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A new Hellfire Gala is underway, and shit is about to fit the fan! This week, Bob, Joey, Aaron, John, Steve, and special guest Kehlan Batia of the Homo Superior Podcast become trapped in a mutant massacre of epic proportions!

Books: Elvira in Monsterland #3, Hellcat #5, She-Hulk #15, My Little Pony: Camp Bighoof #1, Static: Shadow of Dakota #5, The Dead Lucky #7, Indigo Children #5, Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor #1, Ultimate Invasion #2, Big Game #1, Kodi OGN, A Boy Named Rose OGN

Other Stuff: All Tomorrow's Parties Memory Lane, Justice League: War World (movie), A Flicker in the Dark (novel)

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In our latest episode of The Pop Culture Squadcast We are happy to bring you a conversation with a pair of creators who have a very cool comic project coming to shops soon. Writer Cavan Scott and artist Nick Brokenshire will be debuting Dead Seas from IDW Publishing in December.

This pair of longtime collaborators have a massive list of comic work between them. We have already reviewed the first issue of their new creator-owned book Dead Seas which you can find on popculturesquad.com. I was super excited to get the opportunity to talk about it with them. 

 Cavan Scott has written quite a bit of Star Wars content in novel, audio book, and comic form over the years. He also has written for properties such as Pacific Rim, Transformers, Doctor Who, Adventure Time and more. His creator owned comics include Shadow Service from Vault and The Ward from Dark Horse Comics.

 Nick is an comic artist who has worked on Star Wars, Transformers, and The Once And Future Queen among others.

 We talked about the process of making their latest collaboration and spent some time talking about the differences of growing up a fan of the comic media in the UK verses America.

 We hope you enjoy the SquadCast
You can check out the transcript on the main article for this interview. HERE

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NEWS

• DC adds grading and rarity to NFT comics released weekly via DC Collectible Comics
• ‘Blue Beetle Graduation Day’ getting English and Spanish release simultaneously
• Marvel sheds light on 'X-23: Deadly Regenesis' Wolverine series
• Marvel celebrates to release Stan Lee inspired 'No-Prize' variant covers
• Mark Millar and Jorge Jiménez talk ‘Nemesis: Reloaded’ with cover art revealed
• Comixology updates fans on new app improvements
• Vault Comics announces 'Year of the Axe' and 2023 'Barbaric' universe plans
• IDW announces ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ movie prequel comic

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. The Riddler: Year One (2022) #1 (Paul Dano, Stevan Subic)
2. Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #12 (Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr.)

Nathan:

1. Rogues’ Gallery #4 (Hannah Rose May, Justin Mason, Declan Shalvey)
2. Star Trek #1 (Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Ramon Rosanas)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Catwoman: Lonely City #4 (Cliff Chiang) 

Dave - Catwoman Lonely City #4 (Cliff Chiang)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Gotham City: Year One #2 (Tom King, Phil Hester)
• Nathan: Deadpool #1 (Alyssa Wong, Martin Coccolo)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Black Panther #11 (Okazaki X-Treme Marvel Cover)
• Nathan: Predator #4 (Stan Sakai)

Interview: Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly about Star Trek #1 out now!

• What was the original pitch for Star Trek, and how did the story change once you got started?
• This is a unique project as it’s a jumping on point with a new adventure, yet draws on elements from multiple series, how do you walk that line and keep folks satisfied on both sides?
• Given the cast of this series an outside might ask, why would the Federation put so many top starfleet brass on one mission?
• It’s fitting Sisco and Picard meet, since Picard was in the deep space 9 pilot, was this on purpose mirroring that series with this one?
• You teased some card playing with data, might we get a juicy card game some point?
• With IDW introducing new Star Trek series, and I know it’s insanely early to ask, but might a crossover be in the cards someday?
• Is the creature at the end a similar Crystalline Entity we’ve seen before?
• With such a large cast, who might be the under the radar character to keep eyes on?
• Will Nomad get to share any panel time with Steve and Sharon and reunite with his family?
• Are there any plots for Sharon in the works? Either regarding her relationship with Steve during all this or being involved in the reveals about Peggy?

