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151. Greg Rucka on human connections and assassins

It’s my weekly chat with Greg Rucka! So today we go down the rabbit hole of the covid19 pandemic effects on society and somehow finish by discussing assassins. Yes, you heard that right assassins.

149. Greg Rucka on coping with the coronavirus quarantine

Hi! Welcome to the Greg and Mimi show… no, you didn’t tune in to the wrong podcast! Greg Rucka has agreed to weekly conversations with me during quarantine, and so here we are.

Bonus Episode: Greg Rucka on Creators4Comics Auction

141. Han Allred on Spaceface, a documentary about Michael Allred

Today I talk with indie filmmaker Han Allred. Han is making a documentary about his father comic book creator Michael Allred, who is best known for his comic Madman.

140. David Walker on comics and film

David F. Walker is an award-winning comic book writer, author, filmmaker, journalist, and educator. His work in comic books includes Shaft, Luke Cage, Occupy Avengers, Power Man and Iron Fist, Nighthawk and his most recent work Bitter Root and Naomi.

139. Marissa Meyer on her love of writing, adventure, and books

Marissa Meyer is the USA Today–and #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Heartless, The Lunar Chronicles, and The Renegades Trilogy.

133. Brian Michael Bendis on Superman, Miles Morales, and diversity in comics

Attention superhero and comic book fans! Today I have a conversation with award-winning comics creator and Amazon and New York Times best seller Brian Michael Bendis.

132. Matt Fraction on writing comics, hard work, and empathy

If you look up Matt Fraction, you will find a bio that sounds a little like this: Matt Fraction writer of: (writer): SEX CRIMINALS (Image), Jimmy Olsen (DC), CASANOVA (Image), HAWKEYE (Marvel), and NOVEMBER (Image) writes comic books out in the woods and lives with his wife, the writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, his two children, two dogs, a cat, a bearded dragon, and a yard full of coyotes and stags. Surely there is a metaphor there.

130. Michael Lark on his art process, collaboration with writers, and Lazarus

Michael Lark is a Harvey and Eisner award-winning comics artist. He is currently illustrating one of my favorite comics: LAZARUS, written by Greg Rucka. Michael has also provided pencils for DC Comics’ Batman, Terminal City, Gotham Central and Marvel Comics’ The Pulse and Captain America.

129. Kelly Sue DeConnick is a Deadly writer

Kelly Sue DeConnick is a writer of comics and an all-around fabulous person. Some of her titles include BITCH PLANET, PRETTY DEADLY, AQUAMAN, & CAPTAIN MARVEL. She is best known for rebranding Carol Danvers’ as Captain Marvel. In fact, the portrayal of Captain Marvel you see in the films can be traced back to Kelly Sue’s version of her character.

126. Greg Rucka on comics, politics, and social media

As many of you know, I love comic books. One of my favorites is Lazarus by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark. I met Greg at San Diego Comic Con, You can imagine my excitement when Greg invited me to interview him in Portland at his home. I met his lovely wife Jen, and his dog Marlowe, who makes a few cameos in this interview on my youtube channel.

121. Iron Tamer Dave Whitley on bending steel

Iron Tamer Dave Whitley is a motivational speaker and strongman based in Nashville, TN. Dave combines incredible feats of strength and a powerful message to inspire and motivate audiences. He performs astounding feats of strength such as: bending steel wrenches, ripping decks of cards and driving a nail through a board with his hand. The feats he performs are used as an illustration of the mindset needed to accomplish the impossible. His purpose is to inspire the audience to leave their limitations behind and become the SUPERHUMAN version of themselves. Dave is the author of the book Superhuman YOU and the Vice President of Dennis Rogers’ Oldtime Strongman University. We discuss his feats of strength, his work method as well as his martial arts background.