Wayne's Comics Podcast

Episode 577 features my great discussion with Ed Jowett! This week it's the return of Ed Jowett from Shades of Vengeance, who fills us in on his current Kickstarter for OCCUPIED: A Superhero Short – a story of heroes fighting for their occupied city! This crowdfunding project follows two heroes (Drift and Snake) trying to defend a city which has been taken over by an ancient being of immense power...

Episode #576 features a fun conversation with Cam Kerkau from Gilgamesh: Eternal #1-2 !   Cam is an editor and writer whose love of comic script writing began at an early age and has developed into a career as a managing editor at Source Point Press, where he has worked with Cullen Bunn and other excellent creators! Gilgamesh is now available here on zoop.gg and is described this way: "The Epic of...

It's a great doubleheader week here during Episode #575, and it features conversations with Steven Kaul and Lyndon Radchenka, and Anthony Stokes!   Everything kicks off with Steven and Lyndon, who have a Kickstarter underway for their The Laundrymen series that will conclude this Friday, March 3, at 1:00 PM EST. It's described this way: " The Laundrymen is an ongoing comic series about two men who...

Episode #574 features a great conversation with Jeff Messer from Sex, Spies, & Rock 'n Roll !  Jeff is a 2019 Eisner Award-nominated writer for the TWOMorrows book Mike Grell, Life is Drawing Without An Eraser . He also became editor-in-chief and co-publisher with Mike Grell's Masterstroke Studios. Sex, Spies, & Rock 'n Roll is now available here on zoop.gg and is described this way: "The continui...

Kraig Rasmussen from Odds & Ends: Books I and II is the guest this week in Episode #573! Kraig is a lifelong devotee to the sci-fi genre, He is the writer/artist of "Sojourners," "Technopolis," "Furthest Reaches," and "Epoch," all self-published under his label Monkeygong.  Odds & Ends is now available here on zoop.gg and is described this way: "It's an overstuffed collection of nearly 20 short st...

Episode #572 features Wayne's interview with Paul Allor from Pink Midnight Presents The Butterfly House this week! Paul is best known for their work on properties including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, GI Joe , and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (they developed the Death Ranger, a non-binary villain in the Power Ranger universe). We discuss Paul's newest book, which is being crowdfunded at Zoop.gg...

Matt Kindt from Flux House returns in Episode #571 this week! Matt recently launched an ambitious boutique imprint with Dark Horse called Flux House! It will feature the writing (and sometimes art) of Kindt presented in startling and untraditional ways! We've already seen Mind Mgmt: Bootleg , a 4-part mini-series by Kindt and four select artists. Now he's just released the first issue of Spy Super...

In Episode 570, Wayne has a great conversation with Phoebe Xavier, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of 1-2-3 Go Publications! Phoebe is the creator of Trouble as well as one of the creators of the 13 th Moon anthology series! Trouble #1 is described this way: "Retired SOLCorps Marine Tamika 'Trouble' Kennedy thought Straylight Beach would be a nice quiet place to settle down. Little did she know...

Writer and creator Christian Tropeano from Beyond the Beyond is the perfect guest to launch into 2023 in Episode #569! Christian's sci-fi mini-series from Scout Comics is the perfect kick-off to a new year! It's described this way: "In Beyond the Beyond , we meet Nova Vega, a teenage idealist who resides in a mining colony run by the oppressive Omni Corporation. Instead of entering the mining acad...

There's no better way to wrap up 2022 in Episode 568 than to have a conversation with one of the very best writer/artists in comics today, Phillip Sevy! Phillip is the creator of Paradox as well as the artist on The Freeze, Triage, and The House . He's even reaching new heights now with X-Men Unlimited for Marvel, Phenomenocity, and Kepler , which he co-created for Dark Horse with X-Files star Dav...

In Episode 567, it's the return of Matt Schorr from Moby Dick: Back from the Deep and Flight of the Phantasmadactyls along with a holiday tradition! Matt and I discuss the Kickstarter he's running right now for his young reader's horror story Flight of the Phantasmadactyls ! It's described as: "Thanks to a greedy man unearthing forbidden technology from the past, spectral creatures from another wo...

It's another great doubleheader week here during Episode #566, and it features conversations with Austin Hough and I.N.J. Culbard! Everything kicks off with Austin Hough, who has a Kickstarter underway for his The Masters mini-series that will conclude this Friday, December 16, at 12:01 AM EST. It's described this way: "The comic book story inspired by some of the most famous artists of the 20th c...

