Perfect Bound Comic Book Podcast

Marc J. Palm

Today on the show, Cole and Ben welcome back to the show Marc J. Palm. Marc joins us today because the second volume of his indie hit The Fang is out now.

Tune in as we talk to Marc about:

• His inspiration for the character of Fang

• Plans for future volumes of The Fang

• Why physical copies of The Fang look the way they do

• His experience with the Short Run Launch Party

• The difficulty with marketing your own ...

Today on a fresh show for a fresh new year, the gang reconvene via zoom (like ya’ do) and talk about topics such as:

• There’s a call for Marvel to retire the Punisher logo
• Steve Lightle has passed away
• As has Heavy Metal Warrior Queen Julie Strain
• Details emerge about Star Wars: The High Republic
• Vegas has odds on Giancarlo Esposito playing Doctor Doom in the new Fantastic Four movie
• Ascender gets put on inde...

2020 Year in Review
Today on the show, the gang get back together and talk about the largest stories that came out of 2020, including:

• Gerry Conway reclaiming The Punisher logo for BLM
• Marvel and Scholastic unite for new line of titles for young readers
• Archie announces same-day release for digital titles
• Marvel (and DC) shorten their digital release schedule
• DC and UCS Distributors part ways
• ECCC leads the c...

Today, we welcome musician, playwright, filmmaker and artist Matthew Southworth. Matt’s impressive CV includes uncredited re-writes on the film “Suspect Zero” (a story in and of itself); playing with his band The Capillaries, as well as with Harvey Danger, all around Seattle; and illustrating titles such as Spider-Man, Spider-Girl, X-Men, Thunderbolts and several stories for Dark Horse which he also wrote.

Matt al...

Battle of the Linguist Mages
Today on the show, Cole and Ben welcome playwright and novelist Scotto Moore. Scotto is a Seattle-based, multi-media raconteur who, for fourteen years, has been a cornerstone of the Seattle Fringe Theatre community. During his fourteen years as an active playwright, we saw major productions of his work nearly every year, including at least 45 short plays penned for events like 14/48: THE WORL...

Frank Gogol
Today on the show, Cole and Ben welcome Frank Gogol. Frank is a San Francisco-based writer of Grief (Ringo Award nominee), Dead End Kids (Best New Series, The Independent Creator Awards), and No Heroine, all from Source Point Press.

The child of addicts, Frank’s a humble dude whose comics greatly reflect the world around him as he grew up. He spent much of his youth moving from place to place, with occa...

Kurt Ankeny
Today on the show, the gang welcome author, illustrator, painter, and occasional letterer – Kurt Ankeny! Kurt’s books In Pieces and Pleading with Stars are sometimes autobiographical, occasionally bleak, but always fascinating and beautiful. Aside from his own books, Kurt has also lettered Matt Fraction and Elsa Charretier’s November. Kurt and Cole go way back and Kurt was nice en...

The Death of Retail
Comics Dungeon had always been a partner with The Panel Jumper to produce the Perfect Bound Podcast. Sadly, this past summer the store had to close. Today on our first show in six months, the gang welcome c4c3.org founder and former owner of Comics Dungeon and Corner Comics G. Scott Tomlin. Scott joins our regular panel of Ben Laurance, Cole Hornaday, Chris Casos and Nicole Lamb to talk abo...

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Perfect Bound Podcast is forced to take a hiatus. But before we shelter in place in order to weather this pandemic, we have one last show for you. This never-before-aired show, recorded in October of 2019, finds Chris, Cole, and Ben talking about horror comics. Specifically, COSMIC HORROR! Black Stars Above from Vault describes itself as “cosmic horror,” so we delve deep into this very sp...

Today on an episode recorded before the world got turned upside down, the gang spend a half hour discussing:

• Locke & Key / Sandman crossover
• Dark Horse announces Umbrella Academy prequel
• Batman TAS Continues as Digital First series?

And then, based on this article about the 13 Non-binary creators changing Sci-fi and Fantasy, the gang spend some time talking about the non-binary creators in the comics world you should be p...

Today on the show, the gang let loose a little bit of behind the scenes audio, and play for you what goes on before the show starts. Once we gather ourselves, we start talking about comic book news stories, including:

• 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will officially be in OK school history books
• Dexter Vines can use some help
• Tenacious D’s Post-Apocalypto
• IDW Announces My Little Pony / Transformers crossover
• Toho planning G...

Today on the show, the gang talk about a couple news items they’re interested in, including The Clone Wars to become weekly comic, and Rogen and Co. are adapting Fear Agent.

And then we revisit a new old segment: Ask the Perfect Bound Podcast, where Ben asks random questions of the panel. The questions include:

• What’s your comic book version of comfort food? Something you’ll never tire of reading.
• How do you f...

Today on the show, the gang mix things up and talk about the hottest comic news stories of the day, including:

• Green Lantern’s 80th Anniversary
• DC goes back to the beginning with Generation One: Age of Mysteries
• Larger question, what is 5G and how will it be affected, because: Dan DiDio is OUT as DC Co-Publisher

Buckle in, because there’s a lot to unpack here.

Today on a delightfully new show, the gang talk about:

• The Cimmerian to finally get distribution after Ablaze inks agreement
• IDW doesn’t expect profitability until 2021
• New Kid first graphic novel to win the Newbery Award
• New Swamp Thing graphic novel
• Howard the Duck Hulu TV show canceled

Today on the show, the gang try to do good by talking about:

• Mirka Andolfo will be in store for a signing!
• Local shop Outsider Comics needs help
• Ennis, Braun and Robertson returning for The Boys: Dear Becky
• DC to create Dungeons and Dragons sourcebook
• The Hardy Boys investigate the death of Nancy Drew for Dynamite
• Super Soaker inventor awarded millions from Hasbro

Today, the gang talk about hyperbole in the comics industry. More specifically, Dark Horse’s upcoming Bang! from Matt Kindt, Wilfredo Torres, Nayoung Kim and Nate Piekos is touted as “one of the most eagerly anticipated comic debuts of 2020.” But every upcoming title seems to be “highly anticipated” these days, so does this marketing technique work? Who determines what’s anticipated? Has anyone a...

Too much content! Today the gang talk about a recent article from Newsarama where Image publisher Eric Stephenson says that there are too many comic books for the stores to handle these days. Chris and Nicole as manager of their own stores and Cole as a consumer weigh in on how the market is just flooded with titles, and how it can be overwhelming from both a retail and consumer perspective.

And later on in Book Report, we revisit ...

Today on your favorite comic book podcast, Chris, Cole, Ben, and Nicole gather ’round and talk about:

• First wave of McFarlane Toys DC line
• Speaking of Toys, Everett-based Funko is becoming a behemoth
• More speaking of Toys: Disney is protecting their Baby Yoda IP
• In non-toy news, HBO says no more Watchmen after Lindelof steps down
• Catwoman 80th Anniversary 100-page spectacular coming in April
• More details coming ou...

Today on the show, the gang settle around the ol’ comic book table and talk about:

• The recently settled Milestone media lawsuit
• The stories of marginalized trailblazers getting published at Boom Studios
• And returning to a topic we ran out of time during our last show of last year: What were the worst things to happen in comics in the last year/decade