Writer and comic historian Stephanie Williams joins the show! John and David talk with Stephanie about swapping her electron microscope for a career in comics, how the best butts in Marvel gave her a big break, increasing comics access with fewer bookstores, the nature of corporate comics, building momentum in the industry, and Stephanie's exciting upcoming projects. Also, John reveals his true origin.

Timestamp Segments

• [00:48] Stephanie’s incredibly neat background before comics.
• [01:59] The yellow brick road to comics.
• [07:03] Becoming fans of YA.
• [10:17] What turned Stephanie into a fan?
• [12:03] Access to comics.
• [17:28] Working at Marvel.
• [20:20] Stephanie, the Wednesday Warrior.
• [21:34] Horrible corporate comics.
• [27:07] The business of momentum.
• [28:16] Ignition Press.
• [31:17] New comics coming soon.
• [34:45] Comics and side gigs.
• [39:47] Rewatching old movies.
• [42:23] Stephanie’s favorite comics.

Notable Quotes

• “If Alien had come out before babies had come out, Alien would’ve sued the concept of babies.”
• “Corporate comics are just—they’ve always been horrible. Do not create anything for corporate comics.”
• “Be careful about turning your hobby into your job.”

Relevant Links

David's Fun Stuff!
Did Someone Say Fun Time? Let's GO!

John is at PugW!
Pug Worldwide

Stephanie Williams Does the Coolest Things!
www.whysteph.com

Books Mentioned

• Living Heroes, by Stephanie Williams & O’Neill Jones.
• Magic Planeswalkers: Noble, by Dan Warren, Dave Rapoza, Stephanie Williams, Lea Caballero, Raul Angulo, & Arianna Consonni.
• Marvel's Voices: Legacy.
• Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur: Wreck and Roll, My Little Pony: Tournament of Mysteries, by Stephanie Williams & Asia Simone.
• Nubia & The Amazons, by Stephanie Williams, Vita Alaya, Alitha Martinez, & Mark Morales.
• Nubia: Queen of the Amazons, by Stephanie Williams & Alitha Martinez.
• Parenthood Activate, by Stephanie Williams & Sarah A. Macklin.
• The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater, Stephanie Williams, & Sas Milledge.

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• Angry Birds/Transformers: Age of Eggstinction, by John Barber, Marcelo Ferreira, & Livio Ramondelli.
• Archie.
• The Avengers.
• Backflash, by Mat Johnson, Steve Lieber, & Clem Robins.
• Black Panther.