Comments on: Episode 1 – First Issues w/ Matt Fraction

By: War Rocket Ajax – The Greatest Comic Book and Pop Culture Podcast In the World! » Rusty Has Too Much Time

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:33:16 +0000

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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:24:31 +0000

[...] Ahn’s new podcast War Rocket Ajax kicks off in style, featuring conversations with writer Matt Fraction (66.7MB) and novelist/comics fan Caitlin Kittredge [...]

By: Yoppster

Yoppster — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:04:54 +0000

I hate to contribute to the anti-Liefeld mania, but this article is too hilarious not to share. http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html

By: Euge

Euge — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:15:26 +0000

Hey Mike. We’re totally intending to spread it to other media and pop culture elements. I think we were just so glad to be recording the first episode, getting our sea legs about us, and talking to Mr. Fraction (whom we did have legitimate comic book geek questions for), so give us some time to find the groove. We do appreciate your constructive comments.

And Chris’s attention span is more like a puppy dog or a child who loves shiny objects. Fruit fly is a bit unfair.

By: Mike "Llakor" Ryan

Mike "Llakor" Ryan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:54:05 +0000

Great start guys!
It really did feel like a conversation more than an interview and I liked the fact that you allowed Matt Fraction to turn the tables and ask you guys questions.

That said, if your mission statement is to talk to comic-book creators about general culture rather than just about comics, that looks like it will take a little more focus.

(And frankly Eugene since Chris has the attention span of a fruit fly you are going to have to do the heavy lifting on the focus thing.)

As an example, on this program where you were talking about new beginnings and first issues, one way that you could have used that to springboard from comics to general culture would have been to talk about first issues in other mediums – first albums, first films in a franchise, first novels in a series, pilots of TV series and how they compare to first issue of comics. (Matt even gave you the entry to talk about that one, but sadly you whiffed on it.)

By: Euge

Euge — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:17:48 +0000

And Rex Mantooth news! What more could you ask for!

Thanks for the props, Darth, Tyler, Jim.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:15:35 +0000

Great first episode guys. Fraction is indeed awesome. Bonus points for a Casanova update- I haven’t heard anything about it in some time (and no one brings it up in the interviews he does for “comic news” sites…).

By: Darth Krzysztof

Darth Krzysztof — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:24:54 +0000

OK, that was great. I’ve subscribed to the feed.

I was in a line for an Art Adams/Jeph Loeb signing in San Diego, and there was a tall dude in a UCLA shirt behind me. Rob Liefeld just walked right up to him and chatted about UCLA sports for a couple of minutes… he was very friendly, and I felt bad for occasionally numbering myself among his haters. The difference in height between Liefeld and the dude in the shirt just made it that much more surreal.

Plus I kept hearing Sims-as-Rob say “Well… are… are you mad? Cos I’ll do it again.”

By: War Rocket Ajax » Second Guest! Words and Stuff!

War Rocket Ajax » Second Guest! Words and Stuff! — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:37:32 +0000

[...] Dre, you diss yourself. Thanks again to Matt Fraction for being our first guest. Check out the episode if you haven’t yet. And yes, iTunes feed is coming, hopefully by the end of this week (get on [...]

By: Jim Livesay

Jim Livesay — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:14:21 +0000

Guys: Just finished the podcast with Fraction, and it was awesome. So rare to hear a creator on one of these podcasts give an honest criticism/assessment re: another creator’s work (in this case, Tony Daniel on Batman RIP). Nice podcast all around.

I’ve never followed anything you guys have done before, just discovered you today. Look forward to following this site and new podcast!