Comic Book Yeti's Cryptid Creator Corner- A Comic Book Interview Podcast

I so excited to be back talking to comics folks after a break while dealing with some health related issues, and I get to chat with my friend Ryan Claytor about his crowdfunding project One Bite At A Time which is an amazing way to ease back into the groove of things. This is Ryan's first podcast episode with me, but we spoke a couple years back when I was running live interviews on Twitter/X Spac...

It's not too often that a comic comes along that truly surprises me but that's exactly what happened when I read Intrusive Thoughts #2 written by my guest Anthony D. Stokes. Intrusive Thoughts #2 is on Kickstarter until November 30th and hopefully when you're reading this there's still time to back the campaign. This is Stokes' 8th KS campaign after Decay issues #1-5, Intrusive Thoughts #1, I Wish...

Fellow podcasters unite! It's none other than the Word Bros themselves, Bob Frantz and Kevin Cuffe and they're here to tell you fine folks about their newest series from Mad Cave Studios SKEETERS. Issue #1 comes out December 6th and you're in for a real treat. This is a good old-fashioned creature feature but with a modern sensibility. Kelly Williams killed it on the art and none other than Chas!...

It's a very special Halloween episode of Comic Book Yeti's Cryptid Creator Corner with Brendan Albetski. Brendan and I chat about his start in comics and his series Maru Kiru Destroy the Moon, which you can read as soon as you're done listening to this episode on GlobalComix. Maru Kiru is a big, bold series and I absolutely love the coloring. I had a great time chatting with Brendan about his insp...

If you've listened to the podcast at all before, chances are you know I always try to champion comics' unsung heroes: Letterers. That's why I was ecstatic to have the opportunity to chat with Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou who, in collaboration with gifted artist Juni Ba, has created The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber. Hassan and Juni both join me to discuss the origins of this story, how their colla...

Our coverage of horror comics continues this October with Rich Douek and Alex Cormack chatting about their newest series with Dark Horse Comics, Drive Like Hell. Issue #1 hits your LCS on October 25th and it's a banger. Drive Like Hell tells the story of Bobby Ray and Dahlia as they pull one last bank heist before driving off into the sunset, Only the glow ahead is actually the fires of eternal da...

Here at the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast we like to cover all aspects of comics and that's why I was so excited to chat with Tiffany Babb. TIffany is Deputy Editor for Popverse and an Eisner Award winning co-editor of PanelxPanel. Tiffany and I have a wide-ranging conversation covering comics, criticism, baseball, poetry, and Stephen Sondheim. Be sure to check out her website and all of the awes...

It was an absolute joy to have Matthew Summo on the Cryptid Creator Corner. He is the writer of one of my most recommended graphic novels, The Bardic Verses, and I really enjoyed digging into the material and asking Matt all about his inspiration and influences for it, plus what the collaborative process was like with Pete Collins and Matt Krotzer. Matt and I also talked about some of his antholog...

Grab your boomstick and ready your chainsaw hand because on today's episode I'm chatting with Tony Fleecs and Justin Greenwood about Army of Darkness Forever. Issue #1 is out October 11th and it does not disappoint. This series picks up immediately after the Director's Cut ending of the 1993 movie and is extremely satisfying to this longtime fan, but it also works perfectly as a jumping-on point f...

I never get to talk about Pokemon Go on the show, but I did today. Ok, getting ahead of myself. Today's guest is Michael Dialynas who's work I'm sure you are already familiar with: Wynd, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Woods... yeah. Now Michael is setting his sights towards launching a new solo creator owned series called Zawa + The Belly of the Beast with Boom Studios. The dystopian food c...

If the pitch of Face/Off meets The Exorcist somehow wasn't enough to persuade you to read the comic, the creative team of David Pepose, Alex Cormack, and Justin Birch surely should, and let me just say that The Devil That Wears My Face certainly delivers. David Pepose joins the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast to discuss his newest Mad Cave Studios comic just in time for the upcoming Spooky Season....

This is a heavy one. I welcomed returning guest Ethan Sacks back onto the show today to talk about his new psychological horror mini-series A Haunted Girl from Image Comics' Syzygy Imprint. This is a deeply personal project that Ethan co-wrote with his daughter Naomi which mirrors, to come extent, her own mental health battles with depression. Pulling from Japanese folklore, including a very inter...

One of the good things about being on Twitter has been seeing comic creators start to break out. From anthologies to indie comics to published work for an established property, Amy Chase has been one of the folks that I have really enjoyed seeing her work and the effort she puts into it. I had been wanting to chat with Amy for a while and we got into it about Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe of Horrors and...

