Archive for May 2012

Robo City: an interview with Matthew Griffin

May 24, 2012

This week on the Comic Cast, we talk to Irish illustrator Matthew Griffin who loves, in equal parts, the traditional and the futuristic and occasionally likes to combine the two. His work is a mixture of ink and digital methods. Here he talks about how he got started, why it’s so important to hang in there for the first two years of starting a career in illustration and his work. Enjoy!

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Comic Cast 100

May 1, 2012

This is our 100th episode.

We review the movie on everyones lips – Avengers Assemble. In a vertiable comic book reviewing storm we talk Avengers Vs X-Men, Avengers Vs X-Men VsNew Avengers #25 by Bendis/Deodato, Americas Got Powers by Johnaton Ross/Bryan Hitch, Echo by Terry Moore, Spider-Man: Spider Island by Dan Slott/Humberto Ramos, Kick Ass 2 by Mark Millar/John Romita Jr., Supercrooks by Mark Millar/Leinil Yu. In Irish comics we review Romantic Mayhem Pocket Book edited by Gar Shanley, The Whole World by Brian Naughton and Cupid’s Last Arrows by Seán De Swann. We also give you the skinny on everything from the latest comic book kick starters and The Walking Dead video game. Did we mention this is our 100th episode?

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