Creator Interview: Michael Colbert

Chris, Derek & Dylan talk with comic book writer Michael Colbert about his recent Crazy Mary graphic novel (you can read the first chapter HERE). Along the way, we talk about his influences, Public Access guilty pleasures, and his upcoming projects for 01 Publishing: World War Kaiju & Shambling Heat.

You can find Michael Colbert all over the internet:
Twitter @logos728, @crazymarycomic, @filmterms1, @Shamblingheat
www.crazymarycomic.com, www.01publishing.com
facebook - Crazy Mary fanclub
crazymarycomic@gmail.com

Check out these pages from his Yar's Revenge pitch!:

You can find Jules Rivera's Kickstarter: "Misfortune High Book 1" HERE.


And lastly, but not leasterly, Precious Roy's Pirate Cripplers!

Creator Interview: Jeremy Whitley & Emily C. Martin

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Download this episode (right click and save) Dylan talks with Emily C. Martin & a very under the weather Jeremy Whitley about the first issue of Princeless Volume 2. We talk about Jeremy's time at the Eisner's, the joys of working on such a collaborative book, and Emily's art school.

You can pre-order a copy of Princeless volume 2 #1  from DCBService.com, or ask your local comic book retailer to order a copy and they will have it waiting for you when it is released on February 27th next year!

Creator Interview: Joko Budiono

Thank you to everyone for your patience. This episode took a little longer than expected, but it is well worth it.

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Chris, Dylan, Keith, and Nicole do an in-person interview with Joko Budiono about his new wordless graphic novel: Teddy-1. He talks about world building, his lengthy drawing process, and the very unusual way he got into drawing comics. This episode is worth it just to hear his story about crowd funding through Kickstarter.

Joko is an amazingly humble artist and even though this is his first graphic novel, this is the work of a truly seasoned artist.

And we can't stress this enough, BUY THIS BOOK!

The intro song is "Mayan Pilot" by Splashdown. 

Creator Interview: Jeremy Whitley (now with 100% more audio!)

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Aurora, Dylan, Nicole and Vicky conduct this oddly Whovian interview with Jeremy Whitley months in advance, and everyone does their best Timelord impressions trying to imagine ourselves to be in July of 2012.

We talked to Jeremy about two series he has available for pre-order at your local comic book shop, and in this month's Previews. The new Princeless "Short Stories for Warrior Women" mini-series, as well as the first Action Lab Entertainment printing of The Order of Dagonet are both books you don't want to miss! 

Jeremy talks about saying goodbye to M. Goodwin as the artist on Princeless, working with Jules Rivera the creator of Valkyrie Squadron, and Princeless' new regular artist Emily C. Martin. He also talks about his Eisner nominations, how Princeless has given him recognition in some unlikely ways, and the pangs of working in comics while juggling a day job.

And for those of you who have been enjoying the Firetower Studios/Comic Book of the Month Podcast feud, things reach their epic climax. And trust us, you do NOT want to miss this episode!

The intro music is "Sparklegirl" by Letters to Cleo

Episode 14: Titanium Rain

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Chris, Dylan, Keith & Vicky spent an hour talking with Josh Finney and Kat Rocha about their book Titanium Rain. They talked a little bit about the extensive delay for Volume 2, the audio adaptation by Audio Comics Company. Josh discusses how his political activist history influenced this book and gives a few personal stories that really inform the deeper essence of his work. We are quite proud of this interview and we hope you are able to suffer through the submarine audio on their end. If only to hear Josh Finney say, "I kind of feel like a dick now, that I haven't been listening to your podcast."

"Bullet the Blue Sky" performed by U2.

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Next Episode: RODENT WARS!

We did not mention the next book in this episode because we have something big planned, and it's going to take a while for the whole crew to read it. There are two ongoing book series about rodents as knights, and it's an unspoken rule that they don't actually exist simultaneously on book shelves today. But here at CBotMP we have decided to tackle it head on! Episode 15 will feature the two full-length graphic novels Mice Templar Vol 1: Prophecy, and Mouse Guard: Fall 1152. We are calling it Rodent Wars!

The band is getting back together for this one, because we want to get as many people to weigh in as varied opinions on these two books.

Episode 13: Very Near Mint!

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Chris, Dylan, Keith, Nicole and our special guest Derek gather around the laptop for an interview session with Justin Peterson, the creator of Very Near Mint! We ask him about his experience as an animator, experiences with antiquated video technology, and convention hygiene.
Then after he went back to his drawing table to finish up Very Near Mint vol 2, the crew talked for another hour about how much we loved this book and how it could easily make an amazing TV show.

Music: "All the Kids Are Right" by Local H, and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly

This episode was certainly worth the wait for us. Justin Peterson's Very Near Mint is something really special that transcends the generic Scott Pilgrim comparisons. (though that doesn't stop us from making them) Head on over to VeryNearMint.com and buy yourself a copy of vol 1 and pre-order vol 2. We know you will love it.

The next indie-spotlight is going to be awesome! We are going to have reviews of Holli Hoxxx and Dr Muscles #2 from Bogus Publishing, and a few other surprises as well.

Our next featured book is going to be Titanium Rain by Josh Finney and Kat Rocha, published through 01 Publishing & Archaia. Keith and Chris have been excited to talk about this book for quite some time as well. Should be a great episode as always.

Keep coming back here for more spontaneous updates throughout the month. And thank you all for your continued support. This has been a really good month for the Crew, and they just keep getting better and better.