Best Storycomic Podcasts (2026)

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(Ep: 483) Comics That Whisper, Then Hit You Right in the Heart 30:43

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#IsabellaHall #BellaPinkPen #VermontArtist #Cartoonist #IndieComics #Webcomics #CenterForCartoonStudies #GraphicStorytelling #FantasticalFiction #ComicCreators #TheGhostOfTheStellaCadente #Pawdust #PajamaRants #LifeWithDiabetes #StorycomicPresents In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m joined by Vermont cartoonist Isabella Hall (she/they), the…

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(Ep: 482) Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies… and Rent Still Due on Tuesday 38:25

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#SoCalledLiving #MarkMaia #DarkComedyComic #VampireComics #IndieComics #ComicKickstarter #SupernaturalComedy #WerewolvesAndZombies #JackTheVampire #MaiaComics #BoardGameCoffee #StorycomicPresents #WebtoonComics #GlobalComix #ComicBookCommunity In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m joined by Mark Maia, BAFTA-winning game designer and creator o…

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Somerset Maugham: The Art of Literary Espionage 11:28

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By Jim Stovall

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Somerset Maugham: The Writer Who Spied 11:43

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By Jim Stovall

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(Ep: 481) Appalachian Noir Meets Supernatural Horror 20:46

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#JonDexter #DimeStoreDetective #AlphaDogsComics #SupernaturalNoir #CrimeMystery #AppalachianNoir #IndieComics #ComicKickstarter #SerialKillerStory #AncientEvil #DetectiveStory #NoirComics #StorycomicPresents #IndieCreators #HorrorComics In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m joined once again by comic creator Jon Dexter to dive into his supern…

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(Ep: 480) The Novel That Proves Science Nerds Tell the Best Stories 26:14

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#MarkJWilson #FullOfBeans #TimeTravelNovel #ScienceFiction #IndieAuthor #StorycomicPresents #ScientistTurnsWriter #BiotechAuthor #AdventureNovel #NovelDebut In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m delighted to welcome Mark J. Wilson — scientist, novelist, and storyteller — to discuss his debut novel Full of Beans. We’ll dive into how his backgr…

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Charles Talleyrand: The Ultimate Betrayal - part 2 14:52

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By Jim Stovall

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Charles Talleyrand: The Making of a Master Betrayer (part 1) 12:53

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By Jim Stovall

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(Ep: 479) Why Elephant Beach Is More Than Just a Children’s Book 19:56

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#ChristineDevane #ElephantBeach #ChildrensBooks #PictureBookDebut #KidsLit #ReadAloud #ShyKidsMatter #SteppingOutOfComfortZone #ElephantsAtTheBeach #StorycomicPresents #TeachersTurnedAuthors In this episode of Storycomic Presents, we’re joined by debut children’s author Christine Devane, whose picture book Elephant Beach tells the playful and poign…

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The Master of Disguise: Sarah Emma Edmonds 13:25

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By Jim Stovall

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(Ep: 478) A Guidebook to Grief, Growth, and Geozoology 27:44

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#MiddleGradeGraphicNovel #Geozoology #FantasyAdventure #LuAndRen #DebutAuthor #AngelaHsieh #QuillTreeBooks #HarperCollins #KidsComics #AsianAmericanAuthors #FantasyComics #ComicsForKids #StorycomicPresents #PodcastInterview #GraphicNovelDebut #RepresentationMatters #IllustrationArt #DebutGraphicNovelist Angela Hsieh’s Fantastical Debut: Lu and Ren’…

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Karl Ludwig Schulmeister: The Smuggler's Gambit: Napoleon's Master Spy 13:33

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By Jim Stovall

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(Ep 477) Can a Book Make You Rethink Humanity’s Fate? 28:13

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#JonathanBall #StrangerFiction #LastBreeds #GraphicNovel #DystopianComic #IndieComics #SciFiArt #StorycomicPresents #ComicsCreators #GungnirBooks In this episode of Storycomic Presents, we sit down with Jonathan Ball of Stranger Fiction Inc. to dive into his ambitious new graphic novel Last Breeds. We’ll explore how a collapsing world, genetically …

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Josephine Baker (part 2) 10:55

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By Jim Stovall

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Josephine Baker: From Entertainer to Resistance Hero 10:09

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These episodes explore the remarkable transformation of Josephine Baker (1906-1975) from world-famous entertainer to French Resistance operative during World War II. Born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri, Baker became an international sensation in 1920s Paris before dedicating herself to intelligence work and humanitarian efforts dur…

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(Ep: 476) Building a World Where Everything Has Fallen Apart 28:49

