Comic Book Historians
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<p>As featured on LEGO.com, Marvel.com, Slugfest, NPR, Wall Street Journal and the Today Show, host & series producer Alex Grand, author of the best seller, Understanding Superhero Comic Books (with various co-hosts Bill Field, David Armstrong, N. Scott Robinson, Ph.D., Jim Thompson) and guests engage in a Journalistic Comic Book Historical discussion between professionals, historians and scholars in determining what happened and when in comics, from strips and pulps to the platinum age comic book, through golden, silver, bronze and then toward modern <br><br>Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians. <br><br>Read Alex Grand's Understanding Superhero Comic Books published by McFarland & Company here at: https://a.co/d/2PlsODN<br><br>Series directed, produced & edited by Alex Grand<br>All episodes ©Comic Book Historians LLC.</p>
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Recent Episodes
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John Broome & Arnold Drake interview by David Armstrong
David Armstrong interviews comic book legends John Broome and Arnold Drake, exploring their early careers and impactful contributions to the Golden and Silver Ages.
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Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Jim Shooter in a career spanning biography. Travel thru his life as he brought in and worked with Frank Miller on Daredevil, behind the curtain scenes into Marvel's sale from Cadence to New World, the transition from him to DeFalco in 1987 (6:32:00), raising money to bid to buy Marvel from New World in 1989, his long professional relationship w/ Steve Ditko, his professional relationship w/ Layton & Massarsky (6:35:45),...
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Jim Shooter Biographical Interview Part 3 of 6 by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Jim Shooter in a career spanning biography. Travel thru his life as he discusses the Ant-Man Wasp controversy, the dead Korvac saga sequel, oversaw Roger Stern create Monica Rambeaux, improving access to opportunities in the comics industry to African-American, Asian and female creators like Denys Cown, Ron Wilson, Larry Hama and Louise Simonson, how both Star Wars and the Superman film reinvigorated Marvel in 1978, ending the editor-writer ...
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- What is Comic Book Historians?
<p>As featured on LEGO.com, Marvel.com, Slugfest, NPR, Wall Street Journal and the Today Show, host & series producer Alex Grand, author of the best seller, Understanding Superhero Comic Books (with various co-hosts Bill Field, David Armstrong, N. Scott Robinson, Ph.D., Jim Thompson) and guests engage in a Journalistic Comic Book Historical discussion between professionals, historians and scholars in determining what happened and when in comics, from strips and pulps to the platinum age comic book, through golden, silver, bronze and then toward modern <br><br>Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians. <br><br>Read Alex Grand's Understanding Superhero Comic Books published by McFarland & Company here at: https://a.co/d/2PlsODN<br><br>Series directed, produced & edited by Alex Grand<br>All episodes ©Comic Book Historians LLC.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates bi-weekly.
- Where can I listen to this podcast?
This podcast is available on 10 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
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Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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