11 O'clock Comics Podcast

A decade-by-decade assessment of our favorite comics!

The great Ryan Browne joins us to talk about God Hates Astronauts #1 from Image and a whole bunch of other stuff, including Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt's The Sixth Gun from Oni Press, Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra's The Manhattan Projects, Chew, Rob Schrab's Scud the Disposable Assassin, Silver Surfer, Ryan Stegman, Skottie Young, portfolio reviews, Andrew MacLean's Headlopper, Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, Tradd Moore, the Cohen Brothers, Original Sin, Mike Deodato, Trees #2 from Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, Garth Ennis and the Thin Red Line arc of Crossed: Badlands, Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca's Street Angel from AdHouse, Wolfhands by Nick Johnson and Justin Heggs, Southern Bastards and Jason Latour, Kirby's Devil Dinosaur, Wonder Woman, Baltimore: Chapel of Bones by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, Ben Stenbeck and Dave Stewart, Lane Milburn's Twelve Gems from Fantagraphics, SAGA, Star Wars: Rebel Heist by Matt Kindt and Marco Castiello, Ross Peacock, Outcast #1 and Paul Azaceta, T4, and a whole mess more!

David and Jason recount their HeroesCon 2014 experiences and, one of the stars from that very con, titanic Tom Scioli stops by to unleash some Cybertronian wisdom on his Transformers Vs. G.I. Joe series with John Barber from IDW! There's talk of Dominion, Dan Govar, Jason Latour, Matteo Sclera, Kevin Mellon, Dave Wachter, Skottie Young, Tom Fowler, Art Adams, Mitch Gerads, Ryan Stegman, Francesco Francavilla, Dan Panosian, Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Pitzer and AdHouse Books, Jim Rugg, Box Brown, Geoff Darrow, Pat Broderick, Jeremy Haun, Steve Mannion, Stephanie Buscema, Maris Wicks, Atomic Elbow, Ryan Browne, Sidebar, the last issue of Larry Hama's G.I. Joe for Marvel, Rob Liefeld, Ryan Browne, Ben Marra, Ed Piskor, Rick Remender, Aaron Conley and the upcoming Sabertooth Swordsman serial in the new Dark Horse Presents anthology, Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko, Matt Kindt, Brian Hurtt, Dennis Hopeless, Terry Moore, Trees, Deadly Class, Nailbiter, Marvel's current Punisher ongoing, Southern Bastards, Jim Starl

Steve Mannion, Heroes Con, New York City Special Edition, NYCC, the Archaia FCBD hardover (David Petersen and Mouse Guard, Ramon Perez and Farscape, Royden Lepp and Rust, Adam Smith and Kyla Vanderklugt, Sean Rubin's Bolivar, and more), SAGA #18-19 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples from Image, Mark Millar and Goran Parlov's Starlight, Image-O-Rama, Spawn, The Strange Tale of Panorama Islamd by Suehiro Mauro from Last Gasp, The All-New X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy in the Trial of Jean Grey by Brian Bendis, Stuart Immonen, Sara Pichelli, David Marquez, Wade Von Grawbadger, and Justin Ponsor, No More Humans by Mike Carey and Salvador Larroca, Rick Veitch, Miracleman Book One: A Dream of Flying by The Original Writer, Garry Leach, Alan Davis, Don Lawrence, Steve Dillon, Paul Neary, and Steve Oliff, Marvel Graphic Novels, Alan Moore, Matt Kindt's Mind MGMT, Terry Moore's Rachel Rising, Kyle and Yost and Ed McGuinness' Amazing X-Men, and a whole mess more!

