Dollar Bin Bandits

The man behind one of the most enduring independent characters of all time, Captain Canuck, brings his maple leaves to the Dollar Bin Bandits! That's right, Richard Comely joins Oren and special gues…

Joe and Mike remember the comics work and careers of three all-time greats that left us in recent months. We dig into Neal Adams' defining art on Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow, as he brought a…

It's the stuff of legend. Barbara Randall Kesel writes a 10-page letter to Dick Giordano, DC's head honcho in the 80s, explaining why the publisher was failing both its female character and readers. …

Once an editor at DC and Dark Horse, Michael Eury is now a historian and promoter of the comic book medium and pop culture in general. Since 2003, he's edited Back Issue! (TwoMorrows Publishing), a m…

Dan Brereton is an artists' artist. Skilled as much with a paint brush as a pencil, he broke onto the comics scene via Eclipse Comics and the Black Terror limited series. He then hooked up with DC, w…

Transformers! Transformers, Transformers, Transformers. If you don't like where this is going, abandon ship now, because our guest today has been associated with Transformers comics for over 30 years…

Under-appreciated. It's a label that applies to many of the creators we have on this show, but never has it applied more than to today's guest: Rick Burchett. A journeyman penciller who's worked at v…

Are you ready? Our old-timey podcast is going full Matrix with the co-creator of the digital comics platform ComiXology: John Roberts! A genius of the ones and zeroes, this is the guy who took our pr…

What, another member of the Crusty Bunkers?! That's right, time to punch one more hole in your CB frequency card, because we have Mr. Carl Potts on the pod! This card-carrying member of Neal Adams' C…

How do you separate yourself from all the other independent books in an ever growing market? Well, Austin Hough (The Masters) and Phillip Russertt (Tragedy) are doing just that with books that featur…

No, not Edward Leialoha (Torpedo) from G.I. Joe. You see, that character was named after today's guest: inker, penciller, and all-around chill dude, Steve Leialoha! After starting his career on the e…

Break out the cloning machine because we've got not one, but two amazing guests on the same episode this week! That's right, in another Oren Only edition, the Bandits welcome writers Howard Mackie an…

Reed Tucker (or Reed Tucker as we call him) is a freelance journalist and writer, who has hundreds of magazines and articles to his name. But more importantly, he's the guy who wrote Slugfest: Inside…

Writer extraordinaire Steven Grant is in the hot seat this week. You may know him best from the famous mid-80s Punisher mini-series he created with Mike Zeck. But he's got a lot more under his belt. …

He's back, and he's not just talking Silver Surfer! Ron Lim returns for a career retrospective, starting with Badger and Ex Mutants, going heavy on the Infinity Trilogy (Gauntlet, War, Crusade), and …

What's it like to put on a comic convention? Ask today's guest, Mitch Hallock, who has almost single-handedly grown TerrifiCon into Connecticut's largest comic book convention! How does he find guest…

Yes, that Aaron Lopresti! The artist behind Malibu's Ultraverse's Sludge joins the Bandits for a retrospective of his impressive comic book career. From X-Men, Captain Marvel, and Planet Hulk at Marv…

Presenting, among other things, the 10th Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics: Mr. Tom DeFalco! Tom has done basically everything in comics, from shepherding Hasbro-licensed comics G.I. Joe and Transform…

What are friends for? Why, co-writing comics of course! Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn (or Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin if you like) are the dynamic duo behind big chunk of DC's 1980s output. They may be bes…

Probably best known for his work with Mark Waid on Captain America, Ron Garney couldn't be more different than the star spangled Sentinel of Liberty. He's a certified badass that had to wake up the d…