Podcasts about Battlepug

Mike Norton is back and has a bunch of stuff to talk about. His indie comic series Revival co-created with writer Tim Seeley has been adapted as a new SYFY tv series starting June 12thHe's drawing a new Krypto series for DC starting this month.And returning to his long running adventure series Battle Pug, with a newe graphic novel in the works. 

This week I am joined by Artist/Writer MIKE NORTON (Battlepug, Revival, Grumble, Rock Gods of Jackson, Tennessee. We talk about the upcoming SYFY Network adaptation of his Image Comic, REVIVAL, the continuation of his hit webcomic BATTLEPUG coming soon to Kickstarter, mental health stuff, and a whole bunch more!Mike's Website:www.ihatemike.comCOMICS-COFFEE-METAL is hosted by DON CARDENASBluesky:⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/doncardenasart.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/doncardenasart ⁠⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.doncardenasart.com⁠⁠⁠EMAIL: comicscoffeemetal@gmail.com

It's Archie Andrews like you've never seen him before in Archie is Mr. Justice out November 20th and artist Mike Norton returns to the podcast and joins Jimmy to talk about this new 4-part limited series. Mike talks about what it's like playing in the Archie sandbox, getting to draw things that he hasn't seen in an Archie comic before, and the fun of Jughead's role in this series. Mike also talks about the kinds of comics that still excite him when he gets to work on them and gives some hints as to when fans can expect more Battlepug. This is a great conversation that probably would have gone longer if it wasn't for the fact that Jimmy came directly from the Randy J. Holland Inn of Court Chili Cook-off where he ate 15 cups of chili, one from each competitor. Mike is a fantastic artist and guest, so give this a listen and be sure to pick up a copy of Archie is Mr. Justice #1 from your LCS.      Check out the series on PREVIEWSworld here: https://previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP241126 or on the Archie Comics website here: https://store.archiecomics.com/collections/new-release/products/archie-is-mr-justice-1-of-4?variant=41248697450590. From the publisher BRAND NEW 4-PART ARCHIE PREMIUM EVENT LIMITED SERIES! Young Archie Andrews is your typical teenager, except for the fact that he has super powers and an undying urge to do what's right, inspiring his super hero persona, “Mr. Justice.” Guiding Archie on the path of heroism is his best friend Jughead. The pair aim to right the wrongs of the greedy Hiram Lodge, who turned their tranquil hometown of Riverdale into a luxury city, forcing families out, and big businesses in. Can Archie's brand of justice bring Riverdale into a new prosperous era, or will his need to do good ultimately be his downfall? This is truly a love letter to THE BEST of Archie, for fans of series like Whatever Happened to the Man or Tomorrow? and Invincible. PATREON We have a new Patreon, CryptidCreatorCornerpod. If you like what we do, please consider supporting us. We got two simple tiers, $1 and $3. I'll be uploading a story every Sunday about some of the crazy things I've gotten into over the years. The first one dropped last week about me relocating a drug lord's sharks. Yes, it did happen, and the alligators didn't even get in the way. Want to know more, you know what to do. Our episode sponsors Arkenforge Play TTRPG games? Make sure to check out our partner Arkenforge. They have everything you need to make your TTRPG more fun and immersive, allowing you to build, play, and export animated maps including in person fog of war capability that let's your players interact with maps as the adventure unfolds while you, the DM get the full picture. Use the discount code YETI5 to get $5 off your order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“It’s a western…” This week on the Crankcast…  Mike’s nearly wrapped his new Battlepug work, we talk about the old and new Roadhouse movies (spoilery), crank can’t get away from Sylar, but did listen to new music based on write-in recs, and we’re trying to tighten up the show.   Mail us here. Week 964 […]

” I don’t know how bees work…” This week on the Crankcast…  Crank has a Prog Rock nightmare, Mike’s making more Battlepug, crank gets confused about planking, cat talk, HEROES revisited, other things have been watched, plus emails and a music reccomendation…   Mail us here. Week 962 – Time: 73min. – File Size: 33.5mb

Show notes: My wife Nicki Workman takes the stage with comic creators Mike Norton and John Ostrander at the inaugural Memphis Libraries Comic Con during this year's Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 6th. Mike Norton is a former MSCA member and is the creator of BattlePug and co-creator of Gravity for Marvel Comics. He's worked for more comic companies than I have toes and fingers. John Ostrander is a legend in the comics industry having created the modern Suicide Squad (as well as appearing in James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" movie), co-creating Oracle for DC Comics with his late wife Kim Yale, and writing comics like "Seduction Of The Gun", "The Kents", and "Star Wars: Legacy" and many, many, many more. Thanks to Nicki for moderating the panel and doing the interview with Norton and Uncle John! Oh, I also include some Mid-South Cartoonists Association event news..."stay tooned!" LINKS: Mid-South Cartoonists Association/MSCA (Memphis, TN) – www.midsouthcartoonists.org Free Comic Book Day – www.freecomicbookday.com Nicki's website – www.fangirlwednesday.com Mike's website – www.ihatemike.com Memphis Public Libraries – www.memphislibrary.org My art website – www.linworkman.com #midsouthcartoonistsassociation  #fangirlwednesday #thesuicidesquad #ihatemike #cartooning #msca #drawingfunnypodcast #drawingfunny #podcast #podperson #staytooned Theme: “Silly Bank Heist” music by Steve Oxen. News intro theme by David Fesliyan. ©2020 Fesliyan Studios Inc. – music and sound effects used by permission. Please DO NOT add this audio content to the Youtube Content ID System. I have used background music which is owned by Fesliyan Studios. Movie quotes and additional sounds from 101soundboards.com.  Run time: 45min 28sec

Robot Wars avoids war with any other robots by peacefully transporting Chris and Charlotte as they talk about Barbara Crampton, Lisa Rinna, Barb, Star, and a punching bag.SHOW NOTES.Robot Wars: MST3K Wiki. IMDb. Trailer.The video from our live show, as well as video for all the live shows recorded that day, is now available!Bonus bits cut from each episode for time are available for people who support us on Patreon.Barbara Crampton on Barbara Crampton.Re-animator. Castle Freak. Chopping Mall. Jakob's Wife.Our episode on Alien from L.A.DMP vs. James Staley.Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man.An Illinois Bell commercial from the late 70s.The Lisa Rinna Rinnaissance.Danny Kamekona and Yuji Okumoto, together again.Pritchard is played by Sam Scarber, whose name we should have mentioned.Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.Our episode on The Day Time Ended.David Arkenstone: Music Inspired by Middle Earth [sic]. And a review.Battlepug, and Battlepug: The Compugdium.They Might Be Giants: Spider.(Patreon supporters have access to the original Pie Palindrome Pie episode that we recorded as a technical test run before our first It's Just A Show.)Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar.Sing along with Chong and the Nomads, from Avatar: The Last Airbender.The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional Usage.Shout out to a legend, TV's Spatch.Support us on Patreon, it's nice.

