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

Today I’m joined by comics writer Joe Casey. Joe’s comics cv includes writing for big Marvel properties like Cable and the X-Men, Automatic Kafka for Wildstorm, Wildcats, Superman for DC, or the Eisner Nominated Godland. Beyond the realm of comics, he’s a part of the Man of Action Entertainment Studio who created the wildly successful Ben 10 and Generator Rex cartoon franchises and they are the pr...

I'm so excited to launch my new series Let's Talk Shop on the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast. My first three jobs, not including mowing lawns, were in comic book shops and the community and friendships I made there have lasted a lifetime. Dropping once a month, this new project is designed to take you inside the lives and minds of comic book shop owners and employees around the world. We are start...

Matt McGrath is on the podcast today talking about his current Kickstarter campaign for ID-10t Error issues #1-3. This is the complete series! I've read issues #1 and #2 and am a fan of what Matt calls "the pettiest revenge story of all time". Issue #3 looks to be the culmination of Bradley's struggle against the AI robot he created. Matt and I discuss the series as a whole, his talented collabora...

One of my favorite people in the comics business returns to the show today, Ryan Claytor. Ryan is a professor who teaches comics studio courses at Michigan State University and he's on a book tour promoting his 260 page hardcover retrospective on 20 years as an illustrator/cartoonist/tinkerer, One Bite At A Time. There's no other way to encapsulate all the varied mediums Ryan has played in over th...

It's episode 250 of the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast and we got a good one for you today. Breakout comics writer Murewa Ayodele joins me to talk about two of his projects, Akogun: Brutalizer of the Gods from Oni Press co-created with friend and artist Dotun Akande and Storm, everyone's favorite elemental omega mutant in an solo ongoing series with artist Lucas Werneck for Marvel that relaunches...

I love being able to invite folks on the podcast that I've worked with before so today is a real treat for me. Letterer Extraordinaire Buddy Beaudoin is here to chat about the brand new comic he's written (and lettered, of course). CORVUS #1 is out September 25th from Dead Sky Publishing. Buddy is working with artist Christopher Sassman and colorist Allison Hu. Buddy and I chat about the developme...

When Steve Foxe reaches out and tells me you really should interview this guy, I listen so I'm introducing a new guest on with me today, John Harris Dunning. John is the writer of several graphic novels including Tumult, Wiper, and Salem Brownstone and he co-created the Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK at the British Library which is the largest exhibition of comics in the UK. He’s contr...

On July 24th, Oni Press, in partnership with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., resurrected EC Comics in spectacularly bloody fashion. Tales from the Abyss #1 contains 4 stories that captures the spirit of classic EC Comics. Then, on August 7th, Cruel Universe #1, a collection of science-fiction stories. I had the good fortune of chatting with Hunter Gorinson, President and Publisher at Oni Press, alo...

How does a sapphic motorcycle romance sound to you? Let me tell you, it's pretty fantastic. Cryptid Creator Corner veteran and comics writer/illustrator Fellhound returns to the show for the first time since she helped us host the first annual Comic Book Yeti ICE or Indy Comics Excellence Awards show. Today, we are diving into her new five issue mini-series S.I.R. from Boom Studios. S.I.R. or Seis...

We have something a little different on today's Cryptid Creator Corner, but I think it's a conversation you are really going to enjoy. I'm chatting with Aaron Waltke, the Co-Executive Producer and Co-Head Writer for Season Two of Star Trek: Prodigy, which is available now on Netflix. I have been a fan of Star Trek for as long as I can remember. Star Trek: The Next Generation started when I was 8 y...

I'm joined today by Eisner nominated comedian, podcaster, and comics writer Jordan Morris on the show today. Jordan has an hilarious new graphic novel coming out called Youth Group with First Second Books. I grew up in the church so reading this was a bit of a release for me having grown up in the Satanic Panic era in the 80s and early 90s. With an obvious analog to Buffy, demon hunting is often p...

On this episode of Comic Book Yeti's Cryptid Creator Corner we welcome David Hazan back to the podcast. David is here to discuss his newest Mad Cave Studios series Kosher Mafia with issue #1 hitting your LCS on August 7th. The series is written by David with artwork by Sami Kivela, colors by Ellie Wright, and lettered by Simon Bowland.  Kosher Mafia takes place in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1936. It tell...

The wait is over, it's been a long time coming but I have returning guests Eric Grissom and Will Perkins back on the show with me today to talk about the next volume of their middle grade fantasy series Goblin: The Wolf and the Well from Dark Horse Comics. Goblin was my nominee way back when for Exceptional Kids Comic or Graphic Novel on our first annual Comic Book Yeti Ice (Indy Comics Excellence...

