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In the conclusion to episode 15, Graeme McMillan and I talk recent comics, including the latest volume of Mome and the second issue of Alan Moore's Neonomicon. Yes, it's another extensive and conflicted analysis of Mr. Moore, this time focusing on how his handling of female characters. Fortunately, we somehow emerge from that potential conversational quagmire intact to also examine Kevin Huizenga's The Wild Kingdom from Drawn & Quarterly, and Benjamin Marra's Gangsta Rap Posse. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

Do you recall where you were when DC and Marvel announced they would be bringing back the $2.99 cover price? Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester do, because they were right in the middle of recording this! In the first of two installments for episode 15, we review the ever-changing marketplace by scrutinizing the editorial line up change at Vertigo, analyzing Bob Harras' career change at DC, and then trying to suss out what the reaction will be to DC's price change announcement. It's like watching the news from a month ago get in a barfight with the news from two weeks ago and you are there to get covered in stale pretzels and beer! We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

In the first of two installments for Episode 14, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester take a long look at Alan Moore's recent controversial interview, and then try to make some sense out of the current comics marketplace. Needless to say, we solve everyone's problems in just over an hour. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

In the first of two installments for Episode 14, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester take a long look at Alan Moore's recent controversial interview, and then try to make some sense out of the current comics marketplace. Needless to say, we solve everyone's problems in just over an hour. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

In the second and final installment of Episode 13, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester tackle more questions from readers, including... our favorite new artists, the webcomic Menage a 3; the new trend for families and franchises; The Hulk and the new brainy guy stereotype; Punisher: Happy Ending; one of the more unorthodox ways to consider the strengths of various writers; Graeme tries to collapse the Internet and Jeff talks about recent comics he's purchased; Dork #7 is judged and considered; and much more--as much as we can jam into eighty minutes. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

It's the first installment of Episode 13, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester look at comics malaise for periodicals, then discuss Batman #702, the painted covers of David Finch, Marvel Two In One and The Thing during the John Byrne era, before moving on to reader's questions about Adam Warren's Empowered, and the burning age-old question: who's the most handsome blogger? We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

This is the second of two installments for Episode 12, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester resolve their "cliffhanger" by finishing their discussion of Joss Whedon's work post-Buffy, Then, they answer questions submitted on Twitter about criticism in the industry, Mark Waid's comments at the Harvey Awards, the possible future of Vertigo and Wildstorm, Batman #702, their five favorite monthlies, and so much more, it shocks even them.... We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

Welcome to the first installment of Episode 12, as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about some of the books mentioned in "Busiekgate"--specifically, Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman and Action Comics by Paul Cornell, before moving on to Hickman's Shield, Bendis's Secret Invasion miniseries, Matt Fraction's Casanova, Dysart's Unknown Soldier and others, before moving on to a terrifyingly epic discussion of the Buffy: The Vampire Slayer: Season Eight comic series from Dark Horse, and seasons five, six and seven of the show. And we even end on a cliffhanger! kinda. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

It's the second and final of two installments for Episode 11, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about Jack Kirby's Loser Omnibus, The Hunger Dogs, Jimmy Olsen, Rucka, Gates and Robinson's recently wrapped run on Superman, Action Comics and the World of New Krypton. Then, apparently, Skype decides it's had enough of me trying to talk trash about the Comixology app and cuts things short. Nevertheless, we hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

In the first of two installments for Episode 10, it's Scott Pilgrim vs. The Podcast, as Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss Scott Pilgrim: the Movie, Scott Pilgrim: the animation, Scott Pilgrim: the book and Scott Pilgrim: the box office. It's everything any self-respecting Scott-a-holic would want...and probably then some. I'd like to say we avoided the inevitable follow-up discussion of what all this might mean for the future of comic book movies...but we kinda didn't. Nevertheless, we hope you enjoy it...and thanks for listening!

It's the first of two installments for Episode 11, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about Wolverine: Adamantium Men by Jason Aaron and Ron Garvey, Kurt Busiek's Trinity, DC's groundbreaking miniseries 52...as well as the Final Crisis Hardcover, Seven Soldiers, and New X-Men, all by Grant Morrison. Finally, we wrap things up by idly speculating about the potential awful factor X-Men: First Class and Ghost Rider movies--all in all, it's the kind of stuff you might hear from guys who know each other too well to just sit around and talk about the weather...except that's exactly how we start the conversation. We hope you enjoy it...and thanks for listening!

This is our prologue to Episode 10, and by "prologue," we mean, "stuff Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talked about for almost twenty minutes before Skype crashed." In it, we discuss the weather, RSS code, Itunes, and Jeff unsuccessfully tries to stalk a fan of the podcast. It's a terrifying peek behind the curtain and utterly unrelated to the topic of comic books. But a couple of cheap jokes made us decide it might be fun to include. If you want to skip it, we totally understand and we're listing installments 1 and 2 of Episode 10 as something separate. If you do stick around we hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

In the second and last installment of Episode Nine, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester reflect at length on the possible turning point that was San Diego Comic Con 2010. If you hang around long enough, at the every end we also throw in Dr. Who, The Venture Brothers, the Return of Bruce Wayne #4, the artists of Grant Morrison, and what to make of the upcoming movie Sucker Punch. But, for better or worse, it's mostly San Diego Comic-Con 2010 on our minds. Nonetheless, we hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

In the first of two installments for Episode Nine, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester briefly touch on all the great things the Pacific Northwest has to offer: Brian Bendis and the first issue of Scarlet; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Mudhoney; and, of course, the Green River Killer. Then, we touch on the first trade paperback of Dark Avengers, Daredevil and the current Shadowland story arc, the first three issues of Secret Avengers, Spider-Man and One Moment In Time, and Paul Cornell and Action Comics Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy the podcast!

In the conclusion of Episode Eight, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss ten years of Smallville and what that might say about Superman, The Return of Bruce Wayne, Sparta USA, Wildstorm's A God Somewhere, The Rise of Arsenal #3, violent comics from Marvel and DC, online critics, the conclusion of Lost, and we check in with Graeme's strange X-Men Forever obsession.