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Alex Segura, Comics Writer and Crime Novelist of Secret Identity

Comic Book Historians - March 15, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand sits down with crime and science fiction writer, Alex Segura who discusses his new book, Secret Identity, a noir mystery thriller based in the 1975 New York Comic Book Industry as well as his personal history in comics starting as a reader as a Cuban American child in Miami of the 198...

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Scott Shaw! Interview, the king of cartoons part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - March 01, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview animation wizard and cartoonist, Scott Shaw! talking about his involvement in Underground Comics in the late 60s, early 70s, co-creating the San Diego Comic Con, Hanna Barbera Comics, creating and producing Saturday Morning Cartoons like the Flintsto...

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Scott Shaw! Interview, the king of cartoons part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - February 01, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview animation wizard and cartoonist, Scott Shaw! talking about his involvement in Underground Comics in the late 60s, early 70s, co-creating the San Diego Comic Con, Hanna Barbera Comics, creating and producing Saturday Morning Cartoons like the Flintsto...

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Mary Fleener, Queen of Comic Cubism with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - January 03, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic cubist queen Mary Fleener from her early days as a teenager reading Zap Comix, her first comics in college, joining Weirdo Magazine under editors Peter Bagge, Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb, creating for Slutburger, Drawn and Quarterly, ...

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Chuck Dixon: Crime Comics Writer with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - December 01, 2021 12:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and Jim Thompson interview comic writer and 90s Batman thinktank, Chuck Dixon discussing his comic origins in the 80s independent circuit with Evangeline and Airboy, working for Archie Goodwin & Carl Potts on Epic & Marvel Comics, working with Denny O'Neill on Gotham City & the Batman...

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Steve Ditko presented by Mark Ditko, Carl Potts, and more! by Alex Grand at DITKO-CON 2021

Comic Book Historians - November 01, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
CBH's Alex Grand travels to Johnstown, PA for the 2021 Ditko Comic Convention hosted by the Bottleworks Ethnic Art Center and the Ditko Family.  Steve Ditko, his Bottleworks art exhibit and the Ditko convention is discussed here with Ditkoverse coordinator and nephew, Mark Ditko as well as comic...

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Bill Stout: Illustrator and Creative Architect part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - October 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic artist, fantasy illustrator and creative architect Bill Stout, discussing Conan the Barbarian and the Destroyer, Masters of the Universe, his work with Roger Corman,  his Dinosaur art career with museums, murals and education books, and his jou...

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Bill Stout: Illustrator and Creative Architect part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - September 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic artist, fantasy illustrator and creative architect Bill Stout, discussing his early work in the comic fanzines,  bootleg album covers,  record label designer,  his apprenticeship to Russ Manning on Tarzan and also to Harvey Kurtzman/Will Elder ...

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Who is Steve Ditko? with Mark Ditko & Alex Grand

Comic Book Historians - August 02, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
A sit down chat between Alex Grand & Steve Ditko's nephew, Mark on various key aspects of the Spider-Man co-creators life, characters and motivations in this career spanning interview.   Edited & Produced by Alex Grand.  Interview ©2021 Comic Book Historians  Images used in artwork ©Their Respe...

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Who is Steve Ditko? with Mark Ditko by Alex Grand

Comic Book Historians - August 02, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
A sit down chat between Alex Grand & Steve Ditko's nephew, Mark on various key aspects of the Spider-Man co-creators life, characters and motivations in this career spanning interview.   Edited & Produced by Alex Grand.  Interview ©2021 Comic Book Historians  Images used in artwork ©Their Respe...

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Peter Sanderson: Comics' Archivist part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - July 01, 2021 11:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic archivist, author, critic and historian, Peter Sanderson who discusses the end of his Marvel tenure, Mark Gruenwald's death, the circumstances of the layoffs during the 1995 bankruptcy era, working with Bill Jemas, working for IGN for Comics in...

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Peter Sanderson: Comics' Archivist part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - June 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic archivist, author, critic and historian, Peter Sanderson who was a regular contributer to Julius Schwartz' Flash Grams in the 1960s, to Omniverse with Mark Gruenwald, DC Universe's Who's Who making Crisis on Infinite Earth's possible with Marv ...

