It's a world of laughter, a world of fear

Yeah, so Disney bought Marvel today. The crossover jokes are already flying across the world like the Scarlet Witch on Angela Lansbury's enchanted bed, so you better get yours in before they're all used up.

If any artists out there want to whip me up a sketch of the iconic "Lady and the Tramp" spaghetti scene with Lady and Wolverine, I will pay you 500 Disney Dollars.

ABC Podcast, Episode #58 and visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by How Grass and Trees Become Enlightened, because those crazy monks are at it again. In a week full of some top-notch comicbookery, mindblowing art hails from Batwoman and Horse Thor, Wonder Woman gets dumped, Herogasm gets serious, and Guardians of the Galaxy makes all of Aaron's teenage dreams come true. Also, we give Peter David a suggestion for how to pluralize "Jamie Maddrox," because it could obviously come in handy.

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Cover(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Unknown Soldier #11, cover by Dave Johnson:


Evie's pick, from Wolverine First Class #18, cover by Skottie Young:


Panel(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from Detective Comics #856, by Greg Rucka and JH Williams III (click to enlarge):



Aaron's picks, from Female Force: Caroline Kennedy by Neal Bailey and Ryan Howe:


And Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter #3, by Kieron Gillen and Kano:

ABC Podcast, Episode #57 and visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by some horse products, which are hilarious just for existing. Horses. Heh. We're back after a car-calamity-induced absence with mad praise for Ex Machina, mad love for Ponyo, and mad madatness for yet another sloppy Batgirl relaunch. Love is in the air for Deadpool and the Tiny Titans, and that was some damn good lasagna, damn.

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Cover(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers #4, cover by Karl Kerschl, because I didn't realize this came out last week:


Aaron's pick, from Tiny Titans #19, by Balthazar & Franco:


Panel(s) of the Week

Aaron's picks, from Power Girl #4, by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Grey and Amanda Connor:


And from Deadpool: Suicide Kings #5, by Mike Benson, Adam Glass and Carlo Barberi:


Evie's pick, from Tiny Titans #19, by Balthazar & Franco:

Show is coming don't freak out!

Thought I should post this given the number of hits we've gotten today. Yeah I know you probably think we're such freaking bailers... there IS a show this week, we're just running a bit behind. If it's not up late tonight, it will be tomorrow, promise.

Which Bat are you again?

I could not even begin to tell you why in a hundred million years, because it's so not worth any of our time, but I have some stuff to say about Batgirl #1. However I have much work to do before I can do that, so I just wanted to send up a flare. You can either come back later, or vow not to come back for a week, depending on whether you're the type that slows down for highway pile-ups.

NOTHING SUCKS, AS YOU WERE PLEASE!!

Gee whiz, us comics fans, you know? We jump to conclusions at the slightest provocation. We see a solicitation from one of the Big Two that suggests a fan-favorite comic has been downgraded from an ongoing to a back-up, or canceled all together, and we assume this to be the case. This is because it is usually the case.

HOWEVER. Please disregard my kvetching post below. Straight from the golden typing fingers of Jeff Parker himself, I received confirmation that the Agents of Atlas ongoing is NOT CANCELED, that the team is "going to be doing a bunch of specials and a Volume 3, to try to lure in new readers. Help me get that message across pleeeeez."

So, my faith in humanity is restored, please spread the word, get people to buy both Incredible Hercules AND Agents of Atlas, and all will be well.

Well, this sucks

As Sandy just urgently DM'd me, Marvel's solicitation for the Assault on New Olympus one-shot, out November 4, includes the announcement that "the iHerc team proudly welcomes our new INCREDIBLE HERCULES on-going back-up feature... THE AGENTS OF ATLAS, written by fan favorite scribe Jeff Parker!"

Wow yay, my two favorite Marvel series in the same book! WAIT A MINUTE--Agents of Atlas BACK-UP feature? FANTASTIC. So Agents of Atlas is canceled. As another friend exclaimed when I gave him the unconfirmed news, WHY DO YOU PEOPLE HATE FUN?

Anyway, trying to find out whether this is true, but I can't see how it isn't. Dammit, comics-purchasing hordes. Why do you people hate fun.

Once upon a time there was a scientist named Henry Pym

Last week we warned you that we were going to Boston over this past weekend, and may not be able to do the podcast. What we should have obviously known is that our car, which you may have now come to think of via past events as Ultron, would not make it all the way to Massachusetts and would instead just stop running while we were driving 80 on I-95 in Connecticut. As it is wont to do.

After a bunch of fun with AAA and Pep Boys and whatever, we did make it back home on Saturday (no Boston or friend visits or Ponyo for us, boooo), but then everything else we own started falling apart, like our furniture, and our will to live, so there was a lot of time spent at Home Depot, and Carvel. Back next week, pinky swear.

Ain't Nuthin but the Greatest Idea Ever

I'm sure most to all of you are in some way familiar with Chris Sims, author of the Invincible Super-Blog, Woman of A.C.T.I.O.N. comics and other smart and funny things on Comics Alliance and elsewhere. Anyway, I was at work late last night, stressing over some edits, when the IM window below pops onto my screen. Chris's 27th birthday is tomorrow, you can all start ordering the strippers now.

Chris:
Evie I had the best idea.
The BEST.

Evie:
oh yes?

Chris:
You know those shirts?

Evie:
which ones?

Chris:
The ones that are based on the Beatles one?
The one that goes:
John &
Paul &
George &
Ringo

Evie:
yes yes
yup

Chris:
OKAY.
I want one that says:
Like This &
Like That &
Like This &
Uh

ABC Podcast, Episode #56 and visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by the Lighter Side of the Coffee News, hey-o! Evie is back this week but doesn't do much to rein in one of Aaron's more fiery Hal Jordan-related rants to date, and there's a lot of love for the shrieking undead and projectile vomiting. Spunky redheads cash in this week, because what the hell else is new in comics, and the secret identity need-to-know standards in Amazing Spider-Man are getting out of hand.

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Cover(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Mighty #7, cover by Dave Johnson:


Evie's pick, from War of Kings #6, variant cover by Mike Choi and Sonya Oback:


Panel(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from Chew #3 by John Layman and Rob Guillory:


Aaron's pick, from Agents of Atlas #9, by Jeff Parker and Dan Panosian (click to enlarge):

OH MY GOD

I'M LIKE 27 COMIC BOOKS BEHIND. Did you know the X-Men moved to San Francisco?

Anyway. Sorry for the relative silence. Been deep in it here. But I have been prioritizing some comics, and can say that I will now only answer to Busty Meatloaf.

ABC Podcast, Episode #55 plus visual aids

THIS WEEK'S EPISODE WILL BE POSTED MONDAY NIGHT BECAUSE AARON NEVER LEARNED HOW TO UPLOAD THINGS.

UPDATE: IT'S THERE NOW.

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by Muddy Road, the "My Way" of Zen Koans. Evie was away this weekend covering another music festival, but we've taken too much time off lately, so Aaron's flying solo for a (mostly) swear-free half-sized episode. Unknown Soldier wins huge, and Aaron demands that everyone go find a copy of "The Stuff of Legend" which is Fables-level good.

Aaron spends very little time talking about the New Warriors or Pokemon, despite the fact that nobody was there to stop him from doing so.

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Cover of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Unknown Soldier #10, cover by Dave Johnson:




Panel of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Ignition City #4, by Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani: