The Splash Page Podcast 2013 Special

The Chemical Box's Joey Aulisio has been kind enough to begin hosting the Splash Page Podcast just in time for the 2013 special!

In this episode, Tim and I discuss: intros/random chit-chat, why I'm is quitting internet writing (for now), All New X-Men/Brian Michael Bendis’s Avengers, Marvel Now/DC nu52, random artist stuff, Uncanny Avengers, Action Comics, Andy Diggle, Captain America, World’s Finest #8 and Fantastic Four #3, Noh-Varr, Superior Spider-Man #1, feedback from readers, the 2013 Blogathon, and have some rambling end of podcast talk.

Enjoy it now because who knows when we will return again!

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast 2013 Special HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast 2011 Holiday Spectacular

Tim and are back with a new edition of the Splash Page Podcast! It's our special Christmas gift to all of you listeners. In this episode, we talk mostly about the best of 2011 with such topics as Holy Terror, some Marvel books like Daredevil, The Ultimates, and Uncanny X-Force, Scalped, Bendis's Avengers work, Casanova: Avaritia, Vengeance, Tim's Alan Moore writing, and, then, we go into a long big talk about comics that touches on a variety of subjects before moving into books for the end. This episode is pretty much what you'd expect from us and was quite fun to do. Since it is a holiday episode, it's bookended by a couple of songs from the Barenaked Ladies's holiday album. So, download, listen, and enjoy -- and have a happy holidays!

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast 2011 Holiday Spectacular HERE!

Blogathoncast

With the Blogathon only three days away, I decided to do a short solocast to talk about the Blogathon, my past Blogathons, how I chose my focus this year, the books/topics I'll be discussing, and generally ramble about for almost half an hour, probably leaving out some crucial bit of information.

Right now, we're up to $135 raised for the Hero Initiative. If you wish to sponsor me, there are a variety of options:

* Direct donations to the Hero Initiative
* Purchasing products from their site, including annual memberships
* Purchasing products from their eBay store

You can download and listen to the Blogathoncast HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 50

This is the last episode of the Splash Page Podcast.

In this episode, Tim and I discuss: some last episode random talk, Thor: Worldengine and Ultimate Comics Thor, Flashpoint #1, Daredevil: Reborn and Andy Diggle, Journey into Mystery #623, iZombie #12, some more random talk, New Avengers #12, Wanted, Batman, Incorporated #6, some more random talk, Irredeemable, and we end with the LIGHTNING ROUND!

And, harkening back to our first episode, there's no "We're Hardcore" this time, because, obviously, we're not hardcore anymore. Instead, you get a new bit of intro music, some intro music to the lightning round, and something to exit by.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 50 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 49

In this week's podcast, Tim and I discuss: some random talk, the Ultimate line with a quick tangent to discuss Secret Avengers #12.1, the sheer number of Flashpoint comics in June, X-Men: Prelude to Schism #1, the art on Captain America and Superboy, fill-in artists in great runs, reading scripts, Kirby: Genesis, creating new stuff, Fear Itself #2, Moon Knight #1, random movie talk, self-centred crap, negative criticism, and end with the LIGHTNING ROUND! And, it all begins, possibly for the last time, with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 49 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 48

In this week's episode, Tim and I discuss: iTunes reviews, mentor/protege writing teams, America, Justice Society of America #50, Secret Avengers #12.1, Avengers #12.1, Batman #708-709, Batman, Incorporated #5 and Detective Comics #876, and the LIGHTNING ROUND! And it all begins with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 48 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 47

In this week's episode, Tim and I discuss: baseball, Brightest Day #23, Fear Itself #1, Fear Itself: Homefront #1, Uncanny X-Men #534.1, recent Justice League of America issues, First Wave Special #1, and end things with the LIGHTNING ROUND! And it all begins with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 46

In this week's episode, Tim and I discuss: some random chitchat, escapism, comics that shaped our lives, Thor #620.1 and Captain America #615.1, and, of course, the LIGHTNING ROUND! And it all begins with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 46 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 45

In this week's episode, Tim and I discuss: a slight change in the podcast's format, wrestling fans vs. comics fans and Dora the Explorer, Hulk #30.1 and Uncanny X-Force #5.1, Iceman and Angel #1, Fear Itself: Book of the Skull #1, some quick stuff, and we end with the all-new all-different LIGHTNING ROUND! And it all begings with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 45 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 44

In this week's episode, Tim and I discuss: Chip Kidd and other internet-inspired topics, Rick Veitch, the new Flashpoint and Fear Itself announcements, Captain America and the First 13 #1, Punishermax #11, Batman, Inc. #3, New Avengers #10, Doc Savage #12, and end things with the LIGHTNING ROUND! And it all starts with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 44 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 43

In this week's episode, Tim and I discuss: brain farts, Deadpool #33.1, Flashpoint creative teams, First Wave #6, Joe the Barbarian #8 (with a tangent on painted comic art), stupid comic fans, SHIELD & Secret Warriors (specifically issue 25), and end things with... THE LIGHTNING ROUND! And it all begins with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 43 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 42

