BatChat With Matt & Will: The Love of a Faceless Man It amazes me sometimes that, 242 episodes into this whole thing. how many stories we still haven't read. When Jason Todd tier backer Kyle Still came to me with his options for this week's episode, and one of them included the Batman and Robin…

Writer David Pepose returns to talk about the third and final chapter of his Kickstarter series The O.Z., plus, Space Ghost, Speed Racer and more.

Binx is singing in a metal band

Camden Comic Con 2019. From left are @mattlaz1013.bsky.social, Gerry Conway, Walt Simonson, Lethal Larry Hama, Louise Simonson and @danielpgrote.bsky.social. Click here for the audio: comicsxf.com/2026/04/29/w...

BatChat With Matt & Will: Return to Will’s Bookshelf OK, so normally I would have something pithy to say about suffering through Will just picking random stuff of dubious quality that isn't available on-line and Batman '66 trades, which I just did. But what I really want to focus on are the…

Batman talks to Alan Scott about Vandal Savage. Savage talks to Mayor Ivy about stopping Batman. And Jack Dean shares insights with Huston Gray in Batman #8.

BatChat With Matt & Will: Date Night (w/ Josh Weil) Love is in the air. It's nearly Valentine's Day, and for the past couple of his appearances, Patreon backer and friend of the show Josh Weil has mentioned that he's been considering selecting one of the few truly whimsical and just plane fun…

Team BatChat also covered the end of Batman and Robin comicsxf.com/2026/02/13/b... Remember: None of this is possible without your support of ComicsXF on Patreon. Get shoutouts, bonus content, the CXF Zine and more when you back. Thank you!

Cartoonist Roger Langridge (Fred the Clown, Thor: The Mighty Avenger) joins the show to talk about his new Dynamite Comics series, The Muppets Noir.

BatChat With Matt & Will: Batmanga! Superheroes were an American invention, at least the modern conception of them. But they have spread across the world and taken on many forms. We've done an episode about Batman stories across the world before, but this weeks we're focusing specifically on…

The threads that have slowly been appearing start to tighten in Batman #6. Dr. Zeller’s secret is revealed. And a member of the Bat family says goodbye.

BatChat With Matt & Will: One Hell(boy) of an Episode (w/ Matt McThorn) This week, BatChat is once more joined by Patreon backer and friend of the show Matt McThorn. This time, Matt wanted to talk about times Batman and his allies and enemies crossed over with properties from Dark Horse Comics. So…

Writer Fred Kennedy joins The ComicsXF Interview Podcast to talk about his new Mad Cave Studios series, The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre.

Joe Pruett joins the show to talk about the return of his comics anthology Negative Burn, currently crowdfunding on Zoop.

The Ark M facility’s history is revealed in a dark tale of the history of the Arkhams and their connection to Jack Grimm.

BatChat With Matt & Will: The Angel, The Ivy, The Demon Star This week, BatChat is returning to the three runs we've been following in order. Well, sorta. Yes, we're reading the next arc of No Man's Land and the penultimate arc of Grant Morrison's epic run. But Injustice has been showing signs of…

BatChat With Matt & Will: ‘Cause I’m a Creep The Creeper is a weird character. He's a guy with yellow skin, a green and black banana hammock, and a red fur boa. That's a heck of a look. He's also a good guy that most think is a bad guy. And sometimes he hangs out in Gotham City. That's a lot on a…

Bruce Wayne’s date night with Anna Zeller is interrupted by assassins trying to kill the good doctor. Can Bruce get them out of this without revealing his other identity?

BatChat With Matt & Will: A Scumbag Bruce Wayne It's the start of a new year again, and so, as we do every year, it's time to look at some new visions of Batman in a handful of Elseworlds. We've got a pulpy adventure of Batman and Superman, the Bat-pirate Leatherwing sailing the seven seas and an…

I will never say anyone is wrong for liking something. Except fireworks. They are loud and pointless. And they scare my cats. Fireworks are unequivocally the worst.

