11 O'clock Comics Podcast

Walking Dead, Richard Corben, Vampirella, Batman and the Outsiders, Fanzine Flashback - Amazing Heroes #123: Comico + Matt Wagner + Grendel, Rumble #1 by John Arcudi, James Harren, and Dave Stewart from Image, Wytches #3 by Scott Snyder, Jock, and Matt Hollingsworth, Copperhead #4 by Jay Faerber, Scott Godlewski, Ron Riles, and Thomas Mauer from Image, Undertow Volume 1: The Boatman's Call by Steve Orlando, Artyom Trakhanov, Thomas Mauer, and Yaroslav Astapeev from Image, Spider-Man and the X-Men #1 by Elliott Kalan, Marco Failla, and Nick Bradshaw, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Manhattan Projects, Fables: The Wolf Among Us by Telltale Games, Five Ghosts Volume 2: Lost Coastlines by Frank J. Barbiere, Chris Mooneyham, Lauren Affe, and Garry Brown from Image, Saga, Archie, Jack Davis, Blacksad, Batman: The Long Halloween and Dark Victory, recent DC cancellations, Gabriel Gecko, and a whole mess more!

1976: New Rose by Daniel White, Savage Dragon #200 by Erik Larsen, Gary Carlson, Herb Trimpe, Chris Burnham, Nikos Koutsis, Frank Fosco, Travis Sengaus, Jack Kirby, and a whole mess more from Image, Zero Volume 2 by Ales Kot, Vanessa R. Del Rey, Matt Taylor, Jorge Coelho, Tonci Zonjic, Michael Gaydos, Jordie Bellaire, Clayton Cowles, Tom Muller, Francesco Francavilla, Nick Dragotta, Cameron Stewart, and Sean Phillips from Image, Deadly Class #9 by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, and Lee Loughridge, Bitch Planet #1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Chris Peter, and Clayton Cowles from Image, Colder and Colder: Bad Seed by Paul Tobin and Juan Ferreyra from Dark Horse, Shaft #1 by David Walker, Biliquis Evely, Denys Cowan, Bill Sienkiewicz, Francesco Francavilla, and more from Dynamite!, a Secret Wars tease, the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, Flash and Agent Carter, Southern Bastards and Jason Latour Vs. Men of Wrath and Ron Garney, East of West: The World one-shot by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta from

Teen Titans: Earth One by Jeff Lemire and Terry and Rachel Dodson, Memetic #2 by James Tynion IV, Eryk Donovan, Adam Guzowski, and Steve Wands from BOOM!, Valiant-O-Rama: Archer and Armstrong: The 1% by Ray Fawkes, Joe Eisma, Ulises Arreola, Dave Sharpe, Juan Doe, and Rian Hughes, The Eternal Warrior: Days of Steel #1 by Peter Milligan, Cary Nord, Brian Reber, Dave Sharpe, Hitch, and Rafael Sandoval, Punk Mambo #0 by Peter Milligan, Robert Gil, Jose Villarubia, and Dave Lanphear, Ivar, Timewalker, and more, The Strain by Guillermo del Toro, David Lapham, Mike Huddleston, and Dan Jackson from Dark Horse, ODY-C by Matt Fraction and Christian Ward from Image, Ghost Fleet #2 by Donny Cates, Daniel Warren Johnson, and Lauren Affe from Dark Horse, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Robert Hack, and Jack Morelli from Archie, Adam Warrock, Jack Davis, more on 1976: New Rose from Daniel White, Rasputin by Alex Grecian, Riley Rossmo, and Ivan Plascencia from Image, Drifter #1 by Ivan Brandon,

