On this episode of the podcast, Eric does his best to fight against a cold and interview one of his favorite writers Ron Marz! The guys discuss the DC vs Marvel crossover from the 90's, Kyle's sustaining through the DC reboot, his leaving Witchblade, Artifacts becoming an ongoing series and justy so much more (including a twilight joke or two) so pull up a chair, download to your listening device or just listen on your computer to another episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast!

Slight Warning, for 10 minutes after the 20 minute mark, the audio started having issues. I fixed it the best I could but it's the only lag in the episode.

Happy New Year everyone, all the new listeners and the downloads have been amazing this year, 2012 will be a great year for the podcast!

Ron's website!

Ron's twitter

Ron's message board

Top Cow website

And as always check out the fanpage! follow me on twitter! rate and subscribe on Itunes! check out my awesome webcomic!

and be sure to check out the band that is the music for the show the kirby krackle!

In this episode of the podcast, Eric completely butchers Scott's name as he sits down and talks with Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener! The guys talk about why they chose Tesla, the digital age changing the way the comic book market can be and just so much more! Easily the funniest episode of the podcast ever!

Also Imaginary Science is totally real!

Brian's twitter!

Scott's Twitter!

Atomic Robo Main Site!

Robo free stuff to entice buying!

Comixology!

And as always, check out my Twitter, Like the fanpage and check out the awesome New Comic Day!

And be sure to check out our awesome house band, the Kirby Krackle!

Next week....Ron Marz!

On this edition of the podcast, Eric is joined by Edmund Mcmillen who is one half of the very awesome team meat. (Gish, the binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy) they talk about how Edmund started his career as an indepedent comic creator, how surprising the popularity of his games have been, the problems they ran into via X-box live and just so much more!

Edmund's Blog!

Edmund's twitter!

The Humble Bundle

Super Meat Boy Official Site

The Etsy shop!

Binding of Isaac on Steam!

Edmund's main site!

And always, be sure to like the fanpage , check me out on twitter! don't forget to rate and subscribe to the show on itunes, Check out my awesome webcomic New Comic Day!

and be sure to check out the Kirby Krackle, the house band of the Why I Love Comics podcast!

Next week....the Atomic Robo guys!

In this episode of the podcast Eric is joined by superstar independent Image artist Riley Rossmo as they talk his career so far, possible plans for future Proof, Green Wake, working on horror stuff and just so much more! It's a packed episode so pull up a chair an enjoy another edition of the WILC's podcast!

Riley's twitter!

Riley's website!

Green Wake fanpage!

Proof Positive column archive!

And as usual follow me on twitter , like the show on facebook , and check out my awesome webcomic (New Comic Day)

And definitely check out my house band, the very awesome Kirby Krackle!

In this episode of the podcast, Eric is joined by Brian Osserman of the Outhouse Pirate Podcast and longtime co host/panelist Jeremy Wiggins. The guys talk at length about their favorite muppets, the new movie and even sneak in some gaming discussion and a little talk of digital comics. So pull a chair and join us for Muppet talk!

As usual follow me on twitter, like the show on Facebook and check out my awesome Webcomic and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast!

In this edition of the podcast, Eric sits down to chat with Dark Horse editor/writer and all around awesome creator Scott Allie to talk everything from what's in the works with Umbrella Academy to how his job works at moments. Also our host does his best not tocompletely fluster after being in a car for 15 hours straight. It's another packed edition of the WILC's podcast with episode #60!

Scott's website!

Dark Horse

As usual follow me on twitter, like the show on Facebook and check out my awesome Webcomic and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast!

In this episode of the podcast, Eric is joined by good friends Michael Lapinski and Jonathan Lang (Swifty) as they talk Feeding Ground! They talk about the attention the book has got so far being finally all together, convention stories, give some very cool shout outs to some friends and fellow podcasters and talk about some very cool behind the scenes material about producing a graphic novel!

Mike's Twitter!

Mike's Blog!

Swifty's Twitter!

Chris's Twitter!

Buy the book!

As usual follow me on twitter ( My twitter ) like the show on facebook ( Fanpage! ) and check out my awesome webcomic ( www.newcomicday.net ) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! ( The Kirby Krackle! )

And stop by our new home, The Outhouse!

Next week....Scott Allie!

On episode 58 of the podcast, Eric is joined by friend and awesome creator Dave Ryan! The guys talk about the industry as a whole, Dave's current project War of the Independents and Dave even shares his favorite convention stories and just so much more!

