Comic Book Historians
As featured on LEGO.com, Marvel.com, Slugfest, NPR, Wall Street Journal and the Today Show, host & series producer Alex Grand, author of the best seller, Understanding Superhero Comic Books (with various co-hosts Bill Field, David Armstrong, N. Scott Robinson, Ph.D., Jim Thompson) and guests engage in a Journalistic Comic Book Historical discussion between professionals, historians and scholars in determining what happened and when in comics, from strips and pulps to the platinum age comic book, through golden, silver, bronze and then toward modern
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Episodes
141 episodes
The Silver Age Panel at San Diego Comic Con 2025: How Flash Saved the Comic Book Industry
In 1955, comic book companies were struggling to stay afloat after a rough five years of censorship, a changing readership, and the invention of television. During an editorial meeting at National Periodical Publications, somebody suggested bri...
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The Many Hands of Bill Finger SDCC 2025 Panel
Panel description: Before Gotham had shadows, writer Bill Finger cast them. Comics scholar Alex Grand (*Understanding Superhero Comic Books*) moderates a lively conversation with Athena Finger (Bill’s granddaughter and advocate), historian Bill...
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Rob Liefeld Biographical Interview Part 2 by Alex Grand
Rob Liefeld returns to the CBH podcast talking about Youngblood hitting its stride, Extreme Studios becomes a hothouse of new series: Brigade, Bloodstrike, and nearly two dozen more, all while he mentors rising talents Dan Fraga, Norm Rapmund a...
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2:04:28
Don McGregor Career Interview with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson Part 4
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Don McGregor on his career in a final fourth of a four parter discussing his work with Dean Mullaney at Eclipse, Ragamuffins, working at DC Comics with Nathaniel Dusk, Julius Schwartz, Dragonflame w...
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Season 1
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Episode 115
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1:22:57
Don McGregor Career Interview with Alex Grand & Jim Thompson Part 3
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview comic writer Don McGregor, in a third parter on discussing Black Panther fighting the KKK, antagonism with editorial, Archie Goodwin & Jim Shooter, the personal issues he was dealing with in the...
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Season 1
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Episode 114
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1:24:48
Mark Ditko and Mort Todd Ditkoverse Interview 2025
Ditkoverse publications are here: http://www.igg.me/at/ditkoverse1Alex Grand speaks with Steve Ditko’s nephew, Mark Ditko, and longtime Ditko collaborator Mort Todd about their DitkoVerse publishing venture, a project dedicated to “rema...
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Will Eisner interview by David Armstrong
David Armstrong interviewed Golden Age great and Graphic Novelist, Will Eisner in 1997 on set at San Diego Comic Con about the early history of comic books, comic strip reprints, his entry into comics, WOW What A Magazine!, his partnership with...
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Jerry Ordway Power Hour Interview by Alex Grand & Filippo Marzo
Alex Grand & Filippo Marzo interview Jerry Ordway for an hour in a co-interview process where the english version is here at Comic Book Historians, and the italian version is at Comics Reporter. Jerry is asked about his DC Comics care...
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Episode 118
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Bob Hall, Comic Artist, Writer & Actor Interview Part 2 by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Bob Hall part 2, from his early days as a comic reader, his University education in Theatre, his turned in first work for Charlton Comics, studying at the John Buscema Comic Art School, getting into...
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Episode 110
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1:31:04
Craig Yoe Biographical Interview by Alex Grand
Craig Yoe’s biographical interview highlights his creative journey through personal struggles and reinvention, who transforms adversity into creativity while remaining true to his innovative spirit. He discusses his graphic novel Woman &...
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2:49:49
Bob Hall, Comic Artist, Writer & Actor Interview Part 1 by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Bob Hall, from his early days as a comic reader, his University education in Theatre, his turned in first work for Charlton Comics, studying at the John Buscema Comic Art School, getting into Marvel...
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Season 1
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Episode 109
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1:36:09
Frank Frazetta Phone Interview by Steve Ringgenberg
In today's special episode, Alex Grand and Bill Field delve into a fascinating phone conversation from August 27, 1994, between comic book historian and writer, Steve Ringgenberg and the legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta. Steve Ringgenber...
