Artist Karen Charm joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #107, in which Sal Larroca becomes the book's hot new artist ... for four issues.By Dan Grote

Animator and cartoonist Hamish Steele joins guest host Sean Dillon to talk about the DeadEndia graphic novel series and much more.By Dan Grote

Artist Corin Howell joins the show to talk about her spicy new Vault Comics series, Lilith.By Dan Grote

Writer Joe Casey joins the show to talk about his new Dynamite series Jonny Quest, his Image series Blood Squad Seven, DC's Kneel Before Zod and more.By Dan Grote

Writer-producer Josie Campbell joins the show to talk about her BOOM Studios series I Heart Skull-Crusher and DC's My Adventures with Superman - both the show and the comic.By Dan Grote

Tom Fowler joins the show to talk about his Kickstarter campaign for Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games.By Dan Grote

Wes Craig returns to talk about Kaya now that his Image Comics series is 20 issues in. Also, because it's Episode 311, we asked Wes to name his favorite 311 song. The answer may shock you. Or it may not.By Dan Grote

Johanna Taylor joins the show to talk about her debut graphic novel, The Ghostkeeper, out July 23.By Dan Grote

Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard join the show to talk about their upcoming Image Comics series The Power Fantasy.By Dan Grote

Writer Kelly Thompson joins the show to talk about her Powerpuff Girls series at Dynamite, Scarlett at Skybound, Birds of Prey at DC, Black Cloak at Image and more.By Dan Grote

Sebastian Girner and Kelly Williams join the show to talk about the second issue of their comic The Dead and the Damned, currently on Kickstarter.By Dan Grote

Matt and Dan go to Fan Expo Philly for interviews with Mike Hawthorne (Batman, Daredevil), Ryan Dunlavey (The Illustrated Al), Peter Tomasi (Sinister Sons) and IDW editor Heather Antos. Plus, an extended, rambling intro!By Dan Grote

Declan Shalvey joins the show to talk about his Thundercats series at Dynamite and more.By Dan Grote

Patrick Horvath joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for Free for All, wrapping up his IDW series Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, and more.By Dan Grote

Comedy writer and podcaster Jordan Morris joins the show to talk about his upcoming First Second graphic novel Youth Group, out July 16. Other topics include the mid- to late 1990s, ska, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and writing for Hanna-Barbera characters.By Dan Grote

Writer Louis Southard joins the show to talk about his Zoop campaign for Comics Are Dying: The Comic.By Dan Grote

David Pepose makes what our in-house statistician (Matt) believes to be his sixth appearance on the show to talk about his new Dynamite Entertainment series Space Ghost.By Dan Grote

For the big, round, 300th episode of the podcast formerly known as WMQ&A, writer Jed MacKay joins the show to talk about Marvel's summer Blood Hunt event, his upcoming run on X-Men and much more.By Dan Grote

Dan and Matt gather friends of the show Rob Lynch, John Bush and Will Nevin for an Irish wake-style sendoff to the past six years of the podcast.Tune in next week for Episode 300 of The ComicsXF Interview Podcast.By Dan Grote

Zack Quaintance returns to talk about his Kickstarter campaign for the anthology Death of Comics Bookcase Vol. 1. And dachshunds.By Dan Grote

Comics critic and podcaster Sara Century helps Dan unravel the mysteries of Excalibur #98, aka the one where they blow stuff up real good. Has there ever actually been a proactive X-team? Why is Excalibur stealing X-Force's bit? Is Nightcrawler a good leader or just hot when he's angry? Important questions, one and all.…

Writer Josh Trujillo joins the show to talk about his run on DC's Blue Beetle, including the recent Keith Giffen tribute issue.By Dan Grote

Writer Alex de Campi joins the show to talk about her Image Comics series Scrapper, due out in trade April 24.By Dan Grote

Dailen Ogden, Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly join the show to talk about their Vault Comics graphic novel, WifWulf.By Dan Grote

Magma Comix founder Denton Tipton and Editor-in-Chief Bobby Curnow talk about their new publishing initiative, its stories, its creators and rolling the dice in 2024.By Dan Grote

WMQ&A/BatChat co-host Matt Lazorwitz joins Dan to talk about Pryde & Wisdom #2, in which Kitty meets Pete's father and sister, and a bunch of other stuff happens because Warren Ellis is throwing idea spaghetti at the walls in too tight a space.By Dan Grote

Recorded at The Ohio State University, as part of the Project Narrative series, Matt Seybold reflects on the making of "Criticism LTD" [3:15], as well as ongoing Ponzi austerity, reassessment of close reading, and AI speculative euphoria since its conclusion [14:30]. James Phelan (Director of Project Narrative) argues for narrative theory's contrib…

From the production studios of Ohio State University, American Vandal host, Matt Seybold, and James Phelan, the Director of Project Narrative, read aloud Chapter 18 of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain [3:40], then discuss it [30:00] with emphases on the opportunities the chapter presents for types of close reading. This episode is a c…