La Mano del Destino's Jason (J. Gonzo) Gonzales joins us to talk about Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham and Simon Bisley, Todd McFarlane, Larry Marder, John Romita, Santo, Dave Stewart, Jordie Bellaire, Phoenix Comic Con, Chuck Dixon and Paul Rivoche, Original Sin #3 by Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato, Jonah Hex: Shadows West by Joe R. Landsdale, Tim Truman, and Sam Glanzman, Bwana Beast, Rocket Raccoon, This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki from First Second, Weird Love #1 from Craig Yoe and IDW, Vince Coletta, The Thin Black Line from TwoMorrows, Southern Bastards #2 from Aaron and Jason Latour from Image, Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #3, Frank Espinosa's Rocketo and Dracula, The Wicked and the Divine #1 from Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie from Image, old school Hip Hop, Tom Scioli, Ed Piskor, and a whole mess more!

Legend in the house! The great Rob Liefeld drops some mad science on us about Jack Kirby, George Perez, John Byrne, Teen Titans, Chris Claremont, Deadpool, Cable, Hulk, New Mutants, Domino, Todd McFarlane, Robert Kirkman, Star Wars, Taskmaster, Wolverine, Fabian Nicieza, Jim Shooter, Dr. Strange, Moon Knight, Tom Brevoort, Warren Ellis, Eric Stephenson, Levis, the perils of the New 52, Deathstroke, Hawk and Dove, Mike Deodato, Dan DiDio, Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz, the Extreme revival, Supreme, Brigade, Warren Ellis and Jason Howard's Trees from Image, Clive Barker, Mark Andreyko, and Piotr Kowalski's Nightbreed #1 from BOOM!, Greg Smallwood, Tom Scioli and John Barber's Transformers Vs. G.I. Joe, Black Canary and Zatanna: Bloodspell by Paul Dini and Joe Quinones, Chew/Revival, Dark Knight Returns, and a whole mess more!

Zack Kruse joins us to talk about Daniel Warren Johnson and Space Mullet, Anaconda, the Appleseed Con (Mike Norton, Pete Bagge, Steve Ditko, Steranko, Tom Scioli, Jack Cole and Plastic Man, Kyle Baker, Neal Adams, Seth Fisher, Adam Hughes, Art Adams, Dave Stevens, Alex Ross, Brian Bolland, Mike Zeck, Gary Panter, Art Spiegelman, Ed Piskor, Ryan Browne, Dave Wachter, and more), Showcase Presents: Sea Devils by Russ Heath and Robert Kanigher, Stan Lee, Jim Balent, Valiant's Unity by Matt Kindt and Dougie Braithwaite, IDW's Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time by Scott and David Tipton and company, Francesco Francavilla, Rick Remender and company's astoundingly good Uncanny Avengers, Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey's Moon Knight, Jonathan Hickman's Time Runs Out, Robert Kirkman, Manifest Destiny by Chris Dingess, Owen Gieni, and Matthew Roberts from Image, Nailbiter, Southern Bastards, Jodorowsky's DUNE, Saga, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and a whole mess more!

Matt Wagner's Mage, Friends, Godzilla, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley from First Second, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Jim Curious: A Voyage to the Heart of the Sea in 3D by Matthias Picard from Abrams Books for Young Readers, Forever Evil, Andre the Giant: Life and Legend by Box Brown from First Second, Transformers Vs. G.I. Joe by Tom Scioli and John Barber, FCBD 2014, Futures End and New 52 continuity, Aaron Kuder, New Avengers 16.NOW by Jonathan Hickman and Rags Morales, Uncanny Avengers by Rick Remender and company, Godzilla: Rulers of Earth by Chris Mowry, Matt Frank, and Jeff Zornow from IDW, Dave Wachter and Cullen Bunn's upcoming Godzilla: Cataclysm, IDW's Black Dynamite from Brian Ash, Marcelo Ferreira, and Sal Buscema, Cyclops #1, Dash Shaw's Cosplayers #1 out of Fantagraphics, Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham, New 52 Superman, and a whole mess more!