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Rob Liefeld Marvel Biographical Interview part 1 by Alex Grand
Alex Grand interviewed Rob Liefeld for the Comic Book Historians Podcast, a key figure in the revolution of comic books in the 1990s, known for his intense storytelling and artistic impact. The conversation focuses on Liefeld’s approach to comi...
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1:38:19
Jim Mooney & Marv Levy interviews by David Armstrong
David Armstrong interviewed Golden & Silver Age great, Jim Mooney in 1997 on set at San Diego Comic Con about his entry into pulp magazines like Weird Tales, meeting Julius Schwartz and Mort Weisinger, entering comic books in the early 1940...
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Irwin Hasen & Harry Lampert interviews by David Armstrong
David Armstrong interviewed Golden Age great, Irwin Hasen in 1999 on set at San Diego Comic Con about his entry into comic books in the late 1930s, illustrating sports figures for newspapers including an interesting experience at the Daily Work...
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Audiobook Announcement for Understanding Superhero Comic Books by Alex Grand
I'm thrilled to share something truly special with you. Writing my book was a seven-year journey, culminating not just in publication but also in an audiobook that's now available, thanks to an option I discovered with my publisher. Encouraged ...
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Tom Palmer, Inker & Illustrator Interview Part 2 by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Tom Palmer about his extensive career as both inker and illustrator starting at the Frank Reilly school, learning from Jack Kamen, illustration for advertising, then inking various Marvel comic book...
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Episode 105
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1:23:12
Tom Palmer, Inker & Illustrator Interview Part 1 by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview Tom Palmer about his extensive career as both inker and illustrator starting at the Frank Reilly school, learning from Jack Kamen, illustration for advertising, then inking various Marvel comic book...
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Season 1
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Episode 104
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1:34:50
Steve Rude The Dude biographical interview by Alex Grand & Bill Field
Join Alex Grand and Bill Field as they sit down with legendary comic artist Steve Rude in an enlightening episode of the CBH podcast. Dive deep into Rude's early influences, from his passion for 1960s Marvel to the impact of artists like ...
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1:14:53
Nick Cardy interview part 2 by David Armstrong
David Armstrong interviewed Nick Cardy for a second round on set in 2005 about his time at the Eisner shop, Fiction House, illustrator influences, Lou Fine, anatomy, reference, army sketch book, his Paris exhibit, Science Fiction stories, desig...
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Joe Kubert interview by David Armstrong
David Armstrong interviewed Golden, Silver, and Bronze Age great, Joe Kubert in 1997 on set at San Diego Comic Con discussing his childhood strip and pulp influences, entering comic books in the early 1940s as a high school student, working wit...
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Carol Tyler: Comic Writer & Artist Interview Part 2 by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview painter, autobiographical comics pioneer and 11-time Eisner nominee Carol Tyler, author of Soldier's Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father: A Daughter's Memoir (You'll Never...
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Season 1
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Episode 108
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1:40:52
Carol Tyler: Comic Writer & Artist Interview Part 1 by Alex Grand & Jim Thompson
Alex Grand and co-host Jim Thompson interview painter, autobiographical comics pioneer and 11-time Eisner nominee Carol Tyler, author of Soldier's Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father: A Daughter's Memoir (You'll Never...
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Episode 107
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1:32:37
Nick Cardy interview part 1 by David Armstrong
David Armstrong interviewed Golden and Silver Age great, Nick Cardy in 1998 on set at San Diego Comic Con about his entry into comic books in 1940, working with the Eisner & Iger shop, his influences like Gary Cooper, Noel Sickles, working ...
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Steve Ditko Biographical Interview with Pat & Patrick Ditko by Alex Grand
Explore the life and genius of Steve Ditko, Spider-Man's co-creator, in a special 2-hour interview featuring his family. Discover his early years, creative process, and love for science and Batman, shaping his superhero creations. Dive into his...
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