Comic Book Historians
217 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 61 ratingsAs featured on LEGO.com, Marvel.com, Slugfest, NPR, Wall Street Journal and the Today Show, host & series producer Alex Grand, author of Understanding Superhero Comic Books (with various co-hosts such as Bill Field, David Armstrong, N. Scott Robinson, Ph.D. and Jim Thompson) and guests engage in a Journalistic Comic Book Historical discussion between professionals, historians and scholars in determining what happened and when in comics, from strips and pulps to the platinum age comic book, through golden, silver, bronze and then toward modern
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Joe Staton: E-Man Comic Artist part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
November 14, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic artist, Joe Staton, from his early fanzine days in the 60s, to starting his professional comic's career with Jim Warren Magazines, Charlton with their bullseye fanzine and the CPL gang, co-creating E-Man with Nick Cuti, Space: 1999, Six Million Dollar Man, inking Sal Buscema on the Avengers and Herbe Trimpe on the Hulk in the mid 1970s, the Marvel black and white magazines and his work on Mike Friedrich's Star Reach in this first of a 2 par...
Kim Munson & the History of Comic Art in Museums Interview by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
October 30, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview author & Comic Art Museum curator Kim Munson, the editor of the Comic Art in Museums anthology and the exhibition catalogs Dual Views: Labor Landmarks of San Francisco and On Reflection: the Art of Margaret Harrison, as well as many contributions to academic books, journals, magazines, and other publications. She is also the co-curator with her cohort, Trina Robbins Society of Illustrators museum in New York, the Women in Comics: Looking Forward ...
Lev Gleason American Daredevil Interview with Brett Dakin by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
October 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Lawyer and writer Brett Dakin, about his new book, a biography of his grand-uncle Lev Gleason of Lev Gleason Comic Publications discussing his formation of the first modern comic book with Charles Max Gaines, starting the Golden Age Daredevil and Crime Comics with Charles Biro and Bob Wood, his political battles with the House of Unamerican Activities Committee, the FBI, Frederick Wertham, Estes Kefauver, and the Comics Code of America. Explore ...
David Anthony Kraft: Comic Writer and Publisher Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
October 01, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview David Anthony Kraft discussing his Defenders run, then dive into his character defining run on She-Hulk in her first series, his Music references like Blue Oyster Cult, his Beatles Marvel Super Specials, his Children Books with Marvel Special Projects under Sol Brodsky, why he left Marvel and DC Comics in 1983, publishing his Comics Interview Magazine from 1983-1995, publishing sci fi books by authors like Don McGregor, his work in animation for ...
David Anthony Kraft: Rock N Roll Journalist and Writer Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
September 15, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview David Anthony Kraft from his humble beginnings in the late 1960s becoming the agent of the Otis Adelbert Kline, Publisher of Fictioneer Science Fiction Books, his early 1970s Marvel work with Roy Thomas, his work at Atlas Comics in 1975 with Chip and Martin Goodman, Giant Size Dracula with Marvel new comer John Byrne, working under Gerry Conway at DC Comics, his editing run on FOOM under Sol Brodsky, his Marvel Defenders run under Stan Lee working with K...
David Anthony Kraft: Rock N Roll Journalist and Comic Writer Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
September 15, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview David Anthony Kraft from his humble beginnings in the late 1960s becoming the agent of the Otis Adelbert Kline, Publisher of Fictioneer Science Fiction Books, his early 1970s Marvel work with Roy Thomas, his work at Atlas Comics in 1975 with Chip and Martin Goodman, Giant Size Dracula with Marvel new comer John Byrne, working under Gerry Conway at DC Comics, his editing run on FOOM under Sol Brodsky, his Marvel Defenders run under Stan Lee workin...
