Today I talk with indie filmmaker Han Allred. Han is making a documentary about his father comic book creator Michael Allred, who is best known for his comic Madman.
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140. David Walker on comics and film
David F. Walker is an award-winning comic book writer, author, filmmaker, journalist, and educator. His work in comic books includes Shaft, Luke Cage, Occupy Avengers, Power Man and Iron Fist, Nighthawk and his most recent work Bitter Root and Naomi.
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139. Marissa Meyer on her love of writing, adventure, and books
Marissa Meyer is the USA Today–and #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Heartless, The Lunar Chronicles, and The Renegades Trilogy.
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138. Director Trish Sie on how movement is a form of storytelling
Trish Sie is an award-winning director and choreographer. She recently directed Pitch Perfect 3 and Step Up: All In, and, is best known for her choreography on many of OK Go’s viral music videos. One of my favorites is where she choreographed the band dancing in zero gravity. Trish is also the creator, composer, and writer of the musical science-based children’s show, The Snark-a-Snoops. Trish and I go way back, so join us on our reunion, as we chat directing, film, and dance. It is an honor to talk with guests like Trish, and I hope to continue to bring these conversations to you. In order to help me do that, please share this podcast with others.
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133. Brian Michael Bendis on Superman, Miles Morales, and diversity in comics
Attention superhero and comic book fans! Today I have a conversation with award-winning comics creator and Amazon and New York Times best seller Brian Michael Bendis.
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132. Matt Fraction on writing comics, hard work, and empathy
If you look up Matt Fraction, you will find a bio that sounds a little like this: Matt Fraction writer of: (writer): SEX CRIMINALS (Image), Jimmy Olsen (DC), CASANOVA (Image), HAWKEYE (Marvel), and NOVEMBER (Image) writes comic books out in the woods and lives with his wife, the writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, his two children, two dogs, a cat, a bearded dragon, and a yard full of coyotes and stags. Surely there is a metaphor there.
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130. Michael Lark on his art process, collaboration with writers, and Lazarus
Michael Lark is a Harvey and Eisner award-winning comics artist. He is currently illustrating one of my favorite comics: LAZARUS, written by Greg Rucka. Michael has also provided pencils for DC Comics’ Batman, Terminal City, Gotham Central and Marvel Comics’ The Pulse and Captain America.
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129. Kelly Sue DeConnick is a Deadly writer
Kelly Sue DeConnick is a writer of comics and an all-around fabulous person. Some of her titles include BITCH PLANET, PRETTY DEADLY, AQUAMAN, & CAPTAIN MARVEL. She is best known for rebranding Carol Danvers’ as Captain Marvel. In fact, the portrayal of Captain Marvel you see in the films can be traced back to Kelly Sue’s version of her character.
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127. John Fusco on script writing, music, and Mongolia on horseback
John Fusco is a screenwriter, producer, and television series creator. His work has included several successful films and tv shows such as Crossroads, Young Guns, Young Guns II, Thunderheart, Hidalgo and the Netflix series Marco Polo. John discusses his journey during his youth as a musician that led him to pursue his career in writing.
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126. Greg Rucka on comics, politics, and social media
As many of you know, I love comic books. One of my favorites is Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark. I met Greg at San Diego Comic Con, You can imagine my excitement when Greg invited me to interview him in Portland at his home. I met his lovely wife Jen, and his dog Marlowe, who makes a few cameos in this interview on my youtube channel.
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125. Diana Schutz on her life in comics
Diana Schutz worked as an editor at Comico and Dark Horse Comics for many years. Some of the best-known works she has edited are Frank Miller’s Sin City and 300, Matt Wagner’s Grendel, Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo, and Paul Chadwick’s Concrete.
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