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The sibling team of Nathan and Caleb Harms are making a name for themselves in the independent comic community with their teen and pre-teen targeted books. The duo have gained a loyal following and are two of the brightest creators working today. With titles such as Sammy the Hamster, The Colorless Monster, Friends of the Wind, and more, their creations have something for everyone.Follow the brothers on their website: harmspublications.com. Get their book collection on Amazon here: amazo...

X-Men is all the rage nowadays with the revival/continuation series X-Men '97 dominating Disney+. So we decided to go back to the beginning and find out how X-Men: The Animated Series got its start and sustained some serious comic book cred for five glorious seasons. And who better to guide us than Eric and Julia Lewald, a showrunner and writer (respectively) on the series! We get into everything, from how the series developed and which characters were chosen to how storylines unfolded and wh...

The founder, president, and CEO of Mile High Comics is in the hot seat today, and Chuck Rozanski does not pull punches! The extremely forthright collector and retailer talks about how they got into selling comics, turning it into a career, and founding an institution that's still dominating the retail market today. You can follow Chuck himself on Instagram @chuckrozanski or buy something from Mile High's massive back-issue inventory at milehighcomics.com. * This interview was recorded be...

Much like Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man, Chuck Austen can just about do it all. He's been a writer, artist, creator, animator, and producer over his roughly 40 years in entertainment. But Chuck started as a comics artist, starting at Eclipse and had a short stint on Alan Moore's formative Miracleman series. He subsequently did more mostly indie work before taking a comics hiatus to work on King of the Hill. Roaring back with Marvel Knights, he illustrated the initial run on the new...

From Muppets to Ninja Turtles, Guy Gilchrist has had a remarkable career as a cartoonist. His works were part of so many people’s childhoods, and doing the Muppets newspaper strip brought him into millions of homes. He’s also an accomplished musician and has been part of numerous books. For more information, check out guyspops.com/pages/about-me._________________Check out a video version of this episode on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/dollarbinbandits.If you like this podcast, p...

An artist of the highest caliber, Zander Cannon broke into comics on The Tick spinoff, The Chainsaw Vigilante, and never looked back! He struck out on his own with The Replacement God series, then teamed up with Alan Moore and Gene Ha for Top 10, under Moore's America's Best Comics imprint. After the Top 10 spinoff Smax, Zander started a long-time partnership with Kevin Cannon (no relation) on creative and commercial endeavors. Then there was his own graphic novel Heck, followed by his hugely...