Episode 36 – Cocoa Bagels July 26, 2010
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While Sims is away at San Diego Comic-Con, Euge and Matt Wilson soldier on to talk about dreams, robot detectives, an extended comics segment and Metal Gear Solid. Also, Sims does check in with voicemails, and general tomfoolery.
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- Check out Matt on twitter, also his sites: High Minded BS, superheroeswithjackets, and the ISS.
- Check out AdamWarRock.com for a TON of news I posted this week.
- No poster this week from Max Huffman, which was my bad since I edited the show too late this week. But check out more of his work at Mocktopus.
- Matt’s Rec: Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son Of Chico Dusty [Explicit]
- Euge’s Rec: Hockey games, like this one.
- Music used: Both Kirby Krackle songs, “Going Home” and “Ring Capacity” (website)
Comics Discussed:
- Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6 (No spoilers!)
- Gorilla Man #1
- Atlas #3
- The Sixth Gun #1
- Phonogram Vol. 1
- Thunderbolts series
- Avengers series
Shameless Self Promotion:
- Go check out the Adam WarRock debut single, “Starving Artist” at this link. Remember, downloading it gets you a secret track from me. Check out all Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
- Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his new webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
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Episode 35 – Truckopathic Powers f/ Brian Clevinger July 19, 2010
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Brian Clevinger, of 8-bit Theater and Atomic Robo fame, steps into the thunderdome to talk about US-1, The Infinity Gauntlet, and why Stephen Hawking is such a jerk. Also, South Carolina politics, Ice Cube lyrical analysis, and Harry Potter! Check your self.
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- Thanks again to Brian Clevinger. Be sure to check out all his work at his website, including his webcomic 8 Bit Theater. Also be sure to check out the volumes of Atomic Robo available now. Also follow him on twitter.
- No, seriously guys. US-1.
- The Inkspots band Brian was talking about.
- Alvin Greene – a proud American? Or some kind of ruse?
- Congratulations to Awesomed By Comics for their 100th episode!
- Thanks to Max Huffman for the episode poster. Check out more of his work at Mocktopus.
- Chris’s Rec: Lego Harry Potter
- Euge’s Rec: The Broadcast Podcast w/ Lizz Winstead & Darbi Worley. Also check out the Jezebel article, as well as the Daily Show’s response.
- Music used: Anamanaguchi “Flora/Fauna” & Futureheads “Robot”
Comics Discussed:
- Superman #701
- Gorilla Man #1
- Invincible Iron Man #28
- Batman #701
- Pluto
- Atlas
- Asterios Polyp – also read Douglas Wolk’s NYTimes review
Shameless Self Promotion:
- Go check out the Adam WarRock debut single, “Starving Artist” at this link. Remember, downloading it gets you a secret track from me. Check out all Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
- Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his new webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
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Episode 34 – Pizza Buffet w/ Justin Aclin July 5, 2010
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Editor of Toyfare Magazine, Justin Aclin, stops by to talk about toys, eating contests, and comics, as he touts his titles Hero House and S.H.O.O.T. First. Chris and Euge celebrate Independence Day in more ways than one. Happy 4th of July everyone.
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- Thanks again to Justin Aclin for stopping by. Check out Toyfare Magazine, his graphic novel Hero House
, and S.H.O.O.T. First on Dark Horse’s Myspace presents. Also check him out on twitter.
- M.U.S.C.L.E.
- Cici’s Pizza. Is it too good to be true?
- Thanks to Max Huffman for the episode poster. Check out more of his work at Mocktopus.
- Chris’s Rec: Dr. Who and Urasawa’s Pluto
- Euge’s Rec: Shad – TSOL & Beastie Boys “Shadrach”
Shameless Self Promotion:
- Go check out the Adam WarRock debut single, “Starving Artist” at this link. Remember, downloading it gets you a secret track from me. Check out Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
- Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his new webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
Please leave us a review on iTunes if you have the time! Also, remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!
Episode 33 – Ice Cream Cake w/ Rick Remender June 28, 2010
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Rick Remender is our first guest to pull a hat trick on War Rocket Ajax, as he stops by to talk about Fear Agent, Frankencastle, and colorful stories about ice cream and hardcore music. We debut a new format for the show, and Chris and Euge talk about Superman just walkin’ the earth n’ sh*t.
