Comic Shenanigans
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Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 628 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes back to the show John Rhett Thomas (GORMUU)!
John (otherwise known as GORMUU on the MarvelMasterworks Forums) returns to the Comic Shenanigans podcast to discuss Stan Lee's sad passing on November 12 2018. We delve deeper into John's time working with Stan Lee on The Stan Lee Story, coming out from Taschen Books, and John reveals the alliterative nickname that Stan bestowed upon him.
This episode was recorded Thursday November 15 2018.
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Thursday Nov 15, 2018
Thursday Nov 15, 2018
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For episode 626 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes back to the show John Rhett Thomas (GORMUU)!
John (otherwise known as GORMUU on the MarvelMasterworks Forums) returns to the Comic Shenanigans podcast, and discusses working with Stan Lee and Roy Thomas on an upcoming book about Stan Lee from Taschen books. We also go through listener questions, and spend some time on some tangents.
This episode was recorded Monday November 12th 2018, prior to the news breaking of Stan Lee's passing.
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Friday Nov 02, 2018
Friday Nov 02, 2018
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For the 622nd episode, join Adam Chapman for another Conversation With episode, this time with BRIAN AUGUSTYN. Brian discusses working on ARCHIE 1941 with Mark Waid, doing research for the book, and tackling the characters in a period setting, plus much much more.
Happy Birthday to Brian, whose birthday is on November 2nd!
This episode was originally recorded on Tuesday October 23 2018
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Thursday Oct 25, 2018
Thursday Oct 25, 2018
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For the 620th episode, join Adam Chapman for another Conversation With episode, this time with MARK WAID. Mark comes on to the show to discuss his time working on RUSE for Crossgen Comics, how he came to work for Crossgen, how he collaborated on putting together Ruse, and much more!
This episode was originally recorded on Tuesday October 23 2018
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Friday Sep 28, 2018
Friday Sep 28, 2018
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For the 614th episode, join Adam Chapman for another Conversation With episode, this time with returning guest Tom DeFalco. Tom talks the creation of Black Fox, working on Spider-Man, being Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics, working with Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio, and more!
This episode was originally recorded on Tuesday September 18 2018
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Friday Sep 21, 2018
Friday Sep 21, 2018
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For the 612th episode, join Adam Chapman for another Conversation With episode, this time with new guest Paul Mounts. Paul talks about his history with comics, both as a fan and as a professional, how he became a colorist, and working with artists like Mike Wieringo, Amanda Conner, Bryan Hitch, and more!
This episode was originally recorded on Monday September 17 2018
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Monday Sep 03, 2018
Monday Sep 03, 2018
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For the 606th episode, join Adam Chapman for another Conversation With episode, this time with new guest Chris Giarrusso. Chris talks about how he first started out drawn comic strips, the origins of G-Man, how he started the Mini-Marvels comic strip, his current web-comic, as well as his newest comic series, Encounter, with Art and Franco.
This episode was originally recorded on Tuesday August 28th 2018
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Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
Tuesday Aug 28, 2018
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For the 604th episode, join Adam Chapman for another Conversation With episode, this time with new guest Sean McKeever. Sean talks about his youth selling comics in his dad's store, getting into comics, writing for Marvel and DC, and much more! Make sure to check out Sean's newest book, Outpost Zero!
This episode was originally recorded on Thursday August 23 2018
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Sunday Aug 19, 2018
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
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For the 602nd episode, join Adam Chapman for another Conversation With episode, this time with new guest Kelly Thompson. Kelly taks about her history with comic books when she was younger, returning to the medium, working for Comic Book Resources, launching Jem, writing for Kate Bishop, Rogue & Gambit, the upcoming West Coast Avengers book and much much more! We also talk about writing for Jessica Jones, and being the writer to succeed Brian Michael Bendis on the character.
This episode was recorded prior to the announcement that Kelly would be part of the creative team on the upcoming UNCANNY X-MEN title.
This episode was originally recorded on Wednesday August 1 2018
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Friday Jul 20, 2018
Friday Jul 20, 2018
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For the 596th episode, join Adam Chapman for another Conversation With episode, this time with returning guests Chuck Dixon & Graham Nolan! Chuck and Graham discuss their recently concluded maxi-series BANE: CONQUEST for DC Comics, as well as their upcoming work, including Graham's Kickstarter campaign.
Check out this link for more information on Graham's Kickstarter, which runs until July 26th 2018.
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This episode was originally recorded on Wednesday July 18 2018.
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Monday Jul 02, 2018
Monday Jul 02, 2018
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For episode 590, Adam Chapman welcomes PETE WOODS on to the show!
Adam and Pete discuss Pete's history with comics as a fan and as a professional, cracking into the industry, and the many projects he's worked on along the way, including Deadpool. Robin, Detective Comics, Action Comics, Justice League and much more!
This episode was recorded June 28 2018.
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Saturday Jun 09, 2018
Saturday Jun 09, 2018
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For episode 584, Adam Chapman welcomes BRIAN WOOD back to the show!
Adam and Brian discuss Brian's first foray into comics, both as a reader and as a professional. We talk REBELS, Generation X, Terminator, Robocop, Robotech, Sword Daughter and much much more!
This episode was recorded June 7 2018.
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Monday Jun 04, 2018
Monday Jun 04, 2018
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For episode 582, Adam Chapman welcomes Ralph Macchio to the show!
Adam and Ralph discuss Ralph's childhood with comics, how he became a letterhack, how overhearing a conversation changed his entire life, and the many projects he worked on at Marvel Comics over a 35 year career, including the reasoning behind resurrecting Aunt May, bringing Frank Miller back on to Daredevil for Born Again, and much much more!
This episode was recorded June 2 2018.
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Friday May 11, 2018
Friday May 11, 2018
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For episode 576, Adam Chapman welcomes Chris Sotomayor (Soto) to the show!