“Battlepug! What a concept!” This week on the Crankcast… Mike’s back from Belgium and Switzerland. He had a good time and enjoyed the con. Crank got around to watching the 2022 season of MST3K and enjoyed seeing Mike’s work on screen. Crank’s been drumming and read a whole lotta Terry Brooks books and he and Josh […]

TALKING JOE 196 - DISAVOWED - crank! Interview We are continuing our look at the Disavowed era with G.I. Joe with an interview with special guest Chris Crank, AKA Crank! Christopher Crank is a comics letterer currently based out of Cincinnati, OH. He was part of the original Devil's Due crew, as webmaster, forum admin, Flash animation creator, letters page wrangler (for a time) and at the end of the era, letterer. Crank! is now a full time letterer, working on projects such as ITGirl and The Atomics, Revival, Hack/Slash, Rick & Morty, Battlepug, Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters see more credits at https://comicvine.gamespot.com/crank/4040-52438/issues-cover/ Outside of comics you can find him on Twitter (@ccrank), talking about junk at Crankcast and playing music with the Vladimirs and Sono Morti. Crank's Links: Site: http://www.crankcast.com Twitter: @ccrank Instagram: @ccrank_ a On the Patreon site https://www.patreon.com/posts/79234959 is a post are some photos of the Devil's Due offices and a couple of wallpapers that Crank created.

Comic artist Mike Norton joins me from my homeland of Chicago to talk about how our lives affect our work in creativity, animal adventures and much much more. SUBSCRIBE for NEW episodes.  -TWITCH: kotarex97 -INSTAGRAM: @dakota_morgan97  -TWITTER: @dakotamorgan3  STAY CREATIVE! 

This week we discuss the comedy adventure comic, BattlePug. Join the last Kinmundian and his faithful steed, The Battlepug, as they travel the globe seeking revenge against every giant ridiculous animal they can find.

Take one part Conan the Barbarian, one part Monty Python, shake the shit out of it, and serve on the back of a giant Pug, and you have Battle Pug.

Comic book talk is back! Join Matt Johnson and Graig Knowlton  for a weekly discussion on comic books and the culture around them! Listen in as the duo give their different takes, points of view, and interests in an all new, all original podcast. Matt, Graig and Micah bring some very different books to the table this week to discuss! Thanos, Hitler and a Battle Pug? Only on The Panel Discussion Theme music by Kevin Bennett - Instagram: 8thavebeats Find us on the web and social media: BICBP-RADIO.com InstagramMatt Johnson                @maverickmattmultimediaGraig Knowlton             @instaaslamm

This episode we have MIKE NORTON, the artist behind the creator owned series BATTLEPUG, REVIVAL, and GRUMBLE. Mike and I chat about making digital comics, podcasting, music, art, and a whole bunch more!

The social distancing continues this week and I have to say; recording at home in my pajamas isn't the worst thing in the world. At first, it was giving me a bit of anxiety. Alex and I have been doing the same thing the same way for 8 years with only a few variations here and there when needed. There's a level of comfort involved in doing something a certain way for that long, but it seems that, for the time being, distance is the new normal. And so far it's working out. With that said, we have a great episode for you today. Mike Norton, the artist of Image Comics' Revival and the creator of the Eisner award winning web comic Battlepug, joined us via the Skype machine. We talked about creating a multi-award winning web comic from the ground up, his experiences in his Chicago studio "Four Star Studios" and why the Revival/Chew crossover wasn't exactly an easy sell for him. Massive thanks to Mike for giving us the opportunity to talk with him during these strange times. Check out his along with the site for more info on his work and where you can throw some support. Enjoy! -Jr.

Image Comics has put out the call to other publishers to aid comic shops during the pandemic. GameStop considers itself "essential" enough to remain open. Marvel draws fire with New New Warriors. Josh shares his interview with BattlePug creator Mike Norton.

The guys are joined by comic book writer, Shawn Pryor as he talks about his unofficial Power Rangers comic, Total Eclipse and the work involved in getting it put together. Then they get into Ultraman Powered aka Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero...An American Ultraman production that never saw the light of day in America. IRONY!!!! Twitter: @shawnrpryor @primegundam @cjwizgeek Intro music: MMPR theme Hip-Hop Remix by SparX Beats Outro music: "The Wrath Of Psycho Green" by Crunk Punk   About Shawn Pryor: Shawn Pryor is the creator and co-writer of the all-ages graphic novel mystery series CASH & CARRIE, the 2019 GLYPH Nominated football/drama series FORCE, and the writer of KENTUCKY KAIJU and THE FIRE WITHIN. He has also written stories for Mike Norton’s BATTLEPUG and Tee Franklin’s BINGO LOVE: JACKPOT EDITION (Image Comics), multiple titles for CAPSTONE PUBLISHING and wrote and produced an unofficial Power Rangers comic called TOTAL ECLIPSE. In his free time, he enjoys reading, cooking, listening to streaming music playlists, and talking about why Zack from the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is the greatest Black superhero of all-time.

