The Comic Source Podcast

We get a sneak peek at Absolute Superman #1 and chat with Jason Aaron about crafting a new Superman who has a very different path into the DCU. JAson discusses how he is buildign the story and statying true to the core of the character without the touchstones that Superman fans are familiar with, such as the Kents, growing up in Smallville, Metropolis and the Fortress of Solitude. Also Jason talks...

The All In era for DC Comics continues into its second week. We get the first series set in the Absolute Universe with the debut of Absolute Batman offering a new and interesting take on the Dark Knight. Action Comics begins it's Mark Waid era with the first of 12 weekly installements focusing on a Phantom Zone story with incredible Clayton Henry art. Meanwhile over in Green Lantern Civil Corp, we...

Jace is joined by father and son co-writers Andrea Molinari and roberto Molinari to talk about The Shepherd. An intensely personal story about family and the lengths one will go to in order to stay connected to those we love. They have built an incredibley immersive world that lends itself to an incredible amount of potential for stories. Beyond the theme of family, there is are many other interst...

Jace is joined by Rocky from Comic Boom! to chat about some of their favorite independent comics for the week of October 2, 2024. They cover titles from Image, Boom and Oni while discussing the overall excitement that the stories in independent titles are generating which seems to be out pacing the books from the big two.

The DC All In era is finally upon us and Jace and Rocky each pick their top five titles for the week to take a deep dive into. They also mention the other titles dropping this week. The one book they don't talk about is actually the most important book of the week, the DC All In Special, but you can cath a giant-sized episode on The Comic Source YouTube channel with a page by page breakdown of the...

Jace and Rocky from the Comic Boom! YouTube Channel take a deep dive into the DC All In Special #1. This is a monumental book full of action and long term consequences for the enitre DC Universe. Find out how the Absoilute Universe is formed! Discover Darkseid's new powers! Find out which hero may be lost in a new unvirse! Who are Darkseid's new army? We have all the answers, plus tons of speculat...

Jace is joined by Rocky from the Comic Boom! YouTube channel to talk about some of the previous DC titles, events and storylines that help to inform the DC All In Special and what's to come for the venerable superhero universe. The guys also talk about some concepts and characters that will be emphasied in the DC Universe going forward, plus a little bit about the concepts you will see in the spec...

Jace welcomes CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Mad Cave Studios, Mark London to the show. Mark founded Mad Cave ten years ago with several titles he himself was writing. Battlecats was one of them and to help celebrate the 10th anniversary, there is currently a Kickstarter for the Battlecats Omnibus, so be sure to check that out! Mark also talks about the challenges of his expanded role as he has...

Jace and Rocky talk about the DC Comics titles for the week of September 25, 2024. It's the final week before the All In initiative starts and the feeling of lame duck stories continues as several titles limp to the end of the current story arcs. Some other titles surprise though and there is a ton of talk in this episode about the current philosphy of comic book covers, Amanda Waller and Christop...

Jace chats with Director Remsy Atassi and Executive Producer Sal Abbinanti about their documentary showcasing the legendary comic book series Kingdom Come. Written by Mark Waid and fully painted by Alex Ross, this groudbreaking story, first released in 1996, was so impactful it influenced a whole generation of future comic book creators. In this film, you will hear bith Ross and Waid talk about th...

Jace welcomes writer Josepn Sieracki to the show to talk about the Zoop campaign for the collected edition of The Life and Death of the Brave Captain Suave. Inspired by the classic novel Don Quixote, this story focuses on a homeless man who exhibits relentless hope despite mental health challenges that impact they way he percieves reality. The story is set in Cleveland which becomes a character un...

Jace welcomes writer Pornsak Pichetshote back to the show and artist Terry Dodson is joining us for the first time. The guys are here to chat about The Manchurian, the first of the Horizon Experiment books. The imprint is the brainchild of Pornsak wherein he has recruited writers to take some classic tropes in comics in storytelling and reimagine them with different main characters from diverse ba...