Skottie Young steps in to join us in talking about FCBD, Matt Kindt, Magneto, Rocket Raccoon, Oz, Marvel Babies, Sergio Aragones, Sophie's Choice Comic Style (Chris Bachalo Vs. Humberto Ramos, Joe Kubert Vs. Alex Toth, Jack Davis Vs. Wally Wood, Will Eisner Vs. Jack Kirby, Bendis Vs. Brubaker, John Byrne Vs. George Perez, Todd McFarlane Vs. Erik Larsen, and more), Rob Liefeld, Space Mullet by Daniel Warren Johnson, Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu #1 by Mike Benson and Tan Eng Huat, The Auteur #2 by Rick Spears, James Callahan, and Luigi Anderson from Oni Press, Cyclops #1 by Greg Rucka and Russell Dauterman, Futures End #1, Beach Safari by Mawil from Top Shelf, Renaud Dilles, Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar's Dungeon from NBM, Cosmic Scoundrels and Liberty Justice from Andy Suriano, Tyler Shainline, and Matt Chapman, March: Book One from Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell out of Top Shelf, Skadi by Katie Rice and Luke Cormican, and a whole mess more!

Free Comic Book Day 2014 (Ed Piskor's Hip Hop Family Tree from Fantagraphics, Tom Scioli and John Barber's Transformers Vs. G.I. Joe from IDW, 2000AD with Chris Burnham, Dave Gibbons, Jan Duursema, Henry Flint Henry, Alan Grant, Skottie Young, Rocket Raccoon from Joe Caramanga and Adam Archer, Futures End #0 and #1 from Keith Giffen, Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Dan Jurgens and company, and more), Original Sin #1 by Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato, Marvel 'toons, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Godzilla, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang from First Second, Shigeru Mizuki's Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan from Drawn and Quarterly, Jason Shiga's upcoming Demon, The Atomic Legion from Mike Richardson and Bruce Zick out of Dark Horse, Carla Speed McNeil's Finder, Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey's Moon Knight, Rick Remender and Matteo Scalera's Black Science from Image and, as if all that wasn't enough, a talk with Downfall Arts' Alan D. Caesar, writer-artist of R

CBR, Mahmud Asrar, C2E2, Gary Panter, Spider-Man, Marvel movies, Dave Wachter, Nicola Scott, Will Pfeifer, Ryan Stegman, Chris Burnham, Skottie Young, Ryan Browne and God Hates Astronauts at Image, Mark Waid, Steranko, the Marvel Young Guns, Tony Fleecs, Original Sin #0 by Mark Waid, Jim Cheung, Paco Medina, Mark Morales, Guillermo Ortego, Dave Meikis, Juan Vasco, and Justin Ponsor, Daredevil #2 by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee, Elektra #1 by W. Haden Blackman, Mike Del Mundo, and Marco D'Alfonso, Nemo: The Roses of Berlin by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill from Top Shelf and Speakeasy, 100 Bullets: Brother Lono by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso from Vertigo, All-New Doop #1 by Peter Milligan, David Lafuente and Laura Allred, Deadly Class by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, and Lee Loughridge from Image, Al Feldstein, Amazing Spider-Man #1 by Dan Slott and a cast of thousands, Remender's The End League from Dark Horse, Star-Lord, Angela in the Marvel Universe, the Trial of Jean Grey, What If: Age of Ultron by Joe Keati

Warren Ellis, C2E2, Will Pfeifer, Kenneth Rocafort, and Teen Titans (incorporating women and comics, exploitation, Ms. Marvel and Kelly Sue DeConnick, Zenescope, Avatar, John Byrne's Wonder Woman, and more), Superior Spider-Man #31 by Dan Slott, Christos Gage, Giuseppe Camuncoli, John Dell, Terry Pallot, Antonio Fabela, Wil Sliney, Edgar Delgado and Chris Eliopoulos, Sinestro #1 by Cullen Bunn, Dale Eaglesham, and Jason Wright (incorporating Geoff Johns, Ed Brubaker, Mark Waid, Mike Wieringo, Secret Origins, Zero Year, DOOM, and more), Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #1 by Kaare Kyle Andrews, Simon Roy's Jan's Atomic Heart and Other Stories from Image, Stray Bullets, Nemo: The Roses of Berlin by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill from Top Shelf and Knockabout, Marvel omnibi, Iron Man, What If: Age of Ultron by Joe Keatinge and company, Kevin Mellon and Suicide Sisters, Nailbiter by Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson from Image, and a whole mess more!

