Jon Benjamin (Archer, Bob’s Burgers) and Charles Soule (Image Comics’ 27) on the LAST episode of Comic Book Club Live!

That’s right: the last episode… On The Nerdist Channel. We’re still doing the live show, and the podcast for Nerdist, just no more video, because YOU DIDN’T WATCH IT ENOUGH. That’s an old showbiz tip: blame the audience.

Anyway, it was an unbelievable experience doing this show for the Nerdist Channel for eight weeks, they - and everybody at Broadway Video and Pianos - were nothing but a pleasure to work with; and we’re talking about further projects, so stay tuned. Thanks to everybody who did check out and support the show, and hope to see you at a live performance soon!

SCOTT ADSIT (30 Rock) and FRANK TIERI (Space: Punisher) are on this week’s episode of Comic Book Club! Scott talks about 30 Rock ending next season, and Frank talks about shooting people in space. Same old, same old.

Chris Hardwick (The @Nerdist) and @ChrisGethard are the guests on this week’s episode of Comic Book Club! We got Hardwick to spill all the secrets of Walking Dead! Okay, fine. Talking Dead.

KEVIN CONROY (Voice of Batman) and JON GLASER (Delocated) are on the brand new episode of Comic Book Club on the Nerdist Channel.

Not to be immodest, but this is my favorite episode so far… If you’ve ever wanted to hear what it would sound like if Batman said, “Where’s the titty bar?” this is the show for you.

The second episode of Comic Book Club on The Nerdist Channel is live! With guests from Comedy Central’s Ugly Americans, Devin Clark (Creator) and Kurt Metzger (voice of Randall). Also, if you prefer audio, you can check that out here.

If you do watch it, please like, tell your friends, tweet your facebooks and whatever else it is you kids do these days.

The first @NerdistChannel episode of Comic Book Club is ONLINE! With guests Judah Friedlander and Joe Kelly.

Moment of candor: for the five years we’ve been doing Comic Book Club, it’s felt blindingly obvious to me how to do this show for TV, but for some reason or another, it’s never happened. I honestly can’t thank the Nerdist team enough for finally, finally making this happen, and exactly how I dreamed it would be.

And also, thanks to Justin, Pete, all the Booth-Men we’ve had (especially James), everybody at The PIT for helping the show along for five years, every single guest we’ve had, and everybody who’s believed and helped the show along the way. This isn’t necessarily the end of the road, of course; but to get here feels like the peak so far.

Anyway, hope you guys like the show as much as I do, I couldn’t be happier right now.

First off, even though I’ve mentioned it a million times on Twitter and Facebook and never in person because I only communicate through the computer, the big news this week was that Comic Book Club is now an official part of The Nerdist Network!

We’ve been doing the show over five years now, and we’ve worked for various people, and developed the show many, many different ways; but working with Chris Hardwick and company is, seriously, the best fit we’ve ever had. They’re an awesome bunch of talented folks, with a fantastic array of podcasts in various nerdy subjects, and I can’t thank them enough for including us.

Anyway, enough about me, here’s some links to posts I wrote this week:

‘Fringe’ Goes “Back To Where You’ve Never Been” With An All-New Episode [Recap] - I’ve mentioned this before, but I don’t think any show inspires me to write way longer than I should for a recap than Fringe. This week, I spent about thirty-six paragraphs analyzing one tossed-off two-word phrase, so enjoy!

DC’s Newer 52 Is Hopefully Just The Beginning Of Even Bigger Changes [Op-Ed] - I was pretty sleepy when I wrote this, so I think it’s probably three different op-eds jammed together without any full exploration… But I do believe strongly about the “seasons” approach to comics publishing I mention here. I think it could work (despite feeling the opposite about TV, confusingly).

‘The Rook’ Is ‘Downton Abbey’ With Superpowers [Book Review] - It’s either fortuitous, or short-sighted of me that I always reference the last thing I’ve watched in something I’m reviewing. Anyway, good, fun, probably under the radar book you should pick up.

Walt Simonson and Brian Bendis Team For Upcoming ‘Avengers’ Arc - Hearing Walt Simonson’s voice come out of the phone made my brain melt a little. My questions boiled down to, “You like Thor. Thor good. You draw Thor?”

Person of Interest’s Michael Emerson and Jonathan Nolan Go To Breakfast + EXCLUSIVE POI Picture - Fun fact! This happened in October, I pretended it happened the other day when I wrote this. Either way, if you want to read a story of me being terrified, here you go.

Comic Book Club with Dan Slott, Ellie Pyle, and Rachel Pinnelas - Dan Slott (Amazing Spider-Man) and Marvel Spidey-Office Editors Ellie Pyle and Rachel Pinnelas hit the stage for the 7/26/11 show to discuss the new Spider-Island event! Also, Pete reveals his true feelings about goats.

Comic Book Club with Shawn Wickens - Shawn Wickens (How To Lose Your Virginity) joins Pete and Alex for the 6/28/11 show! Plus, an adorable story about Alex’s baby.

Comic Book Club with Jared Logan - Comedian Jared Logan joins the guys for the 6/21/11 show, featuring our thoughts on Green Lantern, and an audience member’s candid thoughts on Blake Lively!

Comic Book Club with Jeff Newelt, Calvin Reid, and Josh Frankel - From the 6/7/11 show, Calvin Reid (PW Comics Week), Josh Frankel (Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland), and Jeff Newelt (SMITH Magazine) hit the stage to talk about… Comics! Comics, you guys!

Comic Book Club with Ben McCool and Nate Cosby

Last night, I chatted with Ben McCool and Nate Cosby, writers of Image Comics Pigs and more at the 5/31/11 live show of Comic Book Club! Plus, talk about DC Comics’ new publishing plans, and an exclusive imitation of January Jones.

On today’s show, we have reviews for Wolverine: The Best There Is #1, Brightest Day #15, and Heroes for Hire #1!

For the record, since we taped this last week, and a lot has happened, some thoughts (from me alone) about these issues:

- Wolverine: This comic has gotten an unfair rap from the internet, who, in general, has called it the worst comic ever made. It definitely has its faults, which we outline in the video above. But to call something the worst ever means that it is entirely without worth, and that’s completely and wholly inaccurate. The art is pretty over the top, but well detailed throughout. And Charlie Huston is writing what amounts to a parody of a Wolverine book. The haircutting scene, in particular? That’s funny, and it builds well. I think what it comes down to (and I have no knowledge of the inner workings of this book) is that there’s probably a large disparity between what was pitched for this book, how it was marketed, and what it actually is, at the end of the day. Is it the best there is at what it does? Nope. But is it the worst? No to that, too.

- Brightest Day: It’s crazy to me that there isn’t a noir, back-to-basics Martian Manhunter book, as my unscientific survey of everyone I’ve ever talked to says they would love that. Would the market support a simple detective story starring a man not of this Earth, trying to fit in, using his powers to solve ground-level mysteries? Maybe not, but I’d read the heck out of it. Greg Rucka and Chris Samnee on “Martian Manhunter: Earth One,” anyone?

- Heroes for Hire: Got nuthin’ else on this, I loved the heck out of it.

Slightly belated Speed Round, due to the Holidays.

The Stack:
Hulk #27
Green Lantern #59
Spider-Girl #1
Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil
Daken Dark Wolverine #3
Hack/Slash: Trailers Part 2
Superior #2
Hellblazer #273
Chaos War: Dead Avengers #1

Reviews for Avengers #7, Vision Machine #2, and Batman Inc. #1! Plus, a new feature that Pete doesn’t like.