In this very special episode (download here), we are joined by none other than Mike “Doc” Allred, artist and writer extraordinaire. You know Mike (and his wonderful wife Laura, who beautifully colors most of his work) through his ground-breaking work on Madman, X-Force and X-Static, Red Rocket 7, The Golden Plates, Metamorpho (with Neil Gaiman, for DC’s Wednesday’s Comics) and much more! Mike is a distinctive and original voice in comics, and he has not only enjoyed great success in indie/creator owned comics, but major company success as well!

Mike is kind enough to share with us his beginnings in the comics field and how the death of Gwen Stacy, and discovering rock and roll and chicks, almost turned him off comics forever! Fortunately for us, Mike was again exposed to comics later on and rediscovered his love for them! Mike also shares how rock and roll exists in comics, and how the two are completely intertwined for him.

Cally shares an embarrassing encounter he had with Mike at a comic convention, plus we get the lowdown on some of his equipment, how he thinks it’s awesome to work with his wife, and Mike talks about his personal project of the Book Of Mormon comic adaptation The Golden Plates. All this, plus a major ass-kissing by Cally! Good stuff.

You can check out Mike and Laura at

http://www.aaapop.com/main.php

and

http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=708

Thank you so much Mike! It was a great pleasure and honor to talk to you – and you made Cally’s life 100,000,000,000 times better!

After the interview, we are joined by Jim/BZ4L (who gives us a Cold Storage review) and – holy cow! – we talk about some comic news!!! Everybody talks about the comics they’ve been reading, plus the long-awaited return of SPENCE VS. CALLY!!!!

Don’t bother listening to this episode with socks on, because they’ll just get knocked off anyways!

Reviews for this week: Criminal (Sinners) #1 and Haunt #1

Cold Storage Review: Cla$$War

Musical Selection: One Eternity At A Time, by The Gear  (Mike’s band)

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