Matt Lazorwitz
@mattlaz1013.bsky.social
Writer and podcaster at ComicsXF, comics fan, cinema and lit nerd, cat lover. Follow to hear too much about Batman.
Happy Thanksgiving from BatChat!
BatChat With Matt & Will: All Ages Thanksgiving 2025
It's time for our annual tradition here at BatChat, up there with cranberry sauce from a can, stuffing that's a little too dry and avoiding conversations about politics with your red baseball cap wearing relatives: it's all ages Thanksgiving.…
It's time for our annual tradition here at BatChat, up there with cranberry sauce from a can, stuffing that's a little too dry and avoiding conversations about politics with your red baseball cap wearing relatives: it's all ages Thanksgiving.…
BatChat With Matt & Will: All Ages Thanksgiving 2025
It's time for our annual tradition here at BatChat, up there with cranberry sauce from a can, stuffing that's a little too dry and avoiding conversations about politics with your red baseball cap wearing relatives: it's all ages Thanksgiving. Three stories of Batman for the whole family come in some very different flavors this year: the next volume of the Webtoons…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from BatChat!
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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.
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.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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.
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Animator and illustrator David Derrick Jr. joins the show to talk about his webcomic Ghost of the Gulag.
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.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Animator and illustrator David Derrick Jr. joins the show to talk about his webcomic Ghost of the Gulag.
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"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."
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.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
"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."
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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…
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…
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.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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…
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…
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Batman #3 has a lot going on. @mattlaz1013.bsky.social and Will Nevin dive right in:
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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.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Batman #3 has a lot going on. @mattlaz1013.bsky.social and Will Nevin dive right in:
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@mattmcthorn.bsky.social returns to the BatChat podcast with 3 more stories about Thomas Blake, Catman:
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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.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
@mattmcthorn.bsky.social returns to the BatChat podcast with 3 more stories about Thomas Blake, Catman:
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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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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.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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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It's an all-werewolf Halloween episode of the BatChat podcast!
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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.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It's an all-werewolf Halloween episode of the BatChat podcast!
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"Daniel Warren Johnson absolutely got it in one." - Team BatChat reviews the Absolute Batman Annual: comicsxf.com/2025/10/31/a...
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.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"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.
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Two cats. Two laps. No waiting.
Best friends after only a week!
October 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Best friends after only a week!
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This week on the BatChat podcast, Matt & Will discuss Batman & Robin Eternal (and two other, much shorter stories):
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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
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October 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This week on the BatChat podcast, Matt & Will discuss Batman & Robin Eternal (and two other, much shorter stories):
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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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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.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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?
October 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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.
October 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Better pictures to come, but this is Iris, the newest member of our household.
October 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Better pictures to come, but this is Iris, the newest member of our household.
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The BatChat crew covers Absolute Evil #1 and Absolute Batman #13:
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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.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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!
October 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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!
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BatChat returns to the 3 runs it's reading in order: No Man's Land, Morrison and Injustice: comicsxf.com/2025/10/09/b...
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.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
BatChat returns to the 3 runs it's reading in order: No Man's Land, Morrison and Injustice: comicsxf.com/2025/10/09/b...
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Tim Drake confronts crooked cops and learns to drive a stick in Batman #2:
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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.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Tim Drake confronts crooked cops and learns to drive a stick in Batman #2:
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BatChat celebrates the return of Gotham Academy with a look at 3 stories about the youth of Gotham comicsxf.com/2025/10/02/b...
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.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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This week's BatChat podcast celebrates the 20th anniversary of Batman Begins. Wait, 20? (Website turns to dust.) comicsxf.com/2025/09/25/b...
BatChat With Matt & Will: Batman Begins At 20 - COMICSXF
BatChat celebrates the 20th anniversary of Batman Begins reading the movie adaptation and two stories that were collected with it.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This week's BatChat podcast celebrates the 20th anniversary of Batman Begins. Wait, 20? (Website turns to dust.) comicsxf.com/2025/09/25/b...
What movie do you consider "perfect"?
September 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
What movie do you consider "perfect"?