It’s that time folks. Time for another astonishing edition of Comic Book Ketchup. A heaping pile of books are reviewed for your listening pleasure. Wes fills in an absent Sean B. and Jonas. Sean L. wishes a Breaking Bad comic existed. Bryton looks for love in all the wrong places and the art of comic book lettering is discovered in this spine tingling episode.

Books reviewed include:

The Activity #7 (Image Comics)

Written by Nate Edmonson; Art by Mitch Gerads

Daredevil #17 (Marvel Comics)

Written by Mark Waid; Art by Michael Allred

Comic Book Lettering the “Comicraft” Way! (Image Comics)

Written and designed by Richard Starkings

Dancer #4 (Image Comics)

Written by Nate Edmonson; Art by Nic Klein

Before Watchmen: Rorschach #1 (DC Comics)

Written by Brian Azzarelo; Art by Lee Bermejo

Reed Gunther Vol. 2: Monsters and Mustaches TPB (Image Comics)

Written by Shane Houghton; Art by Chris Houghton

Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life HC (Oni Press)

Written and drawn by Bryan Lee O’Malley

Fairest #6 (Vertigo)

Written by Bill Willingham; Art by Phil Jimenez, Andy Lanning and Andrew J. Pepoy

Saga #6 (Image Comics)

Written by Brian K. Vaughn; Art by Fiona Staples

Debris #1 (Image Comics)

Written by Kurts Wiebe; Art by Riley Rossmo

Fight for Comics Trivia Give-Away:

Cinderella: Fables are Forever #1 signed by writer Chris Roberson and cover artist Chrissie Zullo, Reed Gunther #7 signed by writer Shane Houghton and artist Chris Houghton, and Mouse Guard and Other Stories: A Free Comic Book Day Hardcover Anthology signed by David Peterson, Ted Naifeh, Jim McCann, Janet Lee, Royden Lepp, and Jeremy Bastian.

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Episode #156 – Comic Book Ketchup

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The warriors recap on some of their favorites from the last year and compare lists. In part two of this series, we discuss the following:

Wildcard – 01:50
- Sword #24 (Best Ending)
- Black Widow (Most Disappointed Cancellation)
- Avengers: Children’s Crusade (Best Surprise)
- Superman/Batman (Most Surprising)

Wost Single Issue - 07:05
- Skullkickers #2
- Superman #705
- Bruce Wayne, The Road Home: Red Robin #1
- Green Arrow #32

Biggest Disappointment – 13:38
- Atlas canceled
- The Mighty Thor canceled
- End of Blackest Night
- Shadowland

Dropped! – 20:29
- Daredevil
- Secret Avengers
- Green Arrow
- Uncanny X-Men

Best Comeback – 25:08
- Ultimate Spider-Man #150
- Justice League: Generation Lost
- Fantastic Four
- The Rhino (in Amazing Spider-Man #617 & 625)

Best Indie Comic – 30:40
- Bulletproof Coffin by David Hine and Shakey Kane
- The Sixth Gun by Cullen Brunn and Brian Hurt
- Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory
- Bullet to the Head by Matz and Collin Wilson

Best Mini-Series – 36:05
- Joe the Barbarian by Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy
- Daytripper by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba
- Thor: The Warriors Four by Alex Zalben and Gurihiru
- Hellblazer: City of Demons by Si Spencer and Sean Murphy

Best Adaptation – 42:38
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie

Best Storyline – 44:26
- Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
- Batman, The Return of Bruce Wayne by Grant Morrison, Chris Sprouse, Frazer Irving, Lee Garbett, Georges Jeanty, Ryan Sook and Yannick Paquette
- Batman and Robin Must Die by Grant Morrison and Frazer Irving (Batman & Robin #13-16)
- Spider-Man: Gauntlet by many, many people (Amazing Spider-Man #612-633 & Web of Spider-Man #2-6)

Best Short Story – 50:19
- “Mesmo Delivery” by Rafael Grampá (Strange Tales II #1)
- “Private Parker Sees Thunder Lizards” by Jan Strnad and Gabriel Hardman (Weird War Tales #1)
- “A Brief Rendezvous” by Valerie D’Orazio and Nikki Cook (Girl Comics #1)
- “Sea Bear” by Ryan Ottley  (Sea Bear and Grizzly Shark #1)
- “Things That Never Change” by Majoire Lui and Sara Pichelli (Girls Comics #3)
- “The Walk” by Joe Kelly and Javier Pulido (Amazing Spider-Man #617)