Hello everyone and welcome to the twenty-sixth issue of The It's Too Wordy Comic Book Podcast. Listen as Kirk, Nick and Ryan discuss comics from our childhoods and today.  Do they still hold up or are they just fond memories?  How are the old and new books different and how are the similar.  First up is Battle Pug  #1 from Image Comics and after that we return to Green Lantern month with Green Lantern Vol.3 #'s 49 and 54 from DC Comics.  Then we delve into a lot of random reads and our new segment focusing on a character related to the stories we have read.  Ryan brings a couple surprise books to the table, Kirk and Nick do as well.  Plus we all pick our top 10 Green Lanterns. So SPOILER ALERT!!The Black Terror is in the public domain and is one of our favorite golden age heroes.  So of course we had to use him for our logo.Find us on Discord at https://discord.gg/EuKStTQPlease help us out by donating a buck or the change in your cars cupholder to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/housebtsleave me a message at Itstoowordycomicbookpodcast@yahoo.com, at @theitstoowordy1 on twitter and on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BTSpodcasts/You can also find us on Youtube

Episode 12 of Blank Cover Podcast. Benjy, Jenny and Dom celebrate the Series 1 finale by recording together for the first time and talk about their tops picks of the series. Our three presenters look at comics and graphic novels they read between November 2018 - November 2019 and discuss their individual favourite since Blank Cover Podcast began. Paper Girls, The Unstoppable Wasp, Action Comics, Event Leviathan, Battle Pug, Kugali, Superman and more all discussed in our big series finale. Get in touch with us: via twitter @PodcastCover email blankcoverpodcast@gmail.com Theme music by longzjun.

Welcome to TATER TALK Episode: 29 The Shaggy Defense...It Wasn't me!This week on TATER Talk Anthony, Brian, Jo, & Jenn talk about what comics they've read this week:Brian read Un/Sacred #1 (by the same people that brought you UnNatural) and gives his take on the new series.Anthony read FarSector #1 from DC's Young Animals label. Jenn brought us vampire realness reading Morbius #1. Jo laughed with enjoyment in Battle Pug #3.All of them read FolkLords #1 and gave it an all over the place rating, plus they give a 5 min update of the two new X-Men titles this week, Fallen Angels #1 and X-Men #2. They discuss Comic and Pop Culture News about the Uncharted movie, The Boys season 2,  Marvel's MCU adding 4 new movies to phase 5, and dig deep into the Mandalorian. Spoilers are getting insane in this Bounty-ful episode of TATER TALK.  =]Brought to you by TATE'S Comics in Sunny South Florida and powered by our friends 'The 3000 Brigade'.You can find us at the following: IG: @tatescomics Twitter: @tatescomics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tatescomics

Two wildly different books this week folks. After rounding up some comic news, we get into Everything from Dark Horse - a comic which asks, “what if a mega-department store drove your childhood town crazy?” Second, we get into the less subtle Battlepug, which begs the question, “what if Conan had a giant pug?”

We just had a Battlepug cookout! Where were YOU?? You can make it up to us on Batman Day. Local Saturdays. Our thoughts on the upcoming DC 100-Page Giants. Publishers talking honestly to retailers. The 80/20/5 Rule. Sales expectations for the Dawn of X titles.

We get Conor up early, Josh will brook no more of Todd's behavior, and we diagram the names of the Seaver family as best we can. Running Time: 01:18:25 Pick of the Week: 00:02:33 - Legion of Super-Heroes: Millennium #1 Comics: 00:13:50 - Fantastic Four #14 00:20:56 - Lois Lane #3 00:23:52 - DCeased: A Good Day to Die #1 00:29:44 - Doomsday Clock #11 00:40:05 - Agents of Atlas #2 00:41:24 - Sea of Stars #3 00:43:38 - Battlepug #3 00:47:00 - Usagi Yojimbo #4 00:48:08 - Superman: Up In The Sky #3 Patron Pick: 00:50:39 - Spawn #300 Patron Thanks: 01:04:06 - Joseph M. Irwin 01:05:09 - Brice Bridges 01:06:22 - Andrew Funk 01:07:40 - Julien Bouskila Audience Question: 01:08:42 - We don't really take James' real question, but we do discuss cookies. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got seven designs! Music: "The Legionnaire's Lament" The Decemberists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doomsday Clock, Legion of Super-Heroes, Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy, DCeased, Batman vs. Ra's al Ghul, Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man, Alpha Flight: True North, Spider-Man: Going Big, Ghost Spider Annual, Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple, Web of Black Widow, Spawn 300, Battlepug, Everything, Triage, Midnight Vista, Something is Killing the Children, Vampirella/Red Sonja Additional Reviews: IT Chapter 2, Daredevil s3, Insidious News: Scholastic and Marvel, Gage on Iron Man, Birds of Prey teaser, DC 100-pagers, Tom Taylor Suicide Squad, Patty Jenkins and Netflix, Incoming! Am It Glenn??? Comics Review Details: Doomsday Clock 11 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson Legion of Super-Heroes: Millenium 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Andre Lima Araujo, Jim Lee, Dustin Nguyen, Andrea Sorrentino, Scott Williams, Jordie Bellaire, John Kalisz, Alex Sinclair, Dave Stewart Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy 1 by Jody Houser, Adriano de Silva Melo, Mark Morales, Hi-Fi DCeased: A Good Day To Die by Tom Taylor, Laura Braga, Darick Robertson, Richard Friend, Trevor Scott, Rain Beredo Batman vs. Ra's al Ghul 1 by Neal Adams Absolute Carnage: Symbiote Spider-Man by Peter David, Francesco Mobili, Rain Beredo, Java Tartaglia Alpha Flight: True North by Jim Zub, Max Dunbar, Monkeyseed, Jed MacKay, Djibril Morissette-Phan, Ian Herring, Ed Brisson, Scott Hepburn Amazing Spider-Man: Going Big by Gerry Conway, Mark Bagley, Victor Olazaba, Andy Owens, Dexter Vines, Ralph Macchio, Todd Nauck, Rachelle Rosenberg, Erik Larsen, Laura Martin Ghost Spider Annual by Vita Ayala, Pere Perez, Rachelle Rosenberg Web of Black Widow 1 by Jody Houser, Stephen Mooney, Tree Farrell Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - Dark Temple by Matthew Rosenberg, Paolo Villanelli, Arif Prianto Everything 1 by Christopher Cantwell, INJ Culbard Triage 1 by Phillip Sevy Vampirella/Red Sonja 1 by Jordie Bellaire, Drew Moss, Rebecca Nalty Midnight Vista 1 by Eliot Rahal, Clara Meath, Mark Englert Something Is Killing The Children 1 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell-Edera, Miquel Muerto Battlepug 1 by Mike Norton, Alan Passalaqua Pretty Deadly: Rat 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Rios Spawn 300 by Todd McFarlane, Scott Snyder, Shawn Alexander, Greg Capullo, Jerome Opena, J. Scott Campell, Jonathan Glapion, Matt Hollingsworth, Brian Haberline, Fco Plascencia, Peter Steigerwald Comics Countdown, 04 Sep 2019: House of X 4 by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia Die 7 by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans Doomsday Clock 11 by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, Brad Anderson Redneck 23 by Donny Cates, Lisandro Estherren, Dee Cunniffe Conan the Barbarian 9 by Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, Matt Wilson Giant Days 54 by John Allison, Max Sarin, Whitney Cogar Berserker Unbound 2 by Jeff Lemire, Mike Deodato Jr, Frank Martin Jr Deathstroke 47 by Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, Fernando Pasarin, Jason Paz, Cam Smith, Wade von Grawbadger, Jeromy Cox Something is Killing the Children 1 by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell-Edera, Miquel Muerto Harley Quinn 65 by Sam Humphries, Sami Basri, Hi-Fi

