Best Matt Lazorwitz Podcasts (2025)

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Our Son Pete Episode 29: The One with the Naked Gun (Excalibur #114 with Matt Lazorwitz) 1:07:32

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Dan's CXF Interview Podcast co-host Matt Lazorwitz returns to talk about Excalibur #114, in which Pete reveals his past with Sari St. Hubbins. But really this episode is about the 1988 movie The Naked Gun.By Dan Grote

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Episode 198: Titanic Team-Ups (w/Matt McThorn) 1:18:46

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The Teen Titans have always been linked to the Bat Family. There are very few iterations of the Titans that don't include a former or current Robin in their ranks. So most Titans stories fit within the remit of this podcast. Patreon backer and friend of the show Matt McThorn specifically wanted to talk about a couple late 90s/early 00s stories feat…

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Episode197: The Batman of Many Nations 1:00:04

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Batman is not just popular here in the USA. As our listeners know, as you are from many countries, people outside America love Batman too. And sometimes we get stories reprinted here in the States that feature Batman that were created in other countries. We're reading three of those today, one from France, one from Italy and one from Japan.Batman: …

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 361: Jordan Blum talks the evolution of Minor Threats 1:03:21

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Writer Jordan Blum joins the show to talk about the World of Minor Threats at Dark Horse, including the upcoming Archie vs. Minor Threats and Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive.By Dan Grote

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Episode 196: Wak, Wak Said the Villain 1:21:50

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Somehow, as we near 200 episodes, we still stumble across holes in our coverage. He's appeared in a lot of stories we've covered, but we have never done an episode purely focused on Penguin stories. So this week, we remedy that. We're reading Penguin's first appearance, the story that changed him from supervillain to mobster and the start of his re…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 360: Si Spurrier talks The Voice Said Kill and The Flash 1:07:21

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Writer Si Spurrier joins the show to talk about his new Image series The Voice Said Kill, winding down his run on The Flash at DC, and more.By Dan Grote

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Episode 195: Elements, Guys, and Chessboards. Oh, My! 1:02:56

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Superman was pretty great, huh? We wanted to keep the good times rolling this week with an episode featuring characters other than the big guy who appeared in the movie. I really wanted to do a Batman/Mr. Terrific team up, but outside team settings, there aren't really any, so we instead went with a classic Bob Haney Metamorpho story, a Batman/Guy …

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 359: Cullen Bunn talks The Sixth Gun, Arcana Royale & more 54:47

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Writer Cullen Bunn joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press series The Sixth Gun: Battle for the Six, his Dark Horse series Arcana Royle, his new book and podcast for Ignition Press and much, much more.By Dan Grote

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Episode 194: The Requisite Superman Tie-in 1:15:29

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The birth of the new DC Cinematic Universe... DC Extended Universe... DC... ah whatever the hell they're calling it, kicks off on the big screens this week with the debut of James Gunn's Superman film, so we're obviously tying in because SEO is a powerful thing. We have three more stories of the World's Finest heroes with a delightful Bronze Age od…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 358: David Marquez talks The Unchosen & Uncanny X-Men 1:05:23

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Writer/artist David Marquez joins the show to talk about his new Image Comics series The Unchosen, drawing the Uncanny X-Men in and out of their clothes, and much more.By Dan Grote

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Episode 193: Joker Behind Bars 1:13:09

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The revolving doors of any prison or mental health facility in Gotham City are running jokes, and rightly so; they can't keep a D-lister like Ratcatcher locked up, let alone someone like the Joker. But they do keep winding up back in custody, so there has to be story potential there, right? This week's episode looks at three times Joker wound up lo…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 357: Jordan Clark talks AHOY Comics' Ancestral Recall 1:16:27

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Writer Jordan Clark joins the show to talk about his upcoming AHOY Comics series, Ancestral Recall.By Dan Grote

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Episode 192: Seven Assassins and a Predator 1:02:27

