Hey gang, and welcome back to The Next Issue! Today we sit down for a round table talk with six Image Comics artists. We cover all sorts of topics, from Spawn to Stan Lee and back, so without further ado let’s meet our panel:
Nick Pitarra– Artist on The Red Wing and The Manhattan Projects
Rob Guillory– Artist on Chew
Joe Eisma– Artist on Morning Glories and Existence 3.0
Kevin Mellon– Artist on Lovestruck and Heart
Kody Chamberlain– Writer/Artist on Sweets
Tradd Moore– Artist on The Strange Talent of Luther Strode
Awesome, right? And to help you along, after the cut you’ll find the Skype chat we were having during the episode. It’ll clear up some of the seemingly nonsensical references you’ll hear though the show.
(Here’s the link for direct download!)
[1/17/12 9:33:30 PM] Mike Romeo added Joe Eisma, Kevin Mellon, Kody Chamberlain, Nick Pitarra, Rob Guillory, Tradd Moore to this conversation
[1/17/12 9:33:35 PM] Mike Romeo: test
[1/17/12 9:33:50 PM] Kevin Mellon: yeah that works
[1/17/12 9:34:03 PM] Nick Pitarra: hey guys
[1/17/12 9:34:11 PM] Rob Guillory: Yo.
[1/17/12 9:34:28 PM] Nick Pitarra: rob was late b/c he spends 45 minutes each ight polishing his eisners
[1/17/12 9:34:28 PM] Joe Eisma: word
[1/17/12 9:33:59 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Back at ya
[1/17/12 9:34:51 PM] Rob Guillory: SO True!
[1/17/12 9:34:56 PM] Tradd Moore: GOT IT
[1/17/12 9:37:19 PM] Nick Pitarra: nice pause joe….it built anticipation
[1/17/12 9:37:34 PM] Joe Eisma: haha
[1/17/12 9:37:44 PM] Joe Eisma: i thought mike paused
[1/17/12 9:37:53 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Acting
[1/17/12 9:38:59 PM] Rob Guillory: Who’s WILL go first????!!!
[1/17/12 9:39:33 PM] Nick Pitarra: kody is alpha male now. great.
[1/17/12 9:39:41 PM] Mike Romeo: ha!
[1/17/12 9:39:55 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Haha
[1/17/12 9:44:35 PM] Nick Pitarra: hes crying
[1/17/12 9:44:37 PM] Joe Eisma: t-pain!
[1/17/12 9:44:53 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Skype died
[1/17/12 9:44:57 PM] Rob Guillory: HA.
[1/17/12 9:45:07 PM] Rob Guillory: Anybody home?
[1/17/12 9:45:38 PM] Kody Chamberlain: I got dumped. ::frown::
[1/17/12 9:45:44 PM] Nick Pitarra: hang on
[1/17/12 9:45:52 PM] Joe Eisma: somehow this is piterror’s fault
[1/17/12 9:45:53 PM] Rob Guillory: I blame Nick for this.
[1/17/12 9:45:55 PM] Nick Pitarra: that louisiana internet
[1/17/12 9:45:58 PM] Nick Pitarra: yall got dropped
[1/17/12 9:46:20 PM] Rob Guillory: Too much AWESOME for one podcast, Pitarra?
[1/17/12 9:46:34 PM] Nick Pitarra: OK so…you holding your eisners rob…big smile “Chew on these” for your image ad
[1/17/12 9:46:36 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Cajun Internet is mostly crawfish sacks and gumbo spoons
[1/17/12 9:46:50 PM] Nick Pitarra: haha
[1/17/12 9:49:25 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Skype hates me
[1/17/12 9:49:48 PM] Rob Guillory: I’m only wearing chest hair in my Image ad.
[1/17/12 9:49:49 PM] Mike Romeo: it doesnt look like youre online
[1/17/12 10:25:13 PM] Nick Pitarra: wish kody would have said papa hickman here
[1/17/12 10:25:23 PM] Mike Romeo: me too
[1/17/12 10:25:23 PM] Joe Eisma: haha
[1/17/12 10:25:47 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Dang! I blew it.
