Best Blake Northcott Podcasts (2025)

We return from our hiatus with the one and only Tom Taylor, to kick off season 10.Tom takes us through his past as a fire eater, playwright, and TV presenter, all the way up to his start in reading comics and then writing them, where he gave us books like Injustice: Gods Among Us, DCeased, Superman: Son Of Kal-El, Dark Knights of Steel, Nightwing, …

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Ep 327 - Kelley Jones 7th Annual Halloween Spooktacular 1:56:43

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Our favourite spooky artist Kelley Jones returns for our 7th annual Halloween chat. This year we talk about the recently released Dracula Volume 1 : The Impaler, and Kelley explains why his depictions of Vlad's impalements are so horrifically accurate. We also get into Dracula Volume 2 : The Brides, which is currently on Kickstarter here: http://kc…

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Ep - 326 - Kieron Gillen - The Power Fantasy 1:40:35

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Kieron Gillen joins us as we go full spoilers on the second issue of The Power Fantasy, including an explanation of each of the main characters and their abilities. Kieron takes us through the development of the story and characters, along with his co-creator, Caspar Wijngaard, finding the core idea of The Power Fantasy during his run on Immortal X…

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Ep - 325 - Blake Northcott and Barbarella 51:58

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Blake Northcott returns to talk about her upcoming Barbarella series with artist Anna Morozova. Barbarella # 1 is in stores October 2nd from Dynamite Entertainment.By The Bat Force

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Ep 324 - Caspar Wijngaard - Creating The Power Fantasy 1:25:16

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This week we are talking about your next favorite comic, The Power Fantasy, with series co-creator Caspar Wijngaard. Caspar shares about building the characters, world, and story, along with series author and co-creator Kieron Gillen.We also hear about the roots and dynamics of their collaboration, choosing the art style for a decades-spanning stor…

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Ep 323 - Alvaro Martinez - The Nice House By The Sea 1:12:10

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Alvaro Martinez joins us and lets me pick his brain about the upcoming The Nice House By The Sea, the follow-up story to the multi-Eisner-winning The Nice House On The Lake.We talk about Alvaro's start in comics from his very first work, to his first work with James Tynion, leading up to the hugely successful Nice House. We get into how their creat…

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Ep 322 - Jason Fabok Talks Rook Exodus and Ghost Machine 1:16:00

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Jason Fabok returns to talk about the new series Rook: Exodus from himself, Geoff Johns, Brad Anderson, and Rob Leigh, as well as the birth of Ghost Machine, the new imprint at Image Comics, founded by themselves along with other A list creators like Brad Meltzer, Gary Frank, Peter Tomasi, Francis Manapul, and others. Jason discusses how Ghost Mach…

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Ep 321 - Batman One Dark Night Fan Film 1:11:21

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"Batman: One Dark Night is a fan film, written by Tim Leftwich and Nathan Trucks, seeking to recapture the magic of the 1989 Batman films in a new, 8-10 minute action-packed short film. They are currently fundraising to reach their budget of $15k, which will allow them to bring their vision to life. And their stretch goals would allow them to do th…

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Ep 320 - Hard Style Juice with Clay McCormack and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz 1:23:07

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Bat Force Radio Ep # 320 - Clay McCormack and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz join us to talk about their new ComiXology Original series Hard Style Juice (available April 16th) and it's story of a family-owned professional wrestling organization, with a twist of murder mystery. Beware spoilers for issue one, along with the story of how they linked up with Comi…

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Ep 319 - Juan Gedeon - Jurassic League 1:33:29

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Juan Gedeon joins us to talk about creating The Jurassic League (which is soon to be adapted into an animated feature), relocating from Argentina to America to make comics, the books that made him want to make comics, music, and lots more.By The Bat Force

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Ep 318 - Aaron Campbell - John Constantine : Dead In America 1:22:21

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Aaron Campbell joins us for a chat about John Constantine Hellblazer : Dead In America. The new chapter in John's story from Aaron and author Si Spurrier, that sees him on a road trip across America that features Swamp Thing and Dream of The Endless. *Episode contains spoilers for issue 1.*We also discuss matters like the proper pronunciation of Co…

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Ep 317 - Christmas Special 2023 1:46:01

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Our annual Christmas gathering to discuss comics, movies, collectibles, and listen to SOME of us get more than a little drunk.By The Bat Force

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Ep 316 - Kelley Jones 6th Annual Halloween Spooktacular 1:31:17

