The ComicsXF Interview Podcast

This week, writer Mark Russell joins host Dan Grote to talk about his many, many projects, including "Second Coming" from Vertigo, "Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound" from DC, "Lone Ranger" from Dynamite, "Judge Dredd" from IDW and, of course, "Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles," which comes out Aug. 22 in trade. They also talk about last month's Comic-Con, whether theology is attractive as a profession and their shared childhood practice of reading the encyclopedia for fun.

This week on the show, writer Daniel Kibblesmith joins us to talk about "Quantum and Woody," "Lockjaw," "Black Panther vs. Deadpool," the differences between writing for TV and writing for comics and which characters he liked to use in the old X-Men arcade game. If you like the show, please remember to support it at patreon.com/wmqcomics.

Artists Ro Stein and Ted Brandt join Dan to talk about their new Image Comics series "Crowded" with writer Christopher Sebela, working as a team, the weather in Britain, '90s X-Men, the recent UK Trump protests and much more.

This week is our foil-plated 25th episode spectacular! Matt Lazorwitz returns to talk about a range of DC stuff, from "Teen Titans Go to the Movies" to the Ink and Zoom young-reader lines to current Batman continuity to Hawkman to Geoff Johns and more. Plus, listen for a couple major announcements about the show.

This week on the podcast, Zack Quaintance returns to tell us all about his trip to Comic-Con International in San Diego, which he covered for The Beat. We talk about the panels he sat in on, the creators he interviewed, the swag he weighed his bag down with and, just because it's relevant to our interests, playing old Final Fantasy video games.

This week on the podcast, Rob Guillory joins us to talk about his new Image book, "Farmhand," his Comic-Con plans, the lessons of "Chew" and the state of his appetite as the creator of comics that feature cannibalism, cibopathy and organically grown human body parts.

This week on WMQ&A, Dan visits Farpoint Toys and Collectibles in Mays Landing, New Jersey, one of 20 shops around the world nominated for an Eisner Spirit of Retail Award. Justin and Penelope Daniels and Frank Mosentoff are celebrating their first anniversary in their current location and recently expanded their comics offerings after receiving an influx of comics collections. They talk about the business' history, their philosophy when it comes to selling new and old comics, recent changes in comics retail (Walmart selling 100-page DC digests, anyone?) and, because tangents are fun, Gudetama.

Writer Meg Downey, whose work can be seen at IGN, CBR, Polygon, dccomics.com and elsewhere, joins Dan to talk about Captain America as Marvel prepares to launch the new volume by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Leinil Yu. Have we forgiven Marvel for "Secret Empire" yet? Does all the Stucky shipping leave the Falcon feeling unloved? What are some of the weirdest Cap stories? And when did "Legends of Tomorrow" become the best CW show? We try to answer some of those questions.

Andrew Magazzu, comics expert for Farpoint Toys & Collectibles in Mays Landing, NJ, joins Dan ostensibly to talk about the IDW Hasbroverse books, but then Dan makes him rank "Barrier" among all of Brian K. Vaughan's other books, and it kind of tangents off from there.

WMQ&A all-stars Will Nevin (AL.com, oregonlive.com) and Zack Quaintance (batmansbookcase.com) return to break down the past couple weeks of comics news, from Geoff Johns' new DC deal to the arrival of AHOY Comics. Oh, and there's a jingle now.