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Today Al hangs out with writer Ben Goldsmith all about his new Source Point Press book, new Book "2nd Place" - a mockumentary comic about body-building aliens. Learn all about this wacky title and more....

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This episode was recorded on November 14th, 2021!

Mike, Nick, and René try something experimental this week: only talking comics they read and the top of their pile. A little odd, a little fun, and kinda new. Let us know what you thought of this episode - ircbpodcast@gmail.com.

PLUS Mike sat down with Todd Hunt, co-writer of Darling from Source Point Press, to talk the first 4 issues and what else is to come from the series!

Timestamps

• 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics
• 00:48:29 - Interview with Todd Hunt
• 01:15:45 - Top of the Pile
• 01:27:09 - Wrap/Credits

Comics Read / Top of Our Pile

• Snoopy’s Thanksgiving
• The Silver Coin #5 and #6
• Spider-Man: Spider’s Shadow #1
• The Girl from the Other Side Vol. 11
• Rick & Morty: Corporate Assets #1
• Star Wars #12-15 
• Darth Vader #12-13
• The Hunter’s Guild: Red Hood Chapter #18
• Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits
• Deadly Class Volume 1
• Primordial #3
• The Nice House on the Lake #6

Links - Find Todd Hunt and Darling:

• http://supernintendads.com
• https://twitter.com/fleizach
• https://twitter.com/iamtoddhunt
• https://www.instagram.com/Therealfrancisdarling

Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.

Producer: Mike Rapin
Editor: Zander Riggs

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Welcome back to another spotlight interview. In this session, we talked with comic writer Frank Gogol.

Frank Gogol is a comic writer who if following up the hit series Dead End Kids with his latest creator-owned story, No Heroine. He is an alumnus of the Comic Experience program and also produced the Ringo Award nominated anthology Grief. All three of those books are published by Source Point Press.

No Heroine is a three issue mini-series on which he is working with Chris Madd on art, with colors by Shawna Madd and letters by Sean Rinehart.

We spoke to Frank in May, and below, is the result of that conversation.

We transcribed a big portion of this interview for you as well. You can find it on popculturesquad.com

We hope you enjoy the conversation.

NEWS

• Diamond stops paying vendors
• Marvel pauses work and publishing on 1/3rd of May and June releases
• Meanwhile, DC donates $250,000 to retailer charity
• Boom! Halts physical and digital single issues, will release trades
• DC releasing books digitally, exploring “multi-distributor” deal
• Marvel to halt digital release of new comics...for now
• Publishers have worked out temporary distribution method with ComicHub
• Nevermind about that ComicHub thing actually
• Bad Idea postpones launch
• LION FORGE LABS Closed, All Employees Laid Off

AIPT BOOKCLUB: Venom by Donny Cates/Stegman. We break down the ongoing run with these categories:

The Story So Far: 
What Works: 
What Doesn’t: 
Favorite Artistic Moment: 
Favorite Narrative Moment: 
Where We Think This is Going:

Segment: Frank Gogol Interview: Coming in June, NO HEROINE #1 Ringo Award-nominated writer Frank Gogol (Dead End Kids), father-daughter art team Criss Madd and colorist Shawna Madd, with letters by Sean Rinehart, and cover by Ahmed Raafat. (Gogol also wrote GRIEF, and Dead End Kids)

1. No Heroine is a story about addiction, a protagonist with a checkered past, and vampires, how did you get to this developed story and how long has it been in development?
2. It seems like American history has had a few different periods where vampires were hugely important in pop culture. Do you think it’s time for a another streak? Why?
3. We’ve seen vampire hunters take out the bloodsuckers in a variety of ways and No Heroine #1 offers up a few new ones. What goes into creative kills?
4. Frank, you seem to hustle a lot to get the word out on comics. What are some things you learned when it comes to getting the word out on your comics?
5. Talk about a unique time to be in the comics industry, how’s it looking out there from your perspective?
6. How impacted are you with conventions closing due to the pandemic?
7.  What is it about small town america that appeals to you in your stories? I understand Dead End Kids and now No Heroine seem to be set there.
8.  When you were little, what did you think you’d be when you grew up?

OFF TOPIC TOP SHELF: Gogol makes his picks which include Resident Evil, James Bond, and more.

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