It's a Cryptid Creator Corner Crossover when Dan Price and Casey Allen stop by to discuss their latest campaign for Bigfoot Knows Karate: Hinagon, which launches September 20th on Kickstarter. BKK: Hinagon serves as a prequel to the main story. It's set in Feudal Japan with artwork by Adam Caswell, who was discovered by the team after sending them fan art of BKK. I loved chatting with Dan and Case...

On today's Cryptid Creator Corner episode, I’m sitting down with comics creator Norm Konyu. I became a fan of Norm’s work after picking up his graphic novel Junction from Titan Comics. After the successful launch of his third Kickstarter campaign and soon to launch his fourth, we are chatting today about what I’m calling affectionately a children’s book for adults, although honestly there’s not mu...

Tim Seeley returns to the podcast for the 3rd time and he must really like it in the Yeti Cave because he brought with him Patton Oswalt!!! Tim and Patton come on to talk about The Alternates, which is from the world of the phenomenal Minor Threats. The Alternates is in stores on September 13th and if you haven't yet gotten wise to Minor Threats the trade is out now. The Alternates is a real love...

Not only is he an accomplished Letterer, but Rob Jones is also a writer and Rob stayed up way too late to chat with me about the current Kickstarter campaign for Thunder Child #2 which is on KS until October 3rd. Rob introduces me to the Jeff Wayne musical version of War of the Worlds and after listening, as someone that's a fan of musicals and the combined talents of Meatloaf and Jim Steinman, I...

It's rare that I get to do a comic book interview that helps me fill in gaps in my knowledge of history but this one sure did. On today's episode, Amit Tishler joined me to chat about his new project Edenfrost from Mad Cave Studios. This four issue series focuses on two siblings displaced and fleeing the conflict during the Russian Civil War and their mysterious helper in the form of a golem. This...

It's an exciting episode of the Cryptid Creator Corner today with not 1, not 2, but 3 guests talking about their new series with Image Comics, Kill Your Darlings. Co-Writers Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan along with artist Bob Quinn discuss Issue #1, which is out September 6th. Ethan and Griffin recount their friendship and their journey in comics, including working for the likes of Ryan Ste...

I'm a big fan of the Scissor Sisters and when I saw that Scott Hoffman, AKA Babydaddy, was starting off his comics writing career I knew I wanted to get him on the show to chat about it. Nostalgia is a five issue cyberpunk futuristic series which recently debuted on Comixology. I really had no idea what to expect but was pleasantly surprised after the read through. Given Scott's time touring as a...

Friend of the podcast Liana Kangas returns and brings with them Matthew Erman to talk about their newest collaboration for Mad Cave Studios Mariko Between Worlds. Mariko is a trippy sci-fi rom-com about losing a relationship but finding yourself. It's a fantastic graphic novel that wasn't at all what I was expecting and goes completely off the rails a few times in such a great way. Liana and Matth...

We're a little early for spooky season content but isn't it always a good time to talk about cryptids? I sat down with comics newcomer Ashley Franklin to chat about her new creepy queer YA graphic novel The Hills of Estrella Roja from Clarion/Harper Collins Books. We dig into the inspiration behind the book in the Marfa Lights of Texas, the Lechuza, a chupacabra, and manage to get in a little bit...

I'm back with another interview of a comic book creator AND lawyer! Emily S. Whitten, Esq. is the co-writer and co-creator (along with Ben Fisher) of The Underfoot, the story of anthropomorphic hamsters in a World devoid of humans. It's a fantastic story, absolutely gripping, and wonderfully brought to life by Michelle Nguyen. Emily and I talk about her journey as a lawyer, pop culture journalist,...

It's always a treat when I get the Fantastic Mr. Steve Foxe back on the show for a chat. Steve is one of the up and coming voices at Marvel and is writing the new mini-series Dark X-Men which occurs in the wake of the explosive 2023 Hellfire Gala. We do a deep dive into selecting the team and how this fits in to the greater Fall of X continuum. Steve is also writing the new ongoing Spider-Woman se...

How has it taken this many episodes for the Cryptid Creator Corner to interview Chris "Human Cryptid" Mole? I'm glad we were finally able to correct this grievous error and chat with Chris about his excellent comic Brigantia, his music, and putting together the anthology Secrets of the Majestic about the men's bathroom at Thought Bubble (read that last part again, then read it a 3rd time, I think...