Eating the Fantastic

Excellent interview with the always fantastic Al Milgrom! He’s done it all! And he even wrestled me into submission! One of my favorite creators to work with!

I love Scott’s interviews with old-timey comics creators. He was very much a part of that scene, beginning when he was a teenager in the 1970’s. He went to comic cons before they became overly commercialized. He worked in the Marvel Bullpen when all the legends were there… Stan, Roy, etc. And he has a lot of stories. More importantly, he is interested in the stories that his old colleagues have to tell. Scott doesn’t work in comics anymore, but his affection for the subject matter and the inner workings of the comics industry shines through. Sharing a meal with a writer, artist or editor is an ingenious way to dispense with the formalities and apprehension that an interviewee might otherwise have. The interviews are lengthy enough — from soup to coffee and dessert— that it seems like both Scott and his interviewee forget the whole thing is being recorded. It’s really a lot of fun to eavesdrop. I highly recommend his podcasts!

Great conversations with people throughout the SF/F field. Scott is a fun host.

As a comic book aficionado, I relish this booster seat at the table that elevates me to the level of trusted confidante as Edelman dishes w/industry titans such as Marv Wolfman, Larry Lieber, Gerry Conway, Don McGregor, and (personal hero) Paul Levitz, former DC head honcho and longtime scribe of The Legion of Super-Heroes. These long-form reminiscences are the podcast equivalent of Vanity Fair profiles, exhaustively detailed and served w/steaming sides of priceless anecdotes, yet somehow still leaving me hungry for more! Here’s hoping for a swift cure to the COVID bug that has laid waste to comic cons and fine dining, so we’re treated to more of these five-star culinary confabs!!