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

So, the Fab Five nominees died at the Hellfire Gala or did they. More accurately, did they stay dead cause it sure looked like Nimrod did the ultimate sneak attack powerbomb on them. Enter Dead X-Men. What are the ultimate fates of Cannonball, Jubliee, Dazzler, Frenzy, and Prodigy? I got a chance to catch up with Cryptid Creator Corner veteran Steve Foxe to hear about this exciting new mini-series...

For the first episode of 2024, the Cryptid Creator Corner is coming in hot with an interview with Ed Brisson. Ed is here to chat about his newest series from Boom! Studios - The Displaced. Issue #1 is out February 14th. Ed has teamed up with artist Luca Casalanguida, colorist Dee Cunniffe, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. This is a science-fiction mystery set in Ed's hometown where he lived unt...

Yes, it's that time of year again where Jimmy and I get together to celebrate some of the best comics produced in 2023 with the annual Comic Book Yeti ICE or Indy Comics Excellence Awards. We got two very special guests joining us, Kat Calamia and Lisa Gullickson. Kat was a nominee for last years show in The Giver category and has successfully launched many a Kickstarter campaign with darling indy...

Here's hoping you had a wonderful holiday season, now back to more podcasts! This is an episode I have been looking forward to for quite some time as I get to chat with Darcy Van Poelgeest about his newest Boom! Studios comic Lotus Land with artist Caio Filipe. I read issue #1 of Lotus Land and it's a science-fiction noir, set in a future version of Vancouver. It's a mystery where we, the reader,...

On today's episode of the Cryptid Creator Corner, I chat with Jordan Alsaqa about Cooking with Monsters: The Beginner's Guide to Culinary Combat. Jordan and I discuss the process of bringing this book to life with co-creator and artist Vivian Truong, the inspiration behind mixing elements of a cooking competition with fighting monsters, and how his own life experiences influenced the story. Jordan...

On today's episode I'm sitting down with comics creators Joe Rechtman and Reilly Brown (Deadpool, Amazing Spider-Man) to hear all about their new ten issue series Forgotten Runes: Wizard's Cult from Titan Comics. This is an epic fantasy project using the blueprint from the popular MMORPG, The Runiverse. This is a wild collaboration between the game and the comic book. Joe and Reilly are incorporat...

I should really start looking into Baltimore Comic-Con sponsoring the podcast because I've been on a fantastic run of interviewing creators I've met there and here's another with the wonderful (and tall) Charlie McElvy. Charlie and I talk about Spider-Squirrell and God Quest, working with writer Vito Delsante, and how he ended up a contestant on American Ninja Warrior (I love that show!). Of cours...

I hadn't gotten a chance to catch up with fellow native East Tennessean, Dakota Brown, since way back before the podcast started when I was conducting live interviews on Twitter/X Spaces. This one is lots of fun. I got to hear all about his new project Grandma Tilly's Hell-Tech Mech from Band Of Bards, which is honestly about like it sounds, a zany story about a game addicted grandmother on the hu...

We are once again chatting with another creator I was lucky enough to meet at Baltimore Comic-Con. Please welcome the Founder and Creative Director of Odyssey Comics Marcus McNeal. Odyssey Comics focuses on publishing "the best damn creator-owned comics in the galaxy." Marcus discusses his love of comics and how that led him to not just creating comics but publishing them as well. We talk about so...

Joe Hunter is an artist and colorist on series like Beast Heart Strikers! written by Lan Pitts. Joe and I talk about how he got his start in comics and what led him to want to draw comics in the first place. He also provides a hint or two about what he's working on that he can't quite announce yet and I remind Joe that he has a patreon. We discuss his early influences, his current hobbies when he...

With today's episode I am crossing off my list a creator that I have wanted to chat with since Byron first mentioned the idea of starting a podcast. In 2020, the early days of the pandemic, I first decided to try and write a comic script in order to enter the Mad Cave Studios Talent Search and I based my script on Show's End, written by Anthony Cleveland. Although I didn't win the talent search (u...

I got Scott Hoffman, AKA Babydaddy of the Scissor Sisters, back on the show today to chat about another one of his Comixology Original projects, Wag. Wag follows a group of unlikely survivors in a dystopian world. There are so many messages to unpack in this excellent book: mental health, childhood trauma, corporate greed, and freedom among others. I’ve been quite impressed with Scott’s work so fa...

Continuing the streak of podcast guests that I met in person at Baltimore Comic-Con, today's guest is Joe Corallo. At Baltimore, Joe was signing at the Mad Cave Studios booth and I picked up a copy of Dahlia in the Dark, his and Andrea Milana's graphic novel that's part Transporter and part Supernatural. It's a book that I loved and was excited to talk to him about it. I was also a fan of She Said...

I'm super excited this week to welcome Eric Powell onto the show. As a huge fan of Hillbilly, I've wanted to have him on for quite some time. We're chatting about the launch of his new Victorian ghost story inspired anthology, Four Gathered On Christmas Eve, from Dark Horse Comics. Recruited for the project were Mike Mignola, Becky Cloonan, and James Harren so it's a creative powerhouse. When I wa...

I hope all my fellow Cryptids in my part of the World are enjoying this Autumn. It's my favorite time to get outside and start some exciting new myths and legends. Today on the podcast we have returning guest Trevor Fernandes-Lenkiewicz and he brought with him Ryan Best to talk about their current crowdfunding campaign for RISE. RISE tells the story of what it means to be "good man" while trying t...

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...