Hello and welcome to Comic Book Herald’s Hickmania, a series running through 2022 where we’ll be reading and analyzing the creator-owned works of writer Jonathan Hickman, from his debut The Nightly News through to his most recent output. We’ll be reading one creator-owned work a month through 2022, and each month I’ll release a new analysis with a new guest discussing the comic!

Today we’re talking A Red Mass for Mars and I’m joined by Sara Century! We’ll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers!

Previously: Past episodes of Hickmania

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Topics today include:

A Red Mass for Mars is:

Writer: Jonathan Hickman

Artist: Ryan Bodenheim

Colors: Hickman

Letters: Rus Wooten

Publisher: Image

Referenced interviews / essays:

https://www.tor.com/2013/01/02/the-strange-poetics-of-jonathan-hickman/

https://www.cbr.com/hickman-bodenheim-hold-a-red-mass-for-mars/

Schedule:

January 2022 – The Nightly News

February 2022 – Pax Romana

March 2022 – Transhuman / Ultimates

April 2022 – A Red Mass For Mars

May 2022 – The Red Wing

June 2022 – The Manhattan Projects

July 2022 – Secret

August 2022 – God is Dead

August/Sept 2022 – East of West

October 2022 – The Dying and the Dead

November 2022 – The Black Monday Murders

December 2022 – Decorum

December 2022 – 3W3M

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking “Alter Ego”, an ongoing Kickstarter with writer Nate Cosby. We talk about his process writing comics as an Editor, the freedom of working on all ages comics, what it took to get Marvel to publish works like Thor: The Mighty Avenger, and his love of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

Alter Ego Is:

Writer: Nate Cosby

Artists: Jacob Edgar

Colourist: Kike J. Diaz

Letterer: Rus Wooton

Publisher: Linney Incorporated

About the Artist:

Nate Cosby has written Cowboy and Alter Ego, and has edited Thor: The Mighty Avenger, World War Hulk and Spider-Man loves Mary-Jane.

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On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below:

* Spoilers Follow *

This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer:

+ What happens in the debuts of X-Men Red #1 and Marauders #1?

+ Is the Destiny of X off to a good start?

+ How is X Lives / X Deaths of Wolverine spilling over into X-Force?

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

X-Men Red #1

Marauders #1

X-Force #27

X-Force Annual #1

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On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below:

* Spoilers Follow *

This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer:

+ What happens in Immortal X-Men #1

+ What is Sinister’s new secret?

+ What does Kieron Gillen bring to the X-Men Universe?

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

Immortal X-Men #1

The X-Cellent #2

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking “How I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp” with writer Anthony Del Col. We talk about the process of crafting journalistic stories for Insider magazine, backlash to political stories, his work at Marvel and his favorite Assassins Creed games.

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

How I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp Is:

Writer: Anthony Del Col

Artist: Fahmida Azim

Publisher: Insider

About the Artist:

Anthony Del Col has written Luke Cage: Everyman, Assassins Creed: Assassins, Kill Shakespeare, Son of Hitler, and writes for Insider.

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On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below:

This week I’m joined by Ernie from Blerd Without Fear!

* Spoilers Follow *

This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer:

+ What do we think of the final issue in X Deaths of Wolverine?

+ Did this 10 issue Wolverine even stick the landing?

+ What do we expect this to mean for the upcoming Destiny of X, and are we excited?

This week’s Comics:

X Deaths of Wolverine #5

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On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below:

* Spoilers Follow *

This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer:

+ What happens in X Lives of Wolverine #5

+ Why did this series bomb so hard?

+ What to expect from this summer’s Judgment Day event!

+ Listener questions!

This week’s Comics:

X Lives of Wolverine #5

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking Money Shot and Chronophage with writer Tim Seeley. We talk about sexy sex comics, parenting in a pandemic, the fan pressure of writing DC’s Robins, and Seeley’s vast creator catalog!

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

Money Shot Is:

Writers: Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie

Penciller: Caroline Leigh Layne

Publisher: Vault Comics

About the Artist:

In addition to Money Shot and Chronophage, Tim Seeley has also written Revival, Hack/Slash, Grayson, and many more!

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Hello and welcome to Comic Book Herald’s Hickmania, a series running through 2022 where we’ll be reading and analyzing the creator-owned works of writer Jonathan Hickman, from his debut The Nightly News through to his most recent output. We’ll be reading one creator-owned work a month through 2022, and each month I’ll release a new analysis with a new guest discussing the comic!

Today we’re talking Hickman’s Ultimates and Ultimate Hawkeye and I’m joined by Charlotte Fierro & Zack “The Snack” Deane from My Ultimate Year. We’ll analyze the work in depth, so expect spoilers!

Previously: Past episodes of Hickmania

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Topics today include:

Hickman on EW, circa Secret Wars: “I think that Ultimate stuff that Esad and I did is one of the best things I’ve done at Marvel. It was unquestionably a failure, but it wasn’t because the book wasn’t good, it was because it was the same time the New 52 came out. .. It got completely crushed under a wave of product. That was a bummer, because the one book that I wanted to do when I started at Marvel was the Ultimates, and do it in a way where I’m basically building in the Ultimate universe…you’re not constrained by continuity in the same way that you are when you’ve got 60 other books coming out in the regular Marvel line. I desperately wanted that book to succeed. I would’ve done that book for years.”

Ultimate Comics Ultimates is:

Writer: Jonathan Hickman

Artist: Esad Ribic, Brandon Peterson, Rafa Sandoval

Colors: Dean White, Brad Anderson

Letters: Clayton Cowles

Publisher: Marvel

Referenced interviews:

https://ew.com/article/2015/01/29/jonathan-hickman-secret-wars-its-end-horror-story/

Schedule:

January 2022 – The Nightly News

February 2022 – Pax Romana

March 2022 – Transhuman / Ultimates

April 2022 – A Red Mass For Mars

May 2022 – The Red Wing

June 2022 – The Manhattan Projects

July 2022 – Secret

August 2022 – God is Dead

August/Sept 2022 – East of West

October 2022 – The Dying and the Dead

November 2022 – The Black Monday Murders

December 2022 – Decorum

December 2022 – 3W3M

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This week on Creannotators, I’m talking about Best Jackett Press and Comixology comics with creator Scott Snyder. We chat about the digital comic landscape, all his comics coming out through Best Jackett, the recent Comixology acquisition, and the aspects of his work on Batman that he’d like to see included in the new film.

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favourite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

We Have Demons Is:

Writer: Scott Snyder

Penciller: Greg Capullo

Inker: Jonathan Glapion

Letterer: Tom Napolitano

Colorist: Dave McCaig

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

About the Artist:

In addition to We Have Demons, Scott Snyder has also written American Vampire, Undiscovered Country, Batman, Nocterra, and many more comics from his creative studio, Best Jackett Press.

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