Awesomed By Comics Podcast Episode #145

Hey! You know what? This episode of the Awesomed By Comics Podcast is brought to you by Horse Quotes, which we invite you to send in at your earliest convenience. We talk a little bit about the last couple weeks of books, recap the best and not-so-best of what we saw at SDCC, AND do our usual show about this week's books! It's like getting one and a quarter shows for the price of having to wait an extra two weeks! Which is not a very good deal at all! Venom, Gotham City Sirens, and Ultimate Fallout were all standouts this week, as were the first Ultimate Fallout and the debut of the all-new, all-not-miserable-anymore Daredevil. Meanwhile, an Eevee family was adorable and Dan DiDio was a colossal jackass at SDCC, but it appears DC is at least going to make an effort to address some of the concerns raised during its panels. (although we learned that too late to talk about it on the show.) Plus other stuff which I forget what it was because we recorded this a thousand days and three billion time zones ago.

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Covers of the week:

Eevee Family



(L-R: Umbreon, Eevee, Espeon, Flareon)

Ultimate Fallout 3



Daredevil 1 (from last week)



Venom 5



Oh and also here's Morty, which was awesome.



And you should probably all be aware that this happened too.



Also who wants to see ZOO PICTURES?!?!?! You say that YOU DO? Well then here are some!!











And some highlights from Friday night's baseball game:

Awesomed By Comics Podcast Episode #142

This episode of the Awesomed By Comics Podcast is brought to you by special guest Ron Richards from iFanboy, who stops by in Evie's absence to talk about the books that came out this week, as well as one that came out a month ago, but Aaron's backup shop mislabeled. WHADDYAGONNADO. Big wins for David Hahn's All Nighter, Fraction and Coipel's Thor work, the second Rocketeer Adventures from IDW and the avocado-fueled adventures of Blake Griffin and whoever the hell "Carl" is. Some tempered complaints about the Ultimate Spidey spoiler and DC's weird-ass "cat in the tree" excuse, and Ron reveals his fear of cosplay and promises to come to New Jersey for episode 225.

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Covers of the week:
The Mighty Thor #3 by Olivier Coipel and Laura Martin, and Flashpoint: The Outsider #1 by Kevin Nowlan





Bonus Rocketeer Animation by the Banana Brothers.

The Rocketeer 20th anniversary from John Banana on Vimeo.

Bonus other Banana Brothers.

ABCP Episode #134, plus pitchers

This episode of the Awesomed By Comics Podcast is brought to you by Aaron's new laptop, as we mourn the death of the old one, which had all the scripts and stuff on it. Aaron's finally fully on board the Nick Spencer gravytrain as he pours his meaty gloop onto comic book swedish meatballs known as Infinite Vacation. Meanwhile, the Unwritten crew take a vacation of their own, to explore what happens when an ill-tempered and foul-mouthed human gets stuck in a storybook land, Allegiances are formed, allies are left behind, and heroes go missing. Dark and interesting stuff exploring faith and commitment in both. Also, Murray Spiderman gets a shoutout, Ultimate Spider-man gets shot at, while Amazing Spiderman cracks wise. Catman and Huntress would have really great sex, I think. Probably neither of them would employ the shocker, which we spend an inordinate amount of time discussing.

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ABC Podcast #130 PLUS PLUS PLUS!!

This SWEAR-FREE episode of the Awesomed By Comics Podcast is brought to you by maybe the dumbest thing we've ever done on this show, although I predict a handful of you will say we'll eclipse even that about 26 minutes later.* Many. many wins for two great books led by two of comics' most heroic teddy bears; Max from The Stuff of Legend, and J. Jonah Jameson. Plus Ennis' soccer-mom Punisher, Jaime's red light red light red light GREEN LIGHT, and even if we can't have Runaways, at least we get their parents.

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* We value** your opinions.

** This is honestly not sarcasm at the moment, but we reserve the right to ask you to read it as such, should the need arise.

Cover(s) of the Week:

Aaron's Pick, from Cinderella: Fables are Forever #2, cover by Chrissie Zullo

Evie's Pick, from Justice League: Generation Lost #21, cover by Dustin Nguyen

Panel(s) of the Week:

Aaron's Pick, from Doom Patrol #21, by Keith Giffen and a zillion artists

Evie's Pick, from Ultimate Spider Man #155, by Brian Michael Bendis and Chris Samnee

Bonus Barbara "Winkerbean" Gordon, from Batgirl #19, art by Ramon "Tom Batiuk" Bachs

Shrimp With Hair of the Week:

ABC Podcast Episode #124, plus visual aids

This episode of the Awesomed By Comics Podcast is brought to you by Fantastic Fangirls and the friendly, fundamentally first-rate feelings of their founder*, the fabulous Caroline, whose name really should begin with a different letter. Big wins for Dr Faustus, Hercules, Joker, Human Torch, Twilight Guardian, an old camera, and I seriously think the rest was all Bendis, ultimate and otherwise. Evie is still AWOL, and she may or may not be back next week but YOU'LL NEVER KNOW BECAUSE THAT EPISODE WILL BE POLY-BAGGED.

*maybe? probably co-founder, but that breaks the alliteration. My sincere apologies to her partners over there if this information is faulty, false, fallacious, fictitious, fraudulent, or fishy.

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Cover(s) of the Week:

Aaron and Caroline's pick, from New York Five #1, cover by Brian Wood/Ryan Kelly



Other visual aids may come tomorrow, if I can get my computer to stop being a poop.

ABC Podcast, Episode #116, plus maybe some visual aids later?

This episode of the Awesomed By Comics Podcast is brought to you by Lastic Man, who probably should have either an E or a P in front of his name, but don't tell the lawyers. Big wins for Incorruptible, Ultimate Spider-Man, Thor: The Mighty Avenger and Taskmaster. Also winning big was the common cold, which soundly defeated Evie - and listener Jen, who soundly defeated Aaron. (post-credits, Aaron narrates his half of a couple of yugioh battles, which did not end well for him.) We bid a fond farewell to Leslie Nielsen, talk a lot about The Boys even though it didn't come out this week, and Aaron invents shoes.

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Other stuff to come possibly later, when I'm not as tired.

ABC Podcast #110 plus visual aids

This episode of the Awesomed by Comics Podcast is brought to you by a special new game. Not to give anything away, but you're going to want to listen to this show at 4:07 PM, while re-gripping a badminton racquet. Matt Fraction continues Keiron Gillen's streak of strong Thor showings, Jonathan Hickman's FF continues to bring the intrigue, Judd Winick's Justice League: Generation Lost has some great character moments, Ultimate Spidey showcases Bendis's talent for natural dialogue, while Avengers does the exact opposite, and Moon Knight gets some baaaaaaad news. Also, Aaron is attacked by a kitten.

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Cover of the week:

Evie and Aaron's Pick, from Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis #3, cover by Kaare Andrews

Evie and Aaron's runner-up, from Justice League: Generation Lost #10, cover by Cliff Chiang

Panel of the week:

Evie and Aaron's Pick, from Thor #615 by Matt Fraction and Pasqual Ferry

Bonus Jane Foster-off: 

From Thor #615 by Matt Fraction and Pasqual Ferry

From X-Factor #209 by Peter David and Emanuela Lupacchino

Bonus Zedonk: