Comics For You
Hear from comics industry insiders about how everything from Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and more stories journey from an idea to your local comic book shop. This is a one-stop resource to learn everything you've ever wanted to know about how comics are made for you.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 16
- Years Active
- 2025
Episode 16: Liana Kangas - "You're Trying to Equal Out Being You"
Artist Liana Kangas joins Matthew on Comics For You! Liana gets into her origins in fine art, comics retail, and discusses how building a community of incredible comics creators helped her find her p…
Episode 15: Hunter Gorinson - "Why Doesn't Disney Only Make Billion Dollar Blockbusters?"
The President and Publisher of Oni Press, Hunter Gorinson comes on to give you some insights behind the scenes of one of the highest pressure jobs in all of comics. What's it take to run an entire p…
Episode 14: Morgan Perry - "Manga Are Comics"
Comics For You welcomes Morgan Perry, Marketing Manager, Book Publishing for Square Enix America! Morgan deep dives into all things manga, manwha, manua. From the best starter reads, to how she works…
Episode 13: Anthony Del Col - "All Roads Lead To Deadlines"
Super excited for our guest this episode! Anthony Del Col is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer/producer of podcasts and comics. His comics and graphic novels include KILL SHAKESPEARE with the latest co…
Episode 12: Jake Williams - "People Can Feel When You're Taking a Big Swing"
Editor Jake Williams of IDW Publishing stops by to talk all things Godzilla as he helps launch the new "Kai-Sei Era" of titles! Jake tells us about his comic book origin story, how he found the voice…
Episode 11 - Jorge Corona "I Cannot Wait For My Era Of Burning Every Bridge"
Matthew is joined by incendiary artist Jorge Corona. Jorge’s currently killing it on the beloved and bestselling Transformers series with Daniel Warren Johnson for Skybound but they also talk about J…
Episode 10: Harley Salbacka - "I Gotta Be The Ocean"
We've reached episode ten!!!! Matthew's joined by Harley Salbacka, Community and Events Manager for Tiny Onion. Harley talks all things about planning, designing, budgeting, and building booths at co…
Episode 9 - Morgan Beem: "Go With God, Ask For More Money"
Matthew and artist Morgan Beem are on. Comics For You this weekend talking all about what it was like working on their book CRASHING, green flags and red flags reviewing pitches, negotiating rates, t…
Episode 8: Robbie Thompson - "You Sit In Your Shame Bucket and Write Your Story"
Matthew is joined on this episode by TV, film, and comics scribe Robbie Thompson. Robbie gets into the similarities between working across TV, film, and comic books; the incredible support from Super…
Episode 7: Amy Chu - "Why Not? What's the Worst That Can Happen?"
Comics scribe Amy Chu is on the pod to talk about her extraordinary career(s!) on the path that led her to being a Bram Stoker Award winning writer. From getting degrees at M.I.T. and Harvard, publis…
Episode 6 - Gregg Katzman: "Plan To Pivot"
Welcome to another episode of Comics For You! This time around, Senior Publicity Manager for IDW Publishing, Gregg Katzman joins Matthew to discuss crafting, promoting, and delivering the messaging t…
Episode 5: Chris Condon - "Make It More Daredevil"
This week Matthew's joined by rising star comics scribe Chris Condon of the current Green Arrow run at DC Comics, a smash hit launch of Ultimate Wolverine for Marvel, and so much more! Chris comes to…
Episode 4: Rob Young - "You Quit Last, You Win"
Rob Young, who runs SC Comic Con with his wife Michele, and owner of Borderlands Comics and Games in Greenville, SC drops by to discuss all the ins and outs of running a comic book convention! Want t…
Episode 3 - Heather Antos: "It's Chess, Not Checkers"
Group Editor for IDW Publishing, Heather Antos, joins Matthew to give a unique insight into making comics while having to work with massive licensors like Lucasfilm, Mattel, Paramount, Nickelodeon, a…
Episode 2 - Kat Calamia and Phil Falco: "Pretend Like No One's Ever Heard of You"
Kat Calamia and Phil Falco join Matthew to discuss the ins and outs of crowdfunding comic books on Kickstarter. Hear how they forged a path as creators that essentially didn't exist and have successf…
Episode 1 - Alex Segura: "I Have To Be A Fan To Do This"
Welcome to the first episode of COMICS FOR YOU! To kick things off Matthew is talking to Alex Segura, a prolific comic book writer currently working on stories for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Mad Cave …