Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast

Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast episodes:

• 05.29.2024

  Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! with Ram V and Dan Watters

  The Gill-man just does it for us. Or Lisa, more specifically. You can have your Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, Wolf Man, and Invisible Man; we'll take the wet and wild one off your hands any day of the week. Creature from the...

  
• 05.21.2024

  The Ultimate Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees Interview

  It's been a week. You've had a minute. The sixth and final issue of Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees is out there, living its life, rattling around our collective imaginations. We need to talk about it. You need to...

  
• 05.15.2024

  Kyle Starks on Karate Prom

  He's back—like you've never seen him before. Kyle Starks, the writer behind I Hate This Place, Peacemaker Tries Hard!, and Where Monsters Lie, just released an original graphic novel at First Second that's all-ages and without swears. Karate Prom is...

  
• 05.06.2024

  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 40th Anniversary Special

  March 5th, 1984. Forty years ago, three thousand copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 hit the newsstands. The title was impossible to ignore. Born from a joke between fresh collaborators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, it sparked an instantaneous...

  
• 04.29.2024

  Daniel Warren Johnson on The Nam

  For this week's podcast, we're digging out a treasure from the CBCC Patreon Feed: our deep-dive conversation with Daniel Warren Johnson about The Nam # 9. This thorough discussion launched our "Married to Singles" Patreon exclusive series, where we examine the favorite single...

  
• 04.20.2024

  Daniel Warren Johnson on Transformers: Robots in Disguise

  When people dare to complain about modern Transformers stories, they often single out the human characters and how they drag the spotlight away from the glorious Cybertron titans they paid their money to see. Optimus Prime is enough. Bumblebee is...

  
• 04.10.2024

  Man's Best with Jesse Lonergan and Pornsak Pichetshote

  How many words belong on a page? How many panels? In this week's podcast, we uncover the answers by chatting with Pornsak Pichetshote and Jesse Lonergan about their new Boom Studios series, Man's Best. It's a radically personal work about...

  
• 04.03.2024

  The Death of Comics Bookcase with Zack Quaintance

  We've dreaded this moment for more than a minute. The Death of Comics Bookcase is here. Journalist Zack Quaintance has assembled a mighty fine coffin in the form of a comic book and put his old self into it. Having...

  
• 03.27.2024

  Becky Cloonan and Tula Lotay on Somna

  A story is never one story. A story is several stories. It's the story imagined by its author or authors, as is often the case in comics, and it's the story imagined by its many readers. They can be similar...

  
• 03.19.2024

  The Ultimate The Enfield Gang Massacre Interview with Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips

  Walk into your local comic book store and give it a good browse. These days, you won't find too many Western comics. When a publisher like Image Comics grants a person the opportunity to make one, they must seize it...

  
• 03.12.2024

  The Ultimate Tom King Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Interview

  Who are we? Who do we want to be? Sometimes, the truth is a lie well told. Tom King returns to the podcast for his most in-depth conversation, breaking down the themes of his iconic Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow run...

  
• 03.04.2024

  The Ultimate Tyler Crook The Lonesome Hunters: The Wolf Child Interview

  This week's episode is the conversation we've wanted to have with Tyler Crook from the moment we first read The Lonesome Hunters. Despite already having two wonderful chats with Crook on the record, we couldn't let him rest there. After...

  
• 02.26.2024

  Jason Aaron on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles -Return to New York

  Some birthdays are bigger than others. To properly celebrate the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hitting their forties this year, IDW Publishing is determined to make a fuss regarding our favorite comic book siblings, including, but not limited to, inviting heavyweight...

  
• 02.21.2024

  Tom Scioli on I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee

  All biography is autobiography. Nowhere is this more evident than when discussing Tom Scioli's back-to-back books, Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics and I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee. Since his...

  
• 02.10.2024

  Scott and Emma: Dark X-Men - The Confession

  What's in the box!? Scott Summers invites Emma Frost into his mind palace and shows her his special black cube, constructed with a little help from his ex. Gulp. This week, we reach the halfway point in our ScEmma Counseling...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Todd McFarlane: Secrets of His Success

  The initial mission was to create a character who would outlast him. Todd McFarlane stared down Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man. He knew he had a character within him that could last beyond his own lifetime; he just had to pull...

  
• 01.26.2024

  Scott and Emma: New X-Men - Here Comes Tomorrow

  Today, we get serious about ScEmma. After years of teasing it, we're finally tackling the complicated romance between the X-Men's Scott Summers and Emma Frost. It's a relationship born out of pain and surprise. Maybe it was not meant to...

  
• 01.16.2024

  Jadzia Axelrod on Hawkgirl: Once Upon A Galaxy

  Regret is a poison we too often sip from in our lives. Resisting its toxin should be easy, but it's a practice we must continuously endure. Thankfully, we have writers like Jadzia Axelrod, who offer stories as gauntlets for us...

