Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Welcome back to the Capes and Tights podcast right here on Capesandtights.com I'm your host, Justin Soderbergh, and once again, this episode is brought to you by your friends over at Galactic Comics and Collectibles. At galactic comics and collectibles.com we welcome Adam Rose, comic book writer, to the podcast this week. He is the writer of Comic Book Creator living in Los Angeles. He's the writer of such comics as Playground Attack of the Gurglebots, Corollary and the new series, I say New. It's been coming out for almost a year now, which is called Huge Detective. Over at Titan Comics. That's what we focused on mostly. But we talked about a bunch of stuff right here on the podcast. Before you listen, check us out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Bluesky, Threads, all those places you can find us on YouTube. You can rate, review, subscribe over on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you find your podcasts. But as always, you can check us out on Capesandtights.com for so much more. This is Adam Rose, writer of the book Huge Detective at Titan Comics. Enjoy, everyone.
Welcome to the podcast, Adam. Finally, welcome to the podcast. It's been a while since we've discussed you getting on here and now you're here. You're finally here. It's come to this time.
[00:01:13] Speaker B: It's making my Monday in a way that I can't even say, this is awesome to be here.
[00:01:18] Speaker A: You've accomplished it. Okay, that's it. Nice talking to you, Adam. See you later. We did it.
No, it's awesome. It's funny how when we discussed having you on and when we discussed having comic book creators on the podcast and authors and different people, usually it's like at the beginning or prior to the release of an issue or something like that. Help. You're in, like this promo run where you're trying to get name. You know, comics are a little bit different than things like prose novels or things like that, where. Where you have to do a lot of the groundwork to get this comic book into people's hands. And whereas publishers in the book game are mainly talking to people and getting bookstores to buy your book and things like that, where the comic book industry, it's more like, okay, Adam, you wrote a book, Cool. Work's not done. You need to now hit the road and get out there and tell people about your book. And so as a podcaster, I try to help that. I try to, you know, if I like a book or like a creator, I Like, sort of pushing that out there and getting it out there. So very rarely do we get a chance to talk to someone where, like, multiple issues have come out and people have actually had a reaction to it and, you know, so on and so forth. And so we discussed getting on and timing and things like that. And with the publishing game and with the distribution game, right now, it's a little different about when things are coming out. So I finally just said, you know, let's pull the trigger. Let's do this and get Adam on here. We'll chat about it. Because I think the trade's not coming out to the fall now, right? For huge tech.
[00:02:32] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. The final issue is June 18, and the collected edition in October.
[00:02:39] Speaker A: Yes. So I feel like when we first talked, it was like, oh, yeah, it's probably gonna be the beginning of May or something along those lines. And then the final issue doesn't even actually come out until after that time we talked about. But, yeah, it's a. It's a crazy world. And it got even crazier recently with diamond and all that stuff. It's just, you know, something I want to jump into, but, like, it's just insane. It's. It's a thing that.
It's so funny because it's so isolated to comic books, too. Like the fact that if I were to have a discussion with someone who doesn't read comics, they're like, who the hell's Diamond Distributors?
So it's like I have, like, my small community where I'm like, isn't this stuff crazy? And they're all.
[00:03:11] Speaker B: I mean, I'm with you. I've gone deep in the weeds on it. You know, I'm now aware that there's a Diamond UK that is its own thing still. So it's.
[00:03:19] Speaker A: It's crazy. And your publisher is Titan, too, so it's. That one's one of those ones that's a little bit different, too, because it's a European publisher, technically.
[00:03:27] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:03:29] Speaker A: And so that's a different one, too. My. My LCS is always like, yeah, it's different. I don't know. Release dates are great, but, like, sometimes it's delayed because of shipping, and, you know, someone has to bring it over. You're on a boat, probably, and three carry a box.
[00:03:42] Speaker B: And they have, like, a chain of comic shops in Europe that are called Forbidden Planet.
[00:03:47] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:03:47] Speaker B: But not. They are not, I believe, with the New York City one anymore. But, yes, it's. It's.
[00:03:52] Speaker A: It's crazy. So it's like a crazy world to live in. So finally we're like, let's just hear. Let's get, let's get Adam Rose on here. We'll talk about, you know, huge detective and some other things. And we're finally here. But also, like with this not delay, but changing things, these things have happened. Obviously in the meantime, you got to do free. We just talked briefly before we started recording about Free Comic Book Day, which just happened. Which, who knows, is it going to look the same next year? We don't know. So this could be the last of this iteration of Free Comic Book Day. But you were able to have some fun with it. What'd you do for Free Comic Book Day?
[00:04:21] Speaker B: It was awesome. I was honored to get invited by We Can Be Heroes out here in la, the comic comic Shop. And I was signing next to Felipe, the creator of the most, I think most recent iteration of the Ghost Rider. He was telling me, just getting to sit next to this guy and him talk about him coming up with the flaming Charger as the car and just. And the design of his, like, of his, of his new, you know, costume. I don't, you know, whatever you want to call it business Ghost Rider suit. So that was amazing. And then also Porn Sack was there who I've gotten to see at a couple of things and I mean, oh God, who else was there? Jim Kruger.
I worshiped the guy. So it was amazing getting to be there and just talk. And it was a good turnout. Like all kinds of people coming in obviously for the free comics, but they came, checked out huge. Detective checked out an older book of mine called corollary from SourcePoint Press and it was awesome. I mean, I was there for like three hours and it was a great time.
[00:05:23] Speaker A: That's so cool. I mean, that's one of those things that I think that's the evolution of Free Comic Book Day has changed from that too. I think the idea behind Free Comic Book Day is phenomenal. Getting people into your store, I know, I helped. So my LCS owner, Bob Paul Eaton, who owns Galactic Comics and Collectibles in Bangor, Maine, he every single time there's some sort of huge comic book event, his daughter has some sort of baton twirling competition that he has to go to. So it's inevitable even if he picks the date for the event. So we do a comic show here in Maine called Galacticon and that happens one day a year. It's a one day comic book festival. Inevitably we change the date from last year and we changed it to a week prior or earlier. And there's a competition on that day. Last year there was a competition on the day that he was there. And into the third straight year, the first weekend in May, there's a competition for his daughter. So he isn't able to be at his own shop the day that this is happening. So he usually calls me in from the bullpen and I come in and I help me and a couple other people, we kind of like help make sure the person who's part time works does well. So he's doing okay. And so I was there and I was just talking to people. I'm like, it's just cool because he did good business, you know, financially he made money, but also, you know, obviously he took a little bit of hit because you. They do comic shops do have to pay for these comics. This is not like, yes, there's a small fee, but there's still a fee for these comics.
[00:06:39] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:40] Speaker A: And. But getting people in there and I'm like, that one customer who picks up a free comic and is now a thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars in the, in the bank now in the future of customers for you could, could make a difference on your, on your shop. And so it's really cool to see that young kids come in. They're older folks. You know, it's so funny too because there's so many options for free comics, though. There's always that one person who wants that obscure comic that's to the shop because like each shop has their own customers and the owner knows what to order and what not to order and, and so on and so forth. It's always that one person is like, did you get that thing in there? And I'm like, it was the only person all day that asked for that comic. So it was a good idea for the, for the owner not to get it. But it's this of those things and, and then, but it's evolved. I mean, you went to a shop as a, as a creator.
