Off Panel #550: Dangerous and Irresponsible with Matthew Rosenberg

About this episode

Matthew Rosenberg discusses his new book and various aspects of comic writing and collaboration.

Writer Matthew Rosenberg joins the show to talk about his new book, If Destruction Be Our Lot..., and his approach to comics overall. Rosenberg discusses hitting podcast row, The Mets, the origins of If Destruction Be Our Lot..., the medium it ended up in, the complexity of Abraham Lincoln, the book's art team, collaboration, the impact of time and money, its extra sized first issue, the power of character, his promotional efforts, speculation, taking over Spawn and King Spawn, figuring out the right approach for those books, finding the right mix, his public advocacy for comics, and more.

People in this episode

Guest: Matthew Rosenberg

Topics covered

• comics
• writing
• collaboration
• character development
• promotion
• podcasting

Keywords

• Matthew Rosenberg
• If Destruction Be Our Lot...
• comics
• Abraham Lincoln
• Spawn
• podcast
• writing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Mets

Books & works: If Destruction Be Our Lot..., Spawn, King Spawn

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