The Sewer Mutant podcast is back at last! And I'm joined by a new co-host, John Ekleberry, who you might remember from the Sewer Mutant episode on James O'Barr. We're starting a podcast companion to the History of the Dark Age of Comics article series. This first episode is an introduction to the topic, then we'll be discussing a number of Dark Age milestones. Next up we'll discuss some precursors of the Dark Age, with an episode on Alack Sinner followed by a two-parter on Warrior magazine.

This month Miguel Ángel Espinoza talks about his RPG Nahaul, based on the Mexican outlaw comic Operación Bolívar.

Music by Krudler.

Show notes

Sunderland is a series of dystopian sci-fi graphic novels rendered entirely in woodcuts by Jon Renzella. Jon joins me this month about woodcut comics, end times, and Taiwan. Music by Krudler. Show notes: https://sewermutant.com/sewer-mutant-podcast-woodcut-comics-with-sunderland-creator-jon-renzella-a0483f764205

You've probably heard of The Crow, James O'Barr's tale of revenge that became a film, TV show, and pop culture phenomenon. But O'Barr did a few lesser-known works that I've been obsessed with for years. For this episode, I'm joined by John Ekleberry, a longtime James O'Barr collector behind the old fansite Shattered in the Head and more recently the James O'Barr collector site to unpack our shared obsession with O'Barr's work. Music: https://krudler.bandcamp.com

This month I talk with Eddie Raymond, the person behind the Strangers fanzine, distro, and publishing house. Eddie's tagline "A Celebration of the Forgotten and Overlooked" could well be our own tagline here at Sewer Mutant! Show notes here. Music by Krudler.

For this month's trash barrel fireside chat, I interviewed Nicholas Bunch and MechanicalPencilGirl, two of the people behind my favorite current comic: Reptile House Comix. Nick and MPG talked me through Reptile House's origins, their editorial philosophy, and what we can expect next.