Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast

By SKTCHD

What's Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast about?

A weekly comics interview podcast hosted by David Harper of SKTCHD that gets the story behind the stories and creators we love, as well as the broader comic book industry.

Website: SKTCHD.com

Patreon: Patreon.com/OffPanel

Twitter & Instagram: @slicedfriedgold/@SKTCHDcomic

Email: [email protected]

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Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast episodes:

05.20.2024
Off Panel #450: In the Lab with Steve Anderson
Retailer Steve Anderson joins the show to talk about what he's seeing at his comic shop chain in Maryland and Virginia, Third Eye Comics. Anderson discusses Free Comic Book May, the importance of turning your shop into a destination, being...
05.13.2024
Off Panel #449: Pick Your Spots with Sanford Greene
Artist/writer Sanford Greene joins the show to talk about his work in this week's Doom #1 and where he's at in his career. Greene discusses the origins of his Doom book, its nature as a story, the book's focus, working...
05.06.2024
Off Panel #448: The Horizon with Humberto Ramos
Artist Humberto Ramos joins the show for a rare in-person episode, as we chat about his career, art, and love of comic book artists. Ramos discusses the different types of conventions, experiences, his love of art and artists, the artists...
04.29.2024
Off Panel #447: Murder Bear with Patrick Horvath
Cartoonist Patrick Horvath joins the show to talk about his path to comics and his IDW series Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees. Horvath discusses the convention experience, the appeal of comic art versus movies, the costs of creativity, learning...
04.22.2024
Off Panel #446: My Pal Francis with Jacob Phillips
Artist Jacob Phillips joins the show to talk about his career and busy dance card with Newburn, That Texas Blood, and The Enfield Gang Massacre. Phillips discusses how he works, managing schedules, his speed, how coloring himself impacts his process,...
04.15.2024
Off Panel #445: Do It Yourself with Zainab Akhtar
ShortBox and ShortBox Comics Fair's Zainab Akhtar join the podcast this week to talk about her journey in comics, the recent closure of ShortBox, and what's next for the Comics Fair. Akhtar discuss how things have changed since ShortBox closed,...
04.08.2024
Off Panel #444: Comic Science with Murewa Ayodele and Dotun Akande
Writer Murewa Ayodele and artist Dotun Akande joins the show to talk about their careers, collaboration, and current Oni Press series, Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods. Ayodele and Akande discuss the launch of their new book, figuring out who and what...
04.01.2024
Off Panel #443: Hands Up with Rebecca Taylor
Inklore's Editorial Director Rebecca "Tay" Taylor joins the show to talk about her career and what's going on at Inklore, the imprint at Penguin Random House that's publishing manga, manhwa, manhua, webcomics, and graphic novels. Taylor discusses what editorial really...
03.25.2024
Off Panel #442: Something Special with Katie Cook
Cartoonist Katie Cook joins the show to talk about her career and her recently released graphic novel, Nothing Special Vol. 1: Through the Elder Woods. Cook discusses recent challenges, her early comics, the importance of newspaper comics, the art school...
03.18.2024
Off Panel #441: A Lot of Begatting with Kieron Gillen
Writer Kieron Gillen returns to the show to talk about the end of his time at Marvel and the beginning of the next creator-owned phase of his career. Gillen discusses finishing his Marvel run, the language of comics, how he's...
03.11.2024
Off Panel #440: Always Be Scanning with Scott Dunbier
IDW's Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier joins the show to talk about his career and his work on the Artist's Editions program. Dunbier discusses the upcoming Batman: Year One Artist's Edition, the story behind the Artist's Edition, his time as...
03.04.2024
Off Panel #439: John and Paul with Brian Michael Bendis
Writer Brian Michael Bendis joins the podcast to talk about his current Dark Horse Comics series Masterpiece and this moment in time for his career. Bendis discusses focusing on his own work, being a night person, collaboration and collaborators, the...
02.26.2024
Off Panel #438: The Uncanny X-Draft with Dave Buesing
Comic Book Herald's Dave Buesing joins the show to discuss the past, present, and future of the X-Men. Buesing discusses what Comic Book Herald is all about, the importance of helping people find where to start, how the experience has...
02.19.2024
Off Panel #437: You Do What You Do with Kazu Kibuishi
Cartoonist Kazu Kibuishi joins the show to explore his journey to completing his Scholastic Graphix series, Amulet. Kibuishi discuss the early days of Amulet, the time between its conception and launch, the evolution of comics, how much Amulet changed over...
02.12.2024
Off Panel #436: Three Musketeers with Jesse Lonergan and Pornsak Pichetshote
Writer Pornsak Pichetshote and artist Jesse Lonergan join the show to discuss their collaboration on the upcoming Man's Best at BOOM! Studios. Pichetshote and Lonergan discuss how they got together, Lonergan's greatness, Pichetshote's editorial background, learning from collaboration, finding different...
02.05.2024
Off Panel #435: Woo! with Chip Zdarsky
