As part of the tour to promote his latest masterpiece Habibi, Craig Thompson dropped into our store and chatted to Tom, Simon and Robin about his past, Goodbye Chunky Rice, Blankets, Habibi, and what the future holds.

Recorded 20/01/2012

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Before our long awaited 50th episode, we have a Christmas treat for you all!

Last week, Tom spoke with one of our favourite rising stars of the last year, Scott Snyder!

In this hour-and-a-bit special, no stone is left unturned as they talk about his beginnings in prose fiction, his first comics work with Marvel,  American Vampire, Detective Comics, Batman, the New 52, Swamp Thing, what his future plans are, and, the Hipster Cops conspiracy!

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Last Saturday the Orbital West Wing hosted a Comica conversation between graphic novelists Nicola Streeten and Sarah Leavitt.

Nicola and Sarah have each used comics to address traumatic, highly personal experiences in their lives - Sarah Leavitt’s moving graphic memoir Tangles, now out on Jonathan Cape, chronicles how Alzheimer’s disease transformed her mother, and those around her, forever. Nicola Streeten’s Billy, Me and You, just released by Myriad, is a retrospective reflection of the experience of losing her two year old child thirteen years ago. In this fascinating conversation, they talked about both their books, shared their experiences and discussed the use of comics to address such emotional subjects.

The Orbiting Pod recorded the whole thing for your listening pleasure.

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Last Saturday we were very excited to host a signing with Michael and Laura Allred, the husband and wife team behind Madman, X-Statix, iZombie and much more.  Having spent nearly 3 hours signing books for their eager fans, the pair sat down with the Orbiting Pod crew to take a journey through their whole career, from the comics they read as kids to the unique process they use to create their spectacular artwork, the importance of David Lynch in the pair’s work and the status of the upcoming Madman movie.  This really is an unmissable interview for fans of the Allreds and fans of comics alike!

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