Tony Thornley, Dr. Anna Peppard and John Bush join Dan and Matt to talk about the best comics of 2025, along with picks for best writer, best artist, best publisher and hopes for 2026.

BatChat With Matt & Will: Batman and the Origins of Christmas Happy holidays to all! As is our tradition, and as we aren't going to run out any time soon, the week of Christmas we read three stories of the holidays in Gotham. One is a little holiday kinda-noir from Bat legends Denny O'Neil and…

I am sitting on my couch, watching my favorite Hallmark movie. In it, a firefighter finds a cat and falls in love with a vet student who also loves cats. I watched it every year with my cat, Bess. This year, I'm watching it for the first time since she passed with Binx on my lap and Iris at my feet.

I respect people who have them, but visiting family for the holidays reminds me why Amber and I chose to be child free cat people and not child-having dog people.

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.

Storm, Emma Frost, Wolverine, Frenzy, Kate Pryde, Armor, Polaris

Nick Cagnetti joins the show to talk about his upcoming Oni Press comic Spirit of the Shadows.

BatChat With Matt & Will: Into the Batcave You walk down a set of stairs hidden behind a clock. You enter a large cavern. And there you see all manner of things. A large computer. A car like no other. Cases displaying costumes. And trophies. You have entered the Batcave, and this week we're…

A wounded Bat-Man investigates the forces of crime in Gotham, trying to get closer to the villains who are wreaking havoc on the city.

What do you think of Absolute Joker?

BatChat With Matt & Will: When a Robin’s Not a Robin (w/ Sam Hopper) You can start out as a Robin, but eventually you have to grow up, right? Well, maybe not Tim Drake, who's Robin again, but there was a period where he wasn't. And Dick Grayson and Jason Todd have left the Robin identity behind…

I have the best kitty friends. Both to each other and to me.

Enter the Minotaur in Batman #4 comicsxf.com/2025/12/05/e... Review by @mattlaz1013.bsky.social & Will Nevin

BatChat With Matt & Will: The Three Faces of Batgirl (w/ John Wickham) Barbara Gordon was introduced to add some flair to the final season of Batman, to try to buoy the sagging ratings on the show. And while she didn't save that series, she has become the iconic Batgirl of the comics, a character…

Happy Thanksgiving from BatChat!

The Gotham of the 1940s and its new hero, The Bat-Man, are facing new threats. A killer is leaving a trail of mutilated bodies, and a scared city, behind him. And another new foe is there, one who revels in fear.

Animator and illustrator David Derrick Jr. joins the show to talk about his webcomic Ghost of the Gulag.

"And now, the end is near, and so we face the final curtain: Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman … my goodness. They did it their way for 12 incredible issues."

BatChat With Matt & Will: Beyond Batman While in comics circles the most well known alternate future for Batman is The Dark Knight Returns, in the public consciousness, that title has to be held by Batman Beyond. Three seasons of young Terry McGinnis and crotchety old Bruce Wayne in the DCAU, plus…

Batman #3 has a lot going on. @mattlaz1013.bsky.social and Will Nevin dive right in: comicsxf.com/2025/11/07/b...

@mattmcthorn.bsky.social returns to the BatChat podcast with 3 more stories about Thomas Blake, Catman: comicsxf.com/2025/11/06/b...

NEW TCXFIP: @comicuno.bsky.social & @philfalcowrites.bsky.social join the show to talk about all the goings-on at Lifeline Comics: comicsxf.com/2025/11/04/t...

It's an all-werewolf Halloween episode of the BatChat podcast! comicsxf.com/2025/10/30/b...

"Daniel Warren Johnson absolutely got it in one." - Team BatChat reviews the Absolute Batman Annual: comicsxf.com/2025/10/31/a...

Two cats. Two laps. No waiting.

Best friends after only a week!

This week on the BatChat podcast, Matt & Will discuss Batman & Robin Eternal (and two other, much shorter stories): comicsxf.com/2025/10/23/b...

Team BatChat covers the penultimate issue of Batman: Dark Patterns, as the overarching pattern comes into fuller view, and Alfred has to raise his voice: comicsxf.com/2025/10/24/b...