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WORST. COMIC. PODCAST. EVER!

542 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings

This is the love child of Jerry, John, and Cullen. New episodes post every Friday! From middle school to middle age, this is a podcast 30 years in the making!

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Episodes

WCPE Classic – Interview with Jim Cavanaugh

May 13, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MB

Kansas City lost a superhero on Friday. We lost a great friend. As you probably know by now, our sponsor Jim Cavanaugh died in an altercation with a shoplifter on May 12, 2017. Jim was defending his store, defending his... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 151 – PCC and FCBD and GotG2, Oh My!

May 12, 2017 07:00 - 55 minutes - 39.3 MB

So… Has anyone done any fun stuff over the last two weeks? We have, and the guys from the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! are back to share stories from our crazy adventures! First up was tales of our weekend at... Read More ›

Marvel Saga Issue 5 – Terror in the Skies!

May 09, 2017 07:00 - 52 minutes - 73.7 MB

Welcome to Marvel Saga, a new monthly podcast from the creative minds behind Comic Reflections and the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! Comic Reflections, hosted by Nicholas Prom, looks at comics from the Silver and Bronze Ages. The Worst. Comic. Podcast.... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 150 – Live from Planet Comicon!

May 05, 2017 07:00 - 49 minutes - 35.1 MB

And there came a day, unlike any other, when Kansas City’s worst podcasters were united in a panel room at Bartle Hall. On that day, the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! stood as one – to spend time with friends, play... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 149 – Writing Comics 101 Panel from Little Apple Comic Expo

April 28, 2017 05:01 - 41 minutes - 29.6 MB

As this episode goes out on the interwebs, the guys are busily prepping for Planet Comicon. We were so busy this week that we didn’t have time to sit down and record a normal (you know what I mean) episode... Read More ›

WCPE Bonus Episode – A Discussion with Bill Sienkiewicz

April 25, 2017 09:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

Jerry and I had a blast at this week’s Spectrum Fantastic Art Live show and thanks to our new friends at the Illustration Academy, I got to meet an artistic legend. Bill Sienkiewicz  is an Eisner Winner, an Inkpot Award winner,... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 148 – Terrigen Vapes

April 21, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MB

It’s a roundtable of nerdy comic talk on this week’s episode of the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! Discussion points include: John recounts his visit with writer Gene Luen Yang at the event sponsored by the Johnson County Library. John and... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 147 – Spectrum Fantastic Art Live Preview

April 14, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MB

Con season is coming a week early to Kansas City, as the Spectrum Fantastic Art Live show returns to the area next weekend. From April 21-23, some of the greatest artists in the world will converge on Municipal Auditorium downtown... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 146 – O Marvel, Where Art Thou?

April 07, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB

There are weeks where the guys of the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! struggle to come up with topics for the week. Is this the week we run a repeat, or air a clip show of our finest (or worst) moments.... Read More ›

Marvel Saga Issue 4 – Of Gods and Mutants!

April 03, 2017 07:00 - 58 minutes - 82.6 MB

Welcome to Marvel Saga, a new monthly podcast from the creative minds behind Comic Reflections and the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! Comic Reflections, hosted by Nicholas Prom, looks at comics from the Silver and Bronze Ages. The Worst. Comic. Podcast.... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 145 – Planet Comicon Preview with Chris Jackson

March 31, 2017 07:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MB

As March comes to a close, the guys of the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! are looking ahead to the end of April. Specifically, April 28-30 as Kansas City will be host to the Planet Comicon 2017. To go over the... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 144 – Reunited

March 24, 2017 07:00 - 57 minutes - 40.9 MB

For the first time in four weeks, we have the complete roster of the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! in attendance. Cullen, John, and Jerry are reunited, and yes, it feels so good. We check in on Jerry’s knee replacement, and... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 143 – Kicking off Con Season at LACE

March 17, 2017 05:01 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB

Jerry and Cullen are out again so John decided to audition a couple of replacements! Just kidding everyone. As a teacher, I know all about the importance of subs and I found a couple of great friends to come over... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 142 – The Golden Guard Kickstarter

March 10, 2017 06:01 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

Would you like a comic book where the heroes possess J.S.A. motivations and 21st century morals? Would you like a book of amazing art and imaginative universe building? Are you into role playing games?  We’ve got a Kickstarter which delivers on... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 141 – A Discussion with Matt Kindt

March 03, 2017 06:01 - 1 hour - 47.7 MB

John gives Jerry (recovering nicely) and Cullen the week off as he sits down to talk with super star creator Matt Kindt. Matt has been a subject on the show a number of times and rightfully so. His book Mind... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 140 – Worst. Defender. Costume. EVER!

