World at War Comics

AJ Ampadu was born on the east side of Buffalo, NY, to a midwestern mother and a Ghanaian father. Struggling with the challenges of growing up in a rough neighborhood, AJ escaped by immersing himself in science-fiction, fantasy, and comic books. Inspired by the books he read as a child and the West African storytelling of his father, AJ set off for the University of Rochester, where he acquired a...

Fred Van Lente is a six-time New York Times bestselling comics writer, novelist and playwright whose work spans mystery/thrillers to historical fiction to superheroes to comedy. Van Lente burst onto the scene with his first collaboration with cartoonist Ryan Dunlavey, Action Philosophers, which became a YALSA Best Book for Teens and the NYT called "intensely goofy but intellectually rigorous”. Fro...

My next guest is Will Robson, a Marvel, DC, and Image artist and the creator and writer of Outbreaks. Will is a professional comic book writer and artist who has worked on BATMAN, STAR WARS, SPIDER-MAN AND DEADPOOL, THE FANTASTIC FOUR, SPAWN, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES and many more awesome titles! Will writes and letters every story in OUTBREAKS and draws the backup, DEAD EYE DICK ! Issue 3 of...

Tony Fleecs is the writer and artist of In My Lifetime, an autobiographical comic book. First published in 2006, ‘Lifetime was an immediate critical success, featured twice in Wizard Magazine, in the Comic Buyer’s Guide and on the Ain’t-It-Cool-News. Fleecs has since been a contributor to anthologies including; Postcards: True Stories that Never Happened (nominated for the 2008 Eisner and Harvey a...

Rik is a comic book journalist and publicity agent, an early utilizer of the Internet for distributing comics news, and the former public relations coordinator of Archie Comics. Rik started his career in comics as a retailer at Paper Hero Comics in Chino, California. He began writing for the Comics Buyer’s Guide in March 1992. In October 1998, Rik founded Super Hero News, an Internet-based comics-...

My next guest is Matt Griese, owner and founder of Wham Stand, an amazing company that designs tools to help collectors shine. Wham Stands are stands that can be used for all sizes of Comic Book. On the front of the Wham Stand, there is a place to add your magnetic Whamblem, the Logo or Emblem of your choice. These are perfect for comic book creators and collectors. They can also be used for actio...

Denton and Bobby stop by the podcast to share everything happening with Magma Comix! Magma Comix was founded in 2020 with the vision to create extraordinary stories that move and entertain mature audiences across the globe. Since releasing our first titles in partnership with legendary Heavy Metal Magazine, we’ve grown into an independent publisher committed to empowering comic book creators with...

Ryan Cady is a writer of comics and horror fiction based in Southern California. A graduate of the DC Comics Talent Development Workshop, he has written for such properties as Green Lantern, The Punisher, Venom, The X-Files, and more, with his first creator-owned series - Infinite Dark, from Image Comics/Top Cow Productions - recently concluding its second volume. At @topcow in addition to Infinat...

Patrick Horvath visits the podcast to talk about his break out title Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees and his latest title Free for All! If you loved Beneath the Trees, wait until you see Free for All only on Zoop, the new way to Crowdfund!! "Free for All" synopsis, Welcome to the future. The world is at peace and thriving. Housing, food, education, healthcare… all of the basic requirements for...

Xing Xin joins the podcast to talk about his 30 year journey of bringing the Ximphonic Versus universe to life! Over those 30 years Xing has persevered in his vision which today has paid off with the successful Ximphonic Versus universe. With 4 issues released and several issue on the way that can be purchased on Amazon and Walmart.com , today this story is being made into an animated series https...

Ryan Drost is the creator and writer of Stealth Hammer, a story about Jami Taylor who is just starting to plan her future, Jami is about to start college studying graphic design. She’s always ready for a new adventure. With a celebrated scientist/inventor for a father and a world-traveling interior designer for a mother, she has a lot to live up to, but she might have a greater destiny than she ev...

Our next guest is Tim Chizmar, a man of many talents! Tim is an big fan of comic books working in the industry as a creator and writer. HIs book include Soul Traiter and Modern Madness. He is a contributor to First Comic News touching on film, comics, and wrestling. Tim’s collaboration with writing legend Clive Barker was featured in the Bram Stoker-award winning book ITS ALIVE: bringing your nigh...

My next guest is Bryan Hitch, the award winning artist that has worked on every major comic book title in both DC and Marvel on characters like X-Men, X-Factor, Avengers, Captain America, Venom, She-Hulk, JLA, Green Lantern, Hawkman, The Authority, Batman, Teen Titans, Transformers, GI Joe, Wildstorm and much more! Bryan is considered one of the most successful artist over the last 30 years. Bryan...

