• Search
    • Sign up for our newsletter
    September 17, 2018
    SHARE
    CANADALAND
    #244 Chip Zdarsky On Marvel Money And The Canadian Comics Boom
    Guest Host Chip Zdarsky (Spectacular Spiderman, Sex Criminals) is joined by Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) co-founder and longtime friend, Chris Butcher. They discuss the state of the Canadian comic book industry, what it’s like to work for Marvel, TCAF’s far-reaching influence, The Beguiling, and the void that Koyama Press’ departure will create in the comic publishing world. Image by Ramon Perez and Chip Zdarsky.  

    Guest Host Chip Zdarsky (Spectacular Spiderman, Sex Criminals) is joined by Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) co-founder and longtime friend, Chris Butcher. They discuss the state of the Canadian comic book industry, what it’s like to work for Marvel, TCAF’s far-reaching influence, The Beguiling, and the void that Koyama Press’ departure will create in the comic publishing world.

    Image by Ramon Perez and Chip Zdarsky.  

    More from this series
    #1008 How to Beat the Airline that Screwed You
    Airlines suck. But you don’t have to take it lying down.
    July 22, 2024
    Introducing Inside Kabul
    We’re bringing you a special sneak preview of Inside Kabul, an Award Winning podcast from Radio France.. Canadaland is proud to premiere the English-language adaptation of this urgent and intimate podcast
    July 17, 2024
    #1006 The Last Ambulance
    “I can look up online and track snow plows in real time, but I don't know which ambulance is in service. I don't know what the paramedic staffing level for Montreal is, but I can tell you where the snow plows are. There is something seriously skewed.” - ex-paramedic Hal Newman
    July 15, 2024
    #1002 Brain Disease ‘Mystery’ Still Unsolved, Scientists Say
    Email leaks from medical experts throw new light on mysterious neurological disease in New Brunswick.
    July 1, 2024
    #1000 How They Crushed Wikileaks
    Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, TOR, you’ve heard the names before. But why won’t anyone talk about Jacob Appelbaum?
    June 24, 2024
    #998 Nature is SO Gay
    25 years ago, one Canadian scientist wrote a book that detailed the history and science of gay animals: Biological Exuberance. And then he disappeared…
    June 17, 2024
    Dear Taliban: Part One
    Investigative reporter Molly Thomas was hell-bent on not letting the plight of women in Afghanistan fall from the headlines. But the battle to tell that story wasn’t where she first thought it was.
    June 10, 2024
    #994 Inside Winnipeg’s MMIWG Murder Trial
    This story started out like every other Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women case. But something happened that would change the trajectory of the case, the people, and even political leaders in Manitoba.
    June 3, 2024
    all podcasts arrow All Podcasts
    CANADALAND