February 24, 2017 08:00 - 47 minutes - 33.5 MB

The guys are back together! (A good opening, but we can do better!) The guys are back together for the last time! (Much more intriguing, should keep listeners tuned in for the entire show.) The guys are back together for... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 139 – Wintertime Blues

February 17, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MB

What makes for a good comic book podcast? A little bit of this, a little bit of that, and a hope that it all comes together into a somewhat cohesive narrative. Let’s start with talk about a new comic book... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 138 – Cullen’s Digital Man-Thing

February 10, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MB

Sit back and enjoy the ride, friends. This is one of those fun shows where we catch up from the last week – what we have been reading and watching. We had some new shows start up recently – Riverdale,... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 137 – Image Comics 25th Anniversary

February 03, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MB

February 1, 2017, marks the 25th Anniversary of the founding of Image Comics. On that day in 1992, a group of young artists that had been dominating the comics for the last half-decade decided to found their own company that... Read More ›

Marvel Saga Issue 3 – A Gathering of Dooms!

February 01, 2017 15:15 - 1 hour - 98.5 MB

Welcome to Marvel Saga, a new monthly podcast from the creative minds behind Comic Reflections and the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! Comic Reflections, hosted by Nicholas Prom, looks at comics from the Silver and Bronze Ages. The Worst. Comic. Podcast.... Read More ›

All-New WCPE Episode 136 – Best of 2016 Results with Don Leibold of the Comic Book Panel

January 27, 2017 13:36 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

With apologies to R.E.M., it’s the end of the comic book year as we know it, and we feel fine. We have the FINAL results of our Best of 2016 Survey that we’ve been running the last few weeks. The... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 135 – Interview with Mark Russell

January 20, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MB

Coming to you from Kansas City, Portland, and even the town of Bedrock, the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proud to have writer Mark Russell from DC Comics’ The Flintstones. Given control of a very old licensed property (pun intended),... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 134 – Marvel Digital Codes and Recent Comic Reads

January 13, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MB

We’re hunkering down now that winter is finally here. Lots of snows days give us a good chance to catch up on some reading for the guys at the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!, whether that is with our traditional books or... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 133 – Savage #2, New Comics and Mike Perkins

January 06, 2017 16:00 - 56 minutes - 39.9 MB

Welcome to the new year! The WCPE guys are back in action with comic reviews, previews and lots of content on our social media sites. Now if we could just get the audio feeds to work right…. Anyway, we are... Read More ›

Marvel Saga Issue 2 — Transformation and Rebirth

January 01, 2017 16:00 - 1 hour - 98.8 MB

Welcome to Marvel Saga, a new monthly podcast from the creative minds behind Comic Reflections and the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! Comic Reflections, hosted by Nicholas Prom, looks at comics from the Silver and Bronze Ages. The Worst. Comic. Podcast.... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 132 – Best of 2016 Survey

December 30, 2016 16:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MB

“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” The final hours of 2016 are counting down. It’s been a crazy year for politics, world events, and sadly notable deaths. We thought maybe we... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 131 – Rogue One Movie Review

December 23, 2016 16:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MB

WCPE is one with the Force, and the Force is with WCPE! Welcome to our review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the prequel of sorts to the original Star Wars movie. Cullen, Jerry, and John all made it... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 130 – Holiday Shopping at the Kwik-E-Mart on Christmas Eve

December 16, 2016 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MB

Some weeks we head into the WCPE Studios with a solid game plan. We’re going to interview a guest, or we have new books or a new movie to review, and we know it will take up the majority of... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 129 – Off the Snart

December 09, 2016 16:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MB

Is there a better time of the year for comic book fans than right now? We would be hard pressed to come up with a better choice, given everything going on right now. First up, CW gave us the four-part... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 128 – Interview with B. Clay Moore

December 02, 2016 16:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MB

One of the great thrills for the guys of the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is to pick up a brand new book and just be blown away by an incredible story, art, and color. That was the case for us... Read More ›

Marvel Saga Issue 1 — The Saga Begins!

December 01, 2016 18:30 - 59 minutes - 84.2 MB

Welcome to Marvel Saga, a new monthly podcast from the creative minds behind Comic Reflections and the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! Comic Reflections, hosted by Nicholas Prom, looks at comics from the Silver and Bronze Ages. The Worst. Comic. Podcast.... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 127 – James Taylor, Thanksgiving Turkeys and Reviews

November 25, 2016 16:09 - 1 hour - 54.3 MB

Tired of listening to Alice’s Restaurant? Ready to beat someone silly with their Elf on the Shelf if you have to listen to more Christmas music today? Then sit back and enjoy the baritone goodness that is the Worst. Comic.... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 126 – Interview with Vivek Tiwary

November 18, 2016 16:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MB

Ladies and gentlemen, The Fifth Beatle! The guys at the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! have been big fans of the Beatles for as long as we can remember, so it was a thrill for us to get our hands on... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 125 – Doctor Strange and Megan Levens Live from Barley’s Brewhaus

November 11, 2016 16:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MB

It’s been a crazy seven days since we all last gathered together for the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! Crazy enough to need a drink or two. So we decided to shake things up and do a live recording with friends.... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 124 – Interview with Rick Stasi