We just had a Battlepug cookout! Where were YOU?? You can make it up to us on Batman Day. Local Saturdays. Our thoughts on the upcoming DC 100-Page Giants. Publishers talking honestly to retailers. The 80/20/5 Rule. Sales expectations for the Dawn of X titles.

Weekly Pull Highlights Web of Black Widow #1 House of X #4 Alpha Flight: True North #1 DCeased: Good Day to Die #1 Legion of Super-heroes: Millenium #1 Spawn #300 Battlepug #1 Something Is Killing the Children #1 Everything #1 Midnight Vista #1   Our thoughts are with those suffering from the wrath of Hurricane Dorian as we roll in to this week's episode - if you're able, consider donating to the Bahamas Disaster Relief Fund or the American Red Cross. This week in comics covered everything from creepy monsters, to Canadian heroes, to a giant pug. It's been a weird week. 

News We start with a followup to a couple of stories last week, as the TSA has unbanned the collectible coke bottles from Galaxy's Edge, and the Joker has gotten rave reviews from international film festivals. In newer news we talk about the announcement of several actors joining the upcoming Suicide Squad sequel. Although the actors have been announced it has not been said what their roles will be. What does this mean for their part in the movie? We have theories. With Netflix releasing a few shows on a weekly basis instead of dropping the whole series at once, we talk about which format we perfer and why. Need A Family? Michael brings a story about a new service in Japan that allows you to hire actors to pose as various significant others. The kicker is that even the child may not know that their father figure in not truly their dad. Controversial? To say the least. But would any of us use the service? Comics This week we have a full slate as we talk webcomic turned series Battlepug #1. Then its urban legend turned murder mystery in Something is Killing the Chidren. Harley and Posion Ivy get pulled into all the Year of the Villain fun in Harley Quinn & Posion Ivy #1. A quick trip through time and space has us checking out Legion of Super-Heroes Millenium #1 and Triage #1, before we head to Canada for Alpha Flight True North #1. Tell us what you thought of the show and reach out with you opinions of any of the news or books we talked about in the episode. Comics Agenda is hosted by Anelise (Twitter@Anelise.Farris ), Michael (Twitter@mokepf7) and Greg (Twitter@Comicsportsgeek). We discuss new comic book releases each week, in addition to news, movies, and tv. You can reach us on Twitter @TheComicsAgenda or email us at TheComicsAgenda@gmail.com Subscribe, Rate, Review

Marvel Comics #1000, Spawn #300 featuring Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo, Jason Shawn Alexander, J. Scott Campbell and more, Mountainhead #1 by John Lees, Ryan Lee, and Doug Garbark from IDW, I Am a Hero Omnibus volumes 8-10 by Kengo Hanazawa from Dark Horse, Battlepug #1 by Mike Norton and Shawn Pryor, The Fire Within by Shawn Pryor and George Kambadais, Ghost Spider #1 by Seanan McGuire and Takeshi Miyazawa, Invisible Kingdom, plus a whole mess more!

***COMIC SPOILERS*** This week is about two things: 20 of our favorite moments from Marvel 1000, and answering your questions! The first part is pretty self-explanatory, but in the second half of the show we answer your questions as pulled from our facebook page and chat about things like our favorite newpaper comic strips, playing tabletop RPG's, television shows that we've seen every episode of, and more.  This Wednesday (9/4) check out these books that will be hitting the shelves of a comics retailer near you: Midnight Vista #1, Battlepug #1, Something is Killing the Children #1, and Marvel Comics True Believers: Incredible Hulk #6.  

Mike is back to talk about bring his web comic Battle Pug to Image Comics as a monthly in September. Plus Grumble with Rafer Roberts, his thoughts on the creator owned Market and why he stopped his political comic strip Lil Donnie

Happy Holidays! It’s time for another special week at the Wayne’s Comics Podcast, with a great interview and my yearly holiday tradition! First up is my fun interview with Mike Norton, writer and artist on Battlepug, a webcomic about to be collected into a hardcover! It’s coming in late January, so be sure to order it through your local store or preorder it via Amazon.com at this link! Here’s the description: “All five volumes of Mike Norton’s original Fantasy/humor series together for the first time. Join the last Kinmundian and his faithful steed, THE BATTLEPUG, as they travel seeking revenge against every giant ridiculous animal they can find. Featuring extras like sketches and art by some of the most creative artists in the business today!” I highly recommend this wonderfully entertaining book, which may continue in the near future! Then everything wraps up when I share my annual holiday tradition, playing the audio from ‘Twas the Dark Knight Before Christmas!  https://youtu.be/FX_C_Na8zuo Don’t miss next week’s episode as we conclude 2018 with another terrific conversation with another great comics professional! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patreon member. It will help ensure Wayne's Comics Podcast continues far into the future!

