Wizard World Chicago Pt. 2. The gang sits down on Saturday night, with a host of friends from the show to talk about the convention, sketches, artist alley, panels and more. Guests include Dave Wachter & Pat Loika from Ronin Studios, Neil Gorman from the Comicology Podcast, Mark Beatty from Darktower Comics, Sean & Jim from the Raging Bullets Podcast, David Price, Vince B and Matt S., Dan 'Papercut" C, Weekrocker, Dustin Draise and more. Download this Episode Subscribe to our iTunes Feed

Happy New Year! Chris, Tom and Mike Norton ring in the new year at Challengers Comics on a very chilly and hungover day. It's a new year and a new decade, so the panel takes the opportunity to look back at how comics and the comics industry has changed during The Aughts. Chris spent New Years Eve with piles of trades. Tom wants less old book, so he gives away huge bag of Legion comics. Mike liked being in charge of Challengers and stumping customers with Blue Beetle trivia.

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Mike Norton drops by to wrap up our discussion about the New York convention and we begin to look forward to the Reed's newly announced Chicago show. We discover that Sean McKeever hates Chris and Sal is just angry. Top of the Stack makes a return with talk about R.E.B.E.L.S., Fantastic Four, Invincible Iron Man, Fables, Bad Dog, Neil Gaiman's Batman and more. Who is the best joker, Heath Ledger or Cesar Romero? What is the advantage of buying dead media? What is the REAL Kirby Crackle? All these questions and more are answered on this week's Around Comics! Listen…

Join us for a recap of news from the world of comic books including, DC's World War III, The Boys cancelation, Free Comic Book Day, Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen, Whiteout the movie, new Alan Moore projects and much more. The panel goes over our Top of the Stack picks and make a big announcement about the New York Comic Con. Special guests include John Siuntres and Mike Norton. Make sure to tune in on Thursday for our conversation with creator Jeffrey Brown. Download this Episode Subscribe to our iTunes Feed

News of the week and our top picks. Join Chris, Tom and Sal, Scottie and John as they discuss the latest stories from the past week, including the the new Badger book, Fantagraphics looking for Pogo art, Sorrow from Rick Remender, the FF cartoon, and more. Top of the Stack pics include Guttsville, Criminal, Birds of Prey, Elephantmen and others. Listen Now!
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This week Chris and Tom are joined on the panel by Len Cody and Hank! Top of the Stack recommendations include Action Comics, 1985, Batman: Nine Lives and Kick Ass. We check in with writer Cullen Bunn and find out about The Damned hitting the big screen and the future of one of our favorite books. Tom wants to know what your best Bigfoot story is, and Hank talks about being a new comics fan. Listen Now!
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