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Ron Marz of 90's Green Lantern and Silver Surfer fame graces us with his presence and talks about his new work, HARKEN'S RAIDERS, and about pretty much everything else in his corner of the industry!
This week Evan, the 3rd Host welcomes back the network's first returning guest, Ron Marz! After the success of his and Ominous Press' last Kickstarter "Harken's Raiders" they are looking to fully fund the over-sized hardcover collection of their acclaimed action/sci-fi comic book "Dread Gods"! Ron breaks down what the comic is about and tells us about the kickstarter campaign. He goes on to describe the attributes of successful crowdfunding and what readers can expect next from Ominous Press. They close with a fun chat about Twitter and social media "clapbacks" (which Evan, the 3rd Host thinks Mr. Marz is a master at)and that asshole Alex Jones...
Darryl Banks talks about his work with DC on Green Lantern, where he co created Kyle Rayner, Parallax, Grayven, and other well known characters. His new project, a collaboration with Ron Marz, is called Harken's Raiders and will be available soon.
Ron Marz is a writer with one of the most illustrious careers of inventing and reinventing characters, with legendary runs on books like Witchblade and Silver Surfer and, with artist Darryl Banks, creating Kyle Rayner as Green Lantern in the "Emerald Twilight" storyline. Currently he has a kickstarter for his exciting new graphic novel set in WWII, "Harken's Raiders", a tale of heroism and adventure reuniting him with Darryl Banks. You can donate right here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1012967410/ron-marz-darryl-banks-team-for-ww2-harkens-raiders Be sure to order some "Double Page Spread" t-shirts and gifts for the comic book fans in your life! www.doublepagespread.threadless.com Brought to you by www.dcbservice.com, the Discount Comic Book Service, bringing you deep discounts and excellent customer service on all your comic needs. As well as the decadent and divine fragrances of www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com Check out their yule scents fresh for the season!
The idea for Harken's Raiders, a story set during World War Two, was the brainchild of army veteran Allen Cordrey. Allen enlisted the services of two comic book veterans: Ron Marz to script the story and Darryl Banks to illustrate it. Harken's Raider's will be a 9" x 13" 64-page hard cover original graphic novel published by Ominous Press. The publication of the OGN is being crowd funded through a Kickstarter campaign that ends December 21st. In addition to the book, Darryl talks about the Kickstarter reward Black Book: The Art of Darryl Banks, the fifth in a series of artist books by Ominous Press. (17:07-19:19) Ron provides an update on volume two of Beasts of the Black Hand Volume 2, a hard cover OGN that will be in the same format as Harkin's Raiders. Beast of the Black Hand Volume 1 published this year, is available as reward bundled with Harkin's Raiders. (19:19-21:10) Ron Marz also discusses writing Turok coming January 2019 through Dynamite Entertainment. (23:26-27:20) Ron read mainly war stories when he first reading comics rather super-heroes. Why? What did Ron learn about World War Two from his father? How will Harken's Raiders connect with a 21st century audience? Is the creative team of the Kyle Rainer Green Lantern less concerned about getting details of the weapons and uniforms used during World War Two accurate? Darryl discusses developing the look of the members of Harken's Raiders, and heeds the advice given to him by Terry Austin. During my fun questions segment we talk about beverages of choice, outdated technology we miss and the connection between Star Wars and Ron's favorite birthday. Or was it his favorite? This is episode is sponsored by The Comic Book Shop in Wilmington Delaware http://www.thecomicbookshop.com Harken’s Raider’s Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1012967410/ron-marz-darryl-banks-team-for-ww2-harkens-raiders?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Ron%20Marz Please take a moment to rate Creator Talks on iTunes: http://apple.co/2Cq9ygK
This week on the show, writer Ron Marz joins us to talk about his upcoming World War II graphic novel, "Harken's Raiders," art from which you can see above and the Kickstarter campaign for which is going on right now. The book reunites Marz with artist Darryl Banks, with whom he co-created the Green Lantern Kyle Rayner. We also talk about Marz's upcoming run on Turok at Dynamite and his deep catalog of previous work, including "Green Lantern," "Silver Surfer," his friendship with the late Bernie Wrightson and his time at late-'90s/early 2000s publisher CrossGen. Also, dogs!
Demigod. Silver Surfer. Kyle Rayner. Fathom. The Darkness. Witchblade. Marvel. DC Comics. Ominous Press. Top Cow. CrossGen. What do all these properties and firms have in common? Ron Marz. Ron has worked on or for all of them! In this week's summer interview session, the guy's (-Randy) have an in-depth conversation with comic writer, editor and content creator. They talk SDCC, his collaboration with friend of the show, Darryl Banks on Green Lantern, Marvel Vs, DC, Crossgen Comics as well as his current gig as head writer/ E-I-C of the IDW imprint Ominous Press! We also discuss his upcoming Kickstarter for HARKEN'S RAIDERS! The Kickstarter launches in a few weeks so be sure to check it out and most importantly, donate!