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Doug Moench wrote Batman stories for about a decade over the course of his runs on the character. And while his Bat work is probably best associated with his collaboration with Kelley Jones, generally his best known collaborator is penciller Paul Gulacy, with whom he defined Shang-Chi over at Marvel. That isn't to say he didn't work wit Gulacy on B…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 356: Conor McCreery talks The Last Witch: Blood & Betrayal 1:13:54

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Writer Conor McCreery joins the show to talk about his new BOOM Studios miniseries The Last Witch: Blood & Betrayal, and his upcoming graphic novel about Nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti.By Dan Grote

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Episode 191: A Pride Tribute to Kevin Conroy 1:09:38

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The evolution of representation of queer characters in mainstream superhero comics is something that entire books can, and should, be written about. So I'm not going to wax rhapsodic about all the changes here, but it's June and thus Pride Month, and so we're back with queer Bat characters. First we wrap up Greg Rucka's run on Batwoman, next we see…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 355: Ben H. Winters talk Oni Press' Benjamin 1:06:09

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Writer Ben H. Winters, creator of the popular CBS series Tracker, joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press comic Benjamin.By Dan Grote

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Episode 190: Three Podcasters, Three Jokers (w/ John Wickham) 1:39:16

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We're getting near 200 episodes of this show, and many of those episodes have been experiences where we discover fun, fascinating comics. And then there is this week. Patreon backer and friend (?) of the show John Wickham made his pick for his return, and he decided to pick three stories related to the Joker and Joker related characters that could …

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The ComicsXF Interview Podcast Episode 354: Zoe Tunnell talks Marvel United: A Pride Special 56:18

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Writer Zoe Tunnell joins the show to talk about her Black Cat-and-Sera story in Marvel United: A Pride Special, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind, Blade Maidens and more.By Dan Grote

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Episode 189: Three Batmans, One Mystery 1:15:21

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We're back to our three runs we're following in order. In No Man's Land, we meet a new character who will be an important part of the Bat Family moving forward. In the Morrison run, we get some side stories in the run up to The Return of Bruce Wayne. And in Injustice, Renee Montoya hits Superman with the Washington Monument.Mark of Cain (Batman V.1…

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Our Son Pete Episode 39: Ian Edginton talks X-Force 1:01:58

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On a very special episode of our monthly Patreon bonus podcast, writer Ian Edginton joins the show to talk about his run on the Counter X era of X-Force, his memories of Pete Wisdom and writing a Marvel comic in the midst of a major editorial transition. Look for Ian and D'Israeli's new "Scarlet Traces" story in current issues of 2000 AD.…

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Episode 188: Batman Vs. Charles E Cheese (w/ Josh Weil) 1:21:34

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Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight was a title like no other at the time, with its rotating creative teams of big name creators. As the series progressed, some of the creative teams featured less well known creators, but the series always tried to do something different, even if some themes came up over and over. Patreon backer and friend of the sh…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 353: Zack Kaplan talks Kill All Immortals, Dark Empty Void 1:02:40

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Writer Zack Kaplan joins the show to talk about his Dark Horse series Kill All Immortals, his Mad Cave series Dark Empty Void and more.By Dan Grote

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Episode 187: Everyday? Or Every Day? (w/ Matt McThorn) 1:12:12

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Y'know, sometimes you get an episode request, and you wind up with stories better than you could have expected. Patreon backer and friend of the show Matt McThorn specifically wanted to talk about the Batman annual with the origin of Clownhunter and art by James Stokoe. So we decided, what better theme than more annuals. And not to spoil too much, …

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 352: Al Letson talks Mr. Terrific: Year One 1:13:06

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 352: Al Letson talks Mr. Terrific: Year One by Dan GroteBy Dan Grote

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Episode 186: When Batman '66 Met the Comics 1:11:30

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Patreon backer Sam Hopper wanted to give us a nice, fun week, and we appreciate that. He requested three stories that inspired episodes of Batman '66. There are surprisingly few episodes of that show that were adaptations, but definitely enough or an episode. But these are really short stories, so we wanted to add a little something. So on top of r…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 351: Tiffany Babb and Deanna Destito talk comics journalism 1:29:07