Mort Weisinger's Legacy and Hendre Weisinger with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
September 01, 2020 10:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Hendre Weisinger, son of former DC editor Mort Weisinger, discussing his legacy and career as science fiction author and agent, former editor of Thrilling Wonder Stories for Standard Magazines, DC Comics editor from 1941-1970, with a variety of concepts that came about under his editorship: Supergirl, Krypto, Phantom Zone, Kandor, Legion of Superheroes and having more than 1 kryptonite, the Yellow vs Red sun, Imaginary Stories, Superman Annuals...
Carl Potts: Editor, Artist & Professor Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
August 14, 2020 10:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview former Marvel Executive Editor and Epic Imprint Editor in Chief, Writer, Artist & Professor Carl Potts in part 2 of a 2 parter, where we discuss his later work at Marvel including building up the Punisher from a side character into his own character, with the Punisher Mini Series with Mike Zeck, creating the Punisher War Journal with Jim Lee, working with Mark Gruenwald, editing under Jim Shooter and Tom DeFalco, why he left Marvel, his work on h...
Carl Potts: Editor, Artist & Professor Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
August 03, 2020 10:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview former Marvel Executive Editor and Epic Imprint Editor in Chief, Writer, Artist & Professor Carl Potts in part 1 of a 2 parter, where we discuss his early days at San Diego Comic Con 1973, breaking into DC Comics with fellow fanzine artist, Jim Starlin, assisting and learning comic book production with Neal Adams & Dick Giordano at Continuity Studios, his Advertising work, and starting as an Editor at Marvel comics working with artists like John ...
Erik Larsen: Comic Book Maker Part 3 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
July 15, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Erik Larsen in this third of a three parter, discussing his development of Savage Dragon, the Savage Dragon cartoon series for the USA network, Marvel in-jokes present in the series, working with Steve Gerber on pulling Howard the Duck out of the Marvel Universe, the corporate structure of Image Comics and the organizing styles of Larry Marder, then publisher Jim Valentino and then Erik himself as Image publisher, working with Alan Moore, the par...
Erik Larsen: Comic Book Maker Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
July 01, 2020 10:00 - 46 minutes - 32.4 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Erik Larsen, in the second of a three parter, discussing his run on Spider-Man, working with various writers like David Michelinie, trying his hand at a Nova comic book series, starting Image Comics with its cofounders, publishing material from his Highbrow Entertainment, creating the Savage Dragon comic book series, working with writers like Keith Giffen and artists like Dave Johnson, along with commentary on Marvel and the industry in general....
Erik Larsen: Comic Book Maker Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
June 15, 2020 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Erik Larsen, in the first of a three parter, from his childhood reading his dad's Golden Age comics like Captain Marvel, creating the Savage Dragon as a kid, his early Fanzine Graphic Fantasy, his run in the Independent Comics like AC Comics for Sentinels of Justice and Eclipse for DNAgents, then breaking into DC Comics working on various titles like Doom Patrol and then his early work at Marvel Comics like Punisher & Excalibur before Spider-Man....
Steve Geppi: The Godfather of Comics Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
June 01, 2020 07:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson chat with Steve Geppi head of Diamond Comics Distribution about the second half of the interview via livestream. We continue from his role as distributor, to various decisions positioning him as the president of the main comics distribution company in North America and the United Kingdom, with various expansions into games and publishing. Steve also goes through in detail how he’ll help the modern comic book industry from the economic collapse of COVID19...
Steve Geppi: The Godfather of Comics Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
May 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson sit down with Steve Geppi, head of Diamond Comics Distributors, formed 1982 discussing various phases of his comics career via livestream. We start from his humble beginnings as a comics dealer, comics retailer, sub distributer, distributor, to various decisions positioning him as the president of the main comics distribution company in North America and the United Kingdom, with various expansions into games and publishing. Steve also goes through in det...