[00:07:20] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:07:21] Speaker A: And. And now it's become like these mini cons and it's really cool. Like I know this little place in New Hampshire here in New England who has like, you know, the Back to the future car shows up in the parking lot. It's this whole thing they do. And Free Comic Day has become more than just the free comics. And, and my LCS had Amanda call a local artist, come in and give away free ashkins because their upcoming book. And, and so, yeah, it's fun. It's. It's a cool experience. It's not Just the free comics. But, you know, art can be there and. And have an experience like nothing else. So it's pretty. It's pretty cool to see that you did that too.
[00:07:53] Speaker B: Yeah. The community, it just is so amazing. It just. It's uplifting to see. And, you know, the more younger people coming in, the better. Like, just getting anybody just to think about comics that are, you know, maybe not even the big two, which is another great thing about it. So, yeah, it was a blast.
[00:08:07] Speaker A: It's. It's really fun. And then there's all the different levels of grades. Levels. Like, I know my son came in and visited me while I was helping out, and he's 4. He picked up some of the, like the. The, you know, Spidey and Friends or this Young Jedi Adventures or things like that where it's all these, like, younger editions and then there's a mature ones where there's, you know, IDW. Did their 30 days a night. Had their. Had their sampler. Yes and yes.
I can't believe you just said that. Hold on. Time out a second. You just said what?
I mentioned that because we. It's funny, is that my local comic book shop, he ended up not getting that one, which is. Which is fine. And I ended up having to order some comics on Midtown anyway, so I threw that one in there because I'm like, I want to. I want to see this comic. I want this to be you on there. Because Midtown does their, like, online free comic book day.
[00:08:50] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:08:51] Speaker A: And so I was like, I'll throw that in there. I'll see what happens when it comes in the mail. I gotta check it out. But, like, yeah, Post Malone's comic book. It's the definition of comics are for.
[00:08:58] Speaker B: Everybody with Vault Comics, and Adrian Wassell is like, the co writer. And. Yeah, I did get it. I read it yesterday. The art's gorgeous.
It's bonkers. But in the best way. Like, it's. It's. It's fun.
[00:09:13] Speaker A: I mean, I think loans for the people, man. He's for everybody. He's everybody's person right there. He's into hip hop. He's into heavy metal. He's into. He's in the country. He's in. You know, he's in movies nowadays. He's writing comics. This is. This is great. I have no issue with this at all. There are people who have issues with Adam. There's people out there who have a problem with this, and I do not agree with these people. I think that if. No, I don't Read a comic book. They should write a comic book. If it's horrible, no one will buy it anymore and they'll stop you in comics. So it's not like, just like everybody else. Adam.
[00:09:43] Speaker B: I haven't read it yet, but I'm excited to read that. Andy Samberg, the collected high roller.
[00:09:48] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:09:49] Speaker B: High roller. Yeah.
[00:09:51] Speaker A: Holy roller.
[00:09:51] Speaker B: Holy roller.
[00:09:53] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:09:54] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, I'm psyched to read that. He co wrote that, right? With remember.
[00:09:58] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And there's also Patton Oswalt's been in comics. I mean, Kevin Smith's been in comics for years and years and years. And so there's these people who do other things who come into our world of comics, and I am all for it because I think that, you know, a lot of these people wouldn't write comics unless there were fans of comics. This is not like, you know, Adam, this is not a huge money maker.
This is not like you have six cars now because there's only a few people that are able to do that. They're, you know, Kirkman, but McFarlane. There's people, the ones that are allowed to make can do this. But, like, most of you guys are just, you're. You're scratching to get by and either have to work it on the job or do a bunch of stuff. And so, you know, it's not a huge moneymaker. Post Malone is not making the bank on trying to do this. And he's. He's doing it because he has a passion for it too. Like, he wants to get in.
[00:10:46] Speaker B: You mentioned Patton and Jordan Bloom. I'm loving the Minor threats world and, like, just I got to meet them a couple of times and hang out with them. It's like, like Arsenal comics had a, you know, party kind of thing, like, months ago, like, so, yeah, I'm hoping to find some chance to, like, even get to work in the Minor threats universe, so we'll see.
[00:11:07] Speaker A: It's a possibility. Now there seems like it's growing to the point where everybody's getting a chance, which is great.
[00:11:14] Speaker B: The Twilight little anthology series is amazing. Everyone's been just a banger.
[00:11:21] Speaker A: Yeah. And my favorite so far is it Kyle Starks and Ryan Brown's Barfly.
[00:11:26] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, that's cool.
[00:11:28] Speaker A: They did a whole book off of a little character that was in the first issue of Minor Threats that was just in the background and was like, cool, let's do a whole series on this. Phenomenal. I love this. I love the world we live in comics right now. But yeah, I mean, you have huge Detective, over at Titan Comics, you mentioned there's four issues out right now on the shelf. The fifth issue is coming here in a couple weeks.
And you had comics come out before, so this isn't your first foyer into comics, but where did this come from? How did you get. First of all, what's Huge Detective all about? Let's give people a little bit about what Huge Detective is all about, and then get into where you got the idea and where this come from.
[00:12:03] Speaker B: Yeah, no, I mean, it's a fantasy noir. It's like this world where we have reawakened the Huge, who are the size of skyscrapers with maybe our use of atomic weapons, perhaps. There's different theories and different mentions of that in the first issue.
And initially there's this battle between us and them because they were hungry and we were the menu.
And finally they realized, wait a minute, like, they might be easy to grab and eat, but they have weapons that could destroy our only place to live.
So an agreement was made, and we go to the present day, and there's been some murders, and only witness suspect is a human who thinks he's a Huge. He has some, you know, some psychological differences, let's just say.
And he is convinced he's a Huge, and he'll only talk to one. So for the first time in 30 years, we have a Huge come to human soil, or beans, as they are called by the Huge, to investigate these murders.
[00:13:03] Speaker A: It's like a buddy cop in a sense, but it's one of those things. It's like. No, but it's true. It's like this. It's not an unusual thing to pair the stories that based pairing two different types of people or types of creatures and things like that. It's like, obviously, you know this. It's not like you invented that. However, what you've done here is a unique take and spin on that, which is really cool. And I think that's a really cool thing too. And I think the artwork's phenomenal. I mean, I think that adds to it crazily good. Who was the artist again?
[00:13:30] Speaker B: Magenta King.
[00:13:31] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:13:31] Speaker B: He is incredible. We are. Yeah, we're partners on this. We met through Zoo. Like, I just took a chance on. I loved his work from Jenny 0 and Dark Horse. And that's where I got to know him, and I kind of reached out to him on, like, Instagram or something, and next thing you know, we're like, Zoom meeting every other week, and boom, we get this going, and it's just. He's incredible. We have future things that the two of us are doing together with some other artists. It's just, it's been amazing working with him. He even came out here, stayed with me and him and his wife, who's also our. She does some of the coloring. She's amazing.
And we got to talk about some new ideas and future directions for this and other things. So. Great guy.
