Podcast appearances and mentions of kelly fitzpatrick

Ultimate Crossover Event: Dune Meets Star Trek! Dune RPG Project Manager Andrew Peregrine joins forces with Klingon Core Rulebook writers Kelly Fitzpatrick (2016 Strange New Worlds contest winner; Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers Declassified) and Derek Tyler Attico (The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko) to riff about when Dune Houses and Klingon Houses collide! Get ready for out-of-this-world ideas and Jim and Michael ask: What if we modified the Dune: The Great Game: Houses of the Landsraad ruleset to construct Klingon Houses?

Ben Rodgers talks with Lindsey Bruce and Kelly Fitzpatrick from the town of Baxter on the grant they are working on to improve the downtown. They discuss what Baxter offers to the public from a business owner's perspective, how long the process took to buy the properties and getting them up to code, & what the $7500 could do for the town of Baxter right now. Listen to the latest Local Matters Podcast… Presented by Office Mart Visit them at 215 S Jefferson Ave in Cookeville to see what they can do for your office News Talk 94.1 · Presented By Office Mart

Shawn Hambright joins Josh and Brandon at Pop's to talk about Archie vs. Predator 2 by Alex de Campi, Robert Hack, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli.Show notes: Beware spoilers in this episode! Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop's to talk about Archie Meets Batman '66 by Jeff Parker, Michael Moreci, Dan Parent, Kelly Fitzpatrick, J. Bone, Jack Morelli.Beware spoilers in this episode! Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Comic Reviews: DC DC Pride Through the Years Static Team Up Anansi 1 by Evan Narcisse, Charles Stewart III, Jose Marzan Jr, Luis Guerrero Marvel Black Panther 1 by Eve Ewing, Chris Allen, Craig Yeung, Jesus Aburtov Captain America: Cold War Omega by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Tochi Onyebuchi, Carlos Magno, Guru eFX Extreme Venomverse 3 by Jed MacKay, Daniel Earls, Alex Guimaraes, Taran Killam, Rod Reis, Clay McLeod Chapman, Nelson Daniel, Antonio Fabela Marvel's Voices Pride 2023 by Marieke Nijkamp, Pablo Collar, Michael Wiggam, Stephanie Williams, Hector Barros, Oren Junior, Andrew Dalhouse, Katherine Locke, Joanna Estep, Manuel Puppo, Shadi Petosky, Roberta Ingranata, Ceci De La Cruz, Sarah Gailey, Bailie Rosenlund, Rachelle Rosenberg, H.E. Edgmon, Lorenzo Susi, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Stephen Byrne, Steve Foxe, Rosi Kampe, Kelly Fitzpatrick Spider-Man India 1 by Nikesh Shukla, Abhishek Malsuni, Scott Hanna, Neeraj Menon Infinity Comics Edge of Venomverse 1 by Clar McLeod Chapman, Phillip Sevy, Andres Mossa Cosmo Space Dog 4 by Jason Loo, David Cutler, Jim Campbell Image Battle Chasers 10 by Joe Madureira, Ludo Lullabi Haunt You To The End 1 by Ryan Cady, Andrea Mutti Klik Klik Boom 1 by Doug Wagner, Doug Dabbs, Matt Wilson Void Rivals 1 by Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici, Matheus Lopes Boom Magic Planeswalkers Noble 1 by Dan Warren, Dave Rapoza, Stephanie Williams, Lea Caballero, Raul Angulo, Arianna Consonni Oni Xino 1 by Melissa Flores, Daniel Irizarri, Jordan Thomas, Phil Hester, Eric Gapstur, Francesco Segala, Christopher Condon, Nick Cagnetti ComiXology Nostalgia 1 by Scott Hoffman, Danijel Zezelj, Lee Loughridge Vault Queen of Swords: A Barbaric Story 1 by Michael Moreci, Corin Howell, Kike Diaz OGNs Night Fever by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips Part of Your World: A Twisted Tale by Liz Braswell The Faint of Heart by Kerilynn Wilson Spider-Man: Animals Assemble by Mike Maihack Gnome and Rat by Lauren Stohler Bush Leaguers by Sam Fletcher, Bob McKeon, Joe Flood Fruit Bat by Coire Rococo, Freda Maletsky Additional Reviews: Elemental, Flash, The Comey Rule, Junji Ito's Maniac, Anything You Do Say News: Mad Cave gets Miraculous Ladybug license, Gotham Knights cancelled, Superman and Lois given ten-episode final season, Omninews, updated Marvel release schedule, new Disney cartoon announced, new Steve Orlando kickstarter, Embracer Group restructuring, John Romita Sr, Rafael Grampa doing a Black Label series, creative teams for Transformers and GI Joe revealed, Marvel Zombies: Black, White and Red, Brave and Bold director, new Captain Marvel creative team, Sony/Marvel movie release dates, Beast Boy animated series Trailers: Elio, Nimona, Kraven Comics Countdown (13 Jun 2023): Night Fever GN by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips Spirit World 2 by Alyssa Wong, Haining, Sebastian Cheng The Faint of Heart GN by Kerilynn Wilson Great British Bump-Off 3 by John Allison, Max Sarin, Sammy Borras Clobberin' Time 4 by Steve Skroce, Bryan Valenza Immortal Sergeant 6 by Joe Kelly, J.M. Ken Niimura Doctor Strange 4 by Jed MacKay, Andy MacDonald, Kike Diaz Ghostlore 2 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Leomacs Green Lantern 2 by Jeremy Adams, Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Montos, Adriano Lucas Captain Marvel 50 by Kelly Thompson, David Lopez, Javier Pina, Yen Nitro  

Josh and Brandon travel back in time to meet at Pop's and talk about the Archie 1941 miniseries by Mark Waid, Bryan Augustyn, Peter Krause, Kelly Fitzpatrick, and Jack Morelli.Beware spoilers in this episode! Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop's to talk about the issues #23-32 of the 2015 Archie comic series—created by Mark Waid, Ian Flynn, Audrey Mok, Kelly Fitzpatrick and Jack Morelli.Beware spoilers in this episode! Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop's to talk about the 2016 miniseries Reggie and Me by Tom DeFalco, Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick, and Jack Morelli.Beware spoilers in this episode! Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop's to talk about the 2016 miniseries Josie & the Pussycats by Marguerite Bennett, Cameron DeOrdio, Audrey Mok, Andre Szymanowics, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Kelsey Shannon, and Jack MorelliBeware spoilers in this episode! Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Comic Reviews: DC Dark Crisis 6 by Joshua Williamson, Daniel Sampere, Rafa Sandoval, Alejandro Sanchez Batman vs. Robin 3 by Mark Waid, Scott Godlewski, Mahmud Asrar, Jordie Bellaire Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special by Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern, Louise Simonson, Dan Jurgens, Butch Guice, Tom Grummett, Jon Bogdanove, Brett Breeding, Laura Martin, Doug Hazlewood, Tomeu Morey, Glenn Whitmore, Brad Anderson New Golden Age 1 by Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins, Jerry Ordway, Brandon Peterson, Gary Frank, Steve Lieber, Viktor Bogdanovic, Diego Olortegui, Todd Nauck, Scott Hanna, JP Mayer, Brad Anderson, John Kalisz, Nick Filardi, Jordan Boyd, Matt Herms WildC.A.T.s 1 by Matthew Rosenberg, Stephen Segovia, Elmer Santos Diana and Nubia: Princesses of the Amazons OGN by Dean Hale, Shannon Hale, Victoria Ying Marvel A.X.E.: Judgment Day – Omega by Kieron Gillen, Guiu Vilanova, Andres Mossa Black Panther: Unconquered by Bryan Hill, Alberto Foche, Matt Milla Fantastic Four 1 by Ryan North, Iban Coello, Jesus Aburtov Sabretooth and the Exiles 1 by Victor LaValle, Leonard Kirk, Rain Beredo Spider-Man: Lost Hunt 1 by J.M. DeMatteis, Eder Messias, Belardino Brabo, Cris Peter, Neeraj Menon Spider-Man 2 by Dan Slott, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Edgar Delgado Image Gospel 1 by Will Morris, Holley McKend Soldier Stories 1 by Megan Ferrell Burke, Arturo Lauria, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jalysa Conway, Annapaola Martello, K. Michael Russell, Brian Anthony, John Bivens, Rev. William J. Bellamy, Cecilia Lo Valvo, Ryan Cody Skullkickers 10th Anniversary Super Special by Jim Zub, Edwin Huang, Misty Coats The Knight and the Lady of Play by Jonathan Luna Two Graves 1 by Genevieve Valentine, Annie Wu, Ming Doyle, Lee Loughridge Skybound Presents: Afterschool Special 4 by Leon Hendrix III, Eric Zawadski, Fabiana Mascolo IDW Star Trek: The Trill by Jody Houser, Rafael Perez, Hendry Prasetya, DC Alonso TMNT: The Armageddon Game – The Alliance 1 by Erik Burnham, Roi Mercado, William Soares Dynamite Lord of the Jungle 1 by Dan Jurgens, Benito Gallego, Francesco Segala Boom Specs 1 by David Booher, Chris Shehan, Roman Stevens Ablaze Traveling to Mars 1 by Mark Russell, Roberto Meli, Chiara Di Francia Ahoy Billionaire Island: Cult of Dogs 1 by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh Sumerian Purple Oblivion 1 by E & E Plissken, Diego Simone OGN F.A.R.M. System by Rich Koslowski Last Man by Balak, Bastien Vives, Michael Sanlaville It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth GN by Zoe Thorogood Ghost of Wreckers Cove by Angelica Del Campo, Liniers, Christian Argiz Salamandre by I.N.J. Culbard Ray's OGN Corner: Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables Additional Reviews: Andor ep10, Enola Holmes 2, Wakanda Forever, Severance s1, Zen: Grogu and the Dust Bunnies, Zootopia+ News: new Brubaker/Phillips OGN, Spider-Punk casting, AMC launching new comic line, Tom Holland and MCU, new Spider-Gwen series, Spectacular Spider-Girl Remembering Carlos Pacheco, Kevin O'Neill, and Kevin Conroy Trailers: Spirited, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Comics Countdown: Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special by Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern, Louise Simonson, Dan Jurgens, Butch Guice, Tom Grummett, Jon Bogdanove, Brett Breeding, Laura Martin, Doug Hazlewood, Tomeu Morey, Glenn Whitmore, Brad Anderson Salamandre by I.N.J. Culbard Nice House on the Lake 11 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Jordie Bellaire Do A Powerbomb 6 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Mike Spicer New Golden Age 1 by Geoff Johns, Scott Kolins, Jerry Ordway, Brandon Peterson, Gary Frank, Steve Lieber, Viktor Bogdanovic, Diego Olortegui, Todd Nauck, Scott Hanna, JP Mayer, Brad Anderson, John Kalisz, Nick Filardi, Jordan Boyd, Matt Herms Dark Ride 2 by Joshua Williamson, Andrei Bressan, Adriano Lucas Love Everlasting 4 by Tom King, Elsa Charretier Ghost of Wreckers Cove by Angelica Del Campo, Liniers, Christian Argiz Superman: Son of Kal-El 17 by Tom Taylor, Cian Tormey, Ruairi Coleman, Romulo Fajardo Jr Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine 3 by Scott Snyder, Jamal Igle, Juan Castro, Chris Sotomayor  

Comic Reviews: DC Batman: Dear Detective by Lee Bermejo Black Adam: Justice Society Files – Atom Smasher by Bryan Q. Miller, Cavan Scott, Marco Santucci, Travis Mercer, John Kalisz, Michael Atiyeh Dark Knights of Steel: Tales From the Three Kingdoms by Tom Taylor, CS Pascat, Jay Kristoff, Sean Izaakse, Michele Bandini, Caspar Wijngaard, Antonio Fabela, Romula Fajardo Jr Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths 4 by Joshua Williamson, Daniel Sampere, Alejandro Sanchez My Buddy Killer Croc by Sara Farizan, Nicoletta Baldari Marvel Amazing Fantasy 1000 by Dan Slott, Kurt Busiek, Jonathan Hickman, Neil Gaiman, Ho Che Anderson, Rainbow Rowell, Michael Pasciullo, Armando Ianucci, Michael Cho, Anthony Falcone, Ryan Stegman, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Marco Checchetto, Jim Cheung, Olivier Coipel, Todd Nauck, Goran Parlov, Terry Dodson, Steve McNiven, Rachel Dodson, Klaus Janson, JP Mayer, Matt Wilson, Rachelle Rosenberg, Jordie Bellaire, Sonia Oback, Frank Martin, David Jay Ramos, Richard Isanove Alien 1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Julius Ohta, Yen Nitro All-Out Avengers 1 by Derek Landy, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Frank D'Armata Fantastic Four: Full Circle by Alex Ross, Josh Johnson Infinity Comics It's Jeff by Kelly Thompson, Gurihiru Image Antioch 1 by Patrick Kindlon, Marco Ferrari Dark Horse Shock Shop 1 by Cullen Bunn, Leila Leiz, Danny Luckert Dynamite Ninjettes 1 by Fred Van Lente, Joe Cooper, Dearbhla Kelly IDW Star Trek 400 by Wil Wheaton, Mike Johnson, Chris Eliopoulos, Declan Shalvey, Rich Handley, Joe Eisma, Seth Damoose, Luke Sparrow, Megan Levens, Angel Hernandez OGN Everyday Hero Machine Boy by Irma Kniivila, Tri Vuong Karma GN by Dan Wickline, Carlos Reno Kali GN by Daniel Freedman, Robert Sammelin Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen Always Never by Jordi Lafebre Archie Sabrina Anniversary Spectacular 1 by Dan Parent AfterShock Last Line 1 by Richard Dinnick, Jose Holder, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Dave Sharpe Ahoy Highball 1 by Stuart Moore, Fred Harper, Lee Loughridge Ablaze Boogyman 1 by Mathieu Salvia, Djet AWA E-Ratic: Recharged 1 by Kaare Andrews, Brian Reber Ray's OGN Corner: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang, Lark Pien Longbox of Horror Additional Reviews: 13: The Musical, Cuphead Show s2, Butterfly Garden, She-Hulk ep4, Lost in Space s3, Uploads s1, Pinocchio, Cars on the Road, new Simpsons short News: Dead-End Paranormal Park returns in October for s2, Theme Parks, Stan Sakai back to Dark Horse, Disney+ Day, D23 news, Wish/Elio/Inside Out 2 from Disney/Pixar, Mufasa: The Lion King, October is Jeff month, Radiant Pink, Radiant Yellow, Squid Game star takes on Star Wars role, Paper Girls cancelled, Netflix release model, Anthony Ramos as the Hood, Matt Shankman of WandaVision to direct Fantastic Four, Don Cheadle lead in Secret Invasion and Armor Wars, Leader and Sabra confirmed for Cap 4, Thunderbolts cast, Young Jedi Adventures, Otto Schmidt, Dark Web details Trailers: Knives Out 2, Quantum Leap, Disenchanted, Little Mermaid, Wendel and Wild, Willow, Andor, Tales of the Jedi, Mando s3, Secret Invasion, National Treasure, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Santa Clause, Percy Jackson, Fabelmans, Werewolf by Night Comics Countdown: Always Never GN by Jordi Lafebre Garlic and the Witch GN by Bree Paulsen Batman 127 by Chip Zdarsky, Belen Ortega, Jorge Jimenez, Luis Guerrero, Tomeu Morey Twig 5 by Skottie Young, Kyle Strahm, Jean-Francois Beaulieu Dark Knights of Steel: Tales From the Three Kingdoms by Tom Taylor, CS Pascat, Jay Kristoff, Sean Izaakse, Michele Bandini, Caspar Wijngaard, Antonio Fabela, Romula Fajardo Jr TMNT 132 by Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman, Sophie Campbell, Pablo Tunica, Ronda Pattison Dudley Datson and the Forever Machine 2 by Scott Snyder, Jamal Igle, Juan Castro, Chris Sotomayor Punisher 6 by Jason Aaron, Paul Azaceta, Jesus Saiz, Dave Stewart New Champion of Shazam! 2 by Josie Campbell, Evan Shaner Once and Future 29 by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora, Tamra Bonvillain

Cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks joins Off Panel to chat about her past few years and her upcoming graphic novel, Ride On. Hicks discusses revisiting works, the origins of Ride On, her desire to slow down, the power of no, horse books, her process, fandom as a skeleton key, tapping into your inner fan, developing the book's cast, improvements in her art, character acting, Kelly Fitzpatrick's colors, writing for someone else, creating as the world falls apart, and more.

The pandemic caused many companies to shut down and go remote, which affected many small businesses who cater to corporate office workers. On this episode, we'll hear from Kelly Fitzpatrick, owner of Blue Park Kitchen, whose main clientele practically disappeared in the shift to working from home. Then we'll talk to Stanford professor Nick Bloom to get a bigger picture of the economic issues surrounding remote work from, from questions about commuting or real estate, to challenges around equity and productivity. For more about host Brian Lowery, go to knowwhatyousee.com.

