Graphic Policy's Elana Levin joins me for a conversation about the cross-section of fandom and activism and her own history of growing up a solitary comic fan.

Episode 19: Rachael Smith

Jun 4th, 2018 44m 19s

A comic book based biography in podcast form. Every month, Kieran Shiach talks to a new guest about their relationship with comic book culture and how it shaped them into the person they are. Isabella & Blodwen's Rachael Smith sits down with me

Episode 18: Christopher Sebela

Jan 9th, 2018 1h 3m

Two-Headed Press' Christopher Sebela joins us to talk all about mail order comics and the prevalence of Tim Burton's Batman.

Episode 17: Tini Howard

Dec 18th, 2017 1h 1m

Assassinistas' Tini Howard joins us for the return of Zero Hour to talk about the nature of fiction when you're a child, why Iron Man was right and working with Gilbert Hernandez.

Episode 16: Rosie Knight

Aug 29th, 2017 59m 8s

Rosie Knight joins me for Zero Hour to talk about Love & Rockets, mid-2000s Image Comics and wasting time on bad recommendations.

Episode 15: Rebecca Epstein

Aug 22nd, 2017 52m 9s

Gently Murder Me's Rebecca Epstein joins me to talk about Warren Ellis, Spider-Man and letting go of the direct market.

Episode 14: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Aug 17th, 2017 1h 11m

Strip Panel Naked's Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou joins me to talk about Watchmen, Hush and applying critical thinking to the deconstruction of comics craft.

Episode 13: Meg Downey

Aug 10th, 2017 1h

Meg Downey, host of Boy Problems, drops by Zero Hour to talk about Sailor Moon OCs and getting into superhero comics out of spite.

Episode 12: Sally Cantirino

May 16th, 2017 1h

Last Song's Sally Cantirino joins me this week on Zero Hour to talk about Nickoledon Magazine, EC Comics and The Umbrella Academy!

Episode 11: Hannah Blumenreich

May 2nd, 2017 1h 3m

Spidey Zine's Hannah Blumenreich stops by Zero Hour to talk all about X-Men video games, mid-2000s manga and of course, The Amazing Spider-Man.

Episode 10: John S. Troutman

Apr 18th, 2017 1h

The Gospel of Carol's John S. Troutman takes part in the Zero Hour to talk about third-hand experiences with superhero fiction and growing up via the wild west of webcomics.

Episode 9: Adam P. Knave

Apr 11th, 2017 1h 2m

The Once And Future Queen's Adam P. Knave stops by Zero Hour to talk about The Legion of Super-Heroes, The Flash and collaborative comics.

Episode 8: Sarah Graley

Apr 4th, 2017 53m 46s

Kim Reaper's Sarah Graley joins the Zero Hour to talk about The Beano, Sonic The Comic and Goosebumps, among other things.

Episode 7: Matt D. Wilson

Mar 28th, 2017 1h 1m

Matt D. Wilson joins the show to talk about Spider-Man, Superman III and reading comics way to mature for a small child's mind.

Episode 6: Jon Morris

Mar 21st, 2017 1h 2m

"Calamity" Jon Morris joins me to talk all about Superman, Superman and Superman. There's some other stuff too, like Crisis on Infinite Earths and his mother's love for the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Episode 5: David Wynne

Mar 14th, 2017 1h 10m

Unsworn's David Wynne joins me to talk about X-Men, Punisher, UK newsagents and the comics choices therein.

Episode 4: Katie Schenkel

Mar 7th, 2017 53m 27s

This week we're joined by critic and comics writer Katie Schenkel to talk about comic strips, webcomics, Watchmen and her upcoming series Moonlighters.

Episode 3: Elle Collins

Feb 27th, 2017 55m 14s

I'm joined by one of my closest friends, Elle Collins, to talk about Hawkeye, Batman omnipresence, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and weird Vertigo one-shots from the mid-nineties.

Episode 2: James Leask

Jan 23rd, 2017 59m 44s

We're back for good and joined by James Leask to talk about Batman iconography, newspaper strips and Joss Whedon's comics ouvre.

Episode 1: Chris Sims

Aug 30th, 2016 1h 3m

Chris Sims joins Kieran to talk about Batman throwing a car battery, X-Men comics acquired from Pizza Hut and reading every single issue of The Punisher.