[00:14:15] Speaker A: That's an awesome. And he shows. And I've mentioned this. Anybody who listens to this podcast regularly, I've mentioned you can tell when creators get along. It's not just you were forced together or we've had had discussions with people who are like, oh yeah, I actually never met the person. I talked to them some on the Internet and Marvel gave me them as an artist. I was the writer or the vice versa.
But actually having people that work together and like each other and get along, you can tell. And especially as the issues progress, like as you can see, three, four, you see, it's even tighter and that's cool. And this is proof you guys actually get along. You actually like each other.
[00:14:51] Speaker B: No, I look forward to working with him for years to come.
[00:14:54] Speaker A: There you go. Yeah, it's great. But I mean, so it's. How did it end up at Titan like this?
[00:14:59] Speaker B: You know, so I think Duncan, who's like their head of development, he, you know, he took a look at it and he loved the world it's building and the lore.
And I think that, you know, we had a great meeting and just both had an understanding. Like he really got what we wanted to do with this and how we wanted to get it out there. And then just bringing in like some of the variant covers, like Paul Pope, I think you have, I see behind your chair you have like the Paul Pope variant. Like just incredible stuff. Yeah, right there.
So it's, you know, that was that we hit it off in such a way that it just felt like. And you know, there are other books. I mean they're starting to dabble more in creator own. But even like their Blade Runner and their Conan with Jim Zub, it just felt like a great spot to try this.
[00:15:45] Speaker A: Yeah. And it's. Yeah, that was the weird thing to me because I don't have a problem with Titan, but I just never. I don't normally buy Titan. That's only because of what you just mentioned. Some of the titles are really good. They're just not on my polis. And so sure having this title come out like Titan, that's interesting. And then I'm like asking like my LCs, like, I don't even know who just who brings it in. And now it's like we mentioned, you never know. Nowadays. I don't even know where some of these long term people are even at anymore, but whether or not they're going to get them. I know. I talked to David Peppers about Captain Planet and he was coming back and forth to me and I go, between you and your lamppost, is this a distribution thing? He goes, I don't know. And he's like, I really don't know. It's, it's. They're supposed to come out one week and don't come out another week and it depends on shipping and all this other stuff. So, yeah, I was like, I don't even know who brings in Titan. And he goes, yeah, I get a couple of Titan books. Is Titan. Do they do Doctor who?
[00:16:32] Speaker B: They do Doctor who, yes, yes.
[00:16:33] Speaker A: So that's that. I think there's one customer at his shop that it's like a Doctor who, like, fanatic. And he doesn't carry Doctor who regularly because he just didn't sell them. He's not enough customers for them. But he special orders them for this one guy and I remember that Titan.
[00:16:45] Speaker B: Yeah, they're doing like the Monster island from the Netflix animated. They're doing some other like. Well, a couple other like just original kind of creator own things. Zoe's Thorogood had a great book with them. So yeah, it's, it's, they're, they're a good outfit.
[00:17:00] Speaker A: Yeah. And nothing. Hey, someone published your book, man. Like, it's like, you know what I mean? Like you can't get past that. They're good to you for sure.
[00:17:08] Speaker B: That's right.
[00:17:09] Speaker A: That's, you know, you. Yeah, I mean, the first issue came out. We're going on, what, almost a year ago now? I mean, August of last year.
[00:17:15] Speaker B: Yeah, August of last year.
[00:17:16] Speaker A: So, I mean, did you think it was going to take this long to get through five issues?
[00:17:19] Speaker B: I did not. It's been quite the marathon and I've learned a lot in the process, that's for sure. Yeah, you said this wasn't my first book, but in a lot of ways everything that went along with this one and how it came out definitely felt like a first book of just the pains. And yes, all the unexpected things that happened with the diamond, as we've said. But I'll say also, just the one positive that I see in it is it did give people a chance to find like the first issue. And like, I feel like we may. I mean, we may have gained some momentum with some of the pauses in an ironic way of just getting some. I mean, some people, like, gosh, we want to know how this is ending. You've been keeping us waiting for so long. And I get that. And I promise people are going to be happy with how things go in issue five. And we have a special surprise in issue five that. Let's just say a guest artist and an epilogue. I guess that's me giving away part of the surprise, but not really, but there's some. We just get. We brought somebody in, and it's just. It's so cool what we got to do. And the fact that Titan let us do it was awesome.
So that's. That's coming June 18th.
[00:18:29] Speaker A: Yeah. And let's be honest, like I said, the publishers don't plan this either, because obviously they can't make money unless they sell the book either. You know, publishers are in. It's a business. And so having those books on their shelves means that they sold the books, which means that they made the money and so on and so forth. So taking that long, you know, a year to take out, to do five issues is not something that Titan is like, this is what we're going to plan to do. And so there's speed bumps there. So this is not a Titan thing at all. This is a. The way the world we live in for the past 18 months or so in comics is what it's been like. But, like, yeah, I mean, it's not. I remember this with. With. With the first round of Last RONIN and tmnt, and it was like, every three months, they'd come up with an issue, and you're just like, okay, they're already oversized a little bit. So like, now I'm also like, oh, what happened in the last issue? So I'm going back and reading. The benefit, to me, always has been with the Ronin thing was I feel like I read issue one, like, five times, because I read it the first time, and then every single time a new issue would come out three months later, I'm like, maybe 1 and 2 again, and then 1, 2 and 3, and then 1, 2, 3. And so, you know, that's something you could get. I mean, someone might know huge objective number one, like, the back of their hand, because they read it four times before they get to the actual fifth issue. But, yeah, it's never planned like that. But, yeah, you mentioned. That's pretty cool. Thought process behind it, though, is having that, like, maybe some people actually got to discover it. You know, maybe it moved. Maybe someone isn't a big Wednesday warrior and they're not going to their shop on Wednesdays. But they're going maybe to see, look at current back issues. And they're going to the back issues and they're going to the H's and they see, oh, what's this huge detective book? And because the covers are thought provoking to the point where you make you what this comic about. This is not like, they're not like overwhelming. There's not this.
Some cool covers. Really cool covers too. But like, you know, like I mentioned this cover here.
[00:20:04] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:20:05] Speaker A: What the hell is that all about? And so you pick it up. So. Yeah, you're right. Maybe it's like a, you know, you know, in disguise. A positive thing in disguise.
[00:20:13] Speaker B: A slow burn.
[00:20:14] Speaker A: Yes, yes, a slow burn. But yeah, no, don't burn the actual comics, though. Just a slow burn.
[00:20:19] Speaker B: Please don't.
[00:20:21] Speaker A: Look burning a huge detective. That would get in the news.
Yeah, but so you're four issues in. So your reactions. I mean, when you go places nowadays and you did the signing at Free Comic Book Day, now people actually are reading this book. This is not one of those things where you're releasing. I know my buddy Amanda, who released the ashcan for a book that she did with Joseph Schmolke. It doesn't come out for a couple of weeks or a couple months, but she did the ashcan. The people walking up to her table might know her stuff, but don't know that book. You know, they don't know that thing. So you did a signing on Free Comic Book Day with people actually knowing your book. Were the reactions and the people going in there a good thing for you?
