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Our latest spotlight interview brought us to a team of collaborators about to bring a sci-fi horror comic to stores near you this October. Writer Jeff Burandt and artist Sean Von Gorman have Ghost Planet releasing on October 19th from Scout Comics.

We spoke with the two creators about the inspiration for the book as well as the interesting history of what went into getting it published.  Ghost Planet is a forty-page one-shot comic about a family of space explorers that land on a planet with a terrible secret. The first two chapters were released on Webtoon as part of a weekly challenge.

This pair have been frequent collaborators and we talked about some of the cool things that they are working on besides Ghost Planet.

You can find some pics and a review of the comic on popculturesquad.com

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NEWS

• Dan Slott and Mark Bagley team up on ‘Spider-Man’ ongoing series
• New X-Men 2099 team introduced in ‘Spider-Man 2099: Exodus’ #5
• The identity of the Symbiote Bedlam to be revealed in ‘Venom’ #9
• Comixology Head of Content Chip Mosher to step down
• Multi-immersive webcomic ‘DRAC: Son of Dante’ starts today
• Blondie comics project gets a release date and new deets
• Milestone Initiative’s Static to grace Alex Bowman’s NASCAR racecar
• Comichron has some new 2021 figures

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Sins of the Black Flamingo #1 (Andrew Wheeler, Travis Moore)
2. X-Men: Red (2022) #4 (Al Ewing, Juann Cabal, Andrés Genolet, and Michael Sta. Maria)

Nathan:

1. Ghost Cage #3 (Nick Dragotta, Caleb Goellner)
2. The Swamp Thing #14 (Ram V, Mike Perkins)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Mindset #1 (Zack Kaplan, John J. Pearson)

Dave - Variants #1 (Gail Simone, Phil Noto)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Starhenge: Dragon & Boar #1 (Liam Sharp)
2. Nathan: Batman #125 (Chip Zdarsky, Jorge Jiménez)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Batman 89 #6 (Joe Quinones)
• Nathan: Batman #125 (John Giang variant C)

Interview with Zack Kaplan to talk Forever Forward #1 - Out August 24

Art by Arjuna Susini with colors are by Brad Simpson and letters by Jim Campbell

1. For our readers, what is Forever Forward?
2. Do you have to create charts or a bulletin board to keep track of timelines/theories?
3. I’m pretty surprised to see a book identify the invading force when so many choose to keep that vague. What made you decide to go ahead and say, “This is who we’re fighting?”
4. There’s so much detail to the tech designs. How detailed was the lab description in the script? Same with the futuristic bits?
5. The first issue uses a lot of double-page layouts instead of conventional layout structures, what made you go that route?
6. Forever Forward is published under Scout, what made them the right publisher for this project?
7. What is it about science going horribly right?
8. Given the number of sci-fi stories you’ve got going this year alone, do you have a book of ideas that are yet untapped and how many good ideas are there?
9. Do you have any other projects you’d like to talk about today?

NEWS

• Nick Spencer to leave ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ after issue #74
• Marvel announces Taylor and Coello’s ‘Dark Ages’ for September 2021
• Marvel launching limited series ‘Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land’ this September
• Marvel announces 'Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit' for September 2021
• DC Comics sends ‘DC Connect’ to comic shops
  • DC Comics solicitations are here for September!
• Dark Horse announces ‘Hellboy & The B.P.R.D.’ 1950s series concluding
• Barbaric #1 gets a second printing before its release
• Former DC editor Jamie S. Rich joins Tapas as editor in chief
• WandaVision success leads to continued comic sellouts and back orders
• Scout Comics and Entertainment Inc. launching Comic Tags

New Segment: Heroes Don't Do That - Do they though?

First week: Do heroes eat taffy?

