Wait, What? Ep. 95: Flop Flips

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on July 30, 2012

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Above: Izzy’s Guac & Lox with extra red onion and sliced tomato, on an onion bagel, from Los Bagels in Arcata, CA. Oh, man.  I don’t know if you’ve ever had the above but if you do–I highly recommend it.  It’s a little pricey, but the guacamole is great and the lox are fresh.  Just a fine old dining experience. But you’re not here for the food talk, are you? (Wait…are you?)  You are here, in theory, for the latest installment of Wait, What? Ep. 95, so join me behind the jump for….show notes!

Wait, What? Ep. 89: Accidents Will Happen

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on June 12, 2012

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Oh, I just don’t know where to begin: last episode was held up on account of spinal aggravation and this episode starts with a SNAFU of the kind that had me tearing my rich abundant hair out of my head. (Hmmm, now that I think about it? I think…maybe that was neither my hair nor head?) But that’s the kind of episode this is–the one where our minds are made up but our mouths are undone. Nonetheless, Graeme McMillan and I were committed to *finally* finishing up answering your questions (seeing as we didn’t answer them in the same month you asked them…or technically the same season) and talking stuff like Action Comics #10; superhero movies and the geek comfort…  Read More…

Wait, What? Ep. 78: Quotes From Pandora Three-Sixteen

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on March 13, 2012

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(This installment’s accidental shout-out courtesy of Action Comics #7) Normally, I try and pitch some rhetorical woo at you as a way to encourage or remind you to listen to this miniature stage play of the mind  Graeme (with his smooth, Noel Cowardesque line delivery) and I (with my stammering Method Actor incoherence) offer up each week. However, as the soul-stealing monster known as Daylight Savings Time has arrived to demand the tribute of an hour from each of us trembling villagers, I fear I’ve got nothing especially fleet-footed with which to charm you, merely the verbal posturings of the maladroit and the overwrought.  The sundial? Tis broken.  The hourglass? Now hollow. But if you wish to remember me fondly,…  Read More…

Graeme Takes On The New 52. All At Once.

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Posted by: Graeme McMillan on September 28, 2011

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You know, before DC Comics so politely sent me the entire run of the New 52 launch issues, I don’t think that I’d ever read an entire month’s worth of a superhero universe before. I have to say, it’s kind of exhausting. But that doesn’t mean that I’m not going to try and run down very quick capsule reviews of all 52 right here, right now, as Fatboy Slim once said many many years ago oh God I am so old.

nu52: The Belfry

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Posted by: Brian Hibbs on September 14, 2011

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Damn it, the NEW ones are already out? Better write fast, then! Bats, and more bats below!

Wait, What? 56.1: The Loneliest Number Since…

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Posted by: Jeff Lester on September 13, 2011

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We are back!  With absolutely 100% less whining!  Well, 90%.  Actually, let’s call it 85–no, 82, 82% less whining! Yes, with 82% less whining, here comes Wait, What? Episode 56.1, roaring around the bend, with Graeme McMillan and myself discussing strange and unexpected topics–topics like OMAC #1, Batgirl #1, Animal Man #1, Detective Comics #1, Swamp Thing #1, Stormwatch #1 and, of course… X-Men #17. (That really should have a ‘?!!?’ at end of that sentence, but you get the idea.) It’s one hour and one second of two-fisted soft reboot action! Wise souls have perhaps already encountered this podcast on iTunes (in which case, I hope they were struck it down and achieved instant enlightenment) but you can, of…  Read More…

A Review of Batwoman in Detective Comics Focusing Mostly on the Writing

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Posted by: David Uzumeri on October 28, 2009

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A while ago, my boy Pedro at Funnybook Babylon talked about how sometimes bad art can obscure a less-than-wonderful script, since bad art is easier to bitch about and more easily apparent. I’m here to talk about the inverse, especially as it relates to Greg Rucka’s inadvertent (I’m pretty sure he originally thought this was going to be a solo miniseries or ongoing) return to Detective Comics. Because, let’s be fair: everyone’s talking about how gorgeous and brilliant and formally inventive J.H. Williams III is, but I just haven’t seen people talk about the story all that much. I reread “Elegy” before reading Detective Comics #858 this week, and the entire story works incredibly well as a continuous whole, with…  Read More…