[00:20:57] Speaker B: Yeah, you know. Yes. I mean, people were really positive. Like just some people just like the, the questions they had about where things are going or just their compliments to the, to the. Just the, like I said, the world of it all and the relationship between Tamaki and Giant. I mean, yeah, it was, it was awesome to hear and feel. And a couple new readers, like, I mean, they like reached out to me, like, as of like today, like, saying, I just read that issue that I got. It was awesome. Thank you. I mean, so overall, like, positive stuff, which just feels great to hear as a writer. And, you know, I felt really strongly about this story. It came out of like a little bedtime story with my daughter, like, where it was more like Roald Dahl friendly. And then I left her room and something turned dark and sinister. And I will acknowledge and actually Duncan from Titan, he refreshed my memory when we talked this through. He's like, you know, this reminds me of the 90s movie and then TV show Alien Nation, which if you've not heard of that, must have been in my subconscious or something. As you said, there's you know, the buddy cop thing or whatever has been around, but that, that one was this alien ship crash lands. They're all like alien slaves and their, you know, masters are dead and they are assimilated into society in la. And this is one aliens, the first cop in LA and he's partnered with a reluctant, you know, human cop was like, oh, I don't want an alien cop. So that, I mean, did I watch all that in the 90s? Yes, I did. So is it same with that Louis Gossett Jr. Dennis Quaid, enemy Mine. That's a deep cut for you too.
They crash their, their enemies in a galactic war and they crash land on. It's like a Robinson Crusoe story where they're the only two survivors and have to get along.
[00:22:48] Speaker A: Yes, yes. I mean even if it is, hey, I took this idea from that. This is not crazy. Like I said, this is not like you're stealing someone's intellectual property on this. Like the idea of having two vastly different people get together and be this thing. It's just as much as you see a, the tough nose cop who does everything by the book and the person who breaks all the rules. I mean that's no different in that sense either. Like there's just. They're always in these movies of these stories as these, these partners that don't fit together because I mean, let's be honest, that they fit together, it's like, well, what's the story then? At that point? Like, yes, the world is bigger in huge Detective. There is a bigger W thing going on. But like if you just had two huges or two humans together, you'd be like, cool. What's the, what's the, what's the catch? What's. What makes you want to read this?
[00:23:30] Speaker B: No, and I mean I just feel like it's so important too to have the. Have those characters, whoever they are, whatever they are, have.
They have wants and needs and they have, they have issues. Everyone has issues and they, I just, you know, Tamaki, she's got some challenges that I won't get specific about, but she's got some, some issues, things that are in her way. But I think by issue five, you'll see somehow might end up saving her. Maybe Not. And same with Giant. He's got some cravings that he's trying to squelch and some. And they both are, you know, dealing with biases about stereotypes of each other and working through that.
[00:24:11] Speaker A: Do you feel like, you know, not that this is a Kaiju thing, but like, do you feel like you have a fan base of those people who are like, into Godzilla or things like that that might be fans of this too? Where do you. What do you think the. The main group of fans that pick this book up in the.
[00:24:24] Speaker B: I think it's a combo of Kaiju. I. Early on, like, real early on, I heard anime Attack on Titan.
[00:24:30] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:24:32] Speaker B: And which I loved. I read or I read some and I watched some. I'm not like an avid Attack on Titan. And then also Magenta, his style is, you know, he does say, like, his influences are manga oriented.
So there is an influence there that I think is attractive to people.
And then I think as well, like people that want just a good kind of mystery or like thriller that has this other world thing going on. So. But yeah, I've heard Kaiju people say things to me quite a bit. First time the other day at Free Comic Book Day, someone called the Huge Trolls and I hadn't thought of that, but I can see it, especially with there was that like, Norwegian troll movie where the troll was like the size of a huge.
So sure, you know, we'll take all of you. Come. You're all welcome.
[00:25:26] Speaker A: Yeah, it's just one of those things. I mean, if you write a book that has a superhero in it, you have your superhero fans and you write a book that's a horror book, it's a horror fans. And, you know, true crime is a true crime. But this is that detective part and that mystery part of it. The solving some sort of crime and solving some sort of mystery that could grab onto those people. My wife's huge into that kind of stuff.
[00:25:46] Speaker B: Nice.
[00:25:46] Speaker A: And this might be that borderline crossover being like, ah, it's got a kind of giant person. It's kind of weird, but they might give it a shot, you know, like, it's one of those things. And I also feel like it could be difficult. We mentioned you having to sell this book to people. It might also be difficult on your side. It's not fitting into one kind of like genre or location because you're not just like, oh, you like horror books? You like my book? You know, that's. That's very typical in that sense. But yeah, trying to find that. That thing, you know, that they think I do say that one of the things that drew me in the first time was the. A giant with sizable detective skills in dissociation. That was absolutely. That to me was like, damn, I want to read this book now. Because, like, just. Just that comparison. I'm like, oh, sizable. I get it.
[00:26:27] Speaker B: Yeah, Titan was fun, with a lot of play on words for that.
[00:26:30] Speaker A: Yes, Sizable detective skills. I'm like, oh, you guys, this is great. No, it's true, though, because, I mean, the only reason I bring up the whole Kaiju thing is I just actually read. Luckily, lucky enough, I got to read Godzilla number one coming out from Tim Seeley.
Idw. Coming out here pretty soon. And I'm allowed to give my initial reaction, spoiler free react. But I can't write a review until 13 May or something like that because there's a embargo on it. But I'll say is that it's fun, it's new, it's. It's interesting. It's that thing. But that's the reason why I said it. I'm like, I can see that where there's bigger things coming out of the earth and the mentioning of crossing over the seas and walking over the seas with these people, that's what these Kaiju people do. They're a little less gonna, like, you know, shoot things out of their mouths and whip their tail at things and things like that. But I can see, like I said, if you were into big creatures, I could see why this would be. Would fit your, you know, your whee. House a little bit.
[00:27:21] Speaker B: No. And the inventiveness of Magenta to. To interpret, like, the scale, like, you know, really challenging. But I think because it was so challenging, it makes, like, the reader really, like, just have their eyes kind of wide, like, oh, my God, how. How are they going to show this conversation between Tamaki and Giant? Or how are they going to show Giant? And it works, like, everything he does, his manipulation of scale. And I also think it's one of those, you know, because I've been a comic book like, fan since I was 10 years old or younger, and like, this is the medium for a story like this. You can just.
Everything you want can happen.
Scale and scope is all there.
[00:28:06] Speaker A: And I will say, I give my buddy, you know, Blake. Blake. Blake's buzz. Oh, shit. I was saying his. His little quote on the back of the issues, and at the end he says, with. With effing. With effing giants. I just thought that too, is like, there's no holds Bar, this is, this is such a fun, huge noir epic. A neo noir epic. He says, what do you say? I'll say the actual quote, Huge Detective is a giant sized neo noir epic with an abundance of finely crafted lore. It feels like the first season of True Detective with fucking giants. And I'm like, yes, thanks.
Blake's awesome. That's a great, great quote from the back of there too. It's one of those things. And again, you know, I've had pull quotes put on things and stuff like that too, but I read those nowadays mainly because they're like, oh, what is other people saying? But it pulls you in. It tells me like, that would make me want to read it. So, like, having those on the back of it was really cool too, because if you didn't see it, someone did stumble upon it in an old, you know, current issue back issue box or something like that. They might actually be like, okay, I'm going to read this book. This is looks.
