Podcast appearances and mentions of ben marra

Ghost Machine has arrived! The new comics imprint from Image Comics and an epic line up of comic creators launched in April, and ACP take a look at the exciting launch titles and discuss them and the bright future for this new universe. Friend of the show Zak Cahill (No Second Chance) joins the gang to chat about the books, his own work and together everyone has a lot of laughs and talk about lots of great comics you should be checking out! Great stuff to check out this week -  Zak Cahill, No Second Chance, Positron, Ghost Machine, Geoff Johns, Rook: Exodus, Jeff Fabok,  Geiger, Gary Frank, Redcoat, Bryan Hitch, Scism, Mark Abnett, Goran Parlov, The Green Archer, Kill the Bride, TBH Comics, Lawless Comic Con 2024, The Last Case of Devon and Taylor #1, Get Fury, Legion of Darkness, Source Point Press, Chrill, Ben Marra, What We Mean by Yesterday, Alex Toth

This week we talk with Anthony Meloro and Jay Domingo about their kickstarter for the Mystic Punks TTRPG,  OUT TODAY exclusively through Exalted Funeral. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/mystic-punks-table-top-roleplaying-gameWe talk about all the fun things that come with the Mystic Punks Tabletop Roleplaying Game Kickstarter:All the rad art, including some from our very own Tiger Wizard.Weird Wanderings Vol. 1 - Mystic Punk adventures written by our own Dragon Warrior Steve Albertson and our pals Levi Combs (Planet X Games) & John “Hambone” McGuire (3 2 1 Action! Games).Trading cards for the first 2 days.Dark Guide accordion fold screen with art by Pol Edouard New edition of The Dark Heart of Xarnx adventure.Stretch Goals: Enter the Psycho Realms zine, Mystic Menu, A new comic from Ben Marra ,Weird Wanderings Vol. 2 with adventures from Diogo Noguira (Old Skull), Joey Royale (Get Haunted Industries), Joel Hines (Silverarm Press)Pick up a free PDF of the Mystic Punks Quickstart Rules.—ANNOUNCEMENTSTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “House on Haunted Hill Dwarf” is out now on all streaming platforms. our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP, featuring Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting.GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club.NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com—You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies.Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HEREMad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan.Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo.© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Marin County, 1978. In this graphic novel, teens Clara and Wendy get high one night alone at home. Before the night ends, they've disappeared — until five months later, when Clara is found, disheveled, but alive, in Death Valley National Park. From Clara's mysterious reappearance in Death Valley, Disciplescuts to the present day, where stories of "The California Cult" and its enigmatic — and never-caught — leader, Billy Joe, are as much a part of the popular culture as the Manson Family. Clara, the lone survivor of the cult, has adopted a new identity to protect her and her daughter, Wren. And she mostly does, until one night when the past and present horrifically collide. Disciples is a seamless collaboration between cartoonist Ben Marra and filmmakers David Birke and Nicholas McCarthy. Birke and McCarthy's script celebrates and reinvents a cult film ethos. It combines the best of 1970s era eerie-thriller-terror movies in a fresh and revelatory way, similar to how Marra has continued/reinvented the work of Abel Ferrara and George Cosmatos in graphic novels like Night Business.   Join us for this conversation between the authors, moderated by Nat Freeman, recorded live on our Crowdcast channel on Tuesday, May 31. _______________________________________________   Produced by Nat Freeman, Lance Morgan, & Michael Kowaleski. Theme: "I Love All My Friends," an unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit https://www.skylightbooks.com/event for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.

Clementine Book One by Tillie Walden and Cliff Rathburn from Skybound Comet, Disciples by David Birke, Nicholas McCarthy, and Ben Marra from Fantagraphics, Captain Action: The Classic Collection by Jim Shooter, Gil Kane, and Wally Wood from Penguin Random House, Frog Boy: Punk Rock & Roller Derby by John Burgin, World War Three: Battle Over Hokkaido #2 by Motofumi Kobayashi from Antarctic, Dark Knights of Steel, Adrastée by Mathieu Bablet from Magnetic, plus a whole mess more!

