Comics! The Magazine is a monthly, full-color publication about all things comics.
Editor-in-chief Joe Keatinge and art director Rico Renzi join Dave to reflect on the magazine’s first year, their mission to be an “enthusiasm capsule,” and the positive response that’s helped the magazine grow issue over issue.
The three also discuss the resurgence of physical media, Keatinge’s dream of a full-issue Todd McFarlane interview, pouches, and why the next generation of readers is the key to comics’ future.

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Shintaro Kago renowned mangaka & illustrator joins Dave to discuss his four-decade career spent exploring surreal & grotesque horror and dark humor.
Kago shares how early exposure to the occult boom of the 1970s shaped his imagination, and how Monty Python influenced his comedic approach to all things taboo.
The two discuss his Eisner-winning Blood Harvest, collaborating with Peach Momoko, and the shift toward large-scale paintings and gallery shows. Kago's next solo exhibition is slated for July 2027 at Gallery Nucleus in Portland. Thanks to Yo Mutsu for the translation help and guest appearance of Peach!
Coming in 2027 from Fantagraphics, Ultra Power Mongol Invasion!

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Comics creator Becky Cloonan returns to Direct Edition to discuss Fever Dream, her first-ever Kickstarter.
She describes the 120-page pandemic-era sketchbook that inspired the project, how she reconciled the mania of working with no script, and the experimental techniques that gave it its loose, dreamlike feel.
The two discuss collaborating with Tula Lotay on Somna, working with The Cure, Ken Russell's The Devils, drawing Matt Fraction's Batman annual, and why Neil Jordan's The Company of Wolves is endlessly inspiring.


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