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    Jonathan Robinson

    Jonathan Robinson

    December is a good time to reflect and take stock of the year, and that’s the basis of my conversation with this week’s guest Jonathan Robinson. Jonathan is a creative powerhouse — a writer, a filmmaker, and a director, just to start — who’s currently on a personal journey of self-discovery.

    We started off doing a bit of a recap of the past year, and Jonathan shed some light on what creative and experiential producers do and how he came into those titles through his work in the advertising industry. He also talked about working with AI and VR, and spoke about how his time spent at Facebook and Twitter helped shape him into his current calling as a storyteller.

    For Jonathan, chasing his passions and connecting with other people are what drives him. When you look back at this year, what’s been your driving force?

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    MS13 - Artist Sampler: Bill Sienkiewicz

    MS13 - Artist Sampler: Bill Sienkiewicz

    In Minisode 13 we are talking about iconic comic book artist Bill Sienkiewicz! Sienkiewicz has written for many comic book publishers and has left an enormous mark on the work of comics, but this week we hone in on three of his works at Marvel. We perused his work in New Mutants, Moon Knight, and Stray Toasters and had a chat about what stands out to us.

    Next week we are discussing Nubia and the Amazons with returning guests Marci & Ako from the Colored Pages Book Club!

    Monte's theme this season is works by writer Vita Ayala.  Veronica's theme is a character study of Wonder Woman (with curation assistance by @AnneComics on Twitter, cohost of The Comics Collective).

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    Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our new podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

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    Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

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    Pull List! (Week of 9/14/22)

    Pull List! (Week of 9/14/22)

    Current comic reviews you can use (also some whiskey, cigar, and cigar lounge recommendations thrown in for good measure)! Recommendations AND warnings! 

    Let me know if you have any comic book recommendations that released this week!
    Pull List is all about comic books, so there must be an exclamation point at the end of every sentence!

    Music: 

    A Million Upheavals by Edgar Hopp

    Strict Believer by Elliot Holmes 

    Abby Denson talks Japan via Comics

    Abby Denson talks Japan via Comics

    Abby Denson is the award-winning author of Cool Japan Guide: Fun in the Land of Manga, Lucky Cats and Ramen, Cool Tokyo Guide: Adventures in the City of Kawaii Fashion, Train Sushi and Godzilla and the Kitty Sweet Tooth series (with Utomaru). 

    Her most recent book, which we’re going to talk about today, is Uniquely Japan: A Comic Book Artist Shares Her Personal Faves - Discover What Makes Japan The Coolest Place on Earth!

    Abby has scripted comics for Amazing Spider-Man Family, Powerpuff Girls comics, Simpsons comics, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats, Disney Adventures, and many others.

    We start  off the show with Abby helping define for our listeners the difference between Japanese manga, graphic novels, superhero comics, and American style comics.

    Amy talks about how she used to read Japanese manga to study Japanese language, and tells what she thinks distinguishes manga from other types of comics including Abby’s. She gives some of the features of Abby's books that make them stand out from others.

    Abby talks about the role of color in her comic-drawing and names Keith Haring as one of her inspirations. She especially loves drawing desserts and all kinds of foods!

    Abby talks about some of the challenges of putting together her two Japan guides and her latest, Uniquely Japan, which was much more of a multimedia effort.

    Amy mentions she especially likes the tips in the book, such as suggesting people order the teishoku daily special (set menu) when people go to a restaurant to get the chance to sample as many amazing Japanese foods as possible.

    Abby says the book aims to provide a fun way to learn about different Japanese topics. Parfaits for example! “You can see gorgeous parfait displays everywhere,” she says, referring to the plastic food models in the display window of many restaurants and cafes in Japan. "I find them so dazzling,” Abby says. This launches into a discussion of Japan being a very visual culture.

    Abby says Uniquely Japan is different from her previous books because Cool Japan and Cool Tokyo were conceived as guidebooks. They have travel tips and information helpful for tourists planning their first trip to Japan. Uniquely Japan can be read just to learn about Japanese culture.

    Abby elaborates on the reception of her books in Japan and some surprising feedback she received from Japanese readers of the book.

