11 O'Clock Comics Podcast

We kick off the episode excited about the news coming out of Marvel and their move westward. From there it's a family affair as we speak on Five Gears in Reverse: A Criminal Book by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Jacob Phillips and Grendel: Devil's Crucible - Sedition by Matt Wagner and Brennan Wagner. Plus, Rich Tommaso's Ape; Richard Corben's (with Jan Strnad) The Last Voyage of Sindbad; Kingdom of Earth by David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick, and Soo Lee; Tankers by Robert Venditti, Juan José Ryp, and Andrew Dalhouse; Tankers Vs. Ancient Aliens by Robert Venditti, Trevor Hairsine, Tomás Giorello, and Sunny Gho; Airtight Garage: The Depressed Hunter by Mœbius; Naono Yoshiko's Hide and Seek; Deathstroke: the Terminator by Tony Fleecs, Carmine Di Giandomenico, and Ivan Plascencia; Three Worlds / Three Moons: Foundations by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer, Mike Del Mundo, Mike Huddleston, Jerome Opeña, and Matt Hollingsworth; and more!

Listen, collectively, we read a lot of comic books. It's inevitable we'll come across one or two that doesn't knock our socks off. It's rare for us to have an episode where more than a few are a whiff. Thankfully, Vince saves the day with a Godzilla-O-Rama in the form of Godzilla: End of the Reign by Tim Seeley, Nikola Čižmešija, Francesco Segala, and Gloria Martinelli; Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone by Ethan S. Parker, Griffin Sheridan, and Pablo Tunica; and Starship Godzilla: First Wars by Chris Gooch and Oliver Ono! Plus, Back Issue! #168; Ghost Machine's Hyde Street; Batman: The Dark Knight Recreated; and lots more!

First, we take a moment and raise our glasses as we honor our friend KJ Eldridge. From there we cover a slew of books, including a First Issue-O-Rama with Jonathan Ball and GMB Chomichuk's The Eye Collector from Image; Blüdwire by Paul Allor, Ermitis Blanco, and Brittany Peer; 100 Bullets: The US of Anger by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso; and Blood of the Wolf Man by Joshua Williamson, Leomacs, and Pip Martin. Plus, Lorena Alvarez's The Nightlights Collection: a Trilogy of Tales; John Byrne's X-Men: Elsewhen; Paul Chadwick's Concrete: Stars Over Sand; The Twilight Zone by Gabriel Hardman; Absolute Green Lantern; and more!

Ande Parks makes his EOC return - after over a decade - bringing Bad Thoughts and Tyler Rake: An Extraction Story with him! We talk about these Ignition Press titles, working with the new publisher and artists Dave Wachter and Ronan Cliquet, Hollywood and options, original art, family life, fanboy moments, and more! There's even time for an Absolute-O-Rama and Tillie Walden's Charity & Silvia as we near the end of Pride Month.

We kick this episode off with our always ever-detailed recap of Heroes Con, reminding everyone why this is the best comic convention every year you should not miss. From there we discuss Avengers: Armageddon by Chip Zdarsky, Delio Diaz, Frank Alpizar, and Jesus Aburtov; the absolute banger that is Absolute Catwoman by Scott Snyder and M1: Monster Racing League by Lily The Amazing Spider-Man; Ghost Machine's The Trillion Dollar Kid; and more!!

It's Heroes Con this weekend and there's still packing to do so we decided to start the fun early and kick off the week with another round of OULF*! Listen as we break each other's hearts discussing the Vertigo books of the Karen Berger Era, comic strips, and black and white comics! All that and more! *Overrated, Underrated, Least Favorite, and Favorite

It's GIRL POWER as we praise Supergirl: Survive by Ethan S. Parker The Exorcism at 1600 Penn by Hannah Rose May, Vanesa R. Del Rey, and Jordie Bellaire; Revolution 9 by Mark London, Carlos Reno, and Jão Canola; Astro Quantum by Andrea Mutti and Junk Punch by Paul Tobin, Carlos Javier Olivares, Francesca Vivaldi, and Colleen Coover (which also makes up our Mad Cave-O-Rama)! Plus, Rick Remender's and Daniel Acuña's Escape; Doomquest by Ryan North, Francesco Mobili, and Frank D'Armata; DanDaDanand Rai Rai Rai; Five Gears in Reverse; and lots more!

