Double Page Spread ep 48- Sean E. Williams
Sean E. Williams has been waiting for years to tell you the story that’s currently going on in Fables spin off, “Fairest”. I get to have a bit of a coming out party with him as he can finally open up about combining characters from the Mahabarata, Jungle Book and one of Fables’ rakish favorites!
We also dive into his current creator owned title, “Artful Daggers” from Monkeybrain. It’s an innovative take on combining technology and business from different eras with a nod to Mark Twain, full of espionage, royalty and deadly weapons!
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Double Page Spread ep 47- C2E2 Roundtable
In lieu of an official podcasting panel, the greatest highlight of C2E2 for me was when a few of us just hunkered down on the floor and decided to record our own! We opened up and got brutally frank about topics like abusing Kickstarter and “Before Watchmen”.
Roll call:
John Siuntres of Wordballoon
Brian “Pants” Christman of Comic Geek Speak
Mike Pfeiffer of Most People are DJs
Stevie D of Comic Book Queers
Chris Marshall of Collected Comics Library
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It’s the return of legendary Justice League/Moonshadow scribe JM DeMatteis! He gives us all the scoop on Phantom Stranger and his partnership with Keith Giffen on Larfleeze. Then we get into a round of Beatles trivia! JM is sincerely one of the most inspiring, open minded and positive people I’ve ever had the joy of talking to, with an imagination as big as the multiverse. So take a listen!
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Double Page Spread ep 44- Skottie Young
Skottie Young has made a successful name for himself pencilling Oz adaptation books for Marvel for about 10 years (Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Ozma of Oz, Road to Oz). Recently he’s become the go-to guy for super cute variant covers. We dive into the transition of his art over the years, how he got to work with Neil Gaiman and a lot of talk about 90s hip hop and what the heck IS dubstep.
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Written that Way: First ARTFUL DAGGERS Giveaway!
Hey Gang! Have you heard the news?
If you haven’t already, make sure you’ve picked up Issue #2 of ARTFUL DAGGERS, for next week is our First Official Giveaway! We’ll be giving away a little something special on Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook next week, so be sure to read…
The Man in the Alien Suit
A casting director and a 7-foot tall Nigerian walk into a bar…it sounds like the start of a joke, but it actually resulted in horror movie history.
That good looking young man you see above is inadvertently responsible for giving us nightmares. Bolaji Badejo was a 26 year-old graphic design student having a drink in a London pub in 1978 when he was spotted by a casting agent working with Ridley Scott on the movieAlien. They had yet to find an actor suitable for the actual role of the creature who would terrorize the crew of the ship Nostromo. They needed someone tall and gangly as Scott didn’t want audiences to think there could possibly be a human in the costume. He’d been considering basketball players and Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars trilogy, when Badejo was brought to his attention. At 7 feet tall with a sinewy frame and long legs and arms, the Nigeria-born Badejo looked like he’d be a fit for the gig, and he accepted the role.However, working on the Alien set was not all fun and games. According to an interview that Badejo gave toCinefantastique Magazine in 1979 (his only known interview, reprinted here on Strange Shapes) playing the gangly alien proved to be physically demanding and uncomfortable at times. Badejo had to make the creature look graceful at times and lethally quick at others.
dude… I’d be peerfect for this job
Double Page Spread ep 43- Fabletown and Beyond
This episode was taped live from “Fabletown and Beyond”- the only comic convention devoted to mythic fiction. It was an amazing, intimate opportunity to get to know writers and artists, hear industry stories and make new friends. The bar (sponsored by the book “Kill Shakespeare”) was kind enough to let me set up in a corner where I taped these interviews with organizers Bill Willingham (Fables, Fairest, Elementals) and Brad Thomte, and creators Lauren Beukes (Fairest), Sean E. Williams (Fairest, Artful Daggers), and Mitch Gerads (The Activity, and artist of the poster above). So grab a gin Grimmlet and pull up a seat at the bar!
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