Bat Force Radio
328 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 112 ratingsPodcast of the Batman! The Bat Force is a group of tight-knit friends from across the globe that came together through the passion of Batman. Bat Force Radio is the most thorough, well-rounded and consistent Batman podcast to date! This show delivers everything imaginable from the world of the Dark Knight and DC in general! [ Rated Mature | Explicit Content ] - Subscribe and rate in iTunes!
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Ep 323 - Alvaro Martinez - The Nice House By The Sea
June 29, 2024 05:27 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBAlvaro Martinez joins us and lets me pick his brain about the upcoming The Nice House By The Sea, the follow-up story to the multi-Eisner-winning The Nice House On The Lake. We talk about Alvaro's start in comics from his very first work, to his first work with James Tynion, leading up to the hugely successful Nice House. We get into how their creative partnership works, along with colorist Jordie Bellaire, how far the Nice House universe may or may not go, Alvaro's dream superhero comic to ...
Ep 322 - Jason Fabok Talks Rook Exodus and Ghost Machine
June 26, 2024 08:55 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBJason Fabok returns to talk about the new series Rook: Exodus from himself, Geoff Johns, Brad Anderson, and Rob Leigh, as well as the birth of Ghost Machine, the new imprint at Image Comics, founded by themselves along with other A list creators like Brad Meltzer, Gary Frank, Peter Tomasi, Francis Manapul, and others. Jason discusses how Ghost Machine came together, some of the differences between steering their own Ghost Machine ship versus working with other publishers, and some of the ot...
Ep 321 - Batman One Dark Night Fan Film
June 10, 2024 08:55 - 1 hour - 65.3 MB"Batman: One Dark Night is a fan film, written by Tim Leftwich and Nathan Trucks, seeking to recapture the magic of the 1989 Batman films in a new, 8-10 minute action-packed short film. They are currently fundraising to reach their budget of $15k, which will allow them to bring their vision to life. And their stretch goals would allow them to do that job even better: adding better equipment, pay for our crew members, and practical effects (fire, smoke, ice, and so on)." Support today! https:...
Ep 320 - Hard Style Juice with Clay McCormack and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
April 16, 2024 12:07 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBBat Force Radio Ep # 320 - Clay McCormack and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz join us to talk about their new ComiXology Original series Hard Style Juice (available April 16th) and it's story of a family-owned professional wrestling organization, with a twist of murder mystery. Beware spoilers for issue one, along with the story of how they linked up with ComiXology for the project, and a little wrasslin talk. Read issue 1 at www.hardstylejuice.com today!
Ep 319 - Juan Gedeon - Jurassic League
March 26, 2024 04:50 - 1 hour - 85.6 MBJuan Gedeon joins us to talk about creating The Jurassic League (which is soon to be adapted into an animated feature), relocating from Argentina to America to make comics, the books that made him want to make comics, music, and lots more.
Ep 318 - Aaron Campbell - John Constantine : Dead In America
January 16, 2024 13:37 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBAaron Campbell joins us for a chat about John Constantine Hellblazer : Dead In America. The new chapter in John's story from Aaron and author Si Spurrier, that sees him on a road trip across America that features Swamp Thing and Dream of The Endless. *Episode contains spoilers for issue 1.* We also discuss matters like the proper pronunciation of Constantine (which is "teen"), on-screen iterations of the character, AI, and lots of other fun stuff.
Ep 317 - Christmas Special 2023
December 23, 2023 19:03 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBOur annual Christmas gathering to discuss comics, movies, collectibles, and listen to SOME of us get more than a little drunk.
Ep 316 - Kelley Jones 6th Annual Halloween Spooktacular
October 31, 2023 00:29 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBKelley Jones returns for our annual Halloween chat and, this year, we're talking about Dracula Volume 1 : The Impaler. The new comic written by Matt Wagner, drawn by Kelley, with colours by Jose Villarrubia, and if you visit their Kickstarter page before November 16th, you can be a part of it. We also chat about horror movies and some of the usual Halloween time stuff. Check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/draculatheimpaler/dracula-volume-1-the-impaler-by-matt-...
