Featured Guest... Jake Ekiss, one of the principal organizers of Indy Comic Book Week, stops by to chat up the "call to action" that is this end of year event for independent and small press comics. What is Indy Comic Book Week? Quoting their official site for all the details, most of you know that Diamond Comic Distributors has announced they will not ship any new comics for the last week of December. As this company is a primary distributor of comic books in North America, event organizers took what was a sad week without our favorite mainstream titles and retooled it as an opportunity to fill this vacancy with independent and small press comics allowing the creators to claim the week as their own. Indy Comic Book Week challenges writers and artists to self publish new material for the week, and offer it to their local stores. Event organizers ask retailers to take this as an opportunity to showcase local independent talent on the new release shelves. They're also encouraging fans to break from their buying habits and try something new. "Raise your fist and proudly declare that comic books are more than an industry, more than a handful of corporations - it is a creative outlet for independent-minded artists and storytellers. This last week of 2009 belongs to you. Power to the people. Right on."

We're back with our latest episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast! Every two weeks (now on Monday's), Chuck Moore and Eric Ratcliffe grab a stack of comics and go over what's good, what's not so good and what should be avoided alltogether. Celebrating a mix of recent titles, Why I Love Comics is once again served up for your enjoyment!

Tony Miello is a freelance writer and illustrator and the creator of the GAPO the Clown comic strip. He has been working on independent comics for the last fifteen plus years. He pencils, inks, writes and in the past he has also worked as an assistant art editor. Tony has experiance doing rewrites and page break downs and has also converted movie screenplays into comic scripts. His other projects include Killer Robots Love You, Mr. Happy Pants, a collaboration on the new Wolfman Mac's Nightmare Sinema, the Fat Momma comic for the SyFy channel's Who Wants to be a Superhero. He has also contributed sketch cards for Marvel Masterpiece Series 2 and 3 from Upper Deck.

We return with ALL the interview audio from Mid-Ohio-Con and we're sharing it in a single show

We're back with our latest episode of the Why I Love Comics podcast! Each week, Chuck Moore and Eric Ratcliffe grab a stack of comics and go over what's good, what's not so good and what should be alltogether avoided. This week though, Chuck is away and Brant Fowler steps in as a special guest joining Eric for the hour. From the big two to the smaller companies Eric and Brant are here to let you know what's worth reading. Celebrating a mix of recent titles, Why I Love Comics is once again served up for your enjoyment!

We share the Indie and Small Press Panel start to finish from this year's Mid-Ohio-Con

Stream of Consciousness Fun as Brant Fowler and Chuck Moore look back on Mid-Ohio-Con 2009

Champion City Comic Con Interviews with Mike Watson, Victor Dandridge, Pat Bumgardner, Jef Price, Josh Benton and Joe Pruitt