Dollar Bin Bandits

Mike Baron is back with the Bandits, chatting up his new project with the most famous detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes ! In this new tale, illustrated by Richard Bonk , Holmes teams up with Captain Nemo on a quest to unravel a global criminal conspiracy and prevent world war. Adventure abounds! The Kickstarter campaign just ended, but you can still late-pledge here: http://kck.st/3YOtyoZ . O...

Writer Charles Soule and artist Ryan Browne are a dynamic duo. Having already teamed up on Curse Words and Eight Billion Genies (both with Image), the pair is back with another crazy fantasy title, this one called The Lucky Devils . It's "a tale of two rebellious demons who decide to start a revolution in Hell—and the two ordinary, 20-something humans they're going to manipulate to do it." And the...

Captain Action is a man of many faces, and this year his face is going to be everywhere! Our pal Ed Catto (TwoMorrows Publishing) and television and film producer Michael Polis are working hard to keep the Captain’s momentum going. Polis has worked on shows such as Yo Gabba Gabba, Kermit’s Swamp Years and many more films and shows. He and Catto have a blueprint in place that includes action figure...

You probably know Adam Hughes from his fun and sexy covers that adorn comics nearly every month. But did you know he's spent nearly 40 years in the industry, working with virtually all major and indie publishers? Adam's first regular gig was on Mike Barr's Maze Agency from Comico. He then did a short run on Justice League America (with a continued cover run) before moving to Atlanta to join Gaijin...

Alex Segura has spun plenty of yarns for comics, including for Marvel ( Star Wars, Spider-Verse ), DC ( The Question ), Archie (too many to list!), and others. But it's his novels that are really putting the world on notice. First with Secret Identity , and now with Alter Ego , Alex has written award-winning, crossover thrillers that still have one foot firmly planted in the comic book world. You...

We're getting into the holiday spirit by welcoming Rankin/Bass historian Rick Goldschmidt onto the show! Rick has a background in illustration and cartooning, with magazine illustrations, editorial cartoons, and caricatures among his early assignments. He labored for years to bring to life a coffee table book chronicling all of Rankin/Bass' specials, films, and TV series, which was finally publish...

Veteran artist Joe St. Pierre has a gift for all the good girls and boys this holiday season: a Dollar Bin Bandits interview! But also the Joe St. Pierre Sketchbook 2025 , which only has a couple days left in its campaign on Zoop . If you don't know, Joe's been around since the Valiant days, where he pencilled Rai and was the co-creator of the team book Secret Weapons . Since then, he's worked acr...

Whitney Matheson isn't our typical guest. While she does make daily comics, she writes in so many different formats, it's hard to keep track! Whitney's perhaps best known as the creative force behind Pop Candy , the pop culture column/blog that she wrote for over a decade at USA Today . But since then, she's branched out into writing for short films, theater, newsletters, comics, kids' books, and...

Headlocked Comics' Michael Kingston is back with the Bandits, and he brought Bigfoot with him! Mike's got the launch issue of a brand new series currently on Kickstarter, and he can't wait to share it with everyone. It's called Friday Night Bigfoot , and it expands on a story from the Tales from The Road anthology series that imagines a struggling wrestling promoter in Portland who stumbles upon t...

Phillip Kennedy Johnson is on fire! Not literally of course, but the writer is churning out hit after hit for the major publishers, and his upcoming Hellhunters is no different. Phillip broke onto the scene in 2015 with Last Sons of America and Warlords of Appalachia , both for Boom! Studios. Since then, he's bounced back and forth between Marvel and DC, tackling major characters and properties li...

He's the man behind Minimum Wage and way more: it's Bob Fingerman ! Bob started out early as a cartoonist and illustrator, leaving NYC's School of Visual Arts to produce work for publications like Cracked , Penthouse, Heavy Metal, National Lampoon and The Village Voice . But soon, he decided to focus on comics, breaking in with a year-long stint on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and shorter pieces f...

Like a rock supergroup or Voltron, four comics superstars have come together to bring you a brand new story in a brand new world! That's right, we've got the whole gang -- Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Brian Pulido, and Billy Tucci -- talking about their currently Kickstarting project, The Deadly Trio: Doomsayer . We talk about how the four pals met, the characters they each created, how they co...

Boy, has returning guest Chris Ryall been busy! Not one, not two, but three projects are hitting just in time for the holidays. First up, it's the Deluxe Edition of the Origins of Marvel Comics , a reprint of the classic Stan Lee book with a new Alex Ross cover, multiple essays and interviews, and of course, the origin stories of some of our favorite heroes. Next, it's the Mighty Marvel Calendar B...