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#RandallDrew #RKDIAComics #CitadelVolumeOne #HighFantasyComic #ComicKickstarter #IndieComics #FantasyCreators #StorycomicPresents #Worldbuilding #CrowdfundedComics In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m joined by Randall Drew (RK DIA Comics), creator of the high‑fantasy comic Citadel Volume One, now successfully funded via Kickstarter. When ev…

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(Ep: 475) Deep Cuts, Big Hearts, and Giant Swords: Barb's 4th Book! 26:22

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#BarbTheLastBerzerker #DanAbdo #JasonPatterson #MiddleGradeComics #GraphicNovelCreators #ComicBookInterview #StorycomicPresents #BarbBook4 #BerzerkerSeries #KidLitComics In this episode of Storycomic Presents, we’re joined by returning guests Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson, the creative duo behind the hit middle grade series Barb the Last Berzerker. …

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(Ep: 474) They Wanted a Field Trip—They Got First Contact 21:08

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#BenjaminHunting #Code45 #DeadAirComic #ModelUNComic #FreelanceWriter #ComicsCreator #AutoJournalism #StorycomicPresents #MultiGenreCreator #CreativeLife In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m joined by Benjamin Hunting to go deep into his brand-new Kickstarter project: Model UN Pt 1 — Aliens + High School + 90s + Manga. When a group of extrat…

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The Black Chamber: Origins of Code-Breaking 10:53

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By Jim Stovall

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Wilhelm Stieber: The Father of Modern Intelligence 14:39

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By Jim Stovall

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(Ep: 473) Blood, Ghosts & Grit: Inside a Supernatural City 33:19

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#ChristianDeMatteo #FugitivePoems #DirtyLiving #SupernaturalNoir #CrimeHorrorComic #IndieComics #ComicPublisher #GothicNoir #DarkFantasy #ComicInterview In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m thrilled to welcome back Christian De Matteo and bring in Stephen Beccia of Dirty Living, a dark, moody comic series from Fugitive Poems. Christian gives…

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Wilhelm Stieber: Bismarck's Master Spy 13:42

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By Jim Stovall

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Erskine Childers: From Author to Revolutionary 9:56

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Erskine Childers: From Author to Revolutionary This episode chronicles Childers' dramatic transformation from British establishment figure to Irish revolutionary martyr. By 1913, his political evolution from imperialist to Irish nationalist was complete, leading him to conceive the audacious Howth gun-running operation of July 1914. Using his yacht…

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(Ep: 472) Escaping to Paradise: Thaddeus Robinson on Writing Coastal Fiction 28:32

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#ThaddeusRobinson #TalesFromParadise #PerfectTheBook #IndieAuthor #VermontAuthors #StorycomicPresents #HealingThroughStory #SouthernFiction #PhotographyAndFiction #CoastalStories In this episode of Storycomic Presents, we sit down with Thaddeus Robinson, a Vermont-based author and photographer whose storytelling bridges the coastlines of South Caro…

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Erskine Childers: The Man Who Created the Modern Spy Novel 10:36

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Erskine Childers: The Man Who Created the Modern Spy Novel This episode explores the early life and literary career of Robert Erskine Childers (1870-1922), whose novel "The Riddle of the Sands" (1903) essentially created the modern spy thriller genre. Born to an English father and Irish mother, Childers was orphaned at six and raised by relatives i…

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Francis Walsingham: Defeating the Spanish Armada 12:25

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Francis Walsingham: Defeating the Spanish Armada This episode examines Walsingham's intelligence campaign against the Spanish Armada of 1588, demonstrating how information warfare could be as important as naval battles in determining national survival. Facing the largest invasion force in European history, Walsingham deployed a comprehensive intell…

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(Ep: 471): How a Poet’s Daughter Keeps His Words Alive 23:59

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#DavidBudbill #NadineBudbill #VermontPoet #StorycomicPresents #VermontAuthors #PoetryLegacy #LiteraryInterview #AmericanPoetry #AuthorSpotlight #VermontArts #RootstockPublishing #PoetryOfPlace #MemoirAndMemory #PoetryLivesOn #TheJudevineCycle In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m honored to welcome Nadine Budbill, daughter and steward of the …

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Francis Walsingham: The Babington Plot and the Fall of Mary Queen of Scots 12:01

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Francis Walsingham: The Babington Plot and the Fall of Mary Queen of Scots This episode focuses on Walsingham's most famous intelligence operation: uncovering and manipulating the Babington Plot of 1586, which led to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. The operation demonstrated Walsingham's sophisticated understanding of counterintelligence and …

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Francis Walsingham: The Birth of English Intelligence 11:00

