It’s time for some more con interviews and wrap-up! This time, I go through all the interviews conducted at this year’s MoCCA Festival in NYC, as well as C2E2 in Chicago. I have a wrap-up of C2E2 on the episode as well, but here is a full list of the intervews conducted at both shows:
MoCCA:
Dave Roman, co-creator of Teen Boat and a bunch of cool Avatar: The Last Airbender stuff
Vin Ferrante, creator of Witch Hunter vs. The Woman in Black
Fred Chao, creator of Johnny Hiro
C2E2:
Paul Mounts, longtime colorist of Fantastic Four, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Ultimates, New Avengers, Mighty Avengers, and various other comics, Marvel and otherwise.
Raina Telgemeier, creator of Smile, and the Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels
Lee Kohse, creator of Kindergoth, and part of Bloodfire Studios
Brian Crowley, creator of Hamster Rage, and part of Nerd City
Steve Bryant, creator and artist of Athena Voltaire. You can support the return of Athena Voltaire by donating to the Kickstarter Campaign! Oh, and he’s also a Comic Twart.
Sean Whelan and Jim Segulin of Raging Bullets
Tom Kelly, creator of fun Hello Kitty superhero drawings, and creator/artist of Sword of the Savage Samurai
Peter David, writer of X-Factor, Fallen Angel, Star Trek: The New Frontier novels, and plenty of other stuff, too!
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John Mayo, Bob Bretall, Julian Lytle and I give our take on The 2007 San Diego Comic-Con. We cover all five days in depth, so get ready for some good times! Also included are interview segments from the con with John Mayo, Hannah Lee from the forums, Kevin Freeman of APE Entertainment, Peter David, and Aaron Williams of P.S. 238. Also, make sure to stick around til the end, as John has an announcement that will make a bunch of you happy. Thanks to everybody who participated in this one, as I had a blast!
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Join Ian, Brent, and a rotating panel of guests as we discuss one of our favorite things: comics! Because there's always time for comics.
