Hypothetical Island Podcast

You thought spooky season was over, but that was before Reilly and George welcomed Shannon Eric Denton to the Hypothetical Island podcast to talk about his new horror-host-themed jam comic gHosts, crowdfunding now! On the way, the fellas talk Australopithicuses, the Beetlejuice rules of the afterlife, Lego, Extreme Studios in the 90s, and much more. Check out more about gHosts here: https://zoop.g...

Step into another dimension on this episode of the Hypothetical Island as Reilly and George welcome writer/penciller/inker/painter/musician/teacher Nelson Faro DeCastro to the podcast to talk about his amazing new multimedia project Megadroid! Along the way they also discuss whether flippers make for appropriate foot fetish-wear, the state of art education, heavy metal as the musical equivalent of...

On this episode of the Hypothetical Island, Riproarin' Reilly  and Jovial George are joined by Fearless Fred Kennedy, radio personality, writer of Dead Romans, and the creative force behind the radio drama Mud 79 . Along the way they talk about the funk of  comic-con bathrooms,  Asterix the Gaul, seeing Marilyn Monroe naked,  the fan-comic Green Leader, the benefits of a two-inch inseam, why...

It's an appropriate start to the Witching Season as Reilly and George are joined by artist Richard Pace to talk about his new collection of spicy witch drawings Coven (crowdfunding now!) with conversational detours into outrageous French accents,  clothing etiquette in the Land of Oz, how long can the New Warriors be considered New anyway, and much much more. 

On this episode of the Hypothetical Island Podcast, Reilly and George are joined by cartoonist Nick Marinkovich for a wide-ranging discussion on Dead Romans, digital art, the price of immortality, patron gods, bike thieves and just what the hell is mayonnaise anyway?

This week Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by writing superstar Kelly Sue DeConnick to chat about her epic Wonder Woman Historia series, as well as reality TV, the advantages of being a Gorgon,  parenting parents, comics as a meal,  the Great Goddess Hera, and who is the most annoying superhero team. 

Cartoonist Scott Koblish returns to the Hypothetical Island! First, we bust the format for the first ever episode of Hawk Tawk-- all Hawkman, all the time! Then  Scott, Reilly and George have a wide-ranging discussion about what constitutes a hobo, how best to rule through fear, bad odor etiquette,  why you should never, every challenge Scott in a amount-of-characters-on-a-cover-contest, and what...

This episode Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by cartoonist Zander Cannon for a wide-ranging talk on the chores of a sea god, racist yetis, how 500 feet tall isn't that big, what it's like working with Alan Moore, and the art of page layouts.

Super-Sized Episode! Reilly and George are joined by writer Van Jensen, who is here to talk about Arca, his upcoming sci-fi graphic novel with artist Jesse Lonergan, as well as his currently-crowd-funding anthology celebrating the bizarre Golden Age comics character Stardust the Super-Wizard . But the real meat of this episode comes when Reilly loses his freaking mind and asks all three of us to n...

Strap in for a new episode of the Hypothetical Island Podcast when Reilly and George are visited by comics penciller superstar Brett Booth for a wide-ranging talk about dinosaurs, drag-racing Jim Lee,  which superhero they'd want to have to punch, and so much more.

This week on the Hypothetical Island Reilly and George are joined by cartoonist superstar Gene Ha for a wide ranging discussion on the many roles of Gene Hackman, how convincing an Amazon they might make, the general awesomeness of Zander Cannon, over-complicated superhero costumes, and what it was like to collaborate with some guy named Alan Moore.

It's cops vs mobsters as cartoonist Jason Copland joins Reilly and George on the Hypothetical Island this week. Listen in as he talks about his new 300 + page graphic novel Full Tilt , five long years in the making, Special bonus-- the first 15 minutes or so of this episode are delivered by George in his super-authentic Italian accent. Not to be missed!

Thsi week Reilly and George are joined by our first three time offender, Khary Randolph! Our first ever guest , our latest guest, Khary has recently moved to Austria and brings his enlightened European sensibilities to a spirited discussions of proper cafe bathroom etiquette, flying with cats, the song he wants to drown to, Batman vs T'Challa, and how Cypher from the Matrix was right. 

