11 O'clock Comics Podcast

Our Top 5 O'Closcar Contenders for 2023, plus Dwellings by Jay Stephens from Oni Press, The Complete World Famous Creatures from Fantaco/Whiting Studio, Black Box Chronicles from Magnetic, Queenie, the Godmother of Harlem from Abrams, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: World Without End by Jamie Delano and John Higgins, Image-O-Rama: Duke #1 from Joshua Williamson, Tom Reilly, and Jordie Bellaire, Gunslinger Spawn and Todd McFarlane, and Local Man by Seeley and Fleecs, Danger Street by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, and Dave Stewart, Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #3, Wonder Woman #4, Roaming by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki from Drawn & Quarterly, plus a whole mess more!

Tony Fleecs joins us to talk about Feral, Hellboy-O-Rama: Giant Robot Hellboy by Mike Mignola, Duncan Fedrego, and Dave Stewart and Hellboy Winter Special: The Yule Cat by Matt Smith and Chris O'Halloran from Dark Horse, G.I. Joe #302 by Larry Hama, Chris Mooneyham, and Francesco Segala, Incredible Hulk #6-7 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nik Klein, and Matthew Wilson, Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker and Sean and Jacob Phillips, plus a whole mess more!

Silver Sprocket-O-Rama: Everything Sucks: Friends Forever by Michael Sweater, Pee-Pee Poo-Poo #69, #420, #80085 by Caroline Cash, Leftstar and the Strange Occurrence by Jean Fhilippe, Chromatic Fantasy by H.A., and Prokaryote Season by Leo Fox, plus Noir Burlesque by Enrico Marini, Origin Volume 1 by Boichi from Kondansha/Vertical, Scrapper and Crave #1 from Image, Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees #2 from IDW, Freak Force by Larsen, Giffen, Bridges, and Miller, Teen Titans and Mike Norton, New School by Dash Shaw from Fantagraphics, plus a whole mess more!

Image-O-Rama: Bloodrik #1 by Andrew Krahnke, Petrol Head #2 by Rob Williams and Pye Parr, and Edenwood #2 by Tony S. Daniel and Leonardo Paciarotti, plus X-Men Blue: Origins #1 by Si Spurrier, Wilton Santos, Marcus To, Oren Junior, and Ceci de la Cruz, Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes: The Scandalous Ticket by Cyril Lieron and Benoit Dahan from Titan Books, DC-O-Rama:  Alan Scott: Green Lantern #2, Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #2, and Birds of Prey #4, The Cliff by Manon Debaye from Drawn & Quarterly, more Midnite Show, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: Ice Cream Man Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, and Chris O'Halloran from Image, plus The Thing: Project Pegasus, Dan Clowes' Monica from Fantagraphics, Marvel-O-Rama: Carnage #1 by Torunn Gronbekk, Pere Perez, and Erick Arciniega and Captain Marvel #1 by Alyssa Wong, Jan Bazaldua, and Bryan Valenza, Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky from Pantheon, plus a whole mess more!

Tony Fleecs returns to lead us through Mimi's Tales of Terror by Junji Ito from Viz, The Sickness #2 by Jenna Cha and Lonnie Nadler from Uncivilized Books, Kill Wolfhead by Brandon Thomas and Pete Woods from Humanoids, Image-O-Rama: Dark Ride by Joshua Williamson, Andrei Bressan, and Adriano Lucas from Image, The Deviant #1 by James Tynion IV and Joshua Hixon, and more Dutch #0 by Joe Casey and Nathan Fox, Wonder Woman #3 by Tom King, Daniel Sampere, and Tomeu Morey, Rick & Morty: The Manga Volume 1: Get in the Robot, Morty! from Oni, Daredevil: Black Armor #1 by D.G. Chichester, Netho Diaz, JP Mayer, and Andrew Dalhouse, Batman & Robin #3, Dave Wachter and The Punisher, plus a whole mess more!

Image-O-Rama: Petrol Head #1 by Rob Williams and Pye Parr, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #301 by Larry Hama, Chris Mooneyham, and Francesco Segala, G.I Joe #1: Larry Hama Cut, Transformers #2 by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer, and The Big Game #5 by Mark Millar, Pepe Larraz, and Giovanna Niro, plus BOOM-O-Rama: The Space Between #1 by Corinna Bechko and Danny Luckert and Zawa + the Belly of the Beast #1 by Michael Dialynas, plus a whole mess more!

The Midnite Show #2 by Cullen Bunn. Brian Hurtt, and Bill Crabtree from Dark Horse, Spider-Man 2099: Dark Genesis by Steve Orlando, Justin Mason, Jordan Boyd, and Antonio Fabela, Ink & Drink: Long Beach: Sewer Boyz, The Cat from the Kimono by Nancy Peña from Humanoids, Superman '78: The Metal Curtain by Robert Venditti, Gavin Guidry, and Jordie Bellaire, The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber by Juni Ba and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou from Dark Horse, Almost Dead by Galaxy and Ryan Benjamin from Ablaze, plus a whole mess more!

