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Graeme on X-Men: Ce n’est pas un événement comique
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on December 30, 2010
Categories: Reviews
As above, so below: I’ve told you about my guilty pleasure of the year already, and now it’s time for its opposite number: The book I kept buying, just out of dread curiosity and something indefinable: X-MEN. Or, to use its subtitle, X-Men: Curse Of The Mutants. Or, to use the title it should’ve had, X-Men: No, Seriously, What The Hell Is This.
Wait, What? Ep. 21.2: Our Year in Review, Part II
Posted by: Jeff Lester on December 29, 2010
Categories: Podcasts
See? I told you it would be forthcoming and lo, it has…forthcame. Part 2 of our review of The Year in Comics 2010 is ready and waiting for you, with a Top Ten List from Graeme, some quibbling from me (okay, maybe a lot of quibbling from me, along with some supplementary choices) and even a bit of jawing about that there Iron Man 3 movie. Oh, and I’d be totally remiss if I didn’t point recent listeners to the lovely bit of promo art assembled by the talented Adam P. Knave. (And if you think that I’ll be leaning heavily on that as a promo image for Wait, What? in the year to come , you’re entirely correct.) Those… Read More…
Graeme’s 2010 Guilty Pleasure: Justice League of America
Posted by: Graeme McMillan on December 28, 2010
Categories: Reviews
Apropos of nothing, I re-read James Robinson’s run to date on JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA over the weekend – in part because I hadn’t read the latest issue by that point, and wanted to remind myself of what was happening before I did – and, as I did so, I realized two things. Firstly, it’s actually a book that I’ve come to really love, despite itself. And secondly, I can completely understand why that “despite itself” might be such a problem for everyone else.
Wait, What? Ep. 21.1: Our Year in Review Part I
Posted by: Jeff Lester on
Categories: Podcasts
I have no reason why there is an illustration of Devil Dinosaur accompanying this post. Surely, you would think that “because it is awesome” would be reason enough, right? At the time, I was trying to find a way to illustrate some points Graeme and I make about Marvel in this particular installment but…well, sometimes Google Images is just not kind when it comes to expressing abstract concepts. In any event: Episode 21.1 is here, and in it Graeme and I spend a certain amount of time (the first 22 minutes and thirty seconds, in fact) catching up before launching into our discussion of what we thought were the top news stories of the year. It’s just the sort of… Read More…
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on December 27, 2010
Categories: Shipping Lists
Ladies and Gentlemen: Your last shipping week of 2010!
Wait, What? Ep. 20.2: “Taken by Business/Surprise as Usual”
Posted by: Jeff Lester on December 21, 2010
Categories: Podcasts
Oh, man. Sometimes you type “Wolverine vampire” into Photobucket and totally regret it, and then there are times like this. These kids are just dang adorable, aren’t they? Too cute. And it’s also our subtle cue that you will be hearing us talk about the X-Men vs. Vampires arc on this installment of Wait, What?, as well as Tron: Legacy, DC Universe: Legacies, Superman’s legacy, and Mark Millar’s….uh, something. You can find it on Itunes sooner or later, or should you wish, listen to it here: Wait, What? Ep. 20.2: Taken by Business/Surprise as Usual We hope you enjoy it, that your holiday is proceeding apace, and thanks for listening!
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on December 20, 2010
Categories: Shipping Lists
Ugh, woke up feeling flu-ey today. No commentary, just going to crawl back into bed..
Wait, What? Ep. 20.1: “Business as Usual/Taken by Surprise”
Posted by: Jeff Lester on
Categories: Podcasts
And so it goes: I actually had this one edited last week, but decided to give you guys a chance to catch up on that extra-long “let’s answer everyone’s questions–and we mean everyone’s!” installment from last week. And but so here we are again, discussing New Avengers #7 and Action Comics Annual and Matt Fraction’s Thor, and a whole bunch of other stuff that Graeme had read and I hadn’t. (I did get around to reading New Avengers #7 a day or two after the fact and thought it was pretty fun.) Should you be the type that likes to let the good times roll in your web browser of choice, you can listen to the ep. here: Wait, What?… Read More…
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on December 17, 2010
Categories: Retailing/Industry
Find it here, as I ruminate on the state of the DM as 2010 closes. Your perspective is always welcome! -B
Wait, What? Ep. 19.2: Something like a (Holiday) Phenomenon
Posted by: Jeff Lester on December 14, 2010
Categories: Podcasts
This ep. is remarkably close to our holiday ep., what with Graeme talking about the five pages of his imaginary Jack Kirby S.A.N.T.A. book, and us answering questions about our favorite Christmas stories, and also its near-appalling audio-girth, since this ep. is where we answer questions submitted to us on Twitter. At just under two hours, it’s got a little bit of everything for everyone (or maybe a whole lot of everything for everyone) including five very-insidery minutes toward the end that I almost cut but thought it was worth leaving in. It went up on Itunes last night (albeit with the incorrect time–thanks for head’s up, Ben Lipman) and you can also listen to it here: Wait, What? Ep…. Read More…
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on December 13, 2010
Categories: Shipping Lists
It’s beginning to look a lot like Chri…. HEY WAIT, IT ISN’T! Another smallish week, below the jump…
Wait, What? Ep. 19.1: “Where Walks…The Cleanse!”