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Don McGregor: Road to Black Panther part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - May 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic writer Don McGregor, in a second parter on his road to Black Panther, discussing how he moved from Warren Magazines to Marvel in the early 1970s, his first writing job with Gardner Fox, Amazing Adventures with Killraven with P. Craig Russell, h...

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Don McGregor Career Interview part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - May 01, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic writer Don McGregor, in a second parter on his road to Black Panther, discussing how he moved from Warren Magazines to Marvel in the early 1970s, his first writing job with Gardner Fox, Amazing Adventures with Killraven with P. Craig Russell, h...

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Don McGregor Career Interview part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - April 01, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic writer Don McGregor, in the first of a multi-parter on his road to Black Panther, discussing his childhood, jobs out of high school, his first experience with social justice at a Hopalong Cassidy fan meeting, Phil Seuling Comic Convention, intr...

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Don McGregor: Road to Black Panther part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - April 01, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic writer Don McGregor, in the first of a multi-parter on his road to Black Panther, discussing his childhood, jobs out of high school, his first experience with social justice at a Hopalong Cassidy fan meeting, Phil Seuling Comic Convention, intr...

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Ken Quattro Interview: Invisible Men by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - March 01, 2021 12:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
“Comics Detective” Ken Quattro talks in detail with Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson about his terrific new book, “Invisible Men:The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books.”  The lives of pre-Golden Age figures are examined such as Adolph Barreaux who contributed to the first DC and Harvey...

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Ron Frenz: Marvelous Comic Artist part 3 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - February 01, 2021 12:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic artist, Ron Frenz in the third of a 3 parter discussing his run on the Mighty Thor with Tom DeFalco co-creating characters like Mongoose, Quicksand, Earthforce, Code Blue, the Celtic Gods, Stellaris, the New Warriors, starting up and ending Thu...

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Ron Frenz: Marvelous Comic Artist part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - January 11, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic artist, Ron Frenz in the second of a 3 parter discussing his run on Spider-Man with Roger Stern and Tom DeFalco, working under editor Danny Fingeroth and then Jim Owsley, co-creating characters like Black Fox and Puma, the circumstances of leav...

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Ron Frenz: Marvelous Comic Artist part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - December 21, 2020 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic artist, Ron Frenz in a first of a 3 parter discussing his childhood in Pittsburgh,his favorite comics as a kid,  meeting Marie Severin at a local convention, reading How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way by John Buscema, giving art samples to Jim S...

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Joe Staton: Detective Comic Artist part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - December 01, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic artist, Joe Staton in a second of a 2 parter discussing his DC Career with All Star Comics, The Justice Society of America, Earth 2 Superheroes, Green Lantern, Omega Men, collaborations with Paul Levitz & Marv Wolfman, conflict with Sol Harriso...

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Joe Staton Career Interview: Detective Comic Artist part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - December 01, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic artist, Joe Staton in a second of a 2 parter discussing his DC Career with All Star Comics, The Justice Society of America, Earth 2 Superheroes, Green Lantern, Omega Men, collaborations with Paul Levitz & Marv Wolfman, conflict with Sol Harriso...

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Joe Staton Career Interview: E-Man Comic Artist part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - November 14, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex 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...

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Joe Staton: E-Man Comic Artist part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - November 14, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex 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...

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Kim Munson & the History of Comic Art in Museums Interview by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - October 30, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex 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 ...

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Lev Gleason American Daredevil Interview with Brett Dakin by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - October 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex 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 Cri...

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David Anthony Kraft: Comic Writer and Publisher Part 2 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - October 01, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex 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 Project...

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David Anthony Kraft: Rock N Roll Journalist and Comic Writer Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - September 15, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex 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...

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David Anthony Kraft: Rock N Roll Journalist and Writer Part 1 with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - September 15, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex 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 ...

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Mort Weisinger's Legacy and Hendre Weisinger with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson

Comic Book Historians - September 01, 2020 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 61 ratings
Alex 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 conc...

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