[1/17/12 10:27:32 PM] Kody Chamberlain: $
[1/17/12 10:27:43 PM] Nick Pitarra: haha
[1/17/12 10:29:56 PM] Nick Pitarra: t pain
[1/17/12 10:30:00 PM] Joe Eisma: t paaaaaaiiin
[1/17/12 10:30:05 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Ha
[1/17/12 10:30:07 PM] Kevin Mellon: quiet mellon
[1/17/12 10:30:56 PM] Rob Guillory: When Tradd said “graduated from school”, please tell me he didn’t mean “high school”.
[1/17/12 10:31:02 PM] Kevin Mellon: hahahaha
[1/17/12 10:31:05 PM] Mike Romeo: HA
[1/17/12 10:31:34 PM] Tradd Moore: Ha, nope. College!
[1/17/12 10:32:10 PM] Rob Guillory: Thank Goooood. A high schooler doing that caliber of work would force me to retire.
[1/17/12 10:32:20 PM] Nick Pitarra: but he graduated early
[1/17/12 10:32:33 PM] Mike Romeo: doogie howser
[1/17/12 10:32:41 PM] Joe Eisma: haha
Continued below[1/17/12 10:32:48 PM] Tradd Moore: I’m 9.
[1/17/12 10:32:56 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Nine?
[1/17/12 10:33:37 PM] Tradd Moore: Actually, I’m 24. Not THAT young.
[1/17/12 10:33:46 PM] Kevin Mellon: BABY
[1/17/12 10:33:50 PM] Rob Guillory: HA.
[1/17/12 10:33:52 PM] Kevin Mellon: you’re barely out of diapers
[1/17/12 10:33:59 PM] Kevin Mellon: also daipers
[1/17/12 10:44:11 PM] Kevin Mellon: when invincible started, tradd was 43
[1/17/12 10:44:14 PM] Kevin Mellon: ha, 3
[1/17/12 10:44:19 PM] Kevin Mellon: i was 43
[1/17/12 10:44:30 PM] Rob Guillory: HAAA.
[1/17/12 10:44:32 PM] Joe Eisma: hahha
[1/17/12 10:44:36 PM] Mike Romeo: i didnt mean to laugh like that
[1/17/12 10:45:43 PM] Rob Guillory: I thought Kevin was pulling off some Grant Morrison-level mindfuck comedy saying Tradd was originally 43.
[1/17/12 10:46:20 PM] Nick Pitarra: dont mention grant…this podcast will spiral out of control
[1/17/12 10:46:52 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Haha
[1/17/12 10:47:49 PM] Kevin Mellon: Tradd is de-aging
[1/17/12 10:50:38 PM] Nick Pitarra: see i can be sweet
[1/17/12 10:50:45 PM] Mike Romeo: aww
[1/17/12 10:50:54 PM] Joe Eisma: deep cheeks sweet
[1/17/12 10:51:07 PM] Nick Pitarra: you know it.
[1/17/12 10:51:12 PM] Mike Romeo: that sounds gross
[1/17/12 10:51:19 PM] Nick Pitarra: ill tell u later
[1/17/12 10:51:24 PM] Nick Pitarra: its disgusting
[1/17/12 10:51:31 PM] Mike Romeo: con not wait
[1/17/12 11:00:34 PM] Kevin Mellon: that was me pouring whisky
[1/17/12 11:00:35 PM] Kevin Mellon: sorry
[1/17/12 11:02:59 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Skype sounds much better after hours.
[1/17/12 11:03:30 PM] Nick Pitarra: yeah conversation is much more organic now too. which will change right after u read this.
[1/17/12 11:03:50 PM] Mike Romeo: thanks, dude
[1/17/12 11:07:41 PM] Rob Guillory: Tradd is the Benjamin Button of Comics.
