Artist Mark Wheatley and writer Robert Tinnell are two good reasons that comic book readers are following the crowds to online media iterations of the 20th century comic panels. Together they produced last year’s Harvey-nominated webcomic EZ Street. Separately, you’ll recognized Wheatley’s work from Hammer of the Gods, Black Hood, Frankenstein Mobster and Mars.... Continue Reading →
Legendary cartoonist Joe Kubert’s life rocks biography! PODCAST INTERVIEW
(NOTE: I'm sad to update this 2009 interview with the news that author and comics historian Bill Schelly passed away on September 12 2019. He was 67, You can read a little more about Bill in this blog post by Mark Evanier. Rest in piece, Bill. Thanks for gathering so much history for all... Continue Reading →
Mike Gold puts ComicMix.com on digital frontier! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Remember when convenience stores had spinning racks with signs at the top that shouted, “Hey, Kid! Comics!”? Actually, I barely remember that myself, it’s been so long. Finding comic books hasn’t been easy since the late 1970s. And the comic book companies don’t even make the real dough from the so-called 32-page “pamphlets” anymore.... Continue Reading →
Gentleman Gene Colan talks classic comic books! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Anybody who tells you that one comic book looks just like the next doesn’t know what they’re talking about. It doesn’t take much effort to tell Jack Kirby’s blocky drawings from Steve Ditko’s otherworldly stylings, for example, or, in more modern terms, the dark, detailed pencils of Frank Miller from the brighter, livelier sketches... Continue Reading →
Michael Uslan + Batman movie rights = boffo B.O.! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Michael Uslan, executive producer, Batman, Dark Knight movies Kids, if you want to grow up to be a successful executive producer of movies like Michael Uslan ("YOU-slin") did, the key is education – and patience. Lots and lots of patience. Uslan secured the rights to make Batman movies years before Tim Burton,... Continue Reading →
Prism Comics editor talks about LGBT Comics! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Jonathan Riggs is my guest for this hour of Mr. Media. I began the show with some trepidation -- I was late getting back from the bank for one thing and almost missed the show entirely! -- and I know absolutely nothing about the narrow market for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered comics. Hell,... Continue Reading →
The Ten-Cent Plague sponsored by author David Hajdu! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Run for your lives! Hide the women and children! There’s a Ten-Cent Plague loose upon this fine land! My guest today, David Hajdu, is the author of a new book that – at the very least – probably has the best title of the year, The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How... Continue Reading →
Elfquest creator Wendy Pini dabbles in Poe’s Red Death! PODCAST INTERVIEW
You know when you meet someone early in your life how that’s the person they will always be in your mind’s eye? That’s how I’ll always see Wendy Pini. I was a teenager with a comic book fixation, and she was a stunning redhead who dressed up at comic book conventions as Red Sonja,... Continue Reading →
Artist Pete Von Sholly around the edges of Capitol Hell! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Pete Von Sholly’s day job would be enough excitement for most of us. He creates storyboards for big budget Hollywood movies, and if you’ve seen The Shawshank Redemption or Mars Attacks!, for example, the finished product was based on his early drawings. But being a respected, behind-the-scenes craftsman isn’t satisfying Von Sholly’s fertile mind.... Continue Reading →
91 The Adventures of Aaron crack Mr. Media up! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Aaron Warner, cartoonist, "The Adventures of Aaron" Originally published in August 1997. Are you as bored by the comic strips as I am? Finding cool new strips in local newspapers is a frustrating pursuit. Change comes more slowly on this page than any other. And when the creators of "Calvin & Hobbes," "The... Continue Reading →