CBH Podcast 64: Bill Sienkiewicz & Howard Chaykin's Vulgar Shenanigans with Michael Dooley
May 01, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 96.3 MBA companion podcast to the previous episode highlighting Professor of Comics, Michael Dooley. Welcome to Michael Dooley's Design History of Comics and Animation class at ArtCenter College of Design, in the Ahmanson Auditorium on the Hillside Campus in Pasadena, CA at 7pm on Monday, February 25th, 2019. Michael presents two very special and esteemed guests from the professional comics world, illustrator Bill Sienkiewicz and writer-artist Howard Chaykin. Images used in artwork ©Their Respect...
Bill Sienkiewicz & Howard Chaykin's Vulgar Shenanigans with Michael Dooley
May 01, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 96.7 MBA companion podcast to the previous episode highlighting Professor of Comics, Michael Dooley. Welcome to Michael Dooley's Design History of Comics and Animation class at ArtCenter College of Design, in the Ahmanson Auditorium on the Hillside Campus in Pasadena, CA at 7pm on Monday, February 25th, 2019. Michael presents two very special and esteemed guests from the professional comics world, illustrator Bill Sienkiewicz and writer-artist Howard Chaykin. Images used in artwork ©Their Respect...
Bill Sienkiewicz & Howard Chaykin's Vulgar Shenanigans
May 01, 2020 11:00 - 2 hours - 96.7 MBEsteemed guests from the professional comics world, illustrator Bill Sienkiewicz and writer-artist Howard Chaykin present their work at Design History of Comics and Animation class at ArtCenter College of Design, in the Ahmanson Auditorium on the Hillside Campus in Pasadena, CA at 7pm on Monday, February 25th, 2019. Images used in artwork ©Their Respective Copyright holders, CBH Podcast ©Comic Book Historians. Thumbnail Artwork ©Michael Dooley Support the Show.
CBH Podcast 63: Michael Dooley, Professor of Comics
April 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview Michael Dooley, Professor of Comics and Animation History at Pasadena’s ArtCenter College of Design and Print Magazine Contributing Editor for the past 20 years. Born in 1948, he discusses his youth as a New Yorker, reading Mad Comics and following the careers of Harvey Kurtzman and his disciples, Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman. He earned his Design Degree at Pratt, entered his feld of graphic design, and launched a career teaching Comic Art history as...
Michael Dooley, Adjunct Professor of Comics with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
April 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Michael Dooley, Adjunct Professor of Comics and Animation History at Pasadena’s ArtCenter College of Design and Print Magazine Contributing Editor for the past 20 years. Born in 1948, he discusses his youth as a New Yorker, reading Mad Comics and following the careers of Harvey Kurtzman and his disciples, Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman. He earned his Design Degree at Pratt, entered his feld of graphic design, and launched a career teaching Comi...
Michael Dooley, Professor of Comics with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
April 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Michael Dooley, Professor of Comics and Animation History at Pasadena’s ArtCenter College of Design and Print Magazine Contributing Editor for the past 20 years. Born in 1948, he discusses his youth as a New Yorker, reading Mad Comics and following the careers of Harvey Kurtzman and his disciples, Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman. He earned his Design Degree at Pratt, entered his feld of graphic design, and launched a career teaching Comic Art hi...
Tom DeFalco: Consummate Professional Part 3 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
April 01, 2020 14:00 - 47 minutes - 33.1 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview former Marvel Editor in Chief, Tom DeFalco in a third of a three parter, where we discuss his reign as Marvel as Editor-in-Chief, his run on the Fantastic Four with artist Paul Ryan, the original vision for the Spider-Man Clone Saga, the Marvel bankruptcy of the mid 1990s, the Clone Saga ending that led to his co-creation of the Amazing Spider-Girl, working with Pat Oliffe, the creation of the MC2 timeline, and his post Marvel work, and returning...
CBH Podcast 62: Tom DeFalco, Consummate Professional Part 3
April 01, 2020 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview former Marvel Editor in Chief, Tom DeFalco in a third of a three parter, where we discuss his reign as Marvel as Editor-in-Chief, his run on the Fantastic Four with artist Paul Ryan, the original vision for the Spider-Man Clone Saga, the Marvel bankruptcy of the mid 1990s, the Clone Saga ending that led to his co-creation of the Amazing Spider-Girl, working with Pat Oliffe, the creation of the MC2 timeline, and his post Marvel work, and returning the Arc...