About KateKate Holterhoff, an industry analyst with RedMonk, has a background in frontend engineering, academic research, and technical communication. Kate comes to RedMonk from the digital marketing sector and brings with her expertise in frontend engineering, QA, accessibility, and scrum best practices.Before pursuing a career in the tech industry Kate taught writing and communication courses at several East Coast universities. She earned a PhD from Carnegie Mellon in 2016 and was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship (2016-2018) at Georgia Tech, where she is currently an affiliated researcher.Links: RedMonk: https://redmonk.com/ Visual Haggard: https://visualhaggard.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/kateholterhoff TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. This weekly show features conversations with people doing interesting work in the world of cloud, thoughtful commentary on the state of the technical world, and ridiculous titles for which Corey refuses to apologize. This is Screaming in the Cloud.Corey: Couchbase Capella Database-as-a-Service is flexible, full-featured, and fully managed with built-in access via key-value, SQL, and full-text search. Flexible JSON documents aligned to your applications and workloads. Build faster with blazing fast in-memory performance and automated replication and scaling while reducing cost. Capella has the best price-performance of any fully managed document database. Visit couchbase.com/screaminginthecloud to try Capella today for free and be up and running in three minutes with no credit card required. Couchbase Capella: Make your data sing.Corey: This episode is sponsored by our friends at Revelo. Revelo is the Spanish word of the day, and its spelled R-E-V-E-L-O. It means, “I reveal.” Now, have you tried to hire an engineer lately? I assure you it is significantly harder than it sounds. One of the things that Revelo has recognized is something I've been talking about for a while, specifically that while talent is evenly distributed, opportunity is absolutely not. They're exposing a new talent pool to, basically, those of us without a presence in Latin America via their platform. It's the largest tech talent marketplace in Latin America with over a million engineers in their network, which includes—but isn't limited to—talent in Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Argentina. Now, not only do they wind up spreading all of their talent on English ability, as well as you know, their engineering skills, but they go significantly beyond that. Some of the folks on their platform are hands down the most talented engineers that I've ever spoken to. Let's also not forget that Latin America has high time zone overlap with what we have here in the United States, so you can hire full-time remote engineers who share most of the workday as your team. It's an end-to-end talent service, so you can find and hire engineers in Central and South America without having to worry about, frankly, the colossal pain of cross-border payroll and benefits and compliance because Revelo handles all of it. If you're hiring engineers, check out revelo.io/screaming to get 20% off your first three months. That's R-E-V-E-L-O dot I-O slash screaming.Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud. I'm Corey Quinn. Every once in a while on the Twitters, I see a glorious notification. Now, doesn't happen often, but when it does, I have all well, atwitter, if you'll pardon the term. They have brought someone new in over at RedMonk.RedMonk has been a longtime friend of the show. They're one of the only companies that can say that about and not immediately get a cease-and-desist for having said that. And their most recent hire is joining me today. Kate Holterhoff is a newly minted analyst over at RedMonk. Kate, thank you for joining me.Kate: It's great to be here.Corey: One of the things that's always interesting about RedMonk is how many different directions you folks seem to go in all at once. It seems that I keep crossing paths with you folks almost constantly: When I'm talking to clients, when I'm talking to folks in the industry. And it could easily be assumed that you folks are 20, 30, 40 people, but to my understanding, there are not quite that many of you there.Kate: That is very true. Yes. I am the fifth analyst on a team of seven. And yeah, brought on the first of the year, and I'm thrilled to be here. I actually, I would say, recruited by one of my friends at Georgia Tech, Kelly Fitzpatrick, who I taught technical communication with when we were both postdocs in their Brittain Fellowship program.Corey: So, you obviously came out of an academic background. Is this your first excursion to industry?Kate: No, actually. After getting my PhD in literary and cultural studies at Carnegie Mellon in 2016, I moved to Atlanta and took a postdoc at Georgia Tech. And after that was kind of winding down, I decided to make the jump to industry. So, my first position out of that was at a digital marketing agency in Atlanta. And I was a frontend engineer for several years.Towards the end of my tenure there, I moved into doing more of their production engineering and QA work. Although it was deeply tied to my frontend work, so we spent a lot of time looking at how the web sites look at different media queries, making sure that there were no odd break points. So, it certainly was an organic move there as their team expanded.Corey: You spent significant amounts of time in the academic landscape. When you start talking about, “Well, I took on a postdoc position,” that's usually the sign of not your first year on a college campus in most cases. I mean, again, with an eighth grade education, I'm not really the person to ask, but I sit here in awe as people who are steeped in academia wind up going about the magic that, from where I sit, they tend to do. What was it that made you decide that I really enjoy the field that I've gotten a doctorate in. You just recently published a book in that is—or at least tangentially related to this space.But you decide, “You know what I really want to do now? That's right, frontend engineering. I want to spend, more or less, 40-some-odd hours a week slowly going mad because CSS, and I can't quite get that thing to line up the way that I want it to.” Now, at least that's my experience with it, for folks who are, you know, competent at it, I presume that's a bit of a different story.Kate: Yes. I considered naming my blog at RedMonk, “How to Center a Div.” So yes, that is certainly an ongoing issue, I think, for anyone in [unintelligible 00:06:15] any, you know, practitioners. So, I guess my story probably began in 2013, the real move into technology. So, getting a PhD, of course, takes a very, very long time.So, I started at Carnegie Mellon in 2009, and in 2013, I started a digital archive called Visual Haggard. And it's a Ruby on Rails site; you can visit it at visualhaggard.org. And it is a digital archive of illustrations that were created to accompany a 19th century writer, H. Rider Haggard.And I became very interested in all the illustrations that had been created to accompany both the serialization of his fictions, but also the later novelizations. And it's kind of like how we have all these different movie adaptations of, like, Spider Man that come out every couple of years. These illustrations were just very iterative. And generally, this fellowship that I saw really only focused on, you know, the first illustrations that, you know, came out. So, this was a sort of response to that: How can we use technology to showcase all the different types of illustrations and how maybe different artists would interpret that literature differently?And so, that drove me into a discipline called the digital humanities, which really sort of, you know, focuses on that question, which is, you know, how to computers help us to understand the humanities better? And so, that incorporates not only the arts, but also literature, philosophy, you know, new media. But it's an extremely broad subject, and it's evolving, as you can imagine, as the things that technology can do expands. So, I became interested in this subject and really was drawn to the sort of archival aspects of this. Which wasn't really my training; I think that's something that, you know, you think of librarians as being more focused on, but I became acquainted with all these, you know, very obscure editions.But in any event, it also taught me how to [laugh] use technology, I really—I was involved in the [RDF 00:08:08] export for [laugh] incorporating the site on Nines, which is sort of a larger agglomeration of 19th century archives. And I was just really drawn to a lot of the new things that we could do. So, I began to use it more in my teaching. So, not only did I—and of course as I taught communication courses at Carnegie Mellon, and then I moved to teaching them at Georgia Tech, you can imagine I had many students who were engineers, and they were very interested in these sorts of questions as well. So, the move felt very organic to me, but I think any academic that you speak to, their identity is very tied up in their sort of, you know, academic standing.And so, the idea of jumping ship, of not being labeled an academic anymore is kind of terrifying. But I, you know, ultimately opted to do it. It certainly was, yeah, but you know, what [laugh] what I learned is that there's the status called an affiliated researcher. So, I didn't necessarily have to be a professor or someone on the tenure track in order to continue doing research.Corey: Was it hard for you?Kate: So, the book project, which is titled Illustration in Fin-de-Siècle Transatlantic Romance Fiction, and has a chapter devoted to H. Rider Haggard, I wrote it, while really not even being an instructor or sort of traditional academic. I had access to the library through this affiliated researcher status, which I maintained by keeping a relationship with the folks at Georgia Tech, and was able to do all my research while you know, having a job in industry. And I think what a lot of academics need to do is think about what it is about academia that they really value. Is it the teaching?Because in industry, we spend a lot of time teaching [laugh]. Sharing our knowledge is something that's extremely important. Is that the research? As an analyst, I get to do research all the time, which is really fun for me. And then, you know, is it really just kind of focusing on historical aspects? And that was also important to me.So, you know, this status allowed me to keep all the best parts of being an academic while kind of sloughing off the [laugh] parts that weren't so good, which is, um, say the fact that 80% of courses in the university are taught now by adjuncts or folks who are not on the tenure track line. Which is, you know, pretty shocking, you know. The academy is going through some… troubles right now, and hiring issues are—they need to be acknowledged, and I think folks who are considering getting a PhD need to look for other career paths beyond just through modeling it on their advisors, or, you know, in order to become, ostensibly, a professor themselves.Corey: I don't know if I've told the story before in public, but I briefly explored the possibility of getting a PhD myself, which is interesting given that I'd have to… there's some prerequisites I'd probably have to nail first, like, get a formal GED might be, like, step one, before proceeding on. And strangely enough for me, it was not the higher level, I guess, contribution to a body of knowledge in a particular direction. I mean, cloud economics being sort of an easy direction for me [laugh] to go in, given that I eat, sleep, live, and breathe it, but rather the academic rigor around so much of it. And the incentives feel very different, which to be clear, is a good thing. My entire career path has always been focused on not starving to death, and how do we turn this problem into money, whereas academia has always seemed to be focused on knowledge for the sake of knowledge without much, if any, thought toward the practical application slash monetization thereof? Is that a fair characterization from where you sit? I'm trying not to actively be insulting, but it's possible I may be unintentionally so.Kate: No, I think you're right on. And so yeah, like, the book that I published, I probably won't see any remuneration for that. There is very little—I'm actually [laugh] not even sure what the contract says, but I don't intend to make any money with this. Professors, even those who have reached the height of their career, unless they're, you know, on specific paths, don't make a lot of money, those in the humanities, especially. You don't do this to become wealthy.And the Visual Haggard archive, I don't—you know, everything is under a Creative Commons license. I don't make money from people, you know, finding images that they're looking for to reproduce, say, on a t-shirt or something. So yeah, I suspect you do it for the love. I always explained it as having a sort of existential anxiety of, like, trying to, you know, cheat death. I think it was Umberto Eco who said that in order to live forever, you have to have a child and a book.And at this point, I have two children and a book now, so I can just, you know, die and my, you know, [laugh] my legacy lives on. But I do feel like the reasons that folks go into upper higher education vary, and so I wouldn't want to speak for everyone. But for me, yeah, it is not a place to make money, it's a place to establish sort of more intangible benefits.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by our friends at ChaosSearch. You could run Elasticsearch or Elastic Cloud—or OpenSearch as they're calling it now—or a self-hosted ELK stack. But why? ChaosSearch gives you the same API you've come to know and tolerate, along with unlimited data retention and no data movement. Just throw your data into S3 and proceed from there as you would expect. This is great for IT operations folks, for app performance monitoring, cybersecurity. If you're using Elasticsearch, consider not running Elasticsearch. They're also available now in the AWS marketplace if you'd prefer not to go direct and have half of whatever you pay them count towards your EDB commitment. Discover what companies like Klarna, Equifax, Armor Security, and Blackboard already have. To learn more, visit chaossearch.io and tell them I sent you just so you can see them facepalm, yet again.Corey: I guess one of the weird things from where I sit is looking at the broad sweep of industry and what I know of RedMonks perspective, you mentioned that as a postdoc, you taught technical communication. Then you went to go to frontend engineering, which in many respects is about effectively, technically—highly technical and communicating with the end-user. And now you are an analyst at RedMonk. And seeing what I have seen of your organization in the larger ecosystem, teaching technical communication is a terrific descriptor of what it is you folks actually do. So, from a certain point of view, I would argue that you're still pursuing the path that you are on in some respects. Is that even slightly close to the way that you view things, or am I just more or less ineffectively grasping at straws, as I am wont to do?Kate: No, I feel like there is a continuous thread. So, even before I got my PhD, I got a—one of my bachelor's degrees was in art. So, I used to paint murals; I was very interested in public art. And so, it you know, it feels to me that there is this thread that goes from an interest in the arts and how the public can access them to, you know, doing web development that's focused on the visual aspects, you know, how are these things responsive? What is it that actually makes the DOM communicate in this visual way? You know, how are cascading style sheets,allowing us to do these sorts of marvelous things?You know, I could talk about my favorite, you know, selectors and things. [laugh]. Because I will defend CSS. I actually don't hate it, although we use SASS if it matters. But you know, that I think there's a lot to be said for the way that the web looks today rather than, you know, 20 years ago.So there, it feels very natural to me to have moved from an interest in illustration to trying to, you know, work in a more frontend way, but then ultimately [laugh] move from that into doing, sort of, QA, which is, like, well, let's take a look at how we're communicating visually and see if we can improve that to, you know, look for things that maybe aren't coming across as well as they could. Which really forced me to work in the interactive team more with the UI/UX folks who are, you know, obviously telling the designers where to put the buttons and, you know, how to structure the, you know, the text blocks in relationship to the images and things like that. So, it feels natural to me, although it might not seem so on the outside. You know, in the process, I really I guess, acquired a love of that entire area.And I think what's great about working at RedMonk now is that I get to see how these technologies are evolving. So, you know, I actually just spun up a site on [unintelligible 00:16:27] not long ago. And, I mean, it is so cool. I mean, you know, coming from a background where we were working with, you know, jQuery, [laugh] things have really evolved. You know, it's exciting. And I think we're seeing the, [like, as 00:16:39] the full stack approach to this.Corey: I used to volunteer for the jQuery infrastructure team and help run jquery.net, once upon a time.Kate: Ohh.Corey: I assume that is probably why it is no longer in vogue. Like, oh, Corey was too close to it got his stink all over the thing. Let's find something better immediately, which honestly, not the worst approach in the world to take.Kate: I'm so impressed. I had no idea.Corey: It was mostly—because again, I was bad at frontend; always have been, but I know how to make computers run—kind of—and on the backend side of things and the infrastructure piece of it. It's like I tend to—at least at the time—break the world into more or less three sets: You had the ops types, think of database admins and the rest; you had the backend engineers, people who wrote code that made things talk to each other from an API perspective, and you had frontend folks who took all of the nonsense and had this innovative idea that, “Huh, maybe a green screen glowing text terminal isn't the pinnacle of user experience that we might possibly think about, and start turning it into something that a human being can use.”And whatever I hear folks from one of those constituencies start talking disparagingly about the others, it's… yeah, go walk a mile in their shoes and then tell me how you feel. A couple years ago, I took a two week break to, all right, it's time for me to learn JavaScript. And by the end of the two weeks period, I was more confused than I was when I began. And it's just a very different way of thinking than I have become accustomed to working with. So, from where I sit, people who work on that stuff successfully are effectively just this side of wizards.I think that there's—I feel the same way about database types. That's an area I never go into either because I'm terrible at that, and the stakes over their company-killing proportions in a way that I took down a web server usually doesn't.Kate: Yeah, I think that's often the motto, well, at least at my last company, which was like, “It's just a website. No one will die.” [laugh].Corey: Honestly, I find that the people who have really have the best attitude about that tend to be, strangely enough, military veterans because it's, “The site is down. How are you so calm?” It's, “Well, no one's shooting at me and no one's going to die? It's fine.” Like, “We're all going to go home to our families tonight. It'll work out.” It having perspective is important.Kate: Yeah. It is interesting how the impetus—I mean, going back to your question about, you know, making money at this field, you know, how that kind of factors in, I guess, frontend does tend to have a more relaxed attitude than say, yeah, if you drop a table or something. But at the same time, you know, compared to academia, it did feel a little bit more [laugh] like, “Okay, well, this—you know, we've got the project manager that is breathing down our neck. They got to send them something, you know, what's going on here?” So, yeah, it does become a little bit more, I don't know, these things ramped up a little bit, and the importance, you know, varies by, you know, whatever part of it you're working on.It's interesting, as an analyst, I don't hear the terms backend and frontend as much, and that was really how my team was divided, you know? It was really, kind of, opaque when you walked in. Started the job, I was like, “Okay, well, is this something that the frontend should be dealing with or the backend? You know, what's going on?” And then, you know, ultimately, I was like, “Oh, no, I know exactly what this is.”And then anyone who came on later, I was like, “No, no, no. We talk to the backend folks for this sort of problem.” So, I don't know if that's also something that's falling out of vogue, but that was, you know, the backend handled all the DevOps aspects as well, and so, you know, anything with our virtual boxes and, you know, trying to get things running and, you know, access to our… yeah, the servers, you know, all of that was kind of handled by backend. But yeah, I worked with some really fantastic frontend, folks. They were just—I feel like they we could bet had been better categorized as full stack. And many of them have CS degrees and they chose to go into frontend. So, you know, it's a—I have no patience for, you know—Corey: Oh God, you mean you chose this instead of it being something that happened to you in a horrible accident one of these days?Kate: [laugh]. Exactly.Corey: And that's not restricted to frontend; that's working with computers, in my experience.Kate: [laugh].Corey: Like, oh, God, it's hard to remember I chose this at one point. Now, it feels almost like I'm not suited for anything else. You have a clear ability to effectively communicate technical concepts. If not, you more or less wasted most of your academic career, let's be very clear. Then you decided that you're going to go and be an engineer for a while, and you did that.Why RedMonk? Why was that the next step because with that combination of skills, the world is very much your oyster. What made you look at RedMonk and say, “Yes, this is where I should work?” And let me be very clear. There are days I have strongly considered, like, if I weren't doing this, where would I be? And yeah, I would probably annoy RedMonk into actively blocking me on all social media or hiring me. There's no third option there. So, I agree wholeheartedly with the decision. What was it that made it for you?Kate: I mean, it was certainly not just one thing. One of the parts of academia that I really enjoyed was the ability to go to conferences and just travel and really get to meet people. And so, that was something that seemed to be a big part of it [unintelligible 00:21:27] so that's kind of the part that maybe doesn't get mentioned so much. And then especially in the Covid era, you know, we're not doing as much traveling, as you're well aware.Corey: We're spending all of our time having these conversations via screen.Kate: You know, I do enjoy that.Corey: Yeah. Like in the before times, probably one out of every eight episodes or so of this show was recorded in person.Kate: Wow.Corey: Now, it's, “I don't know. I don't really know if I want to go across town.” It's a—honestly, I've become a bit of a shut-in here. But you get it down to a science. But you lose something by doing it.Kate: That's true.Corey: There's a lack of high bandwidth communication.Kate: And many of my academic friends, when they would go to conferences, they would just kind of hide in their hotel room until they had to present. And I was the kind of person that was down in the bar hanging out. So, to me, it [laugh] felt very natural. But in terms of the intellectual parts, in all seriousness, I think the ability to pull apart arguments is something that I just truly enjoy. So, when I was teaching, which of course was how—was why they paid me to be an academic, you know, I loved when I could sit in a classroom and I would ask a question. You know, I kind of come up with these questions ahead of time.And the students would say something totally unexpected, and then I'd have another one, say something totally out of the blue as well. And I get to take them and say, “You're both right. Here's how we combine them, and here's how we're going to move forward.” Sort of, the ability to take an argument and sort of mold it into something constructive, I think can be very useful, both in, you know, meeting with clients who maybe are, you know, coming at things a little bit differently than then maybe we would recommend in order to, you know, help them to reach developers, the practitioners, but also, you know, moderating panels is something that a lot of my colleagues do. I mean, that's a big part of the job, too, is, you know, speaking and… well, not only doing sort of keynote talks, which my colleague Rachel is doing that at, I think, a [GlueCon 00:23:14] this year.And then—but also, you know, just in video format, you know, to having multiple presenters and, kind of, taking their ideas and making something out of that sort of forwards the argument. I think that's a lot of fun. I like to think I do an okay job at it. And I certainly have a lot of experience with it. And then just finally, you know, listening to argument [unintelligible 00:23:30] a big part of the job is going to briefings where clients explain what their product does, and we listen and try to give them feedback about how to reach the developer audience, and, you know, just trying to work on that communication aspect.And I think what I would like to push is more of the visual part of this. So, I think a lot of times, people don't always think through the icons that they include, or the illustrations, or the just the stock photos. And I find those so fascinating. [laugh]. I know, that's not always the most—the part that everyone wants to focus on, but to me, the visuals of these pitches are truly interesting. They really, kind of, maybe say things that they don't intend always, and that also can really make concrete ideas that are, especially with some of this really complex technology, it can really help potential buyers to understand what it accomplishes better.Corey: Some of the endless engagements I've been on that I enjoy the most have been around talking to vendors who are making things. And it starts off invariably as, “Yeah, we want to go ahead and tell the world about this thing that we've done.” And my perspective has always been just a subtle frame shift. It's like, “Yeah, let me save some time. No one cares. Absolutely no one cares. You're in love with the technical thing that you built, and the only people who are going to love it as much as you do are either wanting to work where you, or they're going to go build their own and they're not going to be your customer. So, don't talk about you. No one cares about you. Talk about the pain that you solve. Talk about the painful thing that you're target customer is struggling with that you make disappear.”And I didn't think that would be, A, as revelatory as it turned out to be, and B, a lesson that I had to learn myself. When I was starting o—when I was doing some product development here where I once again fell into the easy trap of assuming if I know something, everyone must know it, therefore, it's easy, whereas if I don't know something, it's very hard, and no one could possibly wrap their head around it. And we all come from different places, and meeting people wherever they are in their journey, it's a delicate lesson to learn. I never understood what analysts did until I started being an analyst myself, and I've got to level with you, I spent six months of doing those types of engagements feeling like a giant fraud. I'm just a loudmouth with an opinion, what is what does that mean?Well, in many ways, it means analyst. Because it's having an opinion is in so many ways, what customers are really after. Raw data, you can find that a thousand different ways, but finding someone who could talk on what something means, that's harder. And I think that we don't teach anything approaching that in most of our STEM curriculum.Kate: Yeah, I think that's really on point. Yeah, I mean, especially when some of these briefings are so mired in acronyms, and sort of assumed specialization. I know I spend a lot of time just thinking about what it is that confuses me about their pitch, more so than what, you know, is actually coming through. So, I think actually, one of the tools that we use—writing instructors; my past life—was thinking like someone with an eighth grade education. So, I actually think that your reference to having [laugh] you know, that's sort of chestnut, that can actually be useful because you say, “If I, you know, took my slide deck and showed it to a bunch of eighth graders, would they understand what it is that I'm saying?”You know, maybe you don't want them to get the technical details, but what problem does it solve? If they don't understand that, you're not doing a good enough job. And so that, to me, is [laugh] actually something that a lot of folks need to hear. That yeah, these vendors because they're just so deep in it, they're so in the weeds, that they can't maybe see how someone who's just looking for a database, or a platform, or whatever, they actually need this sort of simplified and yet broad enough explanation for what it is that they're actually trying to do what service they actually provide.Corey: From where I sit, one of the hardest things is just reaching people in the right way. And I'm putting out a one to two-thousand word blog post every week because I apparently hate myself. And that was a constant struggle for me when I started doing that a year or two ago. And what has worked for me that really get me moving down that is, instead of trying to teach everyone all the things, I pick an individual—and it varies from week to week—that I think about and I want to explain something to that person. And then I wind up directing what it is I'm about to tell—what it is I'm writing—to that person.Sometimes they're a complete layperson. Other times they are fairly advanced in a particular area of technology. And the responses to these things differ, but it's always—I always learn something from the feedback that I get. And if nothing else, is one of those ways to become a better writer. While I would start by writing. Just do it, don't whine—don't worry about getting it perfect; just go out there and power through things.At least, that's my approach. And I'm talking about the burden of writing a thousand words a week. You wrote an actual book. My belief is that, the more people I've talked to who've done that, no one actually wants to write a book; people want to have written a book, and that definitely resonates with me. I am tempted to just slap a bunch of these—Kate: Yeah.Corey: —blogs posts together and call it a book one of these days as an anthology. But it feels like it's cheating. If I ever decide to go down that path, I want to do it right.Kate: I guess, I come at it from the perspective of I don't know what I think until I write it down. So, it helps me to formulate ideas better. I also feel like my strength is in rereading things and trying to edit them down to really get to the kernel of what it is I think. And a lot of times how I begin a chapter or a blog post or whatever is not where it should begin, that maybe I'm somewhere in the middle, maybe this is a conclusion. There's something magical, in my view, that [laugh] happens when you write, that you are able to pause and take a little bit more time and maybe come up with a better word for what it is that you're trying to communicate.I also am—I benefit from readers. So, for instance, in my book, I have one chapter that really focuses on Harper's Weekly, which is an American newspaper. I'm not an Americanist; I don't have a deep knowledge of that, so what I did is I revise that chapter and send it to American periodicals and got feedback from their readers. Super useful. In terms of my blog at RedMonk, anytime I publish something, you can bet that at least one founder and probably at least one other analyst has read it through and giving me some extremely incisive feedback. It never is just from my mind. It's something that is collaboration.And I am grateful to anyone who takes the time to read my writing because, you know, all of us have so much time, of course. It really helps me to understand what it is that I'm trying to dig into. So, for instance, I've been writing a series for RedMonk on certifications, which makes a lot of sense; I've come from an academic background, here it is, you know, I'm seeing all these tech certifications. And so, it's interesting to me to see similarities and differences and what sort of issues that we're seeing come up with them. So, for instance, I just wrote about the vendor-specific versus vendor-neutral certifications. What are the advantages of getting a certification from the CN/CF versus from say, VMware and—Corey: Oh, I have opinions, on all of [those 00:30:44]—Kate: I—Corey: —and most of them are terrible.Kate: —I'm sure you do. [laugh]. It came naturally out of the job, you know, sitting through briefings and, kind of, seeing these things evolve, and the questions that I have from a long history of teaching, but. I think it also suggests the collaborative aspect of this, of coming to my colleagues—you know, I've been here before, for what, four months?—and saying, you know, “Is this normal? Like, what are we seeing here? Let me write a little bit about what I think is going on with certifications, and then you tell me, you know, what it is that you've seen with your years and years of expertise,” right?So, Stephen O'Grady's been doing this for longer than he really likes to admit, right? So, this is grateful to have such well-established colleagues that can help me on that journey. But, you know, to kind of spiral back to your original question, I think that writing to me is an exploration, it's something that helps me to get to something a little more, I guess, meaningful than just where I began. You know, just the questions that I have, I can kind of dig down and find some substance there. I would encourage you to take any one of your blog posts and think about maybe where they—or using the jumping off points for your eventual book, which I will be looking for on newsstands any day now.Corey: I am looking forward to seeing how you continue to evolve your coverage area, as well as reading more of your writings around these things. I am—they always say that the cobblers children have no shoes, and I am having an ongoing war with the RedMonk RSS feed because I've been subscribed to it three times now, and I'm still not seeing everything that comes through, such as your posts. Time for me to go and yell at some people over on your end about how these things work because it is such good content. And every time RedMonk puts something out, it doesn't matter who over there has written it, I wind up reading it with this sense of envy, in that I wish I had written something like this. It is always an experience, and your writing is absolutely no exception to that. You fit in well over there.Kate: It means a lot to me. Thank you. [laugh].Corey: No, thank you. I want to thank you for spending so much time talking to me about things that I feel like I'm still not quite smart enough to wrap my head around, but that's all right. If people want to learn more, where's the best place to find you?Kate: Certainly Twitter. So, my Twitter handle is just my name, @kateholterhoff. And I don't post as often as maybe I should, but I try to maintain an ongoing presence there.Corey: And we will of course, put a link to that in the [show notes 00:33:04].Kate: Thank you.Corey: Thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it. Kate Holterhoff, analyst at RedMonk. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn and this is Screaming in the Cloud. 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About KellyKellyAnn Fitzpatrick is a Senior Industry Analyst at RedMonk, the developer-focused industry analyst firm. Having previously worked as a QA analyst, test & release manager, and tech writer, she has experience with containers, CI/CD, testing frameworks, documentation, and training. She has also taught technical communication to computer science majors at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow.Holding a Ph.D. in English from the University at Albany and a B.A. in English and Medieval Studies from the University of Notre Dame, KellyAnn's side projects include teaching, speaking, and writing about medievalism (the ways that post-medieval societies reimagine or appropriate the Middle Ages), and running to/from donut shops.Links: RedMonk: https://redmonk.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/drkellyannfitz TranscriptAnnouncer: Hello, and welcome to Screaming in the Cloud with your host, Chief Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, Corey Quinn. 