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Superman: Red & Blue (2021) #4 (Various)
2. Venom (2018) #35

Nathan:

1. Time Before Time #2 (Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville, Joe Palmer)
2. Demon Days: Mariko #1 (Peach Momoko)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Mariko: Demon Days #1 (Peach Momoko)

Dave - Superman Red & Blue #4 (Rich Douek and Joe Quinones)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Home Sick Pilots #6 (W: Dan Watters, A: Caspar Wijngaard)
• Nathan: Home Sick Pilots #6 (W: Dan Watters, A: Caspar Wijngaard)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Wolverine #13 (Adam Kubert)
• Nathan: Batman/Superman #19 (Ivan Reis)

Segment: Interview: Jon Davis-Hunt Shadowman #3 - Out June 23

1. Jon, thanks for taking the time to join us on the AIPT Comics podcast [pause]....when you took on the gig of Shadowman, what were you most excited about drawing for the series?
2. We know the pandemic affected the release of this title a bit, and with Shadowman #3 out next week I was curious how long has it been since you drew the issue?
3. There are so many different types of horror in Shadowman, from body horror to demonic possession (and sometimes both at once). Do you have a particular horror subgenre that you’re drawn to?
4. Shadowman #3 opens in Barcelona, have you been, and how important is it to get a specific location just right?
5. The third issue also has a lot of variance with layout design, and honestly it really rips with the energy and multiple panel pages. What goes into making an 11 (or more!) panel page work?
6. Samedi’s costume is rather detailed, and props to you it always looks slick in this book, how much are you kicking yourself going with such a detailed design?!
7. Are there any horror movies you like to watch to get you in the headspace to draw Shadowman?
8. What’s one moment you’ve seen in a script from Cullen where you’re like, “Damn, I can’t wait to figure out how this works on the page?”
9. We talked to Cullen a little bit about this before, but the Nintendo 64 Shadowman game just got a re-release. Did you ever mess around with that back in the day?
10. What comics are you reading right now?

Off Topic Top Shelf: Jon Davis-Hunt - Xbox X Game Pass, Dungeons and Dragons game, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Starfield

NEWS

1. Marvel Comics publisher John Nee reportedly let go
2. Scout Comics announces ‘Henchgirl’ set for live-action TV series
3. X-Men Senior Editor Jordan D. White hints 2004 comic ‘District X’ and Mr. M tie into ‘X of Swords’
4. Marvel announcing King in Black tie-in one-shots this week (Wiccan&Hulking, Cap)
5. Newsarama has a scoop on Future State
   1. And more
6. Art thief steals from John Buscema’s daughter Dianne Buscema-Gerogianis

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave: 

1. Marauders #14 (W: Gerry Duggan, A: Stefano Caselli)
2. The Dreaming: Waking Hours #4 (W: G. Willow Wilson, A: Nick Robles)

Forrest:

1. That Texas Blood #5 (W: Chris Condon, A: Jacob Phillips)
2. Wolverine: Black, White, Blood #1 (Various)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: American Vampire: 1976 #2 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Rafael Albuquerque)
• Forrest: Warhammer 40k: Marneus Calgar 2 (W: Gillen, A: Jacen Burrows)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: The Amazing Spider-Man #52 (Veregge Spider-Man Cover)
• Forrest: Warhammer 40k: Marneus Calgar #2 (James Stokoe)

Segment: Interview - Ryan Parrot who is writing Mighty Morphin (Out this week) and Power Rangers (out next week!)

Off Topic Top Shelf: Dead by Daylight - Slow cooker meals

This week, we welcome author, Aaron Crow (@aaronpcrow) to talk his new comic, "It Eats What Feeds It," as well as the 1998 Home Run chase and Fastball's 1998 smash hit album, "All The Pain Money Can Buy."

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Hey folks!

Welcome back to another spotlight interview. This time we interviewed comic creator and artist Craig Rousseau!

Craig has worked for a bunch of comic publishers including Marvel and DC. He is well remembered for a long run on Impulse with DC and he is the co-creator and artist of the Perhapanauts with Todd Dezago.

Craig and I talked about the new books he has coming out including Killing Red Sonja from Dynamite Entertainment and a re-release of Kyrra: Alien Jungle Girl from Scout Comics.

We also reminisced about some of his other work and talked about what his art process looks like today.

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