Patrick talked to Aubrey Sitterson and Chris Moreno about The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling. And the recording turned out to be virtually unlistenable due to technological issues. So… Patrick recreates the conversation entirely in his voice, minus most of his actual dialog. Sound weird? It is! But it was too good of a conversation to not share. Now it’s a monologue! Bonus: the actual nigh-undecipherable interview is included. Sorry, Aubrey! Sorry, Chris! Curse you, Pamela (the program; not a person)! Including: The democratizing of opinion sharing; “Worth”, their previous graphic novel collaboration; pro wrestling, of course! Not mentioned: Aubrey and Patrick each wrote dialog for Mike Norton’s “Battlepug” and for the same characters!

Patrick talked to Aubrey Sitterson and Chris Moreno about The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling. And the recording turned out to be virtually unlistenable due to technological issues. So… Patrick recreates the conversation entirely in his voice, minus most of his actual dialog. Sound weird? It is! But it was too good of a conversation to not share. Now it’s a monologue! Bonus: the actual nigh-undecipherable interview is included. Sorry, Aubrey! Sorry, Chris! Curse you, Pamela (the program; not a person)! Including: The democratizing of opinion sharing; “Worth”, their previous graphic novel collaboration; pro wrestling, of course! Not mentioned: Aubrey and Patrick each wrote dialog for Mike Norton’s “Battlepug” and for the same characters!

This week we have something special for out 50th episode! At Memphis Comic Expo we had the pleasure of meeting acclaimed comic book artist Mike Norton, the mastermind behind the art of Image Comics’ Revival, DC’s Trinity, Marvel’s Runaways, as well as his web comic, Battlepug! He sits down with us to talk some shop, … Continue reading Episode #50 – Mike Norton Talks Battlepug, Revival, & More!

Welcome into the AU Radio Comics Corner! George & Travis open up and let us into their beautiful minds. ISOLA, House Amok, X-23, Rick n Morty, Bone Parish, Alien 3, Firefly, Middle West, & Battle Pug! Music is provided by Kubbi and bensound.com. Views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Adventures Underground. AU Radio is a production of Adventures Underground. Copy-write 2018, All Rights Reserved.

We close out the year live at 4 Stars Studio kicking back with Mike Norton who tell us about the initial lark of  creating the comic strip Lil Donnie and it taking over a portion of his working life. It's syndicated by Go Comics home of Doonsebury Peanuts Calvin and Hobes strips. We also talk about his new DC monthly Mystic U written by Alisa Kwitney h?is first web comic series Battlepug and more. .  

We close out the year live at 4 Stars Studio kicking back with Mike Norton who tell us about the initial lark of  creating the comic strip Lil Donnie and it taking over a portion of his working life. It's syndicated by Go Comics home of Doonsebury Peanuts Calvin and Hobes strips. We also talk about his new DC monthly Mystic U written by Alisa Kwitney h?is first web comic series Battlepug and more. .  

In this week's episode of Off Panel, artist Mike Norton joins the show to talk his epic workload in recent years. Norton talks what his life has been like since he wrapped Battlepug and Revival, how he balanced multiple projects at once, what he learned most from his recent workload, managing workflow, what he took away from his creator-owned work, studio life, the emotions of ending Revival, whether long runs by a single creative team are dying out, how the role of the comic artist has evolved, the changing landscape of comics, webcomics, the response to his webcomic Lil' Donnie, before coming to a close with five questions about Norton himself. One quick note: I fully botched the money Check, Please! generated on Kickstarter. It wasn't $2.5 million, it was $400,000. Still a lot of money!

For the July webcomics episode, Sean and Derek discuss three titles that not only vary in content and genre, but are also different in the ways they are designed and consumed. They begin with two current and ongoing webcomics, Kenn Minter and Clarence Pruitt's Tales of the Emerald Yeti and Jim Francis's Outsider. The former is just one of the comics on the creators' publishing site, Near Mint Press. In fact, the Two Guys spend a bit of time discussing the presentation platform of this webcomic -- Minter and Pruitt use Google's free Blogger service -- pointing out that its navigation and consumption feels antiquated and isn't what they've usually come to expect from most webcomics. Nonetheless, Emerald Yeti is a fun pulp-infused read of post-Vietnam America that has the feel of an old Marvel serial of the 1970s. After that, Sean and Derek turn to Outsider, a webcomic that began back in October 2001, but whose updates are so infrequent as to make this a relatively young narrative. The guys mention that Francis's combination of 3D settings and 2D hand-drawn artwork are an effective means in presenting this hard sci-fi story. But what gives Outsider such a sophisticated edge is the author's use of mystery and focalization. All the information we get is filtered through the protagonist, Alex Jardin, and his inabilities to thoroughly read the alien cultures he encounters generate more questions than answers. Finally, the guys wrap up this month's show with a discussion of a webcomic that concluded just last month. Mike Norton's Battlepug is an Eisner and Harvey Award-winning webcomic that takes the sword-and-sorcery fantasy subgenre into parodic, and pet-friendly, avenues. This story has been running consistently since February 2011, and it has been collected in hardcover editions annually by Dark Horse Books. Although both of the guys enjoy Norton's storytelling technique, they differ on its ultimate effectiveness. While Sean feels that the frequency of narrating scenes -- that is, visual reminders that the story of Battlepug is being told by a young tattooed woman to her two dogs -- disrupts from his enjoyment of the story proper, Derek appreciates these constant shifts from one narrative level to another, as it highlights the complex dynamics of storytelling. And this is arguably one of the book's central themes. Still, the guys definitely agree that Battlepug is a sophisticated story well worth reading.