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My thanks again to Oracle Cloud for sponsoring this ridiculous nonsense.Corey: Welcome to Screaming in the Cloud, I'm Corey Quinn. It's always a good day when I get to sit down and have a chat with someone who works over at our friends at RedMonk. Today is no exception because after trying for, well, an embarrassingly long time, my whining and pleading has finally borne fruit, and I'm joined by Kelly Fitzpatrick, who's a senior industry analyst at RedMonk. Kelly, thank you for, I guess, finally giving in to my always polite, but remarkably persistent requests to show up on the show.Kelly: Great, thanks for having me. It's great to finally be on the show.Corey: So, let's start at the very beginning because I am always shockingly offended whenever it happens, but some people don't actually know what RedMonk is. What is it you'd say it is that you folks do?Kelly: Oh, I love this question. Because it's like, “What do you do,” versus, “What are you?” And that's a very big difference. And I'm going to start with maybe what we are. So, we are a developer-focused industry analyst firm. You put all those things, kind of, together.And in terms of what we do, it means that we follow tech trends. And that's something that many industry analysts do, but our perspective is really interested in developers specifically and then practitioners more broadly. So, it's not just, “Okay, these are things that are happening in tech that you care about if you're a CIO,” but what tech things affect developers in terms of how they're building software and why they want to build software and where they're building software?Corey: So, backing it up slightly because it turns out that I don't know the answer to this either. What exactly is an industry analyst firm? And the reason I bring this up is I've been invited to industry analyst events, and that is entirely your colleague, James Governor's, fault because he took me out for lunch at I think it was Google Next a few years ago and said, “Oh, you're definitely an analyst.” “Okay, cool. Well, I don't think I am. Why should I be an analyst?”“Oh, because companies have analyst budgets.” “Oh, you said, analyst”—protip: Never get in the way of people trying to pay you to do things. But I still feel like I don't know what an analyst is, in this sense. Which means I'm about to get a whole bunch of refund requests when this thing airs.Kelly: I should hope not. But industry analysts, one of the jokes that we have around RedMonk is how do we explain to our families what an industry analyst is? And I think even Steve and James, who are RedMonk's founders, they've been doing this for quite a long time, like, much longer than they ever want to admit that they do, and they still are like, “Okay, how do I explain this to my parents?” Or you know, anyone else who's asking, and partly, it's almost like a very—a term that you'll see in the tech industry, but outside of it doesn't really have that much, kind of, currency in the same way that you can tell someone that you're like, maybe a business analyst or something like that, or any of those, almost like spy-like versions of analyst. I think was it The Hunt for Red October, the actual hero of that is an analyst, but not the type of analyst that I am in any way, shape or form.But you know, industry analyst firms, specifically, it's like we keep up on what tech is out there. People engage with us because they want to know what to buy for the things that they're doing and the things that they're building, or how to better create and sell the stuff that they are building to people who build software. So, in our case, it's like, all right, what type of tools are developers using? And where does this particular tool that our company is building fit into that? And how do you talk about that with developers in a way that makes sense to them?Corey: On some level, what I imagine your approach to this stuff is aligns somewhat with my own. Before you became an industry analyst, which I'm still not entirely sure I know what that is—I'm sorry, not your fault; just so many expressions of it out there—before you wound up down that path, you were a QA manager; you wound up effectively finding interesting bugs in software, documentation, et cetera. And, on some level, that's, I think, what has made me even somewhat useful in the space is I'll go ahead and try and build something out of something that a vendor has released, and huh, the documentation says it should work this way, but I try it and it breaks and it fails. And the response is always invariably the same, which is, “That's interesting,” which is engineering-speak for, “What the hell is that?” I have this knack for stumbling over weird issues, and I feel like that aligns with what makes for a successful QA person. Is that directionally correct, or am I dramatically misunderstanding things and I'm just accident-prone?Kelly: [laugh]. No, I think that makes a lot of sense. And especially coming from QA where it's like, not just making sure that something works, but making sure that something doesn't break if you try to break it in different ways, the things that are not necessarily the expected, you know, behaviors, that type of mindset, I think, for me translated very easily to, kind of, being an analyst. Because it's about asking questions; it's about not just taking the word of your developers that this software works, but going and seeing if it actually does and kind of getting your hands dirty, and in some cases, trying to figure out where certain problems or who broke the build, or why did the build break is always kind of super fun mystery that I love doing—not really, but, like, everyone kind of has to do it—and I think that translates to the analyst world where it's like, what pieces of these systems, or tech stacks, or just the way information is being conveyed about them is working or is not, and in what ways can people kind of maybe see things a different way that the people who are building or writing about these things did not anticipate?Corey: From my position, and this is one of the reasons I sort of started down this whole path is if I'm trying to build something with a product or a platform—or basically anything, it doesn't really matter what—and the user experience is bad, or there are bugs that get in my way, my default response—even now—is not, “Oh, this thing's a piece of crap that's nowhere near ready for primetime use,” but instead, it's, “Oh, I'm not smart enough to figure out how to use it.” It becomes a reflection on the user, and they feel bad as a result. And I don't like that for anyone, for any product because it doesn't serve the product well, it certainly doesn't serve the human being trying to use it and failing well, and from a pure business perspective, it certainly doesn't serve the ability to solve a business problem in any meaningful respect. So, that has been one of the reasons that I've been tilting at that particular windmill for as long as I have.Kelly: I think that makes sense because you can have the theoretically best, most innovative, going to change everyone's lives for the better, product in the world, but if nobody can use it, it's not going to change the world.Corey: As you take a look at your time at RedMonk, which has been, I believe, four years, give or take?Kelly: We're going to say three to four.Corey: Three to four? Because you've been promoted twice in your time there, let's be very clear, and this is clearly a—Kelly: That's a very, very astute observation on your part.Corey: It is a meteoric rise. And what makes that also fascinating from my perspective, is that despite being a company that is, I believe, 19 years old, you aren't exactly a giant company that throws bodies at problems. I believe you have seven full-time employees, two of whom have been hired in the last quarter.Kelly: That's true. So, seven full-time employees and five analysts. So, we have—of that it's five analysts, and we only added a fifth analyst the beginning of this year, with Dr. Kate Holterhoff. [unintelligible 00:08:09], kind of, bring her on the team.So, we had been operating with, like, kind of, six full-time employees. We were like, “We need some more resources in this area.” And we heard another analyst, which if you talk about, okay, we hired one more, but when you're talking about hiring one more and adding that to a team of, like, four analysts, it's such a big difference, just in terms of, kind of, resources. And I think your observation about you ca—we don't just throw bodies at problems is kind of correct. That is absolutely not the way we go about things at all.Corey: At a company that is taking the same model that The Duckbill Group does—by which I mean not raising a bunch of outside money is, as best I can tell—that means that you have to fall back on this ancient business model known as making more money than it costs to run the place every month, you don't get to do this massive scaled out hiring thing. So, bringing on multiple employees at a relatively low turnover company means that suddenly you're onboarding not just one new person, but two. What has that been like? Because to be very clear, if you're hiring 20 engineers or whatnot, okay, great, and you're having significant turnover, yeah, onboarding two folks is not that big of a deal, but this is a significant percentage of your team.Kelly: It is. And so for us—and Kate started at the beginning of this year, so she's only been here for a bit—but in terms of onboarding another analyst, this is something where I haven't done before, but, like, my colleagues have, whereas the other new member of our team, Morgan Harris, who is our Account Engagement Manager, and she is amazing, and has also, like, very interesting background and client success in, like, fashion, which is, you know, awesome when I'm trying to figure out what [unintelligible 00:09:48] fit I need to do, we have someone in-house who can actually give me advice on that. But that's not something that we have onboarded for that role very much in the past, so bringing on someone where they're the only person in their role and, like, having to begin to learn the role. And then also to bring in another analyst where we have a little bit more experience onboarding analysts, it takes a lot of patience for everybody involved. And the thing I love about RedMonk and the people that I get to work with is that they actually have that patience and we function very well as, like, a team.And because of that, I think things that could really have thrown us off course, like losing an account engagement or onboarding one and then onboarding a new analyst, like, over the holidays, during a pandemic, and everything else that is happening, it's going much more smoothly than it could have otherwise.Corey: These are abnormal times, to be sure. It's one of those things where it's, we're a couple years into a pandemic now, and I still feel like we haven't really solved most of the problems that this has laid bare, which kind of makes me despair of ever really figuring out what that's going to look like down the road.Kelly: Yeah, absolutely. And there is very much the sense that, “Okay, we should be kind of back to normal, going to in-person conferences.” And then you get to an in-person conference, and then they all move back to virtual or, as in your case, you go to an in-person conference and then you have to sequester yourself away from your family for a couple of weeks to make sure that you're not bringing something home.Corey: So, I have to ask. You have been quoted as saying that 2022—for those listening, that is this year—is the year of documentation. You're onboarding two new people into a company that does not see significant turnover, which means that invariably, “Oh, it's been a while since we've updated the documentation. Whoops-a-doozy,” is a pretty common experience there. How much of your assertion that this is the year of documentation comes down to the, “Huh. Our onboarding stuff is really out of date,” versus a larger thing that you're seeing in the industry?Kelly: That is a great question because you never know what your documentation is like until you have someone new, kind of, come in with fresh eyes, has a perspective not only on, “Okay, I have no idea what this means,” or, “This is not where I thought it would be,” or, “This, you know, system is not working in any… in any way similar to anything I have ever seen in any other part of my, like, kind of, working career.” So, that's where you really see what kind of gaps you have, but then you also kind of get to see which parts are working out really well. And not to spend, kind of, too much on that, but one of the best things that my coworkers did for me when I started was, Rachel Stephens had kept a log of, like, all the questions that she had as a new analyst. And she just, like, gave that to me with some advice on different things, like, in a spreadsheet, which I think is—I love spreadsheets so much and so does Rachel. And I think I might love spreadsheets more than Rachel at this point, even though she actually has a hat that says, “Spreadsheets.”But when Kate started, it was fascinating to go through that and see what parts of that were either no longer relevant because the entire world had changed, or because the industry had advanced, or because there's all these new things you need to know now that we're not on the list of things that you needed to know three years ago. And then what other, even, topics belong down on that kind of list of things to know. So, I think documentation is always a good, like, check-in for things like that.But going back to, like, your larger question. So, documentation is important, not just because we happened to be onboarding, but a lot of people, I think once they no longer could be in the office with people and rely on that kind of face-to-face conversations to smooth over things began, I think, to realize how essential documentation was to just their everyday to day, kind of, working lives. So, I think that's something that we've definitely seen from the pandemic. But then there are certainly other signals in the software industry-specific, which we can go into or not depending on your level of interest.Corey: Well, something that I see that I have never been a huge fan of in corporate life—and it feels like it is very much a broad spectrum—has been that on one side of the coin, you have this idea that everything we do is bespoke and we just hire smart people and get out of their way. Yeah, that's more uncontrolled anarchy than it is a repeatable company process around anything. And the other extreme is this tendency that companies have, particularly the large, somewhat slow-moving companies, to attempt to codify absolutely everything. It almost feels like it derives from the what I believe to be mistaken belief that with enough process, eventually you can arrive at the promised land where you don't have to have intelligent, dynamic people working behind things, you can basically distill it down to follow the script and push the buttons in the proper order, and any conceivable outcome is going to be achieved. I don't know if that's accurate, but that's always how it felt when you start getting too deeply mired in documentation-slash-process as almost religion.Kelly: And I think—you know, I agree. There has to be something between, “All right, we don't document anything and it's not necessary and we don't need it.” And then—Corey: “We might get raided by the FBI. We want nothing written down.” At which point it's like, what do you do here? Yeah.Kelly: Yeah. Leave no evidence, leave no paper trail of anything like that. And going too far into thinking that processes is absolutely everything, and that absolutely anyone can be plugged into any given role and things will be equally successful, or that we'll just be automated away or become just these, kind of, automatons. And I think that balance, it's important to think about that because while documentation is important, and you know, I will say 2022, I think we're going to hear more and more about it, we see it more as an increasingly valuable thing in tech, you can't solve everything with documentation. You can use it as the, kind of, duct tape and baling wire for some of the things that your company is doing, but throwing documentation at it is not going to fix things in the same way that throwing engineers at a problem is not going to fix it either. Or most problems. I mean, there are some that you can just throw engineers at.Corey: Well, there's a company wiki, also known as where documentation goes to die.Kelly: It is. And those, like, internal wikis, as horrible as they can be in terms of that's where knowledge goes to die as well, places that have nothing like that, it can be even more chaotic than places that are relying on the, kind of, company internal wiki.Corey: So, delving into a bit of a different topic here, before you were in the QA universe, you were what distills down to an academic. And I know that sometimes that can be interpreted as a personal attack in some quarters; I assure you, despite my own eighth grade level of education, that is not how this is intended at all. Your undergraduate degree was in medieval history—or medieval studies and your PhD was in English. So, a couple of questions around that. One, when we talk about medieval studies, are we talking about writing analyst reports about Netscape Navigator, or are we talking things a bit later in the sweep of history than that?Kelly: I appreciate the Netscape Navigator reference. I get that reference.Corey: Well, yeah. Medieval studies; you have to.Kelly: Medieval studies, when you—where we study the internet in the 1990s, basically. I completely lost the line of questioning that you're asking because I was just so taken by the Netscape Navigator reference.Corey: Well, thank you. Started off with the medieval studies history. So, medieval studies of things dating back to, I guess, before we had reasonably recorded records in a consistent way. And also Twitter. But I'm wondering how much of that lends itself to what you do as an analyst.Kelly: Quite a bit. And as much as I want to say, it's all Monty Python references all the time, it isn't. But the disciplinary rigor that you have to pick up as a medievalist or as anyone who's getting any kind of PhD ever, you know, for the most part, that very much easily translated to being an analyst. And even more so tech culture is, in so many ways, like, enamored—there's these pop culture medieval-isms that a lot of people who move in technical circles appreciate. And that kind of overlap for me was kind of fascinating.So, when I started, like, working in tech, the fact that I was like writing a dissertation on Lord of the Rings was this little interesting thing that my coworkers could, like, kind of latch on to and talk about with me, that had nothing to do with tech and that had nothing to do with the seemingly scary parts of being an academic.Corey: This episode is sponsored in part by our friends at Vultr. Spelled V-U-L-T-R because they're all about helping save money, including on things like, you know, vowels. So, what they do is they are a cloud provider that provides surprisingly high performance cloud compute at a price that—while sure they claim its better than AWS pricing—and when they say that they mean it is less money. Sure, I don't dispute that but what I find interesting is that it's predictable. They tell you in advance on a monthly basis what it's going to going to cost. They have a bunch of advanced networking features. They have nineteen global locations and scale things elastically. Not to be confused with openly, because apparently elastic and open can mean the same thing sometimes. They have had over a million users. Deployments take less that sixty seconds across twelve pre-selected operating systems. Or, if you're one of those nutters like me, you can bring your own ISO and install basically any operating system you want. Starting with pricing as low as $2.50 a month for Vultr cloud compute they have plans for developers and businesses of all sizes, except maybe Amazon, who stubbornly insists on having something to scale all on their own. Try Vultr today for free by visiting: vultr.com/screaming, and you'll receive a $100 in credit. Thats V-U-L-T-R.com slash screaming.Corey: I want to talk a little bit about the idea of academic rigor because to my understanding, in the academic world, the publication process is… I don't want to say it's arduous. But if people subjected my blog post anything approaching this, I would never write another one as long as I lived. How does that differ? Because a lot of what I write is off-the-cuff stuff—and I'm not just including tweets, but also tweets—whereas academic literature winds up in peer-reviewed journals and effectively expands the boundaries of our collective societal knowledge as we know it. And it does deserve a different level of scrutiny, let's be clear. But how do you find that shifts given that you are writing full-on industry analyst reports, which is something that we almost never do on our side, just honestly, due to my own peccadilloes?Kelly: You should write some industry reports. They're so fun. They're very fun.Corey: I am so bad at writing the long-form stuff. And we've done one or two previously, and each time my business partner had to basically hold my nose to the grindstone by force to get me to ship, on some level.Kelly: And also, I feel like you might be underselling the amount of writing talent it takes to tweet.Corey: It depends. You can get a lot more trouble tweeting than you can in academia most of the time. Every Twitter person is Reviewer 2. It becomes this whole great thing of, “Well, did you consider this edge corner case nuance?” It's, “I've got to say, in 208 any characters, not really. Kind of ran out of space.”Kelly: Yeah, there's no space at all. And it's not what that was intended. But going back to your original question about, like, you know, academic publishing and that type of process, I don't miss it. And I have actually published some academic pieces since I became an analyst. So, my book finally came out after I had started as—it came out the end of 2019 and I had already been at RedMonk for a year.It's an academic book; it has nothing to do with being an industry analyst. And I had an essay come out in another collection around the same time. So, I've had that come out, but the thing is, the cycle for that started about a year earlier. So, the timeframe for getting things out in, especially the humanities, can be very arduous and frustrating because you're kind of like, “I wrote this thing. I want it to actually appear somewhere that people can read it or use it or rip it apart if that's what they're going to do.”And then the jokes that you hear on Twitter about Reviewer 2 are often real. A lot of academic publishing is done in, like, usually, like, a double-blind process where you don't know who's reviewing you and the reviewers don't know who you are. I've been a reviewer, too, so I've been on that side of it. And—Corey: Which why you run into the common trope of people—Kelly: Yes.Corey: —suggesting, “Oh, you don't know what you're talking about. You should read this work by someone else,” who is in fact, the author they are reviewing.Kelly: Absolutely. That I think happens even when people do know who [laugh] who's stuff they're reviewing. Because it happens on Twitter all the time.Corey: Like, “Well, have you gotten to the next step beyond where you have a reviewer saying you should wind up looking at the work cited by”—and then they name-check themselves? Have we reached that level of petty yet, or has that still yet to be explored?Kelly: That is definitely something that happens in academic publishing. In academic circles, there can be these, like, frenemy relations among people that you know, especially if you are in a subfield that is very tiny. You tend to know everybody who is in that subfield, and there's, like, a lot of infighting. And it does not feel that far from tech, sometimes. [unintelligible 00:21:52] you could look at the whole tech industry, and you look at the little areas that people specialize in, and there are these communities around these specializations that—you can see some of them on Twitter.Clearly, not all of them exist in the Twitterverse, but in some ways, I think that translated over nicely of, like, the year-long publication and, like, double peer-review process is not something that I have to deal with as much now, and it's certainly something that I don't miss.Corey: You spent extensive amounts of time studying the past, and presumably dragons as well because, you know, it's impossible to separate medieval studies from dragons in my mind because basically, I am a giant child who lives through fantasy novels when it comes to exploring that kind of past. And do you wind up seeing any lessons we can take from the things you have studied to our current industry? That is sort of a strange question, but they say that history doesn't repeat, but it rhymes, and I'm curious to how far back that goes. Because most people are citing, you know, 1980s business studies. This goes centuries before that.Kelly: I think the thing that maybe stands out for me the most the way that you framed that is, when we look at the past and we think of something like the Middle Ages, we will often use that term and be like, “Okay, here's this thing that actually existed, right?” Here's, like, this 500 years of history, and this is where the Middle Ages began, and here's where it ended, and this is what it was like, and this is what the people were like. And we look at that as the some type of self-evident thing that exists when in reality, it's a concept that we created, that people who lived in later ages created this concept, but then it becomes something that has real currency and, really, weight in terms of, like, how we talk about the world.So, someone will say, you know, I like that film. It was very medieval. And it'll be a complete fantasy that has nothing to do with Middle Ages but has a whole bunch of these tropes and signals that we translate as the Middle Ages. I feel like the tech industry has a great capacity to do that as well, to kind of fold in along with things that we tend to think of as being very scientific and very logical but to take a concept and then just kind of begin to act as if it is an actual thing when it's something that people are trying to make a thing.Corey: Tech has a lot of challenges around the refusing to learn from history aspect in some areas, too. One of the most common examples I've heard of—or at least one that resonated the most with me—is hiring, where tech loves to say, “No one really knows how to hire effectively and well.” And that is provably not true. Ford and GM and Coca-Cola have run multi-decade studies on how to do this. They've gotten it down to a science.But very often, we look at that in tech and we're trying to invent everything from first principles. And I think, on some level, part of that comes out as, “Well, I wouldn't do so well in that type of interview scenario, therefore, it sucks.” And I feel like we're too willing in some cases to fail to heed the lessons that others have painstakingly learned, so we go ahead and experiment on our own and try and reinvent things that maybe we should not be innovating around if we're small, scrappy, and trying to one area of the industry. Maybe going back to how we hire human beings should not be one of those areas of innovation that you spend all your time on as a company.Kelly: I think for some companies, I think it depends on how you're hiring now. It's like, if your hiring practices are horrible, like, you probably do need to change them. But to your point, like, spending all of your energy on how are we hiring, can be counterproductive. Am I allowed to ask you a question?Corey: Oh, by all means. Mostly, the questions people ask me is, “What the hell is wrong with you?” But that's fine, I'm used to that one, too. Bonus points if you have a different one.Kelly: Like, your hiring processes at Duckbill Group. Because you've hired, you know, folks recently. How do you describe that? Like, what points of that you think… are working really well?Corey: The things that have worked out well for us have been being very transparent at the beginning around things like comp, what the job looks like, where it starts, where it stops, what we expect from people, what we do not expect from people, so there are no surprises down that path. We explain how many rounds of interviews there are, who they'll be meeting with at each stage. If we wind up declining to continue with a candidate in a particular cycle, anything past the initial blind resume submission, we will tell them; we don't ghost people. Full stop. Originally, we wanted to wind up responding to every applicant with a, “Sorry, we're not going to proceed,” if the resume was a colossal mismatch. For example, we're hiring for a cloud economist, and we have people with PhDs in economics, and… that's it. They have not read the job description.And then when you started doing that people would argue with us on a constant basis, and it just became a soul-sucking time sink. So, it's unfortunate, but that's the reality of it. But once we've had a conversation with you, doing that is the right answer. We try and move relatively quickly. We're honest with folks because we believe that an interview is very much a two-way street.And even if we declined to proceed—or you declined to proceed with us; either way—that you should still think well enough of us that you would recommend us to people for whom it might be a fit. And if we treat you like crap, you're never going to do that. Not to mention, I just don't like making people feel like crap as a general rule. So, that stuff that has all come out of hiring studies.So, has the idea of a standardized interview. We don't have an arbitrary question list that we wind up smacking people with from a variety of different angles. And if you drew the lucky questions, you'll do fine. We also don't set this up as pass-fail, we tend to presume that by the time you've been around the industry for as long as generally is expected for years of experience for the role, we're not going to suddenly unmask you as not knowing how computers work through our ridiculous series of trivia questions. We don't ask those.We also make the interview look a lot like what the job is, which is apparently a weird thing. It's in a lot of tech companies it's, “Go and solve whiteboard algorithms for us.” And then, “Great. Now, what's the job?” “It's going to be moving around some CSS nonsense.”It's like, first that is very different, and secondly, it's way harder to move CSS than to implement quicksort, for most folks. At least for me. So, it's… yeah, it just doesn't measure the right things. That's our approach. I'm not saying we cracked it by any means to be very clear here. This is just what we have found that sucks the least.Kelly: Yeah, I think the, ‘we're not going to do obscure whiteboarding exercises' is probably one of the key things. I think some people are still very attached those personal reasons. And I think the other thing I liked about what you said, is to make the interview as similar to the job as you can, which based on my own getting hired process at RedMonk and then to some levels of being involved in hiring our, kind of, new hires, I really like that. And I think that for me, the process will like, okay, you submit your application. There'd be—I think I'd to do a writing sample.But then it was like, you get on a call and you talk to Steve. And then you get on a call and you talk to James. And talking to people is my job. Like for the most part. I write things, but it's mostly talking to people, which you may not believe by the level of articulate, articulate-ness, I am stumbling my way through in this sentence.And then the transparency angle, I think it's something that most companies are not—may not be able to approach hiring in such a transparent way for whatever reason, but at least the motion towards being transparent about things like salaries, as opposed to that horrible salary negotiation part where that can be a nightmare for people, especially if there's this code of silence around what your coworkers or potential coworkers are making.Corey: We learned we were underpaying our clouds economists, so we wound up adjusting the rate advertised; at the same time we wound up improving the comp for existing team because, “Yeah, we're just going to make you apply again to be paid a fair wage for what you do,” no. Not how we play these games.Kelly: Yeah, which is, you know, one of the things that we're seeing in the industry now. Of course, the term ‘The Great Resignation' is out there. But with that comes, you know, people going to new places partly because that's how they can get, like, the salary increase or whatever it is they want for among other reasons.Corey: Some of the employees who have left have been our staunchest advocates, both for new applicants as well as new clients. There's something to be said for treating people as you mean to go on. My business partner, I've been clear that we aspire for this to be a 20, 25-year company, and you don't do that by burning bridges.Kelly: Yeah. Or just assuming that your folks are going to stay for three years and move on, which tends to be the kind of the lifespan of where people stay.Corey: Well, if they do, that's fine because it is expected. I don't want people to wind up feeling that they owe us anything. If it no longer makes sense for them to be here because they're not fulfilled or whatnot—this has happened to us before we've tried to change their mind, talked to them about what they wanted, and okay, we can't offer what you're after. How can we help you move on? That's the way it works.And like, the one thing we don't do in interviews—and this is something I very much picked up from the RedMonk culture as well—is we do a lot of writing here, so there's a writing sample of here's a list of theoretical findings for an AWS bill—if we're talking about a cloud economist role—great. Now, the next round is people are going to talk to you about that, and we're going to roleplay as if we were a client. But let's be clear, I won't tolerate abusive behavior from clients to our team, I will fire a client if it happens. So, we're not going to wind up bullying the applicant and smacking ‘em around on stuff—or smacking them around to be clear. That was an ‘em not a him, let's be clear.It's a problem of not wanting to even set the baseline expectation that you just have to sit there and take it when clients decide to go down unfortunate paths. And I believe it's happened all of maybe once in our five-and-a-half-year history. So, why would you ever sit around and basically have a bunch of people chip away at an applicant's self-confidence? By virtue of being in the room and having the conversation, they are clearly baseline competent at a number of things. Now, it's just a question of fit and whether their expression of skills is what we're doing right now as a company.At least that's how I see it. And I think that there is a lot of alignment here, not just between our two companies, but between the kinds of companies I look at and can actively recommend that people go and talk to.Kelly: Yeah. I think that emphasis on, it's not just about what a company is doing—like, what is their business, you know, how they're making money—but how they're treating people, like, on their way in and on the way out. I don't think you can oversell how important that is.Corey: Culture is what you wind up with instead of what you intend. And I think that's something that winds up getting lost a fair bit.Kelly: Yeah, culture is definitely not something you can just go buy, right? [laugh], where you can, like—this is what our culture will be.Corey: No, no. But if there is, “Culture-in-a-box. Like, you may not be able to buy it, but I would love to sell it to you,” seems to be the watchwords of a number of different companies out there. Kelly, I really want to thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. If people want to learn more, where can they find you?Kelly: They can find me on Twitter at @drkellyannfitz, that's D-R-K-E-L-L-Y-A-N-N-F-I-T-Z—I apologize for having such a long Twitter handle—or my RedMonk work and of my colleagues, you can find that at redmonk.com.Corey: And we will, of course, include links to that in the [show notes 00:33:14]. Thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it.Kelly: Thanks for having me.Corey: Kelly Fitzpatrick, senior industry analyst at RedMonk. I'm Cloud Economist Corey Quinn, and this is Screaming in the Cloud. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice whereas if you've hated this podcast, please leave a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice along with an angry comment telling me how terrible this was and that we should go listen to Reviewer 2's podcast instead.Corey: If your AWS bill keeps rising and your blood pressure is doing the same, then you need The Duckbill Group. We help companies fix their AWS bill by making it smaller and less horrifying. The Duckbill Group works for you, not AWS. We tailor recommendations to your business and we get to the point. Visit duckbillgroup.com to get started.Announcer: This has been a HumblePod production. Stay humble.

