The DC scribe is back, with insights on his current run in ACTION COMICS co-writing SUPERMAN with film director Richard Donner, The continued sucsess of the TEEN TITANS, Hal Jordan's new challenges as GREEN LANTERN, "52", Decembers return of THE JUSTICE SOCIETY. and looks back, at the BLADE SPIKE TV series , and INFINITE CRISIS.

A great seasonal chat with Hellboy's real dad, who sets the table for the big red guy's animated debut in the Film Roman production SWORD OF STORMS, premiering Saturday Oct 28th, on the Cartoon Network. The DVD release is expected in February. Mike also talks about Hellboy's beginnings, the upcoming new mini series with Duncan Fedrego, An Abe Sapien mini series, more BPRD and the pulp inspired hero Lobster Johnson. You'll hear about Mike's art influences, collaborating with artists like Guy Davis, Richard Corben, and filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro Also a lengthy tease about HELLBOY 2 , which has just begun pre-production.

Joe gives his views on the current stories and controversies each week in his newsarama weekly Q&A sessions, but in this thoughtful conversation, we talk about the state of Marvel Comics , six years into Joe's reign as Editor In Chief.From his days with Jimmy Palmiotti starting Marvel Knights, through the Bill Jemas era, to today's current regime.We talk about Marvel movies, the MAX comics line, and the editorial philosophies behind rebooting a character, or bringing it back to basics.

WE REPRESENT THIS CONVERSATION WITH DINO, WHO CONTINUES HIS COLLABORATION WITH WRITER HARVEY PEKAR , IN THE NEW AMERICAN SPLENDOR SERIES FROM VERTIGO COMICS.

THE VIRTUOSO UNDERGROUND ARTIST TRACES HIS CAREER FROM HIS DAYS AS AN ASSISTANT WORKING UNDER THE LIKES OF HOWARD
CHAYKIN BILL SIENKEWICZ AND WALTER SIMONSON, TO HIS OWN WORKS LIKE THE VERDICT , THE KEYHOLE SERIES WITH JOSH NEUFELD , HIS EVAN DORKIN TEAM UP ONTHE THING :NIGHT FALLS ON YANCY STREET

AND WE LOOK AT HIS CURRENT SOLO  WORK, SUCH AS  BILLY DOGMA, DEAN'S NOIR ANTI-HERO IN AIM TO DAZZLE AND THE CURRENT IMMORTAL AVAILABLE AT DEAN'S LIVE JOURNAL SITE

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Artist Jeremy Haun gives us the lowdown onThe LEADING MAN from ONI PRESS with writer B Clay Moore, and his upcoming marvel work on IRON MAN CAPTAIN AMERICA-CASUALTIES OF WAR , with LAW AND ORDER writer Christos Gage.

Gather round the campfire, as Uncle Mike tells
us all about his current books, like CROSS
BRONX co-written with Ivan Brandon,
HIGHLANDER , OMEGA FLIGHT , THE MICE
TEMPLAR, POWERS , and more!

What a pleasure talking to the man behind great satire and action like American Flagg, Time 2, The Shadow, The Blackhawks, and Cody Starbuck .

You'll hear about his current projects like BITE CLUB, BLADE, GUY GARDNER, JLA CLASSIFIED, along with a look back at his work on STAR WARS , BLACK KISS, AMERICAN CENTURY , his television work on THE FLASH, VIPER, and MUTANT X .

We'll discuss Chaykin's view of Televison, from the shows he loves to what Hollywood is looking for from writers these days. Between us, we'll throw in enough obscure ancient pop culture references that would make Dennis Miller call his grandfather to confirm.

As a lifelong fan of his writing and art, Howard is my kind of people.