[00:29:00] Speaker B: Yeah, no, we were, we were lucky to get like Blake and the other folks that were on there. It's awesome.
[00:29:04] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, it's really cool. But yeah, so the artwork's beautiful. Mentioned magenta. The artwork, it has that feel to. Of a Kaiju style story like you mentioned. Like, it has that, you know, you know, Asia Pacific, Asia, Asian feel to the, to the artwork, which is really cool, which I like. And it makes that thing. But it's a worldwide thing. This is not like it's happening only in the US or only in places and things like that.
Did you piss a lot of Australian people off?
[00:29:33] Speaker B: I knew you were going to ask that and I'm going to say yes. Well, based on the fact that I actually got like my one. I won't call it hate mail, but it was a tweet when Twitter was Twitter or maybe it was that whatever, somebody was like, you know, yeah, this is a great comic. I really wish the creator, you know, didn't choose Australia as the place that we sanctioned off for the huge And. Oh, that's right. I also got in trouble.
I was told that I, you know, they don't refer to themselves as Aussies.
[00:30:05] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:30:06] Speaker B: And I will say I didn't refer to. I had an outsider refer to them as Aussies because I, I do respect, you know, how people, like, self identify.
I do think there are, like, biased people from other countries that would use that term.
So, you know, yes, I got in a little trouble. A little.
[00:30:23] Speaker A: Well, I mean, Adam, I don't think that you would like, if you picked Anywhere. It's not like, unless you picked like Antarctica. I mean, it's like one of those things that you. But you're not. But then it seems like you're being mean to the, to the hu. Huge. Because you're like, okay, I'm gonna put this on this freezing continent that's not very populated and so on and so forth. And so like. And then Australia is massive. So it's like, I can see the reason why you do that. And at this point, you know, would it be better if you just been like, oh, we blew up Australia and it doesn't exist anymore, or they ate it all, or they. They stomped through it and now it's underwater like it is what it is. Yes, I could. When I was reading this, I'm like, I. Because I read different than I think a lot of other people read. When you read for review purposes or read for something else, you start to look at the. Analyze and think of it differently. And I' oh, he pissed a bunch of people in Australia off. I guarantee you. He did. He did.
Like, well then you know that you have people from Australia reading your comics. So you're like, oh, this is pretty cool.
[00:31:14] Speaker B: That's true. Yeah, no, that was, that was the pleasant surprise of it all.
And then we'll look at Power Fantasy, which I love. They destroyed Europe.
[00:31:23] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:31:25] Speaker B: Boiler, I'm sorry if you're not following along, but if you're a trade waiter. But yeah, literally, Europe is gone.
[00:31:30] Speaker A: Yep.
It happens, you know, in the, in. In any big thing. I mean, people who lived in New York were the town was attacked by. Or the city was town by. Attacked by aliens in Avengers in the movies. Like, it's just like it is what it is.
New York City is attacked a lot in the Marvel universe. So if you live in New York, don't do take offense to that. So yes, I understand that you were being nice as a continent to let the huge have your place of living and that you decided to just, you know, you know, transplant yourself to another place in the world so that they could have a place. That's how you should think about it.
[00:32:03] Speaker B: That's. Well, yeah. And you know, I did. I. I dove deep into the idea of like, well, the people they're going to be people that aren't going to leave and they are burrowed in. They're like the resistance. And that's. They're still there. Even like they're not totally rooted out after all this time. They are still on that continent.
[00:32:20] Speaker A: But I mean, I could say that More than the people who, like, stay in a flooded area. That to me, I'm like, okay, you probably are safe to just be in your own area, quiet, you know, whatever. You. Maybe you're nice to the huge, so they're nice to you and they don't care or whatever. But like those people who stay behind in a flood, I'm like, Or like a massive hurricane's coming in, they're just like, no, I'm going to stay here. And then you find out they die. You're like, come on.
[00:32:42] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, risk of a hurricane or getting eaten by huge, but yeah, your chances might be a little better with the huge. This is.
[00:32:48] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, yeah, you have a little bit of a place to hide you can run from. Maybe. Maybe. We'll see.
[00:32:52] Speaker B: Maybe.
[00:32:52] Speaker A: But it's a. It's a fun thing. But I would say we mentioned this back and forth and I was just going to say I don't want to spoil things for people because, you know, the issues are still coming out and I think that's the best thing to do. I don't, you know, I don't really like to spoil things until he about talks the next time we talk. And it's like the trades out, people read it and stuff like that. And then we're like, okay, let's spoil some things. But as a being one of the things. But you've had an entire year of not wanting to spoil things for people. Right? I mean, like, it's. Honestly, you have that you've had to, like, keep your mouth shut about what happens in the fifth issue and so on and so forth. Are you ready for the fall to come?
[00:33:21] Speaker B: I am beyond ready, yes. I mean, I can't wait for this whole thing to be just together as one cohesive unit because, yeah, I think it's going to be exciting. I think it's going to bring in a whole new wave of people, honestly, as far as, I mean, you say, like, you know, there are trade waiters out there and I get it. I respect that. And I think, you know, with a mystery, I could see one where there's a little more satisfaction at this point if that happens. So I. Yeah, I think we're going to bring in some, like, a lot more attention to it, which will be great.
[00:33:49] Speaker A: It's a mixture too, I think. I'm part of a book club at my lcs, so we do monthly, we do a read of a graphic novel.
[00:33:55] Speaker B: Nice.
[00:33:56] Speaker A: This month, reading Zach Kaplan's Kill All Immortals, which is fun for people to read. I really like that book, was one of my favorite comics last year. But the.
But there's also a price conscientious people nowadays, too, which is, you know, in the world we live in and so on, that it is actually cheaper to wait for the trade to come out because, I mean, it might be a, you know, $5 an issue, $4 an issue, and they change it for 1999 or so on and so forth. And so there is a slight savings on doing that. Plus, people are like, I just don't want to bag and board anymore and all that.
[00:34:24] Speaker B: Right.
[00:34:25] Speaker A: There's a whole thing. I'm the opposite of that. I think it's, you know, calming to bag and board and organize and it takes my mind off of other crap that's going on in the world or whatever.
[00:34:35] Speaker B: Yes. Every Wednesday is a relaxing day for me.
[00:34:39] Speaker A: So I'm both, though. If I really like it, then I'll buy it in trade as well. So there's a double money for me. So you're getting more money from this buyer here? But yes, no, this reader. It's true, though, because there's certain. I think there's certain ones where I'm like, I really want to read this and I'd rather touch out the.
The bags and boards or. It's a lot more of a pain in the butt if you're going to read the whole series through to pull out each comic than it is. Just keep reading the tree.
[00:35:04] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:35:04] Speaker A: And as you. I heard talk to you before, I like to buy many versions of things like the Clown.
So if you ever release it in a foreign language or in another edition or it comes with a ribbon on it or something, or, you know, painted edges or something, I'm probably going to buy that too, because I just have a problem now. No, it's, you know, every time there's certain series that come out, I'm always like, oh, crap, they're creating another version of this. I'm like, okay, do I have room on the shelf? Do I have room in the budget?
