Capes and Tights Podcast

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The Capes and Tights Podcast - a hub of comic, film, books and pop culture exploration hosted by Justin Soderberg. Every Wednesday, expect the unexpected with special guests from across the industry!... more

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July 23, 2025 #235: Fantastic Four (2005) Movie Review
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic retailer Paul Eaton to discuss the 2005 Fantastic Four movie.
Scientist Reed Richards persuades his arrogant former classmate, Victor von Doom, to fund his experiments with cosmic energy. On von Doom's space station, the crew -- including astronaut Ben Grimm, researcher Sue Storm and pilot Johnny Storm -- are exposed to a mysterious cosmic storm that bestows super powers upon them. As they cope with their transformations, von Doom vows his revenge.
The film was directed by Tim Story on a script by Mark Frost and Michael France based on the Marvel Comics' characters co-created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The team first appeared in comics in The Fantastic Four #1(November 1961).
Starring Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic, Jessica Alba as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman, Chris Evansas Johnny Storm / Human Torchs, Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm / The Thing, Julian McMahon as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom, and Kerry Washington as Alicia Masters.
Fantastic Four released in theaters on July 8, 2005 and is now available to stream.
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July 16, 2025 #234: Craig DiLouie - Author of My Ex, the Antichrist
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes Bram Stoker-nominated author Craig DiLouieto the program to discuss My Ex, the Antichrist and more!
DiLouie is the author of novels such as How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive, Episode Thirteen, Suffer the Children, The Children of Red Peak, and many more. His works have been nominated for major literary awards such as the Bram Stoker Award and Audie Award.
His latest novel, My Ex, the Antichrist, hit bookstores everywhere on July 1, 2025 from Run for It.
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July 09, 2025 #233: Paul Tremblay - Author of Another
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes bestselling author Paul Tremblay to the program to discuss his upcoming novel, Another, and more!
Tremblay is the author of Horror Movie, Survivor Song, The Cabin at the End of the World, Disappearance at Devil's Rock, A Head Full of Ghosts, the crime novels The Little Sleep and No Sleep Till Wonderland, and the short story collection, Growing Things and Other Stories. He has won Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Massachusetts Book awards.
His young adult horror novel, Another, hits bookstores everywhere on July 22, 2025 from Quill Tree Books. The audiobook, narrated by Ramon de Ocampo, is available for preorder at Libro.fm!
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July 02, 2025 #232: Patrick Horvath - Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes cartoonist Patrick Horvath to the program to discuss Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring and more!
Horvath is a filmmaker and comic book creator best known for IDW Publishing's Eisner-nominated comic book series Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees as well as the upcoming sequel, Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring. Horvath is also the mind behind the Zoop funded and Oni Press released Free For All.
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring #1 hits local comic shops on July 9, 2025 from IDW Publishing.
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June 25, 2025 #231: Back to the Future Movie Review
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book retailer Paul Eaton to the program to discuss Back to the Future in honor of the film's 40th Anniversary.
In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents, and must make sure that they fall in love or he'll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown.
It stars Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, Christopher Lloyd as Emmett "Doc" Brown, Lea Thompson as Lorraine Baines McFly, Crispin Glover as George McFly, and Thomas F. Wilson as Biff Tannen. The 1985 portion of the film features a cast including Claudia Wells as Marty's girlfriend Jennifer Parker, and Marc McClure and Wendie Jo Sperber as Marty's siblings Dave McFly and Linda McFly. Elsa Raven plays the Clocktower Lady. Singer Huey Lewishas a cameo role as a judge for the Battle of the Bands contest. Richard L. Duran and Jeff O'Haco portray the Libyan terrorists.
The film was released on July 3, 1985 and is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
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1h 7min
June 18, 2025 #230: Zack Kaplan - Kill All Immortals Writer
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic writer Zack Kaplan to the program to discuss Kill All Immortals, Masterminds, and more!
