Comics'N'Poptarts

Tonight, we take a break from comics to discuss the fear of artificial intelligence, which has been an evolving concern over the centuries, suggesting that civilization has always been on the path to this rise of automation since the Industrial Revolution spawned the supply and demand economy we have had since then. If you're going to do anything in this nation, you have to understand the hist...

Shots fired! Inevitable Mike uses the unruly and disreputable examples of dashers and third-party delivery contractors in comparison to how indie comic businesses could be run. I put in my two cents using various historical accuracies to describe employee and employer relationships. It's an intellectual rambling of delightful insight into indie comics, critique, and more words against Disney....

After 5+ years in comics and several crowdfunding campaigns, including 2+ years of marketing in crowdfunding comics, I discuss my thoughts after the end of the Wild Oni campaign. In this solo reflection, we discuss topics such as branding, business, and a plethora of other IP-like issues as they relate to indie comics through big comic and game company product studies. So if you're looking for...

Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Todd Black, creator of Tokyo Detective Blade #8, including a docu-comic on Thunder Rosa's coming-of-age journey into wrestling. We talked about persistence, never giving up, and ways to get Tony Kahn's attention for Todd's AEW Origins comic. Black Magic Wolf Productions ⁠Facebook⁠ | Amazon | Tokyo Detective #8 (Kickstarter) Wild Oni Please go l...

Inevitable Mike has roped in Daniel Garcia as his co-host for an all-new podcast about opinions on movies. Tonight's movie, Dark Angel, a smooth 1990s detective film with an alien twist featuring Dolph Lundgren. I concede to movie-biased twenty years in the harboring? Does Dark Angel hold up? Are there any fun facts about the movie? SPOILER ALERT* We do not apologize for you not going to see t...

Inevitable Mike has roped in Daniel Garcia as his co-host for an all-new podcast about opinions on movies. Tonight's movie, Disney's Plusasaurus, will cover our thoughts and feelings about Indiana Jones and the Dile of Destiny. Is Harrison Ford too old for this sh*t? Will there be another Indiana Jones movie? Who the hell names their son 'Mutt'? And a few other from-the-heart discu...

Black Cobra hits #kickstarter funding in 2 hours, and to tell us all about it is writer, filmmaker, and actor, Matthew Jasso. Black Cobra is a hero from The Remnant's Christian Hero team within the Grok Comics canon. If you want to learn more about Grok Comics follow the links down below. Watch Lady Lawman to see Matthew's wife shoot him in the back. Tubi | Amazon Matthew's Nightwing F...

Laurie Calcaterra, creator of Path of the Pale Rider, rode into the Tartcave tonight to discuss her most recent Kickstarter riding forward into issue #4. This has to be one of the most unique stories I've ever heard. Among other topics, she was a delight to have on the show. Saddle up for another exciting episode, kids. Path of the Pale Rider ⁠Facebook ⁠ | Instagram | Twitter | Global Comix |...

Brandon Ingram started writing comics in 2018 and actually began publishing comics under his publishing line  Dismay Comics  in 2021. Through Dismay Comics, Brandon has been putting out series like The Gallows Man, Dismay Avenue, and Tales From Town's City. While publishing these series through Dismay Comics, he hopes to work with other publishers in releasing other upcoming series of his. Dis...

Hey listeners! You keep the tartie party alive, and I love it. The word is getting out, and thanks to those of you who listen, Christie Shinn, the Ringo Award-winning artist/writer from LA, has graced us with her presence to present her unique and unapologetic perspective on creatorship and why being a s$%&y person is a bad idea. We dive deep into dangerously, but not too closely to politics i...

Wild Oni Please go like the page to keep up-to-date with the book. Wild Oni #1 is DONE! Sign up and follow both the Kickstarter page and the Facebook group for regular updates and announcements. We're at 64 pre-launchers. (If we can hit 88, all pre-launchers who back physical tiers will receive a special Ronin 47 Homage Print) ⁠Facebook ⁠  |  ⁠Wild Oni Pre-order⁠ Our Next Guest: TBD Geek Netwo...

Joining the tartie party tonight is the intellectually and uniquely equipped Stephanie Phillips (Marvel, DC, Boom!, Dark Horse), who has given tons of praise to her creative team on her newest Comixology original comic, Black Sight (available now). She shares with us her journey, the humility of writing comics, the challenges comic writers face, and her wonderous account of how the comics collabor...

