We are so excited to present the 1st Annual Comic Book Yeti ICE or Indy Comics Excellence Awards. Joining Jimmy and Byron are two very special guests, Fellhound and Grant Stoye, who help us break down the nominees chosen by the CBY editing staff and our two guest hosts. Unlike most award shows, there is no one winner. All nominees are considered equal as creativity isn't a contest and we want to recognize some of the amazing projects in 2022 without a ranking system.

Thanks for listening.

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Planning a Kickstarter campaign for 2023? If you are and you want to learn more about the printing process, I sat down with Dan Hills, Chief Marketing Officer for Comix Well Spring to learn a little bit more about who they are and what they offer to industry creators.

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Enter the new player in Image Comics' Massiveverse, Inferno Girl Red. This YA comic heavily inspired by Japanese tokusatsu is simply put, gorgeous. I got a chance to catch up with writer Mat Groom to discuss the project and its wider role in the widening Massiveverse series of titles.

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It's a triple treat on the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast as a few of the folks from Literati Press are on to chat with Jimmy about the current Kickstarter campaign for We Promised Utopia which runs until December 29th. Charles Martin, Creative Director of Literati Press and writer for We Promised Utopia, John Eric Osborn, Art Director for Literati Press and one of the artists of We Promised Utopia, and Adrian Morales, an engineer who, along with colleague Robert Holman, came up with the story for We Promised Utopia, discuss bringing this story to life and their collaborative process, the importance of getting the science right, and a bit about the fascinating history of Literati Press. This is a fantastic chat with folks that love comics and are passionate about making them. Enjoy! 

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Simply put, That Texas Blood is one of the best comics on the shelves at your LCS. The story of Sheriff Joe Bob and Ambrose County, Texas has been incredible over 3 different story arcs and time periods. Jimmy was lucky enough to chat with writer Chris Condon and artist Jacob Phillips about this fantastic comic series, the upcoming Christmas issue and the trade for the 3rd arc out January 18, 2023. This is a fantastic episode whether you're a fan of That Texas Blood or have yet to dive in but everyone has been telling you to read it (and, yes, you really should). This episode features a shout out to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Glass Onion, and hints at something Chris made Jacob draw in issue #20 that almost ended their collaboration! You are not going to want to miss this. Be sure to pick up issue #20 out December 7th and the trade for the 3rd arc out in January and be sure to check out Chris and Jacob's Patreon for an even more in-depth look at That Texas Blood. 

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I absolutely love getting to chat with both the artist and the writer of a project and this was one of the most fun combos yet. Christof Bogacs and Marie Enger have a new YA OGN coming out with Dark Horse Comics called Under Kingdom, and they stopped by the Yeti Cave to tell me all about it and perhaps get lost a few times about dragons and their smaller cousins the Kuhli loach.

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Hello, fellow Cryptids! As we close out 2022 on the Cryptid Creator Corner, we have some fantastic comic book creators, like today's guest Travis Gibb. Travis is a writer and publisher through his Orange Cone Productions. There you can check out Broke Down & 4 Dead Bodies, Voodoo Nations, or Granite State Punk. Travis is on the podcast today though talking about his newest series published through Band of Bards called Coins of Judas. Travis has teamed up with artist Tyler Carpenter for this action-packed, supernatural story of siblings fighting demons. Travis talks about bringing this story to life as well as his thoughts on indie comics, crowdfunding, and we get into our shared love of the music of Meatloaf and Jim Steinman. Give it a listen and be sure to add Coins of Judas to your pull list. 

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Here it is, Folks! A chat with the writer of one of the best comic books in your LCS right now: RODNEY BARNES! Rodney along with artist Jason Shawn Alexander are ramping up the action with each issue of Killadelphia. Rodney has written for television with Everybody Hates Chris and The Boondocks and is currently an executive producer and writer of the hit show Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty on HBO. Rodney was kind and generous of his time to chat with Jimmy about Killadelphia, writing, Zombie Love Studios, and a little about the upcoming Blacula comic. Killadelphia volume 4 was just released October 26th and issue #25 is out November 30th. After listening to this fantastic chat, you can check out Rodney Barnes' website here: https://rodneybarnes.com/  

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We love covering more YA comics on the podcast so when I heard The Sea Serpent's Heir: Pirate's Daughter was going to be released by Skybound Comet, I knew I wanted to cover it on the show. I got a chance to sit down with creators Mairghread Scott and Pablo Tunica to talk about some of the architecture of the story's construction and got a wonderful flavor of both of them not only as comics creators, but as people as well. It was a lot of fun.

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Ever since my chat with Sarah Anderson, I've wanted to host more webcomics guests on the Cryptid Creator Corner. On this episode, J.L Westover hangs out with me to talk about his new hardcover edition of the hit webcomic, Mr Lovenstein Presents: Failure. As if fated, I even failed myself, forgetting to hit the record button at the start of the interview so we had to do it over again. A lighthearted look at this most fundamental piece of the human experience, this is a great chat where we touch on the project itself but also about webcomics as a platform, oh, and who is the hottest Golden Girl.

The book is available everywhere on November 21st and make sure to get on over and visit Justin's Tapas page for new releases.

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