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This episode was recorded on the DC Metro, where where I bumped into cartoonist Claire Deely following the 2024 Small Press Expo. She's the creator of Can You Dig the Adventures of Rich & Sam, a self-published comic that you can get on Gumroad.BUY!Can You Dig the Adventures of Rich & SamFOLLOW!Claire Deely (Writer & artist, Can You Dig the Adventures of Rich & Sam) Instagram: @mintynjeb/Web: clairedeely.comBuy This Comic! Substack: Buy This Comic!Twitter:@buythiscomicInstagram:@buythiscomicFacebook:@buythiscomicWeb:buythiscomic.netJason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!)Substack: Jason MojicaTwitter: @elmodernistoInstagram: @jasonmojicacomicsMusic: “You Are A Monster” by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buythiscomic.substack.com

This episode was recorded on the floor of the 2024 Small Press Expo where I had the pleasure of sharing a table with Gideon Kendall, co-author and artist of Wait…It Gets Worse, which is now available as big, beautiful hardcover omnibus with brand new stories from Cosmic Lion. We talk not only about the new book, but about the joys of tabling at comic conventions.[To view an image gallery of pages from Wait...It Gets Worse, visit https://buythiscomic.substack.com ]BUY!Wait… It Gets Worse - Hardcover OmnibusFOLLOW!Gideon Kendall (Co-author & artist, Wait… It Gets Worse) Instagram: @gideonkendallTwitter: @gideonkendall Web: gideonkendall.comBuy This Comic! Substack: Buy This Comic!Twitter:@buythiscomicInstagram:@buythiscomicFacebook:@buythiscomicWeb:buythiscomic.netJason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Substack: Jason MojicaTwitter: @elmodernistoInstagram: @jasonmojicacomicsIn New York City? Visit HEY KIDS COMICS!Music: “You Are A Monster” by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buythiscomic.substack.com

Welcome to BUY THIS COMIC,  the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. I'm your host Jason Mojica and this time… we've got something a little different for you! We're joined by Karl Stevens, creator of Penny: A Graphic Memoir, but this conversation was recorded live in front of an in-store audience at Hey Kids Comics in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This chat took place on the evening of Friday, July 19 2024. We'll be doing more of these evening chats over at the shop, so if you want to know when the next one will be, make sure to subscribe to our substack: https://buythiscomic.substack.comBUY!Penny: A Graphic MemoirMother Nature (with Jamie Lee Curtis)FOLLOW!Karl Stevens (Author, Penny: A Graphic Memoir) Instagram: @karlstevensartTwitter: @karlstevensartBuy This Comic! Substack: Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.netJason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Substack: Jason Mojica Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomicsIn New York City? Visit HEY KIDS COMICS!Music: “You Are A Monster” by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit buythiscomic.substack.com