Image-O-Rama: Universal Monsters: Dracula #1 by James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds, Edenwood #1 by Tony S. Daniel and Jay David Ramos from Image, #DRCL: Midnight Children Volume 1 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto from Viz, World's Finest, Alan Scott: Green Lantern #1, M. S. Harkness-O-Rama: Six Mini-Comics and Time Under Tension, Todd McFarlane, Operation Sunshine Volume #1 by Henry Zabrowski, Marcus Parks, and David Rubin from Dark Horse, Spider-Gwen, Western-O-Rama: The Enfield Gang Massacre and Canary, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: Clementine Book Two by Tillie Walden and Cliff Rathburn from Skybound, plus #DRCL: Midnight Children Volume 1 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto from Viz, Zoe Thorogood's Hack/Slash: Back to School #1, Joe Hill's Rain with David M. Booher, Zoe Thorogood, and Chris O'Halloran from Syzygy Publishing, Snarlagon by Andrew MacLean, plus a whole mess more!

The legendary Howard Chaykin joins us to discuss his forthcoming book John Benteen's Fargo: Hell on Wheels, Gil Kane, American Flagg, Black Kiss, Grant Morrison, Cyberella, Robert Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Blackhawk, Ken Bruzenak, illustration and design, Power & Glory, Star Wars, plus a whole mess more!

NYCC 2023, 2099 Unlimited #3 by Ned Sonntag, Dracula X Frankenstein by Michele Monteleone, Fabrizio Des Dorides, Giulio Antonio Gualtieri, and Francesco De Stena from Alien Books + FairSquare Comics, Minor Threats by Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, Scott Hepburn, and Ian Herring from Dark Horse, My Friend, Toby by Gregory Panaccione from Magnetic, Mobilis by Juni Ba from TKO, Ed Piskor's Red Room: Crypto Killaz from Fantagraphics, Wesley Dodds: The Sandman by Robert Venditti, Riley Rossmo, and Ivan Plascencia, The Mysteries by John Kascht and Bill Watterson, plus a whole mess more!

Complete the Quest: The Poisonous Library by Brian McLachlan from Imprint, The Midnite Show #1 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, and Bill Crabtree from Dark Horse, Moonray Volume One by Brandon Graham and Xurxo G. Penalta, Blue Beetle by Josh Trujillo, Adrian Gutierrez, and Wil Quintana, G.O.D.S. #1, The Forged by Greg Rucka and Eric Trautmann from Image, Rick and Morty by Alex Firer, Fred C. Stressing, Marc Ellerby and Andrew Dalhouse from ONI, The Closet by James Tynion IV and Gavin Fullerton, Gen V, Gutter Hunter #3 from Robin Bougie, Peacemaker Tries Hard, Nimona, plus a whole mess more!

Tom Scioli warps in to discuss I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee and Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics both Ten Speed Press, Jack Kirby's Starr Warriors Starring Adam Starr and the Solar Legion from Image, plus a whole mess more!

Tony Fleecs returns to help us throw down on Children of the Vault #2 by Deniz Camp, Luca Maresca, and Carlos Lopez, The Sacrificers #2 by Rick Remender, Max Fiumara, and Dave McCaig from Image, Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham by Rafael Grampa and Matheus Lopes, I Am Stan by Tom Scioli, Rare Flavors by Ram V and Filipe Andrade from BOOM!, Batman and Robin #1 by Joshua Williamson and Simone Di Meo, Wonder Woman #1 by Tom King, Daniel Sampere, and Tomeu Morey, Uncanny Spider-Man #1 by Si Spurrier, Lee Garbett, and Matt Milla, Bloodborne: The Bleak Dominion #1 by Cullen Bunn, Piotr Kowalski, and Brad Simpson from Titan Comics, Deadpool: Badder Blood by Rob Liefeld and Chad Bowers, plus a whole mess more!

Marvel-O-Rama: Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance (Alpha + Ghost Rider #17 + Wolverine #36 + Omega) by Benjamin Percy, Geoff Shaw, and Rain Beredo, Avengers Inc. #1 by Al Ewing, Leonard Kirk, and Alex Sinclair, and Daredevil #1 by Saladin Ahmed, Aaron Kuder, and Jesus Aburtov, plus The Incal: Dying Star by Dan Watters and Jon-Davis Hunt from Humanoids, The Invincible Red Sonja from Dynamite, Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #6, Jazz Maynard Volume 2: The Iceland Trilogy, Shadowhawk and 1963, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Illyrian Enigma, The Boogeyman from Ablaze, plus a whole mess more!

Josh Bayer joins us to plumb the depths of Unended from Uncivilized Books, Birds of Prey #1, Scrapper #2, Splitting Image and Don Simpson, Incredible Hulk #3, Giant Days, plus a whole mess more!

Book of the Month: Tales to Enlighten: The New Testament by Matt King and a massive mess of disgustingly talented folks, plus Ice Cream Man #36 by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, and Chris O'Halloran, Millarverse: Night Club, Big Game, and Magic Order, Groot by Dan Abnett, Damien Couceiro, and Matt Milla, Godzilla Rivals: Spacegodzilla and Matt Frank, Chainsaw Man and Dandadan, plus a whole mess more!

Daniel Warren Johnson pops in to talk about Transformers and the Energon Universe, plus we have a little time left over to jabber on Godzilla: War for Humanity #1 by Andrew MacLean, Jake Smith, and Carlos Lopez from IDW, Marvel Unleashed #1 by Kyle Starks, Jesus Hervas, and Yen Nitro, All Tomorrows Parties: The Velvet Underground Story by Koren Shadmi, plus a whole mess more!