The ComicsXF Interview Podcast

It's our Camden Comic Con live episode spectacular, in which Matt and Dan talk with Gerry Conway, Larry Hama and Louise and Walter Simonson about their respective legendary careers in comics. Topics include Mussolini, Olivia Newton-John, Doug Ramsey, G.I. Joe, Jason Todd, "Star Wars," Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin, how the Simonsons met and much more.

In this supersized episode, Dan and Matt talk with Dylan Meconis and Ben Coleman, co-writers of Oni Press' "The Long Con," about their book, their comic convention stories, fan fiction, laserdiscs and more. PLUS, Joe Corallo visits the WMQ booth at Camden Comic Con to talk about A Wave Blue World's "Dead Beats" anthology (and to pick a "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" trading card), and Dan...

David Pepose and Jorge Santiago Jr. come aboard to talk about their Action Lab series "Spencer & Locke," about a hard-boiled detective and his imaginary panther partner. Plus, get the lowdown on where you can see hosts Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz live next.

In anticipation of their big Camden Comic Con panel with Gerry Conway ("Amazing Spider-Man"), Larry Hama ("G.I. Joe") and Louise ("New Mutants") and Walter ("The Mighty Thor") Simonson, Dan and Matt talk with Miranda Powell and Bill Haas, two of the organizers of the show, about how it all comes together. Recorded at Secret Origins Comics & More in Barrington, New Jersey. (Reminder: Camden Comic C...

The Three Amigos - Dan Grote, Matthew Lazorwitz and guest Rob Lynch - reunite to share their favorite comic book resurrections, just in time for Easter. In this episode: Cyclops, Wolverine, Bucky, Adam Warlock, Frankencastle, Doug Ramsey, Lex Luthor, Jason Todd, the Thing, Valiant Comics.

This week on the podcast, Dan and Matt chat with writer Brian Schirmer about his new Image Comics series "Fairlady," about a female private investigator operating in a fantasy realm. We talk about the P.I. shows and fantasy works that inspired it, building a world with artist Claudia Balboni and where you can see Brian as he embarks on a store signing tour and the con circuit.

This week on WMQ&A, Dan and Matt chat with writer Fred Van Lente about his 2018 novel "The Con Artist," about a comic book artist who tries to solve a murder at San Diego Comic-Con; his upcoming Valiant series "Psi-Lords" and his past work for the publisher, and the criminally underappreciated Plastic Man villainess Disco Mummy.

This week, longtime Archie Comics illustrator Fernando Ruiz joins the show to talk about his current Kickstarter project, "The Haunted Cowboy," his "Die, Kitty, Die" series with fellow Archie alumnus Dan Parent, teaching at the Kubert School and being the first artist in Matt Lazorwitz's Batman sketchbook. We also play news roundup after a fruitful C2E2, and Dan makes his feelings known about the...

New friend of the show Veronica Furman joins Dan and Matt to give her take on "Captain Marvel" - the feminist messaging, the love story between Carol Danvers and Maria Rambeau, a younger, lighter, two-eyed Nick Fury and more - with tangents into Disney's "Gargoyles," the Freeform "Cloak and Dagger" series and Dungeons & Dragons. WARNING: HERE BE SPOILERS.

This week, writer Mat Heagarty talks with Dan and Matt about his middle grade graphic novel "Unplugged and Unpopular," coming this fall from Oni Press, his other upcoming work, the burgeoning children's comic and graphic novel market and how Marvel could better market the X-Men to a younger audience.

This week, Ivy Noelle Weir and Christina "Steenz" Stewart stop by to talk about winning the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics for their 2018 Oni Press graphic novel "Archival Quality," the importance of libraries in fostering young comics readers, the comics scenes in Philadelphia and St. Louis, whether Cyclops is the wrong kind of good boy and, of course, Gritty.

Writer/illustrator Kyle Starks joins Dan and Matt to talk about his upcoming Image series with Erica Henderson, "Assassin Nation," as well as "Rock Candy Mountain," "Rick and Morty," housebreaking puppies, board games, action movies and "NBA Jam." The newer version, not the original.