JASON AARON drops by to talk with us about Southern Bastards, his new Image book with the great Jason Latour, Wolverine and the X-Men, Scalped, Thor: God of Thunder, Ghost Rider, Excalibur, original art, New Teen Titans, Frank Quitely, Morrison Con, Alan Moore, and a whole mess more!

House of Cards, Wrestlemania 30 and the Ultimate Warrior, Bandthology V2 from King Bone Press, more on Ostrander's Deadshot mini, All-New Ghost Rider #1 from Felipe Smith, Tradd Moore, Val "Doctor Hue" Staples, and Nelson Daniel, American Vampire: Second Cycle from Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque, Caliban #1 from Garth Ennis, Facundo Percio, Sebastian Cabrol, and Hernan Cabrera from Avatar (Aliens, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, and more), Captain America 2: Winter Soldier and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (no spoilers), Dan Slott's Superior Spider-Man #29 and #30, Silver Surfer #1 by Dan Slott and Mike and Laura Allred, Secret Avengers #1 by Ales Kot and Michael Walsh, Matthew Allison's awesome CANKOR #1 with damon Gentry, Travis Gillan, Aaron Conley, and JB Roe, Winter Soldier: The Bitter March #2, Will Pfeifer and Teen Titans, Keith Giffen, Aquaman and the Others #1 by Dan Jurgens and Lan Medina, Shutter #1 by Joe Keatinge, Leila del Duca, and Owen Gieni from Image, Inhuman #1 and Joe Mad!, When the Warlock Found

Episode 310 Jason, Chris and DAP talk about Wall Street, Southern Bastards, Green Arrow, more Green Arrow, Cap & The Winter Soldier, Suicide Squad, Fear Agent, Queen & Country and so so much more.   Music by Ryan Powers, Nick Waterhouse, Horton Heat, De La Soul & the "will always hold up" Nirvana.

Crisis on Infinite Earths, Carl Barks, Doctor Who, Secret Wars, The Honeymooners, Ray Harryhausen, Jaws, Gabriel Hardman, Adele Blanc Sec, Buck Rogers, Starbrand, Akira, Brisco County Jr., X-Files, the '90s X-Men cartoon, G. I. Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Rocketeer, New Frontier, Kingdom Come, The Matrix sequels, Image's first year, Superman, Tim Burton's Batman, Young Guns, From Dusk 'til Dawn, ET, Tron, Blade Runner, Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hours, The Longbow Hunters, Tony Fleecs, The Dark Knight Returns and Strikes Back Again, Total Eclipse, Weird Science, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Bill and Ted, Night of the Living Dead, Raiders of the Lost Ark, New Warriors, The Last Starfighter, Howard the Duck, Nexus, Mike Baron's Punisher, Green Lantern/Green Arrow: Hard Travellin' Heroes, Claremont and Byrne's X-Men, Calvin and Hobbes, Alpha House, West Coast Avengers, Godzilla, Power Pack, Star Trek, Raimi's Spider-Man, The 5th Element, Wally Wood's Cannon from Fantagraphics, Brubaker's C

