Adam and I delve into the making of the anthology THE GOOD FIGHT. He reflects on editing a comic for the first time, and his new perspective on what it takes to be an editor. And I geek out a bit with him about Spider-Woman. For the completist listening, this interview pairs well with the Portrait of an Editor interview with Michael Perelman. We talk about THE GOOD FIGHT there too.

I reconnect with Chuck Austen to discuss his new Comixilogy series EDGEWORLD, full scripts, working with editor Bis Stringer Horne, how Patrick Olliffe approaches acting in his art, and the upside of limitations.

Will Dennis and I discuss various political comics. Also, Will talks about his work on Vertigo's DMZ and Image Comics' UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY and how he navigates editing a series that directly reflects our modern political environment.

We talk location, location, location, and how it may or may affect publishing. Micro vs. macro losses when it comes to the damage done by COVID to New York City. Alex provides a great explanation of how to deliver notes to creators and how his time at The Beat informed his editing approach. There's also some Moon Knight appreciation.

We talk about the importance of color in his work, illustrating covers, leaving room for the fortunate mistake, dealing with the physical demands of drawing, and of course, his image series with Matt Fraction, ADVENTUREMAN.

Sebastian Girner is back to talk about TKO-Studios’ Third Wave, which is available now. We also talk about his very cool Vault Comics' The Devil’s Red Bride, which he wrote. We dive in to his process, Sanpei Shirato's influence, working with an editor, pitching to artists and publishers and how he balances writing with being TKO's Editor-in-Chief. Sebastian provides some really great detail on his approach to writing so this interview is great for the editors and writers out there.

Will Dennis and I look back and look into the future in this CROPPED. He also talks pasts and futures with Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Scott Snyder, and Rick Remender.

THE GOOD FIGHT and WHERE WE LIVE are two massive anthologies addressing two critical issues of our time. You might have seen Michael Perlman's name in connection to them as a managing editor. Today Michael and I discuss his job in making sure these anthologies and others come together and arrive on time. We go fanboy talking about Mike Grell, and how genuinely great the comic book anthology format is.

I reconnect with Denton Tipton and see what he's up to nowadays with Heavy Metal's new imprint, Magma Comix. Along with that, we talk about how he approaches writing with an eye to making the world a better place, how genres fit into that approach, pitching, working with Butch Guice, and we reminisce about Mike Grell's amazing Jon Sable.

Seeing no one could attend New York Comic-Con this year and I couldn't get my usual short interviews, I'm reaching out to some of the folks I know I would have talked to that weekend.In this episode, I have a great talk with friend of the podcast and Boom! Studio's editor extraordinaire, Dafna Pleban. We cover SEVEN SECRETS and THE POWER RANGERS and talk about how vital Darwyn Cooke's THE NEW FRONTIER is to her when editing superhero comics.Finally, I get what Dafna thought of the GODFATHER TRILOGY, which she just saw for the first time.