The ComicsXF Interview Podcast

We talk with Tim Daniel about his role as designer for Vault Comics; his series "The Plot" with Michael Moreci, Joshua Hixson, et al; his horror influences; Star Wars; Indiana Jones and much more.

We catch up with our friends Justin and Penelope Daniels from Farpoint Toys & Collectibles in New Jersey to talk about shutting down for COVID-19, filming themselves for an Amazon documentary, nearly losing their comic and toy shop to a devastating electrical fire, getting nominated for a retail Eisner, again, and why longtime "G.I. Joe" writer Larry Hama is a Real American Hero.

Artist Sanford Greene joins Dan and Matt to talk about his Eisner-nominated Image Comics series "Bitter Root," looking for content during a pandemic, his sweet studio spinner rack and more.

We return to our occasional look at the world of all-ages comics with a discussion of Jeremy Whitley and company's multi-volume series "Princeless," about a princess who rescues herself from a tower and proceeds to free her sisters from from similar imprisonments. Joining us this week to talk about it is Rick Heinichen from the podcast Jeff and Rick Present Unpacking the Power of Power Pack, and h...

Crank up the AC and fill the bathtub with ice cubes. We're chilling out this week on WMQ&A with a look at three cool cartoons (and one comic) featuring seminal Batman villain Mr. Freeze, featuring guest Dan McMahon.

The Three Amigos (Dan Grote, Matthew Lazorwitz and Rob Lynch) reunite and welcome guest Scott Modrzynski - art director of a fan-made X-Men trading card set called the ColleXion - to talk about their favorite trading card sets from over the years, and open some oddball gems from Dan's collection.

This week, we talk with artist and colorist Jacob Phillips about his upcoming Image series "That Texas Blood," working with his father, Sean Phillips, and his favorite episodes of "Parks & Recreation."

This week our guest is Mike Broder, CEO of GalaxyCon, which, in the face of this year’s litany of coronavirus con cancellations, has been taking his show on the digital road, offering livestreams with celebrities, creators, voice actors and more, as well as online fan experiences much like you’d find at a physical convention. What kind of work goes into creating a virtual con, and what is the stat...

In our first proper WMQ&A podcast since March, writer Rich Douek ("Road of Bones," "The Wailing Blade") makes his second appearance on the podcast to talk about his upcoming IDW series "Sea of Sorrows," his "Gutter Magic" sequel, comics-ing in a pandemic and more.

Guest Christi Eddleman (Chrises on Infinite Earths, xavierfiles.com) joins Dan and Matt to talk about her fave, Capt. Kate Pryde. Along the way, we talk about "Marauders," cosplay, the former Kitty's fashions and storied love life, the 1989 "Pryde of the X-Men" pilot, a random episode of "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" and much more.

In our second visit to Jack Kirby's Fourth World, Dan and Matt discuss "Mister Miracle" #9, in which we learn how Scott Free escapes to Earth, who Himon looks like and what a cloche is.

Hub from the podcast Titan up the Defense joins us to talk about the 2016 DC animated feature "Justice League vs. Teen Titans," in which Robin tramples all over Raven's character arc, Beast Boy isn't the worst Titan and carnivals serve sushi.

Will Nevin (Why, Will, The Breezeway), Dan McMahon (Super Sons podcast, CBR) and John Bush (manager, Dewey's Comic City) join Dan and Matt for a robust discussion of comics in corona times, including the Diamond shutdown and pending return, the many ways recent goings-on have affected comics retail, and what we've learned from it all.

Charlie Davis of the Young Ones and Match Club podcasts returns to talk about one of their favorite characters in all of fiction, Cloud Strife from "Final Fantasy VII."

In the fourth in our series of WMQ Presents pilot podcasts, Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz dissect Gene Luen Yang's 2020 graphic novel "Dragon Hoops," about a California high school basketball team's run for the state championship. We also get Yang to answer some questions for us.

In the latest in a series of WMQ pilot podcasts, hosts Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz discuss the 2008 DC animated feature "Justice League: The New Frontier." Topics include whether we should like Hal Jordan, why Martian Manhunter is a good, good boy and why Kyle MacLachlan absolutely nails Superman.

In the second of our series of pilot podcasts, Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz go deep on Jack Kirby's Fourth World, starting with a look at "New Gods" #7, THE PACT.

Introducing WMQ PRESENTS, a series of pilot podcasts in which WMQ&A hosts Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz dive deep into ... well, whatever they want, really. In this first episode, they talk about the life and times of that all-important British mutant, PETE WISDOM.

Our guest this week is Mariah McCourt, writer of AHOY Comics’ upcoming “Ash & Thorn,” about a senior citizen who learns she is the latest in a line of chosen ones selected to fight monsters and prevent the apocalypse. We talk about that, we talk about “The Golden Girls” and Miss Marple and "Angel" and Terry Pratchett and making your own toys and much more.

Guests Dinesh Shamdasani, Warren Simons and Hunter Gorinson talk about the method to the madness that is Bad Idea Comics.

This week our guest is Paul Brown, who’s part of the team behind a new con coming to New Jersey this month, Super Jersey Comic Expo, March 21 at the Bell Works in Holmdel. Paul’s got years of experience both as an event organizer and an attendee at cons, and we talk about how all that informed the energy he wanted to put into this show, and where one starts when one decides they want to put on a c...

This week we’re talking with Mike Kennedy, the founder and publisher of Magnetic Press. Magnetic is reintroducing itself to the market now that it’s operating as an autonomous unit again. Previously, it published graphic novels from foreign markets as a collection under Lion Forge. But as a product of last year’s Lion Forge-Oni Press merger, Magnetic is now an independent unit again, though still...

This week’s guest is Chris Hassan, who writes the X-Men Monday column at aiptcomics.com. He’s got a fun thing going on this week where he and some friends of the show are producing a bunch of content centered on those two all-timer mutants, Jean Grey and Emma Frost. Chris talks about that, interviewing Jonathan Hickman, dealing with Jott and Scemma shippers and the good old days when we all bought...

Jimmy Palmiotti talks about his and Amanda Conner’s new "Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey" book at DC Black Label, going to the "Birds" movie premiere, a little Kickstarter, a little Jonah Hex, a little Simon Bisley, a little David Lynch. It’s all over the map, and it’s all a good time.

This week we’re talking with Zac Thompson, one of the writers on the new AfterShock Comics series “Undone by Blood, or the Shadow of a Wanted Man.” We also talk about his upcoming Vault Comics series “No One’s Rose," his just-wrapped “Yondu” series at Marvel, last year’s “Replacer” OGN from AfterShock, and more.