  
• 01.07.2024

  Flash Gordon at 90: Dan Schkade

  Ninety years after his creation, Flash Gordon continues to soar in syndication. Helping us celebrate Alex Raymond's fearless champion this week is current Flash Gordon cartoonist Dan Schkade. Together, we explore why the confident space jock remains relevant and why...

  
• 12.31.2023

  Best Comics of 2023 (Part Two)

  We can't put 2023 to bed without releasing our very last episode of the year, The Stampies: The Best Comics of 2023 (Part Two). Continuing the celebration from last week's Part One, we push into several other major categories, highlighting...

  
• 12.26.2023

  Best Comics of 2023 (Part One)

  It's here - The Stampies: Best Comics of 2023 (Part One)! For the last two months, we've scrambled to read all the comics we missed during the year and compiled a gargantuan list of favorites. As far as the comics medium was concerned,...

  
• 12.22.2023

  Sarah Myer on Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story

  A powerful imagination can be as burdensome as it is liberating. Born in South Korea and adopted at birth by a white couple, Sarah Myer struggled with identity in their rural and frequently antagonistic Maryland community. Cartoons, comics, and cosplay...

  
• 12.18.2023

  Joshua Williamson and Tom Reilly on Duke and GI Joe (feat. a Robert Kirkman cameo)

  This week, we got to get tough - Yo Joe! - with Joshua Williamson and Tom Reilly, the creative team behind the new Energon Universe series, Duke. The Man of Action experienced something unexplainable in Daniel Warren Johnson's Transformers #2, which rewired...

  
• 12.08.2023

  Scott and Emma: New X-Men (5th Anniversary Spectacular)

  Five years ago, we launched this podcast with Scott Summers and Jean Grey. Back then, our conversation concluded with a tumultuous debate surrounding Grant Morrison's New X-Men and the complicated three-way that seemingly shattered an iconic Marvel Comics romance. With...

  
• 11.29.2023

  Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev on Masterpiece

  Peanut butter and chocolate. Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev. Two great tastes that taste great together. Whether you first encountered their delicious collaboration through Daredevil, Moon Knight, Scarlet, or whatever, once experienced, you must gorge on the rest. And...

  
• 11.22.2023

  Tom Taylor on Titans: Beast World

  We invite Tom Taylor onto the show this week to discuss all the tasty relationship dynamics he's been exploring with the Titans ongoing series and why it's taken decades for these twenty-something superheroes to nab their first major DC Comics event book, Titans: Beast World. For...

  
• 11.13.2023

  Juni Ba on Mobilis: My Life with Captain Nemo

  Dedicated to Jesse Tapia II. "What are you picking up today?" At some point, we all meet Captain Nemo. He's an icon: a literary legend, a Disney villain, and a comic book mainstay. As with Batman, Superman, or any other decades-old...

  
• 11.06.2023

  Jeff Smith on The Secret Origin of Bone

  At five years old, Jeff Smith brought Fone Bone to life. Immediately enthralled by the characters of Walt Kelly, Charles M. Schulz, Walt Disney, and others, the kid desperately sought to contribute his own creation. While most abandon their childhood...

  
• 10.31.2023

  Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters: The Ultimate Laura and Chris Samnee Interview

  We've wanted to have this conversation with Chris Samnee and Laura Samnee from the moment we read the first issue of Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters. Sure, we've had them on before talking about their beautiful comic celebrating sibling relationships,...

  
• 10.27.2023

  Kevin Eastman, Jeff Rowe, and the IDW TMNT Crew

  This week's episode has all the toppings. Kevin Eastman, Jeff Rowe, Tom Waltz, Gavin Smith, Vincenzo Federici, Sarah Myer, Ben Bishop, Esau Escorza, and Isaac Escorza. If you're a shellhead, you're already flipping out. If you're not, you soon will be. There is no better time to be a Teenage Mutant...

  
• 10.19.2023

  Kevin Alvir on Lisa Cheese and Ghost Guitar

  We return from New York Comic-Con, bursting with stories and conversations. We've never had a show quite like this one, where every corner revealed some incredible new encounter and discussion. Cartoonist Kevin Alvir was there, sliding his way through artist...

  
• 10.08.2023

  David Dastmalchian on Count Crowley

  Good evening, boils and ghouls. Welcome to a spooktacular conversation with comics scribe David Dastmalchian, discussing his devilishly delicious and wickedly personal horror comic Count Crowley. Currently, two volumes are available from Dark Horse Comics (Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter and...

  
• 09.29.2023

  Patrick Horvath on Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees

  Don't take candy from strangers. Did you ever ask your mom or dad, "Why?" Or were you too afraid? Were you already too good at actively imagining what those strangers would do with you once they got you in the...

  
• 09.22.2023

  Dave Chisholm and Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound

  Every accomplished creative work is miraculous. Bringing anything over the finish line should be celebrated. However, even rarer are the projects that find their way to the artist whom no one else could compete with regarding that project. Dave Chisholm...