It finally happened: the talented and witty Kyle Starks pulls up a chair and joins us for a chat discussing titles such as Rick and Morty, I Hate This Place, Wrestle Heist, Peacemaker Tries Hard!, Barfly, End of Life, Sexcastle, Where Monsters Lie and others from his catalog, creating with incredible artists, working with publishers, pro wrestling, family life, and so much more! Plus, we find some time to talk about Blood & Thunder, Star Trek: Red Shirts, and Exquisite Corpses!

It's a pick your O-Rama kinda episode where we speak on fanzines like Blitz from RAID Press and Comics! The Magazine; Image titles including Odin by Marguerite Bennett Of The Earth by Chris Condon If Destruction Be Our Lot... by Matthew and Geiger by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank, and Brad Anderson; Vince takes us through some Ultimate highs and lows; and Jason brings the graphic novel goodness with Tim Bird's Adrift on a Painted Sea; Olivia Sullivan's Oracles; and The Undertaker by Xavier Dorison and Ralph Meyer; plus Absolute Green Arrow and lots more!

We're throwing things at you from a whole bunch of publishers this week with the Energon Universe Special 2026; Michael DeForge's All the Cameras in My Room; Batman and Barbara Gordon: Breakout; Savage Dragon by Erik Larsen; Daughters of Snow and Cinders by Núria Tamarit; The Spectacular Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Classic Newspaper Comics; They're All Terrible; Jeff Lemire and JSA and The Fury of Firestorm; Katia Vecchio's Memories of Giselle; and so much more!

Vince and DAP toss Jason into the TARDIS and set the dial to the early 80s and Epic Comics, speaking on the highs and lows and the various phases of the Marvel imprint. Plus, Sacrificers, Daredevil, Eat Your Young, and more! Shoutout to https://totally-epic.kwakk.info for refreshing my memory.

It's a back to basics kinda night where we chat about some new comics and tag team on Batman/Wonder Woman: Truth #1 by Jeph Loeb, Jim Cheung, and Jay David Ramos; Exquisite Corpses #12 by James Tynion IV, Michael Walsh, and Jordie Bellaire; the followup to last month's crossover, this time from Marvel with Spider-Man/Superman; and Swamp Thing #88 (or Swamp Thing: 1989 #1 if you prefer). Plus, Everybody Loves Cherry; Andrew Maclean's Head Lopper; Garbage Pail Kids: Trashin' Through Time; Corpse Knight; Nightwing; and lots more!

Recording this before NCBD makes it the perfect time for another round of OUFL! When it comes to Jack Kirby's contributions, MAD Magazine's Usual Gang of Idiots, and comic book events find out what we find overrated and underrated and what's our favorite and least favorite. Plus, some Silver Age Suicide Squad, Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, and Frank Martin, Rikke Villadsen's The Sea, Crazy for You by Paul Theroux and Steve Lafler, and more!

Jason's road trip brings him home and we bring you more Narco by Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard, and Dave Stewart; Patrick Kindlon and EPHK's Tigress Island; Uri Tupka and the Gods by Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart; a Fanta-O-Rama featuring Tommi Musturi's Simply Samuel and Black River by Josh Simmons; Savage Sword of Conan; DAP gushes over Grim by Stephanie Phillips, Flaviano, and Rico Renzi; and lots more! [Thanks to the weather, there is some clipping.]

