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11 O’Clock Comics Episode 170

The chickens come home to roost as we ramble through Low Concept: The 11 O’Clock Comics Forum Anthology, Sonic the Hedgehog, Jeffrey Brown, Stuart Immonen, Rafael Grampa and DC’s upcoming Unexpected anthology, Chester 5000 by Jess Fink and Top Shelf, Massimo Mattioli‘s Squeak the Mouse and Superwest Comics #1 from Catlan Communications, Johnny Ryan, Prison Pit, and overpriced vinyl collectibles, Daredevil #1 by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Marcos Martin, X-Men: Schism #1, Hickman and Pacheco‘s Ultimate Thor, Red Wing #1 by Hickman and Image Comics, Aspen’s Hit List Agenda, trimming the comics fat, the huge honkin’ NuDCU hardcover, Flashpoint: Batman: Knight of Vengeance #2, Phil Hester and Brook Turner‘s Golly from Image, Lady Mechanika from Joe Benitez and Aspen, Marineman, the shuttering of the Borders chain, DC Retroactive, more on Fear Itself and Flashpoint, Legion, The Griff by Christopher Moore, Ian Corson, and Jennyson Rosero from William Morrow/Harper Collins, Alphas, Infinite Kung-Fu from Kagen McLeod and Top Shelf, and much, much more!

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!