Capes and Tights Podcast

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book retailer Paul Eaton to the program to discuss the Deadpool movie for the film's 10th anniversary! Wade Wilson is a former Special Forces operative who now works as a mercenary. His world comes crashing down when evil scientist Ajax tortures, disfigures and transforms him into Deadpool. The rogue experiment leaves Deadpool with accelerated healing powers and a twisted sense of humor. With help from mutant allies Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Deadpool uses his new skills to hunt down the man who nearly destroyed his life. Directed by Tim Miller and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, it is a spin-off of the X-Men film series and its overall eighth installment. Ryan Reynolds stars as the titular character, alongside Morena Baccarin as Vanessa Carlysle, Ed Skrein as Francis Freeman / Ajax, T.J. Miller as Weasel, Gina Carano as Angel Dust, and Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead. The film achieved both critical and commercial success, earning $782.6 million against a $58 million budget, becoming the ninth-highest-grossing film of 2016 and breaking numerous records, including the highest-grossing film in the X-Menseries and the highest-grossing R-rated film at the time. Based on the comic character created by Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza who first appeared in New Mutants #98(December 1990). The film released originally on February 12, 2016 and is available to stream right now. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back author and comic book writer Alex Segura to discuss his Daredevil novel Enemy of My Enemy and more! Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of Secret Identity, which The New York Times called “wittily original” and named an Editor’s Choice. NPR described the novel as “masterful,” and it received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist. The sequel, Alter Ego, hit shelves everywhere on December 3, 2024. His science fiction novel Dark Space with Rob Hart released on October 8, 2024 while his Araña and Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow book released in May 2023. In the world of comics, Segura is the writer of Archie, Dick Tracy (Mad Cave), Spider-Society (Marvel), Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku (Marvel), The Black Ghost (ComiXology), Batman: The Brave and the Bold (DC), and many more! Alex also has a trade paperback of The Legendary Lynx which ties into to his novels Secret Identity and Alter Ego. More recently Segura has been at the helm of the main Star Wars series at Marvel Comics. His latest novel, Enemy of My Enemy, hits bookstores everywhere on March 24, 2026. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic creator Tony Fleecs to the podcast to discuss Deathstroke: The Terminator and more! Tony Fleecs is a prolific and critically acclaimed comic book creator and TV writer. His comics have sold millions of copies in the United States and have been translated and reprinted all over the world. Tony's creator owned books include Stray Dogs (2021,) Feral (2024,) Uncanny Valley (2024,) Local Man (2023) and Time Shopper (2022.) His work has been nominated for multiple Eisner Awards and the Ringo Award. Tony has worked for every major U.S. comics publisher. You've seen his name on some of your favorite comic book titles like Star Wars, Rick & Morty, Avengers, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Batman, TMNT, Transformers, Army of Darkness and a literal ton of My Little Pony. He also wrote on the wildly popular Netflix show My Little Pony: Make Your Mark. Deathstroke: The Terminator hits local comic shops on March 18, 2026 from DC Comics. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book writer Jude Ellison S. Doyleto the podcast to discuss his latest comic series Dead Teenagers and more! Jude Ellison S. Doyle is an author, journalist, and comic book writer living in upstate New York. Under his former pen name “Sady Doyle,” Jude founded the feminist blog Tiger Beatdown in 2008. He is the author of Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear... and Why (Melville House 2016), which has been called "smart, funny and fearless" (Boston Globe), "compelling" and "persuasive" (New York Times Book Review). The Atlantic predicted that "Trainwreck will very likely join the feminist canon." Doyle’s second book, Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy and the Fear of Female Power (Melville House, 2019) was named a Best Non-Fiction Book of 2019 by Kirkus Reviews and was shortlisted for Starburst Magazine’s Brave New Words award. His first non-fiction book under his real name, DILF: Did I Leave Feminism, was published by Melville House in the fall of 2025. In 