Bat Force Radio

Bat Force Radio Ep # 306 - The gang sits down to give our reviews of the big screen Flashpoint adaptation, while attempting to paint a picture of the film to the one of us who has yet to see it. Did we love it? Did we hate it? Have we ever agreed on anything? Tell us what you thought, in the comments.

We had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Stefan Folkins and Marty Henley from NECA to dive into the process of bringing their newly released 1989 Batman Utility Belt Replica to life! We also chat about the groundbreaking film, its impact, and influence on fans still to this day. Grab your 1989 Batman Utility Belt from www.thenecastore.com now!

Katana Collins and Clay McCormack return for a SPOILER-FILLED chat about issue one of Batman White Knight Presents Generation Joker, crafting the story of Jackie and Bryce on a dangerous trip with Dad, while weaving in some familiar faces, as well as some new ones. We also grill them about some upcoming projects, con appearances and, of course, the obligatory chat about The Last Of Us and Yellowjackets. Again, this is a SPOILER-FILLED episode. Read Generation Joker # 1 before listening,

Nick Robles joins us just in time for the final issue of his Boom! Studios series "Behold, Behemoth", to talk about the creation of the story, along with Tate Brombal, and how the project kept him from stepping out of comics. We also get into some of his prior works, including introducing new characters into Neil Gaiman's Sandman Universe in the pages of Waking Hours, and we finish it off by geeking out about Yellowjackets and The Last Of Us (both the games and the HBO series) and how that story lent influence to Behold, Behemoth.

Fernando Blanco joins us to discuss the development and creation of w0rldtr33 with James Tynion, the unfortunate delay caused by a printing error, the themes are inspirations for the story, as well as his own origin story in art and comics, making a career for himself in American comics, all the way in Barcelona.

We are joined once again by international best selling author Blake Northcott to discuss her upcoming comic adaption of her best selling book The North Valley Grimoire, her Disney obsession, hanging out with Samuel L Jackson, writing with rockstars, and more.

We continue our trip through the Batman works of Grant Morrison with Gothic. Originally appearing in issues 6 to 10 of Legends of The Dark Knight in 1990, it features occult and religious themes and imagery, a killer from Bruce's past, and the art of Klaus Janson.

We sit down with Shiv The Impaler to talk all about his Brutal Slam project Skin Stripper and how the Snyder Verse has heavily influenced the latest single "DO YOU BLEED?" and the upcoming EP "SICK AS FUCK 2 BADASS" dropping on the anniversary of the release of Zack Snyder's Justice League March 18th. DISCLAIMER: No members of the Coalition of Angry Nolan Nerds were harmed during the recording of this episode.

We sit down to talk about our early thoughts on the new Batman - I mean Flash - trailer. After that, we continue into some discussion on the upcoming DC universe under the Gunn - Saffran regime.

Author Tate Brombal joins us to talk about his work on books like House of Slaughter; Behold, Behemoth; The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos; and Barbalien; as well as his unique origin story in writing comics, working in the universes of Something Is Killing The Children and Black Hammer, with creators like James Tynion and Jeff Lemire, and lots more. This is a good one, and you don't want to miss it. Beware SPOILERS for House Of Slaughter # 11

Back at the beginning of December, we gathered to celebrate the creations and contributions of some of the great creators we lost in 2022.

Bat Force Radio Ep # 297 - We go deep into James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds' The Department Of Truth comics, with special guests Ryan, Nick, and Alex from the Bledsoe Said So podcast. Ryan Bledsoe is an Experiencer whose family and life have long been the subject of study by goverment agencies. In addition to Ryan's own experiences, which he details in this episode, his father, Chris Bledsoe's story includes encounters with the entity who we will know as Babalon or The Woman in the Red Dress within The Department of Truth comics. This episode is full of spoilers from issue 1 to 12 of The Department of Truth. If you haven't read the series yet, do yourself a favour and read it before you listen. Check out the Bledsoe Said So podcast at www.bledsoesaidso.com

As we prepare to delve into the complete Batman work of Grant Morrison, we begin with a discussion of Grant's beliefs in magic, sigil creation, manifestation, and drug use, to better understand the themes and ideas that came up during the course of their runs on Batman, Batman and Robin, Batman Incorporated, Final Crisis, the return of Bruce Wayne, etc. For some background on what we are discussing, check out Grant Morrison on Chaos Magic, the occult, and Sigil creation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTMFBYXmvMk

We talk about the good, the bad, and the spoilers of Black Adam along with Gotham Geek Girl, who attended the red carpet premier. Beware spoilers for the return of you know who.

Our spooky time favourite, Kelley Jones, returns for the 5th straight Halloween and we talk about his cat's appearance in the Netflix Sandman series, comics, horror movies, the time he helped revolutionize Mr. Freeze and bring him back into Batman comics, and lots more. This episode uses a lot of visual elements and we suggest checking it out on Youtube to see all that good stuff.

Lee Bermejo returns to discuss this week's Batman: Dear Detecive. The 56 page Black Label Prestige Plus size book, collecting his masterful Detective Comics variant cover run, in their proper narrative order, alongside a mysterious letter written to The Dark Knight. As always, we touch on some other topics as well. Honestly, we recorded this episode a couple weeks ago and we couldn't tell you what those other topics were, at this point. Maybe leave a comment and remind us. K thx Most importantly, go pick up a copy of BATMAN: DEAR DETECTIVE. You wont soon find a better looking comic.

Clay McCormack returns for a spoiler-filled chat about the new Batman White Knight Presents: Red Hood. The 2 issue mini that he created along-side Sean Murphy, Simone Di Meo, and Dave Stewart. Clay shares thoughts on creating a version of Jason Todd that is unique to the White Knight Universe, while remaining faithful to the version of the character we all know; as well as introducing the new character Gan, a self-proclaimed Robin, now being trained by Jason. We also pry for info on the secret next White Knight spinoff, as well as plans for the sequel to Bloody Hel, and Clay's time at this year's SDCC and upcoming con schedule.

This week we're joined by Ram V, the new author of Detective Comics, plus books like The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, Blue In Green, These Savage Shores, Swamp Thing, Venom, Catwoman, etc. We talk about his Gothic Opera in Gotham, his supervillain origin story, yelling at Rocky fans, food, writing Aquaman into a deep sea horror story, his dogs, the story behind his name, and lots more.

New Batman author Chip Zdarksy returns for a spoiler-filled chat about his new run on Batman, beginning with this week's issue 125, including the identity of Failsafe, Tim Drake, Penguin, Alfred, and more; as well as his work on Batman: The Knight, Daredevil, Public Domain, writing for TV, the movie he helped pitch to Marvel, and lots more. Absolutely read Batman 125 BEFORE listening to this episode or have every page spoiled.

We finally return to comic reviews to discuss Mattson Tomlin, Andrea Sorrentino, Jordie Bellaire, and Steve Wands' 3 issue mini-series Batman: The Imposter (plus variant covers by Lee Bermejo). Go pick up a copy or, if you already have it, read along and tell us all the things that we got wrong.