Support BASTARDS OF THE COSMOS #2 here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bastardsofthecosmos/bastards-of-the-cosmos-2 Highlights of past interviews with: Jim Rugg (1:58) Kevin Eastman (7:47) Benjamin Marra (9:06) Tom Scioli (13:19) Jim Mahfood (19:49) Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy comics & zines here: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod

Old Head by Kyle Starks and Chris Schweizer, Nobody Is in Control from Black Mask, TMNT #104 and Sophie Campbell, Gail Simone and Plastic Man, Atomic Hercules #2 by Tony Esmond, Adam Falp, Nick Prolix, and Ben Marra, That Texas Blood #1 from Image, Rick Remender's forthcoming The Scumbag, plus a whole mess more!

Ben Marra returns to the show this week to talk about Jesusfreak, his upcoming graphic novel with writer Joe Casey! We also discuss Terror Assaulter OMWOT: One Man War on Terror in very vague terms, Bronze Age Marvel Comics, author photos, the seriousness of Ben's work, doing fictional stories about religious figures, and more! Plus Matt and Chris take a cosmic listener question!

Langt om længe er den udynamiske duo tilbage. Der er gået så lang tid siden sidst så det næsten ikke giver mening at skrive om hvad vi kommer ind på. Árni har været udenlands af flere omgange og Lasse har læst ugudelige mængder Hellboy. Derudover har Lasse været meget glad for at læse de to dokumentaristiske bøger "Tetris, The Games People Play" og "Is This Guy For Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman", der begge er skrevet af Box Brown. Árni har mødt Ben Marra og fået læst hans "Night Business". Derudover er det blevet til Flyvende Ulve i Kostas Zachopoulos og Vinzenzo Balzanos "The Cloud" og sidst men ikke mindst har han læst Ben Rankels "Frank".   Derudover kommer vi ind på IDW's satsning med det 200 sider store hardcover “magasin", "Full Bleed: The Comics & Culture Quarterly".

Star Trek-O-Rama: Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection: The Classic UK Comics Part 1 from Eaglemoss and IDW, Kill Them All by Kyle Starks from Oni Press, The Punisher #8-16 by Becky Cloonan, Matt Horak, Kris Anka, Laura Braga, and company, Steve Dillon, The Green Hornet Omnibus Volume 1 by Kevin Smith, Phil Hester, Jonathan Lau, Ivan Nunes, Bruno Hang, Adriano Lucas, and Alex Ross from Dynamite!, Image-O-Rama: Savage Town by Declan Shalvey, Philip Barrett, and Jordie Bellaire, Image+ Volume 2, Number 2 (Atomahawk by Donny Cates and Ian Bederman, Ed Piskor and Image of Youth, Wytches by Scott Snyder and Jock, and more, The Little Red Wolf by Amélie Fléchais from Lion Forge/Cubhouse, All Time Comics' Atlas #1 by Josh Bayer, Ben Marra, Pat Aulisio, Matt Rota, Rick Parker, Ken Landgraf, and Jason T. Miles from Fantagraphics, Project Superpowers: Hero Killers by Ryan Browne and Pete Woods from Dynamite!, plus a whole mess more!

The incredible Ed Piskor rolls up with the real talk on Rob Liefeld, Chap Yeap, X-Men: Grand Designs, Gary Groth and Fantagraphics, Jack Kirby, Joe Kubert, Herb Trimpe, Josh Bayer, Macedonia, Jim Lee, Rick Veitch, Steve Bissette, John Totleben, Harvey Pekar, Wizard, Dan Clowes, Chris Ware, Hip Hop Family Tree, Herge, Wizzywig, Jim Shooter, Ben Marra, Jim Rugg, Tom Scioli, Get LAMP, Image +, Larry Hama, Chris Claremont, (Brief) Image-O-Rama: Spy Seal #1 by Rich Tommaso and Paklis by Dustin Weaver, plus a whole mess more!