Writer/artist Chip Zdarsky returns to the show to talk about his wider world of projects and the story behind those. Zdarsky discusses his schedule, collaboration, the wonder of Jorge Jimenez, ten years of Sex Criminals, the legacy of books, his...
01.29.2024
Off Panel #434: Alien Hitmen with Susana Polo
Polygon's Entertainment Editor Susana Polo returns to the show to chat about the recent removal of the journalism Eisner Award and some of the things we've been thinking about of late in comics but haven't had a chance to write...
01.22.2024
Off Panel #433: Comic Book Book Club with Amber Harper
My wife Amber Harper joins the show to chat about the medium from the viewpoint of a fan of comic movies and anime who doesn't read comics, before digging into three comics she read just for the show. Harper discusses...
01.15.2024
Off Panel #432: Bette Davis Eyes with Nate Powell
Cartoonist Nate Powell joins the show to talk about his career and upcoming graphic novel, Fall Through. Powell discusses promoting comics, the social media environment, his love of the X-Men, how his varying interests affect him as a cartoonist, the...
01.08.2024
Off Panel #431: Duck Sized Horses with Patrick Brower
Retailer Patrick Brower returns to the show to talk about the year for his shop, Chicago's Challengers Comics + Conversation. Brower discusses the holiday season, his comics retail podcast, promoting comics, how the year was and its progression, product vs....
12.26.2023
Off Panel #430: Easy Rider with Lucie Bryon
Cartoonist Lucie Bryon joins the show to talk about her career in comics and her ShortBox Comics Fair comic (and my comic of the year), Ocean. Bryon discusses her recent trip to Japan, France's relationship with comics, her gateway into...
12.18.2023
Off Panel #429: 20 for 2023 with Brandon Burpee
In a special, year-end episode of Off Panel, friend of the show Brandon Burpee returns to chat about the year in comics before we count down our 20 favorite comics of the year. We discuss the year in comics, Brandon's...
12.11.2023
Off Panel #428: Three Themes with Katie Pryde, Heidi MacDonald, and Jamal Igle
In a special year end episode of Off Panel, we look at the defining themes of 2023 in comics with the help of Books with Pictures' Katie Pryde, The Beat's Heidi MacDonald, and writer/artist Jamal Igle. Up first is Pryde...
12.04.2023
Off Panel #427: Hopeful Cynicism with Si Spurrier
Writer Si Spurrier joins the show to talk about his dense workload of late on comics like The Flash, the Uncanny Spider-Man, Damn Them All, and more. Spurrier discusses this busy stretch, testing boundaries, the yes/no conundrum, balance within the...
11.27.2023
Off Panel #426: Boy at the End with Skottie Young
Writer/artist Skottie Young joins the show to talk about this moment in time in his career. Young discusses being a writer (but kind of not an artist) right now, storytelling, figuring out how to write, Twig's position in his career,...
11.20.2023
Off Panel #425: A Magpie Heart with Alex de Campi
Writer Alex de Campi joins the podcast to talk about her career in comics and her recent slate of Image releases, including Parasocial, Bad Karma, and Scrapper. de Campi discusses being both a writer and letterer, the fluidity of creation,...
11.13.2023
Off Panel #424: Doctor Who? with Bruno Batista
Retailer Bruno Batista from Dublin's Big Bang Comics joins to talk about his path to Big Bang and what he's seeing at the shop and beyond. Batista discusses daily variance in comics retail, how Big Bang's online store changed things,...
11.06.2023
Off Panel #423: Expect the Unexpected with Morgan Perry
Skybound's Brand Manager - Editorial Morgan Perry joins the podcast to chat about her path in comics, her current role, and the world of promoting comics. Perry discusses her role at Skybound, the complexity of comics marketing, the broader Skybound...
10.30.2023
Off Panel #422: The Next Evolution with Juni Ba
Cartoonist Juni Ba joins the podcast to chat about his two new graphic novels, Mobilis and The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber. Ba discusses looking back on already finished projects, the origin of Mobilis, the similarities between his two...
10.23.2023
Off Panel #421: The Weasel with Rick Remender
Writer Rick Remender joins the podcast to talk about his life, career, and work at his imprint at Image Comics, Giant Generator. Remender discusses New York Comic Con, collaborators, the evolution of cons, what he loves about comics, his art...
10.09.2023
Off Panel #420: The Rock with Christopher Yost
Writer Christopher Yost joins the podcast to talk about his career and his upcoming series at Vault, Unnatural Order. Yost discusses his comic origins, how other mediums drove him to comics, the idea of making comics, his early days at...
10.02.2023
Off Panel #419: Fashion Fremen with Erica Henderson
Artist Erica Henderson returns to the podcast to talk about her new graphic novel, Parasocial, and how she's approaching her art and career. Henderson discusses the interview experience, the origins of Parasocial, its appeal, the intimate nature of Parasocial, the...
09.25.2023
Off Panel #418: Opportunity Costs with Joshua Williamson
Writer Joshua Williamson returns to the podcast to talk about his extensive dance card right now and the current environment for creators in comics. Williamson discusses his current workload, event comics, writing back to back events, non-writing time, his project...