2021, Jude published his first comic: Maw, a limited-series horror comic with artist A.L. Kaplan, for BOOM! Studios. His follow-up, The Neighbors with artist Letizia Cadonici, was published in 2023, and was nominated for a 2024 GLAAD award for “Outstanding Comic.” Both are now available in collected edition. Jude’s third limited series with BOOM! Studios, Be Not Afraid with artist Lisandro Estherren, debuted in summer 2025, and Dead Teenagers, a limited series with artist Caitlin Yarsky, will be out from Oni Press in March 2026. Jude Doyle has led several successful social media awareness campaigns, including #MooreandMe and #MenCallMeThings, won the Women's Media Center’s first Social Media Award in 2011, and was a founding staffer at Rookie Magazine and a contributor to the bestselling anthologies Book of Jezebel, Nasty Women and It Came From the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror. His pieces have appeared in Elle, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Buzzfeed, and all across the Internet. He co-wrote the libretto for a German experimental music piece about Princess Diana. He currently writes a regular column at Xtra, Canada’s premier LGBTQIA+ magazine. He has a newsletter that’s not on Substack. He’s been invited to Italy three times, which was not enough. He once made a flowchart about farts for the New York Times. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus to the podcast to discuss Partially Devoured and more! Kraus is a New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. He is the author of books such as Rotters, The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, The Shape of Water, The Living Dead, Pay the Piper, Whalefall, Angel Down and the upcoming Partially Devoured and The Sixth Nik. The movie adaptation of Whalefall is set to hit theaters soon starring Josh Brolin. It was recently announced that Angel Down has been optioned for a feature film as well! In the world of Comics, Kraus is the writer of Year Zero: Volume 0, The Autumnal, Trojan, and the recently released Athanasia. Partially Devoured hits shelves at bookstores everywhere on March 10, 2026 from Counterpoint Press. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes author Barry Hertz to the podcast to discuss his book Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious and more! Hertz is the award-winning Deputy Arts Editor and Film Editor for The Globe and Mail, Canada’s leading national newspaper, based in Toronto. Over the past two decades, he has reviewed thousands of movies, interviewed hundreds of actors and filmmakers, and covered every angle of the industry from festivals, sets, and markets around the world. His book, Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, hit bookstores everywhere on November 25, 2025 from Grand Central Publishing. The audiobook, narrated by the author himself, is available via Libro.fm! Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book writer Fearless Fred Kennedy to the podcast to discuss his latest comic series The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre and more! Kennedy is a radio host, actor, and comic book writer. He works for the Toronto radio station Q107. He is known for his Image Comics series Dead Romans as well as his fan made Star Wars story podcast, Mud79. His latest comic The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre hit local comic shops on February 18, 2026 from Mad Cave Studios. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic creator Kyle Starks to the podcast to discuss his latest comic series End of Life, Wrestle Heist, Devil on my Shoulder, and more! Starks is a three-time Eisner nominated comic creator from Southern Indiana. He is likely best known as the longest tenured writer and occasional artist for Oni Press' Rick and Morty comic and the hit series Peacemaker Tries Hard! for DC Comics. He was nominated for Eisners for Sexcastle, Rock Candy Mountain, and I Hate This Place for best humor publication. In recent years Kyle has released Where Monsters Lie, Where Monsters Lie: Cull-de-Sac, Those Not Afraid, and his Minor Threats' miniseries Barfly all at Dark Horse. His current series include Wrestle Heist, Devil on my Shoulder, and The Unprintable Rick and Morty. His latest series End of Life hits your local comic shops on February 18 from the Vertigo imprint at DC Comics. He has also worked on Skybound’s Assassin Nation with Erica Henderson, 6 Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton with Chris Schweizer at Image Comics, Marvel Unleashed at Marvel Comics, DC Comics' Harley Quinn: Black White and Redder, Wild Dog in Batman: Brave and the Bold, Dynamite Comics' Mars Attacks with Schweizer, Oni Press' Dead of Winterand many more. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@cap...