Adam and Chris discuss Chris' childhood with comics, how breaking into Marvel Comics as a teenager solidified his desire to work in comics, how running out of money during Art School changed the direction of his career forever, and much more!
This episode was recorded May 9th 2018.
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Wednesday May 09, 2018
Wednesday May 09, 2018
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For episode 574, Adam Chapman welcomes NORM BREYFOGLE to the show!
Adam and Norm discuss Norm's tenure in comics, working for DC on assorted Bat-books, creating Anarky, seeing his work reprinted in hardcover format, and much more!
This episode was recorded April 26th 2018.
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Tuesday Apr 17, 2018
Tuesday Apr 17, 2018
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For episode 568, Adam Chapman welcomes back JK WOODWARD to the show.
JK discusses his work on Star Trek: The Next Generation: Mirror Broken, as we go through issues #3-5 and discuss what is coming up next for him and his involvement in the TNG spin on the Mirror Universe.
JK Woodward's first appearance on the Comic Shenanigans podcast was back in episode 498.
This episode was recorded April 9th 2018.
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Sunday Apr 01, 2018
Sunday Apr 01, 2018
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For episode 564, Adam Chapman & guest co-host Paul Skorez welcome CAL DODD to the show.
Cal portrayed Wolverine on the iconic X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES from 1992, and has also done thousands of commercials throughout his career. He's an accomplished singer, proud Canadian, and one heck of a guest!
Adam and Paul chat with Cal about his career, how he landed the iconic role of Wolverine, what it was like to be on the hit show, and how he developed the iconic voice. We also discuss his many commercials.
This episode was recorded on March 25th 2018
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Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
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For episode 562 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes Steve Englehart back to the show!
Steve talks some more about his career in comics, specifically the period when Steve returned to Marvel in the '80s. We also discuss the Ultraverse characters, and much more!
This episode was recorded Wednesday March 21 2018.
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Tuesday Mar 20, 2018
Tuesday Mar 20, 2018
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For episode 560 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes ERIC & JULIA LEWALD to the show!
In this new episode, we discuss the book "PREVIOUSLY ON X-MEN: THE MAKING OF AN ANIMATED SERIES", which delves into Eric and Julia's time spent working on X-Men: The Animated Series. We discuss the X-Men television show, Young Hercules, Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles, writing for Winnie the Pooh, Beetlejuice, and much more!
This episode was recorded on March 20th 2018.
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Thursday Mar 08, 2018
Thursday Mar 08, 2018
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For episode 558 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes CBR's BRIAN CRONIN to the show!
We talk about Brian's first two books, as well as his upcoming book from Triumph Books, focusing on the X-Men! We then chat about Marvel's upcoming "Fresh Start", and how Brian keeps himself invested and engaged in his writing, and finding new things to write about.
This episode was recorded on March 6th 2018.
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Saturday Mar 03, 2018
Saturday Mar 03, 2018
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For episode 556 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes editor/writer/inker TIM TUOHY to the show!
We discuss Tim's time spent working at Marvel in the '90s, working in editorial, editing Punisher, Daredevil, Marvel Vision and much more!
This episode was recorded on February 28 2018.
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Saturday Feb 24, 2018
Saturday Feb 24, 2018
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For episode 554 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes writer/artist JUDD WINICK to the show!
Judd talks his current best-selling book series HILO, as well as working on comics such as Batman, Exiles, Green Lantern and much, much more!
This episode was recorded on February 21 2018.
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Sunday Feb 04, 2018
Sunday Feb 04, 2018
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For episode 548 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes writer/artist JAMAL IGLE to the show!
Jamal talks his entry into comics, working for both Marvel and DC, working on New Warriors, Firestorm, Supergirl, Molly Danger, and much more!
This episode was recorded Thursday February 1st 2018.
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Friday Jan 19, 2018
Friday Jan 19, 2018
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For episode 544 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes Steve Englehart to the show!
Steve talks about his career in comics, working for Marvel and moving up the ranks as he took every writing assignment that he could get. We talk about moving over to DC, the difference in structure, and how his run writing Detective Comics came about!
This episode was recorded Wednesday January 17th 2018.
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Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
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For episode 542 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes Tom Orzechowski to the show!
Tom talks about his career in comics, coming up as a letterer in the '70s, working with Chris Claremont on Uncanny X-Men, working on Spawn, and the twists and turns his career has taken!
This episode was recorded Wednesday January 10th 2018.
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Friday Dec 08, 2017
Friday Dec 08, 2017
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For episode 532 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes back to the show John Rhett Thomas!
John (otherwise known as GORMUU on the MarvelMasterworks Forums) joins Comic Shenanigans to talk his current projects, highlights in what new collections made it to print this year, and also discuss some of the releases coming from Marvel next year that were recently spoiled in the Hachette Catalogue!
We talk about all sorts of different collected editions, in various different lines, and go on plenty of tangents.
This episode was recorded Wednesday December 6th 2017.
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Thursday Nov 30, 2017
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
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For episode 530 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with editor Cory Sedlmeier to talk his career in comics!
We discuss Cory's secret origin as a comic book fan, and how a stint as an intern at Marvel Comics led to a career with the publisher, both in editorial and in the collections department. We discuss cataloguing the Marvel Archives, working the Marvel Masterworks program, and much more!
This episode was Monday November 27th 2017.
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Friday Nov 24, 2017
Friday Nov 24, 2017
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For episode 528 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer Ed Brisson to talk his career in comics!
We discuss Ed's childhood enjoyment of comics, how he fell out of love with comics, and what brought him back in. We discuss his work as a letterer, and how 2017 is the year that he made a big splash with Marvel, with many books he's written coming out fast and furious. We talk Iron Fist, Bullseye, Cable, Old Man Logan and more!