The 1990 & 2007 Ninja Turtle movies are revisited

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NEWS

• Tom King calls out Jae Lee, then clears the air
• Dynamite cuts ties with CG related campaign
• Marvel Solicitations and early looks for October 2020 releases
• DC Solicitations are out too
• Com2uS, Skybound/Image Comics team up for ‘Summoners War: Legacy’
• Marvel hypes Knull/Empyre prelude, and also hypes X of Swords in Cable and Excalibur
• Marvel Launching Marvel’s Storyboards on YouTube - Hugh Jackman kicks it off
• IDW President, COO, and Publisher steps down and IDW names replacements
• SDCC:
  1. Cates announces Crossover
  2. Oscar Isaac teams up with comic creators to create a graphic novel
  3. Eisner Winners Announced
  4. She-Hulk to go through “green door”?
  5. Tini Howard says X of Swords is weird
  6. Marvel’s 616 actually looks good
  7. Endless Winter coming December 2020

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Empyre: X-Men #1 (W: Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Artist: Matteo Buffagni)
2. Harley Quinn Black + White + Red #5 (By Riley Rossmo)

Forrest:

1. Wynd #2 (W: James Tynion IV, A: Michael Dialynas)
2. Hellions #2 (W: Zeb Wells, A: Stephen Segovia)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Hedra (by Jesse Lonergan)
• Forrest: Lost Soldiers #1 (W: Ales Kot, A: Luca Casalanguida, Heather Moore)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: DC's Cybernetic Summer #1: Dan Mora
• Forrest: Plunge #5: Jeremy Wilson

Segment: Interview:  Jill Carter Comicazi Manager - 2017 Eisner Award Winner

407 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA 02144

1. First, could you talk a little bit about the store, what you offer, and what it takes to win an Eisner haha?
2. Somerville officially closed non-essential businesses March 20, did you anticipate this would happen and if so how did you prepare?
3. During the pandemic do you continue to sell comics and do curbside pickup, how does that seem to be going? 
4. Reopening started in June, is that right? How did you guys open, what was foot traffic like?
5. The pandemic has been accentuated by a change in the direct distribution world too, can you tell us your thoughts on DC’s move away from Diamond and what it means for LCSs like yourself?
6. In that same vein, Bad Idea is a positing a world where comics are exclusive to LCSs, and even limited there. Do you think a kind of forced exclusivity model is good for comic shops, or does broader promotion and availability bring people in?
7. What’s the biggest win you’ve had during this very weird year, and what do you wish you could have done differently?
8. Have you noticed any difference in sales for a certain publisher during these pandemic times?
9. With Comic-Con@Home, have you tuned in at all? What function does the convention scene serve for a comic store manager?
10. What comics are you reading right now? How do you discover new things to recommend to customers?
11. If you weren’t managing a comic shop, what would you do and why?

Off TOPIC TOP SHELF - Jill Carter - Cheesy Horror Movies

Welcome back to another spotlight interview. In this session, we spoke with award-winning comics creator and screenwriter Joe Harris.

Joe has a written a new comic comic, Disaster, Inc., debuting this week from AfterShock Comics. It is drawn and colored by Sebastián Piriz and lettered by Carlos Mangual.

He has written for Marvel, DC, Image, IDW, and Storm King Comics, among others. He is well known for shepherding the return of The X-Files to comics at IDW beginning in 2013. Some of his other titles include: Great Pacific, Snowfall, Rockstars, Slingers, and Surviving Nuclear Attack.

Harris also wrote the screenplay to Sony Pictures' Darkness Falls. His style is very character centered and his creator owned work tends to cling to the horror or speculative fiction genres.

We were excited to get a chance to talk to him about his writing process and also how he is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic while living in New York City.

