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:

Top 20!

So I made a hypothetical comment below about "if I were to compile a list of my 20 favorite runs."

And within seconds of my fingers lifting off the keys, my brain kicked into gear, as the brain of a comic fan always does when presented with such an idea, and I decided to compile a list of my 20 favorite runs.

This list is not even remotely final or complete or even correct. (I probably have a few creators wrong.) But working off the top of my head at 2 in the morning last night, here's what I came up with.

New Warriors V1 Nicieza/Robinson
Avengers V2 Busiek/Perez
Ex Machina BKV/Harris
Runaways BKV/others
Y The Last Man BKV/Guerra
Daredevil Bendis/Maleev?
Ult. Spider Man Bendis/Bagley
Planetary Ellis/Cassaday
Warlock Starlin
Defenders Gerber/???
Ult FF Ellis/Immonnen, (Ellis/Kubert?)
Animal Man Morrison/???
New X-Men Morrison/Quitely
52 Morrison, etc.
Sentinel McKeever
Ultimates 1&2 Millar/Hitch
Fables Willingham/Buckingham
Ult. Galactus Trilogy - Ellis
Marvels Busiek Ross
Birds of Prey Simone

I figured I'd post the list here in its outline/barebones/incorrect form, and do a little series of posts tracking the changes until I get to my final list. Obviously there's a lot more modern stuff in here, because I've read a lot more modern stuff.

And besides. Why the hell not? I've got a comic blog. This is what comic blogs are for.

ABC Podcast, Episode #4 and visual aids

Episode #4 is cleaned up all (relatively) nice, so please do it up and leave a review on the iTunes!

Description: Episode #4 of Awesomed By Comics is sponsored by Warren Ellis, so please enjoy our 14 other simultaneous podcasts including "Agent Podcast, Secret F*king Podcast" and "Knuckleberry Flynn and the Stranger Danger Bedpan of Destiny." Fables runs away with many awards and bad jokes, and Aaron presents an exclusive interview with a certain special man named Stan.

To supplement your enjoyment, I've posted the Panels and Covers of the Week (replacing Word Balloon) below.

Cover(s) of the Week

Evie's pick, from Fables #74 (cover by James Jean):


Aaron's pick, from Hellcat #1 (cover by Stuart Immonen):


Panel(s) of the Week

Aaron's pick, from Fables #74 (by Bill Willingham, art by Mark Buckingham):


Evie's pick, also from Fables #74: