Heidi MacDonald talks with animator and comics creator Alice Darrow about her comic 'Tramps of the Apocalypse'; and guest contributor Badr Milligan interviews Patrick Horvath about his graphic novel 'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring'; recorded live at San Diego Comic-Con.

Heidi's SDCC 2026, and news from the con including the leaked Eisner Awards; threats of closing Hall H; new licensed comics at Dark Horse and Marvel; the Independent Manga Alliance; and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts.

Marvel Comics announces a move to California, and a new Editor In Chief; Dark Horse unveils new leadership; San Diego Comic-Con is around the corner; Comix Wellspring goes on hiatus; and the Japanese government invests tens of billions into anime and manga industries.

Stephanie Williams becomes the first black woman nominated for a writing Eisner; the dispute between cartoonist Tilly Walden and academic Rachel Hope Cleves over ‘Charity & Silvia’; the new Supergirl movie; Heidi's experiences at ALA; a look toward SDCC 2026; comics on Kickstarter; AI translation in comics and light novels and more.

Heidi talks with the creator of the classic "The Dark Knight", "Sin City" and "600" comics about his life, his art and his new autobiography 'Push the Wall'

A tribute to the late Marjane Satrapi, creator of 'Persepolis'; and discuss the legal drama at Archie Comics and the publisher's future; a union update at Dark Horse; layoffs at Paizo; novel methods of promoting 'Rom #1' and Supergirl giveaway comics; 'Gender Queer' gets a new edition; and reexamining Alan Moore as a novelist.

A very tumultuous two weeks in comics with news of Dark Horse reorganizing and unionizing, Marvel getting a new boss, Boom losing its boss, AI and the Eisners and more!

This year's Eisner nominations; Jack Kirby Way Day; Midnight Marvel and Marvel's slump; data showing that comics creators are suffering despite industry successes; the webtoon and webnovel under fair trade investigation in Korea; and Comixology turns off the lights as Neon Ichiban builds up speed.

Heidi talks with comics historian/curator Roy Schwartz who led the campaign to get a street named after Jack Kirby. Schwartz shares some of the behind the scenes of how it got done, and his thoughts on Kirby's life and career.

BookCon 2026 and its fallout; BICS and Comics Arts Fest; the mangaka Syundei being driven off social media; a tribute to the late comics creators Gerry Conway and Frank Stack; Newsarama shutting down; Kadokawa's bid for the US retail market and more.