This episode was recorded Tuesday November 21st 2017.
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Monday Nov 13, 2017
Monday Nov 13, 2017
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For episode 524 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer Joe Casey to talk his career in comics!
We discuss Joe's entry into comics, and his time writing for the X-Men, Superman, Cable, the Avengers, and much more!
This episode was recorded Wednesday November 1 2017.
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Monday Oct 30, 2017
Monday Oct 30, 2017
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For episode 520 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with colorist Alex Sinclair to talk his career in comics!
We discuss Alex's entry into comics, his collaborations with Jim Lee, coloring Neal Adams, and much more!
This episode was recorded Thursday October 12th 2017.
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Monday Oct 23, 2017
Monday Oct 23, 2017
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For episode 518 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer AL EWING!
AL joins the show to talk his career in comics, writing New Avengers, US Avengers, Ultimates and much much more!
This episode was recorded Friday September 29th 2017.
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Sunday Oct 15, 2017
Sunday Oct 15, 2017
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For episode 516 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer HOWARD MACKIE!
Howard makes his second appearance on the show, as we delve into his time writing Spider-Man! Howard's last appearance on the show was on episode 310, on October 2 2015. This time around, we specifically hone in on his time on Spider-Man post-Clone Saga!
This episode was recorded Friday September 29th 2017.
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Saturday Oct 07, 2017
Saturday Oct 07, 2017
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For episode 514 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with editor (and new father) JORDAN D. WHITE!
We discuss Jordan's recent anniversary working for Marvel/Disney, working his way up through Editorial, working on Deadpool, Star Wars, and much more!
This episode was recorded Thursday September 21st 2017.
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Friday Sep 22, 2017
Friday Sep 22, 2017
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For episode 510 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with colour artist extraordinaire Richard Isanove!
We discuss Richard's first comic books, developing himself as a penciller, learning digital colouring, how he used Photoshop 3 forever, how he became Joe Quesada's colorist, working on 1602, Origin, Dark Tower, and much much more!
This episode was recorded Wednesday September 20th 2017.
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Friday Aug 18, 2017
Friday Aug 18, 2017
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For episode 502 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with colour artist Justin Ponsor
We discuss Justin's entry to the comic book industry, learning how to be a colorist, working at Crossgen, being exclusive to Marvel Comics, working with Jim Cheung, and much more!
This episode was recorded Wednesday July 26th 2017.
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Monday Jul 31, 2017
Monday Jul 31, 2017
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For episode 498 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with artist JK WOODWARD.
We discuss JK's work on Star Trek: Mirror Broken and Star Trek: City on the Edge of Forever, and much more!
This episode was recorded Thursday July 20th 2017.
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Friday Jul 21, 2017
Friday Jul 21, 2017
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For episode 496 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with Aftershock Comics' Editor-in-Chief MIKE MARTS.
Mike Marts discusses how he came to work at Aftershock, developing their titles, his lessons learned from working at Marvel and DC, and much much more!
This episode was recorded Wednesday July 19th.
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Monday Jul 03, 2017
Monday Jul 03, 2017
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For episode 490 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with comic creator Graham Nolan to discuss his career in comics!
Graham joins the podcast to talk about Bane, Detective Comics, his early days at DC, working on Rex Morgan M.D., and much more!
This episode was recorded on June 29 2017.
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Monday Jun 26, 2017
Monday Jun 26, 2017
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For episode 488 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with comic creator Brian Wood to discuss his career in comics!
Brian joins the podcast to talk about Robotech, Rebels, Generation X, Demo, and much more!
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This episode was recorded on June 22 2017.
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Thursday Jun 08, 2017
Thursday Jun 08, 2017
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For episode 484 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with comic artist/writer CHIP ZDARSKY to discuss his career in comics.
Over the course of three hours, we discuss Canada's major newspapers, the story of "When Chip met Matt", how Sex Criminals changed Chip's life, having an alter-ego, what to expect from Spectacular Spider-Man, Chip's love of senior citizens in comics, Lea Thompson, Justin Trudeau, the need for stunts to keep fresh, and much much more!
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This episode was recorded on May 31st 2017.
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Tuesday May 30, 2017
Tuesday May 30, 2017
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For episode 480 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with comic artist Alex Saviuk to discuss his career in comics.
This is the first installment of the interview, with the second installment hopefully coming later in the summer, and spanning mid-80s to the present.
This episode was recorded on March 17th 2017.
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Sunday May 21, 2017
Sunday May 21, 2017
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For episode 478 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with comic and pop culture historian Arlen Schumer, author of The Silver Age of Comic Book Art.
Check out Arlen's website at http://www.arlenschumer.com/
This episode was recorded on May 17th 2017.
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Sunday May 14, 2017
Sunday May 14, 2017
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For episode 476 join Adam Chapman as he sits down once more with writer Chuck Dixon, making his second appearance on the show (his first was in episode 276, 200 episodes ago!).
Chuck discusses the recently-launched BANE: CONQUEST maxi-series from DC Comics, and answers some listener questions.
This episode was recorded Friday May 12th 2017.
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Friday Apr 28, 2017
Friday Apr 28, 2017
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For episode 472 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed and award-nominated colourist Jose Villarrubia to discuss his career in comics as a colourist!
This episode was recorded Wednesday April 12th 2017.
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Thursday Apr 20, 2017
Thursday Apr 20, 2017
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For episode 470 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer/artist Erik Larsen to discuss his career in comics!
This episode was recorded Wednesday March 22nd 2017.
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Saturday Apr 15, 2017
Saturday Apr 15, 2017
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For episode 468 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer and producer Adam Glass!
Adam joins the Comic Shenanigans podcast to discuss how he entered the world of comics, working for DC launching Suicide Squad during the New 52 and launching a creator-owned property, Rough Riders!