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Tiffany Babb joins the show to talk about the second edition of The Comics Courier, a newspaper-format comics criticism journal. Then, Dan and Matt chat with Comics Beat Managing Editor Deanna Destito at Super Jersey Comic Expo.By Dan Grote

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Episode 185: Spoiler's Costume Corner (w/ Abigale Heartbalm) 1:28:00

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We're back with two of our favorite ladies this week: Patreon backer (and Will's wife) Abigale Heartbalm and Stephanie Brown. Abigale wanted to read three stories featuring Stephanie, and we wanted to go with something similar as the first time we did a Stephanie episode where we touch on different eras of the character, but we kinda wanted to avoi…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 350 Super Jersey Comic Expo Special 1:04:52

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Matt and Dan celebrate the big 3-5-0 with a series of con-floor interviews at Super Jersey Comic Expo with Jamal Igle, Pat Shand, Rafer Roberts, Ron Marz and Cory Smith.By Dan Grote

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Episode 184: Batman Goes Ape 1:07:17

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People love Batman. People love Apes. So when you combine them, you're bound yo get some fun comics, right? Well, sometimes. Patreon backer Dan Grote asked us to read some Batman and apes stories, and we read a delightful Golden/Silver Age story, a 90s story that had it's fun moments and a story that is proof that the New 52 could suck the joy out …

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 349: Greg Weisman talks Dynamite's Gargoyles: Demona 1:21:02

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Writer and animation producer Greg Weisman joins the show to talk about his new Dynamite series Gargoyles: Demona, Marvel's Spectacular Spider-Men and more.By Dan Grote

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Episode 183: The Tales of the Tales of Batman 1:02:05

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This whole episode came about when Matt was looking for something else entirely, and he stumbled across an issue of Batman: Gotham Adventures, the animated series tie-in, written by Ed Brubaker. As he didn't remember that at all, he decided he had to read it, and since he has minimal time to read for pleasure, the best solution was to work it into …

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 348: Brian DeCubellis talks Image Comics' Dark Honor 1:01:17

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Writer/director Brian DeCubellis joins the show to talk about his new Image Comics/Syzygy Publishing series Dark Honor.By Dan Grote

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Episode 182: Batman and the Last Crusade 1:11:49

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We're back to the bookshelf Will keeps of random Batman trades he has picked up over the years (a shelf that for Matt is something he just calls his house). We start off as ever with a volume of Batman '66, follow that up with Batman meets The Da Vinci Code meets Last Crusade and wrap up with a mini-series that led into Final Crisis that is actuall…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 347: Dave Hill talks Oni Press' Dark Regards 1:07:37

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Comedian, musician, writer and podcaster Dave Hill joins the show to talk about his new Oni Press series Dark Regards.By Dan Grote

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Episode 181: Because No One Demanded It- Deathstroke 1:22:52

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There are very few characters in comics that I, Matt, truly dislike. One of them is, sadly, a character with significant ties to the Bat family: Deathstroke the Terminator. A villain turned anti-hero who I don't feel like ever should have been, I decided it was time to bit the bullet and cover three stories featuring Deathstroke. We have his first …

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 346: Paul Brown talks Super Jersey Comic Expo 1:01:46

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Paul Brown joins the show to talk about Super Jersey Comic Expo, coming April 26 and 27 to The Dome at Adventure Crossing in Jackson, NJ.By Dan Grote

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Episode 180: The Forgotten Sidekicks of the 2010s 1:21:53

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The Bat family has grown considerably over the years. What started out as Batman and Robin now contains what seems to be a dozen or more characters. And recent years have seen many attempts to add characters who would be big hits and draw massive popularity. And while this has created some good characters, none of the characters created in period o…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 345: Aubrey Sitterson & Jed Dougherty talk Free Planet 1:23:50

