11 O'clock Comics Podcast

It's all hands on deck as we discuss Vertigo's new House of Mystery, Jim Butcher's Dresden Files #2, Gene Colan, fill-in artists, silliness (or lack thereof) within Marvel's Secret Invasion, '76, Millar and Hitch's Fantastic Four, Jay Faerber's Gemini and Noble Causes, the Horus Heresy, Crawlspace: XXXombies, the Larsenverse, Invincible and Atom Eve, beer, and much more!

The gang's all here! Our long-lost fourth member, Jason Wood, finally drags his ass into the studio to talk about Crawlspace: XXXombies, Vertigo Comics, Invincible Iron Man #1, David Lapham and Young Liars, Batman R.I.P., Walking Dead, Kieron Dwyer, Jeff Parker and X-Men First Class, Creepy and Eerie, Olivia D'abo (YUM!), Wolverine and the Amazing Immortal Man and Other Tales, Iron Fist, Matt Fraction, Mighty Avengers #13, publishing trends, and much more! Plus, Mario Muscar and evaD (Backwards Dave) call the 11 O'C Hotline!

B, Neseman, and Price discuss Avengers/Invaders #1, Secret Invasion #2, David Lapham and Young Liars, Carl Barks and Uncle Scrooge #375, IDW's Locke and Key, Don Rosa, timeless characters, generous comics fans, Matt Kramer and The Shade's Journal, cloning Dave Wyndorf, fandom, Apple Computers, and much more!

VinceB, Chris Neseman, and David Price talk about Secret Invasion, Wolverine, Fear Agent, White Picket Fences, Queen & Country, Barry Allen, Geoff Johns, Final Crisis, Witchblade, Mike Norton, DC Universe #0, John Byrne, Pat Loika, Skrulls, Jesus, Jewish people, and a whole lot more!Subscribe via iTunes

Bullpen Bulletins: The End featuring VinceB and David Price, Brian Salazar, Dan C, Thomas Steven Katers, KY Comic Guy, Chris Neseman, Skottie Young, Dallan, and Chris Chavez. Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.

David hightails it to Wizard World Chicago, leaving Vince to plumb the depths of the Diamond Previews catalog for August (for books shipping in October). Subtitle this episode "VinceB's love letter to Image comics!" Super7! Stormwatch PHD! First Born! Doktor Sleepless and Harlan Ellison's Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktocman (read in its entirety!). Bonus! The Buzz Line is ablaze with no less than SIX messages from our fantastic forumites! Hunter S. Thompson! Fight Club! JFK! Anal-probing UFO abductions! Fan reaction to the Millar/Hitch Fantastic Four announcement and the Michael Golden brouhaha!

BBP friends and forumites, Chris (Equinox) Chavez and Ryan (Hulksmash) King, help us peruse the Marvel Previews catalog #47 (for books shipping in September, 2007). Bonus! Lenny Bruce! Bill Hicks! Matango, the Fungus of TERROR! Ultraman Moebius! David's Mystery Movie! The wisdom of Spicoli! More!

Derek (Comicbooknoise) Coward, Mike (KYComicguy) Sims, and Ryan (Hulksmash) King join us for our look at the Marvel mega-event of the Summer: WORLD WAR HULK (including insight on Planet Hulk, Incredible Hulk #106 and #107, and She-Hulk #18)! Extra! Savage Dragon Archives Vol. 2! Sinestro Corps Special! The Lightning Saga! Captain America! Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1! Plus, a boatload of Buzz Line messages!

After we wrap-up our post-Civil War report card with Jefferson Workman and Dave Wachter, Around Comics' head honcho, Chris Neseman, steps in to help us read some listener email, pick our dream artists for the Ultimate Man-Thing, take an in-depth look at Avengers: The Initiative #1-3, and peel back the layers on Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp's Black Summer #0. 100% pure, break-free comics discussion! [During the last twenty or so minutes of recording, we experienced some technical glitches which unfortunately could not be completely removed. Sorry for the less than pristine sound in the home stretch.]

The fantastic talent responsible for the stunning visuals in Seven Soldiers: Shining Knight, Green Lantern, and Wolverine, Young Gun Simone Bianchi talks to Miguel about working for Marvel and DC, Grant Morrison, teases us about his upcoming projects, and much more! Bonus! Scar Tissue's Dynamic Dave Wachter and Jocular Jefferson Workman join us for a post-Civil War Marvel Report Card! Extra! Boob Scotch! Inframan! Lost Highway! Violent vomiting! Free energy! Bleeding eardrums! New directions! All this and so much more absolutely no one asked for in the long-awaited 28th episode of Bullpen Bulletins!

