I’m always excited about getting to talk to comics creators about their projects but today I’m ecstatic. Not only do I get returning guest Pornsak Pichetshote back on the show, who is one of the nicest people in the medium, but it’s a double treat to get to introduce artist Terry Dodson on as well. They have an amazing project dropping soon called the Horizon Experiment: The Manchurian with Image Comics. This will be the opening salvo of a series of five one shot projects, designed as something akin to a tv pilot, each featuring original protagonists from marginalized backgrounds set in a popular genre and inspired by pop culture icons. Pornsak is co-editing the series with industry veteran Will Dennis (check out my interview with Will here) and the plan is to host all of them on the show if calendars and lives cooperate over the next five months before their release to give you a rounded flavor profile of all the cool eccentricity the Horizon Experiment has to offer.

This book is fantastic. I love a big swing and often lament creators not having the opportunity to take them. Pornsak has not only crafted a great story here, but he's also providing the platform for other creators to take their own swings as well with the other Horizon Experiment books dropping soon. Make sure to get your orders in because this book will catch you off guard with the clever way these two have bent the genre and it plays so well off of the current paranoia of anything other in America.

Terry Dodson - Instagram, X, Website

Pornsak Pichetshote - Instagram, X (check out our other interview with Pornsak and Jesse Lonergan about Man's Best here)

Other Horizon Experiment books coming soon

The Sacred Damned - Sabir Pirzada and Michael Walsh

Moon Dogs - Tananarive Due and Kelsey Ramsey

Motherfucking Monsters - J. Holtham and Michael Lee Harris

Finders/Keepers - Vita Ayala and Skylar Patridge

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