Dollar Bin Bandits

Tom Mandrake is a magician… of comic book art! From his early days on Grimjack, New Mutants, and Batman to his acclaimed work with John Ostrander on The Spectre and Martian Manhunter series, Mandrake…

Cartoons! You love them and so do we. The Fleischer Cartoon Studio created some of the most groundbreaking cartoons ever, and this week's guest, Ray Pointer, gives us the history behind them. An anim…

Dan DiDio's back. And for the first time in a while, the whole gang's here (even Joe, calling in from vacation)! This time, we dive deep into Dan's new prestige comics line with Frank Miller called, …

From DC Comics intern to award-winning independent artist, Jamal Igle brings focus and creativity to his every project. After the internship and building his comics resume with small publishers, Jama…

Jamar Nicholas is in the house! And we couldn't be happier to have him. Creator of the hit kids' graphic novel, Leon: Protector of the Playground, Jamar kickstarted his cartooning career in 1997 with…

Another inker extraordinaire to add to our collection! It's Randy Emberlin, a prolific artist who embellished some of our favorite work around, including G.I. Joe, Doctor Strange, Alien Legion, and D…

It's the simple story of a letterer-turned-cartoonist, who conquered the world of children's entertainment with the ongoing Ordinary People Change the World book series and the associated Xavier Ridd…

Michael dialed in all the way from Israel to talk turkey with the Bandits on this bonus Friday episode. He started, as so many of our guests do, at Neal Adams' Continuity Studio, where he first worke…

Animation legend Tom Cook joins the Bandits for some cartoon craziness! Tom has done it all, from He-Man & the Masters of the Universe and She-Ra: Princess of Power to the Smurfs, Super Friends, and …

Heeeeeeeee's back! That's right, co-creator of everyone's favorite Merc with a Mouth, Fabian Nicieza, returns to the DBB hot seat to run his own mouth. We dive back into some of the voids we left in …

Ever heard of Howard the Duck? Of course you have! It just so happens that today's guest, Val Mayerik, co-created that filthy foul way back in 1973 while working on Man-Thing stories for Marvel's Adv…

It's two Butlers for the price of one as Steven Butler and his daughter Lily join the show! Steven is a penciller/inker who's worked on everything from Web of Spider-Man and Silver Sable for Marvel t…

Let's begin with a list. Here are some of the cartoons that today's guest, Buzz Dixon, contributed to: Heathcliff, Thundarr the Barbarian, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Dungeons & Dragons, Mister T, G.I. …

The Bandits wade into controversial waters as artist/writer Chris Wozniak joins the show. His career bona fides are not in question: he started right out of school at DC as an inker, soon switched to…

Who's ready to break some backs?! That's right, Jim Valentino, the man behind our favorite maiming vigilante ShadowHawk is here to talk to the Bandits about his career and creations. Having started o…

Get ready for a wild one, folks! In another "Oren Only" exclusive, the solo Bandit talks to Bill Leff, host of the MeTV cartoon show, Toon In with Me. It's a fun-filled conversation complete with tan…

A writer and editor par excellence, Bob Greenberger started out just like you and me: as a fan. After cutting his editorial teeth at Starlog Press, Bob joined DC, where he initially worked with lumin…

You may know Bob Wiacek's name from the many other artists he's worked with: Carmine Infantino, Paul Smith, John Byrne, past guest June Brigman, past guest Walt Simonson, John Romita Jr., and past gu…

Despite having worked (written and/or illustrated) for most of the major comic publishers, Kevin VanHook is probably best known for his work at Valiant in the early 90s. He co-created Bloodshot, and …

Best known for co-creating the Black series of comics, Kwanza Osajyefo began his comics journey at Marvel, where he worked with Bandit Mike and past guest John Roberts (ComiXology) in the early 2000s…