ABC Podcast, Episode #85 plus visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by half of the War Rocket Ajax, which was kind enough to lend us one gently used Chris Sims for the episode. Chris sits in for Evie and takes issue with our dislike of Batman and Robin #10, and my love of most things Joe Kelly. Hercules: Death of an Avenger wins multiple awards, Archie comics are discussed on the show for the first time ever, and despite decades of comics reading between the two hosts, nobody can remember whether Thanos has ever had eye beams or not.

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Cover(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Guardians of the Galaxy #24, cover by Alex Garner:

(Note: This image from Marvel's website - I can't get my Photoshop to work, or else I could screencap this here preview - which you can click on if you want to see the awesome throwbacky text.)

Chris's pick, from Hercules: Death of an Avenger #1 of 2, cover by Ariel Olivetti:

Cover(s) of the Week

Again, no Photoshop, so no scanner for my pick (which is the hilarious Northstar panel from Hercules) but you can see Chris's pick here.

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 #66 and visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by something nonsensical and kind of awful. Incredible Hercules wraps up a heroic tale of yes, please, and Kieron Gillen declares sweet war on other new mainstream creators with a triumphant new Ares series for Marvel. We learn a lot about Batwoman's past, and Wonder Woman seems kind of screwed, but she'll probably figure it out. Also, KANG.

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Cover(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Guardians of the Galaxy #19, cover by Alex Garner:


Evie's pick, from Detective Comics #858, cover by JH Williams III:


Panel(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from Ms. Marvel #46, by Brian Reed and Sana Takeda:


Aaron's pick, from Unknown Soldier #13 by Joshua Dysart and Pat Masioni:

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 #35 and visual aids

This episode of Awesomed By Comics is brought to you by Learning to Be Silent, a zen koan that we will never learn in a million years. We say goodbye to birds of the Prey and Robin varieties, get our Coraline on, and can't help giving a laugh-out-loud award to Jeff Parker's sort of mean joke in Mysterius the Unfathomable. Big wins to Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Factor, which we do not spoil, you're welcome Peter David.

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Cover(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Guardians of the Galaxy #10, cover by Clint Langley:


Evie's pick, from Spider-Man Noir #3, variant cover by Dennis Calero:

Panel(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from Mysterius the Unfathomable #2 by Jeff Parker and Tom Fowler:


Aaron's pick, from Guardians of the Galaxy #10 by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Brad Walker (this wins primarily due to monster with mouth on top of his head):

It's an honor just being nominated

As a little sneaky preview/enticement for the podcast, we decided we'd post our Panel of the Week and Word Balloon of the Week here on the blog after we record each show. There are a slew of other award categories and various other nonsense in the broadcast, but the aforementioned categories can do with some visual aiding. If you listened last week to me trying lamely to explain why my Word Balloon of the Week from Captain Britain was so clever, you know what I'm talking about.

You should be aware that these scans could get a bit unruly, as a)Aaron and I each choose a winner for each category, and b)in addition to talking about the victors, we tend to patter on about the ones we almost picked, so much so that they'll need to be equally spotlighted here.

Anyway, here we go--for context and screaming, listen to Episode 2!

Word Balloon(s) of the Week

Evie's pick(s), from Ubu Bubu #2 (by Jamie Smart, Slave Labor Graphics):



Aaron's pick, from Guardians of the Galaxy #2 (by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Paul Pelletier, Marvel; winning balloon is Warlock's, click to enlarge):


Panel(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Incredible Hercules #118 (by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente and Rafa Sandoval, Marvel; click to enlarge):


Evie's pick, from Incredible Hercules #118:


Evie's runner-up pick, from Guardians of the Galaxy #2 (this was in the top five for word balloon, until I noticed the silly random alien petting Cosmo on the head):