#280: Zack Kaplan and John Pearson - The Smart Division

About this episode

Justin Soderberg welcomes comic creators Zack Kaplan and John Pearson to discuss their work and upcoming projects.

This week on the Capes and Tights Podcast, Justin Soderberg welcomes comic creators Zack Kaplan and John Pearson to the podcast to discuss The Smart Division, Mindset, and more! Kaplan is a break out science fiction comic writer and creator of such comics and graphic novels as Eclipse, Port of Earth, The Lost City Explorers, Join the Future, Break Out, Metal Society, Mindset, and more recently, Forever Forward, Beyond Real. The Midnight: Shadows, Masterminds, and Kill All Immortals. He has worked with publishers such as Image Comics/Top Cow, Dark Horse, Aftershock Comics, Vault Comics, Humanoids, Scout Comics and DC Comics. He has a new series coming to Dark Horse on June 3, Only the Savage are Left. Pearson is the Eisner Award-winning artist and illustrator of such comics as The Infernals, In Bloom, and with Kaplan, Mindset. He has built a reputation as an inimitable talent through his varied portfolio producing work for clients as diverse as DC Comics, Image Comics, Vault Comics, Z2 Comics, Heavy Metal Magazine, Netflix, WWE, Rue Morgue Magazine, The Ray Harryhausen Foundation, Burning Witches Records and Arrow Video amongst many others. Together the two are set to release a…

People in this episode

Host: Justin Soderberg

Guests: Zack Kaplan, John Pearson

Topics covered

• comic creators
• science fiction comics
• graphic novels
• Dark Horse
• Eisner Award

Keywords

• Zack Kaplan
• John Pearson
• The Smart Division
• Mindset
• Dark Horse
• science fiction comics
• Eisner Award
• graphic novels
• comic creators

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dark Horse, Image Comics, Top Cow, Aftershock Comics, Vault Comics, Humanoids, Scout Comics, DC Comics, Z2 Comics, Heavy Metal Magazine

Books & works: The Smart Division, Mindset, Eclipse, Port of Earth, The Lost City Explorers, Join the Future, Break Out, Metal Society, Forever Forward, Beyond Real

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