Giant Sized Violence: A Toku Comics Podcast Tomi

This week, Giant Sized Violence is joined by James Santana, writer of the ongoing Kickstarter comic, World of Nebulon, and cohost of the Android's Amazing Podcast!

James is here to tell us a bit about the upcoming book, as well as his other comics work on titles like Super Group and the Unknown Heroes anthologies. He's also starting a comics studio, Toku USA, dedicated to tokusatsu-inspired indie-comics, which will likely be of interest to listeners of this show!

You can back his book, World of Nebulon, right now on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1935627238/world-of-nebulon-preview-book/rewards?ref=discovery_location

Today on our show we welcome Brian Buccellato, the prolific comics writer and colorist currently writing books like Justice League vs Godzilla vs Kong, Midlife (Or How to Hero at Fifty), and No/One!

We dive into his creative process and his origins in the comic book industry, as well as the lessons he learned on previous books like Flash and Injustice.

Join us as we explore Brian's debut in the world of Tokusatsu comics, and his incredible ongoing independent books!

This week we're joined by one of my favorite podcasters and comic writers, Mat Groom! We discuss his experience going from talking about the Power Rangers on Ranger Danger to actually writing them on Mighty Morphin! We also get into his journey of becoming a comic writer, with books like Inferno Girl Red, Self Made, and Ultraman, and what his writing process has looked like for each of those titles.

This was one of our most fun episodes yet, and one you won't want to miss!

In celebration of Cats (2019) being added to Netflix's catalog, we recorded what's likely our most ridiculous episode yet. We're joined by Rob Merritt to discuss Tomi's long running theory that Cats and Mortal Kombat (2021) are nearly identical films in their story, premise, and plot structure.

Will Rob be convinced? Will you? Hard to say. But if this is your first episode of Giant Sized Violence, I promise it's not always like this...

This week we're joined Matt Hotson, co-writer of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return (alongside original Pink Ranger, Amy Jo Johnson), and First Assistant Director on shows like Titans, V-Wars, and Odd Squad.

Matt's a long time comics fan and first time comics writer. We get into the challenges of switching mediums from TV to comics, the origins of Amy and Matt's pitch for the book, and highlights from his time on Titans.

Be on the lookout for MMPR: The Return #1, coming to comic shops in February 2024!

We're joined by Maria Ingrande Mora (Fragile Remedy, The Immeasurable Depth of You) to discuss their comic writing debut with Ranger Academy!

Maria tells us about making the leap from writing YA novels to the world of comics, and the challenges that come with switching mediums. We also learn a bit about their love of fan fiction and transformative works, as well as their history with the Power Rangers franchise.