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Kelley Jones returns for our annual Halloween chat and, this year, we're talking about Dracula Volume 1 : The Impaler. The new comic written by Matt Wagner, drawn by Kelley, with colours by Jose Villarrubia, and if you visit their Kickstarter page before November 16th, you can be a part of it. We also chat about horror movies and some of the usual …

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Ep 315 - Becky Cloonan - The Erotic Horror of Somna 1:00:05

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Eisner winning comic creator Becky Cloonan joins us for a spoiler-free talk about her upcoming series Somna, (co-written and co-illustrated with Tula Lotay with colors by Lee Loughridge) for DSTLRY Media.We get into the origins and inspirations of the erotic folk horror story, creating a new story with Tula for the first time, and getting involved …

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Ep 314 - Christian Ward Spoilers - Batman : City of Madness # 1 48:32

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Christian Ward returns as we go full spoilers on the first issue of his new cosmic horror epic.Where Morrison and McKean meet Lovecraft and Cthulhu, Christian Ward begins Batman : City of Madness. Be sure to pick up issue one before listening to this episode, because we get into all the details of everything that goes down within it's pages.…

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Ep 313 - Christian Ward - Batman : City of Madness 57:02

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Where Grant Morrison and Dave McKean meet H.P Lovecraft and Cthulhu, Christian Ward begins Batman : City of Madness. Come along as Christian discusses his new three issue cosmic horror epic on DC's Black Label, the inspirations behind it, the years he has waited to tell the story, and how it came to be. We also get into Christian's upcoming work on…

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Ep 312 - Clay and Seth Mann - Unannounced Comic Chat 1:30:54

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This week we are joined by both Clay and Seth Mann as they take us way behind the curtain to talk about what they have been quietly working on together, from a pitch stage to a greenlit project, complete with contract negotiations, editorial compromises, etc. We also coax them into telling us about growing up as comic fans with some childhood photo…

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Ep 311 - Kelly Thompson: The Cull, Birds of Prey 1:25:06

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Kelly Thompson joins us to talk about her new Image Comics horror series The Cull, as well as her upcoming Birds of Prey series (her first at DC). We also chat about her origin in comics and writing, her first comic as a child, tv and movies, Rage Against The Machine, the origin of her internet handle, the detail that you may miss in the final page…

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Ep 310 - Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo - A Vicious Circle 1:20:25

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Mattson Tomlin (on a writer's strike-imposed hiatus from writing The Batman 2) and Lee Bermejo (en route to SDCC) join us for a SPOILER-FILLED chat about their BOOM! Studios comic A Vicious Circle. The pair explain how their creative partnership began, the development of the story, influences, "Just doing Frazetta", the writer's and actor's strikes…

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Chapter 10 15:19

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Chapter 3 10:14

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Chapter 7 17:25

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Chapter 11 6:46

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Epilogue 6:00

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Chapter 1 12:59

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Chapter 9 9:06

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Chapter 4 15:51

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Chapter 8 15:21

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Chapter 5 7:32

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Chapter 2 7:27

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Prologue 3:49

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Ep 328 - Tom Taylor 1:05:30

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Ep 327 - Kelley Jones 7th Annual Halloween Spooktacular 1:56:43

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Ep - 326 - Kieron Gillen - The Power Fantasy 1:40:35

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Ep - 325 - Blake Northcott and Barbarella 51:58

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Ep 324 - Caspar Wijngaard - Creating The Power Fantasy 1:25:16

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Ep 323 - Alvaro Martinez - The Nice House By The Sea 1:12:10

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Ep 322 - Jason Fabok Talks Rook Exodus and Ghost Machine 1:16:00

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Ep 321 - Batman One Dark Night Fan Film 1:11:21

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Ep 320 - Hard Style Juice with Clay McCormack and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz 1:23:07

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Ep 319 - Juan Gedeon - Jurassic League 1:33:29

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Ep 318 - Aaron Campbell - John Constantine : Dead In America 1:22:21

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Ep 317 - Christmas Special 2023 1:46:01

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Ep 316 - Kelley Jones 6th Annual Halloween Spooktacular 1:31:17

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Ep 315 - Becky Cloonan - The Erotic Horror of Somna 1:00:05

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Ep 314 - Christian Ward Spoilers - Batman : City of Madness # 1 48:32

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Ep 313 - Christian Ward - Batman : City of Madness 57:02

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Ep 312 - Clay and Seth Mann - Unannounced Comic Chat 1:30:54

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Ep 311 - Kelly Thompson: The Cull, Birds of Prey 1:25:06

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Ep 310 - Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo - A Vicious Circle 1:20:25

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