Episode 27: Van Jensen - "Godzilla Can't Eat Humans"

About this episode

Matthew Klein interviews author Van Jensen about his career in comic books and graphic novels.

This week on COMICS FOR YOU, Matthew is joined by author Van Jensen! Van Jensen was born and raised in the farm country of Western Nebraska where he wrote and drew stories as soon as he could hold a pencil. He became a newspaper crime reporter, then a magazine editor, and eventually an author of comic books and graphic novels. He has written some of the world’s biggest characters, including James Bond and The Flash, Superman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern Corps for DC Comics. He also has co-created acclaimed series including Two Dead from Simon & Schuster/Gallery 13 (with National Book Award-winning artist Nate Powell), Cryptocracy from Dark Horse (with Pete Woods), and Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer from Top Shelf/IDW (with Dusty Higgins). Most recently, a collection of his kaiju mini-series Godzilla Heist from IDW and his novel Godfall have been released wherever books are sold. Episode notes This episode we have the Editor-In-Chief at BOOM! Studios, Andy Schmidt laying down incredible insight. Andy shares his twenty-plus years of experience, shedding light on the keys to pitching, BOOM!'s future, how many editors it takes to bring a publisher to the comic shop, and Andy…

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Klein

Guest: Van Jensen

Topics covered

• comic books
• graphic novels
• interview
• publishing
• storytelling
• kaiju

Keywords

• Van Jensen
• comic books
• Godzilla
• BOOM! Studios
• Marvel Comics
• interview
• graphic novels
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BOOM! Studios, Marvel Comics

Books & works: Godzilla Heist, Godfall, Two Dead, Cryptocracy, Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer

Places: Western Nebraska

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