Wait, What? 57.1: Ones Divided by Two

Howdy, everyone. My apologies in advance for such a rushed entry, but I'm actually taking a break from editing 57.2 and my concentration is a little bit on the "shot" side of things. Although I'm very happy San Francisco has decided to grace us with some lovely, lovely weather, my apartment is too hot in a "why doesn't my brain work?" kind of way. (Now I know how the rest of the U.S. felt this summer...)

Anyhoo, Wait, What? 57.1! It's very nearly an hour, and Graeme McMillan and I discussing not only the Miles Morales-based Ultimate Spider-Man #1 and the subime Daredevil #3, but also New 52 books like Deathstroke #1 ( with some spoilers), Red Lantern #1, Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1, Demon Knights #1, Suicide Squad #1, Green Arrow #1 and Justice League International #1, as well as discussion about the August estimated sales numbers from ICV2.  Also! A delicious waffles update!

[I feel like I should cue the Entertainment Tonight theme music here.]

Sensible lads and lasses undoubtedly uncovered this installment already on iTunes, but the rest of us can listen right here, right now:

Wait, What? Ep. 57.1: Ones Divided by Two

You'll be happy to now the gripping finale is right around the corner, and, as always, we thank you for listening!

Wait, What? 56.2: Let's Go Backwards When Forward Fails

As our old pal Reid Fleming used to say: "Ungawa!"

We've got the gripping ninety-two minute finale of Ep. 56 available for you, with Graeme and I talking Action Comics #1, G. Willow Wilson's Mystic, the Wolverine: Debt of Death one-shot, IDW's G.I. Joe: Cobra series, Kirby Genesis #3, our worries about the conclusion to X-Men: Schism, and a pretty sustained discussion (which will come as no surprise to long-time listeners) of Casanova #3 by Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba.

In case you have no need for this thing puny hu-mans call "iTunes," you are hereby formally invited to listen to our fine audio programme right here, should you so choose:

Wait, What? Ep. 56.2: Lets Go Backwards When Forward Fails

And as ever, we thank you not just for listening, but also for the fine comments you contribute here at the website and at waitwhatpodcast [AT] gmail.com.  It is greatly appreciated!

Wait, What? 56.1: The Loneliest Number Since...

We are back!  With absolutely 100% less whining!  Well, 90%.  Actually, let's call it 85--no, 82, 82% less whining!

Yes, with 82% less whining, here comes Wait, What? Episode 56.1, roaring around the bend, with Graeme McMillan and myself discussing strange and unexpected topics--topics like OMAC #1, Batgirl #1, Animal Man #1, Detective Comics #1, Swamp Thing #1, Stormwatch #1 and, of course... X-Men #17. (That really should have a '?!!?' at end of that sentence, but you get the idea.) It's one hour and one second of two-fisted soft reboot action!

Wise souls have perhaps already encountered this podcast on iTunes (in which case, I hope they were struck it down and achieved instant enlightenment) but you can, of course, listen to it here through the moderns of magic science:

Wait, What? Ep. 556.1: The Loneliest Number Since...

As always, we hope you and enjoy and appreciate your continuing patronage!

Wait, What? Ep. 55.2: Press 1 for Yes, 2 for No

And we're back with big finale of the podcast we recorded twice and edited twice (and, in a fine bit of "oh, ha-ha-ha, where's my magical suicide gun?", I had to write this entry twice because the first one got wiped out, ha-ha-ha, no really, where is it?). Included in this installment's topics are The Trial of the Flash Showcase, Flashpoint #5, Thor: The Motion Picture, Flashpoint #5, the first volume of Bakuman, Fighting American and the Newsboy Legion, Flashpoint #5, Kid Eternity, the marketing of Schism, and the comic event that is not Fear Itself #5.

This embarrassment of riches (or, alternately, embarrassment, depending on how you feel about these things) is available to you on iTunes and also right here in this very fine blog entry that will make me lose my mind if it crashes out again before I can schedule it:

Wait, What? Ep. 55.2: Press 1 for Yes 2 for No

As always, we hope you enjoy, and feel free to drop us a note with pictures of naked waffles cavorting out in the sunshine, '60s nudie magazine style, at waitwhatpodcast@gmail.com.  This blog's spam filters are easily bewildered as it is.

We continue to appreciate your fine patronage!