On this week's Comics Syllabus pod, I make star-eyes emojis at the litany of New Comics at Substack, covered by Multiversity here and at the Comics Syllabus Substack here. And (at 52:55) we look a little deeper at “STARSIGNS” by Saladin Ahmed, Megan Levens, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Shawn Lee, and Heather Antos, available for free at Copper Bottle. First, a warning: I let slip a spoiler for The Book of Boba Fett at around 7:00-7:10, so if you're trying to stay away from those, SORRY and BE FOREWARNED! Skip past that moment at 7:00 if you're keeping ears pure for the Disney+ show's surprises. Also, in the intro I tease some talk about “Fantastic Four” #14-19's arc, “Point of Origin,” but I ran out of time. So we'll save that for a future chat!  Check out the Comics Syllabus Substack, and find out how you can support Paul's work on this podcast, at comicssyllabus.substack.com Find the Comics Syllabus at its home at Multiversitycomics.com: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tag/comics-syllabus/, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, your favorite podcast app, or use this RSS feed. Paul's on Twitter and Instagram @TwoPlai, and you can also email twoplai at gmail :)

With the U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan complete, officials are urging veterans to seek help if they're being retraumatized by the news and images coming out of the country. We hear from Kelly Fitzpatrick, the director of the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs and Jerry Glesmann, an Army National Guard veteran who served in Afghanistan.

