Pop Culture Squad's Interview SquadCast

Join us for a special interview with writer Joel Meadows. After 30 years of shepherding Tripwire Magazine, his debut graphic novel, Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders: The Gene Genie is about to be published. Enjoy the conversation about his career and his latest project. For more about the book, check out the crowdfunding page at zoop.gg: https://zoop.gg/c/sherlockholmesandtheempirebuilders...

We are great supporters of independent and, especially, crowdfunded comics. One of the best individual new comics that we read last year was Geezer #1 , which was funded on Kickstarter and published by Off Register Press . Geezer tells the story of the almost remembered and not quite successful Britpop band Geezer. It is brilliant concept that writer Will Potter and artist Philip Bond have rendere...

Our latest SquadCast interview takes place with a pair of comic creators working to fund their latest project, and it is a great concept. For several years now, writer and editor Russell Nohelty has been working on the multiple volumes of his anthology series Cthulhu Is Hard to Spell for a few years now, and as the project transitions to the next phase he has partnered with Laurie Foster and Unlik...

We were very excited to talk to our latest guest. Cartoonist Leeanne Krecic , creator of the worldwide hit webcomic series Let's Play , sat down for a discussion about her comic making craft and what she is currently working on. Let's Play , a romance webcomic that has 4.8 million subscribers and over half a billion views on Webtoon, is Leeanne's most well-known work. It is a super...

In our latest episode  We are happy to bring you a conversation bright new star in comics. Our guest Fell Hound is about to have here second solo comic published. It is a graphic novella called And We Love You . Fell wrote and illustrated this book. I have to say I am a fan. This book which will be published this month from Scout Comics is the second book in the universe of Commander Rao. Her firs...

In the latest episode of the Pop Culture SquadCast we sat down with a pair accomplished comic creators and talked about the book that they are creating together. Both Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs are known for creating excellent and inventive comics over the past couple of decades, and this one is off to a great start. The two cartoonists are creating a book called Local Man that focuses on a superh...

We are roaring back into the new year with more exclusive Pop Culture Squadcast interviews. This latest episode was recorded last month while we were at LA Comic Con . The folks there were able to connect us with this opportunity for an exclusive one-on-one interview. Actor Michael Nathanson has recently launched a unique and interesting podcast called Playing Dead , and he was gracious enough to...

Welcome Back In our latest episode of The Pop Culture Squadcast We are happy to bring you a conversation with a pair of creators who have a very cool comic project coming to shops soon. Writer Cavan Scott and artist Nick Brokenshire will be debuting Dead Seas from IDW Publishing in December. This pair of longtime collaborators have a massive list of comic work between them. We have already reviewe...

Our latest spotlight interview brought us to a team of collaborators about to bring a sci-fi horror comic to stores near you this October. Writer Jeff Burandt and artist Sean Von Gorman have Ghost Planet releasing on October 19th from Scout Comics. We spoke with the two creators about the inspiration for the book as well as the interesting history of what went into getting it published.  Ghost Pla...

Our latest spotlight SquadCast interview is with comic editor and publisher Shelly Bond. She is a returning guest and we were able to spend some time talking about her latest project Fast Times in Comic Book Editing.  Her latest effort from Offregister Press, the company that she runs with her husband Phillip Bond, is part memoir and part editorial handbook focusing on her time working on the Vert...

Our  guest this episode is Cecil Castellucci, who is one of my favorite writers. We talked about a her new book Shifting Earth from Dark Horse Comics.    Cecil is a fantastic writer and never fails to capture my attention. I am very excited to get this recorded conversation to our audience.  We delved into some of the interesting process that she uses  to write and talked about her motivation for...

A couple of weeks ago, we caught up with rising superstar comic writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson .  Johnson is super busy creating comics, but we talked about the three biggest announced projects that he is working on. Recently, it was revealed that he will be writing the new series of James Bond from Dynamite Entertainment , with artist Marco Finnegan providing the visuals. That series begins next...

In this episode of the Pop Culture SquadCast we spoke with writer Mark Russell . It's been about seven years since Mark burst on the scene with his breakthrough book The Flintstones from DC comics. Since that time, he has delivered a string of smart, thought provoking stories in the medium including Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles , Second Coming with Ahoy Comics, Red Sonja from D...