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Francis Walsingham: The Birth of English Intelligence This episode explores the early life and career of Sir Francis Walsingham (c.1532-1590), who established England's first professional intelligence service under Queen Elizabeth I. Born into a Protestant family during the religious upheavals of the Tudor period, Walsingham witnessed the persecuti…

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Karl Lody: The First German Spy to Die in Britain 15:21

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Episode Notes: Karl Lody Episode Episode Overview "Karl Lody: The First German Spy to Die in Britain" examines the case of a German naval officer whose failed intelligence mission established legal precedents for wartime espionage prosecutions. The episode explores how the transition from peacetime intelligence conventions to wartime espionage real…

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(Ep: 470) This Book Is Saving Lives (and It All Started With a Journal) 28:03

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#NancyLevine #LightMemoir #MotherDaughter #AnorexiaRecovery #EatingDisorderMemoir #StorycomicPresents #MentalHealth #OCD #Compulsion #SurvivalThroughWriting In this heartfelt conversation, I sit down with Nancy Levine and her daughter Rachel Levine-Spates to discuss their powerful co-authored memoir, Light. Blending Nancy’s reflective narration wit…

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Marthe McKenna: The Belgian Nurse Behind Enemy Lines 15:14

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Episode Notes: Marthe McKenna Episode Episode Overview "Marthe McKenna: The Belgian Nurse Behind Enemy Lines" examines the remarkable intelligence career of a young Belgian woman who used her nursing profession as perfect cover for espionage operations against German occupying forces. The episode explores how medical credentials provided exceptiona…

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T.E. Lawrence: Intelligence and the Arab Revolt 14:27

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Episode Notes: T.E. Lawrence Episode Episode Overview "T.E. Lawrence: Intelligence and the Arab Revolt" examines how a young British archaeologist transformed into one of history's most effective intelligence operatives by orchestrating the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire. The episode explores how Lawrence's deep understanding of Arab cultur…

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(Ep: 469) The Dark Corners of Memory & Morality with Geoffrey Douglas 28:55

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#GeoffreyDouglas, #LoveInADarkPlace, #HistoricalNovel, #DarkRomance, #CrimeAndLove, #StorycomicPresents, #MemoryAndRegret, #AtlanticCity, #FirstFiction, #MoralComplexity In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I sit down with acclaimed journalist‑author Geoffrey Douglas to talk about his debut novel Love in a Dark Place. This powerful historical no…

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Room 40 and the Zimmermann Telegram: The Code-Breakers Who Changed History 15:08

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Episode Notes: Room 40 Episode Episode Overview "Room 40 and the Zimmermann Telegram: The Code-Breakers Who Changed History" examines how a small unit of British cryptographers transformed a simple act of cable-cutting into one of World War One's most decisive intelligence operations. The episode explores how the interception and decoding of German…

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Sidney Reilly: The Ace of Spies 14:27

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Episode Notes: Sidney Reilly Episode Episode Overview "Sidney Reilly: The Ace of Spies" examines the extraordinary career of the man who became the template for the sophisticated international spy. Born Salomon Rosenblum in Russia, Reilly reinvented himself multiple times before attempting his most audacious operation - overthrowing Lenin's Bolshev…

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(Ep: 468) Inclusive Celebrations and Missing Books: Josh Funk’s Holiday Tale 32:46

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#JoshFunk, #Whodonut, #LadyPancakeAndSirFrenchToast, #ChildrensMystery, #HolidayBooks, #PictureBooks, #KidLit, #StorycomicPresents, #InclusiveHolidays, #BookLaunch2025 In this episode of Storycomic Presents, Josh Funk is back with a sweet mystery twist in his brand‑new picture book Whodonut? A Holiday Mystery (Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast #7), i…

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Fritz Joubert Duquesne: The Boer Who Became Germany's Master Saboteur 15:05

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Episode Notes: Fritz Joubert Duquesne Episode Episode Overview "Fritz Joubert Duquesne: The Boer Who Became Germany's Master Saboteur" examines the extraordinary career of a South African whose family's death in British concentration camps during the Boer War transformed him into one of Germany's most effective sabotage agents during World War One.…

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Louise de Bettignies: The French Resistance Leader 15:01

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Episode Notes: Louise de Bettignies Episode Episode Overview "Louise de Bettignies: The French Resistance Leader" examines the extraordinary intelligence career of a French governess who created one of World War One's most effective spy networks in German-occupied northern France. The episode explores how Louise transformed from a language teacher …

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(Ep: 467) Beyond Size: The Grok of the Rock’s Message for Little Heroes 25:45

