brouhaha, and a whole mess more! plus, the Hotline kicks into high gear!

11 O’Clock Comics Episode 139

Casting our fates in the control of the almighty 11 O’Clock Orange D20, our extra-length holiday episode features Gabriel Hardman, Scott Pilgrim, Pluto, Doc Stearn: Mister Monster, Encyclopedia Deadpoolica, Giant-Size X-Men #1, Amazing Heroes, Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics into Comix from Abrams ComicArts, The Bizarre Comics of Boody Rogers from Craig Yoe and Fantagraphics, Crossed, Matt Murdock, more Adele Blanc-Sec, Winter’s Bone, One Eskimo, Avatar, S. Clay Wilson, an impromptu Fanzine Flashback featuring John Byrne‘s Alpha Flight and Bill Mantlo‘s Incredible Hulk, Man-Thing, Tom Scioli‘s American Barbarian, Declan Shalvey, Creepy Archives from Dark Horse, Secret Wars II, Damage Control, Vandal Savage, The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read from Abrams ComicArts, Hal Foster‘s Prince Valiant volume one from Fanta, Ostrander and company’s Grimjack Omnibus from IDW, Black Comix: African American Independent Comics, Art and Culture from Mark Batty, Quantum & Woody, 100 Bullets, Sean Murphy‘s Off Road, Heavy Metal, Moebius, Wolverine, Grant Morrison, Tim and Eric, Shade, the Changing Man, Jean Grey, Howard the Duck, 2000 A.D., Fear Agent, Eaglemoss, Gotham Central, Deadpool, Strangers in Paradise, Grendel, Kamandi, ROM, Black Hole, Lady Death, L’Association’s Comix 2000, curling brooms, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, Jack Kirby, Strange Tales II, James Stokoe‘s Orc Stain, Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Mystery Society, and a whole mess more!

11 O’Clock Comics Episode 137

The infamous Black Notebook returns and with it comes talk of our histories with mail order comics companies, Spawn, the results of Chris and Jason’s friendly wager and John Byrne‘s Star Trek: Assignment Earth from IDW, Terry Austin, inking styles (strong voices, invisible entities, and the fabled Third Person), original art, Typhoid Mary, Urasawa and Tezuka‘s Pluto from Viz, One Piece, Spawn: The Dark Ages by Holguin and Sharp, Todd McFarlane and the Image founders, Erik Larsen and Savage Dragon, Lemire and Gallo‘s Superboy #1, Baltimore: The Plague Ships #1, and…the winner of the 11 O’Clock Comics logo contest!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 119

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!

11 O'Clock Comics Episode 87

Infused with the red-hot energy of the Rulk laying a cosmic smackdown on the Watcher, we snap, crackle, and burn through topics like God Complex #1, Powers, Vertigo’s Daytripper #1 by Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, a trio of books from Buenaventura Press (Injury #3 from Ted May, Lisa Hanawalt‘s I Want You #1, and Eric Haven‘s The Aviatrix #1), The Looking Glass Wars and Hatter M, X-Factor #200, Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth and Man-Thing, John Byrne and Alpha Flight, FANZINE FLASHBACK: Amazing Heroes and Comics Interview, the greatness of Bill Mantlo, Questprobe, Godland, classic versus contemporary comics storytelling and dialogue, Eaglemoss, Sectaurs and Inhumanoids (Yes, you read that correctly…), and much, much more!