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S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Jay Faerber (Part 3; Finale)

Wrapping up our discussion comic book and television writer Jay Faerber, we discuss a number of his tv projects, especially the ones featuring superheroes, including animated Marvel work, the…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Jay Faerber (Part 2)

We continue to talk with comic book and television writer Jay Faerber, moving on to his creator-owned work at Image (especially Noble Causes), and then move on to his television writing, learning how…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Jay Faerber (Part 1)

Beginning my interview with comic book and television writer Jay Faerber, in this first section we discuss his pre-professional life, then his early works for Marvel and DC, including a stint on The…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Dana Simpson (Part 3; Finale)

In this final part of my conversation with Dana Simpson, we get the most personal, as we talk about a planned project of Dana to chronicle her gender transition, then we discuss different ways that…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Dana Simpson (Part 2)

Continuing our conversation with Dana Simpson, this second part (of three) focuses primarily on “Phoebe & Her Unicorn,” and how it’s changed over the years. Then we touch on a couple of other…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Dana Simpson (Part 1)

We start a new conversation this week, this time talking to Dana Simpson, creator of “Ozy and Millie” (now Ozy and Milo), and the NYT Bestselling “Phoebe & Her Unicorn.” This first part starts…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Judd Winick (Part 3; Finale)

We wrap up my interview with Judd Winick by starting on his decision to bring back Jason Todd (the 2nd Robin) from the dead as The Red Hood, then move on to his work during the New 52 at DC, the…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews (Judd Winick; Part 2)

In this 2nd of three parts of my interview with Judd Winick, we talk about his time on The Real World, the doors that opened and how he grew as a storyteller from writing about his experiences,…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews (Judd Winick; Part 1)

Starting at the very beginning of Judd Winick’s life, part one of this interview continues through to his college days, the value of an art education, and his early comic strip, “Nuts & Bolts.”

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Darick Robertson (Part 3; Finale)

In this final part of my interview with Darick Robertson, we start by discussing his work with Garth Ennis and a couple of other writers for a second stint at Marvel, then move on to Happy and The…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Darick Robertson (Part 2)

In part two of this three-part interview, we mostly focus on The New Warriors run that was Darick’s first regular gig at Marvel, and then move into more of his creator-owned work, as well as…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Darick Robertson (Part 1)

In this first part of my interview with legendary artist Darick Robertson, we cover his early love of comics and drawing, how he got his first creator-owned comic book, Space Beaver, published, and…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: J.M. DeMatteis (Pt 2; Finale)

The last of the rerun episodes, as I wrap up my interview with J.M. DeMatteis. We talk Moonshadow, the Bwah-Ha-Ha era of JLI, his animation work, and other parts of his career.

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: J.M. DeMatteis (Pt 1)

A repeat of part 1 of my interview with legendary author J.M. DeMatteis, starting at the beginning and going through to the genre-defining “Kraven’s Last Hunt."

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Evan Skolnick (Pt 4; Finale)

We wrap up the very first interview done at Welcome to Geektown, covering Evan’s work on Ultimate Alliance 2, his time as a professor, as well as listener questions.

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Evan Skolnick (Pt. 3)

In Part 3 of the Evan Skolnick interview, we start on his time at Acclaim during the comic book bust, then move on to his video game career.

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Evan Skolnick (Pt 2)

Continuing the re-run of older interviews in anticipation of the new interview format of the show, here’s part two of my talk with Evan Skolnick, focusing on his time with Marvel, and especially as…

S3 Welcome to Geektown Interviews: Evan Skolnick (Pt 1)

S1E196 Episode 196: Why-Men (Lesser-Known X-Men; Lady Mastermind & Omega Sentinel)

After an illness-driven break, I return with a new installment in the “Lesser-Known X-Men” series. Rogue (herself a former villain) recruited two villainous ladies (plus Sabretooth) to her team in…

S1E195 Episode 195: Why-Men (Lesser-Known X-Men; Husk and Warpath)

Returning again to the “Lesser Known X-Men” feature (or “Why-Men” as I’m affectionately referring to it), we hit the mid-2000s with a pair of siblings, not to each other, but each one to a previously…