On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: The nominees for this year's Eisner Hall of Fame were announced last week, with the results to be announced at San Diego Comic-Con. We review the candidates and make arguments for or against their inclusion. DC Comics announced a new line of books to hit shelves in July. DC Absolute appears to be their take on the Marvel Comics Ultimate line. This will all be preceded by the Absolute Power storyline that kicks off with Free Comic Book Day next month.  Speaking of Free Comic Book Day next month, John and Jerry will be at Clint's ..read more

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: Cullen attended a signing at Cosmic Monkey last weekend with creators Joëlle Jones and Becky Cloonan. Scott Dunbier, late of IDW Comics, announced that he will be forming his own publishing company, with details to roll out at San Diego Comic-Con this summer.  Comics lost another legendary creator last week with the passing of Trina Robbins We have our Pick 3 choices sponsored by Clint's Comics We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website ..read more

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: We lost two comic creators in the past week due to different causes. So take a minute this week to make sure the people in your tribe know you love them and that they matter.  Jerry did some shopping at Collectorama last weekend. What did he find? And why did Cullen not come up with Alpha Flight #6? John and Jerry spent some time with fellow podcaster Rick Heinichen (from Unpacking the Power of Power Pack) last week, showing off Kansas City.  We have our Pick 3 choices sponsored by Clint's Comics We would love to hear your ..read more

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: Word came out this past week that Roy Thomas has received a creator credit in the upcoming Deadpool vs Wolverine movie. But Wolverine was created when Thomas was editor-in-chief of Marvel comics. Should an editor get a creator credit?  We finally got some details for the new DC's Finest line of books starting next fall. How many will we be picking? How many do we already own in other formats? Gail Simone is going to be writing the X-Men book this summer. And writing. And writing.. The first wave of Ghost Machine books hit store ..read more

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: The guys are back in the studio after making a brief stop at Xavier's School for Gifted Children, circa 1997. We've watched the first two episodes of X-Men '97 on Disney+ and are in love with what we watched. Listen in as we fanboy over the return of our favorite mutants to the animated screen.  We also saw a trailer for the new Star Wars series on Disney+, The Acolyte, which premieres in June. And MAX gave us a trailer for The Penguin series coming up later this year.  Show of hands here - who knew that the new season of I ..read more

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: Cullen and John are running the studio this week while Jerry takes a week off. What kind of monkey hijinx will these two get into? John recounts his quick trip to Seattle following Planet Comicon. Inquiring minds want to know - did John pick up Richie Rich and Cadbury #19 at the thrift shop? The guys discuss what should be natural super-villian team-ups, like Gorilla Grodd and Man-Ape.  We have our Pick 3 choices sponsored by Clint's Comics, and it's all DC for us. We must be bananas!  We would love to hear your comments o ..read more

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: We are recording live on the Planet Comicon show floor at the Hero Initiative table. Listen in as we recount Friday and Saturday - the crowds and the creators and the crowds and the panels, and did we mention the crowds? We had a great time at our WCPEver panel Saturday night. And despite John and Cullen's choices for road trip companions, we think everyone came out a winner at our panel. Thank you for being part of the festivities! We have our Pick 3 choices sponsored by Clint's Comics. A special thank you to Sharon for coming out t ..read more

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: We get to find out what John was doing last weekend when he wasn't watching Madame Web. He found some comic book stores in St. Louis and came home with a lot of Legion appearances.  ComicsPRO was last week and the news was coming out left and right. DC is embracing Wednesday Comics. Marvel wants to hold at $3.99. And there is not a title that Jason Aaron cannot write about.  We lost a true comic legend over the weekend with the passing of Ramona Fradon.  When this podcast releases, we are less than 10 days away from th ..read more

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: So many things to talk about this week, like the Deadpool & Wolverine trailer, of the Fantastic Four casting news. And pay no attention to whatever is showing in theaters right now.  Jerry stopped in at a local show, followed by a visit to Clint's Comics in downtown Kansas City.  Marvel and DC are reuniting and it reads so good, with two new omnibi due out in August reprinting the Amalgam books as well as the classic crossovers between the two companies.  When this podcast releases, we will be just 16 sleeps away f ..read more

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: Thanks to our friends at The Comic Book Panel group on Facebook, we were invited to interview AHOY Comics writer/editor Tom Peyer as well as writer Mark Russell, who has had a lot of books published at AHOY.  Tom Peyer is a long-time industry vet, and we are sure you have some of his books in your collection. For the last five years, he has been part of AHOY, writing The Wrong Earth, High Heaven, Hashtag Danger, and many others.  Previous WCPEver guest Mark Russell has written for pretty much every publisher, but many of hi ..read more