Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Tim Sale, discussing his life from when he was born in 1956, through his childhood comic book reading of 1960s Marvel, his training under John Buscema in the late 1970s, his 1980 inks of Mythadventures, his working relationship with Jeph Loeb on 1990s Marvel and DC like Batman Long Halloween and Superman for All Seasons, his Marvel Color series and his involvement in the Heroes TV show in 2005. This is the first of a two parter interview that covers the life and times of Tim Sale from 1956 to 2005.  Edited & Produced by Alex Grand.  Music - Standard License. Images used in artwork ©Their Respective Copyright holders, CBH Podcast ©Comic Book Historians. Thumbnail Artwork ©Comic Book Historians. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians

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Alex Grand and co-hosts Jim Thompson and Peter Coogan discuss various Comic History archival works in a Second Look podcast. Alex discusses Howard Chaykin's Hey Kids! Comics!, Jim talks about How to Read Donald Duck and the comics presence in South America, and Pete Coogan discusses his book on Superheroes as a Genre. Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Music - Standard License. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians

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Alex Grand and guest co-host Larry King discuss the attempts at adult story telling in the comic industry in the year 1978.  The urge for the industry to start to shift toward graphic novels and serious filmmaking is discussed with A Contract with God, Jack Kirby and Stan Lee's Silver Surfer, Don McGregor and Gulacy's Sabre, the Richard Donner Superman 1, the 1984 Warren Magazine, and the made for TV marvel productions like Dr. Strange and Spider-Man.  There is also a highlight on adult consequences in the comic industry with the 1978 DC Implosion.  Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Music - Standard License. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians

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Alex Grand and Jim Thompson discuss the upstart comics line, Atlas Seaboard that ran from 1974-1975, the motivations behind the scenes with Martin and his son, Chip Goodman, as well as the various comics creators that did some early work there like Walt Simonson and Larry Hama as well as big names of the time like Steve Ditko, Wally Wood and Alex Toth.  What was Atlas' place in comic history?  What long term effects did it have on the industry?  Why did Martin Goodman want Marvel Comics to suffer?  Edited & Produced by Alex Grand.  Music - Standard License. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians

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Alex Grand, Jim Thompson and guest co-host Larry King discuss books that remark on Comic History and give those  books and those segments of comic history a second look, discussing science fiction pulp history written in Astounding by Alec Nevala Lee in 2018, commentary on The Great Comic Heroes by Jules Feiffer in 1965, and the representation of color and mood in comics like Mike Mignola's 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula.  Edited & Produced by Alex Grand.  Music - Standard License. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians

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Alex Grand and co-host  Jim Thompson interview the illustrious Trina Robbins, underground women's comic pioneer, comic book historian, and defender of social justice as we discuss her life and times from her childhood in the 1940s, Sci-Fi Fandom in the 1950s, her underground comics work in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as her mainstream comics work in the 1980s. Various topics include Steve Ditko, Wally Wood, Harlan Ellison, Stan Lee, Roy Thomas and more! Edited & Produced by Alex Grand.  Music - Standard License. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians

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Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Robert Beerbohm, who continues off his and Alex's Dark Comics Mystery panel at the 2018 Dallas Fantasy Fair (found at the CBH Youtube Channel Panel series playlist), discussing his Comic Book Store life and times from 1975 to 1992, with some discussion of his involvement in the Overstreet price guide and his discovery of the first comic book from the 1840's The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck.  Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Music - Standard License. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians

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The link for the Dark Comics Mystery Panel with Robert Beerbohm and Alex Grand is found here:  https://youtu.be/2mb-CM7iT6s

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Alex Grand interviews Steranko in a sequel to the Steranko Experience, discussing his life from when he finished out his term at Marvel Comics with Stan Lee 1970, creating the fanzine, FOOM, writing his 2 Volume History of Comics, starting his SuperGraphics publication company, his magazine series from Comixscene to Mediascene to Prevue, his 1975 Graphic Novel Red Tide, his 1981 Outland adaptation for Heavy Metal, his visual creator design of Indiana Jones for Lucas and Spielberg, his piece in the 1984 Superman 400 anniversary issue for Julius Schwartz, his collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola for 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula, the end of Prevue Magazine in 1996 and beyond into his present projects.  This is the second of a two parter interview that covers the life and times of Steranko 1967-Present. Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Music - Standard License.  Images used in artwork ©Their Respective Copyright holders, CBH Podcast ©Comic Book Historians. Artwork ©Comic Book Historians.  Thanks to Steranko associate J. David Spurlock for making the introductions.  Interview ©2018 Alex Grand.  Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians

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Alex Grand interviews Jim Steranko, discussing his life from when he was born in 1938, through his childhood comic book and strip fascinations, his teenage Magician and Rock and Roll years with Billy Haley, where he created the first Go Go dancer, his Advertising career in his early 20s, his 1965 stint with Harvey (with Joe Simon) and Tower Comics (with Wally Wood), a meeting with Ralph Bakshi, eventually landing at  Marvel Comics with Stan Lee in 1966.  This is the first of a two parter interview that covers the life and times of Steranko 1938-1966.  Music - Standard License.  Edited & Produced by Alex Grand. Images used in artwork ©Their Respective Copyright holders, CBH Podcast ©Comic Book Historians. Artwork ©Comic Book Historians.  Interview ©Alex Grand 2018.  Thanks to Steranko associate J. David Spurlock for making the introductions. Interview ©2018 Alex Grand.  Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians 

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Join us from the Dallas Fantasy Fair, November 25, 2018 as Alex Grand interviews the famous inker, Mike Royer.  Mike discusses his career starting out assisting Russ Manning on various projects like Tarzan in the early 1960s, Magnus Robot Fighter, then working in Animation making over 1/3rd of the work that went into the first 1966 Amazing Spider-Man season, inking Jack Kirby for Marvelmania 1969, and then DC and Marvel Comics for 10+ years, Plastic Man with Ramona Fradon, and his career at Disney starting in 1979 for over 20 years working on many projects including the redesign of the Winnie the Pooh character.  Edited & Produced by Alex Grand.  Music - Standard License.  Images used in artwork ©Their Respective Copyright holders, CBH Podcast ©Comic Book Historians. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians  

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