Wait, What? Ep. 55.1: The Second Time as Farce

You see before you a burnt-out husk of a man.

Oh, wait. You can't see me? Whoops.

But! If you could see me, you would see before you a burnt-out husk of a man. Not only did Graeme and I record two full hours of ep. 55 before learning that my computer hadn't recorded it, not only did we then record it again, but I managed to lose several hours worth of editing so I had to do that all over as well. Maybe there's a lesson in there to be learned about time travel, or about Flashpoint #5, or Justice League #1 (all of which we discuss in this installment, for almost an hour) but I'd like to think the lesson to really be learned is this: apparently when you post on the Internet, people really can't see you while you're doing it. (If I'd known that sooner, I never would've bothered putting on pants...

Anyway, Ep. 55 is in full effect over at iTunes and you can hear instalment 1 right here, if that's the kind of thing that swings your cat:

Wait, What? Ep. 55.1: The Second Time as Farce

As always, we hope you enjoy. Tune in again shortly for our dramatic conclusion, and keep those cards and letters coming to waitwhatpodcast@gmail.com.  They help us get through those lean, mean nights when all our edits from our first go-round are lost.

Thanks for listening!

Wait, What? Ep. 54: The Men Without Talk Talk Itself

Yeahhhh.... so Wait, What? Episode 54 is...kinda long?  I've been trying to break these bastards up into two parts so they're a little less daunting, a little more accessible (kinda), but this sonuvabitch presented no easy way to cut into pieces -- the traditional breaking point at around an hour was right when we were in the thick of things -- so I thought it was better, in the end, to just give it to you as one prime piece of just-under-two-hours of auditory real estate.

And what a fine patch of ear-land it is, I must say!  Graeme and I talk Black Panther: The Man Without Fear Fear Itself; the Internet backlash on Grant Morrison; whether creators are the new superheroes;  Justice League Dark;  The Ultimates; Steve Englehart and The West Coast Avengers, and a big discussion on both Frank Miller's Dark Knight Strikes Again and his upcoming Holy Terror. (Do you think we could cover only those topics in almost two hours? If so, I regret to inform you that you are mistaken.  We actually talk about even more.)

Like some ignoble desire, this podcast has been lurking in the heart of iTunes, but you are also invited to listen to it here at this very destination:

Wait, What? Ep. 534: The Men Without Talk Talk Itself

And I've mentioned it before, but will mention it again:  if you would like to email us with gossip, links, stories, and/or pantsless pictures of Abhay Khosla, our super-secret email is waitwhatpodcast [.AT.] gmail.com.

And I guess I always mention this, but because it is always true: thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoy!

Wait, What? Ep. 53.2: In The Case of Jibber v. Jabber

Yes, and but so here's part 2 of Ep. 53, wherein Graeme and I talk at semi-absurd length about The Trial of The Flash (for which I wanted to gank a great picture off Google but couldn't find anything that really grabbed me), Mark Millar's run on Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Fallout #6, Wonder Woman: Retroactive, a troubling trend with Diamond's distribution, and a few other topics.

If it's not on iTunes yet, it should be! But you can also listen to it here as the mood suits you:

Wait, What? Ep. 53.2: In The Case of Jibber v. Jabber

Also, as previously mentioned, we have an email address, waitwhatpodcast[AT]gmail.com, and we heartily invite you to send us news, gossip, or to tell us about that one time at an estate sale you found a pristine 7-11 Marvel Doc Savage slurpee cup from 1975 but realized the previous owner had used it to collect their yellowed toenail clippings and it just smelled off in a way you found alarming.

[Now I wished I'd used the picture of the Doc Savage cup as our post's image, dammit.]

As always:  thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Wait, What? Ep. 53.1: Why Are They Smiling?

I kinda like that I've decided to call this installment, "Why Are They Smiling?" and I have a this illustration of someone asking "Why are they smiling?" and also maybe someone says it in the very podcast, too. It's a bit like "Merv Griffin!", that most excellent Milk & Cheese cartoon, and it's a bit like that "turtles all the way down" meme, and a bit like that faux-Jack T. Chick Cthulhu strip, and it's a bit like I have headache and can't really think of anything especially subtle. So.

Due to said headache, I will skip the program notes which I've been trying to add (not really sure if they're helping anyone or not, anyway) and, hmmm, maybe I just need a banana or something to eat. Maybe it's a blood sugar thing. Yes. Existential blood sugar.

