This week, Chris and Matt sit down with Robert Venditti, writer of the new X-O Manowar series from Valiant, The Surrogates and The Homeland Directive! Rob talks about how he didn’t get into comics until was in his late 20s, how he got in with Top Shelf and Valiant, what it was like being on set of the film adaptation of The Surrogates and a ton more! Plus, we use a listener email as an excuse to talk about barbecue some more (as if we needed one)!
The Rundown
- Follow Rob on Twitter and check out his website!
- Check out Dylan Todd’s interview with Valiant logo designer Rian Hughes.
- If you notice Rob’s sound quality changing over the course of the interview, it’s because we went from Skype to a phone call. He didn’t get attacked by a big wad of cotton or anything.
- Robert’s first comics were Astro City comics. In case you didn’t know, Astro City is great.
- Grant Morrison’s previous statements about Siegel and Shuster have been…less than totally sympathetic.
- Comics are a lot like politics, Shep.
- Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. Enjoy.
- Chris’ checks and recs: The Great Pet Debate 2012, Street Fighter: The Movie
- Matt’s checks and recs: Book stuff, Veep
- Music used: Janelle Monae, “Cold War”
Comics Talked About:
- Action Comics #9
- Earth 2 #1
- Popeye #1
Shameless Self Promotion:
- You can get Matt’s book, The Supervillain Handbook, here!
- The @FakeAPStylebook book, Write More Good, is still available to buy right here!
- Check out Sims at The ISB, Comics Alliance, his webcomic Awesome Hospital, as well as the complete Solomon Stone at ActionAgeComics.
- Check out Matt’s Fake e-Etiquette Twitter feed, his webcomic Copernicus Jones, his Tumblr and the ISS.
- Check out all Euge’s music at AdamWarRock.com.
- Check out Max Huffman on Twitter, or at his site.
- Check out Rusty Shackles on Twitter, or at his site.
Remember to send in your listener questions to warrocketpodcast_at_gmail.com!
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um, actually… alien legion is from the marvel comics epic line from the late 1980’s through the early 90’s. i do belive the title was picked up by dark horse in the 90’s after being canceled by Marvel, so you’re half right.
just REAL KEEPING IT REAL, SON!
great episode, btw! 🙂
Nope, all wrong. Mid 80’s to early 90’s all from epic. DH reprinted everything a few years ago though & supposedly there is a new mini in the works but Carl Potts hasn’t said anything about it in awhile.
http://generaleclectic123.blogspot.com/2010/07/alien-legion-update-movie-comic.html
I am not an animal hater, but I am with Chris on this.
Growing up, my family had minimally one cat and one dog, sometimes more. It was always horrible cleaning up after them or finding them in my long boxes clawing through my comics and Mad Magazines.
When I was in my teens, I vowed I would never have a dog, cat, marmoset, donkey or otherwise.
Now I have a seven month old, so it’s a wash.
I liked the Street Fighter movie better when it was called Bloodsport and was about Frank Dux. Seriously though, I would bet all the dollars that the reason SF:TM focused on Guile is because Van Damme as Guile is the exact same character as Van Damme as Frank Dux.
“For me, it was Tuesday.” Beautiful.
Street Fighter has the dubious honor of being my second favorite G.I. Joe movie.
Real talk: That scene where they’re about to have a potentially awesome cage fight with Vega but then the UN army invades and arrests everyone? The ultimate cinematic troll.