War Rocket Ajax

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...

Tom Fowler, artist of the brand new Valiant Comics series Quantum and Woody, joins us for the show this week! We talk about comics critics and what they say about art, playing D & D, penises, "acting" in comic art, Golden Corral, and much more! Plus, a hip-hop-themed installment of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!

The artist behind Archaia's new re-imagining of Cyborg 009, Marcus To, joins us this week to talk about adapting a classic manga, "Thor buttons," cyborg babies, Tim Drake, the best cyborgs of all time, and, of course, hairstyles. Also, a Comic-Con-related listener question!

In honor of Monkeybrain Comics' first anniversary, co-publishers Chris Roberson and Allison Baker are our guests this week! We reflect on Monkeybrain's beginnings, discuss knowing your limits, talk Eisner nominations, dream about creative teams, do Danzig impressions, fawn about Kurt Schaffenberger, and more!

This week we're welcoming Molly Danger writer/artist Jamal Igle to the show! We'll discuss the exact number of M's on Molly's costume, Supergirl's shorts and how emotional people got about them, character design, why it's not worth it to pretend you've read something you haven't, and much more! Plus, a Superman-movie-themed installment of the War Rocket Ajax Love Haters!

Chris and Matt are back in their respective homes — Matt's got the brand new War Rocket Ajax studios humming along — and ready to gab about three weeks worth of collected stuff! We're taking your listener questions about the state of DC Comics, our favorite wrestlers, Flash Gordon, Heroes Con, and much more!

This weekend, Chris and Matt were at Heroes Con 2013, where they decided to do what they called an audio sketchbook. They asked 18 comics creators the same question: What have you seen or heard at a comics convention that left you speechless? These are their answers.

Our guest this week is writer/artist of the brand new Action Lab series Skyward Jeremy Dale! We talk to him (and a special surprise guest) about being inspired by video games, his G.I. Joe comics work, Firestar, the fantasy genre, and much more!