The great Ben Marra joins us to talk up All Time Comics and Crime Destroyer, Josh Bayer, Dan Nadel and PictureBox, R. Crumb, Space Beaver and Darick Robertson, Bucky O'Hare, Larry Hama, Gangsta Rap Posse, Night Business, NFL Superpro, Strange Tales, Michel Fiffe, Dungeons and Dragons, Terror Assaulter: O.M.W.O.T., Batman: The Cult and Bernie Wrightson, Michael Deforge, Rob Liefeld, The Comics Journal, Gary Panter, David Mazzucchelli, Born Again, American Blood, Savage Sword of Kull Volume 1 from Dark Horse, American Gods, the Thor: Ragnarok trailer, and a whole mess more!

Andy and Derek are glad to have as their guest Josh Bayer. He is one of the creative minds behind Fantagrahic's new retro-superhero series, All Time Comics. This line kicked off in March with its first issue, All Time Comics: Crime Destroyer #1, and in April they'll release All Time Comics: Bullwhip #1, soon to be followed by issues devoted to other characters in its universe, Atlas and Blind Justice. Josh talks with the Two Guys about the genesis of this project and his collaboration with his filmmaker brother, Samuel. He also shares his experiences in working with Herb Trimpe on the Crime Destroyer issue -- the last art by this comics legend -- and with Ben Marra, who provides the inks. The latter also provided the pencils on Bullwhip, along with Al Milgrom on inks. Over the course of their conversation, the guys discuss the strange retro feel of the series, one that is more of a heartfelt and sincere tribute and not a campy send up. Nonetheless, All Time Comics already has its share of wacky villains, including The Misogynist, Raingod, and the Time Vampire. Derek and Andy also talk with Josh about his recent efforts to support the ACLU and Planned Parenthood in light of recent political events, taking a cue from Sarah Glidden...and then going even further. Join in on the fun with these free coloring book pages, brought to you by Josh and the good folks at Fantagrahics!

Vampirella #1 by Paul Cornell and Jimmy Broxton from Dynamite!, Empowered and Adam Warren, Image-O-Rama: God Country #3 by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, and Jason Wordie, and Head Lopper Volume 1: The Island or a Plague of Beasts by Andrew MacLean with Mike Spicer, Declan Shalvey, Art Adams, Bill Sienkiewicz, James Jean, Dave Johnson, Tony Moore, New Mutants, Star Trek: Waypoint from IDW, Crime Destroyer #1 by Josh Bayer, Herb Trimpe, Ben Marra, Alessandro Echevarria, Jim Rugg, Johnny Ryan, and Rick Parker from All Time Comics and Fantagraphics, Logan and the X-Movies, Dark Horse-O-Rama: Secret Sneyd: The Unpublished Cartoons of Doug Sneyd from Dark Horse, and American Gods: Shadows #1 from Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell, Scott Hampton, Glenn Fabry, and Rick Parker, John Byrne's Alpha Flight omnibus, and a whole mess more!

Dave's back and everything's right again in the world. News; reviews; plus we talk with Josh Bayer, creator of All Time Comics - the new Fantagraphics superhero series bringing together an all-star roster of veteran and young indie creators like Herb Trimpe, Al Migrom and Ben Marra. And the discussion you've all been waiting for - the best way to make a fake poo. SHOW NOTES: 00.00  Intro & News 32.25  Reviews - The Fall & Rise of Captain Atom #1 - Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy #4 - Amazing Spider-Man #23 - American Blood by Benjamin Marra - Nash by Johan Pedersen - Extremity by Daniel Warren Johnson 1:04.30  Feature Topic - a conversation with Josh Bayer, writer of All Time Comics 1:42.39  BA's PA Send us your comics and pop culture thoughts, questions, hopes and dreams for BA’s PA at info@radioactivelounge.com, Radioactive Lounge on Facebook or @RadLounge on Twitter.

