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!
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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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Dave takes this episode solo and answers questions from the community!
He gushes about his love of artist editions (when will we finally get the Infinity Gauntlet??), early concerts like Pearl Jam & Weird Al Yankovic, the UK comics and Japanese manga scenes, Alan Moore, the healing power of music, and the never-ending hunt for the perfect reading soundtrack.
Plus a healthy dose of gratitude for an audience that's stuck with him across almost three years of Direct Edition.

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Scottish singer-songwriter James Graham of The Twilight Sad joins Dave to discuss It's The Long Goodbye, the band's sixth album, on Rock Action Records.
Graham shares the solitary writing process that led him through the grief of losing his mother to dementia, and bandmate Andy MacFarlane's role as collaborator and anchor during the process.
The two discuss Graham's friendship with Robert Smith, helping people with Dementia thorugh music, touring with The Cure, Scott Hutchison, the impossible economics of touring, and his lifelong love of comics from the 90s X-Men cartoon and beyond.

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Cartoonist Sanford Greene (Bitter Root) returns to Direct Edition to discuss Darkseid vs. The World, his upcoming DC All-In saga with Scott Snyder.
He explains how a retailer's offhand suggestion inspired a two year pitch-to-page journey, and how his admiration for Jack Kirby's Hunger Dogs shaped his take on Darkseid, and the instincts that keep things simple.
Sanford talks about being immortalized on Czarface's "Omega Beam", selling out the Ink Alliance Teen Titans variant cover, and his character-design work on Spider-Verse 3.
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Legendary cartoonist Stan Sakai returns to Direct Edition to discuss The Art of Stan Sakai, his first-ever Kickstarter: an oversized art book collecting five decades of work.

Sakai shares his lifelong love of physical media, the trial-and-error watercolor technique that gives his paintings their glow, and the Koh-I-Noor pen he stockpiled 20 years ago when it was discontinued.

The two discuss Sakai's 40-year friendship with Sergio Aragonés, broadening Usagi’s world with the Kagemusha project, Kaito 84, and Kurosawa's cinematic influence on his panels.

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Artist Eric Zawadzki joins Dave to discuss Assorted Crisis Events, the ambitious, award-winning anthology co-created with writer Deniz Camp.

Zawadzki talks visual reinvention, his innovative Pixar-style drafting process, and the impostor syndrome that flared up after winning an Eisner.
The two discuss the word-of-mouth momentum that helped quadruple the book's sales, meeting Scott McCloud at San Diego, and why Michael Mann's Collateral sits in his all-time top ten films.

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