Matt Lazorwitz

BatChat With Matt & Will: When a Robin’s Not a Robin (w/ Sam Hopper) You can start out as a Robin, but eventually you have to grow up, right? Well, maybe not Tim Drake, who's Robin again, but there was a period where he wasn't. And Dick Grayson and Jason Todd have left the Robin identity behind long ago. This week, Sam Hopper joins us again to talk about stories featuring those three former Robins in their later identities.

BatChat With Matt & Will: When a Robin’s Not a Robin (w/ Sam Hopper)

You can start out as a Robin, but eventually you have to grow up, right? Well, maybe not Tim Drake, who's Robin again, but there was a period where he wasn't. And Dick Grayson and Jason Todd have left the Robin identity behind…

Two cats, Binx and Iris, curled up next to each other on a bed

I have the best kitty friends. Both to each other and to me.

Enter the Minotaur in Batman #4
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BatChat With Matt & Will: The Three Faces of Batgirl (w/ John Wickham)

Barbara Gordon was introduced to add some flair to the final season of Batman, to try to buoy the sagging ratings on the show. And while she didn't save that series, she has become the iconic Batgirl of the comics, a character…

I think there's definitely a lot of the latter. It's the same as the lack of critical attention/growling around Saga.

Happy Thanksgiving from BatChat!

Two great tastes that taste great together: Muppets and noir!

DC’s The Bat-Man: Second Knight as good as the first The Gotham of the 1940s and its new hero, The Bat-Man, are facing new threats. A killer is leaving a trail of mutilated bodies, and a scared city, behind him. And another new foe is there, one who revels in fear. The Bat-Man: Second Knight #1 is written by Dan Jurgens, drawn by Mike Perkins, colored by Mike Spicer and lettered by Simon Bowland.

The Gotham of the 1940s and its new hero, The Bat-Man, are facing new threats. A killer is leaving a trail of mutilated bodies, and a scared city, behind him. And another new foe is there, one who revels in fear.

The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 376: David Derrick Jr. talks Ghost of the Gulag The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 376: David Derrick Jr. talks Ghost of the Gulag Animator and illustrator David Derrick Jr. joins the show to talk about his webcomic Ghost of the Gulag. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday mornings.

Animator and illustrator David Derrick Jr. joins the show to talk about his webcomic Ghost of the Gulag.

It's worth it. Looks like a big 12 issue trade coming in March.

Watters and Sherman drop the curtain on the masterpiece that is Batman: Dark Patterns The final issue draws everything together. Batman faces the Child of Fire, and stands prepared to save Gotham from the storm that he has brought. Batman: Dark Patterns #12 is written by Dan Watters, drawn by Hayden Sherman, colored by Triona Farrell and lettered by Frank Cvetkovic. Will Nevin: And now, the end is near, and so we face the final curtain: Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman … my goodness.

"And now, the end is near, and so we face the final curtain: Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman … my goodness. They did it their way for 12 incredible issues."

BatChat With Matt & Will: Beyond Batman While in comics circles the most well known alternate future for Batman is The Dark Knight Returns, in the public consciousness, that title has to be held by Batman Beyond. Three seasons of young Terry McGinnis and crotchety old Bruce Wayne in the DCAU, plus appearances on Justice League Unlimited, left a mark for this particular iteration of Batman.

BatChat With Matt & Will: Beyond Batman

While in comics circles the most well known alternate future for Batman is The Dark Knight Returns, in the public consciousness, that title has to be held by Batman Beyond. Three seasons of young Terry McGinnis and crotchety old Bruce Wayne in the DCAU, plus…

Commissioner Savage plants one in DC's Batman #3 - COMICSXF Vandal Savage sets his anti-Batman crusade in motion, Bruce Wayne does his best as Bat-Dad, the Riddler strikes and a whole lot more happens.

Batman #3 has a lot going on. @mattlaz1013.bsky.social and Will Nevin dive right in:
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BatChat With Matt & Will: Catman Returns (w/ Matt McThorn) - COMICSXF This week, the BatChat podcast does another episode of stories featuring Thomas Blake, the villain known as Catman.

@mattmcthorn.bsky.social returns to the BatChat podcast with 3 more stories about Thomas Blake, Catman:
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The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 374: Kat Calamia and Phil Falco talk about Lifeline Comics - COMICSXF Kat Calamia and Phil Falco join the show to talk about Lifeline Comics and the business of that Kickstarter comics life.

NEW TCXFIP: @comicuno.bsky.social & @philfalcowrites.bsky.social join the show to talk about all the goings-on at Lifeline Comics:
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BatChat With Matt & Will: Moon Over Gotham - COMICSXF For Halloween week, BatChat is dipping into a classic horror monster. Three stories of Batman under the full moon fighting werewolves.

It's an all-werewolf Halloween episode of the BatChat podcast!
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Daniel Warren Johnson Absolute-ly crushes DC's Absolute Batman Annual - COMICSXF Three new tales of the Batman of the Absolute Universe are featured in the first ever Absolute annual, by Daniel Warren Johnson et al.

"Daniel Warren Johnson absolutely got it in one." - Team BatChat reviews the Absolute Batman Annual: comicsxf.com/2025/10/31/a...

Two cats. Two laps. No waiting.

Best friends after only a week!

BatChat With Matt & Will: Eternally Yours, Robin - COMICSXF This week's BatChat podcast features Batman and Robin Eternal, the 26 issue weekly series, and two one shots starring Cassandra Cain

This week on the BatChat podcast, Matt & Will discuss Batman & Robin Eternal (and two other, much shorter stories):
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The Child of Fire revealed in DC's Batman: Dark Patterns #11 - COMICSXF Batman, still recovering from his wounds, deduces the identity of the Child of Fire and goes to track him down.

Team BatChat covers the penultimate issue of Batman: Dark Patterns, as the overarching pattern comes into fuller view, and Alfred has to raise his voice:
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You've heard of a Jack in the Box, but have you seen an Iris in a Box?

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

Better pictures to come, but this is Iris, the newest member of our household.

An Absolute twofer as we review DC's Absolute Evil #1 and Absolute Batman #13 - COMICSXF Selina Kyle has returned to Gotham as Catwoman, and she’s here as Batman starts to gather allies for his final showdown with Bane.

The BatChat crew covers Absolute Evil #1 and Absolute Batman #13:
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It's my 17th wedding anniversary, so Amber and I are going to do something we both will really enjoy: The Catsbury Park Cat Convention. So. Many. Cats!

BatChat With Matt & Will: One of the Oldest Jokes - COMICSXF Our reading of No Man's Land, the Grant Morrison run and Injustice: Gods Among Us each reach milestones in this week's episode.

BatChat returns to the 3 runs it's reading in order: No Man's Land, Morrison and Injustice: comicsxf.com/2025/10/09/b...

Tim Drake gets his time in the sun, and behind the wheel, in DC's Batman #2 - COMICSXF A run-in with an abusive cop leads Tim Drake into a really rough night in Batman #2 by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez.

Tim Drake confronts crooked cops and learns to drive a stick in Batman #2:
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BatChat With Matt & Will: Youth of Gotham Unite - COMICSXF With Gotham Academy back on comic shop shelves, this week BatChat reads three stories of the youth of Gotham City.

BatChat celebrates the return of Gotham Academy with a look at 3 stories about the youth of Gotham comicsxf.com/2025/10/02/b...