This week Mike welcomes cartoonist Josh Bayer to the show to discuss "All Time Comics," the new, shared universe superhero line from Fantagraphics. To bring these books to life, Josh and his brother Samuel looked to an amalgamation of classic and modern comics talent. Folks like Herb Trimpe, Al Milgrom, Ben Marra, Noah Van Sciver, and Rick Buckler came together for this, collaborating in unexpected ways to make some unexpected comics. Josh talks about his thoughts on blending artists from different generations, explains why it's not as new of an idea as one might think, and shares his vast knowledge of comics in general. "All Time Comics: Crime Destroyer #1" is available for pre-order now, and will be hitting the shelves of all respectable comic shops in March. Robots From Tomorrow is a weekly comics podcast recorded deep beneath the Earth's surface. You can subscribe to it via iTunes or through the RSS feed at RobotsFromTomorrow.com. You can also follow Mike and Greg on Twitter. This episode is brought to you by Third Eye Comics. Enjoy your funny books.

The great Will Pfeifer joins us to discuss Ben Marra and The Book of Cave Tooth, Daniel White, Jim Rugg and the Criterion Collection, Back Issue #89 from TwoMorrows, Fanzine Flashback: The Comics Journal #75 (John Byrne, Gil Kane, Mike Wieringo, Gene Colan, Dr. Strange, New Universe, Jim Shooter, Marv Wolfman, Frazetta, Marie Severin, Keith Giffen, Bob Layton, and more), Dan Clowes' Patience, Superboy #181, A+A: The Adventures of Archer and Armstrong by Rafer Roberts, David Lafuente, Ryan Winn, and Brian Reber, Empress by Mark Millar and Stuart Immonen, American Monster, Superman: Grounded, Green Arrow #1 by Benjamin Percy and Otto Schmidt, Batman #1 by Tom King, David Finch, Matt Banning, and Jordie Bellaire, The Hulk: Heart of the Atom by Harlan Ellison, Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin, Len Wein, Bill Mantlo, Herb Trimpe, Peter Gillis, Sal Buscema, and Joe Staton, Moon Knight by Jeff Lemire, Greg Smallwood, and Jordie Bellaire, The Fix by Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber from Image Comics, Netflix Voltron, and a whole mess more!

We talk about Locke & Key taking another run at television! Plus, we review all these books: Adventures Of Supergirl #1 - Sterling Gates, Bengal Heavy Metal #280 - Grant Morrison, Ben Marra, Anna Kornum, Ryan Ferrier, Hugo Petrus, Aladin Saad, Enki Bilal, Massimiliano Frezzato, Michael Moreci, Kyle Charles, Erika Lewis, J.K. Woodward, Eric M. Esquivel, Gary Becks, Emilio Balcarce, Gaston Vivanco, Mozchops The Nameless City 1 - Faith Erin Hicks Satellite Falling #1 - Steve Horton, Stephen Thompson, Lisa Jackson

Batman + Superman Vs. Aliens + Predators in the DC and Dark Horse Aliens TPB by Ron Marz, Bernie Wrightson, Ian Edginton, Staz Johnson, Mark Schultz, Ariel Olivetti, warren Ellis, Chris Sprouse, Kevin Nowlan, and more, The Fiction by Curt Pires, David Rubin, and Michael Garland from BOOM!, The Not So Golden Age #1 by Phil Buck and Joseph Freistuhler from Ugli Studios, DC's Rebirth, Amazing Spider-Man, Giant-Size X-Men #1, Ben Marra, Heartthrob #1 by Christopher Sebela, Robert Wilson IV, and Nick Filardi from Oni Press, Space Ducks by Daniel Johnston from BOOM! Town, Extraordinary X-Men by Jeff Lemire, Humberto Ramos, and Victor Ibanez, Image + and Here's Negan by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn, Fear the Walking Dead, Orphan Black, Deadly Hands of Criminal by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Elizabeth Breitweiser from Image, Department H #1 by Matt and Sharlene Kindt from Dark Horse, Satellites Volume One anthology, and a whole mess more!