In this week's episode, we answer a listener question about Blue Is The Warmest Color and fraught representation and dynamics between lesbian and bi and pan women. We discuss the importance of the book, particularly for when it came out, the abhorrent film adaptation, and why Jul' Maroh rules.Our Comic of the Week is: Josie and the Pussycats, Art by Audre Mok, Story by Marguerite Bennett and Cameron DeOrdio, Colors by Andre Szymanowicz and Kelly Fitzpatrick, Letters by Jack MorelliIt's nice to see the characters given some room. – SaraThe emotional arc is: How do you be a better friend? – S.E.Support Bitches on Comics on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bitchesoncomics

Our three guests are among the best Color artists in comic-books: Eisner Award winner LAURA MARTIN has colored books like Planetary, The Authority, JLA: Earth-2, Astonishing X-Men, The Ultimates, Thor, and many others; RUTH REDMOND has worked on books like Deadpool, Amazing Spider-Man: Renew your Vows, The Worst X-man Ever, IMAGINE Agents, Eye of Extinction, X-O Manowar, and many more: KELLY FITZPATRICK is a Hugo nominated color artist who's worked on books like Bitch Planet, Shade the Changing Girl, Supergirl; Being Super, Peter Panzarfaust, Deceivers, Dark Horse Presents, and many more! We've talked about life, storytelling and mood through colors, emotions and science in colors, colors as sounds (yes, that), color theory, and much, much more! Thank you all for joining us, especially the color artists' colleagues! ;) #DialogosdeComic #LauraMartin #RuthRedmond #KellyFitzpatrick #Planetary #Deadpool #BitchPlanet #Marvel #DCComics #ImageComics

Amazon has sued social media influencers Kelly Fitzpatrick and Sabrina Kelly-Krejci [KRAY-chee] for facilitating the selling of counterfeit products on the shopping website. According to the lawsuit, the influencers were selling knockoff luxury items, such as bags and belts, through Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and their personal websites, and falsely advertising them as legitimate unbranded goods on the e-commerce platform. The perpetrators worked with 11 online sellers to get past Amazon's various ways to detect counterfeit goods. The act was orchestrated on social media, where the influencers promoted side-by-side photos of the counterfeit item and the unbranded item with the caption, “Order this, Get this.” The caption means that buyers needed to order an unbranded product listed on Amazon to get the counterfeit item shown in the picture. The influencers directed buyers to the counterfeit item by giving an Amazon link for the unbranded product, which buyers should order and check out. Once the order was placed, the sellers shipped out the counterfeit product instead of what was shown in the listing. The lawsuit is part of Amazon's effort to stop the sale of counterfeit goods on the platform, which can damage the credibility of those who sell original products. Director Cristina Posa of Amazon's Counterfeit Crimes Unit stated that this case shows the urgency for cross-industry collaborations to remove counterfeiters in the market. She added that Amazon continues to direct its efforts to thwart illegal activity in the e-commerce website and encouraged social media sites to do the same.

The spotlight is on women veterans with a short history of women's role in military service and current-day issues Oregon women veterans face coming back home.  Kelly Fitzpatrick, Director of the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs, talks about services available for women's veterans and how services need to be tailored to fit their needs.    

Sam is joined by Kelly Fitzpatrick! They ask each other questions they have been dying to ask the opposite gender. Does body count matter? Why do girls have such messy cars? Why do guys put their hands down their pants? The answers are fascinating and the stories are hilarious. SHMEE! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shmee/support

True North Country Comics Podcast Presents In Conversation with Kelly Fitzpatrick

Kelly Fitzpatrick is back to talk about breakups with Sam! Sam shares the crazy story about the drag queen psychic security guard that warned him about his ex. Kelly lets the world know she's an independent woman and she don't need no man. Moral of this story is: sometimes good people do bad things...and platonic plates make horrible gifts.

In this episode, Sam is joined by his good friend Kelly Fitzpatrick! Their love for everything Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova, specifically their hit web-series 'UNHhhh' is showcased! They also discuss terrible community theater, the origins of their friendship, & absurd fantasy musical adaptations.

Give me the feelings, please, I can only have emotions vicariously through the media I consume. I should probably get that checked out. If you like what you hear, follow me on Twitter, follow the show on Twitter, and check out the Google Doc of Rankings. Including: Pep Comics #31 by Bob Montana Archie (2015) #28-32 by Mark Waid, Ian Flynn, Audrey Mok, Kelly Fitzpatrick, and Jack Morelli Riverdale #6 by Ross Maxwell, Will Ewing, Joe Eisma, Andre Szymanowicz, John Workman, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Riverdale Chapter Thirteen: The Sweet Hereafter by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lee Toland Krieger Opening Song: Archie, Marry Me by Alvvays Closing Song: His Cheeseburger by Veggitales

Greetings and salutations, fellow Archieologists. Join me in expanding my practical Archie knowledge to build out my heavy Archie theoretical base. Follow me on Twitter (please), follow the show on Twitter (if you want), and check out the Google Doc of Rankings (mandatory). Covering: Pep Comics #30 by Bob Montana Archie (2015) #23-27 written by Mark Waid, drawn by Audrey Mok, colored by Kelly Fitzpatrick, and lettered by Jack Morelli Riverdale #5 written by Tessa Leigh Williams, Brian E. Patterson, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, drawn by Thomas Pitilli, colored by Andre Szymanowicz, and lettered by Janice Chiang Riverdale Chapter Eleven: To Riverdale and Back Again, created and written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and directed by Kevin Rodney-Sullivan Opening Song: Archie, Marry Me by Alvvays Closing Song: Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung

FEATURING HOT GUEST BERNIE SANDERS. Also learn what a shoehorn is, if you are curious. Me, the show, and the Google Doc of Rankings Covering: Pep Comics #29: written and drawn by Bob Montana. Josie and the Pussycats (2016) #6-9: written by Marguerite Bennett and Cameron Deordio, drawn by Audrey Mok and Kelsey Shannon, colored by Kelly Fitzpatrick and Matt Herms, and lettered by Jack Morelli. Riverdale Chapter Ten: The Lost Weekend: written by Britta Lundin and Brian E. Paterson, directed by Dawn Wilkinson, and created by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Opening song: Archie, Marry Me by Alvvays Closing song: Pray for Lil by King Khan & the Shrines

I mean there are so many mannerisms of his that I am adopting unconsciously. How is this happening? Can I stop it? Do I even want to? Find out by following me or the show on Twitter, and while you're at it, check out The Google Doc of Rankings. Covering: Pep Comics #27, by Bob Montana Reggie and Me (2016) #1-5, by Tom Defalco, Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick, and Jack Morelli Riverdale #3, by James Dewille, Will Ewing, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Joe Eisma, Thomas Pitilli, Andre Szymanowicz, Janiece Chiang, and John Workman (*phew*) Riverdale Chapter Seven: In a Lonely Place, by Allison Anders, Aaron Allen (that's a lot of A's) and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Opening Song: Archie, Marry Me by Alvvays Closing Song: The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme), by John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra

George Thoroughgood, Valeria Bertinelli and Aubrey Plaza are three of Delaware’s own who work in the arts.    Being added to that list beginning in March is writer Lela Gwenn. She is publishing her first book though Dark Horse Comics titled Bad Luck Chuck.  It is the story of Charlene who was born with the ability to create bad luck for people and decides to monetize that ability. This is when her luck turns takes a turn for the worse.  Lela describes the book as a “slapstick noir”, a mix of comedy and drama.  The title is being released March 27th with a final order cut off of March 4th.  The amazing creative roster on the mini-series includes Matthew Dow Smith on art, Kelly Fitzpatrick on colors and Frank Cvetkovic on letters.  How did Lela’s story evolve from just a few pages into a four issues series? Lela explains how networking at comic cons ultimately led to a publishing deal for Bad Luck Chuck.  Lela also discusses a few important causes that provide support to those suffering from physical and emotional pain.   She has dealt with one issue in particular that affects over 200,000 women in the U.S. every year. She shares her own struggle with this condition during our interview.      In our fun questions segment, Lela talks about traveling to Jamaica, the oddest job she ever had, and running long distance races back in the day.    This episode is sponsored The Comic Book Shop, where comics as for everyone http://www.thecomicbookshop.com/   More about Lela Gwenn: http://www.lelagwenn.com/    About Bad Luck Chuck: https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3004-112/Bad-Luck-Chuck-1   Please take a moment to rate Creator Talks on iTunes: http://apple.co/2Cq9ygK

This episode was recorded sometime in the recent past! This week, Mike, Nick, and Kait chat with comic creator and Founding Editor Adam Ferris about his latest endeavor The Good Fight: A Peaceful Stand Against Bigotry and Racism (currently running on Kickstarter!). This anthology includes work from Greg Rucka, Natasha Alterici, Mark Waid, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Christian Ward, and many more fantastic creators–including Adam!. They gang also dives into what it means to be a being a comic creator to Adam and how his process works. Relevant Links/Information Mike – @mikerapin Nick – @dethstarplnz Kait – @KaitLPhere Adam Ferris – @GOODFIGHTcomic – @adam_ferris_art THE GOOD FIGHT on Kickstarter  THE GOOD FIGHT ashcan More info on Syfy

This week, for the first time, I’ve got three guests on the show.  I spoke with Nick Keller, Conor Nolan, and Kelly Fitzpatrick, the writer, artist, and colorist (respectively) of Bedtime Games.  This is an awesome new horror series from Dark Horse Comics set to debut on Wednesday, June 27th. It has a definite Stephen King vibe to it too as the comic follows three kids who head into a tunnel looking for mischief and end up uncovering a horrifying monster.   Nick can be found at his official website, NickFKeller.com and on Twitter @NickFKeller. Conor can be found at his official website, ConorNolan.com and on Twitter @conor_draws. Kelly can be found on Twitter @wastedwings.  You can follow Kelly’s dog on Instagram at @bostonboyarchie and Conor’s dog at @mayorofpuppytown. CONTACT: Email | Twitter SUBSCRIBE: RSS | iTunes | Google Play | Stitcher Music by Eric Matyas (www.soundimage.org)

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank, and things get really dark. Archie Comics #30, Red Sonja/Tarzan #1, and The Mainstream #1 all get reviewed, plus we talk about why so many people are upset about the Venom trailer. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! NEWS The first Venom trailer is here http://majorspoilers.com/2018/04/24/new-venom-trailer-finally-arrives-and-people-are-still-complaining/ REVIEWS STEPHEN ARCHIE #30 Writers: Mark Waid, Ian Flynn Artists: Audrey Mok, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: April 25, 2018 It's the run-up to the most important event in the gang's lives—the spring dance! Who's going with whom? Who's NOT going with whom? And how will Archie end up tanking the whole night? [rating:5/5] MATTHEW RED SONJA/TARZAN #1 Writer: Gail Simone Artist:Walter Geovani Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 Release: May 2, 2018 The She-Devil with a Sword meets the Lord of the Jungle! Eson Duul is an evil man. The mere mention of his name makes powerful quake with fear. He has no regard for life, including that of man. But he may finally have met his match when he finds himself up against Red Sonja and Tarzan! [rating:4/5] RODRIGO The Mainstream #1 Writer: Michael Dolce & Talent Caldwell Artist:Tony Moy Publisher: Zenescope Cover Price: 3.99 Release Date:April 18, 2018 There are people on this Earth that do not belong. It's up to a Chicago detective and a covert, inter-dimensional police force to send them back where they came from. [rating: 2.5/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK http://majorspoilers.com/2018/04/22/major-spoilers-poll-of-the-week-marx-brothers-edition/ DISCUSSION 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK Writer: Matthew Rosenberg Artist: Tyler Boss Publisher: Black Mask Studios Cover Price: $14.99 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK is the darkly comedic story of four burgeoning child criminals and their elaborate plans. When a group of bumbling criminals show up in her father's life looking to pull one last job, young Paige has two choices - let her father get caught up in their criminal hijinks or enlist her three best friends to do the job first. Paige picks the bad one. 180ish pages of full color comic-booking about friendship, family, growing up, and grand larceny from rising star writer Matthew Rosenberg and equally rising star artist Tyler Boss. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok with permission.

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank, and things get really dark. Archie Comics #30, Red Sonja/Tarzan #1, and The Mainstream #1 all get reviewed, plus we talk about why so many people are upset about the Venom trailer. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! NEWS The first Venom trailer is here http://majorspoilers.com/2018/04/24/new-venom-trailer-finally-arrives-and-people-are-still-complaining/ REVIEWS STEPHEN ARCHIE #30 Writers: Mark Waid, Ian Flynn Artists: Audrey Mok, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: April 25, 2018 It’s the run-up to the most important event in the gang’s lives—the spring dance! Who’s going with whom? Who’s NOT going with whom? And how will Archie end up tanking the whole night? [rating:5/5] MATTHEW RED SONJA/TARZAN #1 Writer: Gail Simone Artist:Walter Geovani Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 Release: May 2, 2018 The She-Devil with a Sword meets the Lord of the Jungle! Eson Duul is an evil man. The mere mention of his name makes powerful quake with fear. He has no regard for life, including that of man. But he may finally have met his match when he finds himself up against Red Sonja and Tarzan! [rating:4/5] RODRIGO The Mainstream #1 Writer: Michael Dolce & Talent Caldwell Artist:Tony Moy Publisher: Zenescope Cover Price: 3.99 Release Date:April 18, 2018 There are people on this Earth that do not belong. It’s up to a Chicago detective and a covert, inter-dimensional police force to send them back where they came from. [rating: 2.5/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK http://majorspoilers.com/2018/04/22/major-spoilers-poll-of-the-week-marx-brothers-edition/ DISCUSSION 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK Writer: Matthew Rosenberg Artist: Tyler Boss Publisher: Black Mask Studios Cover Price: $14.99 4 KIDS WALK INTO A BANK is the darkly comedic story of four burgeoning child criminals and their elaborate plans. When a group of bumbling criminals show up in her father's life looking to pull one last job, young Paige has two choices - let her father get caught up in their criminal hijinks or enlist her three best friends to do the job first. Paige picks the bad one. 180ish pages of full color comic-booking about friendship, family, growing up, and grand larceny from rising star writer Matthew Rosenberg and equally rising star artist Tyler Boss. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok with permission.