This week we talk to James Romberger & Josh Bayer about a punk rock comic book project that we here at Buy This Comic are deeply invested in (because we're the ones who dreamt it up and are putting it out): the Naked Raygun Broken Things limited edition etched 7" and comic book. It's being crowdfunded on Kickstarter at this very moment and will be released by our parent company, Xylophone. We talk to James & Josh about how they're working together on this unique collaboration, the primacy and practicality of working using traditional tools, the history of split comic stories, how punk rock influenced them, and so much more. BUY! Head to Kickstarter to make pledge and get yourself one of the limited edition copies of the Naked Raygun Broken Things limited edition etched 7" and comic book. You can also choose rewards that include original sketches, signed graphic novels, and even special edition Naked Raygun t-shirts designed by James & Josh! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xylophone/nakedraygun FOLLOW! James Romberger (Co-creator, Broken Things) Instagram: @james_romberger Web: jamesromberger.com Josh Bayer (Co-creator, Broken Things) Instagram: @joshmbayer Twitter: @mrjoshbayer Web: joshbayer.com Xylphone (Publisher, Broken Things) Instagram: @xylophonemedia Twitter: @xylophonemedia . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics In New York City? Visit our shop: HEY KIDS COMICS! Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This week we're getting non-fictional when we talk to Jon Chad, writer and artist of PINBALL: A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE SILVER BALL, a gorgeous hardcover graphic novel published by First Second that is in stores now. BUY! Order a copy of Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball from Bookshop.org and you'll be supporting independent bookstores while you're at it! FOLLOW! Jon Chad (Writer & Artist, Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball) Instagram: @jonchlaunch Twitter: @jon_chad Web: jonchad.com First Second (Publisher, Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball) Instagram: @01firstsecond Twitter: @01FirstSecond Web: firstsecondbooks.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics In New York City? Visit our shop: HEY KIDS COMICS! Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Juni Ba created the Monkey Meat universe about 10 years ago. Now, Monkey Meat comes to Image comics in the form of a good old fashioned floppy. Stop what you're doing and listen as we go (virtually) to Montpellier to talk to Juni Ba, writer and artist of the a darkly comedic new anthology series. FOLLOW! Juni Ba (Writer & Artist, Monkey Meat) Instagram: @juni.ba Twitter: @juni_ba Image Comics (Publisher, Monkey Meat) Instagram: @imagecomics Twitter: @imagecomics Web: imagecomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics In New York City? Visit our sponsor's shop: HEY KIDS COMICS! Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This week we're joined by Gabe Soria and Gideon Kendall, writer and artist of The MegaGhost of Christmas, a holiday minicomic special featuring all your favorite characters from the MegaGhost universe. It's published by Xylophone, and is available for $3ppd from HEY KIDS COMICS! FOLLOW! Gabe Soria (Writer, The MegaGhost of Christmas) Instagram: @bitchinville Twitter: @bitchinville Gideon Kendall (Artist, The MegaGhost of Christmas) Instagram: @johnnysampson Twitter: @gideonkendall Web: gideonkendall.com Xylophone (Publisher, The Megaghost of Christmas) Web: xylophonemedia.com Twitter: @xylophonemedia PURCHASE! The MegaGhost of Christmas Buy from HEY KIDS COMICS! MegaGhost Vol. 1 Buy from Bookshop.org . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics In New York City? Visit our sponsor's new shop: HEY KIDS COMICS! Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This week, we talk to "the last idiot standing," Mr. Johnny Sampson! Johnny is a cartoonist who does a lot of cool stuff, but perhaps most notably is the guy who Al Jaffee passed the baton to when he retired from doing the fold-in for MAD Magazine. FOLLOW! Johnny Sampson (Cartoonist, MAD Magazine) Instagram: @johnnysampson Twitter: @johnnysampson Web: johnnysampson.com DC Comics (Publisher, MAD Magazine) Web: dccomics.com Instagram: @dccomics Twitter: @DCComics . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics In New York City? Visit our sponsor's new shop: HEY KIDS COMICS! Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This week we're joined by Victoria Douglas, creator of Cinnamon: an "action comic masquerading as a slice-of-life comic" published by Behemoth / Happy Tank. It's smart, it's funny, it's cute, it's cool! FOLLOW! Victoria Douglas (Creator, Cinnamon) Instagram: @blackbit.exe Twitter: @vsqki Web: blackbit.world Behemoth (Publisher, Cinnamon) Web: behemothcomics.us Twitter: @allhailbehemoth Happy Tank (Also the Publisher of Cinnamon) Instagram: @happytank.comics/ . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Know a kid who should be reading more comics? Visit our sponsor: HEY KIDS COMICS! Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Robots... they're just like us! This week we're joined by Mark Russell, writer of the dark sci-fi satire Not All Robots, a 5 issue limited series with art by Mike Deodato Jr & colors by Lee Loughridge. It's published by AWA. FOLLOW! Mark Russell (Writer, Not All Robots) Twitter: @Manruss Instagram: @manruss AWA Studios (Publisher, Not All Robots) Twitter: @awa_studios Instagram: @awastudiosofficial Web: awastudios.net . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Know a kid who should be reading more comics? Visit our sponsor: HEY KIDS COMICS! Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This week we're joined by Ron Marz, writer of Almost American, a 5-issue limited series published by Aftershock Comics. It's based on the true story of Janosh “Jan” Neumann and his wife, Victorya–both Russian spies who made a deal with the U.S. government to trade their information in exchange for a life free from want. What could go wrong? FOLLOW! Ron Marz (Writer, Almost American) Twitter: @ronmarz Instagram: @ron_marz Aftershock Comics (Publisher, Almost American) Twitter: @AfterShockComix Instagram: @aftershockcomics Web: aftershockcomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Know a kid who should be reading more comics? Visit our sponsor: HEY KIDS COMICS! Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This week we're joined by Anthony Rella, writer of Seis Cuerdas, a 3-issue limited series published by Source Point Press. It's a playful, well-written adventure with art that takes you back to great, pulpy adventures of decades past. It feels a bit like Darkman mixed with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and El Mariachi. The third issue is out now. FOLLOW! Anthony Rella (Writer, Seis Cuerdas) Facebook: anthony.rella.37 Deviant Art: deviantart.com/anthletterscomics Web: anthonyas.com Source Point Press (Publisher, Seis Cuerdas) Instagram: @sourcepointpress Twitter: @SourcePtPress Web: https://sourcepointpress.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