Tom DeFalco: Consummate Professional Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
March 16, 2020 01:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview former Marvel Editor in Chief, Tom DeFalco in the second of a three parter, where we discuss his creative contributions to GI Joe, Transformers, Marvel Two In One Thing with Sandman, Peter-Porker/Spider-Ham, Machine Man with Herb Trimpe and Barry Windsor-Smith, writing Amazing Spider-Man with artist Ron Frenz, the Mighty Thor, working under Jim Shooter as Marvel as Editor-in-Chief, his replacement by Tom DeFalco, and the sale of Marvel to Revlon ...
CBH Podcast 61: Tom DeFalco, Consummate Professional Part 2
March 16, 2020 01:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview former Marvel Editor in Chief, Tom DeFalco in the second of a three parter, where we discuss his creative contributions to GI Joe, Transformers, Marvel Two In One Thing with Sandman, Peter-Porker/Spider-Ham, Machine Man with Herb Trimpe and Barry Windsor-Smith, writing Amazing Spider-Man with artist Ron Frenz, the Mighty Thor, working under Jim Shooter as Marvel as Editor-in-Chief, his replacement by Tom DeFalco, and the sale of Marvel to Revlon by New W...
Tom DeFalco: Consummate Professional Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
March 01, 2020 06:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview former Marvel Editor in Chief, Tom DeFalco from his early days reading comics, his comic strip work in college, his meetings with John Goldwater, Louis Silberkleit working at Archie Comics, creating the Archie Digests in 1973, his work at DC with E. Nelson Bridwell including Jimmy Olsen, Superman Family, Starfire, his initial meetings with Denny O'Neil, Marvel Two-In-One at Marvel Comics, Avengers and creating Dazzler with John Romita Jr. Edited ...
CBH Podcast 60: Tom DeFalco, Consummate Professional Part 1
March 01, 2020 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview former Marvel Editor in Chief, Tom DeFalco from his early days reading comics, his comic strip work in college, his meetings with John Goldwater, Louis Silberkleit working at Archie Comics, creating the Archie Digests in 1973, his work at DC with E. Nelson Bridwell including Jimmy Olsen, Superman Family, Starfire, his initial meetings with Denny O'Neil, Marvel Two-In-One at Marvel Comics, Avengers and creating Dazzler with John Romita Jr. Images used in ...
CBH Podcast 59: Bob Camp & George Lowe, Maestros of Animation
February 14, 2020 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBAlex Grand moderates an Animation Panel at Dallas Fantasy Fair 2018 interviewing two titans of cartoons, Bob Camp and George Lowe with an overview of their careers. Bob Camp talks about starting at Marvel Comics working with John Buscema and Larry Hama, moving onto animation, working on cartoons like Thundercats, Real Ghostbusters, Tiny Toon Adventures and Ren and Stimpy. George Lowe discusses his work as a DJ then as a voice over actor including his work as the main voice in Space Ghost C...
Bob Camp & George Lowe: Maestros of Animation with Alex Grand
February 14, 2020 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBAlex Grand moderates an Animation Panel at Dallas Fantasy Fair 2018 interviewing two titans of cartoons, Bob Camp and George Lowe with an overview of their careers. Bob Camp talks about starting at Marvel Comics working with John Buscema and Larry Hama, moving onto animation, working on cartoons like Thundercats, Real Ghostbusters, Tiny Toon Adventures and Ren and Stimpy. George Lowe discusses his work as a DJ then as a voice over actor including his work as the main voice in Space Ghost C...
