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

Former Comic Book Yeti contributor Steve Thompson is on the Cryptid Creator Corner to discuss his new Comixology Originals series Ill Vacation. Steve is joined by Gonzalo Ruggieri and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou on this series that finds 2 soldiers left behind to defend an island in the Pacific during World War II. That premise may sound straightforward, but this comic is anything but as we find that Ma...

James B. Emmett is a Senior Editor for Mad Cave Studios. If you're a long time listener of this podcast you've definitely heard his name before as the editor for some amazing comics. After James posted on social media asking if anyone would be interested in him doing an "ask me almost anything" about editing or Mad Cave, Jimmy reached out to finally get him on the podcast. James covers some of the...

I have been looking forward to getting Patrick Horvath on the show for some time now and no better way to do it than to chat about his new IDW Dark project that builds on his break out success Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees. It's back with the next installment called Rite Of Spring which is a significant departure from the original but fear not, or maybe you should, our beloved murder bear Sa...

Jimmy's 200th episode! Isn't this exciting?!?! It's Jimmy's 200th episode and he's invited Christian Ward back on the podcast to talk about his next writing gig after Two-Face, and, oh boy, what a series this is going to be! Chritian is writing EVENT HORIZON: DARK DESCENT. Working with artist Tristan Jones, Dark Descent is an official prequel to the film, telling the story of what happened to the...

Legendary comic creator Phil Hester joins Jimmy on the Cryptid Creator Corner to talk about his career in comics. Jimmy and Phil discuss some of his more recent work, like the excellent Gotham City: Year One with Tom King and the astounding Family Tree with Jeff Lemire. This is your chance to listen to a true master of his comic-making craft. It was also recently announced that Phil has teamed up...

Let's Talk Shop is back for Pride Month, slightly late, with comic book shop owner Wing from Outsider Comics and Geek Boutique in Seattle, Washington. This is one of the rare occasions on the show where I can say I've actually been in the shop and I love this one. Settled in the quirky Freemont neighborhood just north of downtown, the area is full of fantastic little proprietor owned storefronts....

Christopher Monfette has written for movies, tv, and comics. He was a Co-EP at Marvel, Magic: The Gathering, and Star Trek: Picard, and a Producer on 9-1-1 and 12 Monkeys. He has a brand new series from Dark Horse Comics called TexArcanum with artist Miguel Martos. Jimmy described the series as Supernatural meets Justified, which Christopher confirms that's how he pitched it. Christopher talks abo...

We are continuing my Pride Month Feature on the show with first time guest Stephanie Williams, who also happens to live in my now home state of North Carolina. RAISE UP! I never pass up a chance to get in a Petey Pablo reference. I'm excited to finally get a chance to pick Stephanie's brain about some of the influences behind her smash comic hit Nubia and the Amazons and how writing in Themyscira...

Tyler Chin-Tanner & Jarred Luján return to the Cryptid Creator Corner to talk about their current plans for MEZO. After issues 1 and 2 of Volume 3: The Trial of Roden came out last year, there were some unexpected delays that Tyler talks about on the podcast. Now the Kickstarter (link below) launches June 17th and runs to July 17th and you'll be able to get the complete volume 3, but also volumes...

Shad Miller & Jay Cormier from Off the Page Games join and Jimmy and Dan Nixon to talk about their comic based board games like MIND MGMT, Harrow County, and Corps of Discovery. Jimmy and Dan have played both MIND MGMT and Harrow County and it's great to hear how these games were developed. Plus Shad and Jay give them a preview of the upcoming Grendel, which will launch on Kickstarter July 1st, bu...

We are not slowing down as my Pride Month Feature rolls along with returning show guest Eisner, GLAAD, and Ringo nominated comics writer Steve Orlando hanging out with me to talk about two of his projects dropping with the big two. Last time he was on we were talking about the ongoing Scarlet Witch series which is being continued in a new five issue mini-series The Vision and The Scarlet Witch, re...

Now in year three of my Pride Month Feature coverage on the show, I’m more excited than I’ve ever been about shining a light onto the diversity of projects representing queer focused characters and getting to chat with the creators who make them. For myself, Pride this year feels like a more somber affair as the current administration seeks to not only suppress the struggle of the queer community...