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Aubrey Sitterson and Jed Dougherty join the show to talk about their upcoming Image Comics series Free Planet.By Dan Grote

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Episode 179: A Tragic Lack of Women Writers 1:06:07

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Mainstream superhero comics have been a boys' club since their invention, and while things have gotten better in recent years, it is telling how few Batman comics have women writers, outside the works of Devin Grayson and Mariko Tamaki. For the last week of March, of Women's History Month, we're reading three stories by other women who have written…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 344: Tyler Boss talks You'll Do Bad Things 1:01:22

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Tyler Boss joins the show to talk about his new Image Comics series, You'll Do Bad Things.By Dan Grote

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Episode 178: Villain War! (w/ John Wickham) 1:16:40

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Gotham villains seem to spend so much time fighting each other, it's a wonder they have any time to fight Batman. Friend of the show and Patreon backer John Wickham returns for three instances of villain on villain violence, with Blackgate Vs. Arkham during the Forever Evil crossover, Hush Vs. Talia in the run up to Infinite Crisis and The War of J…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 343: Josh Weil talks comics and running for Congress 1:13:40

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Recurring BatChat with Matt & Will guest Josh Weil joins the CXF Interview Pod to talk about the intersection of politics and comics, as well as running for the House of Representatives in Florida's 6th District.By Dan Grote

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Episode 177: Stay Golden (w/ Josh Weil) 1:15:54

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Friend of the show and Patreon backer Josh Weil is a busy guy these days. Josh is running in a special election as the Democratic nominee to be the new Representative for Florida's 6th District. But Josh is such a dedicated fan that he took some time off from his busy schedule to join us and talk about three Batman stories from the Golden Age of Co…

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Our Son Pete Episode 32: Excalibur #118-119 with Nathaniel Hubbard 1:30:47

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Guest Nathaniel "Hub" Hubbard (Titan up the Defense, Champions of Digression) joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #118-119, in which the bamfs are a bunch of pervy little gremlins and Nightmare has very specific rules about who he can and cannot torment. Plus: Garfield! Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue! Krang's secret son! Marvel's Mike Mignola's Gymk…

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Episode 176: Raining Wildcats and Dogs 1:15:09

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I have a soft spot for Wildcat, the Golden Age hero, member of the JSA, and trainer of heroes. And he has a connection to the Bat family, having trained more than one member. So this week we're reading a perfectly whacky issue of Brave and the Bold as only Bob Haney could write it, and two mini-series by Chuck Dixon that feature Bat characters team…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 342: Matthew Rosenberg talks We're Taking Everyone Down with Us 1:06:26

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Writer Matthew Rosenberg joins the show to talk about his new Image series We're Taking Everyone Down with Us.By Dan Grote

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Episode 175: From Zero to Freeze 1:06:10

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I sit and write this introduction on a February morning where it is in the mid 40s and going up to the low 50s today, but it's still winter, and so we were thinking about the snow and cold when coming up with episodes, and when you think of cold and Gotham, who else do you think about but Mr. Freeze? We feature his first appearance this week, when …

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 341: Murewa Ayodele talks Storm and X-Manhunt 1:19:21

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Writer Murewa Ayodele joins the show to talk about Storm and the upcoming "X-Manhunt" event.By Dan Grote

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Episode 174: An Odyssey Into Madness (w/ Matt McThorn) 1:28:37

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I usually try to put something witty or informative here. But this week, Patreon backer Matt McThorn is back, and he asked us to read Neal Adams's mad dream, Batman: Odyssey. He didn't know what he was getting himself or us into, so we have forgiven him, but this one feels like an all-timer. We also read two Denny O'Neil/Neal Adams stories from the…

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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 340: Rodney Barnes talks Florence & Normandie 58:35

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Writer Rodney Barnes joins the show to talk about his upcoming Zoop campaign for a hardcover special edition of his graphic novel Florence & Normandie with rapper Xzibit, his Image series Killadelphia, Batman: Full Moon and more.By Dan Grote