This episode was recorded Wednesday March 22nd 2017.
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Thursday Apr 06, 2017
Thursday Apr 06, 2017
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For episode 466 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer Doug Moench!
Doug joins the Comic Shenanigans podcast to discuss his long and varied career in comics, creating Moon Knight, working on Master of Kung Fu, working on Batman, and much, much more in this almost two-hour long interview.
This episode was recorded Tuesday March 21st 2017.
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Thursday Mar 30, 2017
Thursday Mar 30, 2017
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For episode 464 join ADAM CHAPMAN as he sits down with the "godfather of comic book binding", Mr. David Banks!
http://www.singleboundstudios.com/
Adam and David discuss the wild world of comic book binding, how it works, what got David into it, and much, much more!
This episode was recorded Thursday March 9th 2017.
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Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
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For episode 458 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed artist Paul Gulacy!
Paul joins the Comic Shenanigans podcast to discuss his career in comics, from Master of Kung Fu to Penance: Relentless, and everything in between.
This episode was recorded Tuesday March 7th 2017.
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Friday Feb 17, 2017
Friday Feb 17, 2017
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For episode 452 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer/artist Bill Willingham!
Strap yourself in for the next two and a half hours as Bill discusses his career in comics, his approaches to writing and art, working on Fables, and much much more!
This episode was recorded Monday February 13th 2017.
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Saturday Feb 11, 2017
Saturday Feb 11, 2017
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For episode 450 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with artist Pat Olliffe!
Pat makes his second appearance on the podcast (his first appearance being in episode 278). Pat drops by to talk his recent work on Dark Horse's BARB WIRE series, as well as his current work for Aftershock Comics, working with Adam Glass on ROUGH RIDERS!
This episode was recorded Saturday January 28th 2017.
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Thursday Feb 02, 2017
Thursday Feb 02, 2017
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 448 join Adam Chapman as he welcomes back to the show John Rhett Thomas!
John (otherwise known as GORMUU on the MarvelMasterworks Forums) joins Comic Shenanigans to discuss Marvel Comics trade paperbacks that are starting to sell through and go out of print. We talk about how books sell through, what trends we can see from what's now on its way out, and how he started compiling this data for the MarvelMasterworks page.
We talk about all sorts of different collected editions, in various different lines, and go on plenty of tangents.
This episode was recorded Wednesday January 25th 2017.
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Saturday Jan 28, 2017
Saturday Jan 28, 2017
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For episode 446 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed artist Humberto Ramos to discuss his career in comics!
Humberto discusses how he first became introduced to comics, the plane ticket which changed his life, what his Dad thinks he does for a career, working with Mark Waid, the character he always wanted to illustrate, and more!
This episode was recorded Tuesday January 24th 2017.
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Sunday Jan 08, 2017
Sunday Jan 08, 2017
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For episode 440 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed artist Mark Buckingham to discuss his career in comics!
Mark discusses how he first became a fan of comics, his entry to the business, his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, inking Chris Bachalo, working on Spider-Man with Paul Jenkins, working with Bill Willingham on Fables, and much more!
This episode was recorded Saturday January 7th 2017.
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Saturday Dec 31, 2016
Saturday Dec 31, 2016
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For episode 438 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer/artist Erik Larsen to discuss writing and drawing Spider-Man!
On a future episode we'll be focusing on Erik Larsen's career in comics, from its beginnings to his current and continuing work on Savage Dragon. However, for this episode, we instead dial in on Erik's work on Spider-Man!
This episode was recorded Friday December 30th 2016.
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Friday Dec 23, 2016
Friday Dec 23, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 436 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer Fred Van Lente to discuss his career in comics!
We discuss Fred's origins, his writing partnership with Greg Pak, breaking into the industry, writing Modok's 11, and much much more!
This episode was recorded Thursday December 1st 2016.
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Thursday Dec 08, 2016
Thursday Dec 08, 2016
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For episode 432 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed editor/writer Joe Illidge to discuss his career in comics!
We discuss Joe's origins as a comic book fan, his entry into the comic book industry, his time editing No Man's Land, writing op/ed pieces for Comic Book Resources, writing Solarman, editing Lion Forge Comics, being stylish, and much much more!
This episode was recorded Wednesday November 30th 2016.
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Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
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For episode 430 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer John Ostrander to discuss his career in comics!
We discuss John's beginnings as a writer, his inspirations, his time on Suicide Squad, Martian Manhunter, Spectre, and much more!
This episode was recorded Wednesday November 23rd 2016.
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Thursday Nov 24, 2016
Thursday Nov 24, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 428 join Adam Chapman as he once again sits down with acclaimed writer Devin Grayson (making her first appearance on the show since episode 316 in October 2015)!
This time around, Adam and Devin talk her recently released novel Doctor Strange: The Fate of Dreams. We start off with some spoiler-free discussion, before finally delving into spoilers in a clearly defined spoiler-section!
We also discuss the recently released Doctor Strange film, as well as the nature of manservants in today's modern western society.
This episode was recorded Monday November 21st 2016.
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Monday Nov 21, 2016
Monday Nov 21, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 426 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with John Rhett Thomas to discuss the Marvel EPIC Collections line!
John (otherwise known as GORMUU on the MarvelMasterworks Forums) joins Comic Shenanigans to discuss the Marvel Epic Collections line, but no discussion with John would be complete without also discussing the Marvel Masterworks line. We also go on a tangent and discuss Marvel's Omnibus line!
This episode was recorded Monday November 21st 2016.
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Thursday Oct 27, 2016
Thursday Oct 27, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 420 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with returning guest writer/artist Dan Jurgens to discuss his recent work on Bat-Mite, Batman Beyond and Action Comics!
This episode was recorded Monday October 24th 2016.
