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December, 2010:

11 O’Clock Comics Episode 140

We ring in the holidays with some cheerful discussion on Joe Casey‘s Wildcats 3.0, Haunt from Image, Fantastic Four, Mike Wieringo, Moon and Ba‘s DE:Tales and Daytripper, Method Man and Redman, Hellboy Double Feature of Evil and Richard Corben from Dark Horse, Conan, mainstream events (Okay, so not all of the discussion was cheerful…), Fables volume 14 from Vertigo, Kiss: Psycho Circus from Brian Holguin, Angel Medina, and Image, comics on the iPad, Urasawa‘s Pluto, Humanoids, Jodorowsky, and Jimenez, creator-owned comics and work-for-hire, Marineman by Ian Churchill, R.E.B.E.L.S., and much, much more!

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 138

After a very rocky start, we slide into the sweet spot with talk of Tardi‘s The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec and Luc Besson, Amy Reeder and Batwoman #0, Halcyon #1 from Guggenheim, Butters, Bodenheim, and Englert from Image, Garth EnnisThe Boys, The Incredibly Fantastic Adventures of Maureen Dowd (a Work of Satire and Fiction) #1 from Benjamin Marra and Traditional Comics, Highlander, the Spirit and First Wave, Art Adams, Jim Balent‘s Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose from Broadsword Comics, crossovers, Mice Guard and Templar, Hellboy/Beasts of Burden, R.E.B.E.L.S., Secret Six, Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer from Slave Labor, Sean Andrew‘s Moral Geometry, She-Hulks #1, Taskmaster, 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!