Former comic book writer Roland Mann chats with Derek about teaching at Full Sail University, the failure of Spider-Man 3, reading comics as a kid, the success of Marvel films, why be became a writer, creating comics with Barry Gregory in sixth grade, meeting artist Steven Butler in college, breaking into the comic industry, the Cat & Mouse film that never happened, and why the industry is much smaller than it seems.

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Music: Tomorrow’s Plan by The Unicorn Wranglers
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Intro and outro voiceover by Lisa Goodness

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