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Sunday Oct 09, 2016
Sunday Oct 09, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 414 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer Terry Kavanagh to discuss his career in comics, his work on Avengers, Spider-Man and much much more!
This episode was recorded Wednesday September 14th 2016.
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Saturday Oct 01, 2016
Saturday Oct 01, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 412 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed artist Scott Kolins to discuss his career in comics, as well as his current work on DC's newest relaunch of BLUE BEETLE!
This episode was recorded Wednesday September 14th 2016.
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Thursday Sep 22, 2016
Thursday Sep 22, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 410 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer/artist Phil Jimenez to discuss his career in comics, and his current project at DC: the highly acclaimed SUPERWOMAN!
This episode was recorded Monday September 12th 2016.
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Saturday Sep 17, 2016
Saturday Sep 17, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 408 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed artist Ron Frenz for a second time, to talk more about his career in comics, including his current and upcoming work with SitComics.net, as well as retrospectives on his time on Spider-Man and other titles.
This episode was recorded Tuesday September 6th 2016.
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Sunday Aug 28, 2016
Sunday Aug 28, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 402 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer Ron Marz (Silver Surfer, Green Lantern, Witchblade, Sojourn, The Path, Scion, Sojourn) for discuss his career in comics, both past, present and future.
This episode was recorded Wednesday August 24th 2016.
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Friday Aug 12, 2016
Friday Aug 12, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 398 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with FAN EXPO'S KEVIN BOYD! Currently Kevin is the comic talent coordinator for Fan Expo, who has a long history of working in the comic book industry as a retailer, convention owner/operator, and much more!
This episode was recorded Monday August 8th 2016.
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Friday Jul 29, 2016
Friday Jul 29, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 394 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer PAUL JENKINS to discuss his career in comics, including his tenure on Peter Parker: Spider-Man / Spectacular Spider-Man, Origin, Hulk, The Sentry, The Inhumans, Replica, and much more!
This episode was recorded Thursday July 28th 2016.
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Friday Jul 08, 2016
Friday Jul 08, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 388 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer/producer JOHN SEMPER JR. to discuss his career in animation, particularly his time on SPIDER-MAN THE ANIMATED SERIES, as well as his upcoming run on DC's CYBORG. We also discuss his newest animation project, WAR OF THE ROCKETMEN!
Below are links to the project's website, as well as to the indiegogo page to help War of the Rocketmen meet its financing goals! There are some fantastic perks available to those who donate!
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This episode was recorded Saturday May 28th 2016.
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Friday Jun 24, 2016
Friday Jun 24, 2016
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For episode 384 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer Tony Bedard to discuss his career in comics. We discuss his most recent works, including working on a licensed comic for KFC, and talk about working for Valiant, Jim Shooter, DC Comics, Crossgen, Marvel and more! We talk Exiles, Negation, Green Lantern Corps, and much much more!
This episode was recorded Monday May 17th 2016.
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Friday Jun 17, 2016
Friday Jun 17, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 382 join Adam Chapman as he sits down writer Zeb Wells to discuss his career in comics, including Dark Reign: Elektra and Daredevil: Battlin' Jack Murdock. We discuss how Zeb got into comics and much much more!
This episode was recorded Saturday May 14th 2016.
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Friday Jun 10, 2016
Friday Jun 10, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 380 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed artist Paolo Rivera, to discuss his work on the MYTHOS one-shots, working on Daredevil with Mark Waid, and much more!
This episode was recorded Monday May 9th 2016.
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Wednesday May 25, 2016
Wednesday May 25, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 376 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer Peter David to discuss his current work on Spider-Man 2099, plus answer listener questions regarding a variety of his prior works.
This episode was recorded Tuesday May 17th 2016.
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Thursday May 19, 2016
Thursday May 19, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 374 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer Dan Abnett to discuss his career in comics, as well as his storied runs on Force Works, Legion Lost, Guardians of the Galaxy, Nova, Annihilation Conquest and his current and upcoming work on Aquaman, Hercules and more!
This episode was recorded Monday April 18th 2016.
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Thursday May 05, 2016
Thursday May 05, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 370 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with Joshua Hale Fialkov and Joe Infurnari, the creative team of the acclaimed The Bunker, published by Oni Press. We discuss the creative process behind creating the series, influences, origins, and much more!
This episode was recorded Monday April 18th 2016.
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Friday Apr 29, 2016
Friday Apr 29, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 368 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer Jim Zub to discuss his career in comics, Skullkickers, Wayward and the upcoming Thunderbolts ongoing from Marvel Comics!
This episode was recorded Monday April 18th 2016.
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Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 366 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer David Michelinie to talk his career in comics, his influences, writing Iron Man, Spider-Man and much much more!
This episode was recorded Monday April 18th 2016.
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Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 364 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer J.M. DeMatteis to talk his career in comics, his influences, his work in animation, Spider-Man, Justice League, Captain America, and much much more!
This episode was recorded Monday April 11th 2016.
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Saturday Apr 09, 2016
Saturday Apr 09, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 362 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer CHRISTOS GAGE to talk his career in comics, including the upcoming CIVIL WAR II: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN mini-series.
This episode was recorded Monday March 28th & Sunday April 3rd 2016.
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Friday Apr 01, 2016
Friday Apr 01, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 360 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer DENNIS HOPELESS to talk his career in comics, as well as his current runs on All-New X-Men and Spider-Woman.
This episode was recorded Monday March 28th 2016.
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Monday Mar 14, 2016
Monday Mar 14, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 354 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with Marvel Comics' Executive Editor TOM BREVOORT to discuss his career in comics, Untold Tales of Spider-Man, Avengers, Thunderbolts, New Avengers, Civil War, Secret Invasion, and much much more!
This episode was recorded Monday March 14th 2016.