[00:35:30] Speaker B: There is going to be some cool back matter with Magenta's, like, kind of character sketches and stuff in the collected edition. I'll say that. So that's. That. That is something to look forward to.
[00:35:39] Speaker A: That's another reason.
I'm glad. And speaking of that, I mean, I talked to a different creator whose book came out with issue one, and the publisher they were going through had an issue with random stuff, and they ended up canceling the rest of the five issues and then putting it out into trade. The plan was to put it out in a trade later on. So there was an issue one that hit shelves. And then all of a sudden I know we're like a year later, like, we're just gonna put the trade out. And then that publisher had issues. So that trade got bought with someone else and it finally came out. I said, I'm glad though, in my. Again, the single issue collector, the bag and boarding, the collecting, the whole thing. I'm glad that's not what happened happen with this. Like, I'm glad for you. It would have been more glad that it already is out there and people can read the whole thing.
[00:36:21] Speaker B: Sure.
[00:36:22] Speaker A: But in the sense of that, I think that you meet both sides of things, people who are collectors in filing, bagging, boarding people as well as the trade people in this situation. So I'm glad this person's comic book came out.
But I'm thinking to myself, I have an issue one and there's no issues for two, three, four and five and so on and so forth. And then there's other issues. Like during the pandemic when Marvel released like 1 and 2 and the rest of them were released digitally. And I'm like, God damn.
[00:36:48] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:36:51] Speaker A: So I'm glad it's actually like completing and then a trade's coming out. That's I'm glad about.
[00:36:55] Speaker B: Yeah, I know. I appreciate that.
I'll be at San Diego Comic Con. I'm like, all set for that. And I'm hoping to get to, you know, hang at Titans booth and like, do a couple other panels and just, you know, hang out in general. It's gonna. I'm hoping to have some other announcements then too. We'll see. Yeah.
[00:37:11] Speaker A: Are you.
So you did this, the mystery. This is like your crime, Neo Noir. You got the huges in it, you got the humans in it. You get this other element, this bigger world, this bigger story. Are you looking to.
Obviously you're writing other things at the time, but like. And obviously you can't tell anything. Don't say anything you can't say anything about. But are you looking to, like, stay in this. This kind of world? Do you like to tell different stories? Like, what's. What's Adam want to do in the future? Do you like. Do you like horror? Do you like superhero?
[00:37:37] Speaker B: Like what?
[00:37:37] Speaker A: You know, obviously if someone called you and says, I'm going to pay you money, a lot of money to do a. A story, you're probably going to do it, but what would you want to do?
[00:37:44] Speaker B: Yeah, no, I guess I seem to lean into, I mean, this kind of world, but also like some speculative fiction that's not like, not far away from our current situation. Like, not quite Black Mirror, but present day. Ish.
I mean, I have a few things like that that are in the pipeline. And then I have, like, something that's a little more like Brubaker, like Phillips Criminal, like kind of a grounded thing that's like, like going to be coming down. That's, I guess, horror tinged, but like crime horror.
But, you know, am I opposed to the land of capes and tights? No, I love the superhero genre.
[00:38:24] Speaker A: Just to say, if Marvel gives you a call and says you want to write a book for us, it's likely you're gonna say yes. But I'm just saying, like, if you had a choice in this matter, you'd rather be more in the side of what we're doing now with, with, you know, your crime, true crime, or your crime mystery, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You want to write a story about, what if the. The Pope was the president of the United States? You're gonna do that one too? Or is that too. Is that too close to home now?
[00:38:45] Speaker B: That little. That's a little. I'll wait a few years. You know, I have an outline for that.
[00:38:49] Speaker A: You just pissed off the entire continent of Australia, so you don't want to do that with the Catholic religion too.
It's not. You don't have too many enemies out there, Adam. People still need to buy these books.
[00:38:58] Speaker B: One day at a time.
[00:38:59] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. No. Oh, that's pretty cool, though. I like, you know, like it. I like the. The stepping outside and doing. You know, I like when you find. Become a fan of a certain comic book writer, you. You hope that they write the same style over and over again because you want to see that stuff and so on and so forth. But I'm also a big fan of. Of people who write different things because it's like, I'm gonna like their style of writing like I do yours. And so hopefully if you write something else, if you write a Daredevil book, that I'd probably enjoy it, even if I'm not really more into Daredevil because of your writing style. And so I hope there's more people that change around, do random things and change things up. But, you know, but also, like, if you wrote another story that was more in this universe, I would be happy to. So if there's more huge detective coming at the future, I would also be extremely happy. So.
[00:39:45] Speaker B: No, we've Definitely not closed the door, that's for sure. But yeah, there's, like, stuff that I'm hoping is gonna have some, like, some big announcements for by the summer. It's. Yeah, it's. It's been fun. I'm. I'm like, writing every day, so I can't. I can't stop myself.
[00:40:01] Speaker A: So you're writing, you're doing this stuff. Are you reading anything right now? I mean, you mentioned some stuff, but, like, what would you. What would you say that is something that you're reading right now that you really enjoy?
[00:40:08] Speaker B: Well, I'll go back a little bit because, like I said, in the last few years, I've been a lot more real. Like getting into manga as just another thing to read. And Tokyo these days.
I don't know if you heard about that.
[00:40:20] Speaker A: No, I haven't.
[00:40:21] Speaker B: Oh, it's three volumes. Magenta actually told me about it. It's gorgeous. I'm so bad with names. This creator, he is very well known in manga circles. I'm pretty sure, like, people listening are, like, going to scream. His name is like, oh, what's wrong with this guy? I'm just bad with names. I'm sorry, but it's very inside baseball about these artists and editors in the manga world and them trying to come up with, like, a new perfect manga in these three gorgeous volumes. So that was amazing. I just. Just read that, like, not that long ago, and then I'm still a single issue guy. Like, just last night. I can't get out of my head. The newest absolute Superman and its depiction of Brainiac is so. I think I had, like, a nightmare about it. It was so good in a horrifying way. Talk about, like a blending there. That issue in particular felt like the first time I had horror vibes in a Superman comic.
It was disturbing, but I am. Yeah, I'm kind of like all in on all the, like, the. The absolutes. And then, you know, I. I'm tons of like, you know, indie stuff. Like, gosh, what is the last thing that I read? I mean, I'm reading so many different ones there. Well, there's. Well, Black Hammer, like the spin off Spiral City has been a lot of fun.
All the Minor Threats books.
Gosh, this. Oh, well, what's his name? Matt Rosenberg's new book is so good.
[00:41:46] Speaker A: It's like we're taking everyone down with us.
[00:41:48] Speaker B: Yes. Oh, my gosh. It's like Johnny Quest meets Venture Brothers meets I don't know what. And I can't. I can't put it Down. I mean, two issues in, I'm like, oh, my God, I want more of this.