Inker Scott Hanna has worked on more pages of comics (22,000+) than virtually anybody else in history! The prolific artist's work has been featured on all of the big books at Marvel and DC , including The Avengers , Iron Man, X-Men, Wolverine, Hulk , Superman, Justice League , Green Lantern Corps, and Suicide Squad . Scott is perhaps best known for his five year run on Detective Comics and his con...

Veteran artist Bret Blevins joins the show today to talk about his 40+ year career in comics and animation. He first hit the scene in the early 80s, adapting films like The Dark Crystal , Krull , and The Last Starfighter for Marvel. Bret continued at Marvel throughout the 80s, illustrating The Bozz Chronicles with David Michelinie for Epic, working on Cloak and Dagger in Strange Tales , completing...

After years of trying, we've landed the one and only Denys Cowan ! The veteran artist has been in the game for 40+ years, and with executive Michael Stadford , has launched a retrospective art book on Kickstarter: Graphic Samurai: The Art of Denys Cowan . Denys' art has graced the pages of so many of our favorite comics over the years, including Deathstroke , Batman: Lovers & Madmen, Black Panther...

Hart Seely is the publisher of AHOY Comics . But he spent most of his career as a journalist and prose writer, including as a longtime reporter for the Syracuse Post-Standard . He's written for many other publications, including The New Yorker and New York Times , and authored many  books, including Mrs. Goose Goes to Washington and Juju Rules , in addition to three books of " found poetry ". We g...

John Gallagher is the award-winning writer/artist of the Max Meow: Cat Crusader   graphic novel series from Random House. He previously worked with Rich Faber on Buzzboy and Roboy Red . John is a co-founder of Kids Love Comics ( kidslovecomics.net ), an organization that uses comics to promote literacy. And if that isn't enough, he also serves as Art Director for Ranger Rick , a kids magazine from...

Chances are, you know cartoonist Jerry Craft from one of two projects: his syndicated comic strip Mama's Boyz or his award-winning series of graphic novels: New Kid, Class Act , and School Trip . But he got his start as an advertising copywriter and magazine editor , eventually doing his first comics work at Marvel and Harvey Comics. Now, in addition to his highly successful graphic novel work, he...

Josh Blaylock is the writer/artist founder of Devil's Due Studios , the publisher that burst onto the scene in the late 90s with revivals of licensed properties like G.I. Joe, Voltron , and others. During his 25 years in the industry, he's also created a number of original books, including Mercy Sparx , The Encoded , and Arkworld . Now, Josh is back with The Disavowed ,  a G.I. Joe-meets-The Boys...

Yes, we have THE Mike Allred : father of Madman , creator of Doop , iZombie , and so many others, artist extraordinaire, and lover of comic books! If you didn't know, Mike started out in broadcasting, first on the radio and then as a TV reporter in Europe. But soon he's back in his native Oregon, chewing up the independent comics scene with graphic novels like Dead Air , Graphique Musique , and Gr...

Like some of its characters, Atlas Comics is rising from the dead and ready to take over the world! Mego recently announced it’s putting out the first phase of Atlas figures featuring reprints of the original comics. Jeff Rovin, who edited and put together the Atlas universe, has been working to revive the line and joins us with some breaking and exciting news! ____________________ Check out a vid...

Writer Chris Condon broke onto the comics scene in a major way with the ongoing Image series That Texas Blood and its spinoff, The Enfield Gang Massacre , both with artist Jacob Phillips. He then adapted Barry Gifford's Night People for Oni Press and has moved into the big leagues with Marvel's Ultimate Wolverine and DC's Green Arrow . You can follow Chris on X @ChristophCondon . _________________...

The man, the myth, the father of Shi: that's right, it's Billy Tucci ! Billy and Shi crashed onto the comics scene in 1994, and they never looked back. For the first dozen years, it was all about the half-Japanese, naginata-wielding woman warrior and her solo and crossover adventures. And crossovers there were: with Avengelyne, Gen-13, Cyblade, Daredevil, Grifter, Vampirella, Lady Death, and Wolve...

Creating a talent pool of future comics book artists and writers is vital to the industry, and Jim Keefe (Flash Gordon) and Vannotes (Spy Ninjas) are both doing their part to make that happen. The duo join the show to discuss how steps are being taken to get younger people interested in the field of comics and their thoughts on the future of the industry.   _____________________ Check out a video...