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- Thanks again to our guest Rick Remender. Check out all of his stuff, Last Days of American Crime, Fear Agent, Frankencastle, and more (on Amazon
). Also talk to him on twitter.
- Seriously you guys, Triumph.
- What’s up Veronica Webb.
- Thanks to Max Huffman for the image above. Check out more of his work at Mocktopus.
- Chris’s Rec: Red Dead Redemption
- Euge’s Rec: Brent Weinbach – The Night Shift
Shameless Self Promotion:
- Go check out the Adam WarRock debut single, “Starving Artist” at this link. Remember, downloading it gets you a secret track from me.
- For reference, this is what Ming’s apartment apparently looks like.
- Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his new webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
- Check out Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
Please leave us a review on iTunes if you have the time! Also, remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!
Episode 32 – Periwinkle Skies w/ Ming Doyle June 21, 2010
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We’re back! I know we said Rick Remender would be our guest, but due to some last minute complications, we had to reschedule him (to next week!). So Chris & Euge get to sit with the lovely and talented Ming Doyle, artist of The Loneliest Astronauts and whose work you’ve also seen in Marvel’s Girl Comics anthology. It’s an episode about HeroesCon, dream romance, and lovely skies as the crew is back again with the incredible, and all that goodness (sketch above is Ming’s sketch for Chris from HeroesCon, which you can look at here).
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- Thanks again to the wonderful Ming Doyle for effortlessly sliding from third chair into guest on this very crazy episode. Check out all her stuff at her website, talk to her on twitter, and buy her amazing sketchbook here. The sketchbook is really beautiful, guys.
- Also check out Ming’s work on The Loneliest Astronauts, written by former third-chair Kevin Church! Why not buy Loneliest Astronauts stuff, like the book? Or buttons? Go check it out.
- Rick Remender will be on next week to talk about Fear Agent, Bulletstorm, and a host other things.
- Check out Comics Alliance’s Ask Chris panel from HeroesCon over at this link. Stay for Chris Haley‘s question. Yes, I do have my answer, but you’ll just have to ask me on twitter or something.
- Go check out the Adam WarRock debut single, “Starving Artist” at this link. Remember, downloading it gets you a secret track from me.
- For reference, this is what Ming’s apartment apparently looks like.
- Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his new webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
- Check out Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
- I know I said I’d have a new theme for this ep, but no joke….I had it written out, and I accidentally closed the file without saving. This happened like, a day or two ago.
I’ll have a new theme hopefully next week. DAMN YOU TECHNOLOGY!!!
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Episode 31 – When Sh*t Gets Real Bonus Round May 24, 2010
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It’s been a weird week for Euge. So when shit gets real on War Rocket Ajax, Chris and Euge do an Edit-Free Ajax Bonus Round, answer listener questions, and just when you think the show’s over….they go to Cuba and blow a bunch of stuff up. Maybe not that last part, but you get the idea.
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- Take a moment to join the Adam WarRock facebook fan page and help me out. Again, thank you so much to everyone who’s said amazingly nice things to me this week. You guys can’t know how much it means to me.
- Chris continues to knock it out the box with his periodic table of super-powers. Amazing work.
- Join the movement: SAVE MOCKTOPUS! We love Max Huffman and only want him to be able to make webcomics to the best of his ability. Chris and I have supported him, as well as a number of listeners to the show. But if you haven’t, go give! It will make your heart grow three times bigger.
- Here’s Kieron Gillen’s review of Mass Effect 2, as mentioned on the show.
- Check out Jen Vaughn‘s webcomic, Mermaid Hostel! I’ve seen her initial designs of the two Adam WarRock tshirts, and man, they look amazing.
- Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his new webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
- Check out Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
- I won’t lie guys. At the end of this episode, I am DRUUUUNK. See if you can hear it.
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Episode 30 – Oh Margo f/ Josh Fruhlinger, the Comics Curmudgeon May 17, 2010
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It’s a show that’s as familiar as your Sunday Morning Newspaper Comics section, when Josh Fruhlinger of the Comics Curmudgeon chats with the crew. Hear us talk about Funky Winkerbean, Apt. 3G, Beetle Bailey, and why they all suck while we continue to love them. Also, Chris takes on a slew of haters and we talk about Iron Man 2. It’s an Episode 30 blowout!
