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Nerdist Comics Panel

The Writers Panel creator and host Ben Blacker (Star Wars: Join the Resistance; Deadpool v Gambit; Death Be Damned; Thrilling Adventure Hour) interviews comic book professionals about the business and process of writing comic books. Plus, round-table conversations around characters, themes, and topics of interests to comics creators in which Ben is joined by a rotating collection of friends and co-hosts including Heath Corson (Bizarro; Scream), Julie Benson and Shawna Benson (The 100; Batgirl and the Birds of Prey), Adam Beechen (Transformers), Len Wein (creator of Wolverine), and others.
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Now displaying: October, 2016
Oct 26, 2016

Ben Blacker (Deadpool v Gambit) and Heath Corson (Detective Chimp) talk with the co-writer of Top Cow's Postal, screenwriter, and writer on Ash vs the Evil Dead about his multi-media career, his early influences, his process, and more.

Oct 19, 2016

Heath Corson (Detective Chimp) debates with Sterling Gates (Adventures of Supergirl) and Adam Beechen (Transformers: Robots in Disguise) about what makes an essential run of comics, how to leave a lasting mark on a character, the greatest Batman artistic team and the characters and story arcs that shaped them as writers. This week's theme is "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder

Oct 12, 2016

Heath Corson (Detective Chimp) moderates a roundtable of retailers: Jesse James (Jesse James Comics), Lauren and Eric as they discuss why reboots are important to sales, reader's expectations of continuity, legacies and fan entitlement versus risks in storytelling.


Recorded live at the PHXCC in Phoenix. Today's theme is "Merry Go Round" by Kacey Musgraves. NOTE: Apologies to Lauren and Eric for not catching your full names or the name of your stores. Contact us and we will rectify.

Oct 5, 2016

The writer of DC's new Shade, the Changing Girl, as well as The P.L.A.I.N. Janes, The Year of the Beasts, young adult novels Boy Proof, The Queen of Cool, and more talks about her process, choosing to be an artist, her indie rock years, and more. This episode features two songs from Cecil's band, Nerdy Girl! Shade, the Changing Girl is out today.

Ben Blacker and The Writers Panel have lots of upcoming live shows and appearances, including the 300th Episode Celebration on 11/6 in LA with Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Marta Kauffman, Mike Schur, and lots more!

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