#217 - Wizard World Pittsburgh: Interviews

(Photo of James Marsters courtesy of Darlene Van Tilburg, all other photos property of Comic Book Pitt)

HOST: Jared

NEWS/TALK: Enjoy several interviews from Wizard World Pittsburgh, including Lou Ferrigno, James Marsters, Neal Adams, and more!

#140 - Interview with Tonatzin Mondragon

This episode Jared and Duke have a great conversation with Tonatzin Mondragon, who first gained notoriety as a contestant on the first season of Stan Lee's "Who Wants to Be a Superhero?" Her newest project is "Lumin: The Golden Warrior is Born", a film project currently seeking funding via Kickstarter.

Speaking of Kickstarter, don't forget to check out Love & Monsters, a comic book and music anthology featuring many friends of CBP.

#138 - NYCC 2013 Interviews

We follow up on our trip to NYCC with five short interviews that Jared got at the show with some great up-and-coming indie comics creators. You'll hear from J (Farlaine the Goblin), Gemma Bedau and Lee Fenton Wilkinson (Afroella), Steven Walters and Rob Reilly (A.K.A.), Josh Dahl (Rapid City), and Howie Noel (Tara Normal).

Baltimore Comicon 2011: Interview with Kelly Yates

Our good friends over at Sorgatron Media attended the Baltimore Comic Con 2011 and had the pleasure of talking with Kelly Yates, illustrator for the Doctor Who comic from IDW. They talk about how he got into comics, how the comics handle canon, and what characters he would like to tackle.

Big thanks to Sorgatron Media for letting us share this video. Enjoy!

Pittsburgh Comicon 2011: Interview with Loran Skinkis and Gary Morgan

You thought we were done with the Pittsburgh Comicon interviews? Nope, we had one more, this time talking with Loran Skinkis and Gary Morgan from Films and Comics

CBP Special #15 - Emily McGuiness

Dan and Jeff recently had the pleasure of talking to Emily McGuiness. Emily is the writer/artist of the full length graphic novel Ties: A Chronicle of Letters and Scotch. Emily talks about her time at SCAD, her experiences creating Ties, her successful Kickstarter campaign, San Diego Comic Con, and more.

Check out Emily's blog or pick up a copy of Ties from Lulu.com.

(For some reason, Dan's volume is a lot lower that of Jeff's and Emily's, so apologies for variation in sound quality.)

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Pittsburgh Comicon 2011 - Interview with Marcel Walker

Marcel “M.L.” Walker is a Pittsburgh native, graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh,and former comic-book instructor at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. In 2009 he was one of several contributing creators on the Pittsburgh ToonSeum's NORTH anthology comic-book. Most recently, his combined love of the Steel City and superheroes has yielded the first installment of his comic-book series HERO CORP. INTERNATIONAL!

Pittsburgh Comicon 2011 - Interview with Chris Maverick

Here he is folks...the Man, the Myth, the Legend...the MAV! Check out the work that Mav and artist Max are doing on their always entertaining webcomic, Cosmic Hellcats.

Pittsburgh Comicon 2011 - Interview with Scott Hedlund

You may know Scott Hedlund, aka "Duke", as co-host of the Comic Book Pitt podcast, but Scott is also an accomplished comic book artist who's worked on many independent comics with writer Brian Babyok. Works such as Fairhaven, World of Orenda, Chaos Punks, and, currently, Weirdlings can be found at Weirdlings Press

Pittsburgh Comicon 2011 - Interview with Al Dorantes

Whether he's cat-calling booth babes or throwing kick-ass penthouse parties, Al Dorantes of Luchador Enterprises always has a good time at the Pittsburgh Comicon and makes sure everyone around him does too.

Pittsburgh Comicon 2011: Interview with Michael 'Frick' Weber

Check out Dang's interview with Michael 'Frick' Weber from Films and Comics. Frick talks about working with the first digital comic book publisher out of Australia, Cloud 9 Comix, and his experiences writing The Field on the Edge of the Woods.

Pittsburgh Comicon 2011 - Interview with Dave Wachter

Dave Wachter is the Eisner-nominated creator of The Guns of Shadow Valley and artist of the upcoming IDW book That Hellbound Train. Dave began his career as the artist and co-creator of the critically acclaimed independent comic series Scar Tissue. His work has been featured in various anthologies, including: Fiendish Fables, PKD Media Presents, and Hope: New Orleans. An episode of the webcomic Mystery Solved! will soon feature his art. He is the artist on Tell Them Johnny Wadd is Here for Terminal Press, the celebrated adaptation of the notorious John Holmes film.

Pittsburgh Comicon 2011 - Interview with David DeVera

Enjoy this interview with David DeVera of Diamondgoat Media. David is the creator and writer of NINJABITCH, a 4-issue bloody, violent, grindhouse comic.

Pittsburgh Comicon 2011 - Interview with Jon Towers

We first met Jon Towers at the 24 Hour Comic Day event back in 2007 and we all became fast friends. We were thrilled to get a chance to talk to him about his current projects at this year's Pittsburgh Comicon.

Pittsburgh Comicon 2011 - Interview with Mikey Wood

Mikey Wood's Space Monkey Comics has been part of Pittsburgh's indie comic scene for many years with such works as Solitaire, Hate Your Friends, Love in a Time of Super Heroes, Pack of Lies and most recently, Doc Rocket. On a personal note, he was also the first guest that we ever had on CBP, waaaay back in Episode 10. If you missed that episode, do yourself a favor and listen to it, it was a lot of fun.

Mikey is also a regular fixture at the Pittsburgh Comicon so it was great to get to talk to him again.



As always, big thanks to Mike Sorg of Sorgatron Media for his camera work and editing. None of this would have been possible without him.

Pittsburgh Comicon 2011: Interview with Eric Adams

Another great interview from the Pittsburgh Comicon with Eric Adams. Thanks again to Mike Sorg of Sorgatron Media for all his hard work on these videos.



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Pittsburgh Comicon 2011: Interview with Byron Winton

We talk with friend and local artist, Byron Winton.

Pittsburgh Comicon 2011: Interview with Timothy Lantz

Here is the first of many creator interviews from the 2011 Pittsburgh Comicon. Introducing fantasy artist Timothy Lantz...

Comic Book Pitt Special: Pittsburgh Comicon 2011!

The first video from Pittsburgh Comicon 2011 is here and I feel like a proud papa! Thanks so much to Mike Sorg from Sorgatron Media, host of the Wrestling Mayhem Show and the AwesomeCast for his great camera work and the editing magic he performed.

Look for future video interviews here and at Sorgatron Media.