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(Rate & review the podcast on iTunes!) WITS’ END host Shah Emami reunites with the eclectic, kinetic, gonzo cartoonist Jim Mahfood! This time around, Shah talks to Jim about his recent six-issue mini-series from Image Comics—Grrl Scouts: Stone Ghost. During the conversation, Shah and Jim cover going back to comic conventions, telling unique stories in independent/underground comics, favorite Jack Kirby inkers and more. Chaos ensues! Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy my comics & zines here!: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod Jim Mahfood’s media: Twitter: @JimMahfood Instagram: @JimMahfood Website (for comics!): jimmahfood.com Podcast: Skull Funk Radio YouTube Grrl Scouts Stone Ghost trade paperback: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/grrl-scouts-stone-ghost-tp Ep. 96 with Jim Mahfood Ep. 34 with Jim Mahfood   (If you dig this podcast, share it around.)

(Rate & review on iTunes if you dig this podcast.) Cartoonist Geoffrey Krawczyk returns to Wits’ End Podcast! During the talk, Geoffrey and Wits’ End host Shah Emami cover unsuccessful crowdfunding projects, their reading piles, the importance of professional design in a comic, how you should make up your own opinion, the impact of EC Comics, Geoffrey’s new comic EroTech and more. Chaos ensues! Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy my comics & zines here!: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod Geoffrey Krawczyk’s media: Instagram: @thegeoffreyk Twitter: @The_Geoffrey_K

This episode—Wits’ End host Shah Emami talks with comic book YouTuber Josh Sutton (Panels to Pixels) about 90s comics, bootleg Spider-Man games, Morbius, the importance of supporting independent creators & more. Panels to Pixels is where Josh covers comic books, video games, 90s cartoons and action figures. Chaos ensues! Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy my comics & zines here!: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod Josh’s media: Twitter: @panelstopixels Panels to Pixels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/panelstopixels

(Rate and review on iTunes and share the podcast.) Wits' End host Shah Emami talks with comic book writer and artist Howard Chaykin. Chaykin is responsible for influential works like American Flagg (1983—First Comics), Black Kiss (1988—Vortex Comics), Blackhawk (1988—DC Comics), Hey Kids! Comics! and Divided States of Hysteria (Image). Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy my comics & zines here!: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod Buy Howard’s comics: Hey Kids! Comics! vol. 1: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/hey-kids-comics-tp Hey Kids! Comics! vol. 2: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/hey-kids-comics-vol-2-prophets-loss-tp Time^2 omnibus: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/time-2-omnibus-hc Scrap (with Nicholas Mennuti): https://neotextcorp.com/fiction/scrap/

(Rate & review on iTunes) WITS’ END host Shah Emami talks to Kentucky-based cartoonist and printmaker Hyena Hell about not wanting to talk to people, learning to make comics that resonate with you, her Demons: To Earth and Back comic, future projects & more. Chaos ensues! Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy my comics & zines here!: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod Hyena Hell’s media: Instagram: @hyenahell Buy comics: https://store.silversprocket.net/products/demons-to-earth-and-back-by-hyena-hell

WITS' END returns from hiatus--host Shah Emami talks with comics legend Jim Starlin and multi-talented artist and inker Jaime Jameson.  (NOTE: I apologize for the background noise of this talk--it was recorded at a convention. If it comes down to it, I will add a transcription on my website.) Video version available here: https://youtu.be/tOQpwjCVvnQ Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy my comics & zines here!: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod Guest media: Jim Starlin: @jimstarlin Jaime Jameson: @jamesjameson Buy Dreadstar Returns: https://ominouspress.com/products/dreadstar-returns

This episode was orignally uploaded as WITS' END Ep. 89 on July 12, 2021. Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy my comics & zines here!: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod Usagi Yojimbo episode: https://witsendpod.com/podcast-episodes/82-stan-sakais-usagi-yojimbo-amp-miyamoto-musashi

This episode with cartoonist Benjamin Marra originally aired as Episode 38 of WITS' END on June 10, 2020. Listen to more Marra talks here: https://witsendpod.com/podcast-episodes/86-benjamin-marra-returns-omwot-night-business-what-we-mean-by-yesterday Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy my comics & zines here!: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod      

This talk originally aired July 14, 2021. An interview with Rand Hoppe and Tom Kraft of the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center. Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy my comics & zines here!: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod

This talk originally aired May 20, 2020. An interview with cartoonist Jim Rugg (first Wits' End appearance). Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy my comics & zines here!: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod

This talk originally aired Jan. 29, 2020. An interview with comic book writer/editor/filmmaker/journalism Ann Nocenti. Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy my comics & zines here!: https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod

WITS’ END host Shah Emami reunites with indie cartoonist/musician Chris Wisnia to cover Jack Kirby’s One Man Army Corps—OMAC! Kirbology continues! This series was one of Kirby’s last projects for DC Comics before his return to Marvel in 1975. Despite running from 1974-1975, OMAC is still relevant today. It seems the “world that’s coming” is finally here…! Don’t miss this talk—chaos ensues! Keep up with Wits' End Podcast: Website: https://witsendpod.com/ YouTube channel (subscribe): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvSur7b4J_U3gMIA44OGWQ Buy comics and WITS’ END: The Zine #2 (Wallace Wood issue): https://witsendpod.bigcartel.com/ Instagram: @shah_comics Twitter: @witsendpod Chris Wisnia’s media: Instagram: @chriswisniaarts Twitter: @chriswisniaarts YouTube: Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chriswisniaarts Website: https://chriswisniaarts.com/blog/ Other Jack Kirby (Kirbology) episodes: 92. Jack Kirby's Eternals (with Christopher Calloway & Chris Wisnia)!: https://witsendpod.com/podcast-episodes/92-jack-kirbys-eternals-with-christopher-calloway-amp-chris-wisnia 99. Jack Kirby's Black Panther (with Christopher Calloway & Chris Wisnia)!: https://witsendpod.com/podcast-episodes/99-jack-kirbys-black-panther-with-christopher-calloway-amp-chris-wisnia 104. Jack Kirby's Captain Victory (with Christopher Calloway & Chris Wisnia)!: https://witsendpod.com/podcast-episodes/pw5xhyewx3vr1enmni4r7kcf82cb2c 107. Jack Kirby's Machine Man (with Christopher Calloway & Chris Wisnia)!: https://witsendpod.com/podcast-episodes/107-jack-kirbys-machine-man-with-christopher-calloway-amp-chris-wisnia