Ep 315 - Becky Cloonan - The Erotic Horror of Somna
October 25, 2023 14:21 - 1 hour - 55 MBEisner winning comic creator Becky Cloonan joins us for a spoiler-free talk about her upcoming series Somna, (co-written and co-illustrated with Tula Lotay with colors by Lee Loughridge) for DSTLRY Media. We get into the origins and inspirations of the erotic folk horror story, creating a new story with Tula for the first time, and getting involved with DSTLRY. We also get into her own origin story in comics, having Ralph Bakshi as a professor, the inspirations for her art style, a couple o...
Ep 314 - Christian Ward *Spoilers* - Batman : City of Madness # 1
October 10, 2023 07:12 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBChristian Ward returns as we go full spoilers on the first issue of his new cosmic horror epic. Where Morrison and McKean meet Lovecraft and Cthulhu, Christian Ward begins Batman : City of Madness. Be sure to pick up issue one before listening to this episode, because we get into all the details of everything that goes down within it's pages.
Ep 313 - Christian Ward - Batman : City of Madness
September 07, 2023 16:15 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBWhere Grant Morrison and Dave McKean meet H.P Lovecraft and Cthulhu, Christian Ward begins Batman : City of Madness. Come along as Christian discusses his new three issue cosmic horror epic on DC's Black Label, the inspirations behind it, the years he has waited to tell the story, and how it came to be. We also get into Christian's upcoming work on Spectregraph with James Tynion for DSTLRY, his own origin story in comics, Batman 89, his past as a teacher and the gamble he took to become a ...
Ep 312 - Clay and Seth Mann - Unannounced Comic Chat
August 14, 2023 07:56 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBThis week we are joined by both Clay and Seth Mann as they take us way behind the curtain to talk about what they have been quietly working on together, from a pitch stage to a greenlit project, complete with contract negotiations, editorial compromises, etc. We also coax them into telling us about growing up as comic fans with some childhood photos that we dug up online, plus stories of fumbled promotions on Seth Meyers, collaborations and general brotherly bickering. This is a fun one.
Ep 311 - Kelly Thompson: The Cull, Birds of Prey
August 07, 2023 06:31 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBKelly Thompson joins us to talk about her new Image Comics horror series The Cull, as well as her upcoming Birds of Prey series (her first at DC). We also chat about her origin in comics and writing, her first comic as a child, tv and movies, Rage Against The Machine, the origin of her internet handle, the detail that you may miss in the final pages of The Cull, and loads more. Find Kelly online at 1979semifinalist.com The Cull # 1 is on Sale August 16 from Image Comics Eisner-winning write...
Ep 310 - Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo - A Vicious Circle
July 19, 2023 08:13 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBMattson Tomlin (on a writer's strike-imposed hiatus from writing The Batman 2) and Lee Bermejo (en route to SDCC) join us for a SPOILER-FILLED chat about their BOOM! Studios comic A Vicious Circle. The pair explain how their creative partnership began, the development of the story, influences, "Just doing Frazetta", the writer's and actor's strikes (and the importance of supporting them), The Batman 2, Batman The Imposter, and probably some other things that I'm forgetting because its 4am. B...
Ep 309 - Travis Mercer - Batman: Fighting The Frozen
July 17, 2023 20:13 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBTravis Mercer joins us to talk about Batman: Fighting The Frozen; the comic he illustrated for the McFarlane Toys Page Punchers figure series, his upcoming projects, his comics origin story, and lots more.
Ep 308 - Sean Murphy Zorro Kickstarter Comic And Batman
July 10, 2023 16:56 - 1 hour - 105 MBSean Murphy returns to go in depth into "Zorro - Man Of The Dead", his upcoming Kickstarter original comic, and beware big SPOILERS as he also takes us through the plot of the next chapter of his Batman White Knight universe for DC Comics. Check out the Kickstarter campaign here: https://tinyurl.com/ZorroKickstarter and listen as Sean takes us through the plot (it's not what you'd think), the process of purchasing the rights to Zorro, his book deal with Massive Publishing, and some of the ba...
Ep 306 - The Flash Movie Review
June 22, 2023 05:58 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBBat 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.
Ep 307 - The Flash Movie Review
June 22, 2023 05:58 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBBat Force Radio Ep # 307 - 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.
NECA Batman 1989 Utility Belt Replica Special
June 15, 2023 14:58 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBWe 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!