Frank Thorne: Wizard of the Comic Arts Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
February 02, 2020 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Frank Thorne, born in 1930, he discusses his past and current works, with a career that spans from the late 1940s, utilizing and expanding on inspirations like Alex Raymond, Hal Foster, and Neil O'Keefe, a late 1940s graduate of the Art Career School in Manhattan, working at Dell, Gold Key and DC Comics with an explosion of fan activity in the 1970s and 80s with his comic work centered around strong beautiful female characters like Red Sonya. Thi...
CBH Podcast 58: Frank Thorne, Wizard of the Comic Arts Part 2
February 02, 2020 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview Frank Thorne, born in 1930, he discusses his past and current works, with a career that spans from the late 1940s, utilizing and expanding on inspirations like Alex Raymond, Hal Foster, and Neil O'Keefe, a late 1940s graduate of the Art Career School in Manhattan, working at Dell, Gold Key and DC Comics with an explosion of fan activity in the 1970s and 80s with his comic work centered around strong beautiful female characters like Red Sonya. This episod...
Frank Thorne: Wizard of the Comic Arts Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
January 15, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Frank Thorne, born in 1930, he discusses his past and current works, with a career that spans from the late 1940s, utilizing and expanding on inspirations like Alex raymond, Hal Foster, and Neil O'Keefe, a late 1940s graduate of the Art Career School in Manhattan, working at Dell, Gold Key and DC Comics with an explosion of fan activity in the 1970s and 80s with his comic work centered around strong beautiful female characters like Red Sonya. Ed...
CBH Podcast 57: Frank Thorne, Wizard of the Comic Arts Part 1
January 15, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview Frank Thorne, born in 1930, he discusses his past and current works, with a career that spans from the late 1940s, utilizing and expanding on inspirations like Alex raymond, Hal Foster, and Neil O'Keefe, a late 1940s graduate of the Art Career School in Manhattan, working at Dell, Gold Key and DC Comics with an explosion of fan activity in the 1970s and 80s with his comic work centered around strong beautiful female characters like Red Sonya. Images used...
Jonny Harvey on The Legacy of Harvey Comics with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
January 01, 2020 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson discuss the history of Harvey Comics with the grandson of Leon Harvey, Jonny Harvey, documentary filmmaker. From its humble beginnings in 1939, Al Harvey started Harvey comics from a business deal with Irving Manheimer and Worth Carnahan. His two brother’s, Robert and Leon Harvey joined and this family found success licensing characters for comics like the Green Hornet, Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon and Paramount Picture's Casper the Friendly Ghost. Harvey d...
CBH Podcast 56: The Legacy of Harvey Comics with Jonny Harvey
January 01, 2020 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson discuss the history of Harvey Comics with the grandson of Leon Harvey, Jonny Harvey, documentary filmmaker. From its humble beginnings in 1939, Al Harvey started Harvey comics from a business deal with Irving Manheimer and Worth Carnahan. His two brother’s, Robert and Leon Harvey joined and this family found success licensing characters for comics like the Green Hornet, Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon and Paramount Picture's Casper the Friendly Ghost. Harvey developed...
The Legacy of Harvey Comics and Jonny Harvey with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
January 01, 2020 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson discuss the history of Harvey Comics with the grandson of Leon Harvey, Jonny Harvey, documentary filmmaker. From its humble beginnings in 1939, Al Harvey started Harvey comics from a business deal with Irving Manheimer and Worth Carnahan. His two brother’s, Robert and Leon Harvey joined and this family found success licensing characters for comics like the Green Hornet, Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon and Paramount Picture's Casper the Friendly Ghost. Harvey developed...
CBH Podcast 55: Paul Levitz: DC Comics Fan, Writer, Editor, Publisher & President Part 2
December 16, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview Paul Levitz, former President and Publisher of DC Comics, In this second of a 2-parter, we discuss his writing and editing Batman in 1978, working with Julius Schwartz, the changes in the 1980s that he and Jenette Kahn brought to DC Comics, Jim Shooter's effect on both companies, the payment of royalties to artists and creators, publishing Will Eisner's work, the effect of the DC Movies on DC Comic's corporate identity, growth of the Direct Market, hirin...
