The ComicsXF Interview Podcast

Stephanie Phillips returns to the show to talk about her nascent run on DC's Harley Quinn, her many indie projects, getting a Ph. D. and more.

Guest of guests Rob Lynch returns to the Q Cave to help Dan and Matt recount their favorite comics of 2020, and what they're looking forward to in 2021 (besides, y'know, gettin' that sweet, sweet vax).

The big boss man himself, Zack Jenkins, joins Dan and Matt to talk about Xavier Files' transition to ComicsXF and the site's evolution from a blog ranking X-Men to a place for thoughtful comics criticism.

Writer David Pepose returns to the show to talk about "The O.Z.," "Scout's Honor," making comics in 2020, his new dog and more.

Dan and Matt are joined by writer Darcie Little Badger, who contributed a Dani Moonstar story to the recent Marvel Voices: Indigenous Voices anthology, published her debut novel, Elatsoe, this year and once had the high honor of having a short story read by LeVar Burton.

Writer Ed Brisson joins the show to talk about his newest crime comic, "Catch & Release: A Murder Book Story," teen Cable, Glob Herman and his many pets.

Liana Kangas returns to WMQ&A to talk about her burgers-crime-and-Satanism comic TRVE KVLT, her TKO short "Seeds of Eden," drumming, her dogs, "The Mandalorian" and much more.

We pelt writer Peter Milligan with questions about the evils of capitalism as he talks about "Happy Hour," "American Ronin" and updates us on the status of his "X-Statix" spinoff, "The X-Cellent."

Writer Steve Orlando joins the show to talk about his Image series "Commanders in Crisis," his new TKO book "The Pull," his work at DC and much more.

Writer/editor Steve Foxe joins the show to talk about his quarterly horror magazine Razorblades with James Tynion IV, his erotic videogaming OGN "Cheater Code," writing children's books and much more.

Writer Dan Watters joins the show to talk about his upcoming Image series "Home Sick Pilots," his upcoming Vault series "The Picture of Everything Else," punk rock, cigarettes, Victorian gothic literature and to make co-host Dan Grote feel old when talking about '90s music.

Vali Chandrasekaran and Jun-Pierre Shiozawa join the show to talk about their webcomic "Genius Animals?" as well as the comedic genius of Werner Herzog, writing for TV vs. writing for comics, and whether Bugs Bunny was ever really the good guy.

Happy, happy Halloween! We take a break from talking comics to discuss the 1982 film "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" with guests Lonnie Nadler ("Black Stars Above," "Undone by Blood") and Third Amigo Rob Lynch.

In honor of co-host Matthew Lazorwitz's birthday, we reunite some of his former co-workers from Dewey's Comic City, John Bush and David Harris, to talk about their days of selling comics.

Writer/artist Johnnie Christmas joins the show to talk about his Image sci-fi series "Tartarus," his comiXology original graphic novel "Crema," his upcoming middle grade work and more.

Writer/artist Jesse Lonergan joins the show to talk about his sci-fi one-shot comic "Hedra," his upcoming "Planet Paradise" graphic novel and more.

We post up with a pint of O negative to talk with Eliot Rahal ("Hot Lunch Special") and Emily Pearson ("The Wilds") about their upcoming Oni Press series "The Vain," debuting Oct. 14.

Xavier Files staff writer Cori McCreery joins Dan and Matt to talk about her favorite fictional character, Kara Zor-El, Supergirl.

BIG GUEST ALERT! Writer Scott Snyder ("Batman," "Justice League," "Undiscovered Country") joins Dan and Matt to talk about his Kickstarter for a collector's edition of the first issue of NOCTERRA, his upcoming Image series with Tony Daniel, his (many) plans for independent projects and a wee bit of the Dark Knight.

Dan and Matt journey to the Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey, to talk to President Anthony Marques and instructor Fernando Ruiz about the how the school has evolved under COVID-19 and its newest tenant, Dewey's Comic City.

Third-generation comics artist Emma Kubert joins the show to talk about her new Image series "Inkblot," about a mischievous void-space cat that can traverse dimensions and just doesn't listen. Much feline flap-a-gummin' ensues.

Longtime Deadpool artist Mike Hawthorne joins the show to talk about his BOOM Studios graphic memoir, "Happiness Will Follow," which tells the story of growing up with his single Puerto Rican mother.

Writer Jeremy Whitley joins the podcast to talk about his new Papercutz graphic novel, "School for Extraterrestrial Girls," his upcoming "Marvel Action: Chillers" comics from IDW, the future of "Princeless" and the stuff he's gotten away with in "My Little Pony."

Writer and comics journalist Zack Quaintance (Comics Bookcase, The Beat) returns to the show to talk about his first Kickstarter project, "Next Door," transitioning from writing about comics to making them, and the never-ending quest to bag and board them all.

Jason Howard, creator of Image's new series "Big Girls," joins Dan and Matt to talk about gender roles, drawing crazy stuff with Robert Kirkman, the NBA bubble, schooling under COVID-19 and more.