Our pal and TV's Mario joins Vince and DAP for an unintentional First Issue Frenzy featuring The Fury of Firestorm by Jeff Lemire, Rafael De Latorre, and Marcelo Maiolo; Bizarro: Year None by Eric Carrasco Imperial Guardians by Dan Abnett, Marcelo Ferreira, Jay Leisten, and Rachelle Rosenberg; Dave Chisholm's Is Ted OK?; and The Muppets Noir by Roger Langridge and Dearbhla Kelly! Plus, Josh Bayer's Utzy and Dusty: Crystal Pool from Domino Books; Collecting The Simpsons: The Merchandise Norikazu Kawashima's The Girl Who Raised the Dead; and more!

Who was responsible for the last great Spider-Man run?  Batman?  Green Arrow? Hulk? We give you our take on those and a bunch more. Plus, Vince and DAP speak on DC / Marvel: Superman / Spider-Man (better late than never) and Daredevil by Stephanie Phillips, Lee Garbett, and Frank Martin. We also toss in The Sentry; Ariela Kristantina's The Girl Who Draws on Whales; Is Ted OK? by Dave Chisholm; and more!

Jason and DAP are joined by the powerhouse duo bringing you the upcoming Absolute Green Arrow: Pornsak Pichetshote and Rafael Albuquerque! Concept, process, networking, growth, Edison Hark, the Corpse Crew; we tried to cover it all. Plus, we squeeze in some Jessica Jones: Alias, BPRD, Void Rivals, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast, and lots more!

It's a DC-O-Rama with Deathstroke: the Terminator (Vince is back!), Lobo, and Batwoman. We also throw some suggestions from the March solicits your way. Plus, The Beauty, Blood & Thunder, Savage Dragon, Leonide the Vampyr: The House of Yonda, and tons more!

Tony Fleecs returns and makes DAP's month by bringing Deathstroke the Terminator with him, talking about his sweet new gig and collaborator Carmine di Giandomenico before kicking off a Feline-O-Rama with Feral (by Tony, Trish, Tone, and Brad) and The Space Cat (by Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford)! Plus, VeeFriends, Tigress Island, Jesse Lonergan's Faster, an Absolute-O-Rama featuring Absolute Superman and Absolute Batman, Sirens: Love Hurts, Black Hammer: Spiral City, and loads more!

We start off with a massive thank you to Mike Richardson and each listing our top five Dark Horse titles -  and there are a lot to choose from - before sharing our thoughts on Patrick Horvath's Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring, Dick Tracy Collection - 1941 by Chester Gould, DC K.O. Knightfight, Escape by Remender and Acuña, and so much more!

Huzzah! We're just kicking back and talking about Wolverine and Alpha Flight, Hyde Street, Wade Wilson: Deadpool, and The Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery! Plus, DAP hops in the wayback machine not once, but twice and waxes poetically about Milestone (by way of New History of the DC Universe: The Dakota Incident) and Star Trek (a la Starfleet Academy and Deep Space Nine). And we'll toss in some Buff Soul, Absolute Wonder Woman and Department of Truth for no additional charge!

First Issue-O-Rama: Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #1 by Fred Kennedy and James Edward Clark; Death Fight Forever #1 by Andrew MacLean and Alexis Ziritt; End of Life #1 by Kyle Starks, Steve Pugh, and Chris O'Halloran; and American Caper #1 by Dan Houser, Lazlow, David Lapham, Chris Anderson, and Lee Loughridge! Also included at no extra cost: Comics Blogger #15; The Woodchipper by Joe Ollmann; Dur-An-Ki by Kentaro Miura and Studio Gaga; I Am Their Silence by Jordi Lafebre; and so much more!

Happy Valentine's Day! From our Bleeding Hearts (by Deniz Camp, Stipan Morian, and Matt Hollingsworth) to yours it's episode 1021! Plus, D'orc by Brett Bean and Jean-François Beaulieu; Marc Spector: Moon Knight by Jed MacKay, Dev Pramanik, and Rachelle Rosenberg; Wade Wilson: Deadpool by Benjamin Percy, Geoff Shaw, and Alex Sinclair; the first Rick And Morty Compact Comics Collection; catching up on Absolute Superman; and a bunch more!