We like to talk to comic professionals in all fields of expertise, and we have finally gotten a letterer on the Pop Culture SquadCast . We were able to catch up recently with Taylor Esposito for our latest episode. Taylor has been a staff letterer for DC Comics and has worked as a freelance letterer for lots of publishers, including: DC Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, AfterShock Comics, Dark Horse...

A big part of the comic and entertainment convention scene is the presence of people cosplaying as their favorite characters. It adds an exotic and textural dimension to the shows. You can see a massive variety of costumes from store bought to incredibly intricate custom made versions. We got a chance to chat recently with one of the most iconic cosplayers at the con circuit, especially at east co...

Hey Folks, Welcome back to our latest interview edition of the Pop Culture Squadcast.  In this episode, we spoke with comic writer David Pepose.  David is known for his creator-owned titles Spencer and Locke, Going to the Chapel, Scouts Honor, and The O.Z. He started his comic career interning at DC comics and was highly respected as the head of the comic book review team at Newsarama before divin...

In our latest episode of the Pop Culture SquadCast, we spoke to comic book writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson. Phillip's catalog of published comic work has increased significantly in recent years. He created and wrote the hit DC Comics Black Label series The Last God and currently is writing for both DC and Marvel comics. He is penning Action Comics for DC and the newly launched Alien book for M...

Our latest Pop Culture SquadCast features comic writer Jeffrey Burandt who is in the midst of campaign to fund his latest comic on Kickstarter. Burandt's style is satirical with warm heart. The best part about his writing is that while the things he writes about run the gamut from straight humor to life and death sci-fi, the reader gets the sense that Burandt is enjoying the telling of the st...

Welcome to another Interview Edition of the Pop Culture Squadcast. In this episode, we spoke with comics editor extraordinaire Shelly Bond . Anyone who has been paying attention to comics over the past thirty years knows that Shelly has shepherded some of the most fantastic comic stories to ever come along. Her decades long tenure at Vertigo brought us books like Fables , Lucifer , American Virgin...

Hey Folks, Welcome back to another  interview edition of the Pop Culture Squadcast.  In this episode, we spoke with cartoonist Steve Conley. Steve writes, draws, colors, and letters the web comic The Middle Age which can be found on Webtoons, Tapas, gocomics, and other places.  I have been wanting to talk to Steve for a while and he did participate in the Web Comics panel that I moderated at Balti...

We are proud to bring you the next installment of the Pop Culture SquadCast: Interview Edition. This episode we caught up with comics editor Heather Antos . She  began her career as an assistant editor at Marvel Comics and is currently a Senior Editor at Valiant Entertainment. Heather's secret origin story was recently chronicled by Kat Calamia at Newsarama . We talked to her about a bunch of...

We have another great interview to bring to you. This one is with comic writer Vito Delsante . He has a current Kickstarter campaign in progress for the long awaited graphic novel World War Mob: La Collezione Completa . We spent some time discussing the origins of this comic project. It sounds and looks fantastic. We highly recommend backing this project. The Kickstarter campaign ends in twelve da...

We have another great interview to bring to you.  A few weeks ago, I had a chance to have a conversation with comic book writer and editor Erica Schultz. In the past couple of years her writing credits have really started to pile up. She has written for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Red 5 Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, her own label Vices Press, and more. Erica also has taught lettering for Comics Ex...

Today, we bring you an new spotlight interview. In this session, we spoke with comics writer Justin Jordan . Justin has been a professional comic book writer for over a decade now and is the co-creator of fan favorite indie comics The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, which has recently been optioned as film by Allnighter , and Spread among others. He has worked for DC Comics and Valiant Entertainm...

Welcome back to another spotlight interview. In this session, we spoke with comics writer Steve Orlando . Steve has recently fulfilled his exclusive contract with DC Comics and is planning his expansion into lots of new types of projects and genres. He is well known for his work on Midnighter and Martian Manhunter , but also wrote Justice League of America , Unexpected , Electric Warriors , Wonder...