Star Wars Podcast Day 2026 is here! Star Wars comic book writer Marc Guggenheim joins Justin Soderberg to discuss Guggenheim's upcoming Star Wars: Jar Jar comic series as well as more from the Star Wars universe! Star Wars Podcast Day is an unofficial celebration of the Star Wars fan audio community. Every year our event brings together approximately 100 shows, sharing their love of fan made audio with other Star Wars fans, as well as the wider podcast listening audience. Think of it as a little version of May the Fourth. Guggenheim is former Boston lawyer who left practicing law when he was hired to write on David E. Kelley's Emmy-winning show about Boston attorneys, The Practice. Guggenheim then joined Law & Order, where he wrote for three seasons before moving on to the critically acclaimed series Jack & Bobby and the ratings juggernaut CSI: Miami. Marc continued in writing for the screen when he collaborated with Greg Berlanti on feature film versions of the DC Comics characters Green Lantern and The Flash. Green Lantern was released as a major motion picture starring Ryan Reynolds in June 2011. The duo then went on to co-create Arrow, which spawned a “universe” of related series and events, culminating in 2020’s Crisis On Infinite Earths, a five-hour, six-series crossover. In 2020, directed his first episode of television (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow) which made several “best of year” lists. A life-long comic book fan, Guggenheim has been writing comics professionally for twenty years, working on titles for both Marvel Comics (Blade, X-Men, Spider-Man), DC Comics (The Flash, Superman, Batman), and original creator-owned works (Resurrection, Halcyon, Nowhere Man, Jonas Quantum, Stringers). He is currently developing two of his creator-owned graphic novels Too Dead to Die and Last Flight Out as a movie for Universal Studios and a television series for Netflix, respectively. In the world of Star Wars, Guggenheim has written Star Wars: Age of Republic Special (2019), Star Wars: Age of Rebellion Special (2019), Star Wars: Han Solo & Chewbacca (2022-2023), Star Wars: Revelations (2022 & 2023), Star Wars: Yoda (2022-2023), Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Jabba's Palace (2023), Star Wars: Dark Droids – D-Squad(2023), Star Wars: Jedi Knights (2025), Free Comic Book Day 202...

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back author Saratoga Schaefer to the podcast to discuss their upcoming novel Trad Wife and more! Schaefer is the author Serial Killer Support Group and sophomore novel Trad Wife coming in February 2026, as well as The Last Time We Drowned and A Thousand Monstrous Forms out later in 2026. Saratoga was born and raised in New York City. Besides being an avid reader and writer, Saratoga is also sober, and in their spare time, teaches yoga, climbs rocks, and hikes mountains. Trad Wife hits bookstores everywhere on February 10, 2026 from Crooked Lane Books Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes author Brian Raftery to the podcast to discuss his latest book, Hannibal Lecter: A Life, and more! Raftery is a journalist, podcaster, and author. His works include the books Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen (2019) and the upcoming Hannibal Lecter: A Life (2026), both published by Simon & Schuster. He also wrote and hosted the narrative podcasts Mission Accomplished, The Hollywood Hack, Do We Get to Win this Time?, and Gene & Roger, all produced by Spotify and The Ringer. He is a former senior writer for Wired, Brian’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, GQ, The Ringer, and New York, among several other publications. Hannibal Lecter: A Life hits bookstores everywhere on February 10, 2026 from Simon & Schuster. The audiobook, narrated by the author himself, is available for preorder via Libro.fm! Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic book writer and illustrator Kristen Gudsnuk to the podcast to discuss Touched by a Demon and more! Kristen Gudsnuk is a comics writer and illustrator. She got her start with the webcomic Henchgirl, which was later published by Scout Comics in single issue and Dark Horse as a collection. Her other works include the middle grade graphic novel series Making Friends from Graphix, the Minecraft: Wither Without You trilogy, co-illustrating Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch by Emily Hampshire, and illustrating Modern Fantasy by Rafer Roberts. Her upcoming Dark Horse series Touched by a Demon kicks off January 21, 2026 at local comic shops. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic book writer and author Benjamin Percyto the podcast to discuss all things comics and more! Benjamin Percy is an author and comic book writer who has seven novels to his name including most recently The Sky Vault, the final book in The Comet Cycle series. He broke into comics in 2014 and has many big titles on his resume including a long run on X-Force, Wolverine, Teen Titans, Nightwing, and the upcoming Dungeons of Doom, Punisher, and Star Wars: Shadow of Maul. Percy wrote two, ten-episode seasons of the audio drama Wolverine, which are presently streaming now on all podcast apps. The Long Night was listed as one of the top 15 podcasts of the year by Apple and won the iHeart Radio Award for best scripted podcast in 2018. His latest podcast is Wastelanders: Old Man Starlord (produced by Marvel and SiriusXM/Pandora), a post-apocalyptic take on the Guardians of the Galaxy that stars Timothy Busfield, Chris Elliot, Vanessa Williams, and Danny Glover. He also has sold many scripts to major production companies, including a few currently in development. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes IDW Publishing's Gregg Katzman to the podcast to discuss the year that was and the year upcoming at IDW and more! Katzman is the Senior Publicity Manager at IDW Publishing where he is in charge of promoting the entire IDW catalog by working with the creative teams, press, and media to ensure the success of the series. He works with the direct market, such as comic book stores, to promote the series such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Trek, Godzilla, IDW Dark, and more! Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic book retailer Paul Eaton back to the program to discuss our 2025 Comics of the Year. It's that time of the year once again! Our good friend and Galactic Comics & Collectibles shop owner, Paul Eaton, joins us again this year to countdown our favorite comics of 2025. This year, as in the past, both Justin and Paul discuss MOSTLY independent comics. What comics made the cut? Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes author and actor Tim Blake Nelson to the podcast to discuss his latest novel Superhero and much more! Nelson is an author, actor, and playwright best known for his acting roles in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America: Brave New World, Minority Report, The Fantastic Four, Holes, and many more! As an author his has penned novels such as City of Blows and the recently released Superhero. Superhero hit bookshelves everywhere on December 2, 2025 from Unnamed Press with an audiobook dropping on February 3, 2026. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic writer Hannah Rose May to the podcast to discuss The Guy in the Chair, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Smile: For the Camera, and more! Hannah Rose May is an Irish writer and actress know for her comics Rogues' Gallery, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, and The Guy in the Chair. Hannah has a stacked start to 2026 with the 1600 Penn sequel The Exorcism at Buckingham Palaceas well as Smile: For the Camera based in the Smile world from the feature films. As an actress, May has starred alongside her The Guy in the Chair co-writer Utkarsh Ambudkar on Ghosts, as well as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Ballers,Shooter, Altered Carbon, and more. The third issue in The Guy in the Chair drops on December 24, 2025 from Dark Horse. Smile: For the Camera #1 and The Exorcism at Buckingham Palace #1 are set to hit local comic shops in February and March 2026 respectively from IDW Publishing. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic creator Tyler Crook to the podcast to discuss his contribution to Hello Darkness #17, Out of Alcatraz, and more! Crook is a comic book artist and writer. After more than a decade of working in the video game industry, he transitioned to creating comics in 2011 with his first book, Petrograd. This effort won him the coveted Russ Manning Promising Newcomer award. In the years since then he has worked on titles like The Sixth Gun, BPRD: Hell on Earth, Witchfinder, Black Hammer, and most notably Harrow County, which was nominated for an Eisner award. In 2022, Tyler released The Lonesome Hunters, the first comic book series he both wrote and drew. His work has been awarded two Ghastly Awards and a Brahm Stoker Award and has been nominated for several Eisner Awards. His comics are notable for their lush traditional watercolor and ink rendering and emotive character work. Crook contributed to the Hello Darkness issue #17 which hits local comic shops on December 24, 2026 from BOOM! Studios. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book retailer Paul Eaton to the program to discuss everyone's favorite Christmas movie, Die Hard! New York City policeman John McClane is visiting his estranged wife on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there's no one to save the hostages, but him. Die Hard was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. It stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, and Bonnie Bedelia, with Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, and Hart Bochner in supporting roles. Over the years, there has been much debate over whether the film is a Christmas movie. Some have defended that since Die Hard's Christmas setting is enough to classify the movie as a Christmas film. While others, argue that it is an action film whose events happen to take place at Christmas. Die Hard released in theaters on July 15, 1988. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic writer David M. Booher to the podcast to discuss Malloch the Damned, EC Comics Shiver SuspenStories and more! Booher is a GLAAD-nominated writer who has created comics for Dark Horse, Image Comics, IDW Publishing, Vault Comics and BOOM! Studios. His all-ages fantasy series Canto is in development as a feature film with Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios. His LGBTQ-led Killer Queens has been featured in the New York Times as a must-read in honor of Pride Month. He is also known for his work on Ghostbusters at Dark Horse as well as Specs at BOOM! Studios. Shiver SuspenStories hits shelves at local comic shops on December 11, 2025 from Oni Press. You can back his Kickstarter for Malloch the Doomed right now! Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspod Twitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspod Instagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/capesandtights.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtights Website: https://capesandtights.com