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/groups/WaroftheIndependents/ official group on facebook!

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/w/warindep.htm - Site with the lowdown on just whose in the book (it is an incomplete checklist though)

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

In episode #57 of the podcast, Eric brings back the round table for the first time since right before NYCC! He's joined by Jeremy Wiggins and new member of the roundtable Jason Marnocha aka Lord Jazor of youtube voice acting fame. The guys discuss cosplay, their favorite voice actors, the Batman universe in general, dream roles, what Jeremy is reading and just so much more all while combating lapses in knowledge on Eric's part and a faulty firefox! So pull up a chair and join us for another edition of the Why I Love Comics podcast!

http://www.youtube.com/user/LordJazor - Jazor's official youtube page!

http://www.youtube.com/user/GeektressGalore - Geektress (who is extremely talented an awesome by the way)

http://www.youtube.com/user/mgalusic - Mike Galusick's very awesome fan films which recently had an appearance by Jazor!

http://www.youtube.com/user/FSoundStudios - Jake is hilarious and has a british accent, watch his videos!

http://www.youtube.com/user/TallestSilver - Silver's youtube!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kit-n-Silver/168391156551594 - Kit and Silver's fanpage!

http://www.youtube.com/user/DCAbridgedUniverse - Must watch, completely hilarious!

Also be sure and check out the "Jakeson podcast" on itunes! Jake and Jazor are hilarious when bouncing off each other. http://podcastmachine.com/podcasts/9586

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

In episode #56 of the Why I Love Comics podcast, I am joined by Executive Produder and writer on Leverage, John Rogers. We discuss Jackie Chan Adventures, his first draft of the Transformers movie, the 3 years he worked on Catwoman for (the movie) his run on Blue Beetle with Keith Giffen, How awesome Whil Wheaton and Mark Shepard are and just so much more!

http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/ - John's blog!

http://twitter.com/#!/jonrog1 - John on twitter

http://www.tnt.tv/series/leverage/?SR=sr3_353175_go - Official Leverage website!

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

In this edition of the podcast we go to a convention...New York Comic Con to be exact. This is a favorite convention of mine every year and this is a packed supershow. On the episode I talk with Eddi Mcclintock (Pete on Warehouse 13) Peter David, Tim Seeley, Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Sanchez, Fred Van Lente, The Kirby Krackle, Jeremy Haun and David Hine, Keith R.A. Decandido

http://twitter.com/#!/EddieMcClintock - Eddie on twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/chonnye - Chonnye on twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/claudioPsanchez - Claudio on twitter

http://www.everythingevilink.com/ - Evil Ink comics!

http://www.peterdavid.net/ - Peter David's officially website

http://www.fredvanlente.com/ - Fred's official website
http://twitter.com/#!/fredvanlente - Fred's twitter!

http://sff.net/people/krad/ - Keith's website!

http://timseeleyart.blogspot.com/ - Tim's blog
http://coltnoble.deviantart.com/ - Tim's deviant art
http://twitter.com/#!/HackinTimSeeley - Tim on twitter

http://www.jeremyhaun.com/ - Jeremy's website
http://twitter.com/#!/jerhaun - Jeremy on twitter!

http://www.strangeembrace.com/ - Dave's only website on the internet pretty much and his best book :)

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

Next week....John Rogers of Leverage and Blue Beetle fame!

In this episode of the podcast I'm joined by canadian jack of all trades Kelly Tindall! We discuss his career, current projects and much much more!

http://www.kellytindall.com/root2/ - that's so kraven!

http://www.kellytindall.com/home/

http://twitter.com/#!/kellytindall

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

Next week is NYCC so the show will be a little late.

Yeah I know the title is a really lame pun, but I was having fun with it. This week I was joined by the very awesome Kurtis Wiebe, writer of Green Wake/the intrepids and much more! We talk about his inspirations, get an exclusive about a new book he's working on and even talk about his podcast. All this and much more in the latest Why I love Comics podcast!

http://dailydead.com/exclusive-free-digital-version-of-green-wake-1/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Wake/142819195775902?ref=ts&sk=wall#!/pages/Green-Wake/142819195775902?sk=wall

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Process/147353675342657

http://twitter.com/#!/kurtisjwiebe

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

Next week...I'm joined by friend and jack of all trades Kelly Tindall!

Our host with the most returns for the 52nd episode of the podcast and is joined by Jeremy Wiggins and Russell Burlingame as they discuss the first 2 weeks of books from the relaunch as well as the start of the fall tv series and what they are checking out!