In Pyongyang, Guy Delisle took you inside a North Korean animation studio. In the newly-released Factory Summers, Guy takes us inside the Quebec City paper mill where he worked in his youth. It's Delisle's most personal book to date, and maybe the only one that has something in common with Moby Dick! FOLLOW! Guy Delisle (Writer & Artist: Factory Summers) Web: guydelisle.com Drawn & Quarterly (Publisher, Factory Summers) Instagram: @drawnandquarterly Twitter: @DandQ Web: drawnandquarterly.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

How do you do 1930s noir but make it feel fresh? Well, The Good Asian is a great example. We talk to writer Pornsak Pichetshote about his tightly-scripted, hard-boiled detective story set against the backdrop of America's Chinese Exclusion Act. FOLLOW! Pornsak Pichetshote (Writer, The Good Asian) Instagram: @real_psak Twitter: @real_pornsak Image Comics (Publisher, The Good Asian) Instagram: @imagecomics Twitter: @imagecomics Web: imagecomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This week we chat with Jeremy Holt, writer of the 6-part AI sci-fi series, Made in Korea. It explores issues of identity, human consciousness, and maybe even a bit of Americana. It's published by Image Comics and the first issue is on the shelves of your local comic shop now. FOLLOW! Jeremy Holt (Writer, Made in Korea) Instagram: @jeremyholtbooks Twitter: @jeremyholtbooks Web: jeremyholtbooks.com Image Comics (Publisher, Made in Korea) Instagram: @imagecomics Twitter: @imagecomics Web: imagecomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

With the fifth and final jumbo-sized issue of Rain Like Hammers hitting the stands, we talk to Brandon Graham about his far future sci-fi comic that he says is a kind of cousin of Iyashikei manga. But also there's a super-criminal switching bodies with a genetically-engineered butler. FOLLOW! Brandon Graham (Creator, Rain Like Hammers) Instagram: @royalbrandon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/royalboiler Image Comics (Publisher, Rain Like Hammers) Instagram: @imagecomics Twitter: @imagecomics Web: imagecomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This week we’re joined by Alex de Campi and Khai Krumbhaar. They're the editors of TRUE WAR STORIES, a 260 page nonfiction graphic novel anthology published by Z2 Comics that features 15 tales of American service members deployed overseas. The stories are written by the folks who lived them, and drawn by Peter Krause, Ryan Howe, Skylar Patridge, Eoin Marron, Tish Doolin , Dave Acosta, A. D'Amico, Drew Moss, Josh Hood, PJ Holden, Chris Peterson, Sam Hart, Jeff McComsey, and Paul Williams FOLLOW! Alex de Campi (Editor, True War Stories) Instagram: @alexdecampi Twitter: @alexdecampi Web: http://www.alexdecampi.com Khai Krumbhaar (Editor & contributor, True War Stories) Instagram: @deadlyhausfrau_ The Geekiary: https://thegeekiary.com/author/deadlyhausfrau . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