09.18.2023
Off Panel #417: How Fascinating with Jenn Haines
Retailer and ComicsPRO President Jenn Haines joins the show to talk about the current state of things for her shops, The Dragon in Guelph, Ontario, and comics retail as a whole. Haines discusses The Dragon's 25th anniversary, welcoming families, Guelph...
09.11.2023
Off Panel #416: Timing Really Matters with Declan Shalvey
Writer/artist Declan Shalvey joins the podcast to talk about his current Kickstarter for Old Dog: Dossier and the rest of his busy workload. Shalvey discusses his different roles, finding time to tell more stories, the origins of Old Dog: Dossier,...
09.04.2023
Off Panel #415: One Day at a Time with Jed MacKay
Writer Jed MacKay joins the podcast to talk about his path to comics and current titles in The Avengers, Doctor Strange, and Moon Knight. MacKay discusses problem solving, what guides his schedule, his earliest comics, his approach as a storyteller,...
08.28.2023
Off Panel #414: Five Hour Energy with Nadia Shammas
Writer Nadia Shammas joins the show to talk about their career to date and the upcoming graphic novel, Confetti Realms. Shammas discusses the weird year, Confetti Realms, Barnes & Noble origins, manga's influence, the Marvel internship experience, the CORPUS anthology,...
08.21.2023
Off Panel #413: The Superhero State of the Union 2023 with Oliver Sava
Comics critic Oliver Sava returns to the show for the sixth annual Superhero State of the Union. Sava discusses the mini-series gap between the Big Two, Dawn of DC, DC's castings, the Knight Terrors bump, event comics, price points, Big...
08.14.2023
Off Panel #412: A Guest in the House with Emily Carroll
Cartoonist Emily Carroll joins the show to talk about her career, craft, and upcoming graphic novel, A Guest in the House. Carroll discusses early influences, their lasting impact, storytelling flow, having fun in the work, experimentation, how she views her...
08.07.2023
Off Panel #411: 'Til All Are One with Daniel Warren Johnson
Cartoonist Daniel Warren Johnson returns to the show to talk about his career and the upcoming The Transformers. Johnson discusses the San Diego Comic Con experience, how the con experience has evolved for him, a recent, giant commission, maintaining his...
07.31.2023
Off Panel #410: The Secret with Eitan Manhoff
Retailer Eitan Manhoff joins the show to talk about his now Eisner Award-winning shop in Oakland, Cape & Cowl Comics, and what he's been seeing this year. Manhoff discusses that Eisner win, what went into it, Cape & Cowl's origin...
07.24.2023
Off Panel #409: Problem Solver with Chris Schweizer
Cartoonist Chris Schweizer joins the show to talk about his life, career, and collaborations with Kyle Starks. Schweizer discusses his Assassin Nation self, how his background shaped his path as an artist, comic strips, how he decided to make comics,...
07.17.2023
Off Panel #408: Test Kitchen with Kelly Sue DeConnick
Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick joins the show to talk about Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons and her approach to telling stories in comics and beyond. DeConnick discusses the life of a creator, the value of shutting our brains down, collaboration,...
07.10.2023
Off Panel #407: Lost in Translation with François Hercouet
François Hercouet, the Editor-in-Chief of France's Urban Comics (the publisher of DC Comics and assorted Image, Dark Horse, and BOOM! titles in the country), joins the show to talk about the French comic market and his work at Urban. Hercouet...
06.26.2023
Off Panel #406: Choose Your Hard with Scott Kurtz
Cartoonist Scott Kurtz joins the show to talk about the past, present, and future of webcomics and his career on comics like PVP and Table Titans. Kurtz discusses his earliest comics and main influences, the earliest comics he made, making...
06.19.2023
Off Panel #405: I Got a Fever with Ed Brubaker
Writer Ed Brubaker joins the show to talk about his latest graphic novel with artist Sean Phillips, Night Fever. Brubaker discusses the picket line experience, the insanity of Night Fever, his expectations for the response, the personal nature of the...
06.12.2023
Off Panel #404: Dog Day Afternoon with Kyle Starks
Writer/artist Kyle Starks returns to the show to talk about his work in I Hate This Place, Where Monsters Lie, Peacemaker Tries Hard!, and more. Starks discusses his updated business card, the inescapable humor label, the impact of the Eisner...
06.05.2023
Off Panel #403: Webtoonin' with David S. Lee
Webtoon's VP of Content, David S. Lee, joins the show to chat about the world of Webtoon and its comics. Lee discusses his own comic story, his unexpected background, his recent promotion, how they find creators and comics, working with...
05.29.2023
Off Panel #402: The Fonz with Kelly Thompson
Writer Kelly Thompson joins the show to talk about her creator-owned work and her overall approach to writing. Thompson discusses the superstar that is Jeff the Landshark, , the power of cute things, the glory of Stefano Caselli and Gurihiru,...
05.22.2023
Off Panel #401: The Next Thing with Ram V
Writer Ram V returns to the show to talk about his approach to writing on titles like The Vigil, Detective Comics, and more. Ram discusses a sneak attack reveal, the Paris Fan Festival experience, balancing his workload, idea creation, his...

