Synopsis
Eric Ratcliffe and friends discuss all things pop culture, from comics, to movies, to video games, to music and more each week.
Episodes
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Why I Love Comics #74 PoPS with Jake Jarvi!
01/03/2012 Duration: 01h28minOn this episode of the podcast, Eric is joined by Youtuber/Director and Writer Jake Jarvi to talk about his Youtube show "The Platoon of Power Squadron" We talk everything from production to the comic shop they've shot at and so much more. (Even nerd out about my favorite book series) Jake on Twitter Official Youtube PoPS fanpage Like Why I Love Comics on facebook! Follow me on Twitter! Check out my awesome webcomic! Rate/Review and Subscribe on Itunes! Check out Kirby Krackle! Next week John Siuntres!
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Why I Love Comics #73: Talking Army of Darkness with Ellio Serrano!
23/02/2012 Duration: 02h01minOn this mega episode of the podcast, Eric is joined by very funny nerd/geek Elliot Serrano who is the new writer on Army of Darkness (Vol #3) the guys talk wrestling, Tim Seeley, Ash saves Obama, the ongoing book and it's legacy, the crossover's, comic book men controversy and literally just so much more! (Seriously, it's a 2 hour episode, we cover a lot of ground!) Elliot's twitter! Elliot's Blog! AoD commentary! As always, check me out on twitter! Like the facebook fanpage! Rate/Review and Subscribe on itunes! Check out my awesome webcomic, New Comic Day! And be sure to give Kirby Krackle a listen! Next week...Platoon of Power Squadron creator Jake Jarvi!
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Why I Love Comics #72: Gaming with Paul Jenkins!
16/02/2012 Duration: 01h16minOn this episode of the podcast, Eric is joined by writer and all around awesome guy Paul Jenkins as we discuss gaming, immersive playing experiences, The Darkness, storytelling in gaming/comics, research, Sally Floyd, the Sentry, Captain America and just so much more! Paul's twitter! Paul facebook fanpage! As always, follow me on twitter! Like the fanpage on Facebook! Rate/Review and Subscribe on itunes! Check out the Kirby Krackle! And check out my awesome webcomic, New Comic Day!
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Why I love comics #71: Latverian improv on the normandy with Mark Meer!
09/02/2012 Duration: 01h04minOn this episode of the podcast I had the pleasure of being joined by actor/comedian and geek, Mark Meer! We talk about our favorite comics, working with bioware, his comedy background, listen as I nerd out over Mass Effect and just so much more! (like who he wants to voice in the Marvel U, meeting Seth Green, his reaction to cosplaying shepards and improving as superheroes!) Dungeons and Dragons sketch Stop Piracy PSA Mark's twitter Rapid Fire Theatre Check out our fanpage on facebook! Follow me on twitter! Rate/Subscribe and Review on itunes! Check out my awesome webcomic, New Comic Day! Check out and listen to Kirby Krackle!
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Why I Love Comics #69: The Dark Side of the Force with Daniel Wallace
26/01/2012 Duration: 01h01minOn this episode of the podcast, Eric fights back the zombie plague as he chats with Dan Wallace. The guys talk about the new book coming out in just a few weeks "Book of Sith" working for DC, almost meeting Mark Hammil, some Mass Effect talk and so much more! Dan's twitter! Order the Book! Dan's blog! As always follow me on Twitter! Check out and like us on facebook! Rate/review and Subscribe on Itunes! And check out my awesome webcomic! And give the Kirby Krackle a listen!
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Why I Love Comics #68: Being slightly awkward is always fun with Layne Pavoggi!
19/01/2012 Duration: 01h10minOn this episode of the podcast Eric is joined by youtube personality/host and director Layne Pavoggi as the guys talk comics, The Street Fighter, working for the gamestation and so much more! Join us for the latest Why I Love Comics! The Gamestation The Street Fighter! Iron Gamer Layne On! Layne's twitter Layne's youtube As usual like our fanpage! Follow me on twitter! Rate and Subscribe on itunes! Check out my awesome webcomic! And check out our awesome house band, The Kirby Krackle!
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Why I Love Comics #67: For Whom the bell tolls with Greg Pak!
