Jen W (@argentsouled on Twitter) joins us to talk about her amazing Magdalena costume as well as the thrill and challenges of cosplay in modern fandom.  Jen has some terrific insight to go along with her skillful design, and Josh and John chat about conventions, best practices, and cool tips for aspiring cosplayers.

We also have a little preview discussion about Free Comic Book Day 2012 and the Top Cow offering - Witchblade.

Episode artwork by Nikki Notaro (@GuardianBinah on Twitter)!

Doughnuts this episode were from the Greenbush Bakery in Madison, although we were too enthralled to discuss them!

Music is from The Dickies:  "Donut Man."  Podsafe music from MusicAlley.

Josh and John helped out Top Cow at the 2012 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2).  While there, they had a chance to touch base with several Top Cow creators, including Marc Silvestri, Filip Sablik, Jeremy Haun, and Troy Peteri.  In this episode, we play some quick-shot interviews with them, along with some other surprise guests.

We also kick off our April contest with a question:  at the Top Cow Panel, Marc Silvestri said that "Image Sucks."  If you stopped there, you took it way out of context.  What did he really mean by that?  Post your answer to our podcast Facebook page to enter.

Podsafe music on this episode is Donut Man from The Dickies, courtesy of MusicAlley.com.  Check 'em out.  Better yet, pick up the CD featuring this song: "All This and Puppet Stew."

Thanks go to Westfield Comics for studio space and resources.

Straight from C2E2 in Chicago, it's the legendary Top Cow panel!  Pour yourself a stiff drink and listen to a highly entertaining and informative panel.  Moderated by Filip Sablik (Publisher), the panel includes Marc Silvestri, Tim Seeley (Witchblade), Jeremy Haun (Artifacts, Darkness), and Phil Hester (Darkness).

It's an after hours panel that will satisfy any great Top Cow Fan!

Writer and Artist extrodinaire Phil Hester joins Doughnuts and Top Cow this episode!  Phil takes a victory lap on his Darkness Run, giving us insights on his run with Top Cow along with some nuggets to be found in issue #100.

Contest winners are announced for March, too!  Congratulations to Chris Partin and Ed Moore, Jr!  You can connect with Chris by listening to his podcast, Image Addiction, and with Ed on his podcasts on the Comic Book Noise Family (including Ronin Rabbit, Mighty Thorcast, and the Emerald Archer Podcast) 

We talked so much Top Cow, we neglected our doughnut obligation!  We'll make up for it next time!

Josh and John take a look into Magdalena 11, which features some great action . . . despite Patience having lost the Spear of Destiny!  They look at some cool character elements, interesting choices with artwork and styles, and a solid storyline.

Doughnuts are great dunking sticks from Metcalf's in Madison.

Music is Donut Man from the Dickies.  Podsafe music from Music Alley.

If it's March 31 or earlier, jump over to Drive Thru Comics to grab a pack of digital books to benefit Hero Initiative.  For only $20 you get more than $97 worth of books, including First Born #1 from Top Cow.  All proceeds go to the Hero Initiative to benefit comic creators in times of need.

This week Josh received a packet of Think Tank ashcans, which is a preview of the next book coming out from Minotaur Press this year.  Written by Matt Hawkins and drawn by Rahsan Ekedal, we dive into the preview and come out hungry for more!

Then Josh takes a look at Top Cow books solicited for May in the latest Previews catalog.

Doughnuts this week are from Speedway.  Even though these were "gas station" treats, they were fresh and delicious.

Music is from the Dickeys, courtesy of Podcast Alley.  Check them out at their website!  Our theme song is "Donut Man" from their album, "All This and Puppet Stew."

Josh Crawley and John Grigas join the Top Cow "Cowmoonity" as the official podcast on TopCow.com!

In this inaugural episode, writer Ron Marz joins us to talk about Artifacts 14. Ron adds insight for fans while leading us to even more questions about the future of the TCU!

We also have a new feature: a visit to the forums located at The Barn, the official boards of Top Cow.

Doughnuts this episode are "Hot Doughnuts Now" from Krispy Kreme (the classic glazed). Ron grabbed a specialty from his local Dunkin' Donuts.

Music on this episode is from "Donut Man" by the Dickies. Podsafe music courtesy of MusicAlley. Check them out, and you can buy the track where music is sold. The song is also featured on their album, "All This And Puppets, Too."

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Official Top Cow Audio Podcast, hosted at www.topcow.com on our community website, The Barn! Every episode will feature news, interviews, conversations with fans, shipping updates, and much, much more. Produced and edited by Peter Rios of Comic Geek Speak (www.comicgeekspeak.com). Send feedback to fanmail@topcow.com.

Top Cow Productions proudly launches into the world of podcasting with the inaugural Top Cow Podcast! Here you'll receive periodic audio news bites, behind the scenes information, interviews, and other exclusive audio content.

The first Top Cow podcast features prolific writer Paul Jenkins (Civil War: Frontline, Wolverine: Origin) giving his fans a first for comics. In conjunction with the upcoming release of The Agency trade paperback (Diamond order code - DEC061913) Paul and Top Cow have made available the entire first issue of The Agency (to view go to http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=93969) for free. Now Paul and Top Cow are offering fan's the ultimate insight into this first issue with a podcast of Paul doing a page by page director's commentary of the entire first issue!