The Comixologist Podcast!

Boom! Studios' Director of Marketing and Sales, Chip Mosher, tells us about the marketing strategy at the rapidly-growing independent publisher and discusses his own background as a comic book retailer and writer.

Dark Horse editor Scott Allie joins us as we take a somewhat different direction than usual. Rather than focusing primarily on the featured item of the week, Scott joins us to talk about his career in the industry and his history at Dark Horse as well as telling us about his new Dark Horse series, Solomon Kane

Special guest host Joe Ferrara of Atlantis Fantasyworld in Santa Cruz interviews Billy Batson writer/artist Mike Kunkel to learn about the new series from DC, about Mike's background as an animator, and about his self-published project, Herobear.

William Katt, the Greatest American Hero, joins us with Sparks writer Chris Folino to talk about the series, his new publishing company, Catastrophic Comics, and the upcoming Greatest American Hero comic book.

Writer Fred Van Lente and Artist Ryan Dunlavey join us to discuss Comic Book Comics; their self-publishing venture, Evil Twin Comics; and other projects including their Stuperpowers role-playing game.

Garan Madeiros of A First Salvo joins us to discuss his new series, Contract, which begins this week. Garan talks about the new publisher's first year; about running the only comic shop in Bermuda; and about his background and influences.

Shannon Wheeler joins us to discuss Postage Stamp Funnies from Dark Horse, and also tells us about the Too Much Coffee Man comic and opera, his background, and other upcoming projects.

Cartoonist Keith Knight, creator of The Knight Life and The K Chronicles joins us to discuss his new book from Dark Horse, The Complete K Chronicles, his background as a self-syndicated cartoonist, and the autobiographical elements of his comics.

David Malki !, creator of the webcomic Wondermark and the trade paperback Beards of our Forefathers from Dark Horse, joins us to talk about the comic strip and his technique for creating it, his influences, and the greater Wondermark brand.

Episode 50 features Claudio Sanchez, creator of Amory Wars from Evil Ink/Image Comics, and frontman of rock band Coheed and Cambria. Claudio explains the series' complex setting and story, discusses his influences, and talks about the process of writing the comic while on tour.

Writer Matt Wagner and artist Amy Reeder Hadley join It Came Out on Wednesday to discuss Madame Xanadu from Vertigo. They talk about the storyline of the new series and how it came about, Amy's background with Tokyopop, and Matt's writing technique and influences.

Timothy Truman, writer of Conan the Cimmerian from Dark Horse, joins It Came Out on Wednesday to talk about the new series and how it dovetails with the previous series; as well as discussing his extensive career in comics and as an artist outside of comics.

Joseph Gauthier, creator of Lazarus: Immortal Coils from Markosia discusses his demon-battling hero and the inspirations for his story, as well as his own religious background and how the book came together.

Novelist Gary Phillips talks about his new series High Rollers from Boom! Studios. Gary talks about his background writing crime fiction, his lifelong love for comic books, and how he broke in as an aspiring writer.

Serena Valentino, creator of Nightmares and Fairy Tales from SLG, talks about the long-running series which concludes this week with issue 23. She describes the series, the artists who have worked with her on it over the years, and her own background, including how she and Ted Naifeh broke into comics with their series Gloomcookie

Josh Hagler talks about The Boy Who Made Silence from Markosia, the influences on the story, and his background as an artist and a comic book lover.

Mark Powers discusses his series Drafted, as well as his history as an editor at Marvel, and how he transitioned to being a writer for Devil's Due Publishing.

In the final NYCC Special podcast, Amy Reeder Hadley joins us to talk about her Tokyopop manga series Fool's Gold and about her work as artist on the upcoming Madame Xanadu series from Vertigo.

In this NYCC Special podcast, we interview Holly Black, creator of The Spiderwick Chronicles and the upcoming graphic novel The Good Neighbors.

This week, industry luminary Jimmy Palmiotti joins It Came Out on Wednesday to talk about Dock Walloper from Virgin Comics, his own history with Event and Marvel, and about his long-running spell at the helm of DC's Jonah Hex.