Best Graphic Novel – 55:13
- Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O’Malley
- Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel

Best Single Issue – 57:46
- Amazing Spider-Man #617 by Joe Kelly, Max Fiumara and Javier Pulido
- Sweet Tooth #10 by Jeff Lemire
- Brave and the Bold #33 by JMS and Cliff Chiang
- Invincible #75 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley

Best Series – 01:04:39
- The Sixth Gun by Cullen Brunn and Brian Hurt
- Hellblazer by Peter Milligan, Simon Bisley, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Landini
- Batman & Robin by Grant Morrison, Cameron Stewart, Andy Clarke and Frazer Irving
- Scalped by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera

Most looking forward to in 2010 - 01:10:48

Trivia Contest: The Siege #1-4 signed by Brian Michael Benids, Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales, & Laura Martin, a Siege poster and a Siege Read-A-Long Radio Dramatization CD performed by the Wednesday Warriors and friends.

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The Warriors give their review of the Scott Pilgrim movie and profess their love for Edgar Wright.

Books Reviewed:

X-Women one-shot (Marvel Comics)
Written by Chris Claremont; Art by Milo Manara

Justice League: Generation Lost #6 (DC Comics)
Written by Judd Winick; Art by Fernando Dagnino, Keith Ian Giffen

Avengers Academy #2 (Marvel Comics)
Written by Chris Gage; Art by Mike McKone

Avengers Prime #2 (Marvel Comics)
Written by Brian Michael Bendis; Art by Alan Davis, Mark Farmer

Punisher MAX #9 (MAX)
Written by Jason Aaron; Art by Steve Dillon

S.H.I.E.L.D. #3 (Marvel Comics)
Written by Jonathan Hickman; Art by Dustin Weaver

Trivia Contest: Haunt #1 Signed by Robert Kirkman & Ryan Ottley

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Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6 is finally out and the Warriors discuss if O’Malley ends the series on a high note or if it goes the way of the Matrix trilogy.

Books Reviewed:

Brightest Day #6 (DC Comics)
Written by Geoff Johns, Peter J Tomasi; Art by Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, Scott Clark, Joe Prado

Mystery Society #2 (IDW)
Written by Chris Roberson; Art by Michael Allred

Amazing Spider-Man #638 (Marvel Comics)
Written by Joe Quesada, Stan Lee; Art by Joe Quesada, Paolo Rivera, Danny Miki, Marcos Martin

Demo Vol. 1 TPB (Vertigo)
Written by Brian Wood; Art by Becky Cloonan

Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6: Finest Hour (Oni Press)
Written and drawn by Bryan Lee O’Malley

Trivia Contest: House of Mystery #1 signed by Matthew Sturges and Bill Willingham

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Since Mr. Black was out of commission for a few weeks and so many great titles are coming out, we felt we had to try to catch up and talk about some of our favorites that haven’t made it into the podcast lately, (and quite a few that have that we discuss in more detail).

Books Reviewed:

The Walking Dead (Image Comics)
Written by Robert Kirkman; Art by Charlie Adlard

Abe Sapien: The Haunted Boy (Dark Horse Comics)
Written by John Arcudi, Mike Mignola; Art by Patric Reynolds

Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1: Precious Little Life (Oni Press)
Written and drawn by Bryan Lee O’Malley

B.P.R.D.: 1947 #1 (Dark Horse Comics)
Written by Joshua Dysart, Mike Mignola; Art by Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon

Air Vol. 2: Flying Machine TPB (Vertigo)
Written by G. Willow Wilson, Art by M.K. Perker

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After having watched Green Lantern: First Flight with a dude posse, the podcast gets into the discussion about Green Lantern. Everything from Rebirth to Blackest Night is covered as we look at the gamut of the Geoff John’s carefully crafted Green Lantern universe.

Books Reviewed:

The Nobody (Vertigo)

Written and drawn by Jeff Lemire

Uncanny X-Men #512 (Marvel Comics)

Written by Matt Fraction; Art by Yanick Paquette, Karl Story

Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1 (Oni Press)

Written and drawn by Brian Lee O’Malley

Powers Definitive Edition Vol. 1 (Icon)

Written by Brian Michael Bendis; Art by Michael Avon Oeming

Cursed Pirate Girl #2 (Olympian Publishing)

Written and drawn by Jeremy Bastian

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