Dollar Bin Bandits

Comic book veterans Danny Fingeroth and Arie Kaplan discuss the Jewish impact on the industry, from the early creation of the medium through today. _____________________ Check out a video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/dollarbinbandits . If you like this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts . And if you really like this podcast, support what we...

Absolute Wonder Woman #1 drops today, and we have its writer, Kelly Thompson , in the hot seat! After graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in Sequential Art (how cool is that?!), Kelly started as a writer about comics, doing reviews and a column for CBR, but moved into the industry proper with a long run on IDW's Jem and the Holograms . Then it was on to Marvel , wh...

It's the 45th anniversary of Svengoolie, and there’s no better way to celebrate than with a comic book. The Dollar Bin Bandits are honored to welcome the man himself, Rich Koz, along with Toon in With Me's Bill Leff, to the show to talk about the project and more.  Rich is a lifelong comic book fan and is now part of his third comic book. The beloved host wrote his own story and helped with the di...

Christopher Jones is an artist who's contributed to all kinds of comics over the years, most famously animation-based properties like Young Justice , The Batman Strikes , Justice League Adventures , and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes . But he's worked everywhere, from DC , Marvel, and Image to Titan , Slave Labor Graphics, Malibu, and more! Other work for DC (his primary publisher) includes Ba...

Mark Morales is an inking veteran who's been all over the comics world, from Marvel and DC to Image, Dark Horse, and Chaos! Some of his past projects include Thor , Daredevil , Batman , X-Men , Avengers vs. X-Men , Spider-Man/Deadpool , Astonishing X-Men , Heroes Reborn, and The High Republic. Mark has worked with many pencillers including multiple collaborations with Olivier Coipel. Check out his...

On his Secret Galaxy YouTube channel, Dan Larson breaks down pop culture icons from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. We sat down with the viral video sensation to talk all things toys, comics, and TV/movies. It's nother nostalgia fest for the older set! If you haven't already, you can check out and subscribe to Dan's channel here: youtube.com/@SecretGalaxyTV . _____________________ Check out a video version...

"ThunderCats, ThunderCats, ThunderCats, Hooooo!!!" As the voice of Lion-O , it was Larry Kenney 's job to express those immortal words. But Larry has had a long career that goes beyond ThunderCats . He was a radio DJ for decades, including doing voices for Imus in the Morning from 1973 to 2007. Among other characters, Larry provided the voice for animated characters including Karate Kat , Bluegras...

Ghost Machine is on fire! The creator-owned Image imprint is churning out some of the best comics on the market, and the future looks no different. Next month, writer Peter Tomasi will be debuting The Rocketfellers with Francis Manapul and Hornsby and Halo with Peter Snejbjerg . Joe talks to all three talents in this episode, getting the inside scoop on these Family Odyssey titles: what they're ab...

Just Joe Week starts today! Producer Sal Abbinanti and director Remsy Atassi of the new documentary, The Legend of Kingdom Come , are here to tell you all about the seismic comics event and why it deserves the deep-dive film treatment. With extensive interviews with original creators Alex Ross and Mark Waid , along with big-name admirers like Todd McFarlane, Bill Sienkiewicz, Amanda Conner, Paul D...

Bixby Grant is back on Kickstarter! And we've got his creator, Patrick Coyle , talking about the journey of bringing a supernatural star (and book) to life. Patrick has a background in comics, having co-created one of the first online comics sites, Komikwerks . There he worked with talent like Keith Giffen and Dwayne McDuffie, and even started a venture with Stan Lee ! Now, Patrick's pouring his h...

Brian Cunningham is the current EIC of Ghost Machine , where he keeps the trains running for the upstart Image imprint. But he started out at Wizard Magazine , where he did anything and everything to keep that publication, and associated ones like ToyFare, going strong. From there, Brian moved on to DC , where as Senior Story Editor/Producer, working on nearly every big book, including Superman ,...

Joe Ely Carrales III is the driving force behind indie darling The Improbable Girl and the Wonder Kitty ! In this interview, Joe talks about how he got into the world of indie publishing, where he gets his ideas, and how he got so darn prolific!  You can follow him on Facebook. Believe it or not, he's the only one there with that name! _____________________ Check out a video version of this episod...

