On the latest episode of Comics For You we have writer and artist Ibrahim Moustafa! Ibrahim is an illustrator and Eisner Award nominated comic book writer/artist from Portland, Oregon. He is best-known for his original graphic novels COUNT, RETROACTIVE, JAEGER and HIGH CRIMES, as well as his work on JAMES BOND, and on various Marvel Comics titles like MOON KNIGHT, WOLVERINE, DOCTOR STRANGE, and BLACK PANTHER. His work has been published by Marvel Comics, DC Entertainment, Image Comics, Humanoids Inc., BOOM! Studios, Valiant Entertainment, Dynamite Entertainment, Dark Horse Comics, and IDW Publishing. Ibrahim tells it like he sees it and gives some insanely practical insight into the grind of being an artist. And also gives some amazing professional, and personal, bits of wisdom for folks starting out in a career in whatever creative art you love.

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Order John Le Carre's The Circus - Losing Control #1 by Matt Kindt and Ibrahim Moustafa! On sale November 19th from Dark Horse Comics!

Comics For You is back with Action Comics artist Skylar Patridge! Skylar joins Matthew to discuss her current Superboy saga, what her favorite Superman costume is, how her love of horror began with some childhood trauma watching, and so much more. A great listen for up and coming artists especially.

And if you're here for Skylar and like the show, don't forget about the back catalog we've been building.

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Rad Skylar's Supergirl: Universe Ends

Excited to have on Comics For You this week writer Christopher Cantwell. Christopher's currently writing the excellent Star Trek expanded universe comics series, Red Shirts with IDW publishing which we get into a bunch for any Trek fans out there. Issue #4 of 5 is out on November 5th. He and Matthew also touch on his series Out of Alcatraz from Oni Press, the collected edition of which is out October 21st wherever books and comics are sold. Plus, he’s done work for DC with Plastic Man, Marvel with Iron Man and Hellcat; BOOM!’s fantasy quest book Briar. On the Film/TV side, last year he was a showrunner on the third season of the horror anthology series The Terror for AMC, the same network he had his breakthrough series Halt and Catch Fire with. Chritopher deep dives into what it is from his personal experience he brings into each of these projects, the art of pitching, comparing how to pitch for film and TV vs comics. He tells an amazing story about the worst pitch experience of his career. He also graciously breaks down his work schedule and illustrates how he juggles so many projects at once.

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This week on Comics For You is writer and artist Tristan Jones. Tristan’s currently working with Christian Ward on IDW’s Event Horizon: Dark Descent, expanding on the universe of the late 90’s cult cosmic horror film. Issue 1 went to a second print and issue 2 is out today as this episode drops, on Weds. October 8th. Tristan talks about his incredible odyssey into, out of out, and back into comics. Matthew and Tristan also discuss what appealed to Tristan about working within the world of Event Horizon, how he became a massive horror fan as a kid, and Tristan drops some great hints about a big project soon to be announced. Support the show!

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Matthew is joined this week by Sir (unofficially) Christian Ward! Writer of EVENT HORIZON: DARK DESCENT for IDW Publishing, BATMAN: CITY OF MADNESS for DC Comics, and many more stellar projects, Christina talks about his childhood passion for being a comic book artist, lessons he took from his time as a teacher, the best advice he ever received, and how he's persevered through challenges to continue creating this collaborative magic. It's a must-listen for fans, readers, and aspiring creatives.

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Crashing by Matthew and Morgan Beem: https://www.amazon.com/Crashing-Matthew-Klein/dp/1684059879

Artist Liana Kangas joins Matthew on Comics For You! Liana gets into her origins in fine art, comics retail, and discusses how building a community of incredible comics creators helped her find her path to her amazing career.

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Crashing by Matthew and Morgan Beem: https://www.amazon.com/Crashing-Matthew-Klein/dp/1684059879

Liana's Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/cw/lianakangas

The President and Publisher of Oni Press, Hunter Gorinson comes on to give you some insights behind the scenes of one of the highest pressure jobs in all of comics. What's it take to run an entire publisher? Putting together a pub plan, what you look for in a comics pitch, how to inspire and lead a team to do their best work, we get into everything on this one. The curtain's pulled back on Comics For You.

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Crashing by Matthew and Morgan Beem: https://www.amazon.com/Crashing-Matthew-Klein/dp/1684059879

Oni Press: https://www.onipress.com/

Comics For You welcomes Morgan Perry, Marketing Manager, Book Publishing for Square Enix America! Morgan deep dives into all things manga, manwha, manua. From the best starter reads, to how she works with comic shops to build their manga sections you'll hear an in-depth look into the format.

Want some great reads?

Crashing: https://www.amazon.com/Crashing-Matthew-Klein/dp/1684059879

No Rhyme Or Reason: https://tapas.io/series/No-Rhyme-Or-Reason/info - FREE

The Rhyme Scheme: https://tapas.io/series/The-Rhyme-Scheme/info - FREE

Sight Rhyme: https://tapas.io/episode/3624503

Super excited for our guest this episode! Anthony Del Col is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer/producer of podcasts and comics. His comics and graphic novels include KILL SHAKESPEARE with the latest comic dropping this past April and for sale now, Romeo Vs Juliet, linked to below. He's also written comics and Audible dramas for ASSASSIN'S CREED; he wrote LUKE CAGE: EVERYMAN and the award-winning Business Insider comic I ESCAPED A CHINESE INTERNMENT CAMP, a first-person exploration of a Muslim woman’s imprisonment by the Chinese government which won the the 2022 Pulitzer Award for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. HIs 2024 BBC esports audio thriller DON’T LISTEN TO THIS was nominated for a 2025 Ambie Award for Best Scriptwriting - Fiction. Matthew and Anthony really get into the craft of writing this episode, distilling writing almost into a recipe, as Anthony outlines all of the different steps he takes with his projects. This is some of the most fun deep diving into the creative process on Comics For You yet!

• Support by ordering a copy of CRASHING
• Don't Listen To This Episode 1 by Anthony on BBC Radio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00268wy
• Pick up a copy of Romeo Vs Juliet!
• Matthew's FREE webcomic NO RHYME OR REASON

Editor Jake Williams of IDW Publishing stops by to talk all things Godzilla as he helps launch the new "Kai-Sei Era" of titles! Jake tells us about his comic book origin story, how he found the voices for these new Godzilla comics, and the risk/rewards of taking a big swing with a beloved character.

Godzilla #1 is on sale July 23rd at your local comic shop!

Pick up Crashing to support and have a great read wherever books and comics are sold!