Arthur Ebuen started as an animator for Futurama and The Simpsons. Over the last two decades, he’s since moved on to tell other brands' stories as an Associate Creative Director in advertising and as a Writer/Producer for video and film production. You can follow Arthur @artebuen on Instagram, Facebook, and X Dave Law is the artist and co-creator of the ongoing sci-fi space opera, The Space Oddito...

Get a behind the scenes look at Marvel with Tom Brevoort, the VP of Publishing, Conductor of X-Men, and Executive Editor with 35 years at Marvel. Tom Brevoort started with Marvel in 1989 right out of college. Over the next 35 years Tom would touch every aspect of Marvel Comics having the opportunity to lead his favorite franchise the Fantastic Four, revolutionizing Avengers, and now becoming the c...

Took this video of the breakout that Todd McFarlane had on March 30th at WonderCon. He revealed new figures coming in 2024 as well as sharing the strategy for McFarlane Toys moving forward. Great video for all McFarlane fans. Apologize for the video being vertical. I sat in the front and the chairs were very close. Here is a list of the figures that were covered Movie Maniacs Existing overview 40...

Marco Ferrari joins me to talk about his new title, Scarlett, part of the Energon Universe with Skybound Entertainment due to hit LCS's in June of 2024. This 5 part series will tie into the GI Joe / Transformers Energon Universe. Marco is an Italian comic book artist from Milan. Credits to his name include the realization of PHANTOM RED (2016) and KILLBOX: CHICAGO (2017). With co-creator/writer Pa...

Edward Davis joins the podcast to talk about his current Kickstarter for issue 9 of Immortal Era. The owner of Finish Line Comics and the creator/writer of Immortal Era. The story of Immortal Era tells the story of a Dystopian future where there have been no deaths for over 200 years. The population is divided into two living zones: the Megalopolis where only a chosen few are allowed to live, and...

Robert Geronimo is an artist/writer based in Staten Island, New York, where he works as a Professor of Art History. He graduated from Wagner College with a dual major in Fine Art and Art History while also studying comics and sequential storytelling at the Art Student's League in Manhattan under DC Comics artist Jamal Igle and Random House artist Steve Walker. Robert received a Master's Degree in...

My next guests are Chris Reda, owner of Critical Entertainment and the Creator/Writer of several titles like Zombie Zero, Minion, Planetary Expansion, Space Dragon, The First Americans, and The Cowboy with Many Hats. Our other guest is Tadd Galusha, a Comic book creator and artist who has worked with several publishers like Dark Horse, IDW, Dynamite, Keenspot, and of course Critical Entertainment....

Larry Welz joins the podcast to talk about his current kickstarter which is The First Edition Cherry's Jubilee Collection Trade Paperback. Collecting all 4 Single Issues into one volume for the first time ever! With Exclusive New Cover Art by Underground Comics Legend Larry Welz himself. Including a new Foreword by Jason Atomic UK (Satanic Mojo Comix). And ALL NEW Back Cover by Gary Yap (the Simps...

Jordan Plosky joins the podcast to talk about Zoop, an all-in-one pre-order, production, fulfillment, and marketing solution that connects them directly to their fans. In addition to data and analytics reports, social and email integrations, Zoop handles the admin and business side of things, so publishers and creators can focus on creating more of what their fans want. Zoop was conceived by Jorda...

My next guest is the talented Bryan Baugh, creator, writer, and artist for Wulf & Batsy which is celebrating its 25th year since its creation. Created in 1999, Wulf & Batsy has garnered a cult like following. As these two travel from town to town looking for a place they can call home, something always comes up that ruins a good thing causing them to continue their search. Issues 10 to 12 have a c...

I had the pleasure of having Laurie Cunningham on the podcast and it was a blast. Laurie is a comic book creator/writer of Points of Villainy, Points of Virtue, Sister Grim, and more. Laurie is also the Editor-in-Chief of ASAP Imagination, one of the fastest growing independent comic book creators, publishers, and distributors in the UK. There is a lot of amazing things coming in the near future....

Our next guest is Wes Craig, writer, artist, and creator of the fantasy-adventure series KAYA, as well as the co-creator of DEADLY CLASS and THE GRAVEDIGGERS UNION, all from Image Comics. He has also worked on Superman, Batman, and The Flash for DC Comics, and Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man for Marvel. This week Kaya 16 hits your LCS's. To learn more about Wes's career visit https://imagec...