The Comic Source Podcast

Jace and Rocky welcome writer Jeremy Adams to the show. He discusses being invited to pitch for comics while working for DC animation and having so many story ideas that the challenge becomes how to fit it all in one monthly book. The guys dive deep into Jeremy's Flash run and talk about the redemption of Wally, the importance of family and the priority Jeremy has of keeping the book fun. The is a...

Spawn #37 - Writer - Alan Moore, Plot - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Greg Capullo, Inks - Todd McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff We meet The Freak who seemingly has much in common with Al Simmons. That feeling of kindred spirits leads Spawn to help The Freak exact revenge on those he claims have stolen his life, but when the truth is revealed will we find that Spawn has helpe...

Jace talks with writer Trevor Fernandes-Lenkiewicz about his current Kickstarter Campaign  Area 51: The Helix Project #4. After fully funding and successfully fulfilling the campaign for the first three issues of Ares 51: The Helix Project, Trevor is back with issue #4. Jace chats with him about what challenges he has faced so for in self-publishing this title as well as how he feels he has grown...

In this episode we discuss; New Comic Wednesday January 26, 2022 The Comic Source Podcast   Jace talks about some of the books hitting comic shops the week of January 26, 2022. Iron Man #16, Clear #4 and Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond #1 are some of our favorites. Plus we give a run down on some other books you might want to be on the lookout for.

Jace chats with writer Varian Johnson about his recently released Young Adult Graphic Novel, Mister Miracle: The Great Escape. Varian talks about his collaboration with artist Daniel Isles and what Daniel's design sense brought to the project. There is also a lot of discussion about the relatability of the characters in the book as they go through the very formative years of early adolescence. Plu...

Spawn #36 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Greg Capullo, Inks - Todd McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Spawn feels betrayed by Terry Fitzgerald seemingly coming to the aid of the man who had Al Simmons killed. Later he is rejected by Wanda again to make things even worse and further push Spawn away from any hope of finding comfort from those he loved in life. Meanwhile,...

Jace and Rocky talk about all the DC Comics titles being released for the week of January 25, 2022. We get some fantastic gladiatorial action & cultural context for the slaves of War World in Action Comics #1039, a wonderful take in a no-nonsense Peacemaker from Garth Ennis, Superman '79 #6 concludes a series worthy of the world Donner and Reeve brought to life and we get GREAT cliffhangers in Det...

Spawn #35 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Greg Capullo, Inks - Todd McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Chief Banks misdeeds are out in the open now as is the fact that Sam & Twitch know about them. Meanwhile, Spawn is confronting Jason Wynn in what he things may be a final confrontation before he delivers what he believes will be well earned judgement to the man who ord...

Jace and Rocky discuss they current state of DC. How is the quality of the books overall, what can DC do to improve and where are the sales at right now from what they can tell. Plus a rundown for a ton of upcoming events, Trial of the Amazons, Aquamen, Death of the Justice League, Flashpoint Beyond, the new Birds of Prey, the three issue mini-series, Flash: The Fastest Man Alive, that is a prelud...

Jace chats with Christopher Priest about his career in comics which is now entering it's sixth decade. They talk about he old days in the Marvel offices, how he developed his signature style and of course his classic runs on Black Panther and Deathstroke.

Spawn #34 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Art - Greg Capullo & McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Two of Spawn's worst enemies come together and it looks to be a partnership that will cause Spawn big trouble down the line. Meanwhile, Al Simmons has plenty of trouble of his own as he gives into some of his baser instincts and takes out a drug dealer he thinks is strong-arming a ki...

Supermassive #1 -  Writers - Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott & Mat Groom, Artist - Francesco Manna, Color Artist - Igor Monti, Letterer - Becca Carey, Designer - Michael Busuttil Jace chats with the writers for the highly anticipate Image Comics superhero crossover  SUPERMASSIVE This story features the debut of heroes, Inferno Girl Red & Rogue Sun, as they team up with Radiant Black to take on a new th...