Live from Emerald City ComiCon, it's a panel episode as colorists Tamra Bonvillain (Doom Patrol) and Kelly Fitzpatrick (Shade the Changing Woman) join the show to discuss their work. They talk getting into art, whether they studied art at school, the idea of coloring as a stepping stone, how their line art experience impacts their coloring, how much their colors change based off the line artist, attribution, their processes, whether they have specific palettes, balancing workload, the power of saying no, and more.

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: We ask the all-important question, "Who is Donna Troy?" Plus, we review Archie #29, The Clandestinauts, A Wrinkle in Time, and Green Lantern: Earth One. NEWS A new Justice League http://majorspoilers.com/2018/03/19/solicitations-jim-cheung-and-jorge-jimenez-join-scott-snyder-for-new-justice-league-series/ REVIEWS STEPHEN ARCHIE #29 Writers: Mark Waid, Ian Flynn Artists: Audrey Mok, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $3.99 The Blossom family secret has erupted, taking all of Riverdale by surprise—and that includes Cheryl and Jason! What's the truth about their long-lost father? [rating:4/5] MATTHEW THE CLANDESTINAUTS Writer: Tim Sievert Artist: Tim Sievert Publisher: Uncivilized Books Cover Price: $15.95 Hired to acquire the fabled Goblet of the Crimson Wizard, expert dungeoneering team The Clandestinautsenter the legendary Master Wizard’s formidable fortress with visions of unimaginable treasures in their futures. That is until, like most journeys through the dreary depths of blood-soaked sepulchers, things don’t go according to plan. Threats both external and existential stand ready to test the always frayed sinews that bind this team of bitter rivals together. Filled with blood & guts, orcs, wizards, and hapless heroes, Tim Sievert’s Clandestinauts evokes fun evenings spent playing classic Dungeons & Dragons games. [rating:2.6/5] RODRIGO BONEHEAD #3 A WRINKLE IN TIME Meg Murry (Storm Reid) is a typical middle school student struggling with issues of self-worth who is desperate to fit in. As the daughter of two world-renowned physicists, she is intelligent and uniquely gifted, as is Meg's younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), but she has yet to realize it for herself. Making matters even worse is the baffling disappearance of Mr. Murry (Chris Pine), which torments Meg and has left her mother (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) heartbroken. Charles Wallace introduces Meg and her fellow classmate Calvin (Levi Miller) to three celestial guides-Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon) and Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling)-who have journeyed to Earth to help search for their father, and together they set off on their formidable quest. Traveling via a wrinkling of time and space known as tessering, they are soon transported to worlds beyond their imagination where they must confront a powerful evil. To make it back home to Earth, Meg must look deep within herself and embrace her flaws to harness the strength necessary to defeat the darkness closing in on them. Rating: PG (for thematic elements and some peril) Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy Directed By: Ava DuVernay Written By: Jennifer Lee In Theaters: Mar 9, 2018 Wide Studio: Walt Disney Pictures [rating: 3/5] ASHLEY GREEN LANTERN EARTH ONE Writer: Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Bechko Artist: Gabirla Hardman Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: The newest Earth One original graphic novel presents an all-new origin for the Emerald Warrior! Hal Jordan yearns for the thrill of discovery, but the days when astronaut and adventure were synonymous are long gone. His gig prospecting asteroids for Ferris Galactic is less than fulfilling-but at least he's not on Earth, where technology and culture have stagnated. When Jordan finds a powerful ring, he also finds a destiny to live up to. There are worlds beyond his own, unlike anything he ever imagined. But revelation comes with a price: the Green Lantern Corps has fallen, wiped out by ruthless killing machines known as Manhunters. The odds against reviving the Corps are nearly impossible...but doing the impossible is exactly what Hal Jordan was trained to do! From co-writer and artist Gabriel Hardman (Invisible Republic) and co-writer Corinna Bechko comes a soaring original graphic novel that takes a radical new look at the mythology of Green Lantern and provides a great entry point for new readers [rating: 4/5] DISCUSSION WHO IS DONNA TROY? Writer: Marv Wolfman, George Perez Artist: George Perez, Phil Jimenez Publisher: DC Comics Year: 1988 One of the most popular and enduring characters of the Titans family, Donna Troy has led many lives and many personas: as Wonder Girl, Darkstar and Troia. With the help of fellow Titan Dick Grayson, Donna learns of a key moment in her pastjust in time for her wedding. But will her newfound history prove to be just a lie, when the Titans of Myth come to turn her world upside-down? This collection features the most-demanded stories focusing on Donna Troy, delving into her past, while laying the foundation for her future in the DC Universe! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: We ask the all-important question, "Who is Donna Troy?" Plus, we review Archie #29, The Clandestinauts, A Wrinkle in Time, and Green Lantern: Earth One. NEWS A new Justice League http://majorspoilers.com/2018/03/19/solicitations-jim-cheung-and-jorge-jimenez-join-scott-snyder-for-new-justice-league-series/ REVIEWS STEPHEN ARCHIE #29 Writers: Mark Waid, Ian Flynn Artists: Audrey Mok, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $3.99 The Blossom family secret has erupted, taking all of Riverdale by surprise—and that includes Cheryl and Jason! What's the truth about their long-lost father? [rating:4/5] MATTHEW THE CLANDESTINAUTS Writer: Tim Sievert Artist: Tim Sievert Publisher: Uncivilized Books Cover Price: $15.95 Hired to acquire the fabled Goblet of the Crimson Wizard, expert dungeoneering team The Clandestinautsenter the legendary Master Wizard's formidable fortress with visions of unimaginable treasures in their futures. That is until, like most journeys through the dreary depths of blood-soaked sepulchers, things don't go according to plan. Threats both external and existential stand ready to test the always frayed sinews that bind this team of bitter rivals together. Filled with blood & guts, orcs, wizards, and hapless heroes, Tim Sievert's Clandestinauts evokes fun evenings spent playing classic Dungeons & Dragons games. [rating:2.6/5] RODRIGO BONEHEAD #3 A WRINKLE IN TIME Meg Murry (Storm Reid) is a typical middle school student struggling with issues of self-worth who is desperate to fit in. As the daughter of two world-renowned physicists, she is intelligent and uniquely gifted, as is Meg's younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), but she has yet to realize it for herself. Making matters even worse is the baffling disappearance of Mr. Murry (Chris Pine), which torments Meg and has left her mother (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) heartbroken. Charles Wallace introduces Meg and her fellow classmate Calvin (Levi Miller) to three celestial guides-Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon) and Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling)-who have journeyed to Earth to help search for their father, and together they set off on their formidable quest. Traveling via a wrinkling of time and space known as tessering, they are soon transported to worlds beyond their imagination where they must confront a powerful evil. To make it back home to Earth, Meg must look deep within herself and embrace her flaws to harness the strength necessary to defeat the darkness closing in on them. Rating: PG (for thematic elements and some peril) Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy Directed By: Ava DuVernay Written By: Jennifer Lee In Theaters: Mar 9, 2018 Wide Studio: Walt Disney Pictures [rating: 3/5] ASHLEY GREEN LANTERN EARTH ONE Writer: Gabriel Hardman, Corinna Bechko Artist: Gabirla Hardman Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: The newest Earth One original graphic novel presents an all-new origin for the Emerald Warrior! Hal Jordan yearns for the thrill of discovery, but the days when astronaut and adventure were synonymous are long gone. His gig prospecting asteroids for Ferris Galactic is less than fulfilling-but at least he's not on Earth, where technology and culture have stagnated. When Jordan finds a powerful ring, he also finds a destiny to live up to. There are worlds beyond his own, unlike anything he ever imagined. But revelation comes with a price: the Green Lantern Corps has fallen, wiped out by ruthless killing machines known as Manhunters. The odds against reviving the Corps are nearly impossible...but doing the impossible is exactly what Hal Jordan was trained to do! From co-writer and artist Gabriel Hardman (Invisible Republic) and co-writer Corinna Bechko comes a soaring original graphic novel that takes a radical new look at the mythology of Green Lantern and provides a great entry point for new readers [rating: 4/5] DISCUSSION WHO IS DONNA TROY? Writer: Marv Wolfman, George Perez Artist: George Perez, Phil Jimenez Publisher: DC Comics Year: 1988 One of the most popular and enduring characters of the Titans family, Donna Troy has led many lives and many personas: as Wonder Girl, Darkstar and Troia. With the help of fellow Titan Dick Grayson, Donna learns of a key moment in her pastjust in time for her wedding. But will her newfound history prove to be just a lie, when the Titans of Myth come to turn her world upside-down? This collection features the most-demanded stories focusing on Donna Troy, delving into her past, while laying the foundation for her future in the DC Universe! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com

This bonus episode was recorded at Emerald City Comic Con 2018! At ECCC 2018, Tia sat down with Kelly Fitzpatrick (Archie, Bitch Planet, Rockstars, Shade the Changing Girl) to talk about being an incredible colorist and a pretty cool dog mom. Relevant Links/Information Tia – @PortraitOfMmeX Kelly – @wastedwings Archie the Dog – @bostonboyarchie This episode features music by Infinity Shred. This episode was produced by Mike Rapin and edited by Zander Riggs. Have a question? Want us to talk about a topic? Submit discussion topics to our subreddit /r/IReadComicBooks or our Goodreads group and get a hold of us in the comments or here: ircb@destroythecyb.org – @ircbpodcast & #IReadComicBooks. Hey #PodernFamily listeners! Thanks for dropping by! TuneIn | Player.fm | Overcast

Top 300 Feb, Shade the Changing Woman, Infinity Countdown, Gideon Falls, Oblivion Song, Prism Stalker, Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, Highest House, Spider King, Green Hornet, Sonitus, The XII, Dodge City, Ballad of Sang, Dreamless, News (Deadpool by Skottie Young and Nic Klein, Sentry by Lemire and Jacinto, Plastic Man by Gail Simone, Mike Perkins to DC, DC Black Label, Wiig = Cheetah, Vin Diesel = Bloodshot), Reviews (Three Billboards, Shape of Water, I, Tonya, Batman and Robin Omnibus), Trailers!   Comics Credits: Shade the Changing Woman 1 by Cecil Castellucci, Marley Zarcone, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jamie Coe Infinity Countdown 1 by Gerry Duggan, Mike Deodato Jr., Aaron Kuder, Jordie Bellaire, Frank Martin Gideon Falls 1 by  Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart Oblivion Song 1 by Robert Kirkham, Lorenzo De Felici, Annalisa Leoni Prism Stalker 1 by Sloane Leong Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows 1 by Jeff Lemire, Max Fiumara, Dave Stewart Highest House by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Fabien Alquier Spider King 1 by Josh Vann, Simone D’Armini, Adrian Boch Green Hornet 1 by Amy Chu, German Erramouspe, Brittany Pezzillo Sonitus 1 by Dan Sheppard, Cody Andrew Sousa, Cecilia Lo Valvo, Dee Cunniffe The XII 1 by Patrick Trahey, Luis Suarez Dodge City 1 by Josh Trujillo, Cara McGee, Brittany Peer Ballad of Sang 1 by Ed Brisson, Shari Chankhamma Dreamless 1 by Bobby Crosby, Sarah Ellerton   Comics Countdown 07 March 2018: Highest House 1 by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Fabien Alquier Jetsons 5 by Jimmy Palmiotti, Pier Brito, Alex Sinclair Gideon Falls 1 by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart I Hate Fairyland 17 by Skottie Young Extremity 12 by Daniel Warren Johnston Deathstroke 29 by Christopher Priest, Diogenes Neves, Trevor Scott, Jeromy Cox Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows by Jeff Lemire, Max Fiumara, Dave Stewart Oblivion Song 1 by Robert Kirkham, Lorenzo De Felici, Annalisa Leoni Mech Cadet Yu 7 by Greg Pak, Takeshi Miyazawa Bloodshot Salvation 7 by Jeff Lemire, Renato Guedes

This week we talked to comic book colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick! We chatted about her cute dog and his comic namesake, the different roles of artists in the comic world and how they're credited, avoiding movie spoilers and a lot more! You can find Talking to Ghosts on Facebook, and Twitter!

Top 10 Dec 2017, Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For, Superwoman 18, New Super-Man 19, Suicide Squad 33, Old Man Hawkeye 1, Avengers 675, Phoenix Resurrection 3, X-Men Gold Annual, Spider-Man/Deadpool 26, Dejah Thoris 0, Battlestar Galactica vs. Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars: Forces of Destiny - Rey, Ninjak vs. Valiant Universe 1, Stabbity Bunny 1, Gao 1, Atlas and Axis 1, Archie 27, Marvel buys Conan, Marvel movie news, Teen Titans Go movie trailer, Crosswind TV show, Neil Gaiman American Gods, Krypton trailer, TMNT cartoon, Sanctuary by Tom King, Secret History of the DC Universe, Exiles 5th member revealed, Joyride, 7 to Eternity, Spider-Man 2099, Miniaturist, Final Girls, Artemis, Chair, Defenders, Punisher, Greatest Showman, Best Superhero Performance Debate   Comics details: Harley Quinn: Be Careful What You Wish For by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Ben Caldwell, Chad Hardin, Otto Schmidt, Paul Mounts, Alex Sinclair New Super-Man 19 by Mariko Tamaki, Brent Peeples, Richard Friend, Hi-Fi Suicide Squad 33 by Si Spurrier, Fernando Pasarin, Oclair Albert, Blond Old Man Hawkeye 1 by Ethan Sacks, Marco Checchetto, Andres Mossa Avengers 675 by Al Ewing, Mark Waid, Jim Zub, Pepe Larraz, David Curiel X-Men Gold Annual 1 by Marc Guggenheim, Leah Williams, Alitha Martinez, Craig Yeung Spider-Man/Deadpool 26 by Robbie Thompson, Scott Hepburn, Ian Herring Dejah Thoris 0 by Amy Chu, Pasquale Qualano, Valentina Pinto Battlestar Galactica vs. Battlestar Galactica 1 by Peter David, Johnny Desjardins, Kim Mohan Star Wars: Forces of Destiny - Rey by Jody Houser, Arianna Florean, Adele Matera Ninjak vs. Valiant Universe 1 by Eliot Rahal, Joe Bennett, Ulises Arreola Stabbity Bunny 1 by Richard Rivera, Dwayne Biddix, Liezl Buenaventura Atlas and Axis 1 by Pau Archie 27 by Mark Waid, Audrey Mok, Kelly Fitzpatrick   Comics Countdown 10 January 2018: Mister Miracle 6 by Tom King, Mitch Gerads Eternal Empire 6 by Sarah Vaughn, Jonathan Luna Runaways 5 by Rainbow Rowell, Kris Anka, Matt Wilson Damned 7 by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt Detective Comics 972 by James Tynion IV, Miguel Mendonca, Diana Egea, Jason Wright Royal City 9 by Jeff Lemire Flash 38 by Joshua Williamson, Scott Kolins, Hi-Fi Bloodshot Salvation 5 by Jeff Lemire, Mico Suayan, Diego Rodriguez Ms. Marvel 26 by G. Willow Wilson, Nico Leon, Ian Herring Spider-Man/Deadpool 26 by Robbie Thompson, Scott Hepburn, Ian Herring

Kelly Fitzpatrick

Kelly Fitzpatrick is a comic book colorist and has worked on comics including Snow Fall, Peter Panzerfaust, Bitch Planet, and Shade the Changing Girl. During this conversation Kelly talks all about how she found her way into the world of comics and also proves that you can do more than you think possible in the span of a year.

