WCPEver Episode 513 - Reviewing the Eisner Hall of Fame Nominees

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: We are just days away from the 2024 Free Comic Book Day, held at participating local comic shops around the country. We review the books you can look for, from mainstream books from Marvel and DC to a manga-inspired take on Popeye.  If your FCBD travels take you to downtown Kansas City, stop by and see John and Jerry at Clint's Comics from 11 AM to 2 PM.  Saturday also coincides on the calendar with May 4, so expect all of the Star Wars sales and jokes and specials. As always, May the Fourth Be With You!  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, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

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 Comics on May 4 to celebrate all things comics AND Star Wars.  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, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

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, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

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 comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

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 shelves this week.  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, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

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 Invincible was showing on Prime already? Stories are coming out about some artists using AI to create art for DC Comics. We discuss what that might mean for the industry.  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, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

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 on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Tuesday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

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 to our party Saturday night at Waldo Pizza.   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, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

On this week's episode of The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!: Listeners, we made it! We are just two days away from the start of the 2024 Planet Comicon! We've made our lists of who we want to see and what books we want to get signed. Get the full details of who we are most excited about meeting! We also have a full slate of panels on Friday and Saturday. Get the low down on what comic creators we will be speaking to in panel room 2504AB. In addition, we have our panel, which we know you will be there for, at 6:00 in panel room 2505A. 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, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

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 the start of Planet Comicon. We expect to see you there, especially at our panel on Saturday night (March 9) at 6 PM. Followed by the party at Waldo Pizza.  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, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.