But don't let my hypoglycemia throw you: this is actually a mighty fine installment of Wait, What? we've got lined up for you. In it, Graeme McMillan and I reflect on Fear Itself #5, and Marvel's plans for its post-Fear Itself future; Flashpoint #4, Flashpoint: The Secret Seven, and Flashpoint: The Outsider; X-Men: Schism, Wolverine #13, PunisherMax #16 as well as the work of Jason Aaron; and the truly enjoyable Daredevil #2. It should be on iTunes, and it is most definitely here for you to listen to:

Wait, What? Ep. 53.1: Why Are They Smiling?

Oh, and I mentioned it there, so I mentioned it here--should you wish to drop us an email at waitwhatpodcast@gmail.com and send us comics or waffle-related gossip, we would certainly love to read it.  Mmmm, waffles...those have got to be better for your blood sugar than a banana, right?

Anyway, Ep. 53.2 should be here very, very shortly so there's always that.  My hope is that I'll have eaten by then.  Oh, and as always, thanks for listening!

Wait, What? Ep. 52.2: Jerks, Fighters, and Jus' Folks

I admit it. I love "Our Valued Customers" even though it caters to the worst stereotypes about comic store customers. (Although I had my share of crazy people stories when I worked the counter at CE, none of them ever seemed quite as bad as what apparently walks into Mr. Tim's store on a weekly basis -- and honestly, most of the crazy people we had were "it's San Francisco and there are mentally ill people on the streets" crazy as opposed to "I must talk to you about Spider-Man so hard spittle is always flying off my lips" crazy.)

In any event, none of this is especially relevant to the conclusion to Episode 52 of our podcast, although it might be pretty easy for you to imagine Graeme or I coming off like this guy as we discuss Marvel and what might happen to the direct market in 2012;   Chris Roberson's Superman, recommendations for crazy silver-age DC stories, NuMarvel, comic book movies, Bendis and Ultimate Fallout, New Dark Avengers, Frank Darabont and Walking Dead, and much, much more, thanks to our listeners, colleagues, and fine friends who follow us on Twitter.  Itunes should have the episode all queued up for you, or alternately, you can listen to us gab about all of the above here:

Wait, What? Ep. 52.2: Jerks, Fighters and Jus\' Folks

We hope you enjoy and as always, thanks for listening!

Wait, What? Ep. 52.1: Dream Team Supreme

The time has come again for us to answer questions from listeners who follow Graeme and myself on Twitter. It's always a struggle for Graeme and I to stay on topic long enough to answer everyone's questions, and the struggle here hits near-epic proportions.

For example, I won't tell you the question, but here's one of my answers:

• Jim Starlin, Shade the Changing Man
• Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden, Green Lantern
• Steve Gerber with whoever he wants (though it should be Curt Swan), Superman
• Don McGregor and P. Craig Russell, Wonder Woman
• Len Wein/Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, The Demon
• Michael Fleisher and John Buscema, Claw the Unconquered
• Steve Englehart and Gil Kane, The Flash
• Howard Chaykin, Jonny Double
• Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum/John Byrne, Legion of Super-Heroes
• Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Justice League of America
• Steve Ditko, The Creeper or anything he wants, The Phantom Stranger
• Roy Thomas and C.C. Beck, Shazam!
• Archie Goodwin and Herb Trimpe, Sgt. Rock
• Michael Fleisher and Don Heck, Jonah Hex
• Gerry Conway and George Perez, the Brave and the Bold
• Peter B. Gillis and Jim Steranko, Batman
• Denny O’Neil and Barry Windsor-Smith, Detective Comics

Also covered: waffles, waffles, and more waffles; Chad Nevett's Blogathon (stop by, check it out, and donate!); our pitches for DC; Mystic and Snark; Michael Fleisher's career after comics; favorite Batman tales; Captain America and much more--with more to come.

You should be able to find it on iTunes by now, but you can also listen to us here on this fine website:

Wait, What? Ep. 52.1: Dream Team Supreme

As always, we hope to have the next installment ready for you very soon, and we thank you for listening!

Wait, What? Ep. 51.2: Nothing and All

What's that saying? "A day late and a dollar short?" The Early Bird Gets the Podcast Entry?" I don't know...something like that.