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#GrokOfTheRock, #GeneRoberts, #ChildrenBooks, #PictureBooks, #KidsAdventure, #UnderdogStory, #RhymingStory, #StorycomicPresents, #ReadAloud, #SmallHero In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I sit down with Gene Roberts (aka one of the creators behind Zander Van Duff) to talk about The Grok of the Rock, a charming rhyming adventure for little read…

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Edith Cavell: The Nurse Who Defied an Empire 15:32

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Episode Notes: Edith Cavell Episode Episode Overview "Edith Cavell: The Nurse Who Defied an Empire" examines the life and death of a British nurse who transformed from a healer into a resistance operative during the German occupation of Belgium. The episode explores how Cavell's Christian principles led her to help wounded Allied soldiers escape, u…

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(Ep: 466) He Fights Ghosts with Fists—Meet the Undead KungFu Ghost Killer 20:33

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#PatrickLugo #GhostKillerComic #UndeadKungFu #HalloweenComic #ComicAnnual #KickstarterComics #StorycomicPresents #SupernaturalAction #HorrorComics #IndieComicCreators In this edition of Storycomic Presents, I welcome returning guest Patrick Lugo back to talk about his latest project: Undead Kung‑Fu Ghost Killer #1, the Halloween Comic Annual now li…

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Mata Hari: The Dancer Who Became History's Most Famous Spy 13:03

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Episode Notes: Mata Hari Episode Episode Overview "Mata Hari: The Dancer Who Became History's Most Famous Spy" examines the life and death of Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, who transformed herself from a middle-class Dutch housewife into the exotic dancer "Mata Hari" before becoming history's most famous accused spy. The episode explores how wartime …

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(Ep: 465): The Scariest Comic You Haven’t Read… Yet 28:32

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#MattForsyth #BoundRemastered #KickstarterComics #SciFiHorror #IndieComics #GraphicNovelRemaster #HorrorArt #StorycomicPresents In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I’m thrilled to welcome back graphic storyteller Matt Forsyth, the creator of the sci‑fi horror favorite BounD. He’s here to talk about the newly launched BounD Volume 1 (Remastered)…

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Intelligence and Victory 13:14

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Episode Notes: Intelligence and Victory Episode Episode Overview "Intelligence and Victory: How Espionage Won Independence" serves as the capstone episode of the Revolutionary War intelligence series, examining how individual acts of courage and ingenuity combined to create comprehensive intelligence capabilities that proved decisive in securing Am…

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(Ep: 464): KidLitGN: The Free Pitch Event That Changes Careers 24:22

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#KidLitGN #GraphicNovelPitch #ChildrensComics #StorycomicPresents #KidLit #IndieComics #ComicCreators #Let’sGoAnthology #JohnellDeWitt Inside KidLitGN: Helping Creators Pitch Their Graphic Novels In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I chat with author and founding member of KidLitGN, Johnell DeWitt, about the work KidLitGN is doing to connect wr…

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Enoch Crosby 14:25

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Episode Notes: Enoch Crosby Episode Episode Overview "Enoch Crosby: The Spy Who Inspired James Fenimore Cooper" examines the remarkable intelligence career of a Massachusetts cobbler who became America's most successful infiltrator of Loyalist conspiracies during the Revolutionary War. The episode explores how Crosby repeatedly penetrated enemy org…

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(Ep: 463): What Makes Hellstones Different From Any Other Fantasy Comic? 22:31

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#WFrankWalk #PigmacastStudio #HellstonesComic #SupernaturalFantasy #KickstarterSuccess #IndieComicCreator #DigitalColorist #StorycomicPresents #FantasyArt In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I sit down with W. Frank Walk—the creator, colorist, and founder of Pigmacast Studio—to dive into his supernatural action prologue, Hellstones: Echoes Acro…

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Ann Bates 14:33

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Episode Notes: Ann Bates Episode Episode Overview "Ann Bates: The British Spy in American Camps" examines the remarkable career of a Loyalist woman who became one of Britain's most effective intelligence operatives during the Revolutionary War. The episode explores how Bates used her cover as a traveling peddler to penetrate American military camps…

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(Ep: 462): The Cases I Can't Forget - Memoirs of a Small Town Prosecutor 30:50

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#BobSimpson #SmallTownProsecutor #VermontTrueCrime #OnionRiverPress #StorycomicPresents #TrueCrimeAuthor #CourtroomDrama #JusticeInVermont #LegalMemoir #ProsecutorStories In this episode of Storycomic Presents, I chat with Vermont native and former prosecutor Bob Simpson, author of Small Town Prosecutor: Trials of Killers, Con Men, and a Priest. Be…