Thor Ragnarok, Batman Devastator, Justice League 32, Batman: Dark Prince Charming, Jetsons 1, Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands 1, Deadman 1, Captain America 695, Guardians of the Galaxy 146, Spider-Man 234, Power Pack 63, Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man 6, Gravediggers Union 1, No. 1 With a Bullet, TMNT/Ghostbusters, Steven Universe, Archie 25, Mama movie review, Watching Edie book review, Liam Sharp on Wonder Woman/Batman.   Comic Credits!: Batman Devastator by Frank Tieri, James Tynion IV, Tony Daniel, Danny Miki, Tomeu Morey; Justice League 32 by Robert Venditti, Liam Sharp, Adam Brown; Batman: Dark Prince Charming 1 by Enrico Marini; Jetsons 1 by Jimmy Palmiotti, Pier Brito, Alex Sinclair;  Black Lightning: Cold Dead Hands 1 by Tony Isabella, Clayton Henry, Pete Pantazis; Deadman 1 by Neal Adams; Captain America 695 by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Matt Wilson; Guardians of the Galaxy 146 by Gerry Duggan, Marcus To, Ian Herring; Spider-Man 234 by Brian Michael Bendis, Oscar Bazaldua, Justin Ponsor; Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man 6 by Chip Zdarsky, Michael Walsh, Ian Herring; Gravediggers Union 1 by Wes Craig, Toby Cypress, Nico Guardia; No. 1 With a Bullet 1 by Jake Semahn, Jorge Corona, Jen Hickman; Archie 25 by Mark Waid, Audrey Mok, Kelly Fitzpatrick   Comics Countdown 01 Nov 2017: 10. Injustice 2 13 by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Daniel Sampere, Juan Albarran 9. Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man 6 by Chip Zdarsky, Michael Walsh, Ian Herring 8. Deathstroke 25 by Christopher Priest, Carlo Pagulayan, Jason Paz, Norm Rapmund, Trevor Scott, Jeromy Cox 7. Captain America 695 by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Matt Wilson 6. Archie 25 by Mark Waid, Audrey Mok, Kelly Fitzpatrick 5. Paper Girls 17 by Brian K Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Matt Wilson, Dee Cunniffe 4. Crosswind 5 by Gail Simone, Cat Staggs 3. Extremity 8 by Daniel Warren Johnson, Michael Spicer 2. Batman 34 by Tom King, Joelle Jones, Jordie Bellaire 1. Jetsons 1 by Jimmy Palmiotti, Pier Brito, Alex Sinclair

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: Because our Patrons demanded it! This week we take a look at Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers! Plus, Nightwing The New Order #1, Gotham City Garage, Niko and the Sword of Light, and The Defenders! NEWS http://majorspoilers.com/2017/08/18/television-jetsons-get-live-action-treatment-abc/ REVIEWS STEPHEN NIGHTWING THE NEW ORDER #1 Writer: Kyle Higgins Aritst: Trevor McCarth Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 NIGHTWING: THE NEW ORDER is the story of a future world without “weapons”—where superpowers have been eliminated and outlawed. The man responsible? None other than Dick Grayson, a.k.a. Nightwing, now leader of a government task force called the Crusaders who are charged with hunting the remaining Supers. But when events transpire which turn the Crusaders' aim toward Grayson's own family, the former Boy Wonder must turn against the very system he helped create, with help from the very people he's been hunting for years—the last metahumans of the DC Universe. Don't miss this bold new vision from the team behind the New York Times bestseller BATMAN: GATES OF GOTHAM! [rating:4/5] MATTHEW GOTHAM CITY GARAGE Chapter 1 Writer:Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing Artist: Brian Ching, Kelly Fitzpatrick, & Wes Abbot Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: 99 Cents It's been decades since Governor Lex Luthor turned Gotham into utopia—into the Garden—saving his people from the wasteland. But his city isn't paradise for everyone, and Kara Gordon is about to discover why. [rating: 2.5/5] RODRIGO NIKO AND THE SWORD OF LIGHT SEASON 1 Amazon Studios A plague of shadows has swept across the land, turning innocent creatures into terrible monsters. One champion remains to battle the darkness and return the world to the light: Niko. Armed with his magic sword and guided by a determined Princess, young Niko journeys to the Curse-ed Volcano to face the evil sorcerer Nar Est and free his people from their magic prison. [rating: 4/5] ASHLEY DEFENDERS SEASON ONE Four of Marvel's biggest heroes are each working individually but have one common goal in mind -- to save New York City. Burdened with their own personal challenges, Matt Murdock (Daredevil), Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand (Iron Fist) realize that they likely won't be able to accomplish their goals working solo. That realization leads them to team up and form The Defenders, a supergroup that is more equipped to save the Big Apple than the heroes would be if they continued to work on their own. [rating: 2.5/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK http://majorspoilers.com/2017/08/22/major-spoilers-poll-week-not-easy-green/ DISCUSSION LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest heroes were unaware of a threat greater than all of them could handle. And on that day, a teleporting puppy scoured the world to assemble a team of animals to fight the foes no single beast could withstand! Strap on your collar and hop on-board the adventures of LOCKJAW, LOCKHEED, REDWING, HAIRBALL, and an all-new FROG THOR! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: Because our Patrons demanded it! This week we take a look at Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers! Plus, Nightwing The New Order #1, Gotham City Garage, Niko and the Sword of Light, and The Defenders! NEWS http://majorspoilers.com/2017/08/18/television-jetsons-get-live-action-treatment-abc/ REVIEWS STEPHEN NIGHTWING THE NEW ORDER #1 Writer: Kyle Higgins Aritst: Trevor McCarth Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 NIGHTWING: THE NEW ORDER is the story of a future world without “weapons”—where superpowers have been eliminated and outlawed. The man responsible? None other than Dick Grayson, a.k.a. Nightwing, now leader of a government task force called the Crusaders who are charged with hunting the remaining Supers. But when events transpire which turn the Crusaders’ aim toward Grayson’s own family, the former Boy Wonder must turn against the very system he helped create, with help from the very people he’s been hunting for years—the last metahumans of the DC Universe. Don’t miss this bold new vision from the team behind the New York Times bestseller BATMAN: GATES OF GOTHAM! [rating:4/5] MATTHEW GOTHAM CITY GARAGE Chapter 1 Writer:Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing Artist: Brian Ching, Kelly Fitzpatrick, & Wes Abbot Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: 99 Cents It’s been decades since Governor Lex Luthor turned Gotham into utopia—into the Garden—saving his people from the wasteland. But his city isn’t paradise for everyone, and Kara Gordon is about to discover why. [rating: 2.5/5] RODRIGO NIKO AND THE SWORD OF LIGHT SEASON 1 Amazon Studios A plague of shadows has swept across the land, turning innocent creatures into terrible monsters. One champion remains to battle the darkness and return the world to the light: Niko. Armed with his magic sword and guided by a determined Princess, young Niko journeys to the Curse-ed Volcano to face the evil sorcerer Nar Est and free his people from their magic prison. [rating: 4/5] ASHLEY DEFENDERS SEASON ONE Four of Marvel's biggest heroes are each working individually but have one common goal in mind -- to save New York City. Burdened with their own personal challenges, Matt Murdock (Daredevil), Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand (Iron Fist) realize that they likely won't be able to accomplish their goals working solo. That realization leads them to team up and form The Defenders, a supergroup that is more equipped to save the Big Apple than the heroes would be if they continued to work on their own. [rating: 2.5/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK http://majorspoilers.com/2017/08/22/major-spoilers-poll-week-not-easy-green/ DISCUSSION LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest heroes were unaware of a threat greater than all of them could handle. And on that day, a teleporting puppy scoured the world to assemble a team of animals to fight the foes no single beast could withstand! Strap on your collar and hop on-board the adventures of LOCKJAW, LOCKHEED, REDWING, HAIRBALL, and an all-new FROG THOR! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

Today we bring you one of the "Color Commentary" panels from this past weekend's HeroesCon 2017. Here's how the convention schedule described it: With this year's guest list boasting so many of comics' best colorists, the biggest concern was fitting them all into one panel. Our solution? Have TWO! (The other is on SUNDAY!!!) Looking to demystify the coloring process and answer your questions in the first of two Color Commentary panels this weekend, moderator Greg Matiasevich (Multiversity Comics) is joined by colorists LAURA MARTIN, MATT WEBB, KELLY FITZPATRICK, MATT WILSON, and MARISSA LOUISE! Colorists are among the unsung heroes of the comics industry, and you'll learn why after listening to this episode! 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.  

Adam West, Darth Vader 1, Iceman 1, Secret Empire: Brave New World 1, Divided States of Hysteria 1, Unsound 1, Baby Teeth 1, Magnus 1, Harvey Hits 1, Wonder Woman/Steve Trevor, Justice League 22, Batman 24, Reborn, Night Owl Society, Black Panther trailer, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Doctor Who "Empress of Mars" Details: Darth Vader 1 by Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, Chris Eliopoulos; Iceman 1 by Sina Grace, Alessandro Vitti, Rachelle Rosenberg; Secret Empire: Brave New World 1 by Paul Allor, Brian Level, Jeremy Whitley, Diego Olortegui, Nick Kocher, J Tana Ford; Divided States of Hysteria 1 by Howard Chaykin; Unsound 1 by Cullen Bunn, Jack Cole; Baby Teeth 1 by Donny Cates, Garry Brown; Magnus 1 by Kyle Higgins, Jorge Fornes, Chuck Wendig, Alvaro Sarraseca; Wonder Woman/Steve Trevor by Tim Seeley, Christian Duce, Alan Passalaqua 07 Jun Comics Countdown: 10. Wonder Woman/Steve Trevor by Tim Seeley, Christian Duce, Alan Passalaqua 9. Spider-Man/Deadpool 18 by Joe Kelly, Ed McGuinness, Jay Leisten, Mark Morales 8. Paper Girls 15 by Brian K Vaughan, Cliff Chiang 7. Shade the Changing Girl 9 by Cecil Castellucci, Marley Zarcone, Ande Parks, Kelly Fitzpatrick 6. Deathstroke 20 by Christopher Priest, Larry Hama, Carlo Pagulayan, Sean Parsons, Jason Paz 5. Dr. Strange 20 by Jason Aaron, Chris Bachalo, Kevin Nowlan, Livesay, Jaime Mendoza, Victor Olazaba, Tim Townsend, Al Vey 4. Unsound 1 by Cullen Bunn, Jack Cole 3. Eternal Empire 2 by Sarah Vaughn, Jonathan Luna 2. Batman 24 by Tom King, David Finch, Clay Mann, Seth Mann, Danny Miki, Jordie Bellaire 1. Rock Candy Mountain 3 by Kyle Starks

Will Reggie ever learn, or will he simply remain The Worst? We discuss the fate of Vader in this week's Reggie and Me #5 from Archie Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! REGGIE AND ME #5 Script: Tom DeFalco Art: Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli Cover: Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick Variant Covers: Shawn McManus, Jim Towe 32-page, full color comic $3.99 U.S. Forced to face the consequences of his recent actions, Reggie also confronts his most painful crisis as we learn Vader’s fate. Plus: Big Moose lashes back! Midge makes a startling revelation! Betty makes a daring move and Archie gathers the gang for a climax you won’t want to miss!

Will Reggie ever learn, or will he simply remain The Worst? We discuss the fate of Vader in this week's Reggie and Me #5 from Archie Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! REGGIE AND ME #5 Script: Tom DeFalco Art: Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli Cover: Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick Variant Covers: Shawn McManus, Jim Towe 32-page, full color comic $3.99 U.S. Forced to face the consequences of his recent actions, Reggie also confronts his most painful crisis as we learn Vader’s fate. Plus: Big Moose lashes back! Midge makes a startling revelation! Betty makes a daring move and Archie gathers the gang for a climax you won’t want to miss!

Top 300 Feb sales, Man-Thing 1, Grass Kings 1, Redline 1, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie 1, Action Comics 975, IvX 6, Lemire out at Marvel, Charles Soule, Astonishing X-Men, Zazie Beetz as Domino, Darth Vader relaunch by Soule and Giuseppe Camuncoli, Otis Frampton and Jawas, Nazi Magneto, Logan review redux, Kong of Skull Island review, Luke Cage Netflix, Francis Manapul Flash Omnibus. Details: Man-Thing 1 by RL Stine, German Peralta, Rachelle Rosenberg, Daniel Warren Johnson; Grass Kings 1 by Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins; Redline 1 by Neal Holman, Clayton McCormark, Kelly Fitzpatrick; Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie 1 by Anthony Del Col, Werther Dell'edera, Stefano Simeone; Action Comics 975 by Dan Jurgens, Doug Mahnke, Jaime Mendoza, Paul Dini, Ian Churchill; IvX 6 by Jeff Lemire, Charles Soule, Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan 08 March 2017 Comics Countdown: 10. Copperhead 11 by Jay Faerber, Drew Moss, Ron Riley 9. Silver Surfer 9 by Dan Slott, Mike Allred, Laura Allred 8. Gotham Academy: Second Semester 7 by Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl, Adam Archer, Msassyk, Sandra Hope 7. Low 16 by Rick Remender, Greg Tocchini, Dave McCaig 6. Grass Kings 1 by Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins 5. All-New Wolverine 18 by Tom Taylor, Nik Virella, Michael Garland 4. Planetoid Praxis 2 by Ken Garing 3. Astro City 42 by Kurt Busiek, Matthew Clark, Sean Parsons, Pete Pantazis 1. Harrow County 21 by Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook

Motivational Minute: Make a Decision and Take a Chance! It is so hard to pursue your passions, fear of failure, fear of not being good enough, fear of whatever is always there to stop you. So what does Kazu Kibuishi and Kelly Fitzpatrick do along their journey that's different how did they overcome that fear?

Kelly Fitzpatrick is a comic book colorist and has worked on comics including Snow Fall, Peter Panzerfaust, Bitch Planet, and Shade the Changing Girl.

Love is Love, Supergirl: Being Super 1, Hulk 1, Rocket Raccoon 1, Komandar Bloodshot, Civil War II 8, 2016 Year in Review!, Gotham City Sirens casting, Collectors Corps unboxing. Details: Supergirl: Being Super 1 by Mariko Tamaki, Joelle Jones, Sandu Florea, Kelly Fitzpatrick; Hulk 1 by Mariko Tamaki, Nico Leon, Matt Milla; Rocket Raccoon 1 by Matthew Rosenberg, Jorge Coelho, Antonio Fabela; Komandar Bloodshot by Jeff Lemire, Clayton Crain 28 Dec Comics Countdown: 10. Star Wars 26 by Jason Aaron, Salvador Larroca, Edgar Delgado 9. Generation Zero 5 by Fred Van Lente, Francis Portela, Andrew Dalhouse 8. Flash 13 by Joshua Williamson, Neil Googe, Ivan Plascencia 7. Mighty Thor 14 by Jason Aaron, Steve Epting, Frank Martin Jr 6. Deathstroke 9 by Christopher Priest, Cary Nord, Jeromy Cox 5. Harrow County 19 by Cullen Bunn, Tyler Crook 4. Seven to Eternity 4 by Rick Remender, Jerome Opena, Matt Hollingsworth 3. Deadly Class 25 by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, Jordan Boyd 2. Detective Comics 947 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez, Raul Fernandez, Brad Anderson 1. AD After Death 2 by Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: There's something wrong with your alternate dimension offspring! Inhumans get small, Comic Book History of Comics #1, Reggie and Me #1, Brigands #1, and Transfatty Lives! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! NEWS Inhumans headed to the small screen REVIEWS STEPHEN "Comic Book History of Comics #1 Writer: Fred Van Lente Artist: Ryan Dunlavey Publisher: IDW Publishing For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in four-color glory! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan Moore, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, Art Spiegelman, Herge, Osamu Tezuka – and more!" MATTHEW "REGGIE AND ME #1 Script: Tom DeFalco Art: Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli $3.99 U.S. There is no one more loved, revered, admired and adored in Riverdale than… Reggie Mantle? Well, at least Reggie doesn't think there's anyone as loved and admired as himself. And his best friend can back that idea up—his best friend, of course, being his dog, Vader. The unstoppable duo is known around town for pulling the funniest pranks, getting the hottest dates and throwing the best parties. And if anyone even dares to compete with them, there is going to be hell to pay. Come take a look at the life of your hero, the handsome, hilarious Reggie Mantle." RODRIGO "BRIGANDS #1 Writer(s): Ram V Artist Name(s): Nick Barber, Jason Lewis, Kel Nuttall Pulled from death row and recruited by the secretive inquisition to steal an artifact called The Myros Pendulum, Stilian Desault now paired with an old colleague, Veina must put together a group of Brigands for the heist of their lives. But there are no happy endings or quick deaths for battle-forged blades. Stilian will soon discover that things are about to go very wrong. ASHLEY TRANSFATTY LIVES Directed by: Patrick O'Brien At 30, Patrick O'Brien was TransFatty, a New York City DJ, internet personality, and filmmaker. He spent his days as a beer-drinking creative force, making art films about perverts, vulnerable souls, and Howard Johnson's restaurants. Then his legs started shaking. MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK Favorite Harry Potter Movie If you want to suggest a trade paperback, you need to send an email to podcast@majorspoilers.com. That suggestion will go into the hopper and at least once a month, we'll pick a number of suggestions for you to vote on, and at the end of the polling period, the book with the most votes will get the Major Spoilers Podcast treatment. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: There’s something wrong with your alternate dimension offspring! Inhumans get small, Comic Book History of Comics #1, Reggie and Me #1, Brigands #1, and Transfatty Lives! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! NEWS Inhumans headed to the small screen REVIEWS STEPHEN "Comic Book History of Comics #1 Writer: Fred Van Lente Artist: Ryan Dunlavey Publisher: IDW Publishing For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in four-color glory! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan Moore, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, Art Spiegelman, Herge, Osamu Tezuka – and more!" MATTHEW "REGGIE AND ME #1 Script: Tom DeFalco Art: Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli $3.99 U.S. There is no one more loved, revered, admired and adored in Riverdale than… Reggie Mantle? Well, at least Reggie doesn’t think there’s anyone as loved and admired as himself. And his best friend can back that idea up—his best friend, of course, being his dog, Vader. The unstoppable duo is known around town for pulling the funniest pranks, getting the hottest dates and throwing the best parties. And if anyone even dares to compete with them, there is going to be hell to pay. Come take a look at the life of your hero, the handsome, hilarious Reggie Mantle." RODRIGO "BRIGANDS #1 Writer(s): Ram V Artist Name(s): Nick Barber, Jason Lewis, Kel Nuttall Pulled from death row and recruited by the secretive inquisition to steal an artifact called The Myros Pendulum, Stilian Desault now paired with an old colleague, Veina must put together a group of Brigands for the heist of their lives. But there are no happy endings or quick deaths for battle-forged blades. Stilian will soon discover that things are about to go very wrong. ASHLEY TRANSFATTY LIVES Directed by: Patrick O'Brien At 30, Patrick O’Brien was TransFatty, a New York City DJ, internet personality, and filmmaker. He spent his days as a beer-drinking creative force, making art films about perverts, vulnerable souls, and Howard Johnson’s restaurants. Then his legs started shaking. MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK Favorite Harry Potter Movie If you want to suggest a trade paperback, you need to send an email to podcast@majorspoilers.com. That suggestion will go into the hopper and at least once a month, we’ll pick a number of suggestions for you to vote on, and at the end of the polling period, the book with the most votes will get the Major Spoilers Podcast treatment. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

Ether by Matt Kindt and David Rubin from Dark Horse, Superman #10 by Peter Tomasi, Patrick Gleason, Mick Gray, and John Kalisz, Robin, Son of Batman Volume 1: Year of Blood by Patrick Gleason, Mick Gray, Tom Nguyen, John Kalisz, and Jeromy Cox, The Strain, American Monster by Brian Azzarello and Juan Doe from Aftershock, Walking Dead, Bitch Planet #9 by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, and Kelly Fitzpatrick from Image, Vigilante: Southland #1 by Cary Phillips, Elena Casagrande, and Giulia Brusco, more Cave Carson #1 from DC/Young Animal, The Moebius Library Volume 1: The World of Edena from Dark Horse, Occupy Avengers #1 by David F. Walker, Carlos Pacheco, Rafael Fonteriz, and Sonia Oback, The Creeps #8 from Warrant Publishing, Global Frequency by Warren Ellis and Friends from Wildstorm, The Flintstones by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, and Chris Chuckry, and a whole mess more!

