Chris Ryall is practically synonymous with IDW Publishing, since serving as President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of the company for 15 years. But he started out running the parody site MoviePoopShoot.com for Kevin Smith before joining IDW. Once there, he both oversaw and wrote many adaptations and licensed books, including Shaun of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Transformers, Beowulf, KISS, Mars Attacks, and Clive Barker's The Great and Secret Show. Chris also co-created a number of original books, including the highly successful Zombies vs. Robots, as well as Groom Lake, The Colonized, and The Hollows. In 2011, he brought together Transformers, Star Trek, Ghostbusters, and G.I. Joe for an intercompany crossover called Infestation. Now, he's reteamed with long-time collaborator Ashley Wood to start Syzygy Publishing, an imprint of Image Comics.

You can follow Chris on all the socials @chris_ryall and Syzygy on their site worldofsyzygy.com and all the socials too @syzygypublishing.


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In this surprise bonus episode, the Bandits take a backseat to Mike Spring (Outtatime Comics) as he interviews the one and only Todd McFarlane! They talk about Todd’s new Kickstarter for an updated Medieval Spawn figure and comic, which you can back right here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spawnmasterworks/original-medieval-spawn-action-figure-and-comic-remastered-24.

There’s less than two days left to get in on the action, so check it out!

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What happens when the world’s most notorious supernatural gangster squares off with the man of 1,000 disguises? To find out, you’ll have to back the latest Kickstarter by J.C. Vaughn (Gemstone Publishing) as he presents Captain Action vs. Al Capone, Vampire!

That’s right, Cap is back! And that’s no surprise because for years, Ed Catto (TwoMorrows Publishing) and others have been working hard to bring him back into the mainstream.

To back the project head to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jcvaughn/captain-action-vs-al-capone-vampire-1


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Maybe you know him from Bear Arm Baby. (Or maybe not.) Maybe you know him from his Sweet Heart miniseries. Or maybe you know him from reading these show notes and your curiosity about a comic called My Neighbor Necromancer. We're talking with writer Dillon Gilbertson today: about how he got into comics, what it's like developing projects independently, pitching those projects, and getting his work out through Kickstarter.

Speaking of which, you should back issue #2 of My Neighbor Necromancer here: http://kck.st/4cLiaOo! And if you want to follow Dillon, check out his site dillondoescomics.com, or follow him on X and Instagram @DillGilbertson.

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José Marzan Jr. has worked all over the comics industry for more than four decades! Primarily as an inker and painter, José's work has spanned DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, and Disney, including such titles as Action Comics, Adventures of Superman, Doctor Strange, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, and more. He won two Eisner Awards for inking Pia Guerra on Vertigo's Y: The Last Man, and spent more than nine years inking The Flash in the 90s.

You can follow Jose at his site, josemarzan.com, or on all of the socials @josemarzanjr.

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College student Ray MacKay has already been published in numerous comics because of his incredible writing abilities. From Big Bang Comics and 10 Ton Press to Alpha Red Comics and more, he is quickly becoming a known name is the comics community.

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Diana Schutz is back, and it's almost like she never left! After a bit more philosophizing, we dig into the three things we missed the first time: academia, Dark Horse, and translation. As you may know, Diana spends a lot of her time now as a professor at Portland State University, where she helped establish the Comics Studies program. And she's an award winning translator, having just won a 2024 Eisner for the latest edition of Blacksad. But before that, of course, she spent 25 years in a variety of editorial roles at Dark Horse. We dig deep into all of that and more on today's episode!

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Gary Carlson gives old school comic fans what they love with his Big Bang Comics. But the journey to get here took him through Marvel, DC, Image and many more. In fact, he’s known as the grandfather of Image Comics, since he gave young talents Erik Larsen and Rob Liefeld some of their earliest work!

To learn more, check out bigbangcomics.com/about.

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