Podcast about libraries, literature, and whatever strikes our fancy. Length 1:04:43 00:00:48 Comic Books and Graphic Novels in 741.5 with JP, Ronya, and Scott - Our comic book pasts, featuring a lot of stuff from the 80's - Graphic novels in other mediums - Parsing grahic novel vs comic book vs picture book in publishing vs libraryland - How the Comics Code Authority skewed our ideas about comics - Cataloging and circulating graphic novels, etc. - The wide variety of comics available - Banning graphic novels - Comics and women - Comics as art and literature, with revisiting the Comics Code Authority - A glancing mention of manga and anime - What we are reading now 01:04:04 Stinger BINGO Titles mentioned include Maus, Ghost World, iZombie, Batman, Walking Dead, Wolverine, X-Men, Spiderman, Sandman, Fun Home, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Captain Underpants, Calvin and Hobbes, Cartoon Guide to Physics, works of Harvey Pekar, Fatale, a host of independent titles, Persepolis, Dark Knight, works of R. Crumb, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel, Scout, Y: The Last Man, Saga, Sex Criminals, Ex Machina, From Hell, the works of Shakespeare in graphic novel format, Dragonball, Ranma 1/2, Chew, Lumberjanes, Revival, Battle Pug

C2E2, Dave Wachter, Jason Latour, Jerome Opena, Mike Norton and Battlepug, Mark Ruffalo and Rolling Stone #1234, Where Do We Go from Here? #1 by Dave Jordan, New Teen Titans All-in-One trade paperback, Jim Starlin and Unity 2000 #3, Superman Vs. The Amazing Spider-Man by Gerry Conway, Ross Andru, Dick Giordano, and thousands more, overlooked movies based on comics (Men in Black (?), Weird Science, The Crow, Tank Girl, Man-Thing, Generation X, Heavy Metal: Fakk 2000, Steel, and many more), Image-O-Rama: Invisible Republic by Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko, Kaptara #1 by Chip Zdarsky and Kagan McLeod, Wytches #5 by Scott Snyder and Jock, SAGA, and Low: The Delirium of Hope by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini, Star Trek/Planet of the Apes by Scott and David Tipton, Rachel Stott, and Charlie Kirchoff from BOOM!/IDW, Remender and Opena's Rage of Ultron OGN, more Daredevil on Netflix, Archie Vs. Predator #1 by Alex de Campi, Fernando Ruiz, and Rich Kozlowski from Dark Horse and Archie Comics, American Vampire: Second Cycle by Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque, Andrew Pepoy, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #6, Thor by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman, the 2015 Eisner nominees, and a whole mess more!

The summer con season is in full swing and this year – for the first time ever – includes another show in New York City. This was the inaugural Special Edition NYC con held in Manhattan’s Javits Center, and unlike the big ol’ New York Comic Con, this con was strictly comics. Brett hit the show floor and grabbed some interviews, catching up with old friends and making new ones. Will Sliney (Fearless Defenders) on Spider-Man 2099 Marguerite Bennett (Joker’s Daughter) on writing Firestar in Amazing X-Men Annual #1 Mike Norton (Battle Pug) on his hot hot Con Bowler meme Rachelle Rosenberg on coloring Superior Foes of Spider-Man and Star Wars: Legacy Maki Naro (Sufficiently Remarkable) on his time on StripSearch Annie Wu (Hawkeye) on the NYC improv comedy scene and her team Villain; cameo appearance by Kris Anka! Music: “Editions of You” by Roxy Music "Special Edition NYC 2014" originally appeared at http://mattandbrettlovecomics.com/podcast/2014/special-edition-nyc.html

Mike Norton is in the house! Literally. Because this episode was recorded in Mike's house. We talk about Man of Steel, Superman, Action Comics, Adventures of Superman, Superboy, Legion of Super-Heroes, John Byrne, Alpha Flight, She-Hulk, Fantastic Four, West Coast Avengers, Dick Giordano, All-New Atom, All-New Invaders, John Romita, Dennis Hopeless and The Answer, Kev Walker and Avengers Arena, Battlepug, and lots more!

From the back allay at Aw Yeah Comics In Skokie, Scott Allie & Mike Norton talk about Dark Horse . Editor in chief Allie talks about the DH line and the company's current push for new superheroes, reviving old ones, the Star Wars Books and Joss Whedon-verse.Norton talks about Battlepug, and taking over art chores on Tim Seeley's Thwe Occultist.Steve Seeley and Jenny Frison discuss Hoax Hunters from Image Comics.Mike Gallagher talks about his podcast Film Jury and hisKickstarter campaign co-creating the Steampunk Heroine Annabelle From the back allaey at Aw Yeah Comics In Skokie, Scott Allie & Mike Norton talk about Dark Horse . Editor in chief Allie talks about the DH line and the company's current push for new superheroes, reviving old ones, the Star Wars Books and Joss Whedon-verse.Norton talks about Battlepug, and taking over art chores on Tim Seeley's Thwe Occultist.Steve Seeley and Jenny Frison discuss Hoax Hunters from Image Comics.Mike Gallagher talks about his podcast Film Jury and his Kickstarter campaign co-creating the Steampunk Heroine Annabelle AveryFrom the back allaey at Aw Yeah Comics In Skokie, Scott Allie & Mike Norton talk about Dark Horse . Editor in chief Allie talks about the DH line and the company's current push for new superheroes, reviving old ones, the Star Wars Books and Joss Whedon-verse.Norton talks about Battlepug, and taking over art chores on Tim Seeley's Thwe Occultist.Steve Seeley and Jenny Frison discuss Hoax Hunters from Image Comics.Mike Gallagher talks about his podcast Film Jury and his Kickstarter campaign co-creating the Steampunk Heroine Annabelle Avery

Harold, Bill and Mike start the show without Chad who was curling. Once everyone one is there the guys talk BATTLEPUG by Mike Norton, Chad revisits Hit Girl and He-Man minis, and talks Saga, Invincible vol. 1-3 and Dark Horse Star Wars, Mike talks about some books he read while traveling such as Brubaker’s Captain … Continue reading CT Syndicated: Comic Book Laundry – And How Would You Rate That? →

Our Topic of the Week is the gang talking about the great things on in the comic book industry. We read out some more comments and questions from you, our wonderful listeners and try to bring things back to a happy place. Tons of news gets discussed such as Jim Carrey’s controversial comments on Kick-Ass 2, Dr. Strange and more. We also take the time to discuss Naughty Dog’s latest game, The Last Of Us (even Bob chimes in… sort of). And some of our Books of the Week for this last hot, humid week of June include: Batman and Batgirl, Mara, Brother Lono, Age of Ultron, Last Of Us (the comic!), Amala’s Blade, 6 Barrel Shotgun and Battlepug (aka the BEST COMIC EVER… really, go read it right now), My Little Pony, Doctor Strange: The Doctor Is Out, FF, X-Factor, Captain Marvel and more.

