Fourth Wall Comics Podcast #10

It’s catch-up time! Jesse and Freddie discuss three of their favorite titles from the DC relaunch: Action Comics, Animal Man, and Swamp Thing. Stay tuned for another DC catch-up podcast coming soon!

SHOW NOTES:
01:52 ACTION COMICS
15:58 ANIMAL MAN
24:30 SWAMP THING
36:23 End

Intro Music: The Descendents – “Rotting Out“

Fourth Wall Comics Video Review Show

It finally happened! For the first time ever, Jesse and Freddie sit down and talk about comics in front of a camera for all to see!

Watch as they discuss American Vampire #22, All-Star Western #4 and Kick-Ass 2 #6!

If you like the video make sure to comment and rate. The more feedback we get, the more likely we might do this kind of thing more often.

Watch and enjoy!

Fourth Wall Comics Podcast #9

We saved the best for last (the last podcast of 2011, by the way) as Jesse immediately scolds us on the indie direction our podcast has recently taken, and proceeds to course-correct by taking us through his favorite books currently at Marvel Comics. A helluva way to end the year.

Creator Spotlight – Daniel Clowes

In which two guys introduce a new segment where we discuss a writer/artist seminal works. We kick off this inaugural installment with the great Daniel Clowes… Just in time for Kwanzaa.

SHOW NOTES:
Wilson: 02:50
Mister Wonderful: 14:10
The Death-Ray: 22:00
END: 34:01

Under The Radar Podcast: Rachel Rising, 30 Days of Night, Near Death

Freddie and Art spend this holiday season talking about something we all hold near and dear to our hearts. DEATH. That’s right, all the books we’ll talk about in this episode will be about dying and near death experiences. Seasons greetings!

[00:00] START
[01:25] Rachel Rising 1-3
[10:42] 30 Days of Night (On-going) 1-2
[28:32] Near Death 1-3
[40:13] END

Fourth Wall Interviews: Nick Pitarra

At this year’s Wizard World Austin, Freddie got the chance to interview artist Nick Pitarra (Astonishing Tales, The Red Wing, S.H.I.E.L.D.) and ask him a few questions about his latest project and about what he has coming up in the near future.

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Freddie Arnold: For people who haven’t heard, how did your collaboration with writer Jonathan Hickman come about?

Nick Pitarra: Jonathan discovered me in an art contest that Comic Book Resources hosts called Comic Book Idol. I came in 5th one year, and from entering the contest Jonathan saw my work. By the time I lost the contest, Jonathan had already forwarded my portfolio on to John Barber at Marvel Comics. The day I lost the contest, I got an E-Mail from Marvel asking me if I’d like to work with Jonathan on an anthology. It was a story about Mojoworld in Astonishing Tales. That’s how me and Jonathan first got started.

Freddie: So, he choose you, rather than an established artist after seeing your work?

Nick: Yeah, that’s the really interesting and very cool thing about Jonathan, he really marches to the beat of his own drum when it comes to creating stuff. The Astonishing Tales stuff was some of his first work at Marvel as well. Instead of, like any other writer that was trying to break in — who would always daydream about who they’d want to work with, usually a bad ass professional — he picked me online. I’d never met him, never talked to him, never said anything to him before. I was unpublished, I didn’t even know of his work, and unbeknownst to me, he had sent my stuff to Marvel and asked if he could work with me. So with S.H.I.E.L.D. and the things he takes risks on, it shows that’s his mentality with creation. So, he took that chance with me, which was awesome.

F: So when you were offered your first job working with Jonathan Hickman, did you go back and research all of his previous books, like his early work at Image?

N: I did. I went to my local comic shop and picked up The Nightly News and the first thing I thought was “Why the hell does this guy want to work with me?!”, because we don’t draw alike at all. He doesn’t really do classic sequentials, he just kinda does text and graphs and silhouettes… I was like, “What the fuck am I getting into working with this guy?” And then, once I got the scripts, it just showed how well-rounded he was. It was a completely funny, zany, sequential story. He just let me be myself. He encouraged me to be myself. I was kinda blown away by how well rounded he was.