We're back! And so is Philip Kennedy Johnson! We sit down with PKJ for the second time to talk about his recently wrapped runs on Action Comics & Alien. Listen now!
-
Intro
-
Apologies for delay in episodes - see blog post for more
-
PKJ
-
Last time we spoke was Feb. 2021, discussing Last Sons of America, Kill A Man and end of The Last God
-
Superman (3:42)
-
What was something you wanted to do with Superman that hadn’t been done before?
-
Exploration of Clark-Jon relationship - so many emotional moments
-
Warworld Saga - why go with Mongul for main villain of storyline?
-
Love Osul and Otho - their lack of exposure to anything resembling compassion and love, and the welcoming by the Superman family, is best addition to mythos in a long time
-
Superman family gets major focus here - family is thru-line running across the entire arc
-
Special point on Kong Kenan and his “defection”
-
Blue Earth movement - *chef’s kiss*
-
Alien (22:28)
-
Another instance of a father doing anything for his son in first arc
-
Was it always the plan to have 3 separate arcs across 2 volumes?
-
How much input did you have into Xenomorph designs, or was that all artists?
-
Ending (34:00)
-
Next episodes: Speedball, Deathstroke
-
Plugs for social
Apple Podcasts: here
Google Play: here
Stitcher: here
TuneIn: here
iHeartRadio: here
Popular Podcasts
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
Death, Sex & Money
Anna Sale explores the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.