This week on War Rocket Ajax, we’re getting topical with special guest Chris Burnham, artist of the sold-out-everywhere-but-digital Batman Incorporated #8! We talk to him about fan reactions to the issue and what he plans to do when Batman Inc. wraps up, and you can listen to the whole show right here at ComicsAlliance!
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War Rocket Ajax #146: Sean Howe And ‘Marvel Comics: The Untold Story’
By Chris Sims
This week on War Rocket Ajax, we welcome Sean Howe to the show to talk about his amazing history of the people and the company behind some of our favorite characters, Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. It’s a great book, and in our discussion, Sean talks about defending Stan Lee, the conversations he had with various creators, and his brief correspondence with Steve Ditko (pictured above) — and you can listen to the whole show right here at ComicsAlliance!
![War Rocket Ajax #117: The Crew Breaks Down Dan DiDio’s DC Favorites, Part One [Podcast]Back in March, DC Comics Co-Publisher Dan DiDio made a list of his ten favorite titles published during his tenure with the company. This week on ComicsAlliance, Chris Sims, Matt Wilson and Andy Khouri sit down for the first ever two-part episode of War Rocket Ajax, as they break the list down, give their reactions to each title, and discuss what this means for the direction of the company — and you can listen to the whole episode right here at ComicsAlliance!
We are available on iTunes! Click here to find ComicsAlliance Presents War Rocket Ajax in iTunes, where you can subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoy the show!
You can also download it in MP3 format from WarRocketAjax.com.Because of the different format for the show this week, we don’t have checks or recommendations. We just jump right into the discussion of the comics!Batman: Hush:
CHRIS: Immediately before “Hush” and the arrival of Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee on the book, it was Ed Brubaker’s run on Batman. I remember distinctly reading a thing where Brubaker was talking about how weird it was to be working on Batman, because he followed Larry Hama, and everybody hated Larry Hama’s run. I’m a guy who likes Larry Hama, and I hated Larry Hama’s run. Then Ed Brubaker comes on, it’s critically acclaimed, everyone’s talking about how they love it, and Brubaker says sales didn’t change at all, because most people that were reading Batman were just reading Batman, they weren’t necessarily following creators. When Hush started, it was a big spike in sales because it had that big Jim Lee doing Batman superstar gimmick to it, and I think that’s something we’re going to see a lot of on this list. Brubaker’s run on Batman is phenomenal and underrated and amazingly well written. “Hush” is terrible, but it sold.ANDY: Ed Brubaker is one of my very favorite writers; I have no memory of him writing Batman. I have a vague memory of the Rucka era, because I think by that time, DC was in a place — and myself as a reader, I don’t want to put it all on DC — I was just disconnected from this material, and I think Jim Lee was what really brought me back to the mainstream DC Universe. You have to remember, Jim Lee is ubiquitous now, and he certainly was in the ’90s, but he had this immense power in his artwork that made readers super-excited. So when you saw him draw Batman, it had this promise of the awesomeness of Batman in that sort of ’90s “awesomeness” way that never really happened to Batman. When I heard that he was going to do a whole year of that written by the Long Halloween guy, I thought it was great. I was excited to read it.MATT: I think what you guys are doing right now is expressing two different mindsets as far as how you read comics. I tend to think right now that the leadership, the management at the two big comics publishers, are represented in both of your arguments. Andy, you’re talking about being excited about a superstar artist more than anything in your interest in this comic, and I think DC now is interested in pulling in readers with a visual rather than worrying too much about whether their comics are literary or have anything but silly stories. And when I say “silly,” I don’t mean “funny,” because every comic on this list is dead serious.
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War Rocket Ajax #117: The Crew Breaks Down Dan DiDio’s DC Favorites, Part One [Podcast]
Back in March, DC Comics Co-Publisher Dan DiDio made a list of his ten favorite titles published during his tenure with the company. This week on ComicsAlliance, Chris Sims, Matt Wilson and Andy Khouri sit down for the first ever two-part episode of War Rocket Ajax, as they break the list down, give their reactions to each title, and discuss what this means for the direction of the company — and you can listen to the whole episode right here at ComicsAlliance!
We are available on iTunes! Click here to find ComicsAlliance Presents War Rocket Ajax in iTunes, where you can subscribe and leave us a review if you enjoy the show!
You can also download it in MP3 format from WarRocketAjax.com.
Because of the different format for the show this week, we don’t have checks or recommendations. We just jump right into the discussion of the comics!
Batman: Hush:
CHRIS: Immediately before “Hush” and the arrival of Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee on the book, it was Ed Brubaker’s run on Batman. I remember distinctly reading a thing where Brubaker was talking about how weird it was to be working on Batman, because he followed Larry Hama, and everybody hated Larry Hama’s run. I’m a guy who likes Larry Hama, and I hated Larry Hama’s run. Then Ed Brubaker comes on, it’s critically acclaimed, everyone’s talking about how they love it, and Brubaker says sales didn’t change at all, because most people that were reading Batman were just reading Batman, they weren’t necessarily following creators. When Hush started, it was a big spike in sales because it had that big Jim Lee doing Batman superstar gimmick to it, and I think that’s something we’re going to see a lot of on this list. Brubaker’s run on Batman is phenomenal and underrated and amazingly well written. “Hush” is terrible, but it sold.
ANDY: Ed Brubaker is one of my very favorite writers; I have no memory of him writing Batman. I have a vague memory of the Rucka era, because I think by that time, DC was in a place — and myself as a reader, I don’t want to put it all on DC — I was just disconnected from this material, and I think Jim Lee was what really brought me back to the mainstream DC Universe. You have to remember, Jim Lee is ubiquitous now, and he certainly was in the ’90s, but he had this immense power in his artwork that made readers super-excited. So when you saw him draw Batman, it had this promise of the awesomeness of Batman in that sort of ’90s “awesomeness” way that never really happened to Batman. When I heard that he was going to do a whole year of that written by the Long Halloween guy, I thought it was great. I was excited to read it.
MATT: I think what you guys are doing right now is expressing two different mindsets as far as how you read comics. I tend to think right now that the leadership, the management at the two big comics publishers, are represented in both of your arguments. Andy, you’re talking about being excited about a superstar artist more than anything in your interest in this comic, and I think DC now is interested in pulling in readers with a visual rather than worrying too much about whether their comics are literary or have anything but silly stories. And when I say “silly,” I don’t mean “funny,” because every comic on this list is dead serious.