You can find the audio recording of our discussion below, and we transcribed a big portion of it for you as well.

We hope you enjoy the conversation.

The completed audio recording is here, but we transcribed some of the most important parts for you as well at popculturesquad.com

Hi Folks!

Welcome to another Spotlight Interview with a comic professional. We had a chance to talk to writer Rich Douek. He has written Gutter Magic, which is coming back for a second arc from Source Point Press.

Last year, Rich had two stories in stores. Both Road of Bones, with Alex Cormack, from IDW and Wailing Blade, with Joe Mulvey, from Comix Tribe were excellent stories.

Recently, the spiritual successor to Road of Bones was announced. and Rich will be re-teaming with Cormack for Sea of Sorrows.

We spent some time talking about his inspiration and writing themes. I hope you enjoy it.

For transcript and art associated with this episode go to popculturesquad.com

News:

1. Wraith getting his own book in April, one-shot
2. IDW and Smithsonian launch a joint publication program
3. GLAAD announces comics awards
4. Comics sales and orders were up 2.0% in 2019, approaching $500 million

Interview: Lonnie Nadler talks Black Stars Above, Yondu at Marvel Comics, and more!

Segment: Our Best Comics of 2019!

• ‘Gone too soon’ Best canceled series
  • David: Loki
  • Forrest: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
• Best Writer
  • David: Jason Aaron
  • Forrest: Si Spurrier
• Best Artist
  • David: Bilquis Evely
  • Forrest: Tradd Moore
• Best Cover Artist
  • David: Alex Ross
  • Forrest: Julian Tedesco
• Best Colorist
  • David: Matthew Wilson
  • Forrest: Ian Herring (Ghost-Spider)
• Best Letterer
  • David: Joe Sabino
  • Forrest: Hassan Ostmane-Elahou
• Best Newcomer
  • David: NK Jemisin
  • Forrest: Darcy Van Poelgeest
• Best Single Issue (structured as a one-shot)
  • David: Doctor Strange #18
  • Forrest: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6
• Best Non-2019 comic we read for the first time this year
  • David: Hit-Monkey by Daniel Way
  • Forrest: Dorohedoro
• Best Graphic Novel
  • David: Swimming in Darkness
  • Forrest: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
• Comic we wish we spent more time with/were caught up on
  • David: Action Comics
  • Forrest: Conan (+ tie ins)
• Best Single Panel
  • David: Avengers: No Road Home double-page splash of all the heroes by Sean Izaakse
  • Forrest: Absolute Carnage #1 page 2: history of Venom spread
• Best Comic for Younger Readers
  • David: Dear Justice League
  • Forrest: Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass
• Best Manga
  • David: Vinland Saga Vol 11
  • Forrest: Gou Tanabe’s At the Mountains of Madness
• Best Genre Comic
  • David: Powers of X
  • Forrest: Gideon Falls
• Best Miniseries (1-6 issues)
  • David: Spider-Man: Life Story
  • Forrest: Batman: Universe
• Best Maxiseries (6-12 issues)
  • David: Peter Cannon Thunderbolt
  • Forrest: Coda

Top 3 Favorite comics

David:

1. The Dreaming
2. Justice League
3. House of X

Forrest:

1. Martian Manhunter
2. Coda
3. Silver Surfer: Black

Recently, cartoonist Thom Zahler has returned to Chronopolis and the world of the Crusader. Volume 5 of Love and Capes, titled "The Family Way", will be published by IDW.

We sat down and talked with Thom about what it was like to come back to the story after so much time and what has changed. 

For transcript and art associated with this episode go to popculturesquad.com

With the critical success of MCU movies (specifically the Oscar winning Black Panther and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), the IC gang decided to run through best-of and worst-of lists for any NON MCU movies.   They revisit some old classics to decide whether they hold up over time, and we even find out Alex's true feelings for Ryan Reynolds.