Veteran Batman editor Jordan B. “Gorf” Gorfinkel (No Man's Land & Birds Of Prey) and his trusty sidekick & producer Jeff Thacher interview top creators and industry legends. Together they share their unique professional perspectives on the "Sequential Storytelling" industry: comics, graphic novels, cartooning, and "all those wonderful toys". Exciting New Interviews with Comic & Cartooning Industry Legends, Coming October 2025! Including: Jim Shooter, Klaus Janson, Howard Chaykin, Lynn Johnston, Haley "LavenderTowne" Newsom, Scott Hanna, Mike Carlin, Jeff Keane, Jack C. Harris, Mike Freidrich, Rob Leigh, Graham Nolan, Greg Rucka, and Many MORE! Episodes and more info are at Batguysreturn.com! Follow us on https://instagram.com/batguysreturn and https://www.facebook.com/batguysreturn, and for future updates!
NSFW Language Warning! Howard Chaykin is a Writer & Artist who pushes boundaries and pulls no punches in both mainstream and creator-owned comics. From the very first Star Wars comics adaptation to his original series American Flagg! & Time Squared, with network and syndicated television shows in between, he’s got distinctive style on the page and off.
He is also, bless him, a poet laureate of colorful epithets — before lis...
Artist Lynn Johnston is the creator of For Better or For Worse, the beloved daily comic strip featured for decades in newspapers worldwide. This episode, we plunge into the world of comic strips, newspaper syndication, and what it's like to be an artist before, during - and even after - wild success in newsprint.
Part 2 of 2. Klaus Janson is an artist eminence who is best known for his collaboration with Frank Miller on Daredevil and The Dark Knight Returns. In fact he knows how to do every comics creative role from writing to pencilling to inking and coloring.
He’s revered amongst colleagues and students alike for his skill and insights. He welcomed Gorf to his Manhattan studio where, surrounded by the tools of his trade and framed origina...
Part 1 of 2. Klaus Janson is an artist eminence who is best known for his collaboration with Frank Miller on Daredevil and The Dark Knight Returns. In fact he knows how to do every comics creative role from writing to pencilling to inking and coloring.
He’s revered amongst colleagues and students alike for his skill and insights. He welcomed Gorf to his Manhattan studio where, surrounded by the tools of his trade and framed origina...
Part 2 of 2. The conversation continues with Part 2: Jim Shooter (R.I.P.) was the youngest writer in DC Comics history (13 years old!), and later the Editor-In-Chief at Marvel Comics during a seminal period of upheaval and evolution. Jim gave us the full spread of his sharp opinions, no-nonsense insights and professional best practices. We were surprised to learn of his passing shortly after this conversation. This may be one of hi...
Part 1 of 2. Jim Shooter (R.I.P.) was the youngest writer in DC Comics history (13 years old!), and later the Editor-In-Chief at Marvel Comics during a seminal period of upheaval and evolution. Jim gave us the full spread of his sharp opinions, no-nonsense insights and professional best practices. We were surprised to learn of his passing shortly after this conversation. This may be one of his very last interviews and we’re gratefu...
Season One of BATGUYS RETURN has begun, with over 20 epic professional-to-professional episodes on the craft and industry of comics and cartooning...or as we like to call it: sequential storytelling. Veteran Batman franchise editor Jordan B. Gorfinkel (Gorf) and sidekick/producer Jeff Thacher plumb the depths of their guests' creative knowledge - and extract war stories you won't hear anywhere else. It's a blend of Scriptnotes and ...
Two Guys (Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers). Five Rings (you know, from the Olympics logo). One essential podcast for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Bowen Yang (SNL, Wicked) and Matt Rogers (Palm Royale, No Good Deed) of Las Culturistas are back for a second season of Two Guys, Five Rings, a collaboration with NBC Sports and iHeartRadio. In this 15-episode event, Bowen and Matt discuss the top storylines, obsess over Italian culture, and find out what really goes on in the Olympic Village.
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