Word Balloon Comics Podcast Tom Scioli on The Twilight Zone, Godzilla, and more
Nov 26, 2025
01:20:20
Comics visionary Tom Scioli joins me for a wide-ranging, brain-melting conversation that jumps from classic TV to kaiju carnage to cosmic storytelling. If you know Tom’s work — GØDLAND, Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Fantastic Four: Grand Design — you already know he thinks bigger, weirder, and more ambitiously than almost anyone in comics. In this talk, we get into:
• The Twilight Zone #2 From IDW and how Rod Serling’s storytelling shapes Tom’s approach to mythmaking
• Godzilla Monsterpiece Theater from IDW as Tom pits the Kaiju against some lieterally giants
• Space Opera Xanadax from Image as the purest form of comic-book imagination, and how Tom pushes the SF genre to its limits
• His YouTube show Total Recall, where he digs into comics history, storytelling craft, and hidden TV and film gems with his trademark insight and enthusiasm Tom breaks down influences, process, philosophy, and the connective tissue between classic television, monster movies, and cosmic comics. It’s equal parts film class, comics craft talk, and deep-fan celebration.
• The Twilight Zone #2 From IDW and how Rod Serling’s storytelling shapes Tom’s approach to mythmaking
• Godzilla Monsterpiece Theater from IDW as Tom pits the Kaiju against some lieterally giants
• Space Opera Xanadax from Image as the purest form of comic-book imagination, and how Tom pushes the SF genre to its limits
• His YouTube show Total Recall, where he digs into comics history, storytelling craft, and hidden TV and film gems with his trademark insight and enthusiasm Tom breaks down influences, process, philosophy, and the connective tissue between classic television, monster movies, and cosmic comics. It’s equal parts film class, comics craft talk, and deep-fan celebration.