We give many thanks for Valiant's Quantum and Woody, Copperhead #1-3 by Jay Faerber, Scott Godlewski, Ron Riley, and Thomas Mauer from Image, Locust Moon Press' Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, Tom Scioli and Transformers Vs. G.I. Joe, Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark from Image, Ghost Fleet #1 by Donny Cates, Daniel Warren Johnson, Lauren Affe, and Lincoln Hawk from Dark Horse, Secret Wars, Tooth and Claw #1 by Kurt Busiek, Benjamin Dewey, and Jordie Bellaire from Image, Batman #34-36 by Scott Snyder, Matteo Scalera, Greg Capullo, Danny Miki, James Tynion, Kelley Jones, Graham Nolan, and Gerry Duggan, The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1 by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, and Nathan Fairbairn, God Hates Astronauts #3 by Ryan Browne and Jordan Boyd from Image, Spawn: Resurrection by Brian Wood and Jonboy Meyers, the awesome 1976: New Rose by Daniel White, Trees #7 by Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, Eerie Archives Volume 17 from Dark Horse (Bill DuBay, Budd Lewis, Luis Bermejo, The Rook, Jose Ortiz, Frank F

We mix it up on R. A. Montgomery and the Choose Your Own Adventure books, Fear Itself (Matt Fraction, Stuart Immonen, Chris Yost, Mike McKone, The Worthy, Spider-Man, The Fearsome Four, Simon Bisley, and much more), the New 52 Superman, All-New Captain America #1 by Rick Remender, Stuart Immonen, and Wade Von Grawbadger, Captain America and The Mighty Avengers #1 by Al Ewing, Luke Ross, and Rachelle Rosenberg, Superior Iron Man #1 by Tom Taylor, Yildiray Cinar, and Guru-eFX, Spider-Verse #1 by Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba, Edgar Delgado, Skottie Young, Jake Parker, Andrew Crossley, Robbie Thompson, Denis Medri, Paolo Francescutto, Katie Cook, Heather Breckel, Ty Templeton, Chris Sotomayor, Tom Grummett, and Tom Palmer, Gotham, Flash, Arrow, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Savage Dragon #199 by Erik Larsen and company from Image, Django/Zorro #1 by Quentin Tarantino, Matt Wagner, and Esteve Polls from Dynamite!, Princess Mononoke, Space Battleship Yamato, and a whole mess more!

In the first hour, Daniel Govar joins us to talk about his Lovecraft: The Blasphemously Large First Issue KickStarter with Craig Engler and Mat Lopes, Moebius, Galactus and the Silver Surfer, strange commissions, Heroes Con, Art Adams, Josef Rubinstein, Grimm, Voltaire and Chi-Chian, Rembrant, Thomas Kinkade, and Georgia O'Keeffe, Dave Wachter, DragonCon, Marvel Infinite, and a whole lot more! The second chunk finds us rambling willy-nilly on Tom Kelly, Dean Stahl, Big Hero 6, Memetic #1 by James Tynion IV, Eryk Donovan, and Adam Guzowski from BOOM!, Marvel's Elektra by Haden Blackman and Mike Del Mundo, Wytches #2 by Scott Snyder, Jock, and Matt Hollingsworth from Image, Jeff Lemire and Jose Villarubia's Trillium from Vertigo, Terrible Lizard #1 by Cullen Bunn, Drew Moss, Ryan Hill, and Crank from Oni Press, Jason Aaron's Thor, Marv Wolfman's Deathstroke the Terminator, The Fade Out #3 by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Elizabeth Breitweiser from Image, Gabriel Hardman's Kinski collected, Humans #1 by Keenan

David and Jason keep the streak alive by talking about The Valiant, Matt Kindt and Jeff Lemire and Paolo Rivera, Hickman’s Avengers and New Avengers, AXIS, Marvel's summer teasers, The Multiversity: The Just, Spider-Verse, Grant Morrison, #eoclivetweet, The Flash, Arrow, Gotham, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, Constantine, Star Wars: Rebels, The Walking Dead, Mark Waid, Captain America, Avengers Forever, Runaways, Mike Carey, X-Men: Supernovas, Spider-Man: Blue, Gerard Jones with Pat Broderick, Joe Staton, and Mark Bright on Green Lantern, Green Lantern: Mosaic, Hip-Hop Family Tree, Ed Piskor, Big Hero 6, Dan Jurgens, Thor, Joe Kubert's Fax from Sarajevo, Tarzan, and more!

