Episode 326: Interview with Steve Englehart

Episode 326:  Interview with Steve Englehart

Joel and newcomer Josh tackle this great, in depth interview with Marvel, DC, and Malibu writer, Steve Englehart.  Listen as they mystify with discussions of comics in the 1970, 80, and even early 90s.  Beast a member of the Avengers?  Yeah, that was him.  Seen that 1989 Batman movie?  Check out Detective Comics 469-476.

Runtime  57 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 325: Interview with Todd McFarlane

Episode 325:  Interview with Todd McFarlane

This week on the Dollar Bin we would like to welcome comic creator and CEO of McFarlane Toys, Todd McFarlane to help promote his exclusive Toys R Us toy release on February 1.  I hope you like football, comics fans, because there is going to be a lot of that in this discussion.  Don't bail yet.  We also discuss the toy process, Spawn, and what McFarlane is working on comics-wise.

Runtime 33 minutes 05 seconds

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Episode 322: Interview with Christopher Priest 2013

Episode 322: Interview with Christopher Priest 2013

That is right.  Priest is back and this time he actually has a new book hitting the shelves, Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody.  Remember that time we interviewed Christopher Priest for three hours a few years ago?  You should listen to this one and then check that one out too.

Runtime 58 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 320: Thor Movie Discussion with Ron Frenz

Episode 320: Thor Movie Discussion with Ron Frenz

The Dollar Bin is lucky enough to have great recurring timely guests.  The last few weeks have been great for that.  This week Adam and Joel were lucky enough to spend some time with comic book legend, Ron Frenz, to discuss the latest Thor movie as well as anything else that came to mind.  Enjoy.  We did.

Runtime 1 hour 25 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 319: Interview with Robin Furth (Dark Tower)

Episode 319: Interview with Robin Furth (Dark Tower)

They say Ka is a wheel.  And as the wheel turns we find ourselves once again with the pleasure of discussing The Dark Tower with comic book adapter and Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: A Complete Concordance writer Robin Furth.  With this being her 4th or 5th appearance on the show, she may have more appearances than any other writer.

Runtime 1 hour 4 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 318: Cola-Con 2013 Wrap and Interviews

Episode 318: Cola-Con 2013 Wrap and Interviews

 While at Cola-Con this year Adam, Shawn, and Teeminus, took the time to grab interviews with Damion Scott, Ed Piskor, and Sanford Greene.  Terence set up shop and Adam and Shawn recorded a wrap up (completely unrelated).  Too bad you couldn’t catch Cola-Con this year, but, hey, there’s always next and until then, we did it for you.

Runtime 42 minutes 37 seconds

Episode 318:  Cola-Con 2013 Wrap and Interviews

 

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Episode 317: Interview with Andrew MacLean

Episode 317: Interview with Andrew MacLean

This week on the Dollar Bin, Adam and Terence are lucky enough to Skype down with Andrew Maclean to help promote the Kickstarter for his project Head Lopper 2:  The Wolves of Barra and to learn a little more about Andrew, himself, as well as his other work.  To kick things off though, they talk a little about Cola-Con coming up this weekend.

Runtime 46 minutes 08 seconds

Episode 317:  Interview with Andrew MacLean

 

 

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Episode 316: Sanford Greene's Deadlines and Other Stuff

Episode 316: Sanford Greene's Deadlines and Other Stuff

This week on the Dollar Bin Adam interviews Sanford Greene about his active Kickstarter project, Deadlines Volume 4.  They discuss the origin of Deadlines as well as his method and aspirations from Volume 4.  Later in the episode Adam and Shawn talk with Ted and Joel about lazy, fancy covers and the world of digital comics interaction.

Runtime 29 minutes 45 seconds

Episode 315:  Sanford Green's Deadlines and Other Stuff

 

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Episode 297a: FLUKE 2013 Interviews

Adam and Shawn attended FLUKE 2013.  As requested, they picked up some great candid interviews about nothing and even discussed some bonus relevent topics.  To close it all out (in part 2) reviews, reviews, reviews (though I wouldn’t really discribe what is done at reviewing).

Runtime 43 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 293: Interview with Ryan Browne

Cover by Ryan BrowneThis week Adam was lucky enough to get an interview with Ryan Browne to discuss his Kickstarter for his epic creation, God Hates Astronauts.  Ryan is also artist on Smoke and Mirrors (IDW), will be doing a few issues of The Manhattan Projects (Image) and will soon be taking over art on Bedlam (Image).

Runtime 24 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 285: Kidnapping, Sexism, and Nick Pitarra

This week Adam and Shawn open the show with a discussion about Tony Harris’ cosplay rant from a few weeks back as well as looking into sexism in geek/comics culture, but that is just the beginning because the big bang for your buck is the amazing Nick Pitarra interview from his Richard’s Comics and Collectables signing.

Runtime 53 minutes 55 seconds

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Event: SPX 2012 Recap

Somehow, between a fish fry, a county fair and a wedding reception, Adam and Shawn managed to find time to attend the Small Press Expo (SPX) in Bethesda, Maryland! This made for a crazy busy weekend, but boy did they have a blast! SPX is one of the best comic conventions for indie creators and the floor was filled with incredible talented people selling awesome books.

Runtime 1 hour 5 minutes 25 seconds

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HeroesCon 2012: The Interviews

While Adam, Devin, Shawn, and Ted were up in the panel rooms managing the sound for 73 panels Brian was holding down the fort at home base as well as hitting the isles hard with true journalism.  Listen here as he grills Jackie Lewis and Yale Stewart.

Runtime 19 minutes 49 seconds

HeroesCon 2012: The Interviews

Discussion: X-O Manowar with Robert Venditti

This week the Dollar Bin has a special treat for you.  We would call it an interview with X-O Manowar writer Robert Venditti, however it’s so much more than just that.  Yes, we bring you a great interview, but we start you off with an intense Valiant/X-O discussion with DB contributor and huge Valiant fan, Danny (Cinlach).

Runtime 58 minutes 14 seconds

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Interview: Astro City - Brent Anderson

About a decade ago (maybe it was less than that) the Dollar Bin’s Joel, Tee, and Adam spent quite a bit of time on the phone with Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson to discuss their (along with Alex Ross) masterpiece in motion, Astro City.  We offer to you here the second part featuring artist Brent Anderson.

Runtime 1 hour 12 minutes 58 seconds

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Interview: Astro City - Kurt Busiek

About a decade ago (maybe it was less than that) the Dollar Bin’s Joel, Tee, and Adam spent quite a bit of time on the phone with Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson to discuss their (along with Alex Ross) masterpiece in motion, Astro City.  We offer to you here the first part featuring writer Kurt Busiek.

Runtime 1 hour 02 minutes 48 seconds

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Discussion: Free Comic Book Day 2011

Just as every year for the 10 years prior the comic book industry has celebrated Free Comic Book Day.  The difference between this year and it predecesors..?  This was the 10th year!  Adam and Shawn of the Dollar Bin journey to 3 Carolina shops this year, including Richards Comics and Collectables, Borderlands Comics and Games, and Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find.  They talk sketches.  They talk people  They talk COMICS.  Don’t forget to check our our pictures on Flickr.

Runtime 01 hour 04 minutes 02 seconds

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Discussion: Free Comic Book Day 2011