The Hellboy Artist's Edition, Art Adams, Seth McFarlane, a long look at Excalibur by Chris Claremont, Alan Davis, and company (Paul Smith, Ron Lim, John Byrne, John Romita Jr., Frank Miller, Herb Trimpe, Joe Mad!, and more), Secret Wars and Mike Zeck, Nancy in Hell: A Dragon in Hell by El Torres, Enrique Lopez Lorenzana, and Esther Sanz from Amigo, Savage Dragon and Erik Larsen, Wally Wood's Cannon and The Outer Space Spirit with Will Eisner, Bikini Cowboy by Fresherluke (L. Frank Weber) on Comixology, the Stripped documentary (Bill Watterson, Doonsbury, and much more), The Charlton Arrow #1 (Mort Todd, Joe Staton, John Byrne, and company), Avengers Arena by Dennis Hopeless and Kev Walker, Vivian Maier: Street Photographer, The Initiates: A Comic Artist and a Wine Artisan Exchange Jobs by Etienne Davodeau from NBM, Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips from Image, True Detective, and a whole mess more!

Paul Levitz, Declan Shalvey, Ryan Stegman, Wolverine and the X-Men by Jason Latour and Mahmud Asrar, Black Science, Greg Rucka (Velvet, Veil, and Lazarus), The Auteur by Rick Spears, James Callahan, and Luigi Anderson from Oni Press, David Lapham and Stray Bullets: The Killers #1 from Image, id games, SXSW, Comixology Submit: Twilight Monk by Trent Kaniuga, Relaunch by Ron Perazza and Daniel Govar, and The Arrival by Thomas Kovach and Nishan Patel, Anathema by Rachel Deering, Christopher Mooneyham and company, more Winter Soldier, Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth by Ken Kristensen, M. K. Perker, and Cemal Soyleyan from Image, Monkeybrain: D4VE by Ryan Ferrier and Valentin Ramon and more, Watson and Holmes by Karl Bollers and Rick Leonardi, Alec Longstreth's Basewood, Arrow's Flash, Afterlife with Archie, and a whole mess more!

Umbral by Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten from Image, King Zombie by Frank Cho, A Is for Antichrist: Obama's Conspiracy Alphabet by Rick Geary, Fantastic Four #1 by James Robinson, Leonard Kirk, Karl Kesel, and Jesus Aburtov, Moon Knight #1 by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey and Jordie Bellaire, Loki: Ragnarok and Roll by Eric M. Esquivel, Jerry Gaylord, and Gabriel Cassata from BOOM!, Thunderbolt Jaxon, Humberto Ramos and Paul Jenkins' Fairy Quest, Carlos Meglia and Superman: Infinite City, ComicbookDB, Alien Legion: Uncivil War by Chuck Dixon, Carl Potts, and Larry Stroman from Titan Comics, a long look at Dan Slott and company's awesome Superior Spider-Man, Andre the Giant: The Life and Legend by Box Brown from :01 First Second, Locke and Key, 100 Bullets, more on The Punisher by Nathan Henry Edmondson and Mitch Gerads, Winter Soldier: The Bitter March by Rick Remender and Roland Boschi, Alex Toth: Genius, and a whole mess more!

WWE Network, Bill Mantlo update, Tom Fowler, Undertow #1 by Steve Orlando and Artyom Trakhanov from Image, a deep dive into the Mignolaverse (B.P.R.D. The Long Death, Pickens County Horror, Devil's Engine, Exorcism, The Return of the Master, The Abyss of Time, Cold Day in Hell, Wasteland, Lake of Fire, Reign of the Black Flame, John Arcudi, James Harren, Scott Allie, Jason Latour, Tyler Crook, Cam Stewart, Peter Snejbjerg, Lawrence Campbell, Dave Stewart, Hellboy in Hell, Baltimore, and a more), B.P.R.D. Vampire by Mike Mignola, Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon, and Dave Stewart, The Winter Soldier: The Bitter March, Avengers World #3 by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer, and Stefano Caselli, Wolverine and the X-Men, Punisher #2 by Nathan Edmonson and Mitch Gerads, Ryan Stegman and Wolverine, Bad Blood by Jonathan Maberry and Tyler Crook from Dark Horse, Greg Rucka and Lazarus from Image, The Revenge #1 by Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill out of Image, The Mystery Society by Steve Niles, Ashley Wood, and Fiona Staples , Cu