The great Khary Randolph joins us in discussing his work in the Image/Skybound Tech Jacket series with writer Joe Keatinge, the Adventures of Spawn, Chaotic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the San Diego and New York Comic Cons, mermaid commissions, Skottie Young, Heroes Con, John Romita JR, The Wicked and the Divine, the Marvel Phase 3 movies, Black Panther, DC characters on film and TV, Baltimore by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Ben Stenbeck, and Dave Stewart from Dark Horse, Southern Bastards by Jasons Aaron and Latour, Wolverine and the X-Men, Mahmud Asrar, Starlight by Mark Millar and Goran Parlov, Axis: Hobgoblin #1 by Kevin Shinick and Javier Rodriguez, Lovecraft: The Blasphemously Large First Issue Kickstarter and Daniel Govar, Sex and Violence Volume 2 by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, DMC, Rasputin #1 by Alex Grecian and Riley Rossmo from Image, Ryan Stegman, Memetic #1 by James Tynion IV, Eryk Donovan, and Adam Guzowski from BOOM!, and a whole mess more!

Long looks at Deathstroke #1 by Tony Daniel, Sandu Florea, Tomeu Morey, the Death of Wolverine mini by Charles Soule, Steve McNiven, Jay Leisten, and Justin Ponsor, C.O.W.L. by Kyle Higgins, Alec Siegel, Rod Reis, Stephane Perger, and Trevor McCarthy from Image, The Rise of Aurora West from Paul Pope, J. T. Petty, and David Rubin from :01 First Second, Sinestro by Cullen Bunn, Dale Eaglesham, and Rags Morales, Fatale: The Deluxe Edition Volume One and The Fade Out #1-2 by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Dave Stewart, and Elizabeth Breitweiser from Image, Game On!: Walking Dead Season 2 by Telltale Games, Rovio's Angry Birds Transformers, and Best Fiends by Seriously Digital, and a whole mess more!

It's our New York City Comic Con 2014 wrap episode, featuring Tony Fleecs, Ryan Browne, Daniel Govar, Marc Laming, Marcio Takara, Tom Raney, Sara Pichelli, Serena Guerra, Jim Cheung, Cadence Comic Art, Yanick Paquette, Tom King, Matt Kindt, Pier Brito, Ron Richards, Erik Larsen, Vince Colletta, Paul Mounts, Andy Belanger, Philip Tan, Wes Craig, Garry Brown, Eric Talbot, Aaron Conley, Robbi Rodriguez, Nick Dragotta, Dean Kotz, Cory Smith, Mark Morales, Ramon Perez, Rob Liefeld, Ryan Stegman, Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey, Brent SChoonover, Aaron Kuder, Lee Weeks, Russell Daughterman, Mike McKone, Tom Richmond, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti, James Harren, Declan Shalvey, Robert Kirkman, Scott Kolins, Terry Moore, Jeremy Haun, Sara Richmond, Bill Sienkiewicz, Rachel Richey, Tim Seeley, Dave Bullock, Dexter Vines, Ed McGuinness, Freddie Williams III, DMC, Greg Capullo, Rich Johnston, and a whole mess more!

The New York City Comic Con looms large on the horizon as we talk about Tony Fleecs, Matt Kindt, Wytches #1 by Scott Snyder, Jock, and Matt Hollingsworth from Image, Manhattan Projects, East of West, Jonathan Hickman and the Avengers family of books, Avengers and the X-Men: Axis #1 by Rick Remender and Adam Kubert, X #18 by Duane Swierczynski, Eric Nguyen, Freddie Williams III, and Michelle Madsen from Dark Horse, Rob Liefeld, Tom Kelly and Tim Seeley's Grayson, Vampirella: Feary Tales #1 by Nancy A. Collins, Devin Grayson, John Shirley, Jack Jadson, Ronilson Freire, Elmo Bondoc, and Art Adams from Dynamite!, Jack Davis, John Severin, Ryan Browne's God Hates Astronauts, The Death of Wolverine by Charles Soule, Steve McNiven, Jay Leisten, and Justin Ponsor, Amazing Spider-Man #7 by Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, Antonio Fabela, and Edgar Delgado, Satellite Sam by Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin from Image, the greatest runs of all time, Elephantmen #59 by Richard Starkings, Axel Mede

