With Chris away, Sal and Tom are joined by Mike Norton to discuss the weeks comic book news and Top of the Stack pics. The crew talks about The illegal Silver Surfer Quarters, the Russ Manning Award nominees, Superman Doomsday cartoon, Star Trek, The Flash, Teen Titans Movie, 300 and more. We also go over our favorite books of the week, next weeks releases and some listener emails. Listen Now!
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The Month of Heroes with The Comics Podcast Network and The Hero Initiative continues with part 2 of our conversation with Denny O'Neil. Among other things, Denny talks about redefining the character of Batman and his years as a group editor at DC. Last week Greg Rucka announced he was not renewing his exclusive with DC. We talk with the writer to find out exactly what that means, and what we can expect from his current and future projects. The Quiet! Panelologists At Work continue their a to Z of British comics. Jeremy Mullins and Will Pfeiffer have Web Comic…

Around Comics gives a little Pre Free Comic Book Day love. Join in as Chris wrestles with the technical aspects of recording a podcast, Tom talks about his love of Kick Ass and Chris Burnham goes to Bean World. Jason Aaron and Tony Moore are making Ghost Rider a must read and the panel waxes poetic about Marvel's Spirit of Vengeance as well as DC's Superman Family of books. Richard Starkings checks in with some updates on Elephantmen and the comic adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.

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This week, our Heroes of the Holidays Tom, Skottie, Sal, Chris, Norton and Hank get together to spread some cheer. We're full of the Christmas Spirit, and a bunch of small bottles of booze. In Top of the Stack, Chris leads us on a marathon of Stackables, including The Trial of Captain Sweeto and Other Stories: A Collection of the Comic Strips of the Perry Bible Fellowship, The Overman #1, The Goon: Chinatown, Green Lantern #25, Popgun Vol. 1, and The Infinite Horizon #1. Meanwhile...We find all the reasons why Sal has not finished reading I Am Legend, how old…

The gang is all together. Join Chris, Tom, Sal, John and Eric from CBQ for an evening of comics talk in an actual comics shop. The panel discusses Fables, The Sinestro Corps War and The New Secret Six. The panel erupts into chaos as we realize Grant Morrison makes us crazy. We check in with Jason Howard, the artist of The Astounding Wolfman and hear about drawing a book in the Invinceverse and working with Robert Kirkman. Listen Now!
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With Chris spreading Holiday Cheer, Sal, Tom, Mike and Hank turn on the mics and answer (heckle) listener emails. Topics that come up include The Simpsons, Showcase and Essentials that we like, Justice League Unlimited, Mark Hamill's wardrobe, The Flash t.v. series, Jonathan Hickman's various works, Frank Miller Presents Giligan's Island, Manimal, and other ridiculous  topics. Somewhere in between we figure out the meaning to Batman R.I.P., how to fix DC comics, and what it looks like inside Grant Morrison's  testicles. Don't forget to tune in next week as we welcome Special Guest James Robinson. Listen Now! Read more...