12/01/2012 Duration: 01h05minOn this episode of the podcast, Eric is joined by the very awesome now ex incredible Hulk/Herc writer Greg Pak as they discuss everything from a possible return of the Warbound down the line, The new Dr. Strange OGN, working with Fred Van Lente, The staying power of Amadeus Cho, Dead Man's Run, Vision Machine and just so much more! So pull up a chair and join the guys for another edition of the Why I Love Comics podcast! Greg's website! Greg's twitter! Vision Machine! The Prose twitter experiment! As always you can like the show on Facebook! Follow me on Twitter! Check out my awesome Webcomic! Rate/Subscribe/Review on Itunes! And be sure to check out The Kirby Krackle!
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Why I Love Comics #66: Some Assembly required!
06/01/2012 Duration: 01h35minOn this episode of the podcast, Eric is joined by good friends and constant cohorts in chaos Jeremy Wiggins and Russell Burlingame! The guys talk about what they are looking forward to in 2011, some stuff they checked out in 2011 and shouts outs to John Suintress, Chris Roberson and much much more! Things discussed: Remender/Hardman's Secret Avengers Rossmo's Rebel Blood DC reboot redesigns (Particularly Captain Cold and Gentleman ghost) BKV's the escapists BKV's new image book Savage Dragon X-club! Benedict Cumperbatch's recent announcement of being casted in Star Trek The Sherlock Premiere The Miyazaki borrowers movie IDW Age of Apocalypse Avengers vs X-men Avengers movie! Wolverine and the X-men Jurgens/Giffen Superman Check out Russ on comicbook.com ! And as always like us on facebook! Follow me on twitter! Rate and subscribe on Itunes! Check out my awesome Webcomic! And be sure to give our houseband, the Kirby Krackle a listen!
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Why I Love Comics #65: Darkclaw was awesome with Ron Marz
30/12/2011 Duration: 01h04minOn 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 s
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Why I Love Comics #64: Star Wars Talk is Forbidden! With the Atomic Robo Guys!
22/12/2011 Duration: 01h12minIn 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!
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Why I Love Comics #63: The Binding of Meatboy with Edmund Mcmillen!
16/12/2011 Duration: 48minOn 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!
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Why I Love Comics #62: The busiest indie artist in comics with Riley Rossmo!
09/12/2011 Duration: 01h52sIn 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!
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Why I Love Comics #61: Muppet talk!
02/12/2011 Duration: 01h14minIn 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!
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Why I Love Comics #60: The Dark Horse in the race with Scott Allie
25/11/2011 Duration: 49minIn 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!
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Why I Love Comics #59 wearing helmets while driving!
18/11/2011 Duration: 01h22minIn 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!
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Why I Love Comics #58: War of the Independents with Dave Ryan
11/11/2011 Duration: 59minOn 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
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Why I Love Comics #57: Technology hates us!
04/11/2011 Duration: 01h17minIn 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.
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Why I Love Comics #56: One More thing! With John Rogers
28/10/2011 Duration: 01h40minIn 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
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Why I Love Comics #55: New York Comic Con
23/10/2011 Duration: 02h05minIn 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. Decandidohttp://twitter.com/#!/EddieMcClintock - Eddie on twitterhttps://twitter.com/#!/chonnye - Chonnye on twitterhttp://twitter.com/#!/claudioPsanchez - Claudio on twitterhttp://www.everythingevilink.com/ - Evil Ink comics!http://www.peterdavid.net/ - Peter David's officially websitehttp://www.fredvanlente.com/ - Fred's official websitehttp://twitter.com/#!/fredvanlente - Fred's twitter!http://sff.net/people/krad/ - Keith's website!http://timseeleyart.blogspot.com/ - Tim's bloghttp://coltnoble.deviantart.com/ - Tim's deviant arthttp://twitter.com/#!/HackinTimSeeley - Tim on twitterhttp://www.jeremyhaun.com/ - Jeremy's websitehttp://twitter.com
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Why I Love Comics: Episode #54 - Talking with Kelly Tindall
07/10/2011 Duration: 01h25minIn 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/#!/kellytindallAs 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.comNext week is NYCC so the show will be a little late.