Direct Edition

Cartoonist Sanford Greene (Bitter Root) returns to Direct Edition to discuss Darkseid vs. The World, his upcoming DC All-In saga with Scott Snyder. He explains how a retailer's offhand suggestion inspired a two year pitch-to-page journey, and how his admiration for Jack Kirby's Hunger Dogs shaped his take on Darkseid, and the instincts that keep things simple. Sanford talks about being immortalized on Czarface's "Omega Beam", selling out the Ink Alliance Teen Titans variant cover,...

Legendary cartoonist Stan Sakai returns to Direct Edition to discuss The Art of Stan Sakai, his first-ever Kickstarter: an oversized art book collecting five decades of work. Sakai shares his lifelong love of physical media, the trial-and-error watercolor technique that gives his paintings their glow, and the Koh-I-Noor pen he stockpiled 20 years ago when it was discontinued. The two discuss Sakai's 40-year friendship with Sergio Aragonés, broadening Usagi’s world with the Kagemus...

Artist Eric Zawadzki joins Dave to discuss Assorted Crisis Events, the ambitious, award-winning anthology co-created with writer Deniz Camp. Zawadzki talks visual reinvention, his innovative Pixar-style drafting process, and the impostor syndrome that flared up after winning an Eisner. The two discuss the word-of-mouth momentum that helped quadruple the book's sales, meeting Scott McCloud at San Diego, and why Michael Mann's Collateral sits in his all-time top ten films. Subscri...

Writer Chris Condon joins Dave to discuss the return of That Texas Blood (Image Comics), his Indiana Jones-esque pulp adventure Ezra Cain (Vertigo), and Of the Earth (Image), his collaboration with Charlie Adlard. Condon shares his love of slow-burn storytelling, how trust fuels his ongoing creative partnerships, and the 70s cinema (Alien & Jaws) that shapes his writing. The two discuss the FX TV option in the works for That Texas Blood, his upcoming Thor project with Jesse Lonergan...

Matteo Scalera returns to Direct Edition to discuss his fill-in on Batman issues 13 and 14, part of Matt Fraction's Bad Seeds event. Scalera talks about saying yes after years of turning down DC, collaborating with colorist Tomeu Morey, and bringing choreographed intensity to the book's fight scenes inspired by movies like The Raid. The two discuss the passion fueling DC's current renaissance, the long journey of The Fourth Father to backers' hands, and Scalera's upcoming return to work...