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Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast episodes:

Off Panel #450: In the Lab with Steve Anderson

Off Panel #449: Pick Your Spots with Sanford Greene

Off Panel #448: The Horizon with Humberto Ramos

Off Panel #447: Murder Bear with Patrick Horvath

Off Panel #446: My Pal Francis with Jacob Phillips

Off Panel #445: Do It Yourself with Zainab Akhtar

Off Panel #444: Comic Science with Murewa Ayodele and Dotun Akande

Off Panel #443: Hands Up with Rebecca Taylor

Off Panel #442: Something Special with Katie Cook

Off Panel #441: A Lot of Begatting with Kieron Gillen

Off Panel #440: Always Be Scanning with Scott Dunbier

Off Panel #439: John and Paul with Brian Michael Bendis

Off Panel #438: The Uncanny X-Draft with Dave Buesing

Off Panel #437: You Do What You Do with Kazu Kibuishi

Off Panel #436: Three Musketeers with Jesse Lonergan and Pornsak Pichetshote

Off Panel #435: Woo! with Chip Zdarsky

Off Panel #434: Alien Hitmen with Susana Polo

Off Panel #433: Comic Book Book Club with Amber Harper

Off Panel #432: Bette Davis Eyes with Nate Powell

Off Panel #431: Duck Sized Horses with Patrick Brower

Off Panel #430: Easy Rider with Lucie Bryon

Off Panel #429: 20 for 2023 with Brandon Burpee

Off Panel #428: Three Themes with Katie Pryde, Heidi MacDonald, and Jamal Igle

Off Panel #427: Hopeful Cynicism with Si Spurrier

Off Panel #426: Boy at the End with Skottie Young

Off Panel #425: A Magpie Heart with Alex de Campi

Off Panel #424: Doctor Who? with Bruno Batista

Off Panel #423: Expect the Unexpected with Morgan Perry

Off Panel #422: The Next Evolution with Juni Ba

Off Panel #421: The Weasel with Rick Remender

Off Panel #420: The Rock with Christopher Yost

Off Panel #419: Fashion Fremen with Erica Henderson

Off Panel #418: Opportunity Costs with Joshua Williamson

Off Panel #417: How Fascinating with Jenn Haines

Off Panel #416: Timing Really Matters with Declan Shalvey

Off Panel #415: One Day at a Time with Jed MacKay

Off Panel #414: Five Hour Energy with Nadia Shammas

Off Panel #413: The Superhero State of the Union 2023 with Oliver Sava

Off Panel #412: A Guest in the House with Emily Carroll

Off Panel #411: 'Til All Are One with Daniel Warren Johnson

Off Panel #410: The Secret with Eitan Manhoff

Off Panel #409: Problem Solver with Chris Schweizer

Off Panel #408: Test Kitchen with Kelly Sue DeConnick

Off Panel #407: Lost in Translation with François Hercouet

Off Panel #406: Choose Your Hard with Scott Kurtz

Off Panel #405: I Got a Fever with Ed Brubaker

Off Panel #404: Dog Day Afternoon with Kyle Starks

Off Panel #403: Webtoonin' with David S. Lee

Off Panel #402: The Fonz with Kelly Thompson

Off Panel #401: The Next Thing with Ram V

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