Bat Force Radio

Sean Murphy returns in advance of the start of the next chapter of the White Knight Universe: Batman Beyond The White Knight. We take a mostly spoiler-free walk through what is coming in the new series, as Terry McGinnis arrives in the Murphy-verse and Bruce's new look in a new Gotham, as well as getting into Sean's thoughts on The Batman, what made him worry he would have to walk away from DC Comics, the success of his crowdfunded graphic novel Plot Holes and a reveal of what character he has acquired the license rights to use for his next crowdfund project, and lots of other stuff that I'm probably forgetting at the moment. And check back with us on March 29 when we are back again with Sean for a spoiler-filled walk through Batman Beyond The White Knight #1 on the day of it's release. You'll also hear some things that are coming up in issue 2 and beyond, if you're into that kind of thing.

We reconvene after second (or fourth) viewings of Matt Reeves' The Batman to go deeper into this new world and get some first thoughts from some of the guys who missed the previous episode. Join us for some new catches and new viewpoints. Yeah, we'll probably be back to this topic again, very soon.

After attending early screenings of The Batman, we gather to discuss our thoughts on everything from the story, performances, score, comics inspirations, theatre swag, to comparisons to previous Bat films. We stay spoiler free for the first 15 to 20 minutes. If you have yet to see The Batman, jump out before the spoilers and come back after you have.

Russall Beattie joins us to talk about the writing and photographing of the Giant Panda King production Gotham 1919 - 1939, from finding his voice for The Bat mythos via character aesthetic and story, to real-world historical accuracy to create a Gotham City like you have never seen or read before.

We chat about some of the current theories about The Batman, Year One influences on the story, new collectibles like the Jada Toys Batmobile, SnyderCut conspiracies, trolling, Grandpa Batman being the number one Battinson fan on earth, and some other fun stuff.

We have a quick chat about the well-intentioned Little Caesars / The Batman promotional pizza, the well-executed new promo poster for the movie, and hype levels as the release date nears.

We finally get around to talking about some of the recent news and rumors revolving around the DCEU shakeups with the tale of two Batmen (Keaton and Affleck) in the upcoming Flash movie. Oh, plus there's Pattinson. So three Batmen. Also the reveal of the Batgirl movie costume and it's Burnside comic roots, Henry Cavill's apparent exit from the Superman role, The Rock with Black Adam, etc. And we squeeze in a little comic talk with Department Of Truth from Image Comics (as usual) and Regarding The Matter Of Oswald's Body from BOOM! Studios.

As is tradition, we all hang out and talk about our favorite comics, writers, artists, etc of 2021, what we're looking forward to in 2022. And some people are definitely quite drunk. Merry Christmas

Joshua Williamson returns to talk about his new run on Batman, changing the pace following James Tynion's run, the mystery character who shows up in 118 and what's to come, as well as his new and continuing work on Justice League Incarnate, Robin, Deathstroke Inc, and how they all play into the major events that will be happening to the DCU in 2022 and beyond. We avoid most spoilers, but discuss some of the events taking place in Batman 118

This week we are joined by Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner, the creators of the Image Comics horror series Stray Dogs. We discuss the genesis of the story, the horror movie poster variant covers, fan response, the upcoming follow-up Dogs Days, My Little Pony, convention appearances, and lots more.

Just in time for Halloween, we sit down to discuss our thoughts on the story changes, animation style, voice cast, etc on the two part animated adaption of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Batman: The Long Halloween.

Chris Shehan joins us to talk about the launch of House Of Slaughter, the new James Tynion series from Boom! Studios spinning out of Something Is Killing The Children, his own origin story as an artist, The Autumnal, Star Wars tears, diverse voices creating diverse characters and stories in comics, and lots more.

The legend Kelley Jones returns for our fourth Halloween episode together. Kelley shares stories about Bernie Wrightson, and we talk about Frankenstein, artists, learning to draw comics in film courses, Sandman, The Batman trailer, and lots more.

We get into our thoughts, theories, and Easter Eggs on the new trailers and footage shown at this year's DC Fandome event, including The Batman, Flash, Black Adam, Aquaman, as well as what went down at NYCC's post-pandemic return.

Paper Girls co-creator Cliff Chiang joins us to talk about his DC Black Label mini-series Catwoman : Lonely City, writing a Gotham without Batman, the Paper Girls adaptation on Amazon, his own origin story, and lots more. Yes, of course we talk about pizza.

We discuss creator owned comics and the current movement of those creators to the Substack platform for distribution of their work, shifting creative teams on Batman, and those of us who have seen The Suicide Squad give some spoilery thoughts.

Iconic artist Jock joins us on this week's episode to talk about his upcoming DC Black Label miniseries Batman: One Dark Knight, his own origin story in art, coffee vs tea, his personal art collection, and lots of fun stuff.

Director and Star of Batman The Fan Series: Matt Zeiss returns to share some updates on the future of the live-action Batman series, as well as chat about comics, Batmobiles, movies, head sizes, and lots more.

We're back after a break to recap some current comics including James Tynion and Jorge Jimenez' Batman, Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo's Nightwing, Josh Williamson and Gleb Melkinov's Robin, as well as the recent news regarding where.... Bats are forbidden to fly.

Actor and stunt performer Richard Cetrone joins us to talk about his experiences starring as Zeus in Zack Snyder's Army Of The Dead, performing the dangerous stuff as Ben Affleck's Batman in Dawn of Justice, Justice League, and Suicide Squad and shares some stories of time spent with Brandon Lee, and lots more.