Off Panel: A Comics Interview Podcast

Sanford Greene, the acclaimed artist behind Bitter Root and Power Man and Iron Fist, discusses his career and latest DC project, Darkseid vs. the World. He shares how hip-hop, Kirby, manga, anime, and fighting games shape his visual storytelling, why artists are reclaiming the spotlight, and how creator-owned comics offer freedom and longevity. Plus, ambitious layouts, the original-art market, future projects, and NBA predictions.

G. Willow Wilson, acclaimed comics and prose writer who co-created Kamala Khan, discusses discovering comics, the medium’s narrative possibilities, and teaching herself to write them. She explores Poison Ivy’s environmental rage, Black Cat, and the challenge of respecting legacy characters. Wilson also reveals how Ivy became Gotham’s mayor, why comic-book success can’t be replicated, and how soccer fandom revived her creative joy.

Patrick Horvath is a writer, artist, and cartoonist behind Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees and Archie in Hell. He discusses juggling projects, entering comics in his 40s, and turning Archie into a playground for cults and eldritch horror. He also explores Samantha Strong’s dark history, the Woodbrook Halloween Special, time-jumping horror, and building a sustainable creative career.

Beetle Moses, the cartoonist behind a surreal webcomic packed with animals, aliens, and emotional twists, discusses his breakout SPX experience and first print collection, A Comics Menagerie. He explores longform storytelling, personal influences, layered pop-culture references, print’s lasting power, creative burnout, shifting rhythms, and his ambitions for graphic novels and television.

Art rep Felix Lu joins the show to talk about the story behind his company, Felix Comic Art, and the original comic art market. Lu discusses the evolution of Felix Comic Art, building relationships, what an art rep does, how the artists he works with push each other, commissions as business cards, the origins of Felix Comic Art, the power of word of mouth, figuring out who to work with, the evolution of the original art market, investments, the variant world, passion's place in original art collecting, helping artists with their careers, the personality side of things, whether there's space for lower budget customers, and more.

Rob Williams, the British comics writer behind Judge Dredd, Suicide Squad, and Petrol Head, discusses his winding path into comics and the craft of collaboration. He explores writing rhythms, co-writing, TV’s influence on comics, and trusting artists as co-authors. Williams also revisits A Better World, Dredd’s versatility, and the political, media-driven stakes of The New Future.

Oliver Sava, an Eisner Award-winning comics critic and journalist, returns for a wide-ranging superhero state of the union. He examines DC’s creative surge, Marvel’s stagnation and leadership reset, Doom fatigue, X-Men troubles, event overload, and the promise of Midnight. The conversation also celebrates Absolute DC, Batman’s many flavors, standout artists, Fourth World revivals, and the future beyond the Big Two.

Writer Olivia Dufault joins the show to talk about her comic journey and her new comic, Prima Apparata. Dufault discusses the roots of ideas, her comic origins, the impact of libraries, her writing journey, the overlap between theater and comics, breaking into comics, where Prima Apparata came from, her very original ideas, the lead characters of the book, Rebekah Isaacs, its ballet elements, the book's ashcan, the book's different titles, Ignition Press, her pride in the book, her comic writing future, and more.

Writer Jack Mulqueen joins the show to talk about his atypical path to comics and new series at Vault, Project Perseus. Mulqueen discusses why he started writing comics, his job as a nightlife developer, the community of comics, Mike Tyson experiences, self-publishing comics, being a part of comics, the origins of Project Perseus, the greatness of artist Edison Neo, bringing the book to life, its bananas energy, the characters of the book, working with Vault, whether he wants to keep making comics going forward, his next steps for writing, the New York Knicks' championship, the upcoming NBA season, and more.

Retailer Shannon Live joins the show to talk about the story behind her comic shop, Bat City Comic Professionals, and the year far for it and the direct market itself. Live discusses her level of busy, managing burnout, Bat City's unique nature, its different sides, their product mix, its indie emphasis, the year for shop, its energy, what's working, what can be learned from DC's success, new reader behavior, the direct market's overall health, ComicPRO's impact, tips for other retailers, and more.