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While I’m spending some family time in Disney World, Byron is making sure you don’t have to wait for new episodes of the Cryptid Creator Corner, and Great Scott this is a Dan(g) good episode with Dan Panosian and Scott Snyder. Dan and Scott make their way to the virtual Yeti Cave to talk about CANARY, a Comixology Original now published by Dark Horse Comics. The trade is out June 26th. This is a Western Horror story with elements of body horror and cosmic horror all brought to life by Dan’s masterful artwork and haunting colors. Canary takes place in the past but feels relevant for today. Dan and Scott get into their creative partnership and share some of the highlights of making this comic. As a fan of both this was a true joy for me. I hope this isn’t the last time these two gunslingers work together. 

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Today I'm joined by a new guest on the show, Jim Krueger. Jim is an Eisner Winner, was a creative director with Marvel, has worked on many a comics property including Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Batman, Superman, the Earth X Trilogy, and is now collaborating with Grammy Nominated EDM megastar Steve Aoki on a new hybrid comics/prose graphic novel called Hiroquest: Genesis and Double Helix. Hiroquest follows teen Hiro, pronounced hero, a genetically augmented human who is bouncing around the multiverse four hundred years into the future to save planet Earth from impending doom. He’s looking for ten rings from ten separate worlds and he’s got a set of superpowers to help him out courtesy of a group of doctors that augmented him: flight, super strength, and a sort of ESP or special insight courtesy of the third eye. Switching back and forth between prose and comics, this is one of the more unique projects I've seen in some time. The chapters correspond to Steve's album of the same name and there are many Easter Eggs in the text referencing it. Make sure to check it out as it is in stores now.
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It's another special episode of the Cryptid Creator Corner and this time I'm chatting with Brent Fisher. Brent is the Creative Director of Dauntless Stories and the Chief Diversity Officer of Band of Bards. We chat about Dauntless and Band of Bards joining forces to be a worker-owned cooperative and what that means as well as Brent's roles in both organizations. I also get to learn more about Brent's own comics origin story and they tell me about the upcoming Kickstarter (launching June 18th) for Unbroken. Listen to the episode and sign up for Dauntless Stories' newsletter for more details and so you don't miss the KS campaign. Brent was such a joy to chat with. Their love for comics is effusive and I can't wait for the Unbroken Kickstarter campaign. Check out Brent's website to learn more: https://www.brentfisher.net/ 
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It was Orson Welles that once said about Twitter: "We live in a snake pit here... I hate it but I just don't allow myself to face the fact that I hold it in contempt because it keeps on turning out to be the only place to go." Maybe Orson Welles wasn't talking about Twitter, I'm not sure, but you know who could tell me what Orson Welles was talking about, today's guest: Milton Lawson. Milton makes his triumphant return to the Cryptid Creator Corner to chat about the trade of Orson Welles: Warrior of the Worlds. This is such a fun, outlandish, sci-fi, historical fiction, adventure. I loved it and I loved chatting more with Milton about it. Be sure to check out Milton's website: https://miltonlawson.com/ and do yourself a favor and after picking up the trade (due to be out in mid-July) go watch some Orson Welles' films! 
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I'm chatting with comics creator Boum on the show today. She's a new guest with an amazing new graphic novel, The Jellyfish, dropping with Montreal based Pow Pow Press. As a disabled person myself, I'm trying to get more creators with disabilities on the show and this book absolutely blew me away. It was my first 10/10 reading experience in 2024. The story follows Odette, a young woman slowly loosing her sight which Boum was also dealing with over the course of working on the project. It's a very honest slice of life story that embraces the real joys and sadness in our lives. As you progress through the book, the ever increasing number of small jellyfish slowly begins to dominate the panels creating a sense of what it is like to loose your vision over time. It's a novel way of approaching the topic I've never seen before. I don't have enough glowing adjectives to portray my adoration of this project and it's why I love hosting creators on the show who may not get as much attention in mainstream outlets to give projects like this an opportunity to shine. Please consider asking your local comic shop or bookstore to order you a copy if they don't have it.
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I really enjoy interviewing creators for the podcast, but I also love listening to other interview podcasts as well, and I'm hard-pressed to think of anyone that does it better than David Harper. David is the guy behind SKTCHD and Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast. David brings his natural curiosity to interviewing and it makes for some of the most thoughtful, interesting, and wonderful conversations about the creation of comic books. We dive into David's origin story as an interviewer and talk about the things he likes to write about for SKTCHD. Be sure to check out SKTCHD BOOK 2023 and if you like this podcast you're gonna love David's Off Panel (I really enjoyed this chat from 2022 with Matthew Rosenberg.
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