November 04, 2016 15:00 - 1 hour - 48 MB

It is a great thrill for the guys of the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! to sit down with Kansas City comic book creator Rick Stasi. From the earliest conventions we ever attended, going back to the Mo-Kan shows at the... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 123 – Politics in Comics

October 28, 2016 15:00 - 1 hour - 52.4 MB

On this week’s episode of the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!, the guys get political as we enter the final fortnight of the U.S. Presidential election. But we get enough coverage of the two candidates elsewhere. Instead on this show, we... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 122 – Fall Harvest of Comics

October 21, 2016 15:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MB

It’s a great time of year for the guys of the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! In the Kansas City area, the weather is changing by the hour, giving us the opportunity to use both the air conditioning and the furnace... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 121 – Fun and Games

October 14, 2016 15:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

Question time: Who’s got six thumbs and way too much time on their hands? Answer: WE DO! Over at the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER!, it’s been a great week for all of us. We had the return of Supergirl, with... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 120 – I Hope It’s Not Hitler!

October 07, 2016 15:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MB

It’s an incredible week to be a fan of comic books! In the last seven days, we have seen the return of The Flash and Arrow and the debut of Luke Cage, New Comic Book Day this week could have easily... Read More ›

Marvel Saga Episode 0 – Origins of a Podcast

October 03, 2016 15:00 - 28 minutes - 39.9 MB

Welcome to the introductory episode of Marvel Saga, a new monthly podcast from the creative minds behind Comic Reflections and the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! Released during Marvel’s Silver Anniversary, Marvel Saga was a monthly book which streamlined 25 years... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 119 – Free State Comicon and Comic Talk

September 30, 2016 15:00 - 57 minutes - 40.9 MB

The guys are back in the studios for another week of talking nerdy! Ohhhh yeahhhhh…. On this week’s episode: We discuss another round of Rebirth books from DC Comics, and Cullen reviews Bandette and The New Deal. We look ahead... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 118 – Panel Exploration Interviews Part II

September 26, 2016 15:00 - 57 minutes - 40.7 MB

We’re back! On a Monday!! See, every now and then, the podcast deities smile down on us and give us a plethora of audio recordings. Such was the case last weekend with the hours of recordings we did at OmahaBound. Other... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 117 – Panel Exploration Interviews Part I

September 23, 2016 15:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MB

What a weekend! We have returned from Omaha and the first event hosted by OmahaBound. We’re still riding a high of getting to hang out with some incredibly cool and fun people for three days. It truly was a learning... Read More ›

ALL-NEW! WCPE Episode 116 – Rose City Comic Con Recap

September 16, 2016 16:15 - 1 hour - 52.2 MB

With apologies to the Muppets, the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! has been movin’ right along in search of good times and good news. With good friends, you can’t lose! 
This could become a habit! Cullen and Jerry attended Rose City... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 115 – Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel!

September 09, 2016 15:00 - 1 hour - 54 MB

Here we go, people! It’s time for the second annual WCPE Comic Book TV Fall Programing Preview. Our DVRs are programmed and ready to record many shows on network television that got their starts in the funny books we all... Read More ›

Legal Issues for Comic Creators Panel – Kansas City Comic Con 2016

September 06, 2016 17:00 - 55 minutes - 39.2 MB

As we bring our Kansas City Comic Con panel coverage to a conclusion, we offer up the first panel we hosted at the event. Early on Friday afternoon, Jerry sat down with local attorney (and friend of the podcast) Bill... Read More ›

WCPE Episode 114 – Goodbye August, Hello September!

September 02, 2016 15:00 - 57 minutes - 41 MB

We are back in the studio this week! After surviving Kansas City Comic Con and MidAmeriCon II, Cullen, John and Jerry sit down to catch up on the events of the last few weeks. We talk about the shows and... Read More ›

Bitch Planet Interviews – Kansas City Comic Con 2016

September 01, 2016 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MB

   At the 2016 Kansas City Comic Con, John took time out between panels to speak to two of the artists from the Image Comics hit series, Bitch Planet. Valentine De Landro is the primary artist on the Bitch Planet... Read More ›

Cosplay With a Cause Panel – Kansas City Comic Con 2016

August 31, 2016 17:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MB

        At the 2016 Kansas City Comic Con, Jerry had the opportunity to host the Cosplay With a Cause panel, which featured Elite Supergirl, Ron Panda Coleman, Doodlespork Cosplay, and Walkin’ & Rollin’. Anyone can wear a... Read More ›

Michael Golden and Mike Grell Panel – Kansas City Comic Con 2016

August 30, 2016 17:00 - 55 minutes - 39.5 MB

   At the 2016 Kansas City Comic Con, Jerry had the opportunity to host a panel with comic creators Michael Golden and Mike Grell. Michael Golden is a legendary artist long associated with Marvel Comics. His work includes Micronauts, Doctor Strange, The ‘Nam,... Read More ›

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