Boom! Studios' Director of Marketing and Sales, Chip Mosher, tells us about the marketing strategy at the rapidly-growing independent publisher and discusses his own background as a comic book retailer and writer.

Dark Horse editor Scott Allie joins us as we take a somewhat different direction than usual. Rather than focusing primarily on the featured item of the week, Scott joins us to talk about his career in the industry and his history at Dark Horse as well as telling us about his new Dark Horse series, Solomon Kane

Special guest host Joe Ferrara of Atlantis Fantasyworld in Santa Cruz interviews Billy Batson writer/artist Mike Kunkel to learn about the new series from DC, about Mike's background as an animator, and about his self-published project, Herobear.

William Katt, the Greatest American Hero, joins us with Sparks writer Chris Folino to talk about the series, his new publishing company, Catastrophic Comics, and the upcoming Greatest American Hero comic book.

Writer Fred Van Lente and Artist Ryan Dunlavey join us to discuss Comic Book Comics; their self-publishing venture, Evil Twin Comics; and other projects including their Stuperpowers role-playing game.

Garan Madeiros of A First Salvo joins us to discuss his new series, Contract, which begins this week. Garan talks about the new publisher's first year; about running the only comic shop in Bermuda; and about his background and influences.

Shannon Wheeler joins us to discuss Postage Stamp Funnies from Dark Horse, and also tells us about the Too Much Coffee Man comic and opera, his background, and other upcoming projects.

Cartoonist Keith Knight, creator of The Knight Life and The K Chronicles joins us to discuss his new book from Dark Horse, The Complete K Chronicles, his background as a self-syndicated cartoonist, and the autobiographical elements of his comics.

David Malki !, creator of the webcomic Wondermark and the trade paperback Beards of our Forefathers from Dark Horse, joins us to talk about the comic strip and his technique for creating it, his influences, and the greater Wondermark brand.

Episode 50 features Claudio Sanchez, creator of Amory Wars from Evil Ink/Image Comics, and frontman of rock band Coheed and Cambria. Claudio explains the series' complex setting and story, discusses his influences, and talks about the process of writing the comic while on tour.