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1 on 1 interview show featuring the creative minds behind Comics TV Film Novels & Animation. Hosted by Chicago Pop Culture expert, John Siuntres

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Phil Proctor played Howard DeVille on Rugrats television and films for 14 years . You'll hear about his adventures in voice over animation, but that's only Phil's recent history He also revolutionized subversive sketch comedy with his co... more

A look back with the prolific inker , who started his comics career at 17 under the guidance of Dick Giordano. Joe has great stories of the bronze age in this amazing conversation from Salt Lake Comic Con. We talk about his work on the... more

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins us to talk about his new graphic novel from Titan Mycroft Holmes and The Apocalypse Handbook. He's a longtime Sherlock Holmes fan and we talk about his take on the elder Holmes backstory, something... more

Dirk Wood Editor and former marketing director for IDW is here to talk about his new Hardcover Magazine Full Bleed . The quarterly volume feels like the McSweeney anthologies and promises great essays interviews articles and... more

Matt is back to talk about the fourth volume of Sex Criminals His ongoing work writing TV for Universal, and his thoughts on the TV and comics market.

We dive deep into marvel history with the amazing art team of Zeck and Beatty. You'll hear how they got together and their runs on Captain America, The Punisher, Secret Wars and much more, including the real story behind the... more

Chip's back to talk about where things are in Sex Criminals, His take on Jughead, and lots of Marvel talk about Spider-Man Howard The duck ,and his upcoming Marvel Legacy take on The Thing & Human Torch in Marvel Two In One.

Glad to welcome Greg back to talk about the new Planet Hulk Novel and plans for Amadeus Cho to head to the planet Sakaar for his upcoming Marvel Legacy Hulk arc. What does this mean for a return of Bruce Banner? Also we talk about his... more

What a pleasure to talk with Editor Extraordinaire Shelly Bond. The former Vertigo EIC has a new line of books coming from IDW starting with Kid Lobotomy from Peter Milligan and Tess Fowler. We talk about the new line of books and... more

We catch up with Dec and talk about his new Image Graphic Novel The Irish Crime Drama Savage Town which comes out Wednesday

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