Today we’re dropping a special bonus podcast episode in celebration of Batman Day!  In the early 2000s we got the opportunity to write and draw one of the great comic book heroes of the 20th century. There was tremendous excitement coupled with a dose of terror as we set our creative sights on representing this towering cultural icon in the beginning of the new millennium. From our first foray into the world of the Dark Knight in Batman Chronicles #21, with the Elseworlds short story, “Apocalypse Girl”, to our 8-issue series, “Batman: City of Light”, for DC Comics, we look back at creating stories about Gotham City during Y2K, and in the tragic shadow of the 911 attacks on New York City, and how we navigated the influence of these global events while writing and drawing one of our childhood heroes…The Batman!” www.panderbros.comIG: @panderbrosFB: @panderbrothersOur Etsy Shop!

This Pander Bros. Podcast episode we look back at working with legendary comic book writer Matt Wagner to draw his renowned indie comic book series “Grendel: Devil’s Legacy”, the series that launched our career in the burgeoning indie comics industry. We had no idea what we were in for as this early opportunity opened up new doors into an industry where we had to find our way at a young age, challenging us creatively and professionally.www.panderbros.comIG: @panderbrosFB: @panderbrothersOur Etsy Shop!

This episode we go back in time to the rain soaked streets of Portland, Oregon in the 1980’s where two two teenagers with dreams of making movies and comics found a way to fulfill their creative aspirations. We share the rough and tumble times of starting out as freelance artists, and what led to our first big break -  drawing the nationally published indie comic book series GRENDEL: DEVIL'S LEGACY, written by Matt Wagner and published by Dark Horse Comics.www.panderbros.comIG: @panderbrosFB: @panderbrothersOur Etsy Shop!

What goes into making a graphic novel? When Covid-19 hit and stopped the world as we knew it we went from collaborating in the same studio to being in lockdown for months in separate places. We had been planning to get an indie movie into production, but the pandemic put that all on hold. Instead, Arnold began working on the followup to our vampire horror story graphic novel, GirlFIEND, this time set in Paris, France. This new book took a very different approach from the first book, which was in the pulp crime fiction genre, and this time went for a more elegant coffee table book feel, eventually published as a hardbound book colored with a mix of real and digital watercolor. Here's a quick synopsis of GirlFIEND in Paris, published by Dark Horse Comics:The fugitive romance continues between Karina, a day-walking vampire, and Nick, a nocturnal mortal. Living out their storybook fantasy in Paris by day and hunting down criminals by night to feed Karinas hunger, Nick's moral line continues to be pushed to the limit. When Karina discovers her latest prey holds a dark criminal secret, it will put their immortal love-pact to the test when they attempt to rescue an innocent girl from a deadly underworld plot. This hardcover graphic novella--told by Karina in poetic verse--is rendered with crisp line art and lush digital watercolor, and also contains a new GirlFIEND pinup gallery.GirlFIEND in Paris on Amazon: https://a.co/d/5ZAreRDwww.panderbros.comIG: @panderbrosFB: @panderbrothersOur Etsy Shop!

In part two of our conversation about GirlFIEND, we pivot from pitching our vampire screenplay in Hollywood to adapting the story into a graphic novel for Dark Horse Comics, and embracing digital drawing to get the job done.Drawing GirlFIEND on the Wacom Cintiq [Digital Drawing Timelapse]: https://youtu.be/0NAUzj-VG3ICheck out this podcast episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PAAdwNUT6kowww.panderbros.comIG: @panderbrosFB: @panderbrothersOur Etsy Shop!

Welcome to the first episode of the Pander Bros. Podcast! We start off with part one of a three part deep dive into our recent vampire horror story graphic novel series GirlFIEND, published by Dark Horse Comics.Watch the full podcast episode here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yCzs8Y5fyCswww.panderbros.comIG: @panderbrosFB: @panderbrothersOur Etsy Shop!

Welcome to the Pander Brothers Podcast where we talk comics, movies, and cross media storytelling!  We're a collaborative brother team working in comics, film and new media, with over 30 years writing and drawing comics like BATMAN for DC, drawing GRENDEL: Devil’s Legacy, and creating our own characters for a host of indie publishers including GirlFIEND from Dark Horse Comics We're excited to launch the first season of our new podcast coming in July. To get notified about each new episode subscribe to the Pander Brothers Podcast!www.panderbros.comIG: @panderbrosFB: @panderbrothersOur Etsy Shop!