Posted by: Jeff Lester on
Categories: Podcasts
Yes, Graeme went on a cleanse and we talked about it at the start of the podcast. And left it in. And decided to warn you about it. You’re welcome. If you don’t want to hear us talk about mucoid plaque and other delightful non-comics-related topics, skip the first fourteen minutes and thirty seconds and check in with us as we talk about the writers’ room situation at The Walking Dead, digital comics and The Marvel Vault, and some promotions at DC. Because I’ve been in the weeds for the last few weeks this was recorded almost two weeks back, but I think there’s still enough stuff in there to make it worthwhile. It should be making its way out… Read More…
Wait, What? Ep. 18.3: Emperors, Jokers…
Posted by: Jeff Lester on December 7, 2010
Categories: Podcasts
You know when you’re trying to post something and you’re having an even worse time than usual finding something that will sort of obliquely reference the point of your post, and you’re digging through your relatively paltry photobucket library and you come across an old comic book cover that you like but is totally irrelevant to the topic at hand and you figure, “ehhhh, why not?” Lord, I sure do. Anyway, welcome to Wait, What? Ep. 18.3, wherein Graeme and I take an excellent question from the witty Adam Knave–”if you could pick anyone to be EIC at DC and Marvel, who would it be?”–and prove ourselves ridiculously uncomfortable with the idea of reshaping reality. I don’t think anyone will… Read More…
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on December 6, 2010
Categories: Shipping Lists
So, this is important: there were shipping problems because of the East Coast storms, so this list of what’s arriving is really only applicable to WEST COAST stores (and, as always, YOUR local comic shop may in fact be receiving titles that I’m not ordering at Comix Experience in the first place) — there’s another dozen or two books that are shipping to the Midwest and East Coast this week that we’re not getting here out left. (Which is a real shame because you want these pre-Christmas weeks to be PACKED with product) This is probably the week to buy that book you’ve had your eyes on for weeks, from your LCS. Probably especially if you’re in the Washington state… Read More…
Wait, What? Ep. 18.2: “A Ponzi Scheme with Costumes”
Posted by: Jeff Lester on
Categories: Podcasts
This installment was actually ready to go on Friday, but I thought Abhay’s post was so impressive and awesome, I figured it was better to let it stand on its own. (Also, I’ve been besieged with pants-optional pics since then.) But here’s ep. 18.2, recorded right before the opening weekend for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. I don’t know if you saw Graeme’s great little piece about the show’s history over at Techland, but if not, the podcast covers a good chunk of it with additional goodness thrown in. We also cover news about the Lone Ranger, grouse about Battlestar Galactica and Caprica, and kvetch generally. It should be available on Itunes now or super-shortly, and you can also hear… Read More…
Posted by: Abhay Khosla on December 2, 2010
Categories: Retailing/Industry
Self-promotion warning. For those of you not interested in self-promotion, and don’t want to spend their free time consuming advertising, this is fair warning, and I’ll hide my infomercial for myself behind a jump. I apologize in advance to anyone who thinks this doesn’t belong here– in my defense, I got Brian’s okay, plus Brian reminded me that Jeff had already done the whole self-promotion thing so… Please send all angry e-mail to Jeff Lester. Also: please send photos of yourself but just from the waist down to Jeff Lester. Pants tolerated.
Wait, What? Ep. 18.1: Decompressed Podcasting.
Posted by: Jeff Lester on
Categories: Podcasts
Late, late, late. Graeme and I recorded this the day before Thanksgiving and it took me a week to break out the virtual scissors and cut something together. Sorry ’bout that. So here we go, with what those in the industry call a “decompressed” first episode. I mean….a failed cold open? Graeme mocking me for complaining about the weather? Me mocking him for throwing out his back? Throw in Luke Cage and you’ve got an early issue of Bendis’ Avengers run, more or less. Nonetheless, we do get around to talking Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali and Absolute All-Star Superman, and you can totally skip to the 16:55 point if you just want to get the verbal kicking and punching. It… Read More…
Assessing the Bat-line as 2010 ends
Posted by: Brian Hibbs on December 1, 2010
Categories: Reviews
(I really wanted to title this with a “NaNaNaNaNaNaNaNa”, but thought it was too soon after Graeme’s Flash joke last post)
