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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Geoff Johns At The Corner of the DCU


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The DC scribe is back, with insights on his current run in ACTION COMICS co-writing SUPERMAN with film director Richard Donner, The continued sucsess of the TEEN TITANS, Hal Jordan's new challenges as GREEN LANTERN, "52", Decembers return of THE JUSTICE SOCIETY. and looks back, at the BLADE SPIKE TV series , and INFINITE CRISIS. Podtrac Player

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

To Hell(boy) And Back, With Mike Mignola

A great seasonal chat with Hellboy's real dad, who sets the table for the big red guy's animated debut in the film roman production SWORD OF STORMS, premiering Saturday Oct 28th, on the Cartoon Network. The DVD release is expected in February. Mike also talks about Hellboy's beginnings, the upcoming new mini series with Duncan Fegredo, An Abe Sapien mini series, more BPRD and the pulp inspired hero Lobster Johnsn. You'll hear about Mike's art influences, collaborating with artists like Guy Davis, Richard Corben, and filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro Also a lengthy tease about the upcoming film HELLBOY 2 , which has just begun pre-production. Podtrac Player

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Joe Quesada, and the whole enchilada

Joe gives his views on the current stories and controversies each week in his newsarama weekly Q&A sessions, but in this thoughtful conversation, we talk about the state of Marvel Comics , six years into Joe's reign as Editor In Chief. From his days with Jimmy Palmiotti starting Marvel Knights, through the Bill Jemas era, to today's current regime. We talk about Marvel movies, the MAX comics line, and the editorial philosophies behind rebooting a character, or bringing it back to basics. Podtrac Player

Monday, October 16, 2006

Dean Haspiel's independent spirit

THE REAL WORLD INTRUDES, SO WHILE I CATCH UP WITH THE BATCH OF CREATOR CONVERSATIONS... WE REPRESENT THIS GREAT TALK WITH ARTIST DEAN HASPIEL,WHO CONTINUES HIS COLLABORATION WITH WRITER HARVEY PEKAR , IN THE NEW AMERICAN SPLENDOR SERIES FROM VERTIGO COMICS. THE VIRTUOSO UNDERGROUND ARTIST TRACES HIS CAREER FROM HIS DAYS AS AN ASSISTANT WORKING UNDER THE LIKES OF HOWARD CHAYKIN BILL SIENKEWICZ AND WALTER SIMONSON, TO HIS OWN WORKS LIKE THE VERDICT , THE KEYHOLE SERIES WITH JOSH NEUFELD , HIS EVAN DORKIN MARVEL TEAM UP, ON THE THING :NIGHT FALLS ON YANCY STREET AND WE LOOK AT HIS CURRENT SOLO WORK, SUCH AS BILLY DOGMA, DEAN'S NOIR ANTI-HERO IN AIM TO DAZZLE AND THE CURRENT IMMORTAL AVAILABLE AT DEAN'S LIVE JOURNAL SITE http://community.livejournal.com/act_i_vate/ Podtrac Player

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

THE WRATH OF HAUN , JEREMY HAUN

Artist/Writer Jeremy Haun gives us the lowdown on THE LEADING MAN his co-creation for ONI PRESS with writer B Clay Moore, and his upcoming marvel work on IRON MAN CAPTAIN AMERICA-CASUALTIES OF WAR , with LAW AND ORDER writer Christos Gage. Podtrac Player

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Mike Oeming's tall Tales Of Mythic Proportions

Gather round the campfire, as Uncle Mike tells us all about his current books, like CROSS BRONX co-written with Ivan Brandon, HIGHLANDER , OMEGA FLIGHT , THE MICE TEMPLAR, POWERS , and more! Podtrac Player