Writer Eric Palicki joins the show to talk about his AHOY Comics werewolf detective series, Black's Myth.By Dan Grote

Writer Ram V joins the show to talk about The One Hand, Dawnrunner, Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives, Detective Comics and much more.By Dan Grote

Paul Cornell and Laura Helsby join the show to talk about their 2000AD serial "The English Astronaut." Also: Basketball! The Harrogate Toilet! And math!By Dan Grote

The finale episode of our miniseries on corporate allegory was recorded the day after the publication of Anna Kornbluh's "Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late Capitalism" by Verso. With numerous allusions to the book, Matt Seybold asks Kornbluh and "City of Industry" blogger J. D. Connor to consider the potential "perfect storm" of media disruption …

Writer Zac Thompson returns to talk about his new Oni Press series, Cemetery Kids Don't Die, his upcoming BOOM Studios series Blow Away and much more.By Dan Grote

Our series on corporate allegory continues with an extended discussion of Apple TV+, both its film and television offerings, as well as the relationship between such "content" and the corporation's primary business: selling iPhones and other hardware. Among the specific works discussed are "Severance," "Killers Of The Flower Moon," "Lessons In Chem…

Cartoonist Dave Baker joins the show to talk about his new Top Shelf graphic novel, Mary Tyler MooreHawk, PLUS, the gravesites and columbariums of comics legends.By Dan Grote

Battle of the Atom co-host and ComicsXF Publisher Emeritus Zack Jenkins joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #95, aka the one with Nate Grey, with detours into Marvel SNAP, what Kurt Busiek and the Silver Age get up to behind closed doors, and the later works of Johnny Cash.By Dan Grote

Brad and Lisa Gullickson from Comic Book Couples Counseling join the show to help Dan break down Pryde & Wisdom #1 ... and end up getting distracted by Bob.By Dan Grote

In an episode which operates as both coda to "Criticism LTD" and herald of 2024, Matt Seybold is joined by two scholars working on the complex history and sometimes conflicting methods of close reading. They also discuss the reception of Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed The Publishing Industry (Columbia UP, 2023) [31:00] and a bevy of novels…

Writer and developmental psychologist Sholly Fisch joins the show to talk about The Batman & Scooby-Doo Mysteries, MadBalls vs. Garbage Pail Kids and much more.By Dan Grote

A new season on corporate allegory, business melodrama, and new releases from academic presses kicks off with a discussion of the recent Mike Flanagan adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall Of The House of Usher" for Netflix. For more about this episode, please visit MarkTwainStudies.com/Usher or TheAmericanVandal.Substack.com…

Ryan Parrott, Noah Gardner and John Pearson join the show to talk about their upcoming Image series The Infernals.By Dan Grote

From Transformers to GI Joe to Madballs, Dan, Matt, Specialest of Guests Rob Lynch and CXF writer/editor Austin Gorton talk about the Reagan-era toys that have kept a stranglehold on American culture for four decades, and the tie-in comics they inspired. Yo, Joe!By Dan Grote

Jason Loo joins the show to talk about his new Sentry series at Marvel, his Marvel Infinity Comics, The All-Nighter and much more.By Dan Grote

Tom Peyer and Stuart Moore join the show to talk about the fifth anniversary of AHOY Comics, the return of their respective series, The Wrong Earth and Captain Ginger, and the prose serial "Partially Naked Came the Corpse."By Dan Grote

"Criticism LTD" concludes its lengthy examination of the unanswerable questions about the state of literary studies with a lengthy consideration of "The Future of Decline" [8:00], the delusion of progress [16:00], the British model of declinist politics [22:00] and literary criticism [29:00], an insider's account of the long tail of "The Chicago Fi…

Writer Simon Birks joins the show to talk about his Image/Top Cow series Antarctica and much more.By Dan Grote

In the second part of the finale of "Criticism LTD," we hear about the origins of Jacque Derrida's "Limited Inc." from its editor, the fraught alliance between criticism and history [17:00], the Center For The Literary Arts at Washington University in St. Louis [33.00], the transition from creative writer to working critic [62:00], and critical voc…

The tripartite finale of "Criticism LTD" begins with a the feud between Matthew Arnold and Mark Twain, followed by "Bed Glee" [14:00], "Outing Criticism" [40:00], and "The Fate of Professional Reading" [59:00] Cast (in order of appearance): Beci Carver, Kim Adams, Ryan Ruby, Ainehi Edoro, Jed Esty, Matt Seybold, Gerald Graff, Harry Stecopoulos Soun…

Writer David Pepose returns to talk about his new Punisher series at Marvel as well as Mad Cave's The Devil That Wears My Face. Plus, it's ComicsXF Podcast Crossover Week, so Will Nevin stops over from BatChat to help Dan co-host.By Dan Grote

Michael Dialynas joins the show to talk about his new BOOM Studios series, Zawa + the Belly of the Beast.By Dan Grote