War Rocket Ajax

One of his comics projects, Queen and Country, is reportedly becoming a movie, and one of the comics he wrote for quite a while, Batwoman, was in the news a lot this week, but we've got Greg Rucka talking to us about something else entirely: The...

One of his comics projects, Queen and Country, is reportedly becoming a movie, and one of the comics he wrote for quite a while, Batwoman, was in the news a lot this week, but we've got Greg Rucka talking to us about something else entirely: The Prisoner! We dig deep into the classic show and its influences on comics, including Greg's own work! Plus, a highly musical installment of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!

Our guest this week is the writer of FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics, formerly known as Collider, Simon Oliver! We stay shockingly on-topic with our discussion of physicists in documentaries, an anti-gravity high school, the difficulty of titles, whether people can turn into boats, describing crazy physics anomalies to artists, and much more! Plus, a Charles-based Love Haters!

The "NPR brony" and writer of two issues of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Micro-Series, Ted Anderson, sits down to talk with us this week about brony culture, doing impressions, Daniel Day-Lewis, "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me," and much more!

The creator of Templar, Arizona, writer of Poorcraft and editor/contributor to Smut Peddler, C. Spike Trotman, is our guest this week! We have the Ajaxest interview ever with her, talking about wrestling, porno, doing things on the cheap, white tigers, college, Achewood and more! Plus, a not-particularly-thematic installment of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!

This week on War Rocket Ajax, our guest is the author of Bill the Boy Wonder and Boys of Steel, Marc Tyler Nobleman! We talk about Bill Finger, obviously, as well as hearing Marc's best Bob Kane stories, his research techniques, opinions on the best Joker, teaching kids about Batman's actual creator, and much more! Plus, a John-themed Love Haters!

Our guest this week is the writer of the new Arcana/Rodenberry Entertainment graphic novel Worth, Aubrey Sitterson! We talk with him a bit about his day job at WWE Games, a whole lot about tattoos, what machine he'd want to talk to (like Worth), why he set his OGN in Detroit, getting surprises back from artists, mutual friends, and much more! Plus, a polarizing edition of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!

Atomic Robo writer extraordinaire Brian Clevinger joins us this week to talk about his Kickstarter campaign, working in a comic shop, Orlando architecture, literacy, his awareness of martial arts, unfollowing Chris on Twitter and much more! Plus, a brief War Rocket Ajax Love Haters in which our listeners try to get clever!

The creative team behind the new graphic novel World War Kaiju joins us for this week's show! We talk about the cultural moment of kaiju, living in San Diego during Comic-Con, the best Godzilla monsters, replacing the atomic bomb, and much more! Plus, a podcastual installment of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!

Sims was away at Comic-Con this week, but we're still doing a big old show with Chris Haley of the Gravity Falls Gossiper podcast and Let's Be Friends Again! He and Matt tear down the format of the show to have a freewheelin' conversation about impressions, Bill Hader, wrestling (more than you would ever think), art in comics, whether box office should matter for movie fans, game shows, comic convention crowds, and a lot more! Not discussed (at length): Connecticon and Van Halen, even though we...