Capes and Tights Podcast

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The Capes and Tights Podcast - a hub of comic book, film and pop culture exploration hosted by Justin Soderberg. Every Monday and Wednesday, expect the unexpected with special guests from across the industry! read less

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Justin Soderberg hosts the Capes and Tights Podcast. It began as a set of episodes about comic books that Justin hosted on a different podcast.

In the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin speaks to comic book creators about their work. In one episode, he interviews Jordan Blum, Tim Seeley, and actor Patton Oswalt. They are the creators of the comic books Minor Threats and The Alternates. Justin also interviews editor and comic book writer Joe Corallo. Joe is the cocreator of the comics She Said Destroy and Dahlia in the Dark. In the interview, he shares the cartoons and comics that inspired him as a young fan.

The Capes and Tights Podcast is not only about comic books. Justin also reviews movies that might appeal to listeners. He usually does this with a special guest. Justin reviews the 1986 movie Howard the Duck with comic book retailer Paul Eaton. In another episode, Justin and Paul discuss the movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Justin also collaborates with his wife, Taylor Soderberg. They review the first two films in the Guardians of the Galaxy series.

The Capes and Tights Podcast covers topics in comic book pop culture as well. Some episodes provide coverage of events like the Little Giant Comics Old School Comic Show in Concord, New Hampshire. There are also sets of episodes with specific themes, like "Star Wars Week" and "Horror Week." The "TMNT Week" episodes focus on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.

The podcast has a comprehensive companion website called Capes and Tights. It offers a great deal of written content that podcast fans might enjoy. The website includes news and reviews about comics, TV, movies, and novels. It also has articles on releases from famous comic book publishers like DC and Marvel.

The Capes and Tights Podcast may appeal to comic book enthusiasts and geek culture fans. New episodes are available every Monday and Wednesday.

