It’s our annual Pride episode of BatChat. It’s nice to see that we have plenty of stories we can cover about queer, out Bat characters, you know? We’re covering the first of DC’s big Pride anthologies, which features stories including Batwoman, The Question (Renee Montoya), Harley and Ivy and Alan Scott Green Lantern, who might…
Writer Mark Waid joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for a deluxe hardcover edition of his classic series Empire, plus his current work at DC Comics.
Much like the band Arcade Fire, the X-Men villain Arcade knows that more is more. Also we talk about Dawn, a thing that will only entertain my friend Robert. Ranked This Episode:
Of all of DC’s obscure characters outside the Bat family, two of Matt’s absolute favorites are the Elongated Man, Ralph Dibny, and his wife, Sue. Inspired by Nick and Nora Charles from Dashiell Hammett’s novel, The Thin Man, Ralph and Sue are a bantering, loving couple who solve mysteries. They are, as the kids at…
Cartoonist Dave Baker joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press graphic novel Halloween Boy Vol. 1: Last of the Halloween Boys.
I have a hard time believing Daniel Clowes would want his “comix” confused with Marvel’s “What If?” series. And yet, that’s what we are presupposing.
There are plenty of legacy characters in the Bat universe; how many Robins are there now? But there are far fewer legacy villains than there are heroes. But before Flashpoint and the New 52 scrambled things, or repositioned them anyway, one of Batman’s solid B-tier villains was replaced. Black Mask, a character introduced in the…
Connor Goldsmith and Josh Cornillon join the show to talk about their new Dark Horse Comics series Did You Hear About Mimi Green?
Patreon backer John Wickham returns to BatChat to help Matt and Will discuss three Batman stories with art by Liam Sharp, including one WILD Garth Ennis story.
Dave Wielgosz and Tadd Galusha join the show to talk about their new Ignition Press series Showdown.
ATTENTION ALL MEMEMBERS OF THE BOTA FEDERATION. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOG. REPEAT. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOGS. THIS WILL IMPACT YOUR PRECEPTIONS OF REALITY FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. Ranked This Episode:
When a writer works on a character for an extended period of time, it’s fascinating to watch how their interpretation of that character evolves. When Patreon backer Josh Weil came to us and wanted to cover the Robins mini-series that won DC’s fan voted Round Robin competition, the natural stories to pair with it were…
Horror writer Steve Niles joins the show to talk about his new graphic novel Heartbreak Manor, soon to be crowdfunding on Zoop.
Look, I was going to write something else here but I just found a copy of the unmade Magneto movie so I’m going to be over here reading that. Thematically appropriate. Ranked This Episode:
Not long ago, we did an episode entirely dedicated to Batman stories that originated in Japan. Amongst those stories was a collection of creator Jiro Kuwata’s 60s Batman manga, that were adaptations of earlier American Batman stories. This week, we dive into those stories, reading three of them and seeing not just how they rank,…