Michael Fitzgerald Troy is an artist, writer, comic, and YouTuber. Check out his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdCzSCE3XPCfAMn5q7bwQwA .  In addition to the Big Bang Comics Anthology that he successfully crowdfunded earlier this year, he's now kickstarting The Elementals: Public Dominion Anniversary Tribute Scrapbook . Check it out and back the project before Oct 3 here: h...

Yup, it's our 300th episode, and it's super-sized! But if you're expecting a full write-up of the career of Brian Michael Bendis , well... we'd probably run out of server space. Instead, let's just tick off some of the amazing books he's developed and worked on over the past 30 years: Jinx , Sam and Twitch, Powers , Ultimate Spider-Man , Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Daredevil , Alias, New Avengers, Ho...

For the past decade plus, writer Ed Brisson has been making a name for himself all over the comics world. Starting with his self-published crime series Murder Book , and continuing with Image series like Comeback , Sheltered, The Field, The Mantle , and The Violent , Ed's stories broke through a crowded field to become big hits. He was soon in-demand throughout the industry and has worked for DC,...

Cartoonist Phil Yeh is back with the Bandits, talking about the latest graphic novel in his Frank the Unicorn series. We get into Frank's origins, the humor in the series, and more! You can follow all of Phil's adventures and creations at wingedtiger.com . _____________________ Check out a video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/dollarbinbandits . If you like this podcast...

Chris Ryall is practically synonymous with IDW Publishing , since serving as President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of the company for 15 years. But he started out running the parody site MoviePoopShoot.com for Kevin Smith before joining IDW. Once there, he both oversaw and wrote many adaptations and licensed books, including Shaun of the Dead , Land of the Dead, Transformers, Beowulf, K...

In this surprise bonus episode, the Bandits take a backseat to Mike Spring (Outtatime Comics) as he interviews the one and only Todd McFarlane ! They talk about Todd’s new Kickstarter for an updated Medieval Spawn figure and comic , which you can back right here: http://kck.st/3WQPxtm . There’s less than two days left to get in on the action, so check it out! Support the show ___________________ C...

What happens when the world’s most notorious supernatural gangster squares off with the man of 1,000 disguises? To find out, you’ll have to back the latest Kickstarter by J.C. Vaughn (Gemstone Publishing) as he presents Captain Action vs. Al Capone, Vampire! That’s right, Cap is back! And that’s no surprise because for years, Ed Catto (TwoMorrows Publishing) and others have been working hard to br...

Maybe you know him from Bear Arm Baby . (Or maybe not.) Maybe you know him from his Sweet Heart miniseries. Or maybe you know him from reading these show notes and your curiosity about a comic called My Neighbor Necromancer . We're talking with writer Dillon Gilbertson today: about how he got into comics, what it's like developing projects independently, pitching those projects, and getting his wo...

José Marzan Jr. has worked all over the comics industry for more than four decades! Primarily as an inker and painter , José's work has spanned DC , Marvel , Dark Horse , and Disney, including such titles as Action Comics , Adventures of Superman , Doctor Strange , Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur , and more. He won two Eisner Awards for inking Pia Guerra on Vertigo's Y: The Last Man , and spent more...

College student Ray MacKay has already been published in numerous comics because of his incredible writing abilities. From Big Bang Comics and 10 Ton Press to Alpha Red Comics and more, he is quickly becoming a known name is the comics community. ____________________ Check out a video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/dollarbinbandits . If you like this podcast, please ra...

Diana Schutz is back, and it's almost like she never left! After a bit more philosophizing, we dig into the three things we missed the first time: academia, Dark Horse, and translation. As you may know, Diana spends a lot of her time now as a professor at Portland State University , where she helped establish the Comics Studies program. And she's an award winning translator, having just won a 2024...

Gary Carlson gives old school comic fans what they love with his Big Bang Comics. But the journey to get here took him through Marvel, DC, Image and many more. In fact, he’s known as the grandfather of Image Comics, since he gave young talents Erik Larsen and Rob Liefeld some of their earliest work! To learn more,  check out bigbangcomics.com/about . ____________________ Check out a video version...

Until recently, you probably knew Filip Sablik as President of Publishing and Marketing at Boom! Studios . After all, he was a very public cheerleader for the company (and the industry as a whole), moving Boom! into kids comics, developing acclaimed titles like Lumberjanes and Something is Killing the Children , and innovating at the retail level and on Kickstarter. But now, he's forming a brand n...