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Pat returns after a hardware malfunction last week to talk about Joshua Fialkov's TUMOR, Avengers: The Children's Crusade, Frankencastle, Batman & Robin, Scarlet, and the brilliance of Stuart Immomen. Features music by Emily Haines!

This week, Pat talks about comics. Lots of comics from DC, Marvel, and IDW....plus, he talks for a bit about the awesome Scott Pilgrim movie. Music for the show by Sex Bob-Omb!

In this special Comic-Con Aftermath episode, Pat assembles a panel worthy of the con's stature. This week, he is joined by Chris Maze, Albert Ching and Ernie Estrella to talk about the con. We talk about the highs, the lows, the great encounters and the perils of being a journalist covering the show. Featuring music by Metric! Albert's Twitter: twitter.com/albertxii Ernie's Twitter: twitter.com/ernieestrella Newsarama.com Buzzfocus.com ChrisMaze.com DialRstudios.com Pat's new book, The Villain: http://www.etsy.com/listing/52942003/the-villain-original-graphic-novel Matt Fraction's presentation, The Batman Dreams of Hieronymous Machines: http://www.twitvid.com/WBIFB

Pat is joined by Chris Maze, Gerico Sobrepena, and Judge Dilg for a roundtable discussion about Comic-Con! Stories are shared, advice is dished out, insults are thrown, and nothing will ever be the same again! Comic-Con website: http://comic-con.org

Pat is joined by the Deliberate Noise Network's Derek Coward and David Price from Marvel Noise. They talk about comics from a variety of publishers like X-Men: Nation X, Codebreakers, Blackest Night, Superman, Irredeemable Ant-Man and more! Plus: TV and pro-wrestling talk! Derek Coward's Deliberate Noise Network: http://deliberatenoise.com/ Derek's twitter: http://twitter.com/derekcoward David Price's blog: http://daprice.com David's twitter: http://twitter.com/davidaprice 11 O'Clock Comics: http://bullpenbulletinspodcast.com Marvel Noise: http://marvelnoise.com

This week, Pat earns the explicit tag as he and guest Adam Witt talk about comics in general. We talk about Scarlet and Casanova, the direction of DC Comics, show Paul Cornell, Matt Fraction and Jeph Loeb some love, and talk a little bit about some of the TV and music we're into. Music for this episode by The XX. Oh, and Pat lets the hate out of his system. Adam's Twitter: http://twitter.com/adamwitt The Blacklisted graphic novel: http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3343 The XX: http://www.myspace.com/thexx

This week, Pat chats with Newsarama staff writer Albert Ching about the state of journalism in the comics industry. Plus, they talk about Avengers # 2, Thunderbolts # 145, and talk about conventions! Music for this episode by The Roots! Albert's Twitter: twitter.com/albertxii Newsarama.com The Roots - www.theroots.com