The digital collecting space is just beginning to take hold and the crossover with physical collectible is just starting. How can you learn more? Tune into Comics and Crypto to learn about the latest trends and what is being offered. Plus what is the difference between owning a digital comic versus having it accessible on a digital reading platform like Comixology? The digital space for collectibl...

Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics releases for the week of September 18, 2024. It's a bit of a strange time with so much focus on the upcoming All In initiative, the Absolute Universe and all the new story arcs and creators that are about to make their mark on DC. That being said, there are plenty of great books this week and some we can't wait for a return to regular stories after the end o...

Jace chats with writer Marc Andreyko and artist Piotr Kowalski about the Violator: Origin series launching Septermber 18, 2024. Set in the greater Spawn Universe this is a series narrated by the Violator himself, so you are never quite sure what is true and what is not. The guys talk about the incredible art from Piotr both in the action and character scenes. Piotr also talks about how he lays out...

Jace chats with creators J.T. Krul and Freddie Williams II about their run on Captain Atom for The New 52. Starting with an interesting prompt for DC comics on how to approach the character, J.T. and Freddie gave us an incredible foundation for the character that is criminally underrated. Also the guys chat about the creative process and collaboration that was a new way of doing things for both of...

Jace chats with writer Alex Wilson about the third issue of Starweed. The title has all three issues available on Kickstarter telling the wild story of a world where the remains of dead celebrities are a desireable commodity to smoke! We follow the crew that steals the bodies, from their initial prison break to their heists of the bodies. The guys chat about the origins of the project and how the...

Jace chats with the co-producers/co-showrunners of the Lego Star Was: Rebuild the Galaxy special from Lucasfilm and Disney+. Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit give us their take on how Lego and Star Wars are a natural fit, especially for this story which offers a look at a new Star Wars Universe where the events you know may not have happened the way you remember. Plus we meet several new characters w...

Jace welcomes writer Zack Kaplan back to the show to talk about his new series from Mad Cave, Dark Empty Void, The guys dive deep into the synergy of the story that focuses on a psychologist brouight into the solve the mystery of a woman who emerges from an experimental black hole. There are a lot of parallels to be explored and Zack discusses that as well as the structure of the story and charact...

Jace and Rocky talk about the DC Comics titles for the week of September 11, 2024. Primer comes to a conclusion for it's second volume with the same high-quality storytelling we have had thoughout the series, DC Vs Vampires confirms the shocking death we saw in the last issue is indeed permanent, while Green Lantern is wall-to-wall action. Batman '89 returns with it's engaging story but lateness h...

Jace is joined by writer Jeremy Whitley to talk about his YA Graphic Novel from the Mad Cave Studios imprint, Maverick. The story of two girls who have newly moved to North Carolina and meet on the first day of school. Both have various challenges from tehir past they are dealing with, but through discovering a love of an unfinished Manga that they both never finished ad friendship blossoms. Could...

Jace welcomes the legendary writer Jeph Loeb to the show to talk about The Last Halloween. Jeph tells the touching story of reviving this project that he originally conceived with long-time collaborator, the late Tim Sale. Deciding that if he couldn't make this series with Tim, he would make it  for  Tim and his choice of how to handle the art is truly amazing. You can hear the passion Jeph has fo...

Jace welcomes writer Adam Rose  t the show to talk about his series from Titan Comics, Huge Detective. Set in a world where an entirely different species has emerged from hiding. The Huge, as they are known, are humanid in appearence but much larger than humans and that isn't the only difference. After initial conflict an uneasy co-existence is established with both races realizing a prolonged con...

Jace welcomes writer Mark Bertolini to the show to talk about the Zoop campaign for his title Breakneck. Taking inspiration from The Authority and telling a subversive super hero story mcuh like The Boys, Breakneck is a story of the last villain in a world where the heroes have effectively wiped them out. The heroes are quite the role models they appear to be and as the story ramps up the villain...

Jace welcomes writer Rich Douek back to the show to talk about A Phone Call Away. A true crime thriller from Mad Cave Studios showcasing a family, the Walkers, that suffered the tragedy of having a daughter kidnapped, but eventually turned their advocay for other missing children into a successful social media career complete with a reality TV show. When their second daughter is kidnapped 14 years...