In any event, the rousing conclusion to Wait, What? Episode 51 is here with Graeme and myself talking X-Force #12, Captain America and Bucky #620, Witch Doctor #2, Walking Dead #87, Criminal: Last of the Innocent #2, Kirby Genesis #2, Dan Slott's Spider-Man and Paul Levitz's Legion of Super-Heroes, and -- believe it or not -- more.

Itunes? Why yes, it's there (or should be) but it is also very much here, ready to be listened to and perhaps even loved:

Wait, What? Ep. 51.2: Nothing and All

As always, we hope you enjoy it and appreciate your patronage!

Wait, What? Ep. 51.1: You and Me and USM

My hope is the days of iTunes drama is behind us and Wait, What? Ep. 51.1 has already begun a safe and steady trek to your listening device of choice, but if not and it leaves you hanging (as it did some of us for the better part of the week with our last episode), please feel free to listen to it here. It's got everything you could want in a comics podcast: Graeme McMillan! Miles Morales! Jack Kirby! Nick Spencer! Alan Moore! The library! (Oh, and also me and Marvel and Secret Avengers and legal wrangling as wrangled by two individuals utterly untrained in the art of said wrangling...):

Wait, What? Ep. 51.1: You and Me and USM

Pull up a chair and hunker down--the second installment should be around before you know it!  (Hopefully, on iTunes as it is under heaven...) Thanks for listening!

Wait, What? Ep. 50.2: In A Dark Woods

Picking up midway through our journey--more or less literally--it's the conclusion to our fiftieth episode of Wait, What?! Graeme and I tackle subjects small and large, from Walking Dead to the shootings in Oslo, from Supergods to Amy Winehouse. Ambition; death; Outbreak; Haywire.

It's an unconventional wrap-up to our less-than-conventional milestone episode and in some ways is more than a little bit of a downer -- we thought it would be an excellent idea to tell you now. It's probably shown its face on iTunes or you can hold a compact mirror up to it here:

Wait, What? Ep. 50.2: In A Dark Wood

As always, we hope this is a thing that you enjoy even when one of us (not to name any names...in part because he's writing this entry) drags things into the less cheerful side of things.  We humbly thank you for listening and are here with us for the next fifty!

Wait, What? Ep. 50.1: The Devil, We Say

Yes, here we have it--Wait, What?'s fiftieth episode, filled with talk by Graeme McMillan and Yours Truly about Daredevil #1, the Defenders relaunch, Incognito and creator expectation in comics, Jim Starlin and Jim Shooter, Alan Moore's Captain Britain, and our usual ephemera jammed into just over an hour.

And since I've been told that "context" is this year's big buzzword among podcasters as the number one thing listeners would like, lemme point you toward this post by Jim Shooter in particular, and this interview with Ed Brubaker as things what might help in capturing this mythical "context" creature.

(Also, it should be pointed out that, despite the title and the graphic up top we didn't talk nearly enough about Daredevil #1, and it's really pretty great and you should go get yourself a copy if you haven't already.)

Savvy souls can find the latest installment on iTunes, or you can also give it an auditory gander here:

Wait, What? Ep. 50.1: The Devil, We Say

And, I should also note, installment 50.2 is right around the corner.  Thanks for putting up with us for 50 or so episodes, and we hope you'll stick with us for many more.

Wait, What? Ep. 49: The Speedo Mistake

Hmm, that number is remarkably close to 50, isn't it?  Although who can really say, considering the crazy numbering scheme we (by which I really mean I) have cooked up for us.  Seeing as it's also our 93rd entry on iTunes, and all.

Anyway:  Comic Con! Captain Britain! Ed Brubaker! Peter David! Marvel: Season One! Exclamation Points!  All of these things and more get their devil's due in this installment of Wait, What?, already loitering about on iTunes, or ready and eager to be listened to by your demanding ears, right here, right now:

Wait, What? Ep. 49: The Speedo Mistake

As ever, we hope your enjoy and thank you for your indulgence!  And now, if you excuse me, the cycle starts anew and I have like, ten minutes, before we start recording the episode that may or may not count as fifty.