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#161: Waubgeshig Rice - Moon of the Turning Leaves Author
1w ago
#161: Waubgeshig Rice - Moon of the Turning Leaves Author
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes Waubgeshig Rice to the program to discuss his novels Moon of the Crusted Snow, Moon of the Turning Leaves and more! Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation. He’s written four books, most notably the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, published in 2018. He graduated from the journalism program at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2002, and spent most of his journalism career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a video journalist and radio host.He left CBC in 2020 to focus on his literary career. His forthcoming novel, Moon of the Turning Leaves, will be published in the US this February 2024. In addition to his writing endeavours, Waubgeshig is an eclectic public speaker, delivering keynote addresses and workshops, engaging in interviews, and contributing to various panels at literary festivals and conferences. He speaks on creative writing and oral storytelling, contemporary Anishinaabe culture and matters, Indigenous representation in arts and media, and more. Moon of the Turning Leaves was released in the United States on February 27, 2024 and is available at bookstores everywhere. You can also check the outstanding audiobook at Libro.fm and support local bookstores. Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspodTwitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspodInstagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcastYouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtightsWebsite: https://capesandtights.com
#160: Louis Southard - Comics Are Dying: The Comic Writer
Apr 17 2024
#160: Louis Southard - Comics Are Dying: The Comic Writer
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes Louis Southard to the program to discuss Comics Are Dying: The Comic and so much more! Southard has written comics such as Villains Seeking Hero, Midnight Western Theatre, Louis Southard's Terrifying Tales to Keep to Yourself, Midnight Western Theatre: Witch Trial, The Blackout Bombshell and more. Currently Louis is running a campaign on Zoom for his comic Comics Are Dying: The Comic. Comics Are Dying: The Comic For the better part of a century, people have said that comic books are dying. Crisis after crisis, the comic book industry has survived and lives to this day. So, to celebrate its harrowing journey into the 21st century, a satirical OGN about the history of comic books has taken shape. Introducing the ironically named Comics Are Dying: The Comic - a brief history and celebration of the comic book industry! Curated and written by Louis Southard, a 24 year old comic book writer, the book is about the history of comic books using one-page short story comics with a new artist for every page. The main goal was to create a diverse team of over 100 people featuring a collective of established as well as up-and-coming artists from all walks of life for this. Comics Are Dying: The Comic exists to create a fun, educational, tongue-in-cheek, parodic, and optimistic book to help attract new readers, give artists jobs, and help comic book stores. With your support, we can make this book a reality and spread some great art into the world. https://zoop.gg/c/comicsaredying Facebook: https://facebook.com/capestightspodTwitter: https://twitter.com/capestightspodInstagram: https://instagram.com/capesandtightspodcastYouTube: https://youtube.com/@capesandtightsWebsite: https://capesandtights.com
#159: Jordan Hart and David Ebeltoft - Writers of The Cabinet
Apr 10 2024
#159: Jordan Hart and David Ebeltoft - Writers of The Cabinet
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes Jordan Hart and David Ebeltoft to the program to discuss their comic book series The Cabinet and much more! Hart is the creator of the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated comic series Ripple Effects. Centered on an invulnerable superhero with type 1 diabetes, the story was placed on the American Library Association’s Best Graphic Novels for Adults reading list and was a finalist for the Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards. More recently he has worked on the supernatural adventure series The Cabinet with co-creator David Ebeltoft and artist Chiara Raimondi. Ebeltoft is an accomplished screenwriter working mostly within the thriller, horror, and drama genres. His work has been hailed as "suspenseful", "emotionally-driven", and "decidedly chilling”. David released Here Alone in 2016 and his upcoming film Blood for Dust hits theaters on April 19, 2024. Their comic The Cabinet debuted in February from Image Comics. In the vibrant, tongue-in-cheek adventure series, atypical teen Avani and midwestern jock Trent teleport across a post-Cold War landscape to collect bizarre relics. Why? Well, because they need to summon the arcane powers of a resplendent 17th-century cabinet to fix a teeny-tiny mistake the last time Avani used it... unleashing an ancient evil from its prison and accidentally slaughtering her parents. The third issue hits shelves on April 10 with a fourth coming May 15 and a trade paperback debuting in October.
#152: Punisher Movie Review with Paul Eaton
Feb 21 2024
#152: Punisher Movie Review with Paul Eaton
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes back comic book retailer Paul Eaton to the program to discuss the 1989 Punisher movie. Based on the Marvel comic book, Punisher begins with Frank Castle as a respected police officer dedicated to eradicating the Mafia's influence -- that is, until the mob responds with a lethal car bomb that decimates Castle's family. Now, filled with rage and presumed dead from the horrific explosion, Castle takes to the city's underground sewer tunnels to bring his own brutal brand of vigilante justice to the streets and wreak vengeance on those who killed his family. Punisher was directed by Mark Goldblatt, written by Boaz Yakin, and stars Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle / The Punisher and Louis Gossett Jr. as Detective Jake Berkowitz. The film was given a worldwide theatrical release, except in the United States, Sweden, and South Africa on October 5, 1989. It was originally given an August 1989 release in the US, with trailers even created, but was due to New World's financial difficulties the film was pulled from that date. Eventually the film was sold to Lionsgate (then Live Entertainment) for a direct-to-video release in April 1991. Overall, the film earned $30 million, on a budget of $9 million. INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast FACEBOOK: facebook.com/capesandtightspodcast TWITTER: twitter.com/capestightspod WEBSITE: capesandtights.com EMAIL: hello@capesandtights.com
#148: Brian McAuley - Curse of the Reaper, Candy Cain Kills Author
Jan 24 2024
#148: Brian McAuley - Curse of the Reaper, Candy Cain Kills Author
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes Brian McAuley to the program to discuss his books Curse of the Reaper, Candy Cain Kills and more! Brian grew up in Weird, NJ on a steady diet of Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes. He received his BA in Creative Writing and Horror Theory from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study before getting his MFA in Film from Columbia University. As a WGA screenwriter, Brian has written five films for the Lifetime Network in addition to writing and producing the award-winning thriller Dismissed for BoulderLight Pictures. He sold his TV series pitch Affliction to Syfy Network in a pilot development deal and penned an episode of Fuller House for Netflix. Brian’s debut novel Curse of the Reaper was published through Simon & Schuster and named one of the Best Horror Books of 2022 by Esquire. His Christmas horror novella Candy Cain Kills released on November 14, 2023 through Shortwave Publishing. His short fiction and non-fiction have appeared in Dark Matter Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, and Shortwave Magazine. Brian McAuley is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Screenwriting at the Sidney Poitier New American Film School of Arizona State University. INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast FACEBOOK: facebook.com/capesandtightspodcast TWITTER: twitter.com/capestightspod WEBSITE: capesandtights.com EMAIL: hello@capesandtights.com
#146: Christopher Golden - NYT Bestselling Author
Jan 10 2024
#146: Christopher Golden - NYT Bestselling Author
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes Christopher Golden to the program to discuss his comic Mortal Terror and upcoming novel The House of Last Resort. Christopher Golden is the New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such novels as Road of Bones, Ararat, Snowblind, and Red Hands. With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of the Outerverse comic book universe, including such series as Baltimore, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Lady Baltimore. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Seize the Night, Dark Cities, and The New Dead, among others, and he has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot. In 2015 he founded the popular Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. For the Bram Stoker Awards, Golden has been nominated ten times in eight different categories, and won twice. His original novels have been published in more than fifteen languages in countries around the world. Recently, Golden released the first two issues of Mortal Terror at Dark Horse and is gearing up for the release of his latest novel The House of Last Resort at St. Martin's Press due out January 30, 2024. INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast FACEBOOK: facebook.com/capesandtightspodcast TWITTER: twitter.com/capestightspod WEBSITE: capesandtights.com EMAIL: hello@capesandtights.com
#144: Ryan Cady and Andrea Mutti - Haunt You To The End
Dec 27 2023
#144: Ryan Cady and Andrea Mutti - Haunt You To The End
This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes Ryan Cady and Andrea Mutti to the program to discuss their comic Haunt You To The End and much more! Ryan Cady is a writer of comics and horror fiction based in Southern California. A graduate of the DC Comics Talent Development Workshop, he has written for such properties as The Punisher, Venom, The X-Files, and more, with his first creator-owned series - Infinite Dark, from Image Comics / Top Cow Productions. More recently Cady has released comics such as Haunt You To The End and Destiny Gate. Andrea Mutti is an Italian comic book artist. After obtaining his degree in geometry, Mutti attended the Comics School in Brescia, led by Ruben Sosa. He began his career illustrating the superheroes comic DNAction for Xenia Edizioni. He then illustrated horror comics for Fenix. Andrea moved over to Star Comics, where he drew stories for Lazarus Ledd and some episodes of Hammer. Since then he's worked with DC, Vertigo, Marvel, Mad Cave Studios, Dark Horse and IDW Publishing. More recently Mutti released A Legacy of Violence, Charred Remains and Haunt You To The End (along with Cady). He has a new Star Wars graphic novel coming out in Summer 2024. The collected edition of Haunt You To The End hits bookstores everywhere on January 9, 2024 (Ryan's Birthday) and local comic shops on January 10. INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/capesandtightspodcast FACEBOOK: facebook.com/capesandtightspodcast TWITTER: twitter.com/capestightspod WEBSITE: capesandtights.com EMAIL: hello@capesandtights.com