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

Next week, Eric sits down with the current writer of Grifter Nathan Edmonson!

Episode #51 has our hero joined by friend and web series creator/comic book retailer Richard Neal of the Variants. They talk about the shows production, what it's like shooting at a comic shop, how the new 52 has effected Richard's shop, celebrity guests, how to develop a web series and they even manage to just get into a long conversation talking about comics. All this and more in this episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast!

http://www.thevariants.com/ - Official website of the web series

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K_xMNj7NEU - Trailer to the purple people eater (listen to the show to find out why I'm including it.)

http://twitter.com/#!/variants - Official twitter of the series

Shout outs to Joe Eisma (Morning glories super artist) and Ben Templesmith (Basically the real life Doctor and artist of many awesome things)

As usual follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like the show on facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net) and don't forget to subscribe/write a review on itunes!

Also check out the Kirby Krackle, official houseband of the podcast! (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

And stop by our new home, www.theouthousers.com

In this edition of the Why I Love Comics podcast, Eric is joined by good friend Jason Burns to talk about his new web series Adults Only. They talk about some of his upcoming comic work, what it's like to work on a webseries and much more!

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/3c37e17b5a/adults-only-trailer

After winning a pair of gold medals at the 1988 Olympics, gymnast Chance Rioux became America’s Sweetheart, but times change and even the shiniest of medals eventually give way to rust. Now America’s Forgotten, Chance must accept a job managing his brother-in-law’s adult video/novelty store in order to make ends meet, all while trying to conceal his identity from the public, particularly a new love interest who serves as the trigger in his reinvention of self.

Starring: Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos), Danny Nucci (Titanic, The Rock), Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills 90210, The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Sebastian Bach (lead singer Skid Row), Brianna Brown (General Hospital, Showtime’s upcoming Homeland), Ronnie Marmo (General Hospital, West of Brooklyn), Adrienne LaValley (best known for being the National Floors Direct spokesperson), and Todd Poudrier.

http://www.jasonmburns.com/content.asp?contentno=1

As always, follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and rate/subscribe on iTunes!

Also don't forget to check out New Comic Day! My awesome webcomic! (www.newcomicday.net)

In this episode of the podcast, Justice League #1 hit the stands and the guys almost go over like the JFK Zapruder film. They also guess as to who the mystery woman making her appearance in the 52 issues is and Eric gets distracted by things in the background for a few awkward silences!

Joining Eric this episode:

Russell Burlingame 
Jeremy Wiggins

Next week...Eric is joined by Jason Burns to talk his new web series, as well as Ken and Richard of The Variants to talk the second season. It's an all web series episode of the podcast!

Check out my awesome webcomic New Comic Day! www.newcomicday.net

Add me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) subscribe and review the show on iTunes and like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics

This week, your host who only knows what he's doing about half the time, Eric Ratcliffe originally recorded a Doctor Who specific episode with Gordon Dymowski and Jeremy Wiggins where it was a 90 minute spectacular of nerd knowledge. Sadly, in the middle of editing that episode, the computer died and I was unable to retrieve it from the computer.

So this episode, we are on a new laptop (graciously given to our hero by his mother) while h's joined by Jeremy and Russell Burlingame for a late night edition of the podcast as the guys talk an insane amount of topics (We seriously cover a lot of ground). Everything from Christo Gage's Wildstorm to our most anticipated books for the new DCU!

So pull up a chair, put in your headphones or just hit play, and join us for another edition of the WILC podcast!!!

As usual, check out my awesome webcomic, New Comic Day! www.newcomicday.net

Follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) or "like" us on Facebook www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics.

And as usual, don't forget to rate/subscribe/review on iTunes!

Eric sits down to talk with good friends and house band of the podcast, Kirby Krackle. They talk everything from the Australian tour, the collaborations on Super Powered Love (their latest album) and much, much more!

http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/- official site!

Nerd Money, the single on Super Powered Love

All the Kirby Krackle albums are available on iTunes (as is this podcast) 

Kirby Krackle Page on Facebook

The band's official Twitter

As usual, check out my awesome webcomic 

www.newcomicday.net

Follow me on Twitter

And check out our Facebook fanpage

Join us for next week's show!

Welcome to the latest edition of the Why I Love Comics podcast where Eric and Jeremy discuss Squirrel Girl, the recurring madness that happens when Deadpool meets up with the GLI and much, much more!

People on the show:

Eric Ratcliffe, the host who barely knows the topic at hand!
Jeremy Wiggins, the man not related to any Simpsons characters!

