Horror is allegorical: Sandy King Carpenter and the future of Storm King Comics

This week Sandy King Carpenter joins the comics podcast to talk about Storm King Comics, their recent release The Envoy, and their young adult line. Celebrating their 10th anniversary, we discuss how they got here, and what the future looks like. 

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NEWS

1. ​​Marvel Comics launching 20th Century Studios comics imprint in 2023
2. It was Agatha Harkness all along kicking off 'Contest of Chaos' June 21st
3. New 'Guardians of the Galaxy' #1 trailer forewarns the coming of Grootspace
4. ‘Marvel’s Voices: Spider-Verse’ to introduce new spider-heroes in the Marvel Multiverse
5. Check out Sharon Carter’s new costume by Carmen Carnero from ‘Captain America’
6. Dark Horse Books and Tapas team up to publish webcomics in 2023
7. The Bone Orchard Mythos grows with 'Tenement' in June 2023
8. Iconic series ‘Battle Chasers’ returns with issue #10 this June (no really we mean it this time)
9. Dynamite sets May 2023 for 'Maleficent' comic series debut

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Detective Comics (2016) #1069 (Ram V, Dexter Soy, Stefano Raffaele, and Miguel Mendonca, Si Spurrier, Caspar Wijngaard)
2. Hunt. Kill. Repeat #1 (Mark London, Francesco Archidiacono)

Nathan:

1. Detective Comics (2016) #1069 (Ram V, Dexter Soy, Stefano Raffaele, and Miguel Mendonca, Si Spurrier, Caspar Wijngaard)
2. The Human Target #12 (Tom King, Greg Smallwood)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Venom #17 (Al Ewing, Cafu)

Dave - Cosmic Ghost Rider #1 (Stephanie Phillips, Jonas Scharf)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Fantastic Four #5 (Ryan North, Ivan Fiorelli, Jesus Aburtov)
2. Nathan: The Amazing Spider-Man #21 (Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr.)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Avengers #66 (Daniel Hainsworth Connecting Cover)
2. Nathan: Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent #1 (A.L. Kaplan)

Interview: Sandy King - Storm King Comics

1. On with us today we have Sandy King - writer, producer, CEO of Storm King Comics - here to talk to us about the latest goings on at Storm King Comics! You recently celebrated a decade of Storm King Comics. Congrats! Take us back to the beginning with Asylum. How did this begin?
2. So many of Storm King’s books have heady topics and grapple with cosmic ideas. Walk us through your story breaking process. Does it start with concept or character?
3. Switching gears to John Carpenter's Tales of Science Fiction: The Envoy. What’s the elevator pitch for this series?
4. The Envoy is the 11th series in The Tales of Science Fiction line from you and John Carpenter, are you sitting on another 11 series, or do you curate each one as you go?
5. On a book like The Envoy, how do you go about enlisting writers, illustrators, etc? Do you typically have lengthy story meetings with the creative team?
6. Fetch is the latest offering from Storm Kids, which is aimed at younger readers. What inspired this softer side of storytelling? - answered!
7. No spoilers, but Fetch ends in a very interesting spot. How many volumes do you see this story running?
8. Where do you see Storm King Comics in another 10 years?
9. Enough about comics, what is your favorite method of procrastination?
10. Anything else you want to promote or tell our listeners to look out for?