Today's Guests: Roy Thomas and Danny Fingeroth, former Marvel Comics editors, co-authors, The Stan Lee Universe. Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of former Marvel Comics editors lounging around in their Spidey Underoos… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! Every Marvel Comics fan knows the names... Continue Reading →
Showbiz jobs are waiting for readers of Hire Me, Hollywood! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience with no recognizable job skills whatsoever… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! If I were you, and you were interested in getting a job in the entertainment industry, I’d listen to today’s interview with writers Mark Scherzer and... Continue Reading →
Buddy Scalera’s inside scoop on Creating Comics! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Buddy Scalera, author, Creating Comics from Start to Finish Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of comic book creators who watch Smallville backwards in hopes of hearing secret messages from Tom Welling… in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 3 The... Continue Reading →
Comics artist Barbara Slate says you, too, can create graphic novels! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of teenagers whose only apparent talent is spray painting the fence when my back is turned… right here in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! No greater authority than Marvel Comics’ own Stan Lee asks that you not read... Continue Reading →
Artist Drew Friedman asks ‘Too Soon?’ PODCAST INTERVIEW
Turn to any page in Drew Friedman’s new book, Too Soon?, and it’s hard not to either smile or laugh out loud. Friedman, who has enjoyed a long and successful career as a caricaturist of the powerful, the successful and the way overblown ego, demonstrates in this new collection how much his work has evolved... Continue Reading →
394 Free time? Tony Isabella’s 1000 Comic Books You Must Read! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Tony Isabella, comic book writer, creator, "Black Lightning," author, 1,000 Comic Books You Must Read I remember the day I met Tony Isabella back in the mid-1970s. I was in the back of my friend Bob Pinaha’s brown Ford Pinto—the car in which I later learned to drive—and we drove to Newark International... Continue Reading →
DC artist Freddie Williams’ how-to Digitally Drawing Comics! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Freddie E. Williams II, comic book artist, The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics I am old enough to remember what a sensation Stan Lee and John Buscema caused back in 1978 when the book, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, was published. That book promised to pull back the curtain... Continue Reading →
C’mon, Josh Keaton! You’re Spidey AND Hercules? PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Actor Josh Keaton, the cartoon voice of the "Spectacular Spider-Man" and Hercules I’ve been a fan of cartoons and superheroes for as long as I can remember—all the way back to the original "Space Ghost" cartoon in the ‘60s. Anybody else remember "Frankenstein, Jr." and "The Herculoids"? Anyway, Josh Keaton is... Continue Reading →
Humbug! Mad cartoonists Al Jaffee and Arnold Roth talk shop! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guests: Legendary MAD Magazine and Humbug! cartoonists Al Jaffee and Arnold Roth. My mother bought me my first MAD magazine off the newsstand at a Stop & Shop supermarket in 1969. The cover featured a Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid parody that I believe was drawn by Jack Davis. I read... Continue Reading →
Enter the Strange World of Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Blake Bell, author, Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko Steve Ditko is a mystery. And in view of the cosmic and ethereal manner of his comic book art style, from Spider-Man and Dr. Strange to the lesser-known Mr. A, that may be appropriate. Blake Bell, whose interest as a fan... Continue Reading →