Comic Books Are Burning In Hell

COMMUNITY. That's our message this week. MATT SENECA visits TCAF and reports on the scene.  JOE MCCULLOCH buys a stack of 1997 Avatar Press comics and gazes across the tides of history. CHRIS MAUTNER reads a Junji Ito's Fragments of Horror and ponders the nature of art and authorship. COMMUNITY. I don't need to explain this metaphor. TOGETHER WE CANNOT BE BROKEN.  Please consult the comments for factual corrections. 

On this episode, Joe, Tucker, Matt and Chris debate the latest graphic novel from Daniel Clowes, Patience. Recently published by Fantagraphics, it's a pretty big deal.

On this episode, Tucker, Sean, Matt and Joe take on the Seneca Challenge: Barry Windsor Smith, Roy Thomas and Conan! Subjects include: Conan: Red Nails Egon Schiele Miracleman: The Golden Age Mercury Rising, Kiefer Sutherland's career and Mark Hamill's choices  

On this episode of the podcast, Matt, Joe and Tucker sit down to talk about the following topics! Drive by shitting on Garth Ennis collaborators Unearthing by Alan Moore Hercules, starring the Rock Axel Pressbutton from Eclipse Comics and Steve Moore Puke Force, If N Oof, Ninja, Battlestack Galacticrap, Maggots by Brian Chippendale Tim O’Neil’s review of Puke Force The Incredible Hulk: What's the deal? Super Hero Movies and the collapse of culture Mark Millar, the last traditionalist

New Comics? You know who cares about new comics? Losers, that’s who. Which is why this week Matt, Joe and Chris pulled some old comics out of their longboxes to talk about — old, obscure comics you probably haven’t heard of before. ‘Cause you’re so uncool. I wish i was dead all the time

On this special, no-Joe episode, Tucker, Matt and Chris sit down and hammer out the books that caught ahold of them in the middle of a tumultuous year. The books discussed in this episode are all deserving of some attention: The Story of My Tits, by Jennifer Hayden Band For Life, by Anya Davidson The Terror Assaulter: One Man War On Terror, by Benjamin Marra Demon, by Jason Shiga Blubber, by Gilbert Hernandez Pope Hats, by  Crickets, by Sammy Harkham Optic Nerve, by Adrian Tomine Sky In Stereo, by Mardou Men's Feelings, by Ted May Copra, by Michel Fiffe Providence, by Alan Moore & Jacen Burrows Eat Eat Eat,  by Tom Van Deusen Invisible Ink, by Bill Griffith Fante Bukowski, by Noah Van Sciver Generous Bosom, by Conor Stechschulte Inner City Romance, by Guy Colwell SuperMutant Magic Academy, by Jill Tamaki Volcan, by Various Artists If you'd like to know what sort of order they ended up in--well, you'll have to listen to find out!

The wrecking crew (Joseph McCulloch, Matthew Seneca and Christopher Mautner) does battle with two titans of the past, both of whom have returned to the killing floor: Alan "Revenge of the Overfiend Moore" and Frank "Does A Body Good" Miller! Don't miss this battle royale!

On this episode of Comic Books Are Burning In Hell, Chris, Joe and Tucker are joined by Tim Hodler, editor of the Comics Journal, to discuss Comics Arts Brooklyn, which they all attended in some capacity.

Tom Spurgeon – The Narrator Chris Mautner – The Recorder Joe McCulloch – A Peeping Tom   –   AND FEATURING, IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE...   –   Various works by Wallace Wood (ex. “Cannon”, “Malice in Wonderland”, “Pipsqueak Papers”)   Various works by Frank Thorne (ex. “LANN”, “The Iron Devil”, “The Complete Ghita”)   “Birdland” by Gilbert Hernandez   Various works by Don Simpson ('Anton Drek') (ex. “Wendy Whitebread: Undercover Slut”, “Dracula's Daughter”, “Forbidden Frankenstein”)   “Ironwood” by Bill Willingham   “Id” by Robert Crumb   Various works by Tom Sutton ('Dementia') (ex. “Buffy”, “Crypt of Cum”, “Savage Sewer Sluts”)   “Box” by Brian Sendelbach   “Hump Crazy!” by Jeremy Eaton   “Cannibal Porn” by Rich Tommaso   “I Want to Be Your Dog” by Ho Che Anderson   “Cynthia Petal's Really Fantastic Alien Sex Frenzy!” by Dave Cooper   “Sheedeva” by Sandra Chang   Various works by Steve Carter & Antoinette Rydyr (ex. “Femosaur World”, “Spore Whores”, “Kill of the Spyderwoman”)   “Leatherboy” by Craig Maynard

Chris Mautner, Joe McCulloch and a special guest sit down to talk about Bethesda's own SPX Festival. Matt and Tucker didn't go so they aren't here yakking about it. What books did they buy? What did they miss? What did the younger generation have to say?

On this episode, Joe, Chris and Tucker get together to recap the last few months of comics they have read (which is less than you would think). Alan Moore, Garth Ennis and AVATAR are all brought to the table. YES MA'AM.

In this morsel of a pickle, Chris Mautner and Joe McCulloch sit down to gab about Blubber, the latest (greatest) release from Gilbert Hernandez and Fantagraphics Books, alongside Optic Nerve #14 by Adrian Tomine, a blistering piece of work. Two of the best single issues you'll see this year, being talked about by a couple of crackerjacks. Check 'em out!

The whole team sits down to talk about Sammy Harkham's Crickets--the fourth issue, specifically. That's Joe McCulloch, Chris Mautner, Tucker Stone and Matt Seneca on the same podcast. Drink in the noise!

On this episode, Chris Mautner and Joe McCulloch discuss contemporary manga that Joe picked up on his way to MoCCA, which he attended with Chris Mautner. Good times? Good times indeed.

On this episode, Joe McCulloch, Chris Mautner and Tucker Stone dedicate themselves to speaking to one another about the recently deceased Yoshihiro Tatsumi--why they like him, what others thought of him, and the nature of studying the history of another culture's art form when you don't know the language of that culture. The books talked about on this episode are published for the most part by Drawn and Quarterly. They are: Black Blizzard The Push Man and Other Stories Abandon The Old In Tokyo Good-Bye Fallen Words A Drifting Life

On this extra long episode, the boys go old school and talk exclusively about a book that none of them liked: The Sculptor.

On this episode, you can hear the boys discuss the following NEW comics available for purchase now at your friendly comic book store. Multiversity Nameless Stray Bullets Rat God Casanova

On this echo heavy episode--we're really sorry about that--the boys talk about Julio's Day, Charlie Hebdo's final issue and Thomas the Tank Engine.