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Monday Feb 29, 2016
Monday Feb 29, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 350 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with legendary writer GERRY CONWAY to discuss his career in comics, the death of Gwen Stacy, his runs on Spider-Man in the '70s and '80s, writing the current Carnage series, his work at DC Comics, and much much more!
This episode was recorded Monday February 29th 2016.
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Sunday Feb 21, 2016
Sunday Feb 21, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 348 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer Pat Shand to discuss his career in comics, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Charmed, Robyn Hood, the upcoming Hellchild, and more!
This episode was recorded Tuesday February 16th 2016.
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Tuesday Feb 16, 2016
Tuesday Feb 16, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 346 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with two different indie comics creators: Jimmy Wahl & David Marquez.
First up, Adam talks with Jimmy Wahl about his comic Soulbinder, which is available right now on Comixology! We talk about the first two issues of the series, putting together an independent comic book, and the upcoming third issue!Second, Adam talks with David Marquez of Old Skull Comics about his work with the company and their upcoming output for 2016!
This episode was recorded Tuesday February 16th and Monday January 18th 2016.
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Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Thursday Feb 04, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 334 join Adam Chapman as he sits down once more with acclaimed writer/editor Danny Fingeroth! Adam
and Danny discuss more of his past career with Marvel Comics, specifically editing Alpha Flight, New Warriors, Marc Spector: Moon Knight, Maximum Carnage, the infamous Spider-Man Clone Saga, and more!
This episode was recorded Monday February 1st 2016.
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Sunday Jan 10, 2016
Sunday Jan 10, 2016
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 336 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer William Messner-Loebs to discuss his career in comics!
We discuss Bill's tenure on Flash, Wonder Woman, the Maxx and Journey!
This episode was recorded Monday January 4th 2016.
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Monday Jan 04, 2016
Monday Jan 04, 2016
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For episode 334 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with John Rhett Thomas to discuss Marvel Masterworks, and the MarvelMasterworks.com website!
John (otherwise known as GORMUU on the MarvelMasterworks Forums) joins Comic Shenanigans to discuss a subject near and dear to his heart- the Marvel Masterworks program. We also discuss the website he created to share his love of the format with other likeminded fans, and how it became a vibrant community of collected edition enthusiasts. There's also much, much more!
This episode was recorded Monday January 4th 2016.
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Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 332 join Adam Chapman as he sits down acclaimed writer Frank Tieri to discuss his career in comics!
We discuss Frank's beginnings in comics as an intern at Marvel Comics, his big break on Iron Man and Wolverine, his tenure on Weapon X and his current work on Black Knight, Catwoman and The Hangman!
This episode was recorded Monday December 21st 2015.
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Friday Dec 11, 2015
Friday Dec 11, 2015
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For this special text-only edition of Talkin'
Heroclix, we had the distinct pleasure to interview Wizkids President
Justin Ziran for the show.
This is the second of three parts to this special edition version of the Comic Shenanigans show, in this exclusive text-only format. In this second part, we discuss more of the design and tournament-related aspects of Wizkids' business. In this installment, Justin calls in some help, as his R&D Team and Tournament Team get in on the question answering!
Once you've read the following interview, head over to http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?t=554422,
where you can post about your reactions to the questions, and post
follow-up questions. Justin will be stopping by the thread here and
there to answer questions and respond to some of the feedback to the
answers below. Please keep it civil and respectful, that's my only
request. On with the show!************************************************************************************************
Ben Reilly asks: “Are
there plans to release more “holiday” figures like Krampus and the Christmas
Elf?”
JAZ: Yes, we plan to
continue to make the holiday figures, like the Abominable Snowman released this
December. As with any of our plans, if
people generally like them we like to do more of them.
Matt Miller asks:
“Will there be a Dr. Strange movie set?”
JAX: Not this
go-round. We are always looking for opportunities to create new versions of all
the characters that everyone loves, but at the moment we do not know enough
about the movie itself to be able to create a set for it.
Matt Miller asks:
“When can we expect a new physical PAC and rule book?”
R&D Team: This is
a project that we’ve been spending quite a bit of time on, and what we’ve
learned is that if you have a deadline for it you either need to compromise on
the scope or you risk making mistakes.
Instead of having a firm date, we’re going to focus on the process. What we can tell you is our plans are by
mid-2016 to start talking with the Heroclix fans about the details and get
their feedback before everything is locked down. We are going to try to smooth out the wording
throughout, clarify the turn and action order sequence and remove advanced rule
ideas from the rulebook found in starters while making it easier to understand.
Some mechanics will be tweaked, but we are going to make tweaks, not wholesale
changes, to how the game functions.
Matt Miller asks:
“What can we expect for this year’s tournament season?”
Tournament Team: We’re
really excited to be expanding our regional event, the Wizkids Open, to more
stores in the U.S. as well as
branching off to some other countries, with our bigger player bases including Canada, Mexico,
Chile, and several countries
in Europe.
These events will allow players to win some great exclusive prizes and
earn qualifications for their National Championship events. Speaking of
National Championships, we’re happy to report that the U.S. National Championship
will be taking place sometime in April and will be in New Jersey (exact date and location TBA).
Following the National Championship events, we’ll be returning to the Origins
Game Fair in June to hold our yearly World Championships.
Additionally, the
remainder of this event season is shaping up to be our biggest and best yet
with the advent of the Side Event Challenge.
The Side Event Challenge allows players to earn points through playing
in side events in order to win fantastic prizes. The players who earn the most
points each day and across the entire event will earn bundles of convention
exclusive prices and products that aren’t available anywhere else!
Matt Miller asks:
“Will there by a TMNT con-exclusive in 2016?”
JAZ: Long Answer:
C’mon now. Short Answer: Yes, maybe even more than one.
Matt Miller asks:
“Will there by any more retail Brainiac Skull ships made/sold?”