Dark Horse Month continues at Multiversity and here on the show, as the lads welcome writer Samuel Teer to the underground recording studio for some talk about his debut Dark Horse OGN “VEDA: Assembly Required” with Hyeondo Park and Kelly Fitzpatrick. The story of a young orphan girl growing up in an automated factory drew inspiration from sources as varied as Pixar and Kipling's “The Jungle Book”, but this comic for all ages certainly brings its own virtues to bear. Teer talks about the process of getting the book to Dark Horse and what happened after its own assembly. What's it like for a first-time writer to have their debut OGN released by a major publisher? What went right...or wrong? Gremlins feature prominently in “VEDA” the story, but did Teer and company escape their shenanigans completely? Find out all that and more on this week's episode! 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.

This month's show includes a review of two recently released graphic novels, John Patrick Green's Hippopotamister (First Second) and Steven T. Seagle and Jason Adam Katzenstein's Camp Midnight (Image Comics), as well as interviews Andy conducted at the first-ever Anne Arundel County (Maryland) Public Library Comic Con, held on May 14. At this event, Andy had the chance to speak to a number of young readers, as well as their parents, about their favorite comics and about their own work as budding comics creators. At the beginning of the podcast, Andy reads an email that comics writer Samuel Teer wrote to him and Gwen regarding their October 2015 review of Veda: Assembly Required (Dark Horse), an all-ages comic that he wrote in collaboration with artist Hyeondo Park and colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick. Samuel was kind enough to thank the two for their positive review of the book and mentioned that the two people with PhDs gave him some helpful suggestions for future works. (Glad to oblige, Samuel! Keep those great comics coming!) First up in the review segment is Hippopotamister, a title that both Gwen and Andy can say three times fast and recommend three times over. This graphic novel for younger readers provides a humorous, carefully-crafted story about the way that two friends, Red Panda and Hippo, enter into the “human world” in order to find jobs, after their city zoo falls into disrepair. Red Panda, who leaves the enclosure first and returns with tales of his exciting forays into the world of work, encourages his friend to join him, but he cautions, “amongst the humans you can no longer be just a hippopotamus. You must become…HIPPOPOTAMISTER!” What follows is a tour through occupations that help Hippopotamister and Red Panda figure out their natural talents. Of course, complications arise on these friends' paths to self-understanding and a regular paycheck, but both end up finding work that suits them well. In addition to praising the color work of Cat Caro, Andy highlights one of the funniest splash pages in the comic that depicts Hippopotamister's invention of a new hairstyle entitled “The Hippopompadour.” Gwen loves the whimsy of that scene and notes that, in addition to creating vibrant splash pages, Green excels at planting small details across the entire graphic novel that are clearly put there for the amusement of adult or middle grade readers. For instance, the restaurant where Red Panda and Hippopotamister try their hand at being sous chefs is called “Trattoria Della Bestia,” a name that draws a fine line between those animals that prepare the food versus those who serve as the meal. Andy and Gwen also point out the effectiveness of Green's images in moving the narration along. As Andy puts it, a beginning reader could figure out the action of the story, even if s/he couldn't read all of the words, yet the wordplay throughout the comic underscores the fine balance that Green achieves in his comics artistry. Next, Gwen and Andy discuss Camp Midnight, a collaboration between longtime friends Steven T. Seagle, a TV writer/producer and comic-book author, and Jason Adam Katzenstein, a cartoonist whose work regularly appears in The New Yorker. Their colorful and sophisticated all-ages comic follows Skye Sullivan, a disgruntled tween, who boards the wrong bus and ends up at a summer camp where everyone but her new friend, Mia, sheds their daytime human exteriors in order to reveal their true monster identities. At first, Skye wants nothing more than to head back home, but she finds herself drawn to Griffin, a boy worthy of “cute guy alerts,” and she wants to figure out why Mia is also something of an outcast at Camp Midnight. Both Gwen and Andy comment on the powerful, saturated colors employed throughout the comic, as well as the realistic depiction of all of the joys and pitfalls of living away from home with a group of kids who are all too eager to form cliques and exclude outsiders. Like Hippopotamister, Skye learns a great deal about herself and then uses that knowledge to help a good friend. Gwen and Andy highly recommend Camp Midnight to tweens and teens, alike, though adults may also enjoy the coy humor and fantastic line style that carries across the text.

Like this episode? Support us at https://members.majorspoilers.com/subscribe Share your thoughts at http://wp.me/p8YAd-1wJ8 This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: The Legend of Wonder Woman #1, New Romancer #2, Dark Horse Presents #18, the Black Hood #8, and THE MUD PACK! Comic Bento is the original graphic novel subscription box! Each Comic Bento contains at least $50 worth of surprise graphic novels from both the biggest creators in comics and the unsung indie heroes. Plans start as low as $17.50 a month, plus shipping & handling, and brings you a new theme each month with new graphic novels to go along with it. Head on over to www.comicbento.com to check out pricing, unboxing videos and more. Subscribers can use promo code SPOILERS (in all-caps) to save $5.00 on all new subscriptions! Get involved with the Major Spoilers Podcast Network LINK NEWS Kevin Smith to direct The Flash http://majorspoilers.com/2016/01/10/television-kevin-smith-to-direct-episode-of-the-flash/ Vixen Season Two http://majorspoilers.com/2016/01/11/television-vixen-gets-season-two/ http://marvel.com/news/comics/25519/the_drums_sound_for_civil_war_ii REVIEWS STEPHEN The Legend of Wonder Woman #1 Writer: Renae De Liz Artist: Ray Dillon A new WONDER WOMAN 9-issue miniseries begins here with a story written and pencilled by Renae De Liz (The Last Unicorn)! In the beginning there was only chaos. But Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, saw a better future—and eventually, her daughter would be destined to bring that new world to life! Before her ultimate fate unfolds, though, Diana of Themyscira must learn the important lessons of an Amazonian childhood! [rating:4/5] MATTHEW THE BLACK HOOD #8 “The Lonely Crusade, Part 2” The Black Hood has tracked down the “Crusaders”—a mysterious group of vigilantes who have vowed to clean the “scum” off the streets of Philadelphia. But their first encounter leaves our man beaten, humbled... and hungry for payback. The Crusaders, however, have some payback of their own in mind. Especially when they stumble upon the Hood’s real identity... Artist extraordinaire ROBERT HACK (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The X-Files) as he takes over art duties in this special issue. Script: Duane Swierczynski Art: Robert Hack, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Rachel Deering On Sale: 1/13 32-page, full color comic $3.99 U.S. [rating:3/5] RODRIGO Dark Horse Presents #18 Writers: Rich Woodall, Dennis Calero, Carla Speed McNeil, Shawn Aldridge, Barbara Randall Kesel, David Chelsea, Paul Levitz Artists: Dennis Calero, Carla Speed McNeil, David Chelsea, Craig Rousseau, Julius Gopez, Marc Olivent, Tim Hamilton The next chapter of Rich Woodall and Craig Rousseau’s Kyrra: Alien Jungle Girl begins here! A paranormal podcaster deals with a personal possession in Barbara Randall Kesel and Marc Olivent’s Sundown Crossroads! This issue also features new chapters of Paul Levitz and Tim Hamilton’s Brooklyn Blood, Carla Speed McNeil’s Finder, and Dennis Calero’s The Suit! Shawn Aldridge and Julius Gopez’s Last Act and David Chelsea’s Sandy and Mandy conclude! [rating:3/5] ASHLEY NEW ROMANCER #2 Written by: Peter Milligan Art by: Brett Parson No sooner had incorrigible romantic and brilliant coder Lexy Ryan been united with her long-dead dream lover-poet Lord Byron-then she lost him again. Now, while Lexy searches for the famous rhymer and the New Romancer dating site teeters on the brink of oblivion, Lexy's beautiful but dangerous successor at Incubator takes an unhealthy interest in the libertine Lord. Meanwhile, a crazed Casanova seeks a perverse type of love in Silicon Valley' [rating:4/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK http://majorspoilers.com/2016/01/12/major-spoilers-poll-of-the-week-statues-or-action-figures/ If you want to suggest a trade paperback, you need to send an email to podcast@majorspoilers.com. That suggestion will go into the hopper and at least once a month, we’ll pick a number of suggestions for you to vote on, and at the end of the polling period, the book with the most votes will get the Major Spoilers Podcast treatment. DISCUSSION: Detective Comics: The Mud Pack An enraged Preston Payne, Clayface III, escapes from Arkham Asylum. Batman is called in immediately to help recapture the Man of Clay who has teamed up with previous incarnations of the shape-shifting villain. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. The Major Spoilers Store is located at majorspoilers.bigcartel.com A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

Like this episode? Support us at https://members.majorspoilers.com/subscribe Share your thoughts at http://wp.me/p8YAd-1wJ8 This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: The Legend of Wonder Woman #1, New Romancer #2, Dark Horse Presents #18, the Black Hood #8, and THE MUD PACK! Comic Bento is the original graphic novel subscription box! Each Comic Bento contains at least $50 worth of surprise graphic novels from both the biggest creators in comics and the unsung indie heroes. Plans start as low as $17.50 a month, plus shipping & handling, and brings you a new theme each month with new graphic novels to go along with it. Head on over to www.comicbento.com to check out pricing, unboxing videos and more. Subscribers can use promo code SPOILERS (in all-caps) to save $5.00 on all new subscriptions! Get involved with the Major Spoilers Podcast Network LINK NEWS Kevin Smith to direct The Flash http://majorspoilers.com/2016/01/10/television-kevin-smith-to-direct-episode-of-the-flash/ Vixen Season Two http://majorspoilers.com/2016/01/11/television-vixen-gets-season-two/ http://marvel.com/news/comics/25519/the_drums_sound_for_civil_war_ii REVIEWS STEPHEN The Legend of Wonder Woman #1 Writer: Renae De Liz Artist: Ray Dillon A new WONDER WOMAN 9-issue miniseries begins here with a story written and pencilled by Renae De Liz (The Last Unicorn)! In the beginning there was only chaos. But Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, saw a better future—and eventually, her daughter would be destined to bring that new world to life! Before her ultimate fate unfolds, though, Diana of Themyscira must learn the important lessons of an Amazonian childhood! [rating:4/5] MATTHEW THE BLACK HOOD #8 “The Lonely Crusade, Part 2” The Black Hood has tracked down the “Crusaders”—a mysterious group of vigilantes who have vowed to clean the “scum” off the streets of Philadelphia. But their first encounter leaves our man beaten, humbled... and hungry for payback. The Crusaders, however, have some payback of their own in mind. Especially when they stumble upon the Hood’s real identity... Artist extraordinaire ROBERT HACK (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The X-Files) as he takes over art duties in this special issue. Script: Duane Swierczynski Art: Robert Hack, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Rachel Deering On Sale: 1/13 32-page, full color comic $3.99 U.S. [rating:3/5] RODRIGO Dark Horse Presents #18 Writers: Rich Woodall, Dennis Calero, Carla Speed McNeil, Shawn Aldridge, Barbara Randall Kesel, David Chelsea, Paul Levitz Artists: Dennis Calero, Carla Speed McNeil, David Chelsea, Craig Rousseau, Julius Gopez, Marc Olivent, Tim Hamilton The next chapter of Rich Woodall and Craig Rousseau’s Kyrra: Alien Jungle Girl begins here! A paranormal podcaster deals with a personal possession in Barbara Randall Kesel and Marc Olivent’s Sundown Crossroads! This issue also features new chapters of Paul Levitz and Tim Hamilton’s Brooklyn Blood, Carla Speed McNeil’s Finder, and Dennis Calero’s The Suit! Shawn Aldridge and Julius Gopez’s Last Act and David Chelsea’s Sandy and Mandy conclude! [rating:3/5] ASHLEY NEW ROMANCER #2 Written by: Peter Milligan Art by: Brett Parson No sooner had incorrigible romantic and brilliant coder Lexy Ryan been united with her long-dead dream lover-poet Lord Byron-then she lost him again. Now, while Lexy searches for the famous rhymer and the New Romancer dating site teeters on the brink of oblivion, Lexy's beautiful but dangerous successor at Incubator takes an unhealthy interest in the libertine Lord. Meanwhile, a crazed Casanova seeks a perverse type of love in Silicon Valley' [rating:4/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK http://majorspoilers.com/2016/01/12/major-spoilers-poll-of-the-week-statues-or-action-figures/ If you want to suggest a trade paperback, you need to send an email to podcast@majorspoilers.com. That suggestion will go into the hopper and at least once a month, we’ll pick a number of suggestions for you to vote on, and at the end of the polling period, the book with the most votes will get the Major Spoilers Podcast treatment. DISCUSSION: Detective Comics: The Mud Pack An enraged Preston Payne, Clayface III, escapes from Arkham Asylum. Batman is called in immediately to help recapture the Man of Clay who has teamed up with previous incarnations of the shape-shifting villain. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. The Major Spoilers Store is located at majorspoilers.bigcartel.com A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

Damage Control by Dwayne McDuffie, Ernie Colon, and company, Sadman by Dave Jordan, Amazing Spider-Man #1 by Dan Slott, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, and Marte Gracia, Jonathan Hickman and Secret Wars, New Avengers #1 by Al Ewing, Gerardo Sandoval, and Dono Sanchez Almara, Captain America: Sam Wilson #1 by Nick Spencer and Daniel Acuna, Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows' Providence from Avatar, Superman: Lois & Clark #1 by Dan Jurgens and Lee Weeks, Jem & The Holograms Volume 1: Showtime by Kelly Thompson and Sophie Campbell from IDW, the Top Cow Humble Bundle, The Shield #1 by Adam Christopher, Chuck Wendig, Drew Johnson, Rachel Deering, and Kelly Fitzpatrick from Archie/Dark Circle, The Strain + Walking Dead + Fear the Walking Dead, Survivor's Club #1 by Dale Halvorsen, Lauren Beukes, and Ryan Kelly from Vertigo, Hellboy in Hell: The Hounds of Pluto by Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart from Dark Horse, and a whole mess more!

On this episode of The Comics Alternative‘s “Young Readers” series, Gwen and Andy are back to take a look at two books about robots. (They didn't plan it that way, really.) Both titles actually have more in common than just robots in that they each address issues of friendship, belonging, and how technology has changed our lives and the lives of our youth. Both books also contain strong young female protagonists whose friends aren't always human. Gwen starts things off with a look at Veda: Assembly Required (Dark Horse), by Samuel Teer, Hyeondo Park, and Kelly Fitzpatrick. Gwen and Andy both thought the premise of a young girl raised by robots in a factory was interesting and perhaps not as dystopian as you might think. The use of icons as a communication device takes a bit of getting used to, but most readers will quickly adapt to them and will no doubt find they are an essential component of the story. For younger readers, Andy describes Ben Hatke's new book, Little Robot (First Second), a project writer and illustrator Ben Hatke discussed briefly with the Two Guys in an interview from last year. In this new, largely wordless graphic novel, Hatke takes readers on a journey from the trailer park to a junkyard where a young girl discovers a set of tools and a new friend in the form of a little lost robot. But someone else is looking for this robot, someone whose intentions are not as friendly as our young protagonist. Gwen and Andy discuss not only Hatke's wonderful artistic and storytelling abilities, but also the fact that he has chosen a young African American girl as his protagonist, something no one else in the comics world seems to be talking about. Hmmm…. In all, Gwen and Andy find it fascinating that both books — by different creators working in different styles — speak to some universal truths of friendship, social constructs, and finding your place in the world. And since we are just a few weeks away from Halloween, Gwen and Andy decided to hand out a few early treats (no tricks, we promise!) in the form of some spooky graphic novel suggestions for teens and younger readers.

Sam talks with Kelly Fitzpatrick, Tamra Bonvillain, Marissa Louise, and K. Michael Russell about the colorist profession.

Sam talks with the creative team of Neverboy for Dark Horse Comics. Find out what writer Shaun Simon, artist Tyler Jenkins, and colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick think about making comics as well as their opinions on wizards and eggs.

Kyle is joined by the Dark Engine creative team to break down the first trade. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagesandpanels/support