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- Please check out Josh at http://joshreads.com; and chat with him on twitter. If you’re not reading The Comics Curmudgeon, seriously, you need to.
- Read Chris’s fantastic essay on the Racial Politics of Regressive Storytelling over at Comics Alliance.
- Armcannon “I Am A Real Sexy American Boy” — What else is there to say?
- Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his new webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
- Check out Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
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Episode 29 – Podcastkata f/ Matt Singer May 10, 2010
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With the skill of gymnastics, and the kill of karate, Matt Singer, host of the IFC.com podcast and on-air host of IFC news, joins us to talk about his lifelong scholarly pursuit of watching and discussing the cinematic merit of Gymkata. We also talk about his time interning with Troma Entertainment, and comics reviews! (image courtesy of Max Huffman, click to enlarge)
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- You can find out more about Matt Singer on IFC, on twitter, at the IFC Movie Podcast page, and also at Gymkommentary, which he performs with comic artist Chris Moreno.
- If you haven’t seen Gymkata
yet, what is wrong with you?
- Check out Troma Entertainment, as well as The Stablizer and Tales from the Crapper. Also check out Lloyd Kaufman, founder of Troma and all his books on Amazon.
- Just one of the examples of Matt’s Termite Art blog coverage of Spidey and the Electric Company.
- Check out WFMU.org and The Best Show. May 4, 2010 is the show Chris showed up on. Also check out our ep with Dr. K where we talked about South of the Border.
- Check out Adam WarRock “Girl Comics.” Isn’t Jubilee dreamy?
- Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his new webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
- Go check out Mocktopus, by Max Huffman. Because it’s awesome, that’s why. Max, we stand in solidarity.
- Check out Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
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Episode 28 – That’s So Silver Age! f/ Tom Katers May 3, 2010
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Tom Katers, of Tom vs. the Flash, Tom vs. the JLA, Around Comics and iFanboy, joins us for the whole episode as we talk about D&D, Miley Cyrus, Silver Age comics, and well…anything else that comes up. This guy knows what I’m talkin’ about, right? (image courtesy of Max Huffman, click to enlarge)
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The Rundown
- Check out Tom Vs. the Flash on iTunes, at his blog, and also chat with Tom on twitter. Remember to check out Tom’s columns on iFanboy as well every Friday as well.
- I’m pretty sure you can find “Party and Bullshit in the USA” if you use your industriousness on the web. It’s a great mashup, shouldn’t be missed. Here’s the Adam WarRock song that I made out of “Party in the USA.”
- Chris’s X-Men Second Coming death pool.
- Thanks to the Ampersands for that great theme remix! Check out more of their music on myspace, or buy their album on iTunes.
- Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his new webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
- Go check out Mocktopus, by Max Huffman. Because it’s awesome, that’s why. Max, we stand in solidarity.
- Check out Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
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Episode 27 – Brother Got Ta Rap f/ Ryan Dunlavey April 26, 2010
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Hit Me! Back at it, talking about a ton of comics, and rapping with guest writer and artist Ryan Dunlavey about philosophers, MODOK, and new jack swing. All of you go to your rooms. (image courtesy of Max Huffman).
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- Check out more from our guest Ryan Dunlavey at his website, or follow him on twitter. While you’re at it, pick up the Action Philosophers!
trade paperback.
- Remember, Rusty‘s doing an in-store at Superfly Comics in the Yellow Springs, OH area on 5/1/10 (Free Comic Book Day). Stop by and say hi.
- Yes, we now know that it’s from a James Brown song
. Fraction‘s response when we told him we didn’t know that was calling us “fucking philistines.”
- Check out Brandon Vs. Magic for the theme song I did for his video podcast, Play, Trade or Bury.
- Check out Chris’s haters at his Kick Ass in 60 Seconds piece at Comics Alliance.
- Facebook fan group. Join it.
- Thanks to the Ampersands for that great theme remix! Check out more of their music on myspace, or buy their album on iTunes.
- Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his new webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
- Go check out Mocktopus, by Max Huffman. Because it’s awesome, that’s why. Max, we stand in solidarity.
- Check out Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com. You can download the new theme there, if you’re into that sorta thing.
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