I'm stoked about today's episode because we're going to talk about the transection of two big storytelling mediums in my life, comics and wrestling. In what seems like a former life, I was a production assistant for WCW and nobody was more colorful and with so much mythology surrounding them as the luchadores. So, it is with great pleasure that I welcome Diego Valenzuela on with me. Diego is the H...

"Flash. A-ah. Saviour of the Universe." I remember the first time I saw the movie Flash Gordon. I had already seen Star Wars and Star Trek, but this seemed even stranger, bolder. And that Queen soundtrack! I was in love. Now, Mad Cave Studios are introducing Flash Gordon to a new comic book audience with the all-star team of Jeremy Adams and Will Conrad. Issue #1 hits your LCS on July 24th and I j...

I think these 2 creators may be the first siblings we've had on the podcast, but more than that, they lived in DELCO for a time! I couldn't be happier to chat with Maria Hoey and Peter Hoey about In Perpetuity, their most recent graphic novel published by Top Shelf Productions. In Perpetuity is a retelling of the Orpheus myth set in a timeless Los Angeles with very strong classic noir vibes. I abs...

The Cryptid Creator Corner is starting a run of 2 guest episodes and we're starting with Andrew Leamon and Xander Arnot chatting about the current Kickstarter campaign for Camera Man #1. Camera Man "brings the fun, action-packed energy of a Saturday Morning Cartoon (think Spectacular Spider-Man, Batman Beyond or Ben 10) with a colorful cast of characters and some filmmaking magic sprinkled on top...

Building on the success of the new Thundercats series, Dynamite Comics has another brand new number one that I think is sure to be another hit: Cheetara. Writer Soo Lee is here on the Cryptid Creator Corner to tell us all about it. Issue #1 will be at your LCS on Wednesday, July 3rd. This story takes place before the destruction of Thundera and Soo Lee talks about the freedom to create a rich back...

To finish up my Pride Month coverage on the show I'm delighted to welcome back one of my favorite show veterans, the Fantastic Steve Foxe. Steve has been super busy, recent project drops include Dead X-Men, Dark X-Men, X-Men 97, and Spider-Woman and he's got a slate of more Marvel books coming out. Short term that includes the four issue X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse with artist Netho Diaz and the Psy...

Continuing our Pride Month coverage on the show, I'm joined today by Sam Maggs. Sam is a New York Times Bestselling Author who doesn't call just the comics space home. She's written in various mediums including books, video games, and comics spaces and is currently turning her attention to launching The Wicked Trinity, a dark fantasy One Shot from Archie Comics with line art from Lisa Sterle, colo...

Mad Cave Studios is bringing back Gatchaman in comic book form and we have a very special double episode to let you know all about it. Science Ninja Team Gatchaman was a Japanese animated series that debuted in 1972. In the States, if you were around for the late 70s/early 80s, the episodes were edited and dubbed for an American audience and called Battle of the Planets. The series has taken on ma...

I was really hoping to get the organizers of Flame Con, the world's largest LGBTQ comics convention, now celebrating their tenth year, on the show last year so I'm super excited about today's episode chatting with Kevin Gilligan, Vice President and Convention head for the Geeks Out organization who put on the con. The mission of Geeks Out is to rally, empower, and promote the queer geek community...

I don't know if there's ever been a more perfect guest for this podcast. On today's episode of the Comic Book Yeti Cryptid Creator Corner, I chat with Lisa Naffziger about Deja Ross Speaks to Freaks! From Top Shelf Productions, Deja Ross Speaks to Freaks is about a 7th grade cryptozoologist on a long family road trip taking solo sidequests to track down local cryptids. She befriends a talking Texa...

This is a very special episode for a number of reasons. I'm a huge Greg Pak fan so it was wonderful to finally have him on the podcast, but my brother Bobby, the Cryptid Creator Corner's number one most dedicated fan, is a Greg Pak superfan and I start the episode by reading Greg a message from Bobby. Greg and I then get into discussing his new series from Boom Studios LAWFUL out June 12th. LAWFUL...

Michael Avon Oeming returns to the podcast and he'a brought Taki Soma with him! Michael and Taki are here to chat about Mad Cave Studios' GALAXY OF MADNESS arriving at your LCS on June 19th.  Written by Magdalene Vissaggio, GALAXY OF MADNESS is a retro-futuristic sci-fi adventure about a "swashbuckling space archeologist". It reads like a love letter to silver age comics for a modern audience. Mic...