ABC Podcast, Episode #78 plus visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by efforts to add more cricket references to our podcast, because that's good show business. Unknowns in the form of Soldiers and Devils Made Flesh win big, as do X-Factor and Guardians of the Galaxy. Weird scheduling issues get a take down, and Wonder Woman's new villains look suspciously like tiny versions of AC/DC guitarist Angus Young.

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Cover(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from Astro City: The Dark Age, Book Four #1, cover by Alex Ross:


Aaron's pick, from Wonder Woman #40, cover by Aaron Lopresti:


Panel(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Guardians of the Galaxy #22, by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Brad Walker:


Evie's pick, from Wonder Woman #40, by Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti:


(Also, this won't mesmerize you the way Lidsville did, or thrill you the way Italian Spiderman did, but here's your YouTube joke explanation of the week.)

ABC Podcast Episode #77, plus visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by a significant size clarification (it matters!) and a poor excuse for one of our hosts' bad behavior. Evie and Aaron give respect to all the amazing ladies this week (Power Girl, Anna Mercury, Black Widow, Amanda Conner, perhaps some horses?) and could Ronan/Crystal be the best relationship in comics? J'accuse! Hercules keeps going strong, and Mark Waid keeps writing great sequels. Also, we don't talk about this in the show, but the Saints just won, so now Aaron won't have to choose which of two of the most annoying people on the planet to root for in the Super Bowl.

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Co-Cover of the Week

Evie and Aaron's pick, from Batman, Streets of Gotham #8, cover by Dustin Nguyen: (click to biggify!)



Panel(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Realm of Kings Inhumans #3, written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, art by Wellington Alves



Evie's pick, from Power Girl #8, written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, art by Amanda Conner

ABC Podcast Episode #76, plus visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by another horse giving different bridge advice, so get out your notepad. Dr. Strange and various X-Men impress, as do their adorable Canadian boyfriends, and the reformed Rhino warms our hearts. Mike Carey's The Unwritten continues to kill it, and the ending of Christos Gage's Absolution sparks a lukewarm debate. We also get to the bottom of the misidentified Amazing Spider-Man cover artist controversy, which we admit was our mistake, but then they mess up the credits this week so WHO(M) DO YOU TRUST?

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Cover(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from S.W.O.R.D. #3, cover by John Cassaday and Laura Martin:


Aaron's pick, from Amazing Spider-Man #617, cover by, uh, um, Max Fiumara?

Panel(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Invincible Iron Man #22, by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca:


Evie's pick, also from Invincible Iron Man #22:

I am a thing not to hate in 2010!

Jeremy Whitley of Stylistic Nonsense wrote a guest post at Kirk Warren's Weekly Crisis called "6 Things Not to Hate This Year," in which he points out a few things we should not be bitching about in comics. Go figure! Number four is "the rise of the fangirl," which name checks several vocal comics-loving females including myself (and I agree with a commenter that Laura Hudson of Comics Alliance should very much be on that list). But far beyond the vanity factor, it's a very thoughtful piece about progress and appreciation and character development and still having plenty of things to hate.

ABC Podcast Episode #75, plus visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by TECHMOLOGY, the kind that makes you sound like a hamster or a methfreak or a misogynist. In this first episode of twentyten, we cheer Peter David's lovable X-Men-mocking X-Factor: Nation X one-shot, fear Suicide Squad's Amanda Waller and Sweet Tooth's Mr. Jefferts, and jeer the idea that Wonder Woman would make a more logical Star Sapphire than Green Arrow. We also get a visit from a favorite friend of the show, and wax cautiously optimistic about Siege and the end (?) of the Osborn Era.

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Cover(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from The Boys #38, cover by Darick Robertson:


Evie's pick, from Marvel Boy: The Uranian #1, cover by Marko Djurdjevic:


Panel(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from X-Factor: Nation X #1, by Peter David and Valentine DeLandro:


Aaron's pick, from The Mighty #12, by Peter Tomasi and Chris Samnee:

Hurry up and feed your face

So if you listened to the Year-End Awards Show and are curious as to why we sounded like runners or cokeheads or 12 year-old girls, it's because for some reason the silence deleter was extra sensitive and erased every pause either of us took for breath or contemplation. So it sounds like we're tumbling over each other and tryingtogetthroughtheshowasfastaspossiblesowefinishbeforesantacomes or something. The truth is that this is overall probably a good thing, as the show is already a good two hours, and would have been even longer without the deletions--but from the comments I've gotten from a few people, it was a bit exhausting to listen to. So, many apologies, and I hope it was still enjoyable. Happy New Year, and congrats to our winners!

Year! In! Review! 2009! In 2010! Which is Now! We're Palpitatin'!

And now ... Awesomed By Comics presents ... the heroes, villains, writers, artists, new titles, stories and even craps that we were the most awesomed by in 2009! Who will win? We have no idea, because we recorded this a week ago! ....HOW COME?!?!

Perhaps you might want to ask one Ms. Gloria Estefan? Here she is, right here!


