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This week I interviewed the creative team behind The Keeper, writers Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, and artist Marco Finnegan! We talk horror, how a Hollywood rejection turned into a graphic novel, and bringing parenting experiences into fiction.

On Comic Book Herald’s interviews 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. The goal is a fun guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

The Keeper

Writer: Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes

Artist: Marco Finnegan

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Publishing

About the Authors:

Tananarive Due (tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo) is an award-winning author who teaches Black horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. She is an executive producer on Shudder’s groundbreaking documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. A leading voice in Black speculative fiction for more than 20 years, Due has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a British Fantasy Award, and her writing has been included in multiple best-of-the-year anthologies. Her books include Ghost Summer: Stories, My Soul to Keep, and The Good House. She and her late mother, civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due, coauthored Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights. Due is married to author Steven Barnes, with whom she collaborates on screenplays. They live in Los Angeles with their son Jason and two cats.

Steven Barnes is a New York Times bestselling, NAACP Image Award–winning author of more than 30 novels. Nominated for Nebula and Hugo awards, writer of the Emmy Award–winning “A Stitch In Time” episode of The Outer Limits and winner of the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Award, he is a pioneering Afrofuturist and one of the most honored voices in the field. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, British Fantasy Award–winning novelist Tananarive Due. Barnes has taught or lectured at UCLA, USC, University of Washington (Seattle), Mensa, Pasadena JPL, the Smithsonian Museum, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), and many other institutions. His most recent publication is Twelve Days (Tor, 2017).

Marco Finnegan is a storyboard and comic book artist known for his work with 12-Gauge, Vault, Boom, Image Comics, and Lerner Books. He graduated with a bachelor of arts in art from California State University, Fullerton, and teaches graphic novel and art classes for high school students. He lives in Southern California with his wife and four children.

(copied from Amazon page)

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This week I interviewed writer/artist Tom Humberstone about his graphic novel Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis, one of Comic Book Herald’s favorite comics of 2022! We talk tennis, making sports comics compelling, and much more!

On Comic Book Herald’s interviews 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. The goal is a fun guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis

Writer/Artist: Tom Humberstone

Publisher: Avery Hill Publishing

About the Author:

Tom Humberstone is an award-winning comic artist and illustrator based in Edinburgh. His work has appeared in Phonogram (Image), Doctor Who (Titan) and the Eisner award-nominated Nelson (Blank Slate).

He writes and draws non-fiction comics for the Ignatz award-winning The Nib, as well as the New Statesman, Vox, Buzzfeed and others (copied from Amazon page).

Link to his website

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Dave, Charlotte and Zack celebrate the holidays with 2022 favorites, and listener questions!

Up Next: My Marvelous Year — 2001 Pt. 1

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Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

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Charlotte and Zack continue their coverage of the Ultimate Marvel line of comics!

Topics discussed include:

– What’s the point of the Ultimate line of Marvel if it’s as hard to get into as 616?

Comics covered in this episode:

-Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #16.1 & #19-22

Up Next for Episode Thirty-Two:

-Ultimate Comics X-Men #23-33

You can find Charlotte at https://twitter.com/fierrocharlotte

You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at:

mymarvelousyear.com

https://www.comicbookherald.com/the-complete-marvel-reading-order-guide/ultimate-marvel-universe-reading-order/

Music for My Ultimate Year is credited to By Divine Right. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

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I sit down to talk with Victor LaValle about Sabretooth, one of Comic Book Herald’s favorite comics of 2022! We talk about Victor’s debut in the X-Men office, poking holes in the mutant nation of Krakoa, and what’s next for Sabretooth and the Exiles.

On Comic Book Herald’s interviews 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. The goal is a fun guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

Sabretooth

Writer: Victor LaValle

Artist: Leonard Kirk

Publisher: Marvel Comics

About the Author:

Victor LaValle is a celebrated novelists, and has written comics such as The Destroyer, Eve, and Sabretooth.

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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 we’re talking new comics!

This Week’s Comics

Immortal X-Men #9

X-Men Red #9

Dark Web #1

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Dave, Charlotte and Zack gather for a surprise round of Marvel Trivia with comic book expert status on the line! Then, Zack shares first thoughts on Marvel’s Midnight Suns video game, and Dave is a lil’ Manga boi.

Up Next: My Marvelous Year — 2001 Pt. 1

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Comic Book Herald’s Marvel Reading Order

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Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed

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I sit down to talk with Sofia Warren about her graphic novel Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator, one of Comic Book Herald’s favorite comics of 2022! We talk about Sofia’s embedded journalism, political activism, cartooning for the graphic novel vs. The New Yorker, and much more!

On Comic Book Herald’s interviews 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. The goal is a fun guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

Radical: My Year With a Socialist Senator

Writer/Artist: Sofia Warren

Publisher: Top Shelf Productions

About the Author:

Sofia Warren has been a contributing cartoonist at The New Yorker since 2017, and Radical is her first graphic novel.

Link to her website

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Music for Best Comics Ever by Anthony Weis. Check out more music at anthonyweis.com.

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Dave and Charlotte take on the X-Men crossovers Apocalypse: The Twelve and Ages of Apocalypse!

On this episode we cover the following issues (all available via Marvel Unlimited):

Up Next: My Marvelous Year — 2001 Pt. 1

Play along with:

Comic Book Herald’s Marvel Reading Order

Downloadable Checklist!

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You can find more Marvel Comics guides on Comic Book Herald at:

mymarvelousyear.com

Music for My Marvelous Year is credited to Disasterpeace. Support for My Marvelous Year comes via Patreon backers, for as little as $1 a month.

Make sure to subscribe now in order to get every reading list for every year of Marvel Comics! Subscribe to the Podcast! — iTunes, Google Play, Pod Feed

If you like the show, please consider leaving a rating or review on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!, to help us reach more readers & listeners!

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I sit down to talk with Ed Brubaker about Reckless, Friday, and the recently announced Night Fever. We talk about creator-owned comics with Sean Phillips, the developing Batman: Caped Crusader animated series, writing for comics vs Hollywood, and a lot more!

On Comic Book Herald’s interviews 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. The goal is a fun guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

Reckless is:

Writer: Ed Brubaker

Artist: Sean Phillips

Colors: Jacob Phillips

Publisher: Image Comics

About the Writer:

Ed Brubaker is a prolific and critically acclaimed comics writer with works such as Criminal, Captain America, The Fade Out, and many, many more!

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