You know what's lame? When someone tries to tell you about their dreams. Amazingly, when Jerome Gaynor does it in comic form in his new book Sogni Strani, the results are pretty fantastic. That's because he's got his dream-recording method down to a science, which is one of the things we talk to him about on this episode of BUY THIS COMIC! FOLLOW! Jerome Gaynor (Creator, Sogni Strani) Instagram: @jeromez_weird_brain Etsy: etsy.com/shop/JeromezWeirdBrain . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This week we’re joined by Ben Sears, writer & artist behind Young Shadow, a new all-ages graphic novel that features a young, noirish crimefighter out to seek justice for a wide range of trespasses. It's published by Fantagraphics and it's in stores now. FOLLOW! Ben Sears (Creator, Young Shadow) Twitter: @bensears Instagram: @freebensears Web: bensears.bigcartel.com Fantagraphics (Publisher, Young Shadow) Instagram: @fantagraphics Twitter: @fantagraphics Web: fantagraphics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

We talk with Julio Anta, writer of the 5-part limited series, Home, published by Image Comics. Set against the backdrop of the United States' child separation policy, it tells the story of a young asylum seeker whose superhuman abilities manifest during one of the most traumatic events of his young life. The first issue is in stores now. FOLLOW! Julio Anta (Writer, Home) Twitter: @JulioAnta Instagram: @julioanta Web: julioanta.com Image Comics (Publisher, Home) Instagram: @imagecomics Twitter: @imagecomics Web: imagecomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

We're joined by Nate Powell whose new graphic novel SAVE IT FOR LATER: Promises, Parenthood, and the Urgency of Protest is out now from Abrams ComicArts. It's an incredibly insightful, humorous, and anxiety-inducing rumination on the past 4-5 years of American life that we'll be pushing on people who are generally resistant to reading graphic novels. FOLLOW! Nate Powell (Writer & Artist, Save It For Later) Instagram: @seemybrotherdance Twitter: @Nate_Powell_Art Web: seemybrotherdance.org Abrams ComicArts (Publisher, Save It for Later) Instagram: @abramsbooks Twitter: @AbramsComicArts Web: abramsbooks.com/imprints/abramscomicarts/ . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This week we’re joined by Erick Freitas, writer of the TKO Short: Killiamsburg. It's the tale of a group of Williamsburg hipsters who decide to throw a party in the middle of the biggest snowstorm to hit Brooklyn in a century only to end up battling the elements... literally. FOLLOW! Erick Freitas (Writer, Killiamsburg) Instagram: @ecfreits Twitter: @ecfreits TKO Studios (Publisher, Killiamsburg) Instagram: @tkopresents Twitter: @tkopresents Web: tkopresents.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

In comics, no one can hear you scream. We talk to Phillip Kennedy Johnson, writer of Marvel’s new Alien series. It’s compelling, it’s canonical, and it's on the shelves of your local comics shop right now! FOLLOW! Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Writer, Alien) Instagram: @phillip_kennedy_johnson Twitter: @PhillipKJohnson Web: phillipkennedyjohnson.com Marvel (Publisher, Alien) Instagram: @marvel Twitter: @marvel Web: marvel.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Appropriation, remixes, and remakes! This week this week we’re going to talk to Josh Bayer about a new edition of RM, a book in which he's taken the stories of ROM The Space Knight and made them his his own. It’s published by Tinto Press, and it's out now! FOLLOW! Josh Bayer (Creator, RM) Instagram: @joshmbayer Twitter: @mrjoshbayer Web: andrearedmutti.com Tinto Press (Publisher, RM) Instagram: @tintopress Twitter: @t_into Web: tintopress.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

We're joined by writer Elliott Kalan and artist Andrea Mutti to talk about Maniac of New York, and the perils of becoming inured to society's ills. Published by Aftershock Comics, the 2nd issue of this 5-part series is out now. FOLLOW! Elliott Kalan (Writer, Maniac of New York) Twitter: @ElliottKalan Andrea Mutti (Artist, Maniac of New York) Twitter: @andreamutti9 Web: andrearedmutti.com Aftershock Comics (Publisher, Maniac of New York) Twitter: @AfterShockComix Instagram: @aftershockcomics Web: aftershockcomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

