Joining the League Of Comic Geeks social network is talked about, then we go into books we found by accident. Life is full of surprises.
Pappa, Created And Written By Phillip Russertt.
Cover By Ricardo Silva And Febri Ferdian.
Invasion From Planet Wrestletopia shows both the glamour and the seediness in the world of professional wrestling, all while the earth is caged for an intergalactic wrestle-epic. Listen and learn brother!
Invasion From Planet Wrestletopia Created And Written By Matt Entin And Ed Kuehnel.
Cover By Ryan Lang.
Based off of roll playing game, The Madcaps doesn’t follow conventions one would expect.
Listen and learn!
The Madcaps 1 By DM Ray Jamison, Evan Quiring, Dan Kemp and Micah Myers.
Continue readingOne Bite At A Time was a project with a heavy concentration on process that covered twenty years. Annual Dispatch is the next step and Ryan Claytor joins us to talk about it. Several topics are discussed, but the focus is on Annual Dispatch. Mostly.
Annual Dispatch: A Yearly Newspaper Art Book Featuring Process-Rich Peeks At Design Projects From Comics Artist And University Professor Ryan Claytor.
Continue readingConor McCreery And Jibola Fagbamiye join us to talk about their book Fela: Music Is The Weapon. Not being familiar with the musician, time has been spent listening to his music, and through the book we learn about his journey. A word popped into everyone’s head that was never mentioned, and we talked about Conor’s other book The Last Witch. Jibola didn’t work on that one, but didn’t seem to mind.
Fela: Music Is The Weapon By Conor McCreery And Jibola Fagbamiye.
Continue readingE.B. Kogan and Jessica Silvetti join us to discuss their graphic novel series Shockheaded Peter. There was a lot discussed in a very short time!
Shockheaded Peter By E.B. Kogan, Jessica Silvetti And Giuseppe Sabè Di Stefano.
Continue readingWe were a little perturbed at were the ending of Returned left us. Jason Strutz came back on to discuss the Part Two, and we had some thoughts. Give it a listen to hear what they were.
Returned Part Two By Jason Strutz.
Continue readingAaron Wroblewski joins us to talk about Blood & Fire but turns out Ice & Bone is right behind it. Beautiful series that we were told wrote itself. Having trouble believing that one.
Blood & Fire By Aaron Wroblewski, Ezequiel Rubio Lancho And Es Kay.
Continue readingDeuces R Wild Episode Two is coming out as well as a Reloaded Episode One! Reece Jenkins joins us again to talk about the idea and creative journey working with his son. They even retooled an old idea from high school. Give it a listen.
Deuces R Wild Episode Two By Reece Jenkins And Nathaniel Dunlap.
Continue readingComics from the past and present, but not from the mainstream this time. Adam And The Ants were also mentioned, but not sure why.
The Bus By Paul Kirchner.
Continue readingStarting out as a stage play, Witchland became a graphic novel as well,and continued with Snitchland. Tim Mulligan comes on again to talk about the third book Twitchland. What was planned to be a trilogy has grown into something more.
Twitchland By Tim Mulligan And Pyrink.
Continue readingFriends ran across an amazing comic shop in Barcelona, Spain who publishes a title of their own. Some issues were brought back and we discuss the tales of excitement the store promoted. Different ways we purchase comics finish the episode out. Enjoy!
450 Episodes Of Comic Talk. And Other Things As Well. We Go Off Topic A Lot.
Continue readingJohn Kissee joins us to discuss his series Doctor Rigby: Tales From The Deep which is 100 pages of poetic AWESOMENESS! It came from many influences yet stands entirely on it’s own. WHY are we just learning about this project now?
Doctor Rigby: Tales From The Deep By John Kissee.
Continue readingThe first half is a combined David Bowie and Michael Allred lovefest, then continues with a couple of books we’ve read.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Cruel Curses
Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns, And Moonage Daydreams
By Michael Allred, Steve Horton And Laura Allred.
Dennis Valencia and Drew Lenhart have teamed up their two comics with The Celestial Knight VS Caspian Porter. They take us through their journey of creating their separate series, concept, collaboration and getting the work out there. A lot of thinking on this episode.