Out with the old and in with the new as we talk about The Death-Defying Dr. Mirage #1 by Jen Van Meter, Roberto de la Torre, and David Baron from Valiant, Childish Gambino, the new 11 O'Clock forum, the Marvel Covers Artist's Edition from IDW, Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier #1 by Ales Kot and Marco Rudy, Thor #1 by Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilson, Original Sin, Lobo #1 by Cullen Bunn, Reilly Brown, Nelson Decastro, and Pete Pantazis, Men of Wrath #1 by Jason Aaron and Ron Garney from Icon/Marvel, Southern Bastards, Dark Horse Presents #2 (Andy Kuhn, Steve Parkhouse, Aliens, Jordie Bellaire and Declan Shalvey, and more), Edge of Spider-Man #4, Nightworld by Adam McGovern, Paolo Leandri and Dominic Regan from Image, Ryan Browne and God Hates Astronauts, Prometheus and Juan Ferreyra, All-New X-Men, Amazing X-Men, Moon Knight, Death of Wolverine, Mad Monster Party, Captain America #25 by Rick Remender and Carlos Pacheco, the Oni Press Humble Bundle, Return to Slumberland by Eric Shanower and Gabri

After a very deep dive into the lead-up to Marvel's Spider-Verse event (Amazing Spider-Man #1-6 by Dan Slott, Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba, and Edgar Delgado, Jason Latour, Robbi Rodriguez, abd Rico Renzi's Spider-Gwen in Edge of Spider-Verse #2, Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Giuseppe Camuncoli, John Dell, and Antonio Fabela's Superior Spider-Man #32-33, Dustin Weaver's Edge #3, Silk, Black Cat, Elektro, and much more), we segue into Deep Space 9, Marvel Comics Presents, Hickman's Avengers, Marc Laming and the All-New Invaders, Grant Morrison and Chris Sprouse's Multiversity: The Secret Society of Super-Heroes, Black Science by Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera, Image-O-Rama: Copperhead #1 by Jay Faerber, Scott Godlewski, and Ron Riley, Remender and Greg Tocchini's Low, The Wicked and the Divine by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, and Southern Bastards from Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, Grendel Vs. The Shadow by Matt Wagner and Brennan Wagner from Dynamite and Dark Horse, Prometheus: Fire and Stone #1 by Paul T

In this specially-themed episode, we pick the single issue or miniseries that perfectly encapsulates the style/tone/trends of the era/decade in which it was published (Silver, Bronze, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s), seasoned with snappy commentary from the EOC Live Tweets!

Mario Muscar and Darrell "No Apologies" Taylor join us to speak loud and long on Matt Wagner, the Baltimore Comic Con, David Finch, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, The Death of Wolverine by Charles Soule, Steve McNiven, Jay Leisten, and Justin Ponsor, Annihilator #1 by Grant Morrison and Frazer Irving from Legendary, Vampirella cosplay, Grayson: Futures End #1 by Tim Seeley, Tom King, Stephen Mooney, and Jeromy Cox, Legion, Genius #1 by Marc Bernardin, Adam Freeman, and Afua Richardson from Top Cow, Cyberforce, Alejandro Jodorowski and Georges Bess' The White Lama from Humanoids, Alan Moore, Sundowners #1 by Tim Seeley, Jim Terry, and Sean Dove from Dark Horse, Trees by Warren Ellis and Jason Howard out of Image, Saga #22 by Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples, Godzilla: Cataclysm #1 by Cullen Bunn and Dave Wachter from IDW, Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay by David and Scott Tipton, J.K. Woodward, and Juan Ortiz, DK2: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, PLUS an extensive interview with Victo

The Last Ship, The Multiversity #1 by Grant Morrison, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, and Nei Ruffino, Captain America #23 from Rick Remender, Carlos Pacheco, Mariano Taibo, and Dean White, Avengers Forever, Time Runs Out, God Is Dead: The Book of Acts Alpha and Omega (Mike Costa, Si Spurrier, Alan Moore, Justin Jordan, Kieron Gillen, Rafael Ortiz, Hernan Cabrera, German Nobile, and more), Safari Honeymoon by Jesse Jacobs from Koyama Press, more pre-200 Amazing Spider-Man, Beautiful Darkness from Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët from Drawn and Quarterly, The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 animated feature, more Dark Horse Presents #1, Nightworld #1 by Adam McGovern, Paolo Leandri, and Dominic Regan from Image, The Delinquents #1 by James Asmus, Fred Van Lente, and Kano from Valiant, Clive Barker, Marc Andreyko, Piotr Kowalski, and Juan Manuel Tumburus' Nightbreed from BOOM!, Alien Legion: Uncivil War #1 from Chuck Dixon, Larry Stroman, Carl Potts, and Thomas Mason from Titan Comics, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #1