After Jimmy finished reading Hawkgirl: Once upon a Galaxy, he had to invite Jadzia Axelrod onto the podcast. Not only is her Hawkgirl run with Amancay Nahuelpan tremendous, it is now canon that Kendra is a Philadelphia Eagles fan and her "Go Birds!" may be the first in DC Comics history. Of course, Jadzia and Jimmy discuss Galaxy: The Prettiest Star, Galaxy's appearance in Hawkgirl, and Jadzia tea...

It's week two of my Pride 2025 Feature and this week I'm so excited to get to hang out with two of my favorite people in comics and returning guests, Josh Trujillo and GLAAD Nominated Jude Doyle. Josh and Jude have multiple projects in the new DC Pride Special, now in it's fifth year, including one developing new DC trans character Ethan Rivera. I've already picked it up and found this new formatt...

Kenny Porter joins Jimmy on the Cryptid Creator Corner to chat about Archie is Mr. Justice #3. Kenny talks about the unique approach to this project with different creative teams for each issue, his experience with Archie Comics, as well as his approach to telling the Betty story. Kenny also talks about how writing this series differed from some of the other series he worked on. Archie is Mr. Just...

Kicking off my Pride Month Feature for year three on the show, today’s guest is quickly amassing one of the largest bodies of queer superhero character continuum in the Marvel Comics Universe. He’s a two-time GLAAD Award winning author, a three-time National Magazine Award winner, and a winner of the 2024 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers. That would be comics writer Anthony Olivei...

Anthony Cleveland & Alex Cormack return to the Cryptid Creator Corner, together this time, to discuss their new Mad Cave series: Buried Long, Long Ago. Issue #2 is out June 4th. Anthony discusses how he first learned about Belle Gunness and how the mysteries surrounding her inspired the series. Alex discusses what attracted him to working on this as well as the inspiration for the character design...

As anyone knows who’s been around the comics industry for a while, sometimes the journey isn’t always linear getting a creator owned project off the ground even when it’s attached to one of the biggest names in the industry, and I’m personally excited to get to see this one come to full fruition as it’s a good one so I've got New York Times Bestselling and Eisner-nominated comic book creator, Davi...

I'm so excited because today my Let's Talk Shop series goes international. I like this trend. As the formatting goes, I get a recommendation from show guests on who their favorite comic book shop is. When I had comics artist PJ Holden on recently about his new Mad Cave Studios project Dark Pyramid, he said to look no further than his local Belfast hang out Coffee and Heroes. So, I reached out to o...

Adriano Ariganello is a Toronto native and former film school student who has been writing short stories, screenplays and comic books for over 20 years. He's crowdfunded From Parts Unknown issues 1-3, Crazy Latte Thing Called Love, Naked Kaiju Woman, Stay Cool, and Unlimited Udo.  Adriano joins Jimmy on the Cryptid Creator Corner to talk about his journey in comics, the things that have influenced...

It's an exciting day here on the Cryptid Creator Corner as Jimmy chats with legendary writer Peter Milligan! Peter has a new series out through Mad Cave Studios with artist Val Rodrigues. The Pale Knight #1 is out May 28th. It's a fantastic first issue. Peter chats about the series, his fascination with the time period, working with Val and Mad Cave, taking inspiration from Bergman's The Seventh S...

I don't know what kind of voodoo we are pulling off with the show but two years in a row now I've chatted with Eisner Winning comics writer Kelly Thompson within a week of the Eisner Award nominee announcements dropping and it's two for two in terms of nominations so we're all enjoying the trend. Hot off the back of Jeff's break out success with Marvel Rivals and the It's Jeff series on Marvel Unl...

Despite running a comics journalism outlet, comics conventions are something I don't know a lot about, certainly not from the operational side of things so I decided to bring in an expert. Jon Engel is the Regional Operations Manager of New Dimensions Comics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and one of the organizers of the 3 Rivers Comic Con held in the city in June. It's a regional midsized comic con...

Mark London returns to the Cryptid Creator Corner for the 3rd time and he's here to discuss the Mad Cave Studios Underworld Universe and the Endless Nightcrossover event. Mark has been writing the 3 series (4 issues each) leading up to Endless Night. Revolution 9, with artist Carlos Reno, Hour of the Wolf, with artist Danilo Beyruth, and Exit City, with artist Karl Mostert (sadly Karl passed away...

Sometimes you see a product that you think might just have a chance in this weird comics ecosystem to make a positive dent in creator sales numbers and I think I've just found one. There's a new kid in town in the digital comics reader space, Sweet Shop. Kenny Meyers is the mastermind behind Sweet Shop; a digital reader platform with a slick interface; Bindings, a simplified comic creator portal d...