Topics discussed:

-The Revengers/Dark Avengers
-Squirrel Girl
-GLI/Deadpool 
-Eureka cancelled?!
-Liefeld art
-The awesomeness of Avengers Academy
-Tendency of books to have the -same voice if they are written by the same writer 
-Eric's unhealthy love of Jason Aaron as a writer
-Scott Snyder!
-Jeff Parker
-Spider-Man Noir
-Bendis saying that the Ultimate Universe is not an alternate universe
-Mike Carey writing action material
-Miles the new Spidey!
-Lots of Vertigo

Follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe), check out my awesome webcomic (www.newcomicday.net), subscribe and review us on iTunes, like the fanpage (www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics ) and check out the Kirby Krackle's brand new album (http://www.kirbykracklemusic.com/)

Some big guests coming on very soon, so stay tuned!

In episode #45 of the Why I Love Comics podcast, Eric is joined by occasional co-host and mega Transformers fan Jeremy Wiggins as they welcome good friend Darren Mueller who joins them to discuss the Thundercats reboot. The conversation jumps into visual effects in movies, a Transformers debate and much more! So pull up a chair and join us on the latest edition of the Why I Love Comics podcast!

Show open - The Kirby Krackle "Another New Crisis" available on Itunes (www.kirbykracklemusic.com)

Host - Eric Ratcliffe

Co-host - Jeremy Wiggins (zodarzone.livejournal.com)
guest - Darren Mueller (ringtailcafe.com)

Topics discussed: 

Thundercats! - http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/thundercats/index.html?SR=sr3_661365_go (official Cartoon network site) 
http://www.thundercatslair.org/ - Fansite

Beast Wars - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beast_Wars_%28cartoon%29 (Transformers wiki)

Jim Henson - http://henson.com/

There Will Be Brawl - http://therewillbebrawl.com/ (so awesome, easily my favorite fan film series ever)

Dark Crystal 

Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Brave and the Bold 

Young Justice 

Labrynth 

Samurai Jack 

Reboots, lots of them!

Check out my awesome webcomic New Comic Day! www.newcomicday.net

Add me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) subscribe and review the show on itunes and like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics 

In this episode of the podcast, Eric and Andre talk all things San Diego Comic-Con, go off on a good rant about our thoughts on Captain America and even talk about some cosplay from SDCC. It's all here to tantalize your listening holes. So pull up a chair, blast your speakers or just plug your ears buds in for another episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast!

On this week's episode:

Your extremely hyper host Eric Ratcliffe!
Our DC comics expert Andre Beshta!

Things discussed this episode:

Darabont stepping down as Walking Dead showrunner

Andrew Garfield showing up in costume to his panel at Comic-Con

Knights of Baddassdome

Entourage premiere

Avengers poster

Captain America/Avengers trailer

Grant Morrison documentary available on Hulu

The Flaming C coming to the big screen?

Jurassic Park 4 happening?

Ryan Choi is the Atom in Justice League

Defenders by Fraction/Dodson

Fables spin off/Telltale games

Cable Reborn 

BKV finally returns to comics with a creator-owned book

Relaunch protest shows just how much of a minority the internet is

As always, friend me on Facebook (facebook.com.doombug) follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) and subscribe to us on iTunes!

Also check out my awesome webcomic New Comic Day (www.newcomicday.net)

On this edition of the Why I Love Comics podcast, we recorded right before San Diego Comic Con and talk about the teaser trailers for next year's big movie releases. We also discuss why Russ thinks he's a bad nerd/geek and just so much more! It's another random episode of the WILC's podcast!

On this episode: 

Our intrepid host, Eric Ratcliffe
Rantmaster Supreme, Russell Burlingame

Topics discussed:

The Amazing Spider-Man
Lois and Clark no longer being married
The Avengers
Dark Knight rises
San Diego Comic Con 
Walking Dead DVD
Lego licenses
DC/Marvel crossover omnibus
The work of Ron Marz
Current events in Green Lantern
The end of Harry Potter

And that's just the first half of the show!

As always, friend me on Facebook (facebook.com.doombug) follow me on twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) and subscribe to us on iTunes!

Also check out my awesome webcomic New Comic Day (www.newcomicday.net)

Also head to the Kirby Krackle's website to order their brand new album!

Next week, we'll probably be talking the Captain America movie, the news out of San Diego Comic Con and who knows what else?! 

iPhones Can Do What?

