War Rocket Ajax

Who wants to hear us argue about Heathcliff for 20 minutes? If the answer is you, you're in luck.

The segment where we ranked the decades of Spider-Man proved to be so popular, we made an entire episode out of it! So on this week's show, Matt and Chris are going through the decades, from the 1960s through the 2010s, and deciding whether Marvel or DC had the stronger output. Some surprises are in store!

This Gerry Duggan/Juan Ferreyra joint from 2019 was the winner of our catch-up poll this month, and we read it and ranked it, as is our charge. It's the Punisher vs. fantasy monsters!

Ryan North returns to War Rocket Ajax this week to talk about the conclusion of The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, his upcoming comic adaptation of Slaughterhouse Five, that time he was in a hole and how it almost became a TV show, the worst invention, his Wikipedia page and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris take on a D&D related This or That!

We're christening our new show Twitter account -- yes, we finally had to break down and get one, which we'll explain -- by taking your listener questions on this week's show!

Friend of the show and upcoming Spider-Woman writer Karla Pacheco joins us for the show this week, and no, we didn't use the episode title we suggested, which would definitely get us banned from Apple Podcasts, and maybe podcasting in general. But it's in the show, along with talk about a meteoric rise to writing for Marvel, Jessica Drew's new costume, killing off characters, boat life, seecrets, and so much more! Plus, Matt and Chris take on a Catwoman-related This or That!

It's a new year. We're ranking comic book stories. And we're, uh, earning our explicit tag this time around.

We couldn't be more pleased to welcome Matthew Rosenberg, writer of 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank, The Punisher, Uncanny X-Men and the current Hawkeye: Freefall to the show! We talk about bringing together various versions of Hawkeye, The Hood, Mark Gruenwald comics, Clint as the everyman, researching stories, and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris answer a question about one of our favorite topics: Utility supervillains!

We had both already read some of it, but this month, we caught up on all five issues of the Kieron Gillen/Caspar Wijngaard Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt series! It's about formalism, and is really comics scholarship in the form of a comics story. So we talk about that!

Independent comics writer Mark O. Stack joins us this week to talk about the Weekend Warrior anthology he funded on Kickstarter, as well as an offshoot Weekend Warrior Presents series he's starting! We discuss the realities of Kickstarter, self-publishing, money in comics and a whole lot more! It gets real. Plus, the first-ever This or That segment, about street toughs.