  
• 09.15.2023

  Christian Ward on Batman: City of Madness

  A particular story has rattled around Christian Ward's imagination for years. It's been there since childhood, really. Since he first encountered Grant Morrison and Dave McKean's Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth. Last year, he sent out...

  
• 09.08.2023

  CBCC 93: Leon & Cody - Light Carries On

  Episode 200! Light Carries On by Ray Nadine refuses to allow death to get in the way of a little life-changing romance. We go into session with Leon and Cody, two souls in stasis, unsure how to move forward and...

  
• 08.28.2023

  SDCC 2023: Robert Kirkman & Friends (The Energon Universe)

  We close our San Diego Comic-Con International coverage with an epic roundtable conversation with Energon Universe shepherds Robert Kirkman, Sean Mackiewicz, Joshua Williamson, and Daniel Warren Johnson. As you have undoubtedly heard, Skybound Entertainment is the new G.I. Joe and...

  
• 08.21.2023

  SDCC 2023: Nicole Maines on Dreamer

  Moving one character from one medium to another is a complex task. Nicole Maines was desperate to see her Dreamer fighting alongside the other DC Comics superheroes. However, when she pitched the idea to the publisher, she didn't expect them to ask...

  
• 08.11.2023

  SDCC 2023: Todd McFarlane

  During this year's San Diego Comic-Con International, finding someone working harder or as urgently as Todd McFarlane would be difficult. He was everywhere, announcing numerous projects one after the other. His partnership with Warner Bros. shows no signs of weakening as they unveiled...

  
• 08.07.2023

  SDCC 2023: Jamie Lee Curtis, Russell Goldman, and Karl Stevens on Mother Nature

  The path Mother Nature took to its sequential form is beautifully compelling. When Jamie Lee Curtis was nineteen, an angry story of global catastrophe and corporate greed took root. Time would pass, and along with her co-writer Russell Goldman, she...

  
• 08.04.2023

  SDCC 2023: Erik Burnham on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  For most of us, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series is where our shellshocked obsessions began. Now, IDW Publishing returns to this glorious era with their Saturday Morning Adventures offshoot with writer Erik Burnham and artists Tim Lattie, Jack...

  
• 07.23.2023

  SDCC 2023: Stan Sakai and Julie Sakai on Dogu Publishing

  In September, Usagi Yojimbo returns to Dark Horse Comics with the new mini-series Ice and Snow. However, that's just the warm-up. Stan Sakai and Julie Sakai have massive plans for their Dogu Publishing imprint, and we're eager to break it...

  
• 07.22.2023

  SDCC 2023: Chris Condon & Jacob Phillip on The Enfield Gang Massacre

  When we first started That Texas Blood by Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips, we enjoyed it as a nifty, nasty, clever Western Noir. Now, we're three trade paperbacks in and one issue into their spin-off series, The Great Enfield Gang...

  
• 07.21.2023

  SDCC 2023: Adrian Tomine on Shortcomings

  Most people cringe a little when they look at their younger selves. Cartoonist Adrian Tomine certainly doesn't love revisiting his older work, but he was challenged to do so when adapting his own graphic novel, Shortcomings, for director Randall Park....

  
• 07.20.2023

  SDCC 2023: Paul Cornell on Con and On

  The San Diego Comic-Con International is back, and just like last year, we're determined to bring the celebrations to our Comic Book Couples Counseling podcast feed. Whether you're attending the show or not, we aim to bring the con experience...

  
• 07.18.2023

  CBCC 92: Invincible & Atom Eve - The End of All Things

  With four Mark Grayson and Atom Eve counseling sessions already behind us, we finally reach a conclusion regarding their Invincible relationship. In this episode, we discuss the final two trade paperbacks in Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, and Cory Walker's superhero...

  
• 07.13.2023

  Tyler Crook on The Lonesome Hunters: The Wolf Child

  Nearly to the day, Tyler Crook returns to Comic Book Couples Counseling to discuss The Lonesome Hunters, this time digging into its follow-up series, The Wolf Child. As he proved during his last session, Crook is eager to crack open...

  
• 07.10.2023

  50 Years of Red Sonja: Shannon and Luke Lieberman

  Let the festivities begin! This year, Red Sonja celebrates her fiftieth anniversary, and as caretakers and licensors of the character, Shannon and Luke Lieberman are determined to transform 2023 into a massive birthday bash. A movie is on the horizon....

  
• 07.04.2023

  Patreon Preview: Sandman #70, plus - an Announcement

  For two years, we've discussed The Sandman on our Patreon, one episode at a time, one issue at a time. Periodically, we've dropped certain conversations into the main Comic Book Couples Counseling podcast feed, but it's been a while. Since...

  
• 06.26.2023

  My Adventures with Superman: In Conversation with the Cast and Creators

  Steel yourself. My Adventures with Superman is the Superman story you've been waiting for, friends. The new animated series (set to premiere on Adult Swim on July 6th and on Max the next day) is a joyful exploration, digging deep...