JAZ: Yes, and it is
available December 16th (U.S.) at local game & comic
stores. Other territories may lag a bit. Quantities are limited but we based
our print run on past variants and we should be OK.
Matt Miller asks:
“Which is your favourite clixed character?”
JAZ: Ziran the Tester
– of course.
Spideyguy51 asks:
“When will we see a TMNT dial preview?”
JAZ: We should start
sometime in February.
SpyderNick88 asks:
“How is Wizkids working to expand the audience of the game?”
JAZ: Big question with
a long answer but I’ll try to touch upon the big topics.
There are two groups
we focus on:
1. Comic Book/Gamer
audience: Shops in the local game/comics shops. Predominantly, males 18-35
years old (if you are reading this, this is probably you). The majority of the
consumers in this group are gamers. We know we have collector-only segments as
well, and hybrid gamer/collector and collector/gamer.
2. Comic Movie-aware
audience: Shops in larger chains (Target/Wal-Mart) and might know about local
comics/game shops but probably doesn’t shop there; enjoys gaming, loves comic
movies. Males ages 12-25.
For Audience #1: We’re
keenly focused on this audience and work with Diamond Comics and our distributors
around the world to make sure we are well represented in comics & game
stores. In the U.S.,
we’re outlining a program where each new comics/game store has an introductory
Heroclix/Dice Masters section within the store.
To explain how we grew
Audience 1, we should review the expansion of WizKids OP and HeroClix OP.
Six years ago, the
player base size and game store penetration was such that we believe anything
more than a monthly event was overkill.
Obviously, there were pockets of HeroClix hotness where weekly or even
daily play could have been supported. We
thought the best course of action was to let the retailers make that judgment
call. In the end, the retailer is our eyes and ears and we’ve had good results
when we left tactical decisions to the stores that are actually interfacing
with the players.
About three and a half
years ago, we launched Storyline OP, which triggered tremendous growth in our
player base, attendance and general interest in the line. Our weekly attendance
numbers exploded. By all measures we had done something special. However, as
with all things in business, there were some issues that we needed to deal with
– the kids were big (20-player kits) and the program was expensive, despite our
efforts to sell it at our minimum price; stores that had small HeroClix groups
felt tempted to sell the OP kits.
We found that the
smaller stores couldn’t participate in a cost-effective way. You were paying
for a 20-person kit and only seating 6 players, so by the time you ran your 2nd
event most prizes had been awarded and you were sitting on a decent amount of
OP product.
We spent a good amount
of time working with retailers and observing player feedback and took our first
pass at some changes.
We reduced the size of
the Storyline OP kit from a 20-player kit to a 10-player kit. We also
introduced a VERY low cost monthly OP program. Lastly, we reduced the contents
in the release day OP kits to make them an easy starting point for stores
without a large dollar commitment. We knew we’d lose some of the release day
excitement but we also knew we were going to move to a pre-release model in the
coming year or so.
Results: More stores
can fit in Storyline OP into their store’s budget.
More stores are
running weekly organized play using the monthly kits and the amount of content
in the monthly kits stretches much further and covers the gaps between sets.
The results have been
great, although our players per store metric actually dropped. What
happened? Using fictitious numbers: if
we had 200 players playing in 10 stores (20 players per store) before the
changes, we now had 350 players playing in 30 stores (12 players per store). It
looks like we shrunk when you look at an individual store, but when you look at
the total number of players, we grew quite a bit. That’s understandable because
there are more stores running events and the player base has spread out into
those stores.
Our challenge over the
coming years is to grow the players per store number on the larger number of
stores running events.
We’ve doubled down on
the WizKids Event System, and it’s come a long way since early versions. The
database is still relatively new, and as we build the data on stores and
players, we’ll be relying on it almost exclusively to make decisions with
respect to our games (e.g. who gets pre-releases, Storyline OP, OP and product
allocations, etc.). You’ve probably noticed we’re tracking player data as well.
Eventually, we’ll be able to award invitations, byes and prizes to standout
players in the community.
If it isn’t already
obvious, we’re moving a lot of our decision making toward the factual data
coming out of the WES. That should actually help on a variety of fronts and
remove a lot of the “fog of retail” when it comes to allocations.
All of that said, if
you, your store and your events aren’t in the WES, there is a good chance that
we don’t know about you. By example,
when a store calls me and says they need 3 OP kits, my first question is: “Are
your players and events recorded in the WES?” If they are, it becomes much
easier to validate and respond to the request.
If they are not, it’s a much longer process and the answer will likely
not be in the store’s favour. When you
consider how valuable the content of a Storyline OP kit is relative to what the
store pays, you realize what lengths people will go to in order to get an extra
kit. The overwhelming majority of stores
play by the rules and we’re trying to make sure they reap the rewards of being
great WizKids stores.
Back to the original
question: We have a lot of programs in the hopper to get HeroClix in front of a
comic-aware customer that doesn’t necessarily shop at the game/comics store.
You’ll see more of these programs in the future. The key to these programs is migrating them
from a mass-market store to their local game and comic stores. Part 2 of that equation is making sure that
the comic/game store runs a quality event and is welcoming of the new
player. In the future, you’ll see WES
programs that incentivize that sort of environment.
From a rules
perspective, we’ve got some work to do (see the earlier answer above), but one
of our goals is lowering the learning curve to a new player by introducing
concepts and ideas as they need them rather than everything all at once. We want
to keep all the great decisions while not scaring off the new player. There’s also some legacy edge cases that
cause a lot of rules questions that we’d like to address (this is only a few very specific rules).
TO BE VERY CLEAR –
We’re not going to 2.0 the game, it’s not good for business. We are looking at changes that we think the
majority of the audience is going to appreciate, understand and embrace.
RavenProject asks:
“How doesWK plan to use the information collected through the WES?”