Ep 306 - Generation Joker with Katana Collins & Clay McCormack
May 09, 2023 05:51 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBKatana 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,
Ep 305 - Nick Robles - Behold, Behemoth
April 26, 2023 05:17 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBNick 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 st...
Ep 304 - Fernando Blanco Brings w0rldtr33 Online
April 19, 2023 07:12 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBFernando 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.
Ep 303 - Blake Northcott
April 10, 2023 06:44 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBWe 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.
Ep 302 - Batman: Gothic
March 28, 2023 04:48 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBWe 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.
Ep 301 - DO YOU BLEED? (Lyric Video) Reaction w/ Shiv The Impaler of Skin Stripper
March 14, 2023 04:07 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBWe 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.
Ep 300 - Flash Trailer Chat
February 17, 2023 06:56 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBWe 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.
Ep 299: Tate Brombal Returns to The House Of Slaughter
January 18, 2023 06:21 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBAuthor 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
BatForceRadioEp298: Celebrating Those Lost in 2022
January 11, 2023 06:03 - 1 hour - 77.9 MBBack at the beginning of December, we gathered to celebrate the creations and contributions of some of the great creators we lost in 2022.
BatForceRadioEp297: The Department of Truth w/ Bledsoe Said So
November 03, 2022 16:15 - 2 hours - 127 MBBat 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 Dr...
BatForceRadioEp296: An Introduction to Grant Morrison
November 02, 2022 07:04 - 1 hour - 56 MBAs 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...
BatForceRadioEp295: Black Adam Early Review with Gotham Geek Girl
October 31, 2022 05:48 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBWe 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.
BatForceRadioEp294: 5th Annual Kelley Jones Halloween Spooktacular
October 24, 2022 05:08 - 1 hour - 85.2 MBOur 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.
BatForceRadioEp293: Lee Bermejo - Batman: Dear Detective
September 05, 2022 05:35 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBLee 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 import...
BatForceRadioEp292: Clay McCormack - White Knight Presents Red Hood
August 02, 2022 06:01 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBClay 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 secre...
BatForceRadioEp291: Ram V in: V For Venkatesan
July 18, 2022 05:28 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBThis 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.
BatForceRadioEp290: Chip Zdarsky Talks Batman 125 And Failsafe *SPOILERS*
July 05, 2022 12:40 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBNew 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.
BatForceRadioEp289: Comic Review - Batman: The Imposter
June 13, 2022 06:41 - 1 hour - 219 MBWe 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.
BatForceRadioEp288: In Memory Of Neal Adams
May 23, 2022 04:18 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBThis week we sit down to discuss the art and influence of Neal Adams from our own perspectives from interactions with him and collecting of his work, as well as being joined via voice messages by Jock, Lee Bermejo, Jason Fabok, Paul Pope, and Doug Mahnke, who offered their thoughts and perspectives as influential comic artists inspired and affected by the art and artist's rights efforts of Mr Adams that changed the industry.
BatForceRadioEp287: Clay McCormack
May 16, 2022 05:52 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBAuthor / Illustrator Clay McCormack joins us to talk about his origin story in comics, his WW1 / Viking epic Bloody Hel, writing the upcoming 2 issue Red Hood story as part of Batman Beyond The White Knight from Sean Murphy (with whom he also co-hosts the BatAss podcast covering Batman The Animated Series and Batman Beyond), as well as collecting, movies, video games, drawing knees, general nerdery, and lots more.
BatForceRadioEp286: Rewriting Extinction - Stories To Save The World
May 06, 2022 06:10 - 1 hour - 63 MBPaul Goodenough and Sarah Lord of Rewriting Extinction join us to discuss "The Most Important Comic Book On Earth - Stories To Save The World" a global collaboration for planetary change, bringing together a diverse team of 300 leading environmentalists, artists, authors, actors, filmmakers, musicians, and more to present over 120 stories to save the world. A team that includes names like Ricky Gervais, Jane Goodall, Cara Delevingne, Andy Serkis, Jock, Alan Moore, Cliff Chiang, Brian Azzarell...
BatForceRadioEp285: Clay Mann talks Batman Catwoman Conclusion
April 30, 2022 07:58 - 2 hours - 127 MBOne of our favourites, Clay Mann, returns to talk about the upcoming conclusion to his Batman Catwoman series and his thoughts on the story, as well as The Batman movie, stalking Robert Pattinson at an afterparty, Jim Lee, artist's block, promotion of current comic books, his future, an upcoming Phantasm collectible, and lots more.