The gang's back together and Vince reminds us of his love for Death Metal by way of Snyder and Tynion IV's Justice League and Jason takes us to Italy to talk about Tex. Plus, Space Scouts by Matt Kindt and David Rubín from Flux House and Dark Horse Comics, Cryptology and Alter Ego from TwoMorrows, The Great Ten, Superman: Chains of Love Special, Void Rivals, and lots more!

DAP and Jason spoil you with O-Ramas! But first, we have to give some love to the late and always great Sal Buscema. Then it's an Image-O-Rama shining a light on Wrestle Heist by Kyle Starks and Vlad Popov; Skinbreaker by Robert Kirkman, David Finch, and Annalisa Leoni; and Narco by Doug Wagner, Daniel Hillyard, and Dave Stewart. Next, a DC-O-Rama featuring Batman by Matt Fraction, Jorge Jiménez, and Tomeu Morey; JSA by Jeff Lemire, Diego Olortegui, Rafael de Latorre, Gavin Guidry, and Luis Guerrero; and Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, and Frank Martin. Toss in some Ultimates and more gushing over Mujina Into the Deep and you've got yourself an episode!

When Vince is away the episode gets a little ...strange as we bring you Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown by Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart; Juni Ba's The Fables of Erlking Wood; Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia by Gabriel Hardman and Romulo Fajardo Jr.; Patrick Horvath's Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring; and Goes Like This by Jordan Crane from Fantagraphics. DAP struggles to explain Asano's Mujina Into the Deep much to Jason's delight. Plus, an Image-O-Rama: Ghost Machine's Redcoat by Geoff Johns, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, and Brad Anderson; Escape by Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña; Good as Dead by David Lapham, Maria Lapham, and Dee Cunniffe; Assorted Crisis Events by Deniz Camp, Eric Zawadzki, and Jordie Bellaire; and a bunch more!

It's the 2026 11 O'Closcars, celebrating the favorites of 2025!

Vince brings the eclectic with Brian Baynes' Bubbles, Richard Corben's Rat God, and Joe Brainard's The Complete C Comics; Jason talks about graphic novels like Insectopolis: A Natural History by Peter Kuper, Lucas Wars by Laurent Hopman and Renaud Roche, and A Garden of Spheres by Linnea Sterte; and DAP is ...present. Plus, Lemire and Walta's Phantom Road, In A Glass Grotesquely, more Search and Destroy, and lots more!

Vince and DAP close out the year talking about Benjamin Marra's Disciples (with David Birke and Nicholas McCarthy); Absolute Wonder Woman #15 by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, and Jordie Bellaire; Ghost Machine's Geiger(catching up on the latest four issues) by Geoff Johns, Eamon Winkle, Eduardo Pansica, Gary Frank, Norm Rapmund, Robert Nugent, and Brad Anderson; Not a Place to Visit by T Edward Bak from Floating World Comics; Cash-O-Ramawith Adventure Time: The Bubbline College Special and kuš! featuring Art Spiegelman, Jessica Snow, Augusto Mora, Christopher Sperandio, Joost Halbertsma, Ofra Amihay, Martalisa Tsai, Julie Fette, and many more. Plus: where, oh where, is Jason?!?

We're loading up Santa's sack with all the goodies like Aliens vs. Avengers by Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribić, and Ive Svorcina from Marvel and 20th Century Studios; Kyle Starks' Wrestle Heist; Uncivilized Comics and The Jungle and The Sickness a Manga-O-Rama featuring My Gorilla Family by Ichiro Iijima; Search and Destroy by Atsushi Kaneko; Fool Night by Kasumi Yasuda; and Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu; Mimi Pond's Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me and lots more!

The gang's all here and we're excited for Vince's first OUFL! Listen as we surprise few and break hearts with the topics of DC characters, intercompany crossovers, and Avengers members! Plus, Métal Hurlant, Amazing Spider-Man, This Place Kills Me, and more!