JAZ: See above
Wilx asks: “Does
WizKids plan to expand its official tournament presence to more conventions?”
Tournament Team: Yes
and no. As you’ve probably noticed, we’re expanding our regional, store-based
events programs. These events have been
very popular and it seems like the WizKids Opens are a format that stores and
players are digging, and we are going to try to grow those so that they’re
happening more often.
Tyroclix asks: “In
SM/WW, there seemed to be a design change to make the lower rarities contain
less complex powers? Will that remain
going forward? Was this done to make the game more accessible for newer
players?
R&D Team:
Essentially yes. Hand in hand with our
long-term goals with the PAC and Rulebook was a long hard look at dial design,
especially at the commons and uncommons.
A new (or existing) player should be able to field an easy-to-pilot team
and have a good time at their local store or at home with their friends. They may not be the most competitive team,
but they’ll quickly grasp the game, what their team needs to do and have a good
time.
Phantalien asks: “Are
there plans to release starters to big box stores?
JAZ: So here is how it
works (very simplified). In mass-market stores you have to earn and maintain
your “slot.” In order to do that, you have to sell multiple copies of your
“widget” per week and hopefully generate enough dollars to hold off any
competitors. Our typical HeroClix starters are $25-$30 dollars and don’t fit
well into the impulse game aisle. The shopper in that aisle is looking to spend
$1-$10 dollars. We’ve tried placing starters and they just don’t sell. Yes, I know it is counterintuitive to have a
booster pack for sale without a starter… WE AGREE.
We’re considering a
couple options (mostly in my head) but to date we have not been able to come up with something that
sells enough units per week without resorting to a channel exclusive. We’re
grateful for having our mass space and we know we get a small percentage of those
shoppers to Google HeroClix and show up at their FLGS/FLCS. We’re hoping we can solve this one over time
with something creative products (e.g. Extreme HeroClix).
Short Answer: We don’t
have plans at this time.
Undying Red Comet
asks: “If Neca has rights for Godzilla, is there any chance of Godzilla
heroclix?”
JAZ: So, we have the
rights to Godzilla (and only Godzilla, not Mothra, Rodan, or any other “bad
guy”). It just didn’t make sense to
release only various versions of Godzilla on the platform. Also remember, we wanted to slow down the
product a bit as there was so much coming out every month. However, based on the response we saw, we’re
looking additional rights for Godzilla, but I have nothing to report as of now.******************************************************That's all for Part 2 of our interview with
Justin Ziran. Over the next month, we'll have more from the interview as
we delve more into the game itself, as questions will get answered by
Justin and the design team!
Respond to the interview at this thread: http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?t=554422
Friday Dec 11, 2015
Friday Dec 11, 2015
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!
For episode 328 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed artist Steve Skroce! Adam
and Steve discuss his entry into comics, his early work on Cable/X-Man, working with Tom DeFalco on Amazing Spider-Man, his transition to movie storyboarding, including working on The Matrix, plus his recent hit Image comic "We Stand On Guard" with Brian K. Vaughan.This episode was recorded Monday December 7th 2015.
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Thursday Nov 19, 2015
Thursday Nov 19, 2015
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and Danny discuss the differences between editing and writing, the creation of Darkhawk, editing the Spider-titles, the rise of multi-part crossovers, writing What If? comics and much more!Note: The volume is at times low on Danny's end, but please bear with us, it's a worthwhile and enjoyable interview to listen to.
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Thursday Nov 12, 2015
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Friday Oct 23, 2015
Friday Oct 23, 2015
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For episode 316 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed writer Devin Grayson! Adam and Devin discuss Devin's initial interest in comics, her time working at DC, her runs on Gotham Knights, Nightwing, Titans and much more! This episode was recorded Tuesday October 13th 2015.
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Friday Oct 16, 2015
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For episode 314 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with penciller/inker Mike Perkins to talk about his career in comics thus far, working in the UK as well as at DC and Marvel. There's tangents and discussion aplenty, as we jump around and discuss working at Marvel, DC and Crossgen, the collaboration Perkins had with Steve Epting on Captain America, the recently wrapped Deathlok series, as well the upcoming Carnage book with Gerry Conway!
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Thursday Oct 08, 2015
Thursday Oct 08, 2015
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For episode 312 join Adam Chapman as he sits down yet again with acclaimed writer Fabian Nicieza! Fabian makes his second appearance on the show, after guesting on episode 262 earlier this year. Adam and Fabian discuss his most recent work, including Convergence and Age of Apocalypse, and discuss his upcoming work on Deadpool and Cable with Reilly Brown. We jump around and discuss Thunderbolts, the original Cable and Deadpool series, X-Cutioner's Song, and more!
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Friday Oct 02, 2015
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Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast!For episode 310 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer Howard Mackie to talk about his career in comic books. There's tangents and discussion aplenty, as we jump around and discuss working at Marvel, the development and creation of the Danny Ketch Ghost Rider, writing Spider-Man, Mutant X, and much much more!This episode was recorded Monday September 21st 2015.Download it now!If you want to help support Comic Shenanigans, follow this link!http://www.podbean.com/patron/crowdfund/profile/id/mzvwg-3c
Friday Sep 25, 2015
Friday Sep 25, 2015
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For episode 308 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with writer Cullen Bunn to talk about his career in comic books thus far, as well as what the future holds. There's tangents and
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Friday Sep 11, 2015
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For episode 304 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with former Daredevil writer D.G. Chichester to talk about his career in comic books. There's tangents and
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For episode 302 join Adam Chapman as he sits down with acclaimed comic book writer Ann Nocenti
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For episode 298 join Adam Chapman as he is joined by Dan Gvozden from the Amazing Spider-Talk podcast. Adam and Dan talk Spider-Man, podcasts and much more, with many tangents on the way!
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