We're joined by James Romberger, who’s excellent new graphic novel Post York–set in a realistically dystopian NYC–is out now. It’s published by Berger Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics. FOLLOW! James Romberger (Writer & Artist, Post York) Instagram: @james_romberger Web: postyork.com Berger Books / Dark Horse Comics (Publisher, Post York) Twitter: @darkhorsecomics Instagram: @DarkHorseComics Web: darkhorse.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

"Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs." Writer Tony Fleecs and artist Trish Forstner join us to talk about their compelling 5-part murder mystery, Stray Dogs, published by Image Comics. FOLLOW! Tony Fleecs (Writer, Stray Dogs) Twitter: @TonyFleecs Instagram: @tonyfleecs Web: tonyfleecs.com Trish Forstner (Artist, Stray Dogs) Twitter: @TrishForstner Instagram: @trishforstner Web: animatedvisions.com Image Comics (Publisher, Stray Dogs) Twitter: @ImageComics Instagram: @imagecomics Web: imagecomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This week, you should be spending your money on Night Hunters #2, published by Floating World Comics and created by writer Dave Baker and artist Alexis Ziritt. Dave Baker joins us to talk about this dazzling, dystopian 4-part cyberpunk mini series set in a future Venezuela. FOLLOW! Dave Baker (Writer, Night Hunters) Twitter: @xdavebakerx Instagram: @xdavebakerx Web: heydavebaker.com Floating World Comics (Publisher, Night Hunters) Twitter: @floating_world Instagram: @floatingworldcomics Web: floatingworldcomics.com . . . BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where YOU keep the vital and vibrant medium of comics alive by infusing it with your hard-earned cash. Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

This time we’re joined by Steve Foxe, co-creator and editor of Razorblades: The Horror Magazine, published by Tiny Onion Studios. The third issue of this substantial horror anthology is out now as a name-your-own-price digital download (and highly limited print edition). BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where we introduce you to people behind some of the best new books out there... and then you give them your money. -- FOLLOW! Steve Foxe (Co-Creator & Editor, Razorblades) Twitter: @steve_foxe Instagram: @steve_foxe Razorblades Twitter: @ReadRazorblades Instagram: @ReadRazorblades Web: readrazorblades.com . . . Buy This Comic! Twitter: @buythiscomic Instagram: @buythiscomic Facebook: @buythiscomic Web: buythiscomic.net Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: @elmodernisto Instagram: @jasonmojicacomics Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

In this episode, we’re joined by Rich Douek & Alex Cormack, writer and artist respectively of Sea of Sorrows, a 5-issue WWI-era horror mini-series from IDW. Issue #3 is in stores now. BUY THIS COMIC! is the show where we help you spend your hard earned money on comics, supporting the creators, local comic shops, and publishers that make this vibrant and vital medium all that it is. FOLLOW! Rich Douek (Writer, Sea of Sorrows) Web: http://www.rdouek.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rdouek Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rdouek/ Alex Cormack (Artist, Sea of Sorrows) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexcormack Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexcormack4 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AlexCormack IDW (Publisher, Sea of Sorrows) Web: https://www.idwpublishing.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/idwpublishing/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IDWPublishing . . . Buy This Comic! Twitter: https://twitter.com/buythiscomic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buythiscomic/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buythiscomic Jason Mojica (Host, Buy This Comic!) Twitter: https://twitter.com/elmodernisto Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonmojicacomics/ Music: "You Are A Monster" by Monroeville Music Center, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License

Welcome to the official podcast trailer for BUY THIS COMIC, the only podcast devoted to facilitating the transfer of wealth from comic book fans to comic book creators. That’s right, in each episode we’ll highlight a new comic or graphic novel that we think is worthy of your attention, meet some of the people involved in its creation and together we will urge you... we will implore you... we will break out a thesaurus and find any number of words to convince you to BUY THIS COMIC! Coming in at under 15 minutes an episode, it’s short and it’s sweet, so subscribe now and increase your enjoyment of the sequential arts by at least 300%.