Dollar Bin Bandits

Nov 20 2024 325 ep. 63 mins 15
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WTF (or Armchair Expert or SmartLess) for #comics! We interview anyone involved in the making of comic books and animation about their careers and craft. 

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Bret Blevins

Nov 20 2024 66 mins  
Veteran artist Bret Blevins joins the show today to talk about his 40+ year career in comics and animation. He first hit the scene in the early 80s, adapting films like The Dark Crystal, Krull, and The Last Starfighter for Marvel. Bret continued at Marvel throughout the 80s, illustrating The Bozz Chronicles with David Michelinie for Epic, working on Cloak and Dagger in Strange Tale

Denys Cowan & Michael Stradford | Graphic Samurai: The Art of Denys Cowan

Nov 18 2024 37 mins  
After years of trying, we've landed the one and only Denys Cowan! The veteran artist has been in the game for 40+ years, and with executive Michael Stadford, has launched a retrospective art book on Kickstarter: Graphic Samurai: The Art of Denys Cowan. Denys' art has graced the pages of so many of our favorite comics over the years, including Deathstroke, Batman: Lovers & Madme

Hart Seely (AHOY Comics)

Nov 15 2024 67 mins  
Hart Seely is the publisher of AHOY Comics. But he spent most of his career as a journalist and prose writer, including as a longtime reporter for the Syracuse Post-Standard. He's written for many other publications, including The New Yorker and New York Times, and authored many books, including Mrs. Goose Goes to Washington and Juju Rules, in addition to three books of "found poet

John Gallagher (Max Meow: Cat Crusader)

Nov 13 2024 46 mins  
John Gallagher is the award-winning writer/artist of the Max Meow: Cat Crusader graphic novel series from Random House. He previously worked with Rich Faber on Buzzboy and Roboy Red. John is a co-founder of Kids Love Comics (kidslovecomics.net), an organization that uses comics to promote literacy. And if that isn't enough, he also serves as Art Director for Ranger Rick, a kids mag

Jerry Craft

Nov 11 2024 40 mins  
Chances are, you know cartoonist Jerry Craft from one of two projects: his syndicated comic strip Mama's Boyz or his award-winning series of graphic novels: New Kid, Class Act, and School Trip. But he got his start as an advertising copywriter and magazine editor, eventually doing his first comics work at Marvel and Harvey Comics. Now, in addition to his highly successful graphic n

Josh Blaylock (Devil's Due Studios) | The Disavowed

Nov 08 2024 58 mins  
Josh Blaylock is the writer/artist founder of Devil's Due Studios, the publisher that burst onto the scene in the late 90s with revivals of licensed properties like G.I. Joe, Voltron, and others. During his 25 years in the industry, he's also created a number of original books, including Mercy Sparx, The Encoded, and Arkworld. Now, Josh is back with The Disavowed, a G.I. Joe-meets-

Mike Allred

Nov 06 2024 85 mins  
Yes, we have THE Mike Allred: father of Madman, creator of Doop, iZombie, and so many others, artist extraordinaire, and lover of comic books! If you didn't know, Mike started out in broadcasting, first on the radio and then as a TV reporter in Europe. But soon he's back in his native Oregon, chewing up the independent comics scene with graphic novels like Dead Air, Graphique Musiq

Jeff Rovin Returns

Nov 04 2024 48 mins  
Like some of its characters, Atlas Comics is rising from the dead and ready to take over the world! Mego recently announced it’s putting out the first phase of Atlas figures featuring reprints of the original comics.Jeff Rovin, who edited and put together the Atlas universe, has been working to revive the line and joins us with some breaking and exciting news!____________________

Chris Condon

Nov 01 2024 51 mins  
Writer Chris Condon broke onto the comics scene in a major way with the ongoing Image series That Texas Blood and its spinoff, The Enfield Gang Massacre, both with artist Jacob Phillips. He then adapted Barry Gifford's Night People for Oni Press and has moved into the big leagues with Marvel's Ultimate Wolverine and DC's Green Arrow. You can follow Chris on X @ChristophCondon._____

Billy Tucci

Oct 30 2024 58 mins  
The man, the myth, the father of Shi: that's right, it's Billy Tucci! Billy and Shi crashed onto the comics scene in 1994, and they never looked back. For the first dozen years, it was all about the half-Japanese, naginata-wielding woman warrior and her solo and crossover adventures. And crossovers there were: with Avengelyne, Gen-13, Cyblade, Daredevil, Grifter, Vampirella, Lady D