Cryptid Creator Corner catchup
Scott Snyder, Kelly Thompson, and Declan Shalvey
Catch up on some amazing episodes of the Cryptid Creator Corner podcast with some of the biggest names in the business.
We're talking about Old Dog and ThunderCats today on the Cryptid Creator Corner as I welcome Declan Shalvey to the podcast. I was lucky enough this past March to celebrate my 45th birthday in Ireland and as part of the celebration go to Dublin Comic Con and meet Declan. I knew once I was back home I had to get Declan on the podcast to chat about comics. We discuss his early days in comics, Dublin Comic Con, plus some of his work like Savage Town, Bog Bodies, Time Before Time, Old Dog, and ThunderCats. It was great hearing about Declan's approach to storytelling, both writing and art. I could have chatted with Declan for another 2 hours, but Penny came upstairs while recording to tell me the laundry room "smells like burning" and I had to wrap things up to investigate. Be sure to check out Declan's website and sign up for his very excellent newsletter. I've been very lucky recently to chat with some of my favorite creators working in comics right now and I think you're going to enjoy listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it.
I’m delighted to introduce first time visitor Kelly Thompson on the show. Kelly is an Eisner Award winning comics writer with big title credits on Jem and the Holograms, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Birds of Prey amongst quite a few more and recently has been diving into the creator owned space with personal favs of mine The Cull and Black Cloak. She’s working with a new publisher now helping Skybound revitalize the GI Joe franchise with the forthcoming Scarlett mini-series bringing Jane to Gi Joe. We recorded the day she heard about the five 2024 Eisner nominations which as you imagine we celebrated a little bit and carved out a little time to touch on more girl power with the forthcoming Power Puff Girls release from Dynamite Entertainment, and also got a little sidetracked chatting about the real life location featured in The Cull. Kelly has to be one of the most delightful and open guests I've ever had on the show. Make sure to sign up for her Substack to stay up to date on all the happenings and look for Scarlett hitting your LCS in early June.
While I’m spending some family time in Disney World, Byron is making sure you don’t have to wait for new episodes of the Cryptid Creator Corner, and Great Scott this is a Dan(g) good episode with Dan Panosian and Scott Snyder. Dan and Scott make their way to the virtual Yeti Cave to talk about CANARY, a Comixology Original now published by Dark Horse Comics. The trade is out June 26th. This is a Western Horror story with elements of body horror and cosmic horror all brought to life by Dan’s masterful artwork and haunting colors. Canary takes place in the past but feels relevant for today. Dan and Scott get into their creative partnership and share some of the highlights of making this comic. As a fan of both this was a true joy for me. I hope this isn’t the last time these two gunslingers work together.
We are celebrating Pride Month for the second year in a row on the Cryptic Creator Corner with a group of simply fantastic guests. Theo Parish joins us to talk about their graphic novel Homebody. Sam Maggs is dropping in to talk about her new Archie Comics project The Wicked Trinity, the editors behind the recently launched Transphoria Kickstarter stop by the show, one of the organizers for FlameCon pops in to talk about the con, and veteran of the show Steve Foxe talks about Psylocke: Blood Hunt. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss an episode.