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

Horror fans assemble. Today I am chatting with comics creators Brian Level and Kurt Belcher about their new crowdfunding horror comics project The Unsleeping Eye funding on Kickstarter. The town of Mercurial is under siege from a ghoulish group of Satan worshipping intruders called the Oddfellows. Churches are burned, animals mutilated, and a few folks are producing of all things a newspaper about...

I'm back talkin' Mad Cave comics with the incredibly talented Alex Segura! The Mad Cave Studios 10th Anniversary Celebration continues with another comic that I cannot wait for you to check out on April 24th: it's a brand new Dick Tracy #1. I think everyone from long time Dick Tracy fans to brand new readers are going to love this from the superstar creative team of Alex Segura, Michael Moreci, Ge...

Today I’ve got two amazing comics creators on to chat with me. Comics writer David Booher is a regular to the show at this point and we have a new guest joining him, Michele Abounader. Michele has cooked up a new crowdfunding project on Backerkit called When I Was Young, a 100+ page queer comics anthology featuring short stories of inspiration, advice, and triumph where all profits will be donated...

Podcast dreams do come true as I get to interview Son M. and we have a great conversation, which includes chatting about Something Crawled Out , a fantastic new comic from Vault with art by Madcursed. I first became aware of Son through the Death's Diner twitter thread, which is, without a doubt, one of the best things I've ever read. Son and I chat about games and comics and so much more, includi...

If the name Will Dennis doesn't immediately leap to mind, I'm sure you've read something he has been an editor for. For over 15 years he helped shaped the voices and vision of what is arguably the most recognized comics imprint of all time, DC’s Vertigo, until he transitioned to working as a freelance editor for Image, Comixology, DC, First Second Books and TKO to name a few. He has worked with th...

It’s another stacked episode of the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast with 3 members of the Morning Star creative team: David Andry, Tim Daniel, and Marco Finnegan. Morning Star is a fantastic new series published by Mad Cave Studios, inspired by Steven Spielberg and Stephen King. This was a fantastic conversation and you do not want to miss this series. Issue #1 is out March 27th.  Make sure to chec...

I'm joined today by comics creator Lara Pickle who has a new graphic novel I feel Awful, Thanks just released from Oni Press. The main character, Joana, is a young witch with a lot of life changes happening. She’s moved to London for a new job working for a potions company and has to find an apartment, make new friends, deal with office drama, navigate a new relationship... stress, fatigue, and sa...

It's an incredibly exciting episode of the Comic Book Yeti Cryptid Creator Corner podcast today with returning guests Jordan Alsaqa and Skylar Patridge telling me as much as they can without having to disappear me about their newest comic: Our Sins are Scarlet. Our Sins are Scarlet is an erotic spy thriller now funding on Kickstarter until March 28th. As I type this the campaign is about $1,000 aw...

Today I'm joined by illustrator/cartoonist Oliver Bly to chat about his new ecological fantasy OGN, The Mushroom Knight, dropping in early March from Mad Cave Studios. A faerie mushroom knight, Gowlitrot, embarks on a quest to deal with a mysterious threat to his woodland kingdom. Along the way, he encounters a human girl, Lem, who has lost her dog Beans and as she trapses through the woods in sea...

Comics creator Matt Harding is living the dream. He's writing a story for the new issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, issue 10. I got a chance to catch up with him prior to its release to hear all about his experience with the iconic character and what it has been like to get a chance to touch on Batman's legacy. Matt also works for Oni Press who recently announced the relaunch of the old EC...

This is the podcast episode I've been waiting for. It's all been leading up to this. I welcomed none other than my favorite writer TOM KING into the Yeti Cave to discuss his and Bilquis Evely's newest Dark Horse comic: Helen of Wyndhorn. Helen of Wyndhorn is being described as Conan the Barbarian meets The Wizard of OZ, but that doesn't quite do it justice. Bilquis Evely's art is stunning and Tom...

Today I'm joined by co-creators Pornsak Pichetshote (The Good Asian, Infidel) and Jesse Lonergan (Miss Truesdale and the Fall of Hyperborea) to talk about their new pet centric space adventure, Man's Best, dropping soon from Boom Studios. After my read through, this struck me as Homeward Bound 2099. Three emotional support pets on a spaceship are traveling with a crew of people who are trying to f...