Welcome back to the tart cave, you beautiful bunch of smarty-tarties! Our adventures lead to the wandering writer and comic enthusiast Daniel Garcia, an investigator who knows the ways of Batma n and was inspired so much by the nostalgia of heroes like Daredevil , TMNT , and other street-level heroes that he created Dang! Comics to bring us Xyber Ronin ! So sit back and have a DANG-good time as we...

Matt Groom ( Inferno Girl Red ) and Kelly McMahon ( Imperium, Clerks III, & Jay & Silent Bob: Reboot ), join me for a Geek Network -sponsored interview to discuss their playing card crime mystery project Bad Blood (available here ). Tonight's tarty party kicks off with a validation of my Australian accent impression, which Kelly endorses until Matt joins us to complete the trifecta of...

Welcome back to the Tarty Party, where we're talking about Xob The Lightning Wielder from Taurus Comics. Joining us tonight to honor his love and respect for his wife and her culture is Kyrun Silva, the creator behind Xob, who seeks to add fun back into the comic medium to liven the masses. What say you, party tarties?! Are you not entertained?! Get more Xob The Lightening Wielder by going to...

Tonight Mason Solimine kicks in the door to the Tartcave to give us the scoop on a new roof-top diving, ass-kicking, and relatively young crime fighter rocking the red and black tights in one of comics histories few but up-and-coming sibling crime fighting squads. I'm so excited to bring you tartie partiers the origins of The Cardinal, which I had the pleasure of backing, receiving, and readin...

Welcome back to the tarty party! Today I'm joined by the Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lisa Kollins, of The Superhero Project, a non-profit organization that gives hope and joy to families with chronically sick and disabled children. The Creative Art Director, Taryn Cozzy, joins Lisa in educating us all about what the non-profit does, how they make a difference, and also how others can...

Welcome back to the tarty party! Tart-Nation, are you a fan of hard-hitting martial arts, touching parental stories, and skilled warriors grid-locked in a fight for honor and vengeance? That's how "wild" this conversation is about to get. Three warrior writers on one podcast? I'm excited and you should be too! War Lion Yisoonshin  |  Facebook  |  War Lion Kickstarter Blood &...

Welcome back to the tarty party! Tart-Nation, are you a Worthy Chaso Comics fan? Great! Because Corissa Grant is climbing the indie comics charts just as fast if not faster, than any veteran guest or guests that we've had on the show! We're talking about the process of hiring and corresponding with artists, and what to do when one leaves your project bleeding in the gutters of the narrativ...

The bell rings as Diabolical Dave's DCW roster invades the Comics & Pop-tarts Podcast, "Hey! That's my mic?" Mike Menard snatches Inevitable Mike's microphone... "Grimsteel Games has something to say...SHUT UP!!! Now--" Corey Tomlinson, The EIC of the DCW, and Jean Ducharme, The Director...Mike's lackeys stand proud beside him. "Diabolical Championship...

S4E8: Deadlines - Why are they so important? Tonight, we're talking about deadlines. Why do they matter? Do writers and publishers have the right to hold artists accountable? Let's talk about working with artists in comics and the best ways to protect yourself and honor the artist bringing your vision to life. A big THANKS to Phil Russert for allowing us to use his social media post to hel...

Welcome back to the tarty party! Tart-Nation, give it up for the youngest comic creator and future success story; this comics podcast haven has EVER had on the show representing characters and stories with vigor and synthesis-style imagination. NATHAN ROUSE, the creator of Jupiter Man, and so many more characters and stories coming through Black Monolith Comics. May the 4th be with you. Let's...

Welcome back to the tarty party! You're about to experience the biggest BIGFOOT news in comic history because the iconic artist and storyteller ZACH HOWARD is bringing the footprint to his new IMAGE Comics title by way of an American Muscle car. Moonshine Bigfoot makes his way out of the forest at 0 to 60MPH into the pages of his first comic. I also bring a little thunder tonight with an annou...

Welcome back, true listeners! Welcome back, faithful listeners! Welcome, all my power tart compatriots! Stephen & Joseph have stopped by to discuss why normal people in a superpowered world are far more interesting than anything someone with ice powers is going through, right? We're ripping out the kitchen sink and evicting the caped Crusaders for the night to talk about  Tales of Nihilism...

Welcome back, true listeners! Welcome back, faithful listeners! Welcome back, my power tart compatriots! Phillip and I have come together to discuss his new book Withered #1, views on art, views on the creative process being stifled by political overtures, and how his art representation works, leading into a conversation about the relationship between artist and creator. Whether you're a creat...