Thursday, August 20, 2009

Podcast: SiDEBAR


SiDEBAR featuring "four color conversations on comics, art, & pop culture" (I love that tagline) and hosted by Dwight Clark and Swain Hunt is one of my favorite comic book focused podcasts out there right now. They interview a wide range of comics creators and famous comic book fans. They have interviewed Bernie Wrightson, Jon Foster, James Jean, Mark Chiarello, Jason Pearson, Phil Morris (of MadTV, Martian Manhunter on Smallville, Green Lantern on Justice League, and Static on Static Shock!), Sanford Greene, Cree Summer (Different World, Penny from Inspector Gadget and many more), Wendy & Lisa (former members of Prince's Revolution), Frank Quitely, and many, many more.

They discuss subjects way, way beyond the realm of comics and pop culture. They even have the occasional SiDEBAR Confession (like when Dwight Swain confessed to Kelley Jones that when he was a telemarketer, he went out of his way to call Kelley Jones, even calling several Kelley Jones in the Northern California area in the process, so he could speak to an artist he was a huge fan of). But with their wide array of knowledge in comics, music, art, and movies, their podcast is never boring and they amaze me some times with their range of knowledge. They also have a taste for artists I have never heard of but figure out that I like after their interviews, like cover artist, Marko Djurdjevic.

I'd rate this podcast a HOT BUY, especially since it's free. So try it out at www.sidebarnation.com or sidebar.libsyn.com.

Thanks to Swain for the correction on the SiDEBAR Confession bit.

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