Daniel White, Daredevil on Netflix, the Doctor Strange trailer, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man, Ben Affleck's Batman and Dawn of Justice, Valiant-O-Rama: A+A: The Adventures of Archer and Armstrong #1 by Rafer Roberts, David Lafuente, Ryan Winn, and Brian Reber and Bloodshot: Reborn Annual 2016 by Jeff Lemire, Kano, Ray Fawkes, Joe Bennett, Michel Fiffe, Ben Marra, Paul Maybury, Belardino Brabo, Pete Pantazis, and Jose Villarrubia, Fear the Walking Dead and The Walking Dead comic, Marvel Magazines: Savage Tales #3 by Roy Thomas, Barry Smith, John Romita, Jim Steranko, Al Williamson and more, Crazy, All-New All-Different Uncanny X-Men by Cullen Bunn and Greg Land, DC's Young Animal imprint and Kamandi, Haunted Horror #21 and Mike Esposito from Craig Yoe and IDW, Drax by Cullen Bunn, CM Punk, and Scott Hepburn, Supergirl, Black Road #1 by Brian Wood, Garry Brown, and Dave McCaig from Image, and a whole mess more!

Mighty Skottie Young joins us to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy and Rocket Raccoon, Adventure Time, Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever by Tom Neely and Friends (Jim Rugg, Tom Scioli, Ben Marra, Josh Bayer, Matthew Allison, and more!), Jason Howard, Justin Jordan and Kyle Strahm's Spread from Image, Jim Mahfood and Los Angeles Ink Stains, Bendis' Guardians, and a whole mess more!

David and Jason recount their HeroesCon 2014 experiences and, one of the stars from that very con, titanic Tom Scioli stops by to unleash some Cybertronian wisdom on his Transformers Vs. G.I. Joe series with John Barber from IDW! There's talk of Dominion, Dan Govar, Jason Latour, Matteo Sclera, Kevin Mellon, Dave Wachter, Skottie Young, Tom Fowler, Art Adams, Mitch Gerads, Ryan Stegman, Francesco Francavilla, Dan Panosian, Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Pitzer and AdHouse Books, Jim Rugg, Box Brown, Geoff Darrow, Pat Broderick, Jeremy Haun, Steve Mannion, Stephanie Buscema, Maris Wicks, Atomic Elbow, Ryan Browne, Sidebar, the last issue of Larry Hama's G.I. Joe for Marvel, Rob Liefeld, Ryan Browne, Ben Marra, Ed Piskor, Rick Remender, Aaron Conley and the upcoming Sabertooth Swordsman serial in the new Dark Horse Presents anthology, Gabriel Hardman and Corinna Bechko, Matt Kindt, Brian Hurtt, Dennis Hopeless, Terry Moore, Trees, Deadly Class, Nailbiter, Marvel's current Punisher ongoing, Southern Bastards, Jim Starlin and Ron Lim's Thanos Annual, Ted McKeever's Miniature Jesus from Shadowline/Image, and a whole mess more!

This week, we're welcoming Ben Marra, the writer and artist of such comics as Night Business, Blades and Lazers, Gangsta Rap Posse, The Incredibly Fantastic Adventures of Maureen Dowd (A Work of Satire and Fiction) and many others! We talk about influences, video stores, making Nazis bad guys, the appeal of trash, and much more! Plus, three more Byrne-tastic entries into our Every Story Ever list!

Two hundred down and a lot more to come! This week, we cram a whole lot into our bicentennial episode, including Criminal: Last of the Innocent and Fatale by Brubaker and Phillips, Dennis Hopeless and Kevin Mellon's Lovestruck from Image, American Barbarian by Tom Scioli from AdHouse, the Gary Friedrich Marvel fallout, The Mask from John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke from Dark Horse, John Severin, Skinner: Every Man Is My Enemy from Gingko Press, Critical Hit, and ZeroFriends, Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards' Turf from Image, Smoke Gignal #1 (Ben Marra, Michael DeForge, Bill Griffiths, Harvey Pekar, Tony Millionaire, Charles Burns, Sam Henderson, and more), Sleeper, Venom: Circle of Four, Peter Panzerfaust from Kurtis Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins, and a whole mess more!