It’s my weekly chat with Greg Rucka! So today we go down the rabbit hole of the covid19 pandemic effects on society and somehow finish by discussing assassins. Yes, you heard that right assassins.
Read more149. Greg Rucka on coping with the coronavirus quarantine
Hi! Welcome to the Greg and Mimi show… no, you didn’t tune in to the wrong podcast! Greg Rucka has agreed to weekly conversations with me during quarantine, and so here we are.
Read more146. Greg Rucka on the importance of empathy
Greg Rucka is the phenomenal writer of Stumptown, Lazarus, Wonder Woman, Lois Lane, The Old Guard, and so much more!
Read more141. Han Allred on Spaceface, a documentary about Michael Allred
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.
Read more140. 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.
Read more133. 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.
Read more132. 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.
Read more130. 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.
Read more129. 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.
Read more126. 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.
Read more125. 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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