We're sorta kinda all over the place speaking on Absolute Batman; Blood Milo Manara's The Magnificent Adventure; The Infernal Hulk by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nic Klein Joann Sfar and Tony Sandoval's The Dragons of Paris from Magnetic; The End 2099 by Steve Orlando, Ibraim Roberson, and Andrew Dalhous; a DC K.O.-Rama; and much more!

Jason's back and we're comin' in hot with Blacula: Return of the King by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander; Hobtown Mystery Stories, Volume 3: The Secret of the Saucer by Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes; Atsushi Kaneko's Search and Destroy; Escape and Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña; Gehenna: Naked Aggression by Patrick Kindlon, Maurizio Rosenzweig, and Matteo Vattani; The Voice Said Kill; Avengers; and so much more!

It's Thanksgiving and we're thankful for you all! To prove it, Vince and DAP speak on collections, DC/Marvel Batman/Deadpool, Gabriel Hardman's (with Romulo Fajardo Jr. ) Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia, the Legion, Superman, and DC events! Plus, Video Tonfa by Tim Goodyear; All Star Archives volume 2; The Infernal Hulk #1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Nic Klein, and Matthew Wilson; Yoshiaki's Rai Rai Rai; and lots more!

We have twice the Joe with Larry Hama's G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and the Energon Universe-based G.I. Joe by Joshua Williamson, Marco Fodera, Lee Loughridge, Tom Reilly, and Jordie Bellaire; DSTLRY's The Blood Brother's Mother by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso; Kieron Gillen's and Casper Wijngaard's The Power Fantasy; the conclusion of One World Under Doom; Yokai: Shigeru Mizuki's Supernatural Parade from Drawn Exquisite Corpses; Black Cat; and so much more!

It's a Fanta-O-Rama with The Past is a Grotesque Animal by Tommi Parrish and Max Huffman's Dogtangle! It's a DC-O-Rama featuring Tom King's Wonder Woman, Kelly Thompson's Birds of Prey, and Batman by Matt Fraction, Jorge Jiménez, and Tomeu Morey! It's DAP and Jason talking about The City Beneath Her Feet by James Tynion IV, Elsa Charretier, and Jordie Bellaire from DSTLRY! Plus, Matt Kindt and David Rubín's Space Scouts, Spider-Society by Alex Segura, Scott Godlewski, Andrés Genolet, Ruairí Coleman, Matt Milla, and Raúl Angulo, Liquidator by Peter Milligan, Piotr Kowalski, and Brad Simpson from Mad Cave, and much more!

DC-O-Rama: DC K.O.: Knightfight, All Star Comics Archive, more Superman: Red and Blue 2025 Special, and Batman and Robin: Year One! Plus, Radioactive Spider-Man by Joe Kelly, Kev Walker, and Chris Sotomayor; Marvelman; Jesse Lonergan's Drome; Assorted Crisis Events by Deniz Camp, Eric Zawadzki, and Jordie Bellaire from Image; The Punisher, Black Cohosh by Eagle Valiant Brosi, Ben Passmore's Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance; and much more!

From the past to the future as Vince brings us back to 52 before we end the DC-O-Rama (and the episode) with Absolute Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross! Along the way we talk about Superman (the James Gunn movie and the Red and Blue 2025 Special) and Daniel Warren Johnson, James Harren, and Absolute Batman Annual 2025! Plus, Out of Alcatraz by Christopher Cantwell and Tyler Crook, some Age of Revelation, Jim Rugg's For Adults Only, Tom Gauld and Physics for Cats, Kid Maroon by Christopher Cantwell and Victor Santos, Red Before Black by Stephanie Phillips, Goran Sudžuka, and Ive Svorcina from Boom! and more!

It's our Baltimore Comic-Con recap! Join us as we ruminate and reflect on the wonderful weekend that is one of our favorite conventions. The creators! The art! The food! Plus, Mad Cave-O-Rama! Marvel-O-Rama! Dracula Book 2: The Brides by Matt Wagner, Kelley Jones, and José Villarrubia; Marjorie Liu's and Sana Takeda's The Night Eaters Book 3: Their Kingdom Come; Escape by Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña from Image Comics; Kevin Maguire's Tanga vs the Kaiju of Cammera, and much more!