Más épico que Malputo haciendo malabares con hachas en llamas montado en un dragón frotándose con su primo. Analizamos cosas muy guapas y luego my boy, dudamos de la virilidad de todos y cada uno de los participantes (sobre todo de Vrede que es escoria y marica). Caleórn: http://caleorn.subcultura.es/ Battlepug: http://battlepug.com/ Dark Lord: http://terminaitor.deviantart.com/gallery/29839765 My boy: http://myboy.subcultura.es/ Reacción de pziko a Myboy: http://subcultura.es/snaps/pziko/la-princesa-esta-triste-5507 Tuttos per tutti: http://tutos.subcultura.es Puedes seguirnos en: Twitter: @OEPDW Tumblr: http://oepdw.tumblr.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Otro-est%C3%BApido-podcast-de-webc%C3%B3mics/124683327733397?ref=hl

This week Andy and Derek flip through the April Previews catalog, highlighting the various comic books, collections, and original graphic novels solicited this month.  They point out a variety of upcoming titles such as Dark Horse's The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and Battlepug, DC/Vertigo's 100 Bullets: Brother Lono and The Sandman Omnibus Volume 1,  IDW's Edison Rex, Image Comic's Lazarus and Infinite Vacation, Archaia's Rubicon, Boom! Studio's Six-Gun Gorilla, Dynamite's Uncanny, and new collections on the works of Steve Ditko (two of them!), Jack Cole, and Al Feldstein. As what usually happens, their discussions of the comics takes them down curious and sundry avenues, some on-topic, some tangential, and some way the hell off course.  But keen insights and fun pop culture talk is guaranteed for all!

We welcome Battlepug and The Curse creator Mike Norton, who also draws a whole bunch of stuff including Revival and It Girl, to this week’s show. We talk to Mike about the origin of his love of pugs, what it’s like working with creators across the pond, Steve Ditko’s work and influence, making 24-hour comics, and, of course, Troll 2. Plus, a harrowing story of rap embarrassment from our mailbag!

On this episode of Word Balloon artists Art Baltazar and Mike Norton sit down for a casual conversation about last week's convention. We talk to Mike about wwinning his first ever eisner for his digital comic Battlepug, which is being collected by Dark Horse Comics. Art shares some celeberty sightings and the usual crazy activity around his booth on the Con Floor.Then we present this year's comic book podcasting panel featuring Josh Flanagan (ifanboy) Pat Loika (Loikamania) Jimmy Aquino (Comic News Insider) Bob Bretal (Comic Book Page)  Brian "Pants" Christman (Comic Geek Speak) , and Cameron Hatheway (Cammy's Comics Corner) .

In this issue: Bug-eyed monsters, giant dogs, and Before Watchmen. It's the show with the man eating toad, witches from two worlds, and comic book news, reviews, and more. NEWS The Hobbit headed to SDCC LINK We Want You CODERS WRITERS REVIEWS Stephen Amelia Cole and the Unknown World #1
 Writer: Adam P. Knave Artist: D.J. Kirkbride Amelia Cole lives in two worlds — literally. One runs on magic, the other built on technology. When the barriers between those worlds start to break down, Amelia and her aunt Dani must take extreme action. It’s the start of whole new world in adventure, magic, and excitement as Amelia Cole steps forward to do what she knows it right, even when the consequences might be wrong. Written by Eisner and Harvey award winners Adam P. Knave & D.J. Kirkbride, drawn by Nick Brokenshire, and lettered by Rachel Deering. [rating:3.5/5] Rodrigo Enormous #1
 Writer: Tim Daniel
 Artist: Mehdi Cheggour
 In the midst of a planetary battle for food and fuel, a vast ecological cataclysm spawns THE ENORMOUS, massive beasts unlike anything ever witnessed. Humankind struggles to stave off extinction and the only law is to hunt or be hunted. It's an epic action adventure featuring the survival of the biggest! [rating:1.5/5] Matthew League of Extraordinary Gentleman Century 2009 Writer: Alan Moore Artist: Kevin O’Neill In Chapter Three, the narrative draws to its cataclysmic close in London 2008. The magical child whose ominous coming has been foretold for the past hundred years has now been born and has grown up to claim his dreadful heritage. His promised aeon of unending terror can commence, the world can now be ended starting with North London, and there is no League, extraordinary or otherwise, that now stands in his way. The bitter, intractable war of attrition in Q'umar crawls bloodily to its fifth year, away in Kashmir a Sikh terrorist with a now-nuclear-armed submarine wages a holy war against Islam that might push the whole world into atomic holocaust, and in a London mental institution there's a patient who insists that she has all the answers. [rating:4.5/5] 
 Rob Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1
 Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
 Artist: Andy and Joe Kubert
 When the original Nite Owl Hollis Mason retires, who will answer the call to take his place? Writer J. Michael Straczynski and artists Joe and Andy Kubert team to assemble the tale of tech-wizard Dan Dreiberg--the man who would carry the mantle of one of the world's greatest heroes. [rating:4/5] Major Spoilers Poll of the Week A Major Spoilerite wrote in this week wondering about trades – specifically which was the better buy for reading and enjoying comics – the trade paperback or the collected hardback? LINK Discussion: Mike Norton’s Battlepug Volume 1 The epic tale of blood and drool begins here! Join Molly and her dogs Mingo and Colfax, as she recounts the legend of “The Warrior and the Battlepug”—a tale of a fearless barbarian, his trusty and freakishly large pug, and evil baby harp seals. This volume collects the first year of Mike Norton’s Battlepug—the perfect opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the fan-favorite webcomic by Mike Norton, Allen Passalaqua, and Crank! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