This time around, embellisher extraordinaire Chad "Thunderheadjones" Hunt and Around Comics' Brian "Sal" Salazar weigh in on misleading solicitations, their current top five graphic novels/collected editions, Alex Maleev Vs. Greg Land, Skottie Young's recent transformation, Lost Girls, giant purple dicks, and much more! The icing on the cake, Miguel catches up with Fred Van Lente (Marvel Adventures Iron Man, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four, Super-Villain Team Up: Modok's 11, Action Philosophers, and other great books) and corners legend-in-the-making Andrea DiVito (Annihilation)! Bonus! The Buzz Line is on fire with calls from Darrel, Marty Devoid, Equinox, Mark Millar, and three -- count 'em, THREE -- impressions from the bombastic Braxton! Extra! Goofus and Galactus! Lucha Libre! Santo! The Floppy Song (in English and German)! Andy Warhol! William S. Burroughs! Cannibalism! Vootie!

Recorded live from Munden's Bar, Cynosure! Tempting pan-dimensional disaster, Fiendish Fables' wacky Dave Wachter and Pat Loika and Chris Maze from the R-Cast join us to discuss the price of comic books, The Initiative #1, the mindbending world of message boards, derogatory comics designations, and much more! Plus, Allen Ginsberg remembered! Jefferson and the Big Largeness call the Buzz Line! Dinty Moore beef stew! More!

It's our Silver Anniversary Special highlighting the Emerald City Comic Con! Man on the scene, Pat Loika, checks in with interviews of Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley, Phil Hester, Ande Parks, and Brian Reed! If that wasn't enough, we also take a look at the April Marvel Previews catalog #44 (for books shipping in June, 2007), aided by Around Comics' Tom "straight edge" Katers and Jefferson "the" Workman! Bonus! Jeff Parker calls the Buzz Line! Extra! The longest and most annoying intro to date featuring Vrillon of the Ashtar Galactic Command!

Dan C (Papercut) and Chris Chavez (Equinox) drop by to talk about the Marvel Trading Card Game for the Sony PSP, the price of comic books, the dangers of trade paperbacks, Marvel books deserving wider recognition, Civil War: The Confession, Mighty Avengers, experimentation, and much more! It's the podcast about everything and nothing at all!

Gallifreyan transplant Paul Cornell drops by to chat about his Marvel Max miniseries, Wisdom, his work on the legendary, long-running BBC television series Doctor Who (Jelly baby, anyone?), Fortean subjects, and much more! After Mr. Cornell warps out via TARDIS, we finally come to terms with our experiences at this year's New York Comic Con, assisted by the one and only Dave Wachter of Scar Tissue! Over the course of the three-day event, we managed to corner great writer of stuff, Peter David, Mr. Web of Spider-Man, himself, Alex Saviuk, and good ol' Frazier Irving from Silent War! Also appearing: Chris, Sal, and Tom from Around Comics! Doombot! Domino Blue! Rick Gordon from the Pop Cult Online! Many Miguels! Matt S. from Comic Timing and That's What She Said! Pat Loika, the Awesome Sauce! Joseph the 4th from Australia! Dave Wachter delivers a stunning, tear-soaked rendition of Captain America is Dead by listener John Osborne! Listener email! Captain America #25! All this and the usual dose of potty humor and

Frazier Irving, the incomparable illustrator behind the stunning visuals for Seven Soldiers: Klarion, the Witch Boy, Iron Man: The Inevitable, and Marvel's current hard-hitting Silent War miniseries, stops by to offer us a mindbending glimpse into his creative process. In the second half, Scott Cederlund of Wednesday's Haul joins us in a disussion on Civil War #7 and the miniseries as a whole. Plus, Jack King Kirby, bad acting from Roger Corman's seldom-seen Fantastic Four film, a special appearance by Around Comics' Chris Neseman and Brian Salazar, and more!

Shout at the devil! Novelist Alexander Irvine drops by to discuss his Marvel Max series, Hellstorm: Son of Satan, his upcoming Ultimates prose novel, his book The Narrows, and much more! The light at the end of our long, hard road out of Hell, Braxton Harrison helps us take an in-depth look at Wolverine #50! All this, plus listener reaction to Civil War #7, Galactus and the Watcher, pop culture curiosities, and a whole lot more!

This episode, we chew the four-color fat with Fred Van Lente, writer of Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four, Super-Villain Team-Up: MODOK's Eleven, Action Philosophers!, and more! After the dust settles, we take a look at a few recently-published Marvel gems, including BLADE #5, the MS. MARVEL SPECIAL, FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #16, and IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY #1! All this, plus the usual off-kilter pop culture insanity!My Odeo Channel (odeo/11b9456a4d310409)

World War Hulk, Bullpen Bulletins style! Spoiler warning: this dramatization includes events from Greg Pak's Planet Hulk up to issue 102.

After a somewhat lengthy discussion of Civil War: The Return, we jump headfirst into our double-headed Dabel Brothers spectacular: in the first hour, we talk with Jake Black, the writer behind the Marvel/Dabel Brothers adaptation of Orson Scott Card's Wyrms and, in the second half, we travel to Portugal to touch base with Miguel Montenegro, illustrator for Orson Scott Card's Red Prophet: The Tales of Alvin Maker!