It's an Image-O-Rama! With a smattering of NYCC commentary. Plus, the mystery behind Vince's absence revealed!

OUFL, Part 2! Find out what we consider our personal highs and lows for Jim Lee, the Justice League of America, and John Byrne. Plus, Heavy Metal, Transformers, NYCC, and more!

Good friend and Comics Discourse 114 co-host Brian Newberry joins Jason and DAP, bringing us The Shift from 2000AD and the good times continue from there! We speak on Batman by Matt Fraction, Jorge Jiménez, and Tomeu Morey; Absolute Evil by Al Ewing, Giuseppe Camuncoli Kayla E.'s Precious Rubbish, Joseph Sieracki and Won't You Be My Savior, Baltimore Comic-Con, and a whole mess more!

Come with us as we speak on My Gorilla Family by Iijima Ichiro from Living the Line's Smudge imprint, Joe Kelly's Amazing Spider-Man, Breathtaker by Mark Wheatley and Marc Hempel from Titan Comics, FANTA-O-RAMA: Dementia 21 by Shintaro Kago and Julia Gfrörer's World Within the World! DC-O-RAMA: Absolute Wonder Woman and Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman, Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor! Plus, so much more!

It's Episode 1000! It's EXTRA-SIZED (like all good milestone specials should be)! It's packed with guest stars! It's a love letter to the medium we enjoy day after day. Along with the many listeners who help us celebrate we're joined by Skottie Young, Tom King, Sanford Greene, and Tony Fleecs! From Vince, Jason, and David; thank you so very much for coming along for the ride these past 1,000 weeks. We love you and we'll see you back here for Episode 1001 in seven days.

Here's the last one. ...before the big 1000! Come hang with Jason and DAP as they talk about Tom Scioli and his Space Opera Xanadax Across the Unknown Dimensions of the Galaxy, Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez and Batman, Red Hood by Gretchen Felker-Martin and Jeff Spokes, Matthew Allison's Sweet Sepulcher, The Blood Brother's Mother, more Batman (and Robin: Year One), Bendis and Oeming's Powers, plus a whole lot more!

What happens when Jason's and David's schedule doesn't mesh and they're not in the same time zone for most of the week and Vince is still under the weather? You use the power of technology! And email. Not quite like Air Wave, but pretend we're gliding across the wires to bring this all together while we bring you thoughts on Escape #1, Justice League Red #1, Batman #1, Chasing Amy, The Drome, and more!

The Dynamic Duo of Jason and David endeavor to entertain you with a fun little game of OUFL (Overrated, Underrated, Favorite, and Least favorite) and answering Slacker questions. Plus, The Knives, Black Kiss, and more!

In this special episode the wonderful Tana Ford stops by to remind us Space Cat is available and - get this - GUSH about Superman! It's like an early birthday present for DAP. Plus, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass by Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh, Sophie Campbell, Superman-Bat, Dragon Con and more!

Uncle Scrooge: Earth's Mightiest Duck #1 with Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar, Out of Alcatraz, Midst: Tales from the Cosmos, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, and Chris O'Halloran, Sapphic Pulp, JEC Books: 30 Nudes, The Electric Ant, Evil, and Pissant Apocalypse, Skin Police, Rocketfellers, Planetes V1, plus a whole mess more!

Fantagraphics O-Rama: The Thud by Mikael Ross and Ditch Life by Amy Lockhart, The Avengers in The Veracity Trap by Chip Kidd and Michael Cho by Abrams, Wolverine by Chris Claremont, Rick & Morty Vs. The Universe: Summer of Love #1 from Oni, One World Under Doom #6, Night Club 2 and Mark Millar, The Green Hand and Other Stories out of New York Review Comics, Archie Vs. Minor Threats #1 from Dark Horse, Operation Sunshine and David Rubin, plus a whole mess more!