I recorded an episode early on Sunday for this one because the Cryptid Creator Corner is going International as I chat with Irish comics writer Gary Moloney. Gary has written a fantastic new series with artist Daniel Romero and letterer Becca Carey, When the Blood Has Dried. Issue #1 is out April 10th so be sure to add it to your pull list now. I'd describe it as a fantasy western. Gary is a brill...

As we continue to celebrate our two-year anniversary as a comics interview podcast in the month of February, I’m delighted to welcome one of the top writers in the game on with me today, Ram V, to discuss his new unique neo-noir crime drama writing collaboration with fellow White Noise Studio comics collective member Dan Watters, The One Hand/Six Fingers dropping in February from Image Comics. Ram...

It's a Full House today in the Yeti Cave for this episode of the Cryptid Creator Corner with Matthew Summo, James Ferguson, Mario Candelaria, and Phil Butehorn. These folks are some of my favorite indie comics creators and they have teamed up for an anthology called Slice(s) of Life - A World Without Pizza now on Kickstarter. Imagine a world where pizza is outlawed. What lengths would you go to to...

I feel really privileged to have gotten the opportunity to do today's interview. Award winning illustrator/author Robin Ha joined me on the show to talk about her new queer YA graphic novel set in 16th century Korea injected with a bit of fantasy, The Fox Maidens, being released by Balzer and Bray/Harper Collins. Robin's other work has been very personal, exploring her own experiences as a teenage...

SPOILER ALERT!!! We have something a little different on today's episode of the Cryptid Creator Corner. Griffin Sheridan, Ethan Parker, and Bob Quinn return to the podcast to discuss Kill Your Darlings issues #1-4 and when I say "discuss" I mean we get into it and I get to discuss my favorite parts of these 4 issues. Needless to say if you haven't read issues #1-4 yet, you should probably do that...

On today's episode of the Cryptid Creator Corner, I'm sitting down with comics writer Zoe Tunnell to hear all about her new one shot coming out on February 7th from IDW, the Godzilla Valentine's Day Special. To the best of my knowledge, we've never done a Valentine's Day feature here on the podcast so this was an excellent way to break it in with a tightly written little sapphic romance featuring...

Today's guest on the Crytpid Creator Corner is one of my favorite current comic book writers: It's Zac Thompson. Zac has been on the podcast before chatting with Byron about The Brother of All Men, but this was my first chance to sit down and discuss his latest comic from Oni Press: Cemetery Kids Don't Die. Zac has teamed up with Daniel Irizarri and Brittany Peer for this tale of sibling relations...

I'm so excited to get to share today's chat with you because I firmly believe I'll be talking about this book on our awards show at the end of the year. I got to recently catch up with comics writer Ryan K. Lindsay to hear all about his new Mad Cave Studios project, Deer Editor. This is a noir like none other. That simple addition of a man/deer character adds so much range with what you are able t...

Hard to believe, friends, but this is my 100th episode of the podcast and I'm chatting with a fantastic indie creator today: Damien Becton. Damien and his collaborators have made some fantastic comics like Worlds Away and Try Not to Die, plus he is one of the winners of the 2021 Mad Cave Studios Talent Search. Damien and I chat about his love of comics, his work on Tales from Nottingham, and the u...

Hello and welcome to another exciting episode of Comic Book Yeti's Cryptid Creator Corner podcast. On today's episode I am chatting with the Founder and CEO of BlackBox Comics Dimitrios Zaharakis. I visited the BlackBox Comics booth at Baltimore Comic-Con, checked out some of their titles and picked up Dream Master #1-5 and it was fantastic. Dimitrios and I talk about how he got into comics and co...

Ya'll like crime comics because I like crime comics and I really liked Nice Jewish Boys #1, a new Comixology Originals series so I made sure to get writer Neil Kleid on the podcast and we had a great conversation.  Nice Jewish Boys is about Jake Levin, a freelance writer and suburban family man, who accepts help from an old friend when he's struggling a little financially. Jake witnesses something...

What do you get when two old Battlestar Galactia alumni get together to make a comic book. Turns out, not at all what you might expect. I got a chance to catch up with Mark Verheiden and Aaron Douglas to hear all about their new Dark Horse Comics project, Borealis. I was initially drawn to it from the native and supernatural elements alone but this is a big story with lots of overlapping narrative...

Heather Vaughan is a phenomenal artist (and living in Philly!) whose cover work, in particular, I have been seeing pop up all over the indie comics scene. Heather's artwork can also be seen in several board games, including one of my favorites from Restoration Games, the UNMATCHED Buffy set. Heather and I have a wonderful chat about her influences and what led her to work in both goard games and c...