Spawn #33 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Art - Greg Capullo & McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Spawn is worried his continuing presence amongst the homeless of the alleys he calls home is a threat to his friends. A perfect example of this danger is the Violater returning, but telling Spawn the can't go anywhere because by leaving the Violater will attack Spawn's friends and ca...

High Level  - Writer - Rob Sheridan Artists - Barnaby Bagenda, Amancay Nahuelpan & Omar Francia, Color Artists - Romulo Fajardo Jr, Letterer - Nate Piekos Jace has an in-depth conversation with creator Rob Sheridan about his DC Vertigo book HIGH LEVEL. They chat about Rob's background in visual design and how it informed the story, the density of Rob's scripts & collaboration with series artist Ba...

Spawn #32 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Art - Greg Capullo & McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Spawn finds out who took his friend Bobby and wastes no time in mounting a rescue. We see that his costume ha indeed evolved and has a much different look, but we aren't sure why. Once the battel begins, Spawn has an unexpected ally and one he doesn't even realize helped in rescuing...

Spawn #31 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Art - Greg Capullo & McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Spawn is back in New York and back the alleys he calls home, but not everyone is glad to see him. As he is settling, his closets friend and ally is attacked by an old foe and Spawn, seemingly stil weak from hsi latest encounter with Angela, is powerless to save Bobby. Is this the mot...

Spawn #31 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Art - Greg Capullo & McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Spawn is back in New York and back the alleys he calls home, but not everyone is glad to see him. As he is settling, his closets friend and ally is attacked by an old foe and Spawn, seemingly stil weak from hsi latest encounter with Angela, is powerless to save Bobby. Is this the mot...

In this episode we discuss; Spider-Woman Spotlight with Karla Pacheco The Comic Source Podcast   Follow Karla on Twitter   Spider-Woman -  Writer - Karla Pacheco, Artist - Pere Perez, Color Artist - Frank D'Armata, Letterer - Travis Lanham Jace chats with writer Karla Pacheco about her incredible series Spider-Woman. Karla gives her philosophy on constantly pushing the boundaries with the narrativ...

Jace and Jay talk about some of the books hitting comic shops the week of January 19, 2022. The Silver Coin #8, She-Hulk #1 and Arrowsmith #1 are some of our favorites. Plus we give a run down on some other books you might want to be on the lookout for.

Thoughtscape #2 - Writer - Matt Mair Lowery, Artists - Grim Wilkins, Dave Law, Karl Slominski, Tyrell Canon, Jacob Edgar, Color Artist - Lesley Atlansky Jace chats with writer Matt Mair Lowery about the second volume of his sci-fi anthology, Thoughtscape. This book contains a wide variety of stories all occurring in a shared universe where thoughts are currency and many things are not what they se...

Spawn #30 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Art - Greg Capullo & McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Spawn is still far form home, Not wanting to use his energy to teleport back to New York he is traveling by foot through the South when he encounters members of the KKK terrorizing local Black farmers. Spawn may have not had experience with child abuse and we can speculate on whether...

DC Spotlight January 11, 2022 Releases

Spawn #29 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Art - Greg Capullo & McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Fresh off a battle with Angela (No, we haven't read that yet either), Spawn finds himself in need of a place to hide out and gets help from an unlikely ally. As it turns out though, this person may need Spawn's help more than Spawn needed his. It's an emotional story and one that bro...

Spawn #28 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Art - McFarlane & Greg Capullo, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Spawn decides to use Curse himself as a living warning sign for all the psychos who may came after him next. Meanwhile Curse has abandoned his faith and swears he will have his revenge on Spawn. While all this is happening, Wanda Blake decides to head to the alleys of New York at nig...

Spawn #27 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Art - McFarlane & Greg Capullo, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff In this episode of Spawn Daily we meet Curse. A fanatical believer in God who has sacrificed a lot in the name of finding Peace. Don't ask us how his love & desire for peace means blowing a huge hole in Spawn's chest because we're not sure either.