Darren Watts

I was working at Arena Stage in Washington, DC in 1990 when he played Troy in Fences there. Absolutely magnetic personality, and always polite and kind to the crew. And of course, crushed the part. RIP, sir. dw

Coming to you live from the battlefields of the Siancong War, it's Explain This, Comics Guys!! This week we take on Floating Comicbook Timelines, or how the relentless march of history has garbled the backstories of so many of our apparently ageless heroes!!  https://explainthis.podbean.com/  dw

Glad you liked it! Upcoming topics include "comic book time" and topical references (or, what war precisely did Tony Stark sell weapons for?), and our April Fool's Day special on the world of Hostess ads. We'll be recording a deep dive into the career of Steve Ditko in the next week or two as well, in which he is given appropriate credit for several things people don't remember he invented as well as puzzled shrugs about all the Objectivism malarkey.  dw

All gags aside, I'd need a very-active partner in any rpg podcast, simply because I detest D&D-style fantasy as a genre and have zero interest in the products for it, so my awareness of the industry beyond the most basic stuff would not include what, 80-something percent of the marketplace? Unless our specific focus was "So D&D's not for you, what other rpgs are out there?" which would be, to say the least, a challenge to find an audience...   dw

Explain This, Comics Guys!! celebrates our 20th episode with Part 2 of The History Of Image Comics!! Misseth it not!! dw https://explainthis.podbean.com/  

Yeah, the first version we put up last week went weird for some reason. We put up a fixed version a few hours later. dw

OK, well, this episode is well behind the others in listens after a week. Does everybody hate Image? Are you tired of company dramas? Or was it just a rough week? dw

Hero never came *close* to Vampire in sales. If we were ever "upper middle" it was because there are so many kitchen-table operations. dw

Guns! Pockets! Capes a mile long! Gritted teeth and no feet! That's right, True Believers, this week Explain This Comics Guys!! takes on the History of Image Comics Part One and it's rat-tails and knife-pistols everywhere around here!!   https://explainthis.podbean.com/   dw

I have been remiss in not reminding those of you enjoying #WandaVision that Explain This!! did a full episode on Wanda and Pietro and their complicated history way back in August, which you can of course find here: 

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OK, True Believers, after even-more-than-usual technical difficulties, Explain This, Comics Guys!! is back on the air with episode #18, DC Does Marvel (And Vice Versa!) This one explains all of the different non-trademark-violating versions of each other's characters the Big Two use to get their respective titans to clash!! Learn about the Eggs-Men!! Thrill to a repeat appearance by Tasker's dog!! And enjoy my unrehearsed response to the death of Blue Jay!! It's all happening at Explain This Comics Guys (podbean.com) dw

On 1/30/2021 at 1:21 PM, Spence said:

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Convince who?

Well, anybody besides the very small number of people who have done so... dw

So what could I possibly do to convince you to check out this podcast? dw

After the champagne is put away, maybe take a moment and check out our dopey little comicbook podcast. Our latest episode is "Jack Kirby Vs. The World," in which we discuss how a man so universally admired as an artist and liked as a person kept finding himself battling the people he worked with. https://explainthis.podbean.com/

On 1/9/2021 at 1:25 PM, Spence said:

And another good listen. 

 

"So...what's next?"  asks Unreasonably Impatient Man.

I think we're going to put up Kirby next week, and I'm currently nearing the end of writing/researching the History of Image, which will take at least 2 eps and maybe 3. Tasker and I are also in the down times recording our character-by-character look at the unsung and misunderstood members of the Avengers. Dunno when those will go up - probably when cons come back and time becomes a pressure again. dw

You've become part of a bigger universe, you just don't know it yet. Explain This, Comics Guys!! returns with the grand finale of our History of Marvel Comics, telling the tale of the Celluloid Age of Marvel! Expect a few more wild swings of fate before we get there, though. https://explainthis.podbean.com/

Hark! The herald angels and whatnot are singing about a Christmas miracle - Explain This, Comics Guys!! has a new episode up a day early!! Please join us for a jam-packed History of Marvel Part IV, featuring Jim Shooter Vs. The World. 

The glad tidings are over here: Explain This Comics Guys (podbean.com)

And you can bring us some figgy pudding over here: 

www.patreon.com/ExplainThis_ComicsGuys

Happy holidays!!

"I’ve wrestled with alligators,

I’ve tussled with a whale.

I done handcuffed lightning

And threw thunder in jail."

Sounds like a guy who could fight Superman! This week, Explain This, Comics Guys!! takes on "Superman Vs. Muhammad Ali," certainly one of the strangest and most wonderful comics ever made. 

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There's a new Explain This, Comics Guys!! episode brought to you by our engineering department battling through plague, famine, firestorms, dinosaurs, and walking uphill in the snow both directions! Just to bring you tales of the early days of the Bullpen in Marvel History Part III, so you better appreciate it! Explain This Comics Guys (podbean.com)

Joe Simon, Nick Cardy, Ramona Fradon, and Jack Cole. And lordy, yes second Neal Adams. dw

As we head into the long dark winter, be of good cheer, because there is a brand new Explain This., Comics Guys!! episode every other Wednesday. This week, our History of Marvel finally makes it all the way to Fantastic Four #1!  https://explainthis.podbean.com/  dw

Hey all! Every year I run the panel track for a convention called Metatopia. This year, since we've gone virtual, we're not restricted to guests we can actually get to shlep out to New Jersey, and so I have managed to arrange for several of my (and Hero's) dearest friends to turn up: Steve, Jason, Bruce Harlick, Rod Currie, Storn Cook, Brad McDevitt, Melissa Gay, along with literally hundreds of other tabletop luminaries doing panels, roundtables and seminars on various topics. And best of all, it's free! So what are you waiting for? Register now and put the dang thing on your calendar! https://www.dexposure.com/m2020.html

Just in time for Hallowe'en, it's a spoopy new Explain This, Comics Guys!! In this muck-encrusted episode we explain the connections between various swamp monsters, and how they all owe a debt to a single sci-fi short story from 1940. Join us for, "The Children of It!!"  https://explainthis.podbean.com/

Excelsior, True Believers! Explain This, Comics Guys!! returns with the best comics podcast since old Bill Shakespeare hung up his headphones! Join us for part one of the History of Marvel Comics!!! https://explainthis.podbean.com/

On 10/2/2020 at 12:05 PM, Spence said:

Another great cast. 

 

You should give classes on how to podcast.  Skipping live play podcasts (Which I have no interest in) the so called RPG podcasts I have listened to recently are embarrassingly painful. 

 

I have no idea of how much time it takes to prepare and produce this podcast, but I really wish you'd also do one on RPGs.

Very kind, Spence! We've talked about doing a game one someday once we feel like Explain This is on solid ground, but as you say it's pretty time-consuming to do all the research, scripting and recording and we're not making much on it yet. Thank the current pandemic for us having the spare time at all to try this out! dw

Look! Over at Explain This!! It's two nerds, it's a podcast, it's Supergirl!!  https://explainthis.podbean.com/