[00:42:01] Speaker A: Matthew can't do anything wrong right now, in my opinion. Like this dude. You can write instructions on how to make a pot pocket and I'd read it. It's insane. It's just wonderful. Yeah. He's also got the longest titles in the history of comedy. But that's also another type of conversation. The funny thing I mentioned, the absolute, is that I feel like the best thing, the reason why that's working so well is you either hate it or you love it. There's nobody that. I feel like that it's like lukewarm on it. I feel like that's the definition of a really good comic, in my opinion. Because, like, you have this, like, you went all in on something. All in. But like, you went in. You went completely in on something, whether people are going to love it or hate it. And you just hope that people love it. And I think that's what those. All the absolutes have been like that for people. I feel like there's like very few people who are like, like, yeah, it's pretty good. It's either like, I don't want anything to do with this, or I want everything to be this. There's no, you know. You know, and there's some of that from Marvel and the new Ultimates. Like, you know, people are like really in an Ultimate Spider man and maybe. Really? Yeah. Wolverine and. But there's like other ones that people are a little bit lukewarm on. But like, I think it's like absolute. It's like people are like die hard on all the absolute stuff or they're just don't want to have anything to do with it.
[00:43:05] Speaker B: No. I'm currently all in, but I might. Well. Martian Manhunter. Talk about experimental visual storytelling at its finest. It is a workshop on. Oh my gosh. Yes, all of this is possible.
[00:43:19] Speaker A: It's exciting. There's this weird. And I think that one of the things that we've seen in the big. The independent world, Titan Comics, doing these. Your creator own kind of stuff and all these other independent creators out there doing stuff is that for the past five years or so, those have been like, like the number one comics in. In the comic book world.
[00:43:36] Speaker B: Right?
[00:43:37] Speaker A: That the, that. That. That's what I mean. Even if, Even if the other ones sell more, it's the title Marvel, it's the title DC that really does that push for them. Whereas, like, if you ask like true comic fans, like most comic fans are really, in the indie side of things nowadays. And I would say that there's still other people doing the big two, mainly, and so on and so forth.
[00:43:53] Speaker B: But.
[00:43:54] Speaker A: But I think the absolute and even the ultimate side of things, I think, is where people start to pull back into some of these D.C. things. And I think that people. I think they've got some futures. To him, DC and Marvel aren't going anywhere. People like, it's going to be there forever, but I just think that there's these.
It's just harder and harder, I think, for people to just dive into something in the big two, because if you're not a big fan, you haven't been a big fan, you feel like you're overwhelmed by the number of back issues you need to read to get there. And I think with absolute. And with ultimates, like, you kind of don't need to. They're actually their own kind of thing. And so if you want to start there and then that makes it so you can tip your toes into other things, it's great. And I think that both Marvel and DC realized, or marvel 100% realize, that they shouldn't have gotten rid of their ultimate universe, but allowing it to come back and do something fun and different with it and letting some people actually take some reins and actually do some fun things. I mean, you mentioned Ultimate Wolverine. Just starting from scratch with the basis of Wolverine, but then doing whatever the hell you want to do with them is pretty cool.
[00:44:49] Speaker B: No, they have permission to kind of not worry about what's come before. So continuity is not an issue, which I think really frees you up quite a bit. But I will say, if I'm ever, you know, get the opportunity to work for one of the big two, I.
Being in a continuity sandbox sounds like a blast. I mean, I've been doing just hypothetical research, reading some omnibuses from, like, the 60s and 70s.
[00:45:14] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:45:14] Speaker B: Just because, I mean, you know, I think it's fun. The idea of, okay, how can I, like, stay true to this, but come up with something new that like. Like the new reader could read and not need to know, oh, what's the backstory to Alan Scott versus Hal Jordan or Guy Gardner? I think that's fun. I think I'm up for the challenge.
[00:45:36] Speaker A: Yes. And I think you're a comic book fan. Not that the other comic book writers and people aren't. But I'm saying because you have comics and you've written comics, but the majority of your time is spent reading comics.
I mean, over the past few, I Mean, there's people who have 17 comics they're writing or illustrating at the same time. Right now, you might be doing that and dabbling with that, but, like, obviously you have huge Detective out right now, and you're doing a lot of reading of comics. And so if you were to do something like, no, I want to write something that's based on the stuff that I've been reading right now or in the past or I've read and some of these other creators who have written these things are like, okay, I want to do something new. I want to do something different. If I get Chose to go. If Marvel's like, hey, so and so, do you want to come write for us? You're like, yeah, but I want to create a new Wolverine. Like, that's. There's some people thing. I mean, Chris Condom has done a great job with that. I think Chris's independent stuff, and his. His Marvel stuff's been great.
Yeah. So, yeah, it's. Yeah, I can see if it was me and they hired me to do something and be like, well, I really want to tell an Iron man story, but an Iron man story based around the Iron man that everybody knows, not this new character that no one knows anything about, because that's what your goal to hit, reach the top of that mountain is to write these characters that you grew up loving.
And if you were to like, oh, you can take over Ultimate Wolverine, like, that character was created like a year ago.
Like, I don't like this. Like, if I can't, you can't screw it up. Really, like, at that point, I mean, if you screw it up, it's a fan from a year ago. Not a fan.
[00:46:56] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:46:57] Speaker A: Yeah. So it's. It's a. It's a fun thing, but. Yeah, but you have the ability to hopefully, hopefully your. Your name and people see your writing.
When Huge Detective gets, you know, even in a trade, and people start to pitch it up, pick it up more, and people see it, because I think, like I said, I think this. The story is well written. I would think you're extremely seasoned writer for writing comics, which is awesome.
And I think. I appreciate that people are going to love Huge Detective if they haven't heard about it. I think people should really pick it up. And. And I hope that they're not sold out of. I hope they're sold out of one. But if your LCS might have issued one, tell them to go grab it. And again, if you can't, well, September or October, October, you'll get. You'll get the trade coming out from. From Titan, which will be fun for to get. I don't know.
The FOC has got to be sometimes this summer, right? I don't think it's actually been solicited.
[00:47:41] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, that's right.
[00:47:43] Speaker A: It.
[00:47:43] Speaker B: Do you know where you can pre order it somehow? I think my mom told me she pre ordered it on Amazon. So I don't know.
[00:47:52] Speaker A: Is that Titan behind the scenes going? Yeah, we get a sale mom, like of course. Well, I did some panels. Like there was this one. I did a panel recently at a comic convention. I was the host of the panels. I was a moderator and there was just one new artist who doesn't have any comics out. They're just an artist and they do a lot of like the top sketch cards for. For Topps cards and stuff like that. So they don't have a huge following. And so they had their own panel because it was a very small convention in the. The convention let them all have panels and I was like, ah. I'm like thinking back for. I'm like, there's not that many people gonna show up here. It's whatever, we'll sit down, we'll go, we'll do this, whatever. Two people came. Okay. Which to me I'm like, I don't know, two people, Is that better than zero?
I try to figure out what the thing is. Come to find out it was like one of their students from their art class and their employees, aunt, you know, it was like, oh, it doesn't count though. Like, but they asked questions, it was fun, it was great experiments, they loved it. And so on and so forth. So more power to them. But yeah, I was thinking myself, I'm like, oh, this is your aunt. That doesn't count. Like it's the same thing as your family. It doesn't count for that. No, but that's pretty funny. Do you know where Titan is distributed now? Is it still at Diamond?
[00:48:58] Speaker B: But they have a non exclusive with Lunar.
