Aw Yeah Podcast With Art & Franco

Art and Franco welcome their DC godmother . Former Editor Jann Jones, the woman who saw the brilliance of our heroes and knew they could bring their all ages magic to the Johnny DC line.Plus Art's going crazy over a Wendy Williams viral  video, Franco shows us the best ways to start a conversation, and we hear more stories about Art's days working at The Chicago Board Of Trade.

Along with the usual comic talk we explore fatherhood with Chris Eliopoulos. Plus classic cartoons, Chris's strange origin, and Art's passion for Megos .

Jesse Blaze Snider , writer of Boom Studio's Toy Story comics and The Muppet Snow White adventure joins the guys to talk about his point of view on the Muppetverse, Deadpool,New York Vs Chicago Pizza , his music , Rock & Roll myths , Krypto and The Phantom Zone , Kryptonian Biology, His DC mini series Dead Romeo, and the fair use versus paying bands to sing or perform their songs when it happens spontaneously on live media. his family on Growing Up Twisted , the A&E reality show, and his future projectsArt is busy creating new charcters for the Super Pets Children Books, while nearly choking himself , and Franco's clearing his sinuses.

We're back! It was a nutty November for Yoko Chips, so he apologizes for the delay of new episodes.This was recorded right after episode 11, which features a big time guest. We were ready to say goodnight, when the guys wanted to record an episode with just the three of us. Franco's voice was shot, and he had to get up for work in 5 hours, but he sucked it up while Artie buzzed on his usual gallon of Red Bull and Yoko Sun Chips had nothing better to do.We talked while Art drew new characters for Super Pets, and looked up some forgotten super animals from the DC silver age. Franco was worried about having tickets for the troubled Spider Man musical. This prompted us to talk about the 1960's Superman musical .More stories from Art's years in the non-comics work force, reality tv, and the 2011 comics convention season.Plus Chris Giarusso joins us near the end of the show and gives us a "don't do this" list when attending a comics kids panel. Finally Art teaches us never to yawn in his presence .

Recorded right after their signing at Challengers Comics in Chicago, the guys welcome hosts from 4 other podcasts.From The Contest Of Challengers, store owners Patrick Brower and Dal Bush. Molly Jane Kramer of The Comics Slumber Party. Chris Smits of The Zodcast, and Mike Norton Of The Crankcast . We learn all about a trip to a Mexican ranch  Art took where he learned all about a strange morning drink the caballeros enjoy.Franco confessed to some college pranks, and then springs a desert island quiz on the group. You'll learn how Magic Johnson's no-show at a con provided a nice windfall for Patrick The Wolf Boy, and finally Art and John Sunchips debate the merits of Superman 3 vs Superman 4 before the live jury. 

Recorded at The New York Comicon . It's Saturday night, live in Art's room, where Franco, Sunchips, and Jimmy The Muscle are subjected to podcasting with a Pantless Baltazar.We were all wiped out from the day. So much so that we quote more Batman The Dark Knight than we do Star Wars or Superman.  

It had to happen. The guys welcome their favorite artist Mike Norton to the podcast. Mike draws Billy Batson and The Magic Of Shazam, which wraps up soon with issue 21, but he will follow Art & Franco on their new book Young Justice , with is also co-written by the Young Justice TV producers.The conversation takes some interewsting turns. You'll learn about Art's days in medicine, and a couple patient-Baltazar encounters that have scarred him for life. We also hear about Art's work for the disney company. Not as an artist, but as a retail greeter-worker at The Disney Store.Mike and Franco share starting out work stories, and then Franco follows up with a list of Life Lessons for High Schoolers from Bill Gates (Norton thinks it's an internet hoax) .Don't forget to see Art & Franco in Chicago Saturday Oct 23rd at Challenger's Comics Store.  

In this episode General Zod, John siuntres broke free from the phantom zone to join our heroes for the program .Franco brought a women's survey which gave pointers on how men react to certain situations. Art commented on the survey's accuracy. Plus more love for Wendy Williams , and a burst of voices from General Zod . 

Recorded the same long night as episode 5, artists Chris Giarusso and Jacob Chabot join the boys to talk about the Mini Marvels/Tiny Titans and G-Man/Patrick The Wolf Boy crossovers of the past . Plus, Jacob refveal his past life as a costumed wrestler, a debate about what exactly is under the Thing's Rocky skin surface, and we listen as Art's strengthj and sanity decay along with his waterlogged comics.  

Episode 5 begins with typical confusion, is this the Empire Strikes Back or  the Attack Of The Clones instalment ? Art recalls sticking it to THE MAN during employee smoke breaks at an old day job. Art announces a work update on the Lil Archie Tiny Titans crossover that begins in late October. We come up with a new Star wars catch phrase, “Strokin The Mane” We read some listener e-mail which prompts the guys to tell the story of how they first met. There’s a Dream analysis session with Art, and finally,  a loyal plus sized X-Wing Fighter Pilot gets his due.

After a long seperation Art and Franco compare notes on their seprate adventures. Both had big political encounters, with Former Il Govenor Rod Blagogevich at the Wizard Chicago Comiccon, and Franco shared time at Martha's vineyard with President Obama.But really it'about random thoughts from the duo, as they compare the merits of Superman 3 to Superman 4, the quest for peace, a look at 50's heroes shows The Adventures Of Superman, and The Lone Ranger, and much more!

This time the guys talk about their convention adventures meeting celebrities like Vanna White, Adam West, Michael Hogan, Lorenzo Lamas and more. Plus Art wonders which Muppet movie is the best to show his kids to introduce them to their greatness, more Star Wars Celebration talk, and Franco prepares for a vacation at Martha's Vineyards where he expects to run into the Obamas, just like he did last year.

Like Steely Dan used to sing " No static at all..." unless you count our first surprise guest from Challengers Comics in Chicago Patrick Brower. Franco tells us tales from the first day of The Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, where he saw show favorite Katie Cook, and a shout out to Acme Comics own Marc "Brother Bear" Hammond .We learn which 70's sitcom women Artie has on his "List" and why he leaves the sound down on some cable tv stations.We enjoy a new Mike Norton Moment and technical difficulties throw the boys mid show, but the ship steers back on course to wrap things up.

The adventure begins. Art and Franco get their feet wet hosting their first podcast episode. but their feet were too wet and it put some static on the line .So be warned, there's lot of great stories here, l.ike the secret origin of Jimmy The Muscle, what to do if your house floods while at a convention, and even a Mike Norton moment , but also some static and audio pops.If you can't handle it, fear not, just skip to episode 2 where it's been smooth sailing ever since.

Here are highlights of the first episode. Warning, we had some static issues on the episode, so please muddle through some of the scratchiness, but we promise to work out the kinks on Episode 2 .