Kaplan is a break out science fiction comic writer and creator of such comics and graphic novels as Eclipse, Port of Earth, The Lost City Explorers, Join the Future, Break Out, Metal Society, Mindset, and more recently, Forever Forward, Beyond Real. The Midnight: Shadows, and Kill All Immortals. He has worked with publishers such as Image Comics/Top Cow, Dark Horse, Aftershock Comics, Vault Comics, Humanoids, Scout Comics and DC Comics.
His first three series were all optioned for TV adaptation, with Port of Earth being developed by Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment and Amazon TV Studios. Zack has taught screenwriting and storytelling at the International Academy of Film and TV, located in the Philippines.
This August 27 Kaplan will release his newest series Masterminds at Dark Horse.
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June 11, 2025 #229: Philip Fracassi - The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes author Philip Fracassi to the program to discuss his novella D7 and upcoming novel The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre.
Philip Fracassi is the author of the novels Don't Let Them Get You Down, A Child Alone with Strangers, Gothic, Boys in the Valley and The Third Rule of Time Travel. He is also the author of several novellas, including Sacculina, Shiloh, Commodore and D7. His upcoming books include the novels Sarafina and The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre.
Other work includes the story collections No One Is Safe!, Beneath a Pale Sky, and Behold the Void. He is also the author of a children's book, The Boy with the Blue Rose Heart, and a book of poetry, Tomorrow's Gone.
As a screenwriter, his feature films have been distributed by Disney Entertainment and Lifetime Television, with several projects in various stages of development.
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre hits bookstores everywhere on September 30, 2025 from Tor Nightfire. The audiobook, narrated by January LaVoy, can be pre-ordered at Libro.fm!
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June 04, 2025 #228: Kyle Starks - Writer of Those Not Afraid
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic creator Kyle Starks to the program to discuss Those Not Afraid, Where Monsters Lie, Kill Them All, and more!
Starks is a three-time Eisner nominated comic creator from Southern Indiana.
He is likely best known as the longest tenured writer and occasional artist for Oni Press' Rick and Morty comic and the hit series Peacemaker Tries Hard! for DC Comics. He was nominated for Eisners for Sexcastle, Rock Candy Mountain, and I Hate This Place for best humor publication.
Kyle just finished up Where Monsters Lie: Cull-de-Sac, Those Not Afraid, and his Minor Threats' miniseries Barfly all at Dark Horse.
He has also worked on Skybound’s Assassin Nation with Erica Henderson, 6 Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton with Chris Schweizer at Image Comics, Marvel Unleashed at Marvel Comics, DC Comics' Harley Quinn: Black White and Redder, Wild Dog in Batman: Brave and the Bold, Dynamite Comics' Mars Attacks with Schweizer, Oni Press' Dead of Winterand many more.
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1h 11min
May 28, 2025 #227: Adam Rose - Writer of Huge Detective
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic writer Adam Rose to the program to discuss Huge Detective and more!
Rose is a writer and comic book creator living in Los Angeles. He has written such comics as Playground: Attack of the Gurgle Bots (Markosia Entertainment), Corollary (Source Point Press), and Huge Detective (Titan Comics).
His prose writing has been featured in various literary journals such as Gravel, The Cabinet of Heed, The Door is a Jar Magazine, Pilgrimage Press, West Wind, and In Parentheses. Additionally, he had the privilege of having a piece selected by The Echo Theater Company of Los Angeles for their Bold Secrets series.
Recently, he has worked with JC Chandor as a story consultant for the Kraven the Hunter film, bringing his deep knowledge of comic book history and creative insights to the project.
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56min
May 21, 2025 #226: Clown in a Cornfield Movie Review
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book retailer Paul Eaton to the program to discuss the Clown in a Cornfield movie!
Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time. Welcome to Kettle Springs. The real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.
The film was directed by Eli Craig (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil), written for screen by Craig and Carter Blanchard based on the 2020 horror novel by Adam Cesare, and produced by Temple Hill Entertainment (Smile). Clown in a Cornfield stars Katie Douglas as Quinn Maybrook, Aaron Abrams as Dr. Maybrook, Carson MacCormac as Cole, Kevin Durand as Arthur Hill, Will Sasso as Sheriff Dunne, and Vincent Muller as Rust.
Clown in a Cornfield hit theaters on May 9, 2025 and is now playing!
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1h 20min

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