    She also elaborates on the “Street Sites” chapter in her book that highlights decorative manhole covers, police boxes, and the specific design motifs of each town you can discover. "As a visual artist, it really makes you feel validated to see all this amazing graphic design everywhere. I feel like it's used so much more aesthetically, and in a more visually pleasurable manner in Japan than other in other places. The little accents and the motifs come together for a visually pleasurable experience.”

    Amy mentions Abby’s use of stamps in Uniquely Japan, referring to the rubber stamps at every railway station that you can press into your diary or journal. The stamp features a graphic of the place you visited along with that town’s motif. This leads to a discussion of “stamp rallies” (and where to find them) and also collecting the beautifully brushed goshuin stamps from temples.

    When Amy asks Abby for an interesting backstory to one of her books, Abby tells the story of writing Kitty Sweet Tooth, a collaboration that started with a random meeting of an artist in a bar. The first book, Kitty Sweet Tooth, was published last year and the next book, Kitty Sweet Tooth Makes a Movie, will be published this fall.

    Lastly, Abby reveals her 3 favorite books on Japan and why:

    1. Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics by Frederik L. Schodt

    2. Tokyo on Foot: Travels in the City's Most Colorful Neighborhoods by Florent Chavouet

    3 Himawari House, a fictional graphic novel by Harmony Becker

    Amy ends the podcast by suggesting what Abby’s next book should be to which Abby responds that her husband keeps telling her the same thing. So maybe, just maybe …

    You can find Abby Denson on social media and at the following places:
    Instagram @abbydenson
    Twitter @abbydenson
    website: abbydenson.com

    Scott Snyder on building new horror series Nocterra

    Scott Snyder on building new horror series Nocterra

    NEWS

    • Enter the Linearverse!
    • ‘Batman: The Dark Knight Returns’ board game coming December 2021
    • DC Comics and Epic Games publishing ‘Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point’ April 2021
    • New Black Cat story kicks off ‘Infinite Destinies’ event this summer.
    • C.B. Cebulski announces ‘Deadpool: Black, White & Blood’ for 2021
    • Marvel First Look: ‘Heroes Reborn’ #1
    • Z2 producing Blondie comic with Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and John McCrea
    • Dark Horse announces ‘The House of Lost Horizons’ from Mignola and Roberson
    • Vault Comics launching ‘The Blue Flame’ from Chris Cantwell & Adam Gorham
    • Count of Monte Cristo gets a sci-fi upgrade thanks to Ibrahim Moustafa
    • Image Comics ending Robert Kirkman series ‘Oblivion Song’ with issue 36

    Our Top Books of the Week

    Dave:

    1. Batman Black & White #3 (Various)
    2. Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy #6 (W: Jeff Lemire, A: Tonci Zonjic)

    Nathan:

    1. Batman Black & White #3 (Various)
    2. Stray Dogs #1 (W: Tony Fleecs, A: Trish Forstner)

    TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

    • Dave: Nocterra #1 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Tony S. Daniel)
    • Nathan: The Swamp Thing #1 (W: Ram V, A: Mike Perkins)

    JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

    Segment: Scott Snyder Interview - Nocterra - March 3, 2021, Tony S. Daniel, Tomeu Morey

    Guests Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo discuss their Eisner winner Afterlift

    Guests Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo discuss their Eisner winner Afterlift

    NEWS

    Our Top Books of the Week

    Dave:

    1. Future State: Superman - Worlds Of War #1 (Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Mikel Janin, Brandon Easton, Valentine de Landro, Becky Cloonan Michael Conrad, Gleb Melnikov)
    2. Future State: Catwoman #1 (W: Ram V. A: Otto Schmidt)

    Forrest:

    1. I Breathed A Body #1 (W: Zac Thompson, A: Andy Macdonald)
    2. King in Black #3 (W: Donny Cates, A: Ryan Stegman)

    TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

    • Dave: The Department Of Truth #5 (W: James Tynion IV, A: Martin Simmonds)
    • Forrest: Spawn #314 (W: Todd McFarlane, A: Carlo Barberi)

    JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

    Segment - One thing Forrest is looking forward to in 2021

    Segment: Interview - Chip Zdarsky and Jason Loo on Afterlift Eisner Winner February 2nd

    1. Congratulations on your Eisner win! Afterlift is going to have a reincarnation of sorts in February when Dark Horse teams up with Comixology to send this to print, but the journey started before the first issue came out in October 2019. Was the series originally being set for digital-only a pro or a con in your mind?
    2. Aferlift takes readers to many...realms of the afterlife. Can you speak to any inspirations for these realms like Hell and Heaven that influenced this work?
    3. Comixology head of content Chip Mosher was on this show last May and he’s a super guy, I was curious how Afterlift ended up at Comixology or if it was always a project set up there?
    4. I love the naming in Afterlift, “Gornaux the grievous, slayer of all of grenroveria” or the demon Zeniakra, how do you come up with these so they sound right but then are also completely original?
    5. Have either of you played Rocket League? You should get a deal to write a comic about that game, the ability to flip cars is taken to the max in Afterlift!
    6. It’s funny, but it almost seems like the Fast and the Furious series has owned car chase and car stunt movies for too long. That said, would you ever be open to a Fast and the Furious crossover?
    7. Janice Chen talks about her father joining a “weird christian church” as someone who grew up with a born again christian father, I was curious if that detail was from your personal lives something you added for a specific reason?
    8. The book ends on an interesting cliffhanger of sorts, is a sequel in the cards for Afterlift?
    9. After there any other projects in 2021 you’d like to discuss?

    Off topic Top Shelf

    Jason Loo: Building furniture for Star Wars diaromas 

    Chip Zdarsky: Novels and comics for work, post Afterlift learning to drive

    DC Comics vs. Marvel Comics: Winter event extravaganza

    DC Comics vs. Marvel Comics: Winter event extravaganza

    NEWS

    • DC Future State revealed
    • King in Black reveals:
    • Kodansha Comics releasing chapters same day as in Japan to American audiences
    • W. Maxwell Prince coming at us with Haha in January 2021
    • Dark Horse announces ‘Crimson Flower’ #1 for January 20, 2021
    • Crossover Is The Biggest Image Comics Launch Since Danger Girl
    • Stormbreakers variants on the way
    • You can preorder TKO’s 3rd wave...now!

    Our Top Books of the Week

    Dave:

    1. The Magic Fish (Trung Le Nguyen)
    2. Swamp Thing: Twin Branches (W: Maggie Stiefvater, A: Morgan Beem)

    Forrest:

    1. Hellions #5 (W: Zeb Wells, A: Carmen Carnero)
    2. Warhammer 40k: Marneus Calgar #1 (W: Gillen, A: Jacen Burrows)

    TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

    • Dave: Catwoman #26 (W: Ram V, A: Fernando Blanco)
    • Forrest: Skulldigger and Skeleton Boy #5 (W: Lemire, A: Tonci Zonjic)

    JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

    Off Topic Top Shelf: Forrest - Danhausen

    Comic Book Pitt 328: Talking the Talk: Preacher, comic book classes, new Batman creative team, and More!

    Comic Book Pitt 328: Talking the Talk: Preacher, comic book classes, new Batman creative team, and More!
    Dan, Link, and Scott start the episode with listener questions about Preacher and where to take comic book art classes. After that, they talk about their first comic book store experiences, the new creative team on Batman, and more! WHERE TO FIND US: Comic Book Pitt is part of the SORGATRON MEDIA NETWORK EPISODES: You can listen to us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! EMAIL: comicbookpitt@gmail.com SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM

    Episode 328: Talking the Talk: Preacher, comic book classes, new Batman creative team, and More!

    Episode 328: Talking the Talk: Preacher, comic book classes, new Batman creative team, and More!
    Dan, Link, and Scott start the episode with listener questions about Preacher and where to take comic book art classes. After that, they talk about their first comic book store experiences, the new creative team on Batman, and more! WHERE TO FIND US: Comic Book Pitt is part of the SORGATRON MEDIA NETWORK EPISODES: You can listen to us on iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! EMAIL: comicbookpitt@gmail.com SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM
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