We are back... three days later. In this week's episode, we discuss: Charlie Sheen; Steve Wacker, Marvel's "all ages" line, and the comics that hooked us as kids; Iron Man 2.0 #1 and Invincible Iron Man #501; manga; some reader questions; Scott Snyder's American Vampire #12 and Detective Comics #874; lightning round questions; and finish things up with a talk about punctuality. And, it all begins with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 42 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 41

After a couple of failed attempts to record a podcast, Tim and I have barely made it under the wire before new comics day. In this episode, we discuss: random talk, Paul Auster and other book talk, Amazing Spider-Man #654.1, Deadpool MAX #5, school talk, The Social Network & Inception, Superman: Doomsday and lots more on Superman, porn, SHIELD #6, Stan Lee's lying ways, boring talk, and how Tim loves Knight and Squire. And it all begins with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 41 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 40

Welcome to another episode of the Splash Page Podcast. In this week's episode, Tim and I discuss: death at Marvel, most consistently good and bad Marvel titles, Wolverine 5.1, Marvel crossovers, some Thor talk, back to Wolverine 5.1, teenagers and the Ultimate books, $2.99 vs. $3.99, who dominated 2010's sales charts, the business side of things, positive/negative criticisms, best of whatever lists, Garth Ennis's writing, and SpongeBob Comics #1. There's also lots of looking things up online and a couple of swear words that get bleeped out. And it all starts with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 40 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 39

After an extended absence, Tim and I have finally returned. We took some time away because of various reasons including illness, no time, little desire... basically, we wanted to come back when we both really wanted to do some podcasting. That means giving it 100% and that's what you get with this episode. In this episode, we discuss: our discussions about comics with other people, definitive runs, Invincible Iron Man #500.1 & 500, the X-franchise, Abhay's Superman story, Heroes for Hire, getting to the stuff that matters in stories, Ultimate Comics Avengers, artists Tim hates more than Larroca and Bagley, Moby-Dick, Noh-Varr, and Garth Ennis's Punisher. And it all begins with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 39 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Special Guest Episode 04

Merry Christmas, everyone! Today, we've got a special holiday treat for everyone: over four hours of Sean Witzke and I talking comics, music, movies, TV, and whatever else. There's some end of the year talk, some best of the year talk, something about Wonder Woman, and tons of jumping topics. And, it all begins with a special different bit of intro music.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast special guest episode 04 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 38 (aka the Joe Casey Episode!)

In this week's episode, we have a special treat as the one and only Joe Casey joins us. After many technical difficulties, we got things recording and proceeded to talk at length about many, many topics. Hopefully, we don't talk over one another too much. Among the things discussed: Intros, Butcher Baker, writing corporate characters, Adventures of Superman, Uncanny X-Men, Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance, the craft, the internet and the audience, writing mini-series for Marvel and DC as ongoings, compression/decompression, the work and the reader, Gødland and sticking the ending, frustrations from cancellations, Wildstorm, blowback from interviews, passion for comics, comics vs. TV, actual talk about Butcher Baker, writing about comics, Dreadstar, more writing about comics but in a different way, classic comics, current comics, recapturing old comics, comics Casey is digging right now, too much talk about Doc Savage, Joe Casey thinks this podcast is too long, and one final teaser for an upcoming work. And it all begins, as usual, with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie!

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 38 (aka the Joe Casey Episode) HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Special Guest Episode 2

This week, Tim is off enjoying Thanksgiving festivities with his family, so my fellow Comics Should be Good blogger Greg Burgas fills in for him. And, hopefully, next week, Greg should be filling in for me as well. In this special episode, Greg and I discuss: loving characters blindly and maybe a little too much, the comments left on blogs and writing for Comics Should be Good, CLiNT, Image Comics, Batwoman #0, Detective Comics #871, mystery comics, Astonishing Thor #1, young/new writers, Scalped #43, Secret Warriors #22, Thor the Mighty Avenger #6, cancelled comics, Dreadstar, and specific creators' work/characters. And, as always, it begins with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast special guest episode 2 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 37

In this week's episode, Tim and I don't discuss a lot of topics, but we do talk about them all for a while. We discuss: superhero movies and TV shows, Thor the Mighty Avenger's cancellation, feuding with creators, Batman: The Return #1 & Batman, Inc. #1, Avengers #7, and Deadpool MAX #2. And it all begins with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 37 HERE!

The Splash Page Podcast Episode 36

In this week's episode, Tim and I discuss: J. Michael Straczynski news, Doc Savage #8 and the controversy it has started, critical writing, Thor #617 & T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1, Tim explains the history of T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Knight and Squire #2, sitcoms and other TV/movie talk, other podcasts, and The Art of Jim Starlin. Plus, it all begins with "We're Hardcore" by Gord Downie.

You can download and listen to the Splash Page Podcast episode 36 HERE!