BatForceRadioEp284 : Sean Murphy Spoiler Chat - Beyond The White Knight
March 29, 2022 11:51 - 1 hour - 100 MBAs Batman Beyond The White Knight #1 hits shelves, here is the SPOILER portion of our chat with creator Sean Murphy, that began with the spoiler-free portion in episode #282 (check that one out first, if you missed it). In this episode, we go deep into spoilers for not only issue 1 and the big cliffhanger final page, but also preview some of what is coming in issue #2 and beyond, as well as the 2 issue mini that spins out of this series. Do not listen before reading issue 1 if you don't want...
BatForceRadioEp283: 1989 Batman Movement Double Carl Newman
March 24, 2022 06:09 - 1 hour - 135 MBAlong with special guest ReevzFX, we're joined by "The Ballet Bat" Carl Newman to talk about his experience filming the 1989 Batman movie as a body and movement double for Michael Keaton, chosen to add grace and athleticism to the Batman, working with Tim Burton, Jack Nicholson, et al. You'll be shocked to find out how many of the iconic shots and scenes from the film are not actually Michael Keaton, but Carl himself under the cowl.
BatForceRadioEp282: Sean Murphy Goes Beyond The White Knight
March 18, 2022 06:24 - 1 hour - 60 MBSean Murphy returns in advance of the start of the next chapter of the White Knight Universe: Batman Beyond The White Knight. We take a mostly spoiler-free walk through what is coming in the new series, as Terry McGinnis arrives in the Murphy-verse and Bruce's new look in a new Gotham, as well as getting into Sean's thoughts on The Batman, what made him worry he would have to walk away from DC Comics, the success of his crowdfunded graphic novel Plot Holes and a reveal of what character he ha...
BatForceRadioEp281: The Batman: Re-Viewing and Reviewing
March 10, 2022 06:41 - 2 hours - 116 MBWe reconvene after second (or fourth) viewings of Matt Reeves' The Batman to go deeper into this new world and get some first thoughts from some of the guys who missed the previous episode. Join us for some new catches and new viewpoints. Yeah, we'll probably be back to this topic again, very soon.
BatForceRadioEp280: The Batman - Early Reactions And Reviews
March 05, 2022 03:21 - 2 hours - 124 MBAfter attending early screenings of The Batman, we gather to discuss our thoughts on everything from the story, performances, score, comics inspirations, theatre swag, to comparisons to previous Bat films. We stay spoiler free for the first 15 to 20 minutes. If you have yet to see The Batman, jump out before the spoilers and come back after you have.
BatForceRadioEp279: Gotham 1919 - 1939 with Russall Beattie
February 28, 2022 08:14 - 1 hour - 202 MBRussall Beattie joins us to talk about the writing and photographing of the Giant Panda King production Gotham 1919 - 1939, from finding his voice for The Bat mythos via character aesthetic and story, to real-world historical accuracy to create a Gotham City like you have never seen or read before.
BatForceRadioEp278: The Batman And Random Chat
February 04, 2022 07:38 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBWe chat about some of the current theories about The Batman, Year One influences on the story, new collectibles like the Jada Toys Batmobile, SnyderCut conspiracies, trolling, Grandpa Batman being the number one Battinson fan on earth, and some other fun stuff.
BatForceRadioEp277: The Batman Pizzacast
January 30, 2022 01:18 - 33 minutes - 31 MBWe have a quick chat about the well-intentioned Little Caesars / The Batman promotional pizza, the well-executed new promo poster for the movie, and hype levels as the release date nears.
BatForceRadioEp276: DCEU And Comics Chat
January 19, 2022 02:14 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBWe finally get around to talking about some of the recent news and rumors revolving around the DCEU shakeups with the tale of two Batmen (Keaton and Affleck) in the upcoming Flash movie. Oh, plus there's Pattinson. So three Batmen. Also the reveal of the Batgirl movie costume and it's Burnside comic roots, Henry Cavill's apparent exit from the Superman role, The Rock with Black Adam, etc. And we squeeze in a little comic talk with Department Of Truth from Image Comics (as usual) and Regarding...