The Celestial Knight VS Caspian Porter
By Drew Lenhart, Dennis Valencia And Juan Fleites.
Braxton Cosby sent us his comic book Broken: The Young Hellion Series Book 2. We talked about it in detail, learned about Cosby Media Productions publishing everything from novels, cookbooks to television work. He prefers to be called creator and wears many hats quite well!
Broken: The Young Hellion Series Book 2 By
Braxton Cosby, Ron Silva And Julia Rojas Caballero,
Dan Price joins us to discuss the upcoming Bigfoot Knows Karate 3 as well as future storylines, refining techniques, working with other creators and growing their audience. This is a fun series with a lot of plans. Enjoy!
Bigfoot Knows Karate 3 By Dan Price And Casey Allen.
Continue readingWe got to read a partial script for Path of the Pale Rider 7, so Laurie Calcaterra joins up to discuss the upcoming issue plus our thoughts on Path of the Pale Rider 6, of which we had many. Laurie has been on this podcast more than any other creator, so one would think we had enough of her by now. But the conversation stays interesting, lively and keeps your mind going down a rabbit hole of no return. But don’t let that stop you from listening…
Path of the Pale Rider 7 By Laurie Calcaterra,
Gilbert Perez And Matt D. Chambers III.
Kerguelen is a vast plateau of cold and barren tundra covered by a ever-present fog. The fog wraps around the plateau like a shroud, hiding the secrets that lie below. Edgar Anderson joins us to talk about the creation, process, putting a small group of creators together and putting together a campaign for the first time.
Kerguelen By Edgar Anderson And Manuel Benigno.
Continue readingChristopher Michael from HomeBrewed Comics joins us again to discuss the continuing work of C.R.I.T. and the many changes that have occurred since we last spoke. There is a lot!
C.R.I.T.: He Who Would Be King By Chris Sahloff.
Cover By Robert Nix.
With Brad Haynes, Terreyl Wilkins And Natalie Sahloff.
The Players Are Austin Ferguson, Obie Dancey And Ryan Kidd.
All New Heroes: Watcher was a germ of an idea that began while Mr. InsaneGenes was in 7th grade. It has grown into a series about a mysterious superhero that has settled in modern day Atlanta, Ga. that is now four issues underway.
All New Heroes: Watcher 1 By Mr. InsaneGenes.
Continue readingWe go over what makes a hero, then discuss the one who started it all and finished with a fairly new one. Enjoy!
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Greymarket
Are Black Adam And Guy Gardner Heroes, Or Are They Mistakes And Embarrassments?
Continue readingReturned began life as a 24 Hour Comic and Jason Strutz comes on to talk about it. Creation, development and promoting are discussed along with other topics.
Returned By Jason Strutz.
Continue readingWurst & Mayhem co-creator Ryan Kroboth joins us to talk about the upcoming issue 3!
Wurst & Mayhem 3 By John Edingfield II, Ryan Kroboth And Dave Lentz.
Continue readingAngel Hunter is the Upcoming manga by Rich Davis who comes on to talk about it. Really interesting human being that you may enjoy listening to.
Angel Hunter By Rich Davis And Les Garner.
Continue readingThe manga Citizen Evil Vol. 1 is reviewed, then we go into work that was found by chance.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: hitomi
Laurie Calcaterra has put out issue 5 and is underway with 6! Endless possibilities are discussed as always, but the humanity of the characters are brought up as well. Enjoy!
Path of the Pale Rider 6 By Laurie Calcaterra,
Gilbert Perez And Matt D. Chambers III.
Even though it’s twenty fives years ago, we still think of the year 2000 as the far flung future. Rook talked about Under-Earth recently, but after getting a chance to read it, Don discusses it some more, along with other stuff.
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Sokoninaru
Futuredays: A Nineteenth Century Vision of the Year 2000.
Continue readingRook talks about creator owned independent series he found through Kickstarter, while Don stays in the mainstream camp and finishes the episode discussing corporate logos.
The Sitter By Adriean Koleric.
Continue readingWe talk about books found in the wild that we were not aware of. Jay Thorhees was here, but wanted to be a fly on the wall. We made him talk anyway. Enjoy!
MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Moscow Death Brigade
Bramble By Jean-David Morvan And Nesmo.
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