Writer and co-creator B. Clay Moore from The Whistling Skull at Zoop.gg is the guest this week in Episode #565! An accomplished creator, Clay has written for Marvel, DC, Slave Labor Graphics, Top Cow, Archie, Lion Forge, Devil's Due, and Viz. The Whistling Skull is described this way: "Originally released as a JSA Liberty Files six-issue series by DC Comics, the story has now been updated, re-esta...

Don't miss my great conversation with Eisner-nominated and award-winning author Ram V this week in Episode #564! Ram has a terrific run taking place right now in Detective Comics featuring Batman, of course, which we discuss quite a bit (including that book's annual coming out this week). We also talk about his scripting on Swamp Thing, Aquaman, and Justice League Dark as well as his other project...

This week's show, #563, is an excellent doubleheader episode, featuring interviews with Alisa Kwitney and Paul Cornell!   It all kicks off with Eisner-nominated writer Alisa Kwitney from the terrific Ahoy comic G.I.L.T. , and her trade paperback of the first story has recently been released! It's described as "a fusion of The Golden Girls, Sex and the City, and Twilight Zone starring unlikely time...

Another great doubleheader episode this week, featuring conversations with Gerald J. Jones and Edmund Trueman in Episode #562! It all kicks off with the return of Gerald J. Jones from  Driver. Eight ! His Kickstarter is supporting this third episode in the series, so be sure to support "The Strange Fate of Driver. Two"  on Kickstarter.com at this link ! His book is described as: "The spine-tinglin...

Episode #561 is a crowdfunding tripleheader, with JM DeMatteis, Matt Lesniewski, and Insymmetry Creations! It all kicks off with comics legend JM DeMatteis, and he's got a Kickstarter underway for his new "DeMultiverse!" He has FOUR new titles to support, including Layla in the Lands of After, Anyman, Godsend, and Wisdom ! (Since this interview, he's added a fifth-- The Edward Gloom Mysteries !) W...

Christopher Michael and George Michail are the featured guests this week in Episode #560! Chris has a Kickstarter crowdfunding project underway that will conclude on November 11! CRIT is described this way: "Based on a D&D campaign, CRIT is a modern fantasy adventure that reads like an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia meets TMNT." We discuss how the comic came to be and what else Chris...

Jeffrey Eyser from the 'Revenge Of' local comics shop in L.A. is the guest during Episode #559! "Revenge Of" is an LGBTQ+-owned comic book store located in Los Angeles, and they focus on the unexpected intersection of comic books, diversity, and community. Jeff is a television and film production designer and one of the people who created this local comics shop that attracts fans of all kinds. The...

Episode #558 features conversations with Star Trek creators during the recent New York Comic Con! First up is the return of JK Woodward, and he's followed by Lower Decks illustrator Chris Fenoglio. Then it's Sean Von Gorman before everything wraps up with Joe Eisma! Thanks so much to IDW and Laura McGregor from Scandal Co-Active for setting up these fun conversations discussing Star Trek comics! H...

Episode #557 has a fun interview with Dalton K. Shannon and Wells Thompson from Four Colour Comics! They have a Kickstarter underway for Frankenstein the Unconquered that will conclude on October 19! The comic is described this way: "Frankenstein's monster thaws from the ice 500 years in the future to find a bombed out apocalypse as hideous and broken as he is." We discuss how the comic came to be...

Mike Clarke and Jay Magnum are featured this week in Episode #556! Mike has a Zoop crowdfunding project underway that will conclude on October 7! Rivals is described this way: " In a savage post-apocalyptic world where the gun has been replaced with the sword, the bullet replaced by the fist, two opposing characters from opposite worlds are forced to work together to save the people they love." We...

Special Episode #555 features the return of Lynsey G. and Jayel Draco from Oneshi Press! They have a Kickstarter underway that will conclude on October 6! Mr. Guy: Zombie Hunter is described this way: " This half-goblin halfwit's gotta save the world from zombies if he wants to save himself… Bummer." We discuss how the comic came to be and what else Oneshi Press is up to! Be sure to support this p...

Episode #554 is a great doubleheader featuring interviews with Tom Pinchuk from Clash of the Classics and Nandor Shaffer from Man-Child ! Back again is Tom, the creator of Remember Any Xenon? and he has a new series debuting called Clash of the Classics! The very first issue deals with "Don Quixote " fighting "The War of the Worlds". It's described this way: "Humanity has an unlikely defender in D...

It's the return of Dave Chisholm from Enter the Blue via Z2 Comics in Episode #553 this week! Dave brings us his unique blending of comics and music once again in Enter the Blue , which is being released very soon!  This comic is described this way: "What begins as one woman's search for her own artist courage unravels into a stunning look into what jazz music can teach us about our search for the...