In this issue: Bug-eyed monsters, giant dogs, and Before Watchmen. It's the show with the man eating toad, witches from two worlds, and comic book news, reviews, and more. NEWS The Hobbit headed to SDCC LINK We Want You CODERS WRITERS REVIEWS Stephen Amelia Cole and the Unknown World #1
Writer: Adam P. Knave Artist: D.J. Kirkbride Amelia Cole lives in two worlds — literally. One runs on magic, the other built on technology. When the barriers between those worlds start to break down, Amelia and her aunt Dani must take extreme action. It’s the start of whole new world in adventure, magic, and excitement as Amelia Cole steps forward to do what she knows it right, even when the consequences might be wrong. Written by Eisner and Harvey award winners Adam P. Knave & D.J. Kirkbride, drawn by Nick Brokenshire, and lettered by Rachel Deering. [rating:3.5/5] Rodrigo Enormous #1
Writer: Tim Daniel
Artist: Mehdi Cheggour
In the midst of a planetary battle for food and fuel, a vast ecological cataclysm spawns THE ENORMOUS, massive beasts unlike anything ever witnessed. Humankind struggles to stave off extinction and the only law is to hunt or be hunted. It's an epic action adventure featuring the survival of the biggest! [rating:1.5/5] Matthew League of Extraordinary Gentleman Century 2009 Writer: Alan Moore Artist: Kevin O’Neill In Chapter Three, the narrative draws to its cataclysmic close in London 2008. The magical child whose ominous coming has been foretold for the past hundred years has now been born and has grown up to claim his dreadful heritage. His promised aeon of unending terror can commence, the world can now be ended starting with North London, and there is no League, extraordinary or otherwise, that now stands in his way. The bitter, intractable war of attrition in Q'umar crawls bloodily to its fifth year, away in Kashmir a Sikh terrorist with a now-nuclear-armed submarine wages a holy war against Islam that might push the whole world into atomic holocaust, and in a London mental institution there's a patient who insists that she has all the answers. [rating:4.5/5]
 Rob Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Artist: Andy and Joe Kubert
When the original Nite Owl Hollis Mason retires, who will answer the call to take his place? Writer J. Michael Straczynski and artists Joe and Andy Kubert team to assemble the tale of tech-wizard Dan Dreiberg--the man who would carry the mantle of one of the world's greatest heroes. [rating:4/5] Major Spoilers Poll of the Week A Major Spoilerite wrote in this week wondering about trades – specifically which was the better buy for reading and enjoying comics – the trade paperback or the collected hardback? LINK Discussion: Mike Norton’s Battlepug Volume 1 The epic tale of blood and drool begins here! Join Molly and her dogs Mingo and Colfax, as she recounts the legend of “The Warrior and the Battlepug”—a tale of a fearless barbarian, his trusty and freakishly large pug, and evil baby harp seals. This volume collects the first year of Mike Norton’s Battlepug—the perfect opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the fan-favorite webcomic by Mike Norton, Allen Passalaqua, and Crank! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

What started as a cool concept for a T-Shirt evolved into a web comics sensation, and is now hitting the bookshelves in it's first collected edition. Battlepug creator Mike Norton walks us through the brief history of his epic “Pet Project” and let's us know what to expect in this extras packed print edition. Battlepug Vol 1 By Mike Norton $14.99 – Dark Horse Music: Jonny Quest / Stop That Pigeon Reverend Horton Heat

In this episode we are joined by comic artist/creator Mike Norton about his long career comics working on such characters from Blue Beetle to Spiderman to his own web comic BattlePug. We also talk about his work in digital comics with Four Star Studios and Double Feature Comics. We also talk about his new upcoming book "Revival" written by Tim Seely published out of Image comics.http://www.ihatemike.com/ This podcast is sponsored by http://friendlyneighborhoodcomics.com/ http://www.dcbservice.com/index.aspx http://thetaylornetwork.wordpress.com/

Mike and Tim are certainly busy right now with projects like Revival, Battlepug, Witchblade, Double Feature Comics, Hack/Slash and more. They managed to find some time to talk to us to let us know all about them. (1:08:30)

On this edition of Word Balloon, we continue to talk with creators who are experimenting with creator owned ideas in print and the digital markets .First Mark Waid joins us to talk about his foray into the digital comic relm. His blog, markwaid.com launched today to be an open forum showing his process and ideas on his approach to comic storytelling on this platform. You can download his first digital pdf LUTHER  Also Mark reveals his plans to fund the venture, which includes putting his huge comic book collection up for sale that goes back to the 1950's. We talk about some of the unique items in his collection and how you can purchase some of these books.Then direct from last weekend's ECCC convention, a crime comics panel featuring Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka, who start with their crime story influences , and talk a lot about their creation of the DC comic Gotham Central. Plus Ed talks about his current success with the Image book FATALE and Greg previews his next spy novel ALPHA due out in May.Finally direct from their Four Star Studio, Tim Seeley and Mike Norton talk about their new Image series Revival , which they describe as a Farm Noir tale. Tim updates us on his other Image books  Hack-Slash, Bloodstrike and Top Cow's Witchblade, while Mike tells us about the plan to collect his web comic Battle Pug as a trade collection in July, from Dark Horse.Four Star Studio has been pulishing their digital comics Double Feature for about a year. 2 8 page stories for 99 cents in various genres.  The guys tell us how that venture has gone so far.Time Code      00:00 -  48:55                    Mark Waid                             48:56 - 1:44:11                 ECCC Crime Comics Panel                                                                          With Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka

Some interesting news came out last week - DC officially announced 'Before Watchmen', the top ten selling books in January were all DC books, a new Avengers trailer debuted during the Super Bowl and on set pictures were released from the upcoming Judge Dredd movie. All this and Battlepug too! (1:22:10)

The celebration begins for Sal's 40th Birthday Month. Chris and Sal are joined by Mike Norton and Art Balthazar to talk about Battlepug, webcomics, Young Justice, Jack Kirby, Antique roadshow, The Fugitive, John Byrne, buying original art, sideboobs, Decoded, Six-Gun, All-Star Superman, and much more.

Mighty Mike Norton returns to fill us in on his newest endeavor, Battlepug! the webcomic! It's dog meets Conan from the artist on the current Young Justice comic. We also learn of his return to the character of Gravity in the Fear Itself Youth in Revolt mini-series and more! (46:33)