The dynamic duo of Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko join us to discuss a multitude of things, including The Hulk, Jeff Parker, Kinski, Star Wars: Legacy, Dark Horse Presents, Invisible Republic and Image Comics, the Kirkman Manifesto, Heathentown, Planet of the Apes, Marc Laming, Lord of the Rings, Lovecraft, Richard Corben, The Strain, Twin Peaks and David Lynch, Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët from Drawn and Quarterly, Aaron Conley and Sabertooth Swordsman, Naoki Urasawa's Pluto, Mark Millar, Icon, Moonhead and the Music Machine by Andrew Rae from Nobrow Press, Neonomicon, Marv Wolfman and Keith Pollard's run on Amazing Spider-Man, Hellboy, The Multiversity #1, Self-Made Hero, All-New Ghost Rider by Felipe Smith, Tradd Moore, and Val Staples, Grayson by Tim Seeley, Tom King, and Mikel Janin, Wonder Woman, Petty Theft by Pasca Girard from Drawn and Quarterly, dumb bunnies, and a whole mess more!

Geof Darrow's Shaolin Cowboy from Dark Horse, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, Marvel Universe Live, Fables: Super Team (#102-108) by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha, and Lee Loughridge from Vertigo, Superior Spider-Man #32 by Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Giuseppe Camuncoli, John Dell, Adam Kubert, Antonio Fabela, and Rain Beredo, Spider-Verse, Trillium by Jeff Lemire and Jose Villarrubia for Vertigo, The Strain, ComicBase, Abe Sapien #14-15 by Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, Max Fiumara, Dave Stewart, Juan Ferreyra, and Sebastian Fiumara from Dark Horse, Afterlife with Archie #6 and Andrew Pepoy, Star Trek: City on the Edge of Forever - The Original Teleplay by Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton, David Tipton, and J. K. Woodward from IDW, Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland by Eric Shanower and Gabriel Rodriguez from IDW, Dark Horse Presents #1, and a whole mess more!

Jim Rugg joins us to expound on Street Angel from AdHouse Books, Ed Piskor's Hip Hop Family Tree, Rob Liefeld, Brian Maruca, Gary Groth, Comics Comics (Frank Santoro, Dan Nadel, Tim Hodler, and more), PictureBox, Chris Pitzer, Supermag, Boulet, Mike Mignola and the Hellboy Goes to Hell Artist's Edition from IDW, Afrodisiac, Usamu Tezuka's Book of Human Insects from Vertical, Cable: Blood and Metal, Brian Lee O'Malley's Seconds, Jane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault from Groundwood Books, Josh Bayer, Jason Karns and FUKITOR, Organ fanzine, SDCC, Tom Scioli, Fort Thunder, Copacetic Comics, Paul Pope, Pittsburgh Comic Con, Robin Williams, Wally Wood, social media, artistic influences, CAB, Howtoons [Re]ignition by Fred Van Lente, Tom Fowler, and Jordie Bellaire from Image, Magnus: Robot Fighter from Fred Van Lente and Cory Smith from Dynamite!, the Annihilation Omnibus and Guardians of the Galaxy, Farel Dalrymple's The Wrenchies from :01 First Second, and a whole mess more!

Mighty Skottie Young joins us to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy and Rocket Raccoon, Adventure Time, Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever by Tom Neely and Friends (Jim Rugg, Tom Scioli, Ben Marra, Josh Bayer, Matthew Allison, and more!), Jason Howard, Justin Jordan and Kyle Strahm's Spread from Image, Jim Mahfood and Los Angeles Ink Stains, Bendis' Guardians, and a whole mess more!