This week on the podcast, Dan Grote and Matt Lazorwitz chat with Seanan McGuire, whose "Age of X-Man" tie-in, "The Amazing Nightcrawler," debuts this week. We talk a lot about X-Men, including Emma Frost's preferred alcoholic beverages and Matt's deep-seated desire for a Mystique and Destiny vs. Sherlock Holmes story, but we also talk about Seanan's other interests as a novelist, a herpetologist a...

Another holiday means another congress of the Three Amigos. This time around, Dan Grote, Matt Lazorwitz and Rob Lynch talk about some of the most interesting couples in comics, from Scott and Barda to Francine and Ketchoo to Wilson and Vanessa. Plus, listeners submit their own Valentine faves. It's worth noting this episode was recorded a year to the day Dan, Matt and Rob sat down to record the ve...

This week, Dan and Matt chat with Jeff Rougvie, the writer of Image's "Gunning for Hits," a thriller set in the music industry during the 1980s, a time when the biz was flush with cash from the confluence of MTV and the rise of the CD. We talk about the new book, Jeff's work with David Bowie and love of Darwyn Cooke, the Spotify playlists that will accompany the series, and, briefly, a caricature...

WMQ&A All-Star Will Nevin (Wednesday Warriors) is back to help Dan and Matt parse recent comics news, including retailer woes, the new AHOY Comics titles and whatever the heck Major X is going to be. We also talk a bit about what we've been reading this month.

This week, Steve Morris, who runs the comics site Shelfdust and is features co-editor for The MNT, is here to talk about the top 100 comics issues of all time, a list he curated at Shelfdust with input from nearly 100 comics journalists from all over the web. We talk about that, we talk about lists in general, we talk about the mission of the MNT, and we talk about whether Matt Fraction and David...

This week, Dan Grote and Matt Lazorwitz chat with Jamie Rotante, a writer and editor at Archie Comics, about her current "Betty & Veronica" series and the "Vixens" motorcycle-gang series that preceded it, her other jobs as a music writer and a creative-writing mentor, the pressures of being a high school senior, and how we tackle our respective to-read piles.

This week on the podcast, Dan and Matt welcome writer Alex Paknadel to talk about his series "Friendo" (Vault) and "KINO" (Lion Forge), his upcoming "Incursion" at Valiant, techno dystopias, our dark political present and, for funsies, turn-of-the-millennium alternative music.

For the final WMQ&A of 2018, Dan and Matt chat with Anthony Marques, an artist for Dynamite and IDW and the owner of Dewey's Comic City in Madison, New Jersey. They talk about the year in comics retail, from bait-and-switch weddings to Batman's penis, his creative projects, including his short story in A Wave Blue World's "All We Ever Wanted" anthology, and whether "Superman IV: The Quest for Peac...

This week on the podcast we're celebrating a new volume of X-Force, featuring the return of the original lineup, with Charlie Davis, co-host of the Young Ones podcast and publisher of the X-themed cuisine zine the Guide to X-Ceptional Baking. We will be talking about Shatterstar A LOT.

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Super Solstice! Happy Holidays! In this week's episode, the Three Amigos (Dan Grote, Matt Lazorwitz and Rob Lynch) reunite to talk about their favorite yuletide comics, from that time the Joker kidnapped Tim Drake on Christmas Eve to that time the X-Men returned treasures stolen by the Reavers to their rightful owners to that time Spider Jerusalem claimed he killed...

This week on the show, writer Ron Marz joins us to talk about his upcoming World War II graphic novel, "Harken's Raiders," art from which you can see above and the Kickstarter campaign for which is going on right now. The book reunites Marz with artist Darryl Banks, with whom he co-created the Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. We also talk about Marz's upcoming run on Turok at Dynamite and his deep catal...

In addition to being a comics journalist, comics writer, comics podcaster and comics consumer, Chris Sims bills himself as the world's foremost Batman-ologist. But what happens when the writer of "X-Men '92," "Swordquest" and "Infinity Wars: Sleepwalker" goes cowl tip to cowl tip with our own resident Batman expert, Matthew Lazorwitz, in a Batman trivia contest? Tune in to this week's episode to f...

Throughout November, a number of comics podcasts have been participating in a crossover affectionately called Acts of Friendship. This week on the show, it's Dan and Matt's turn to host, so we've laid out a veggie tray and hidden our good silverware from our guests, Chris Eddleman from Chrises on Infinite Earths and Chris Osborne from Play Comics. We talk about why we started our respective shows,...