Where the heck is my towel? - Our heroes discuss Andre's time at Connecticon, our favorite gadgets in pop culture and much, much more!

In this episode:

Your host who knows what he's doing MOST of the time, Eric Ratcliffe!
Constant Juggernaut survivor, Jeremy Wiggins!
A man lost in time, Andre Beshta!

Topics discussed:

What kind of car would you own if you had the money (pop culture wise)
New Mutants
Secret Six #35
Many tech issues
Tyler Lima's awesome Lex Luthor battle armor
And just so much more!

Andre and our good friend Tyler Lima

Also as usual follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like our Facebook fanpage (http://www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and subscribe on iTunes!

And check out New Comic Day, my awesome webcomic: www.newcomicday.net! <

In this edition of the podcast, our heroes are taking a tour through the coolest places in pop culture from  Marvel New York to Angel Grove. We also discuss the worst places to live and end up somehow talking about music. It's another packed episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast so pull up a chair and listen in on the fun!

This episode: 

Your host who sometimes knows what he's talking about: Eric Ratcliffe
Rant master supreme: Russell Burlingame!
The return of Halo expert Jeremy Wiggins!

www.roosterteeth.com/home.php- Roosterteeth home of red vs blue, achievement hunter and much more!

Super powered love the new single from the Kirby Krackle! Album available for Pre-order now!

www.kirbykracklemusic.com- Official website (Order the new album now!!)

Official music video for Wizard love by Meekakitty and heyhihello (available on itunes)

And as usual, follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) like our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/whyilovecomics) and subscribe to us on iTunes for all the latest episodes!

And check out New Comic Day, my awesome webcomic: www.newcomicday.net!

Story Time!

In this dynamic episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast, I, Eric Ratcliffe, am joined once again by none other than Russell Burlingame! As we discuss what makes a good story and many other things. Also, my phone rings and I have a one sided conversation with New Comic Day artist extraordinaire Chad strohl!

In this episode: 

Eric
Russ

Things discussed: 

Mutant X
The Mary Sue
Blue Beetle
Russ's 4 point discussion of what makes a good story
The city being a character itself (lots of Gotham discussion)
conflict/plot
All-Star Superman

Next week, we may have a guest but if not...what fictional city would you live in and why? 

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/doombug

Subscribe on Itunes!

And check out New Comic Day, my awesome webcomic: www.newcomicday.net!

Welcome to another episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast. In this episode, Eric and Andre give their candid thoughts on the Green Lantern movie and battle with technical difficulties as they discuss some of their favorite cult TV, comics and things in pop culture. 

Joining Eric on this episode: 

Andre!

Next week...What makes a good story? 

As usual, follow me on Twitter, friend me on Facebook and subscribe to this very podcast on itunes!

Welcome to another episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast. This week, we take a break from our panel of insanity to talk one on one with the very talented Bryan Q Miller. On a personal note, Bryan has been writing one of my favorite books at DC for the last 2 years and he is a very awesome guest. 

Things discussed: 

DC reboot, when he found out it would be happening
His start as a Smallville intern (with some very amusing smallville discussion)
Collaborating with artists and fellow writers
His work with Stephanie and Oracle as characters (from the start to the end, inspirations and all that)
Social networking! (Wikipedia and Twitter)
His early days as a nerdy kid 

Next week...we discuss cult characters and the books they inhabited and how they might have succeeded or failed as well as Andre and I's thoughts of the green lantern movie. 

As always, you can follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/EricRatcliffe) or friend me on Facebook (facebook.com/doombug) and send me feedback, show suggestions or really anything via my email (eric@comicrelated.com) or the boards at comicrelated.com!

WIIIIUUUU!

In this edition of Why I Love Comics, our intrepid heroes return to discuss the announcements of E3, their favorite collections, more of the DC reboot and much, much more. The show that uses the kid putter at mini golf hits another 6 with another fun episode!

Joining Eric on this week's show:

Jeremy Wiggins
Andre Beshta
And Tom Denault
also...the background Resident Evil players!

Links:

kotaku.com
gametrailers.com
joystiq.com

The 3 best gaming sites on the web!

Episode #38 I am joined by Bryan Q Miller to discuss Batgirl, writing for TV and much more!

Welcome to a double header episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast. Where I, Eric Ratcliffe am joined by Andre Beshta and Tom Deneault as we talk our favorite buddy teams in comics among many other things. And then I am joined by the very cool Chris Roberson to talk everything about his career!