There she is! Right there! For you to ask! Why we were late! You might also want to ask her how my silence deletion filter got switched to such an aggressive setting, resulting in it sounding like our file is 'skipping,' which of course, it is not. Happy new year!

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In the tradition of the great awards shows like the Grammys, or little league banquets, here's a list of all the nominee-nominees for each categories. Some of these nominee-nominees will become actual nominees. And some of those nominees will become winners!

Hero of the Year:
Julie Martin (Echo)
Tom Taylor (The Unwritten)
Tony Chu (Chew)
Iron Man
Hercules and Amadeus Cho
Ms. Marvel
Wonder Woman
Dick Grayson Batman
Daredevil
Spider-Men
Moses Lwanga (Unknown Soldier)
Oracle
Mysterius and Delphi (Mysterius the Unfathomable)
Batwoman
Jamie Maddrox
The Orphan (Beasts of Burden)
Lucifer (Hexed)


Villain of the Year:
Norman Osborn
All of Secret Six
Alpha One (the Mighty)
Vulcan (War of Kings)
Alkyone (Wonder Woman)
General Lane (Superman books)
Moonstone
Dr. Doom
Red River (Herogasm and The Boys)


Writer of the Year:
Mike Carey (The Unwritten)
Gail Simone (Secret Six, Wonder Woman)
Jeff Parker (Agents of Atlas, Mysterius, Underground)
Ed Brubaker (Daredevil, Criminal, Incognito)
Brian K. Vaughan (Ex Machina)
Joe Kelly (Spider-Man, Bang Tango, Four Eyes)
Fred Van Lente (Incredible Hercules, Spider-Man, Comic Book Comics)
Mark Waid (Spider-Man, Strange, The Unknown: The Devil Made Flesh)
Kieron Gillen (SWORD, Ares, Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter)
Warren Ellis (No Hero, Ignition City, Frankenstein's Womb, Ult. Armor Wars, etc.)
Greg Rucka (Detective)
Paul Tobin (All ages stuff)
Matt Fraction (Iron Man, sort of X-Men)
Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier)
Terry Moore (Echo)


Artist of the Year:
JH Williams (Detective)
Tom Fowler (Mysterius)
Amanda Connor (Power Girl, Terra)
Nicola Scott (Secret Six)
Emma Rios (Hexed, Strange, Runaways)
David Mazucelli (Asterios Polyp)
Charles Paul Wilson III (The Stuff of Legend)
Jill Thompson (Beasts of Burden)
Christina Strain (Buncha stuff, colorist)
Dave Stewart (Detective, Colorist)
Terry Moore (Echo)
Steve Lieber (Underground)
Rob Guillory (Chew)


Crap of the Year:
Blackest Night
Canceling Runaways just when Kathryn Immonen got started
Marketing on Marvel Divas
Sneakily gradual rise to $3.99
Wizard’s Con Wars hijinx
Super Hero Squad the TV show
Norman Osborn's irritating ubiquity
Dangerously low sales on the best books (Hercules, Secret Six, Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc.)
Attempted revival of Spider-Man clone saga
Cry for Justice


Comic-related non-comic Item of the Year:
Disney buys Marvel
Watchmen movie
Wolverine Origins movie
Iron Man: Armored Adventures
Wolverine and the X-Men
Coraline
Cancelation of Vs.
Our rap battle with War Rocket Ajax
Spectacular Spider-Man season 2
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Wonder Woman Movie
Batman, The Brave and the Bold


Best New Series:
Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory
Mysterius by Jeff Parker and Tom Fowler
Beasts of Burden by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thomson
The Unwritten by Mike Carey and Peter Gross
Underground by Jeff Parker and Steve Lieber
Ignition City by Warren Ellis and Jean Luca Pagliarani
Power Girl by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Amanda Connor
SWORD by Kieron Gillen and Steven Sanders
The Web by Angela Robinson and Roger Robinson
Wednesday Comics


Story of the Year:
Asterios Polyp – David Mazzucceli
Mysterius the Unfathomable - Jeff Parker and Tom Fowler
Chew – Taster’s Choice by John Layman and Rob Guillory
War of Kings - Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning and various
Bang Tango - Joe Kelly and Adrian Sibar
Dominic Fortune -Howard Chaykin
Dr. Doom and the Masters of Evil - Paul Tobin and Patrick Scherberger
X-Factor, the Cortex Equation - Peter David and various
Secret Six #8, Double Date - Gail Simone
Herogasm - Garth Ennis and John McCray with Keith Burns
Hexed - Michael Alan Nelson and Emma Rios
Scott Pilgrim #5 by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Ignition City - Warren Ellis and Gianluca Pagliarani
The Mighty - Peter Tomasi and Keith Champane and Chris Samnee
Empowered #5 - Adam Warren
Unknown Soldier: Easy Kill - Joshua Dysart and Alberto Ponticelli


WILL YOUR FAVORITES WIN?

No, ours will.

But you'll have to listen in to find out what those are!