Wait, What? Ep. 48.2: Men of Brickbats

Yes, a bit later but still better than never, and maybe a good way to beat the San Diego blues? That's certainly one way to describe our conclusion to Wait, What? Episode 48. Another way to describe it might be to mention that it's almost 70 minutes long, and in it Graeme McMillan and I talking Batman, Inc. #7, Dark Horse Presents #1 and #2, Witch Doctor #1, The Creeper Omnibus, the founders of continuity and their later careers, Marvel's Iron Age miniseries, and Firestorm: The Nuclear Man, along with all the usual digressions and what-have-yous you might expect from us.

The episode should've hit iTunes by now, but you are also welcome to listen to it here, if that's your kind of thing:

Wait, What? Ep. 48.2: Men of Brickbats

As always, we thank you for listening and hope you enjoy!

Wait, What? Ep. 48.1: Talk Itself

Sometimes I think Graeme and I would do well to learn something like moderation. We took a week off -- a week off during which we saw each other and hung out, mind you -- and then when we got back together we talked for something like THREE HOURS, almost all about comic books.

Yeah, but so then. Here's part 1 of Wait, What? Ep. 48, wherein Graeme and I talk roommates (briefly), the Marvel Architects (perplexedly), Tom Brevoort (awe-struckedly), and, of course, Fear Itself #4 and Flashpoint #3.  I'm trying to be a bit better about the context thing so that link for Mr. TB takes you right to the article quoted in our episode my G.McM.

You should've been able to find this sucker on iTunes by now, but if not (or should you prefer to listen to it directly on your web browser), you can certainly do so here:

Wait, What? Ep. 48.1: Talk Itself

Future installments be coming along in the next day or so.  And, as always, we hope you enjoy!  Thanks for listening.

Wait, What? Ep. 47.2: My Third Ebook

And here we go with our conclusion to Episode 47 of Wait, What?  In it, Graeme and I talk X-Men: First Class (the movie) and Green Lantern (the movie), Gingerbread Girl (the graphic novel), Graeme's picks for DC's September relaunch, and more.

Oh, and we also briefly discuss that awesome Mindless Ones podcast interview which you can hear here and read here.

This installment can be found on iTunes, and you can also listen to it here:

Wait, What? Ep. 47.2: My Third Ebook

We hope you enjoy it and we appreciate your patronage!

Wait, What? Ep. 47.1: Treat Them Mean to Keep Them Keen

Honestly, our goal is to hit a sweet spot -- somewhere between filling you up to the tippy-top and leaving that last little bit unfulfilled such that you want more.  And given our druthers with the podcast, Graeme and I usually err on the side of "too much."  Like....maybe way too much?

However, this last time, we ended up talking for a little over two hours and that seemed, you know, maybe a bit excessive to listen to all at one go.  So, here is Wait, What? Ep. 47.1, with nearly an hour and fifteen minutes of of-the-moment discussion ranging from Steve Englehart's The Strangers and the Ultraverse line of comics to more gossip about the DCnU and Warren Ellis' thoughts about same.  We also manage to discuss Ultimate Spider-Man #160 and...more.  Yes, I think it's safe to say more.  And by the end of the week, I think we can modify that to read "and...much, much more."  (This also may be a good time for you to get caught up since it looks like Graeme and I won't be recording this week so it's more than likely we won't have an installment for you next week....)

This first installment should be available already on iTunes, or you are more than welcome -- in fact, consider yourself invited! -- to listen to it here and now:

Wait, What? Ep. 47.1: Being Mean To Keep Them Keen.

Oh, and for those of you who enjoyed Graeme's stellar interpretation of Logan, here's his no-really-it's-totally-different-we-swear-it take on Ultimate Captain America:

Ultimate CapGraeme America

And, as always, we hope you enjoy the podcast and thank you for listening!

Wait, What? Ep. 46: Sympathy for the Mephisto Analogue

So much time! So little to do!

(Wait a minute. Reverse that.)

It's the latest episode of Wait, What? wherein Graeme McMillan and yours truly talk about those comic books what need talking about: Wolverine #9; Flashpoint tie-ins The Superman Project #1 and Reverse Flash #1; James Robinson's JLA; Earth X; Green Lantern Mosaic; Kirby Genesis #1; Steve Englehart's Captain America and much more. You might even discover the true identity of that cute little tyke up there.

It should be available on iTunes by now, and it is also the sort of thing that you could be listening to here and now, if that's the sort of thing that kung-pao's your chicken:

Wait, What? Ep. 45: Sympathy for the Mephisto Analogue

As always, we hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!