Paul Levitz: Publisher & President Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
December 16, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Paul Levitz, former President and Publisher of DC Comics, In this second of a 2-parter, we discuss his writing and editing Batman in 1978, working with Julius Schwartz, the changes in the 1980s that he and Jenette Kahn brought to DC Comics, Jim Shooter's effect on both companies, the payment of royalties to artists and creators, publishing Will Eisner's work, the effect of the DC Movies on DC Comic's corporate identity, growth of the Direct Marke...
CBH Podcast 54: Paul Levitz: DC Comics Fan, Writer, Editor, Publisher & President Part 1
December 02, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview Paul Levitz (currently writing his Visitor run for Valiant). Paul is former President and Publisher of DC Comics, who started in the Fanzines in 1971, assistant to Joe Orlando, working under Carmine Infantino then Jenette Kahn as Publisher, and Freelance writer, to full time Editor and writer in 1976, working on All Star Comics with Wally Wood, Stalker with Steve Ditko, and promotion to upper management, Vice President in the 1980s with a lengthy run on...
Paul Levitz: Comics Fan, Writer & Editor Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
December 02, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Paul Levitz (currently writing his Visitor run for Valiant). Paul is former President and Publisher of DC Comics, who started in the Fanzines in 1971, assistant to Joe Orlando, working under Carmine Infantino then Jenette Kahn as Publisher, and Freelance writer, to full time Editor and writer in 1976, working on All Star Comics with Wally Wood, Stalker with Steve Ditko, and promotion to upper management, Vice President in the 1980s with a length...
Attorneys vs Historians 2: Howard the Duck Cease and Desist with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
November 15, 2019 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBA very special podcast, Alex Grand and lawyer/panel originator Jim Thompson, team up with attorney Daniel Barer, and entertainment law professor Marc Greenberg at San Diego Comic Con 2019 Comics Art Conference to discuss how Cease and Desist changes the narrative of stories in the comics world using examples from the late 1970s to early 1980s, Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck, Destroyer Duck and Dave Sim's Cerberus. How is Jim Shooter involved in all three cases? how does this relate to Spider...
CBH Podcast 53: CAC San Diego Comic Con Panel 2019 Howard the Duck Cease and Desist.
November 15, 2019 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBA very special podcast, Alex Grand and lawyer/panel originator Jim Thompson, team up with attorney Daniel Barer, and entertainment law professor Marc Greenberg at San Diego Comic Con 2019 Comics Art Conference to discuss how Cease and Desist changes the narrative of stories in the comics world using examples from the late 1970s to early 1980s, Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck, Destroyer Duck and Dave Sim's Cerberus. How is Jim Shooter involved in all three cases? how does this relate to Spider...
Film Critic, Lauren Veneziani and the Comic Age of Movies with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
November 01, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Lauren Veneziani, also known by her social media handle, dcfilmgirl, knowledgable Film Critic based in Washington DC seen every Saturday on NBC Baltimore. We discuss the Comic Age of Movies dissecting the Richard Donner, Bryan Singer and Zack Snyder's Superman films, Tim Burton's and Chris Nolan's Batman, Blade, X-Men, Raimi's, Webb's and MCU's Spider-Man, Superhero deconstruction films like Special, Super, Kick-Ass, Deadpool, the Robert Downey ...
CBH Podcast 52: Film Critic, Lauren Veneziani aka DC Film Girl and the Comic Age of Movies
November 01, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview Lauren Veneziani, also known by her social media handle, dcfilmgirl, knowledgable Film Critic based in Washington DC seen every Saturday on NBC Baltimore. We discuss the Comic Age of Movies dissecting the Richard Donner, Bryan Singer and Zack Snyder's Superman films, Tim Burton's and Chris Nolan's Batman, Blade, X-Men, Raimi's, Webb's and MCU's Spider-Man, Superhero deconstruction films like Special, Super, Kick-Ass, Deadpool, the Robert Downey Jr MCU, ...