[1/17/12 11:07:52 PM] Nick Pitarra: LMAO
[1/17/12 11:08:02 PM] Joe Eisma: HAHA
[1/17/12 11:08:15 PM] Nick Pitarra: he sounds younger than earlier when we started
[1/17/12 11:08:18 PM] Nick Pitarra: listen
[1/17/12 11:08:25 PM] Mike Romeo: HAAA
[1/17/12 11:08:30 PM] Rob Guillory: LOL.
[1/17/12 11:10:43 PM] Kevin Mellon: i like that nick didnt know that vaughn hasn’t worked for dc
[1/17/12 11:10:50 PM] Kevin Mellon: it’s cute
[1/17/12 11:11:33 PM] Rob Guillory: How old IS Joe?
[1/17/12 11:12:02 PM] Joe Eisma: 33
[1/17/12 11:12:27 PM] Rob Guillory: Not THAT old. I’ll be 30 this year.
[1/17/12 11:12:31 PM] Joe Eisma: haha
[1/17/12 11:12:58 PM] Kevin Mellon: i hate that i’m older than you, rob
[1/17/12 11:12:59 PM] Nick Pitarra: joe loks like he’s 17 though
[1/17/12 11:13:02 PM] Kevin Mellon: HATE
[1/17/12 11:13:07 PM] Joe Eisma: haha
[1/17/12 11:14:21 PM] Nick Pitarra: circle jerk!
[1/17/12 11:14:27 PM] Joe Eisma: haha
[1/17/12 11:14:30 PM] Mike Romeo: ookie cookie
[1/17/12 11:14:36 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Yeahbou
[1/17/12 11:14:47 PM] Rob Guillory: Wait…was Kevin talking about me? I was staring at his beard and totally blanked.
[1/17/12 11:15:08 PM] Joe Eisma: his beard is hypnotising
[1/17/12 11:15:10 PM] Kevin Mellon: HA
[1/17/12 11:15:15 PM] Kevin Mellon: my beard is sex
[1/17/12 11:17:27 PM] Rob Guillory: Seriously jealous of Kevin’s beard. I would grow one, but my wife would never, never touch me again.
[1/17/12 11:17:36 PM] Joe Eisma: haha
[1/17/12 11:17:57 PM] Kevin Mellon: and this is why i’m not married
[1/17/12 11:17:58 PM] Kevin Mellon: sigh
[1/17/12 11:18:17 PM] Rob Guillory: Gah. Skype hates me.
[1/17/12 11:18:45 PM] Nick Pitarra: the rest of yall r fucked
[1/17/12 11:18:51 PM] Nick Pitarra: haha
[1/17/12 11:18:54 PM] Joe Eisma: haha
[1/17/12 11:20:13 PM] Rob Guillory: ARG.
[1/17/12 11:24:54 PM] Rob Guillory: Give it to Tradd before he turns into an embryo.
[1/17/12 11:24:59 PM] Joe Eisma: hahaha
[1/17/12 11:25:03 PM] Kevin Mellon: HA!!!!!!
[1/17/12 11:25:10 PM] Rob Guillory: Just messing with ya, Tradd.
[1/17/12 11:25:12 PM] Nick Pitarra: haha
[1/17/12 11:25:19 PM] Nick Pitarra: he’ll be a sperm
[1/17/12 11:25:26 PM] Rob Guillory: LOL.
Continued below[1/17/12 11:25:32 PM] Nick Pitarra: like looks whoes talking
[1/17/12 11:25:34 PM] Nick Pitarra: the intro
[1/17/12 11:26:00 PM] Tradd Moore: I could dig having a tail
[1/17/12 11:26:27 PM] Kevin Mellon: spermatazoa Traddd
[1/17/12 11:31:13 PM] Kody Chamberlain: He thanked Wahlberg’s underwear
[1/17/12 11:31:27 PM] Joe Eisma: hahaha
[1/17/12 11:31:59 PM] Kody Chamberlain: Eisner for Best Reader of a Single Issue
[1/17/12 11:32:07 PM] Nick Pitarra: haha
We hope you enjoyed our last episode. It was the first in our new weekly series of short recommendations from our pull lists.
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