Wait...episode 29? Maybe we should go back to original numbering and we'd be over 50. Anyways, welcome to yet another edition of the Why I Love Comics podcast. As you'll hear me in the episode, my partners in crime were elsewhere this week and I have gained some newer music recently, so I decided to do another nerdy music episode! Prepare yourselves, listeners, as we jump across the musical multiverse from Electronic (Allcaps) to Rap (Childish Gambino) to acoustic (Amanda Palmer)! It's all here in this very special episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast!

Also, a warning to our more sensitive listeners, there is adult language in this episode.

Song #1 - The Kirby Krackle "Another New Crisis"

2:47 - Intro into the show by me

Song #2 - Childish Gambino "Be Alone"

http://www.childishgambino.blogspot.com/

Song #3 - Patrick Stump "Porcelain"

http://www.patrickstump.com/

(His solo album called Soul Punk comes out later this year. Information on the EP can be found on the site as well as Itunes)

Song #4 - All Caps "Don't Unplug Me"

http://allcapsband.com/

The fanmade music video that got me into the band by youtuber Meekakitty:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck-z4-B8_5k

And her song Star Trek Girl that I forgot to put into the episode:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryo-GtOgi7s (Sorry about that, Tessa!)

Song #5 - Neil Patrick Harris and Felicia Day "My Eyes" from Dr. Horrible's sing along blog

(really, internet, fail for you!) http://drhorrible.com/

19:06 - Intermission #1

Song #6 - MC Chris "QT"

http://www.mcchris.com/

Song #7 - Childish Gambino "Lights Turn On"

Also found on the EP with Be alone. Last minute of the song is incredibly epic, feels like a Rocky montage.

Song #8 - Beefy "I'm Not Superman"

http://beefyness.com/

Song #9 - All Caps "World of Warcraft Ruined My Life"

Another song from the same album. Easy to love it if you've ever played a video game.

36:17 - Intermission #2

Song #10 - Team Unicorn "G33K & G4M3R G1RL$"

http://www.facebook.com/TeamUnicornFTW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eJmYKN_1QE - There's a directors cut out there somewhere. I just have no idea where.

Song #11 - Amanda F'ing Palmer "In My Mind"

http://www.amandapalmer.net/

Song #12 - YT Cracker "Surgerunner"

http://www.ytcracker.com/v2011/

Those who don't remember Surge will not understand the awesomeness of this song.

Song #13 - All Caps "Saved"

53:40 - Last intermission

Song #14 - Patrick Stump "Spotlight (New Regrets)"

Sadly this one isn't on the EP but you can find it on his youtube page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCegYgpgYXI&feature=related

Finally, as I mention on the show and will be mentioning all month, I will be at Boston Comic Con April 30th and May 1st at the Hynes Convention center in Boston.

http://bostoncomiccon.com/ - Stop by the table, say hello and get a copy of NCD vol 1!

See you next Sunday when we might have a guest. If not, we are talking comedy in comics!

New episode!

Welcome to a very special edition of the podcast as we mix things up a bit. I'm joined by longtime friend and returning CR writer Russell Burlingame, freelance artist and part of the Feeding Ground crew Michael Lapinski and joker cosplayer extraordinaire Andre Beshta.

Now for those that don't listen regularly we had two recent shows with the Nerd Girls Eye View and the Feeding Ground crew where I determined that it's fun to have a crew on the show so I decided to let this madness occur. Think of us as a tough crowd/chelsea handler type of podcast. (I'll still be doing the interview episodes as well, I promise!)

In this very episode we discuss our celebrity look alike, the death of Wizard magazine (Russ was once an intern at Wizard and his insights are a great listen), upcoming comic movies and we're also talking about death in comics (Johnny Storm, the Dibny's) and we even cover a bit of Identity Crisis (and our general like of Brad Meltzer). Oh and Russ gives us a little more insight into the Sentry controversy that Wizard helped set up.

Also of note: Future shows will probably just focus on one topic but for this first one we jumped around a lot. Join us on the forums to discuss what we talked about, and definitely give us your thoughts!

Next time the crew gets together, we talk event books and the effects on the average comic reader!

Jason Burns

Episode #19: In this week's Why I Love Comics, I talk with writer and current Editor and Chief of Ape Entertainment, Jason M. Burns. Jay is the first friend I ever made in the industry and we run the gamut of his career in this episode. So pull up a chair as we talk upcoming projects, geek out over the community and even talk about the Muppets!

http://www.jasonmburns.com/