CBH Podcast 51: Mark Chiarello, Art Director Behind the Curtain Part 2
October 15, 2019 17:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview Mark Chiarello, former painter, art director and editor in the comics business. As a painter, he has worked on such projects as the Batman story Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop and Clive Barker's Hellraiser. As an editor for DC Comics, he co-created the Batman: Black & White mini-series (for which he received Eisner Awards in 1997 and again in 2003) and fan favorite series like Solo and Wednesday Comics. In this episode we discuss the second half ...
Mark Chiarello: Art Director Behind the Curtain Part 2
October 15, 2019 17:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview Mark Chiarello, former painter, art director and editor in the comics business. As a painter, he has worked on such projects as the Batman story Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop and Clive Barker's Hellraiser. As an editor for DC Comics, he co-created the Batman: Black & White mini-series (for which he received Eisner Awards in 1997 and again in 2003) and fan favorite series like Solo and Wednesday Comics. In this episode we discuss the second half ...
Mark Chiarello: Art Director Behind the Curtain Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
October 15, 2019 17:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Mark Chiarello, former painter, art director and editor in the comics business. As a painter, he has worked on such projects as the Batman story Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop and Clive Barker's Hellraiser. As an editor for DC Comics, he co-created the Batman: Black & White mini-series (for which he received Eisner Awards in 1997 and again in 2003) and fan favorite series like Solo and Wednesday Comics. In this episode we discuss the seco...
CBH Podcast 50: Mark Chiarello, Art Director Behind the Curtain Part 1
October 01, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBAlex Grand and Jim Thompson interview Mark Chiarello, illustrator, former art director and editor in the comics business. As a painter, he has worked on such projects as the Batman story Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop and Clive Barker's Hellraiser. As an editor for DC Comics, he co-created the Batman: Black & White mini-series (for which he received Eisner Awards in 1997 and again in 2003) and fan favorite series like Solo and Wednesday Comics. In this episode we discuss the first ha...
Mark Chiarello: Art Director Behind the Curtain Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
October 01, 2019 12:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBAlex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Mark Chiarello, illustrator, former art director and editor in the comics business. As a painter, he has worked on such projects as the Batman story Batman/Houdini: The Devil's Workshop and Clive Barker's Hellraiser. As an editor for DC Comics, he co-created the Batman: Black & White mini-series (for which he received Eisner Awards in 1997 and again in 2003) and fan favorite series like Solo and Wednesday Comics. In this episode we discuss the...
All Star 3: Anthony Tollin, Whilce Portacio, Jimmie Robinson, Benton Jew, & Jim Cheung with Alex Grand.
September 16, 2019 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBAlex Grand goes to San Diego Comic Con 2019 and interviews Anthony Tollin, Whilce Portacio, Jimmie Robinson, Benton Jew, and Jim Cheung for an All Star CBH Podcast special. Anthony Tollin was a prolific comic colorist influenced by comics from the Golden and Silver Age, who started working at DC Comics in the early 1970s discussing his influences and co-workers like Sol Harrison, Irv Novick, Jack Adler, Jim Aparo, Bob Oksner, Walter Gibson, Lee Falk, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, George Perez and...
All Star 3: Anthony Tollin, Whilce Portacio, Jimmie Robinson, Benton Jew, & Jim Cheung with Alex Grand.
September 16, 2019 14:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBAlex Grand goes to San Diego Comic Con 2019 and interviews Anthony Tollin, Whilce Portacio, Jimmie Robinson, Benton Jew, and Jim Cheung for an All Star CBH Podcast special. Anthony Tollin was a prolific comic colorist influenced by comics from the Golden and Silver Age, who started working at DC Comics in the early 1970s discussing his influences and co-workers like Sol Harrison, Irv Novick, Jack Adler, Jim Aparo, Bob Oksner, Walter Gibson, Lee Falk, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, George Perez and...