In last week's flashback episode you heard him talk about his incredible work on the then-upcoming Wonder Woman: Historia-- well , now artist-extraordinaire Phil Jimenez makes his long awaited return to the Hypothetical Island for an all-new and  wide-ranging talk on how that book was received and what's coming next for him, with stops along the way for explorations of psychiatry, frozen...

Not a hoax! Not a dream! One of our all time favorite guests we ever had on the ol' Hypothetical Island was the amazing Phil Jimenez. Next week we have a BRAND NEW episode featuring this uber-talented artist and writer, but we referenced his original appearance so much we felt it was wise to trick, uh, offer you all an opportunity to hear it again.  And if you didn't hear it the first ti...

Previous guest (and frequent collaborator with our own Outrageous Reilly Brown) Fabian Nicieza returns to the Hypothetical Island to talk about a wide range of topics, including his two novels Suburban Dick s and The Self-Made Widow,  as well as human centipedes, internal dialogues, the comics that got him into comics, and Hollywood.

This week Reilly and George celebrate their momentous 100th all-new episode with the biggest guest they could find-- Reilly's son, Will! Will's not just your average  7 year old kid, though: he's the creator and writer of Thunder Guardian, the new superhero strip Reilly is illustrating as part of the A Kid and A Comic newspaper! Read more about it out here: https://akidandacomic.com...

Rub a dub dub, it's time for Jim Zub! Reilly and George welcome the prolific writer to the Hypothetic Isle for a wide-ranging talk on all things Conan, good dental care, inhabitants of the forest moon of Endor and the correct way to pronounce "Cimmerian".

Reilly and George are joined this week on the Hypothetical Island by cartoonist Chris Burnham, artist of DC comics new Unstoppable Doom Patrol series, for a discussion of who you'd rather be: a brain in a robot body, a radioactive burn victim, or a sentient blob of protoplasm. Man, it sucks being a member of the Doom Patrol.

This week Reilly and George welcome writer/editor/letterer/inker/instructor Erica Schultz to the hypothetical island for a delightful talk about wishes, the power of control Z, carbuncles, how awful the past must have smelled, ATM robberies and oh, so much about Wolverine.  Most importantly, they talk about Cristabel, the graphic novel that Erica is crowdfunding right now with artist Amagoia Agirr...

Coming to you recorded, from Vienna, Austria, this week Reilly and George are joined on the Hypothetical Island by cartoonist Mahmud Asrar! They talk teenaged sidekicks, murderous birds, early comics influences and a LOT of Conan the Barbarian. It's more fun than you can shake a Cimmerian broadsword at.

Reilly and George are joined this week on the Hypothetical Island once more by writer Fred Van Lente, for a talk on sleepiness, zombie apocalypses, being tired, baseball, exhaustion, philosophy and never sleeping. Speaking of, Fred talks about his new novel, Never Sleep, releasing soon, which tells the amazing true story of the world's first female private investigators and how they prevented...

This week Reilly and George welcome writer Dave Scheidt, co-creator of the Mayor Good Boy graphic novels,  to the Hypothetical Island for a discussion of pizza, Sasquatches,  the role of luck in breaking into comics,  various doomed little people in the Star Wars universe,  and the merits of dogs holding public office.  

Thsi week on the Hypothetical Island Reilly and George are joined once more by Leeanne Krecic, super-popular creator of the super-popular web comic Let's Play to talk her new, crowd-funding-as-I-type-this virtual dating game, Everdate! Half choose-your-own adventure, Half Collectible Card Game,  it captures all the fun, stress and horror of real life dating! Also, Leeane and the boys talk the...

Reilly and George welcome cartoonist, playwright and noted-shirt-taker-offer Dean Haspiel back to the Hypothetical Island for a discussion on ghosts, reincarnation, carbuncles, Jack Kirby,  Chinese food, Vince Coletta vs Kevin Nowlan, and what to say to famous recluses. Dean also talks about his newest project, Covid Cop (kickstarting now!) and there's a special guest appearance by cartoonist...