[00:49:01] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:49:02] Speaker B: So I think it depends on. It's a case by. I don't know how that stuff works beyond what.
[00:49:06] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:49:06] Speaker B: What I just said is impressive. The fact that I know how to put this, the words together. Non exclusive deal with Lunar, you know, that shows how much I've been reading like the Beat and everything and bleeding cool. So.
[00:49:15] Speaker A: Yes, well, so yeah. So for the lemons. So basically what it is is that they have a deal I think with Lunar to distribute and then diamond can do their wholesale distribution. So like for years and years and years, it's always been like that when Marvel and DC went to. To different distributors. So when Marvel went to Paper Random House and DC went to Lunar.
[00:49:32] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:49:32] Speaker A: I think DC didn't do it. But Marvel let people buy Marvel comics still through Diamond. They could wholesale through them, but the distributor technically was still pr.
And the same thing happened when Image went over to Lunar. You can still Image comics through Diamond. So and so forth. When this whole bankruptcy thing happened and it's all this crap happened with Diamond. A lot of these companies are portion of these comics. Probably stop sending comics to Diamond. So there are things like I don't think you can get Image comics at diamond anymore because diamond isn't paying Image. So Diamond Image was like, we're not, we're not doing this anymore by the Lunar. So it seems like what it is is if you have account with a Diamond, you could probably order the book through Diamond. If you have account with Lunar, you can do a Lunar. That's gonna say if you want to have your safe place to be, it's probably order it through Diamond. If you, if you tell our Lunar. I mean if you have your. If your LCS owner doesn't know that when it is available on Lunar, probably do it there because we don't know what's going to happen over on the diamond side of things. They were sold again, everything might be fine. But like I said, if you want to make sure you get this in your hands, it's probably best to figure it out through Lunar. And with a trade or collected edition, you'll be able to get it at bookstores, which is really cool.
[00:50:42] Speaker B: Yeah bookstores, you name it.
[00:50:44] Speaker A: If you don't have a local comic book shop that you go to or whatever. But most communities have some sort of bookstore or even libraries nowadays if you actually tell your library that you want it, you can, you can write.
[00:50:54] Speaker B: I'm working on yeah, getting the word out once the trade's there. And hey people, if anyone out there, I'm on Instagram. I am. Shazam Cap. Shazam Cap. Reach out to me, I'll help you figure it out. Yeah, I'm a hands on guy.
[00:51:07] Speaker A: Yeah. But I didn't realize until recently someone like show me a picture of someone like rent or taking out a trade or their library. I'm like, I never even thought about that. Honestly. I guess smart. I guess it's huge for the district for you guys too. Like, like if a library gets a hold of it means there's a bunch of libraries. Get it means it's just a bunch of more people can see the comic in sales and things like that. That's awesome. So but issue five comes out here on June 18th.
June 18th. Lunar says June 25th, but it's probably because it comes out a week later on Lunar. It means that gets IT on the 18th. It's the 25th on Lunar and FOC. This will come out before. So FOC is June 22nd or June or May.
What would be a week before that?
May 26th.
[00:51:55] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:51:56] Speaker A: Would be the FOC for diamond. But get your local comic book shop to know before now in May 26th. How about that? Does that work for you?
[00:52:04] Speaker B: Perfect. I love that.
[00:52:05] Speaker A: Because you just need to let them know that you can get it and let them decide how to order it and what to get to it. But no issue five. So if you were looking for issue five or you look at. You want to get the other issues, just tell your local comic book shop that. Because they. They hopefully can even get them if there's some left at the distribution level, which would be great. Yeah. It says huge Detective number five previously are offered through diamond on it. That's what it says on Lunar right now. So there we go. There we go right now. Yeah.
So hopefully people can get it in their hands. If not again, message, you know, Adam here on Instagram and say, how the hell do I get this thing? And you can help them figure out what area they're in and so on. But yeah, Huge Detective. I'm so pumped for people to actually get this in their hands. So like I said, we're way in advance for the trade, but like, we're counting those days down to that trade so everybody who has missed it can get it all in their hands. But if they don't grab the single issues, people, it's worth it. Does Titan have a digital version of it, do you know?
[00:52:58] Speaker B: I believe they do.
[00:52:59] Speaker A: Okay, they do. So that also could be an option for those people who want to read it on their iPad or.
[00:53:03] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:53:04] Speaker A: Or the insane people who know go to Titan's website.
[00:53:06] Speaker B: I think they do have the digital option.
[00:53:08] Speaker A: You want to read it on your phone, you can try that too. That's not. I don't understand. I've seen people doing that. The comic book shop. Like, we're waiting for BookTube to start and they're reading a comic on their phone. I'm like, are you reading panel by panel? I'm like, that's cool. I mean, it's detailed and you get to zoom in. But like, how do you not see the Whole.
[00:53:21] Speaker B: I am tactile. But yes, yes.
[00:53:23] Speaker A: Well, me too. But like, if I. Like my wife goes to bed before I. I do. So if I have to, I have to read it on my iPad or a lot of my advanced copies.
[00:53:30] Speaker B: Oh, right, right, right.
[00:53:31] Speaker A: Digital. But I. So I can zoom in. Because you can zoom in, which is really cool. But I still want to see the whole page.
[00:53:37] Speaker B: I don't.
[00:53:38] Speaker A: There's ways you can read where it's like bigger and it's only the panel you're reading, and then you just tap it goes to the next panel. I'm like. But I feel like you lose so much of what it costs.
[00:53:45] Speaker B: No, it's funny you say that because I've been geeking out. The Art Spiegelman documentary, you know, mouse creator, he said this and it stuck with me so much now, like, he. When he draw. Draws mouse or anything, the entire page is a time capsule. Like, your eyes can go everywhere on the page simultaneously, and your brain is still computing that your flashback, flash forward, present. Because the page he believes is the entire story each time.
[00:54:16] Speaker A: Yes. So, yeah, so that's me. I'm always like the big page. And if you want to read huge detective digitally, more power to you.
I believe you go to Titan's website. It just links to the Kindle version of it. So if you just go to Amazon's website, you could actually get it there too. Amazon has the huge detective series on there, which is pretty easy. You can just buy all the issues right in a row and they're. They're right there. But yeah.
Yeah, that's awesome. I really appreciate you coming on and talking, Adam. I know it took us a while to do this, to have this happen, but I'm glad you did. And hopefully we'll come back on in the future and talk about either more huge detective. We'll do spoiler spoiler episode or their next project. And I'm excited for that.
[00:54:52] Speaker B: Justin, it's been honored to be on here. I've been like, yeah, it really means a lot to get to do this. This is awesome.
[00:54:56] Speaker A: I'm super pumped. So. And it's actually gonna be back to back episodes of Adams Adam and Adam Caesar. Two episodes back to back. So you guys are the Adams are taking over world and.
Or at least this podcast. So, yeah, I really do appreciate taking the time out chatting huge detective and so much more. I. I loved it. I think people should read it. It's. It's an amazing new series over at Titan, so check it out.
Yeah. And the Trading comes out in October.
[00:55:18] Speaker B: Awesome.
Thank you.
[00:55:30] Speaker A: Sam.
