Bat Force Radio Podcast

Bat Force Radio

The Bat Force
Podcast 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!
Ep 324 - Caspar Wijngaard - Creating The Power Fantasy
This week we are talking about your next favorite comic, The Power Fantasy, with series co-creator Caspar Wijngaard. Caspar shares about building the characters, world, and story, along with series author and co-creator Kieron Gillen. We also hear about the roots and dynamics of their collaboration, choosing the art style for a decades-spanning story of super-powered beings with the ability to level the entire planet, depicting real world locations during different eras, drawing pizza in a character's hands without it looking weird, Caspar's own origin story in comics and art, video games, movies, and more. The Power Fantasy is in stores August 7th
Aug 2, 2024
1 hr 25 min
Ep 323 - Alvaro Martinez - The Nice House By The Sea
Alvaro 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 draw and his one and only choice of who the author would be, his childhood comic influences, and lots more. The Nice House By The Sea has a final order cutoff date of Monday July 1st, so tell your comic shop immediately that you need a copy so you don't miss out when issue one hits stores July 24th.
Jun 29, 2024
1 hr 12 min
Ep 322 - Jason Fabok Talks Rook Exodus and Ghost Machine
Jason 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 other current and upcoming titles from other Ghost Machine creators. We also go a little bit into the upcoming 3 Jokers related story included in Joker: The World, coming in September. Beware spoilers for issue 3 of Rook: Exodus, in stores today! Check out ghostmachinepro.com for more info
Jun 26, 2024
1 hr 16 min
Ep 321 - Batman One Dark Night Fan Film
"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://www.indiegogo.com/projects/batman-one-dark-night#/
Jun 10, 2024
1 hr 11 min
Ep 320 - Hard Style Juice with Clay McCormack and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
Bat 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!
Apr 16, 2024
1 hr 23 min
Ep 319 - Juan Gedeon - Jurassic League
Juan 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.
Mar 26, 2024
1 hr 33 min
Ep 318 - Aaron Campbell - John Constantine : Dead In America
Aaron 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.
Jan 16, 2024
1 hr 22 min
Ep 317 - Christmas Special 2023
Our annual Christmas gathering to discuss comics, movies, collectibles, and listen to SOME of us get more than a little drunk.
Dec 23, 2023
1 hr 46 min
Ep 316 - Kelley Jones 6th Annual Halloween Spooktacular
Kelley 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-wagner-and-kelley-jones The story begins with this volume, DRACULA—BOOK 1: THE IMPALER, which explores Dracula’s bloody history and his tenure at Satan’s legendary seminary of the dark arts, the Scholomance. “The first graphic novel explores what led Dracula to seek out Satan’s tutelage and how he became the lord of the undead,” explains writer Matt Wagner, who adds that the book is finished and just awaiting printing.
Oct 31, 2023
1 hr 31 min
Ep 315 - Becky Cloonan - The Erotic Horror of Somna
Eisner 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 of her non-comics art projects, and a bunch of other stuff. Somna issue one is in stores November 22.
Oct 25, 2023
1 hr
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