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A Podcast About Nothing... and Everything Dave from West Coast Davengers discusses all things comics, pop culture, movies, music, collecting with a nice dose of everyday life. Mix that up with some great interviews and you've got Direct Edition!
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- 1 weeks ago1h 22m
Shintaro Kago: Horror, Dark Humor & the Art of the Taboo
Shintaro Kago renowned mangaka & illustrator joins Dave to discuss his four-decade career spent exploring surreal & grotesque horror and dark humor. Kago shares how early exposure to the occult boom of the 1970s shaped his imagination, and how Monty Python influenced his comedic approach to all things taboo. The two discuss his Eisner-winning Blood Harvest, collaborating with Peach Momoko, and the shift toward large-scale paintings and gallery shows. Kago's next solo exhib...
- 2 weeks ago1h 31m
How Becky Cloonan Turned Failure Into A Full Book - Fever Dream !
BACK THE KICKSTARTER HERE - http://kck.st/4ze6MGC Comics creator Becky Cloonan returns to Direct Edition to discuss Fever Dream, her first-ever Kickstarter. She describes the 120-page pandemic-era sketchbook that inspired the project, how she reconciled the mania of working with no script, and the experimental techniques that gave it its loose, dreamlike feel. The two discuss collaborating with Tula Lotay on Somna, working with The Cure, Ken Russell's The Devils, drawing Matt Frac...
- 3 weeks ago54 min
Does Art Heal You? Music, Comics & the Stories That Stay With Us
Dave takes this episode solo and answers questions from the community! He gushes about his love of artist editions (when will we finally get the Infinity Gauntlet??), early concerts like Pearl Jam & Weird Al Yankovic, the UK comics and Japanese manga scenes, Alan Moore, the healing power of music, and the never-ending hunt for the perfect reading soundtrack. Plus a healthy dose of gratitude for an audience that's stuck with him across almost three years of Direct Edition. Fin...
- Oct 5, 20261h 12m
James Graham of Twilight Sad Talks Healing Through Music, The Cure, Robert Smith, and Scott Hutchison
Scottish singer-songwriter James Graham of The Twilight Sad joins Dave to discuss It's The Long Goodbye, the band's sixth album, on Rock Action Records. Graham shares the solitary writing process that led him through the grief of losing his mother to dementia, and bandmate Andy MacFarlane's role as collaborator and anchor during the process. The two discuss Graham's friendship with Robert Smith, helping people with Dementia thorugh music, touring with The Cure, Scott Hutchison, the im...
- Sep 28, 20261h 40m
Sanford Greene Battles DC Comics World With DARKSEID & Scott Snyder, Czarface, Bitter Root, & Ink Alliance!
Cartoonist Sanford Greene (Bitter Root) returns to Direct Edition to discuss Darkseid vs. The World, his upcoming DC All-In saga with Scott Snyder. He explains how a retailer's offhand suggestion inspired a two year pitch-to-page journey, and how his admiration for Jack Kirby's Hunger Dogs shaped his take on Darkseid, and the instincts that keep things simple. Sanford talks about being immortalized on Czarface's "Omega Beam", selling out the Ink Alliance Teen Titans variant cover,...
- Sep 21, 202657 min
Stan Sakai's New Art Book! Usagi Yojimbo & Akira Kurosawa Influence
Legendary cartoonist Stan Sakai returns to Direct Edition to discuss The Art of Stan Sakai, his first-ever Kickstarter: an oversized art book collecting five decades of work. Sakai shares his lifelong love of physical media, the trial-and-error watercolor technique that gives his paintings their glow, and the Koh-I-Noor pen he stockpiled 20 years ago when it was discontinued. The two discuss Sakai's 40-year friendship with Sergio Aragonés, broadening Usagi’s world with the Kagemus...
- Sep 14, 20261h 30m
Eric Zawadzki On Assorted Crisis Events, The Eisners and The Films Of Michael Mann
Artist Eric Zawadzki joins Dave to discuss Assorted Crisis Events, the ambitious, award-winning anthology co-created with writer Deniz Camp. Zawadzki talks visual reinvention, his innovative Pixar-style drafting process, and the impostor syndrome that flared up after winning an Eisner. The two discuss the word-of-mouth momentum that helped quadruple the book's sales, meeting Scott McCloud at San Diego, and why Michael Mann's Collateral sits in his all-time top ten films. Subscri...
- Sep 7, 20261h 15m
Chris Condon : The Art Of The Slow Burn Comic (That Texas Blood, Of The Earth, Ezra Cain
Writer Chris Condon joins Dave to discuss the return of That Texas Blood (Image Comics), his Indiana Jones-esque pulp adventure Ezra Cain (Vertigo), and Of the Earth (Image), his collaboration with Charlie Adlard. Condon shares his love of slow-burn storytelling, how trust fuels his ongoing creative partnerships, and the 70s cinema (Alien & Jaws) that shapes his writing. The two discuss the FX TV option in the works for That Texas Blood, his upcoming Thor project with Jesse Lonergan...
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